Arc Chronicles

Interlude Student

Interlude: The Student

He wore the same cadet uniform that the rest of them, but emblazoned over his right breast was a bronze medal that bore the inscription: "Special Services to the Academy." On the color of their uniforms, we were bronze bars. One bar for each year we attended. As First-Year Cadets, Charlie and Julius each bore a bar. So did Alfred, but unlike them, his bars were silver.

"Special services to the school have been rendered. That's why his bars are silver. I don't doubt that by the time he graduates, he'll be wearing gold bars. While ours will be bronze," Charlie muttered, glaring at his back.

"You sound so sure of yourself."

"His uncle is the headmaster. The man is the one who pushed Alfred's name through on that award. So his nephew could wear an undeserved medal on his chest. House Kessner doesn't play fair in Hawaii. Better get used to that now. They may not rule this dukedom officially, but they have their claws everywhere here. They unofficially rule."

"How so?