The news that House Chains had gotten Instructor Ardent as a patron spread through the entire Academy. Those who had been planning to take advantage quickly reconsidered.
They went through with the official way of applying. Severin saw the highest increase in member registrations that week, but he did not accept any.
His plan was to go through it later by first searching for the names of the people he already had in mind.
Getting Instructor Ardent on his House sent a strong message that the House was there to stay.
Not everyone liked that.
Instructor Ardent was infamous in the Academy. No one knew his background, family, or where he came from. Not even his level of power. Only that he could do as he wished, and not even the Head Instructor seemed interested in correcting him.
Even Severin did not know much about him because, in the book, the man battled with a terminal sickness that slowly sucked the life out of him.
