The City Army, huh.

It wasn’t something I hadn’t thought about. I figured that if neither a guild nor a school accepted me, joining the army might be a good alternative. The solid backing of the Grand Duchy and City Hall was certainly attractive.

But that option had quickly been discarded.

The City Army is divided into three major organizations:

• The Defense Corps, responsible for protecting the city from external threats.
• The Security Corps, responsible for maintaining order and suppressing crime within the city.
• The Expeditionary Corps, responsible for descending into the Abyss on expeditions.

Of those, the …