That's true. I've never really been one to believe the Free Cities simply guessed at knowing how to find us or bring us here. I've heard the first summonings in Thorne might've been that to a degree, considering some of the Summoned were told they were 'mistakes' and jailed.

[ A distinct air of disdain can be heard in the last part, considering no matter how many times he's heard that from Summoned here far longer than him it never sits right. That was before he'd connected the dots that for them to have somehow been brought in error meant those in charge had an idea of who they wanted, and then it seemed only logical to connect all the rest together.

Or it did to Claude; whether it's based in actuality or will remain a bunch of theories he's strung together to mean something remains to be seen. It'll likely stay that way without any further information or chats with those who know more or share the same thought processes. Claude leans forward to absently prop his chin in one hand to continue watching Viktor work, though not without an eyebrow raised at the explanation of getting into the academy. ]

Not a bad way to get in, then. Far better than Fodlan's academies usual method of asking for sums of money in varying amounts as a qualification for admission to different schools, or a large amount in the case of the academy I attended. I'd assumed the same would be true for here.