Duke Felix had us go through a series of tests. They ranged from practical to academic to philosophical. I thought I did pretty well in the academics portion. I got my ass kicked in the field tests. I did not put much in the Null trees. I more than made up for it in the mecha demonstrations. This time, we were using live ammo and real mechas unlike the simulations in the academy. The real thing had harder level minigames than in the academy, but I still did well. I couldn't begin to guess whether the answers I gave to his questionnaire were what he wanted to hear or not. Regardless, he dismissed us and sent us to the barracks. Since he was still evaluating us, we were to spend the night with the rank and file soldiers. It was a tradition and some shenanigans could ensue from what I heard whispered from the royal academy cadets. Caspian can up to me and said "What the hell did you do to me!?" He was as pissed as I thought he would be. I said "Come talk to me calmly and I will explain it to you. I don't want to get into a shouting match where others can hear us."
He crossed his arms and followed me. When we got to a secluded spot, he said "This is far enough, Davie. What the hell happened to me!? I feel awful and throw up in the mornings and I crave weird foods." I explained my tail to him as I lifted it and made it wave to him. "You... have to be joking. I can't be pregnant! I might be an Omega, but a male giving birth is much to rare to happen to me." he denied with a shake of his head. I shrugged and asked "What is the status of your parents in your house? It may be an opportunity." He blinked and said "Gillmond House has three counties. My father is the great nephew of Countess Brianna of Ursel. Needless to say, we are very low in status. And two bastard mixed breed children won't raise our prospects any." His face grew sad as if in grief and added "In fact, I might just be disowned for this!" I raised a finger and said "What if they were an Alpha? Your family would need an Alpha in the blood line to advance, right?" Caspian rolled his eyes and said "As if I would waste time praying on that!"
Caspian was skeptical. "Knowing my luck, they are unremarkable Omegas. Even if they were Switch Primes like you, they would be mix breed bastards! Who would give them the time of day?" he despaired. I tried to comfort him, but he brushed them off. "When these children are born, my life is over. My career just started. There is no way they will promote an Omega mother. You might have a womb, but that tail of yours means that you can just walk away and push the burden off on others." There was nothing I could say and I turned to leave. "I won't abandon you. Call me and I will come to rescue you." I then left for the barracks. The next time the cadets were all brought before Duke Felix. He gave us our ranks. As expected, we were made Lieutenants and given command of corvette class ships. The corvette ships came with 50 men, 10 Battle mechas and one Elite mecha each. That was great to hear. I had command of a ship and an Elite mecha. That was a good start. The true game had just begun.
