Perhaps it was because these children had started journeying with the taxation, Leon somehow felt as if he was unwittingly learning from the Osman in collecting a blood tax.
He shook his head, thinking that it wasn't right to think so negatively.
Blood tax was about tearing families apart, dragging people off to slavery. He wasn't enslaving these children. Selecting them for schooling was something many would seek out even if they had to light a lantern to find it, and moreover, he didn't even prevent their relatives from visiting occasionally.
In different words, it should be called selecting and cultivating the children of good families for a future foundation.
Leon nodded, that sounded much better.
If in the future, among those in the Avalon academy there were smart, capable, and well-performing individuals, maybe some could even be chosen to join the knight order.
Hmm?... Loyal Legacy Academy?
Leon couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
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