"You—"
"Hahahaha! You want to recruit our Cel? Not on your life, lady!"
Sola only glanced at Lucia before prompting Cecil for an answer, "As you can see from my badge, I represent the Empire, and I'd like to formally accept you as one of our artificers! I'm sure you're aware of the many benefits that you can gain by joining us, no?"
This was too troublesome, Cecil thought. He could only conclude that this lady here wanted to recruit him because of his answers on the assessment. He initially thought that his answers wouldn't draw any attention towards himself, but it looks like he thought wrong.
"Sorry, but I have no interest in joining," Cecil replied. He checked the time and there were about another 2 hours or so before the first assessment finished.
He sat next to Lucia again and wa
