In the following days, Martin spent his daily life in the castle as usual.

In order to avoid being embarrassed by etiquette issues in the imperial capital, Martin found several etiquette instructors and legion instructors, preparing to learn etiquette while also exercising his body.

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone into the room through the gap in the curtains, Martin woke up from his sleep.

After quickly washing up and changing into neat and appropriate clothes, he set off for a place dedicated to teaching aristocratic etiquette.

There, experienced instructors will patiently and meticulously teach Martin various tedious, complex but crucial etiquette norms.

Whether it is walking, sitting or eating, every movement and detail has strict requirements and standards.

Martin listened attentively to the instructors' explanations and repeatedly practiced those seemingly simple but actually quite difficult movements, striving to integrate these etiquette into his bones and make them a natural habit.

In addition to learning aristocratic etiquette, Martin also spends a lot of time in the spacious and open training ground.

There are training facilities here for him to exercise his body, and the instructors will provide guidance and adjust the body-strengthening potions suitable for Martin to avoid hurting his body.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost time to set off for the college.

During this period, Martin and Betan could only communicate through letters. After all, magic communication crystals were expensive, costing 5 gold coins each. Even if they had money, they couldn't spend it like that.

The castle only gave Martin ten gold coins a month, but that wasn't a small amount. Two gold coins could cover a commoner's family's expenses for a year. However, anything related to magic was generally not cheap. The earl wouldn't give any money to a child born into a fiefdom.

From the letter, we learned that they had completed several tasks, accumulated twenty gold coins, and were now gradually approaching the royal capital.

The training over the past two weeks has made Martin look stronger. During this period, Mrs. Ellie often comes to visit him.

Today, when Martin was training on the training ground as usual, a figure appeared in the sky without any warning - it was actually a griffin knight!

He was riding the scarred griffin, circling weakly in the air, as if it might fall at any time.

Finally, the griffin landed with difficulty on the castle's training ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The other knights who witnessed this scene were all horrified. They quickly put down their weapons and the things they were practicing, and rushed over from all directions like a tide.

In the blink of an eye, the training ground was surrounded by numerous nervous, fully armed knights.

The Griffin Knight looked anxious. Without even taking a moment to catch his breath, he quickly dismounted and rushed towards Captain Wally, who was hurriedly walking towards the center of the crowd.

Before Captain Vali could even ask, the Griffin Knight couldn't wait to shout, "Captain Vali, quickly go find the Earl! Something terrible has happened! The Orc Kingdom has suddenly launched an attack and has breached Frost Zero Pass!"

After saying this, he was exhausted and fainted.

When the shocking news reached the ears of the knights like a sudden gust of wind, their faces were all filled with disbelief.

Their eyes widened, and some even subconsciously opened their mouths, as if they had heard something out of the blue. How could such a thing happen?

In their minds, even if the enemy had truly breached the impenetrable Frost Zero Pass, how could there not have been any advance warning? Couldn't the A-rank magic circle Frost Fury, which had been playing such a crucial role, have been able to withstand it?

And what about the magic communication crystal? Why didn't anyone use it to transmit vital military intelligence at such a critical moment?

Just as the knights were looking at each other with confusion in their hearts and the atmosphere was extremely tense, a figure appeared in front of everyone as if out of thin air.

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn over, and upon closer inspection, they saw that the person coming was none other than the Earl. His appearance made the already tense atmosphere even more solemn.