I'll Eat Well

Rumors began spreading throughout the continent.

"The Empire... is recruiting talent?"

"I hear they'll even accept you as an Imperial citizen if you can prove your abilities."

"You can become an Imperial citizen... If only I had the ability... if only I had the ability!"

What kind of empire was the Empire now?

There had been a time when it was merely large and handed things out to the surrounding nations like a fool.

But now it was a country advancing with such tremendous momentum that one might wonder whether it had ever been like that at all.

It had originally been called an empire because its scale was already absurd.

But now it boasted an even more absurd size.

"What does an academy generally teach, anyway? What kind of abilities do they evaluate?"...