Shadow River Sect.
Lith was sitting in one of the courtyards present in the core area of the sect and was browsing through some papers.
A few instances later, space fluctuated near him and three figures appeared.
Lith stopped doing what he was doing and focused on the three people.
"We're here already? Wow? Where is– Ah! Hi, Your Highness!" Dennis was looking around with a curious gaze when he soon found Lith.
"Hi there." Lith smiled and waved to Dennis.
"Greetings." Ralph did a small bow and said.
"Hi, Ralph." Lith smiled and waved towards Ralph.
Listening to a familiar voice, Dennis turned to the side, only to see Ralph doing a bow. "You're here too? Didn't you say you were going to come later?"
Ralph slightly knitted his brows as he got a barrage of questions from Dennis. They only just met and he didn't even greet him.
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"Hi, Dennis." Despite feeling annoyed, Ralph was happy to be reunited back with Dennis and Lith.
"Hi, Hi, now tell me, why are you so early?" Dennis couldn't help but repeat.
Amidst their talks, Noman who brought Dennis looked at Lith and Lith looked back at him. The two nodded looking at each other and Noman left after giving a small bow to Lith.
Lith got up from his seat and as he did, the two people's gaze fell on him.
"Oh wow! His Highness sure has become a lot more handsome than before. Not to mention tall as well." Dennis couldn't help but say in amazement.
"Yes. All his baby fat seems to have gone as well." Ralph added to the conversation. He had become slightly talkative due to one stupid guy who kept pestering him all these years.
Lith didn't say anything to their comments and simply went ahead and hugged them both.
"It's good to see you guys again." Lith said with a smile.
"Haha! It's good to see you too, Your Highness!" Dennis said cheerfully while patting Lith's back.
"Same." Ralph said with a small smile on his face.
Lith let go of the hug and looked at them both. "You two seem to have grown a lot, probably more than me."
Ralph looked more refined, elegant, and handsome. He looked like a perfect nobleman and his face had a slight feminine look, which only made him more pleasing to the eyes.
As for Dennis, he also had grown to be a handsome man, but when in front of Ralph, he just appeared average, or more correctly, his handsomeness was overshadowed. But Lith didn't have trouble to notice it and he could tell that Dennis was indeed a very handsome nobleman as well, though definitely not as elegant as Ralph.
Ralph was in a white formal suit and Dennis was in a black one. Both looked like they were going to attend some kind of ball soon.
Lith sat with them near a round table and the three started chatting about things.
From them, Lith got to know that Ralph teleported straightaway to this place by placing the coordinates Lith gave him. There was a powerful teleportation circle that Ralph could use in his home and he made use of it.
As for Dennis, he was shocked at first to see Noman as he was the same butler who had escorted him and his parents to the Royal Banquet. Then after his initial shock was gone, he was really happy to know that he was being taken from the castle and into the war.
Going to war felt much better to Dennis than to study what his parents gave him for home work. Thus, skipping it, he came to this place with the help of Noman.
As for Ralph, he could even ask his mother to drop him to this place if he wanted, but knowing how the situation was at that time, Ralph decided to make use of the teleportation circle instead.
A few hours passed and it was dusk already.
The three friends had a lot to talk to each other and didn't even realize the time.
"I've had a few plans in mind while I was in the academy. It was related to our careers." Lith suddenly said something important which made the two become slightly serious and listen.
Lith lay back on his chair and continued, "the road to the top is quite long and also lonely. You two must've realized already how it feels to be the strongest in your generation, right? There's hardly anyone that you find to fight or hang out with."
The two nodded their heads. They knew full well about what Lith was talking about and could also relate with that.
"The time I spent in the academy with you guys was really nice. But the problems we three faced there, we were simply too ahead of everyone that they always felt inferior to us and nobody even dared to approach us. And not to mention the incident Ralph caused at that time in the cafeteria made us three look like someone really elite and someone who shouldn't be approached."
"Haha! Yeah! Ralph went overboard with his things." Dennis laughed and added.
Ralph shook his head. "I did what I felt was right."
He didn't regret doing what he did at that time. The guy simply came and bothered him when he didn't even do anything to him.
Lith nodded. "Yes, I know. But what I am saying is, we were never able to have friends in the academy because we were just too superior to everyone."
The two nodded their heads. They agreed with Lith.
For Ralph, wherever he went, females would always try to throw themselves at him and they kind of annoyed him. There was hardly any girl that didn't just want to get fucked by Ralph.
For Dennis, people kept pestering him and showering him with gifts because they wanted to have a good relationship with him. The thing was, they just wanted to have connections with an Emperor Rank Clan's heir and also because they wanted to get close to the Vampire Prince. He was treated like a tool by everyone despite being as good looking as Ralph.
After Lith was gone, Ralph and Dennis both started to hate the academy life because it was too tiresome to them. They even had plans for dropping out but Emilia was there for them.
Not only Emilia, even Arya came from time to time to check up on them and even helped them with a few things.
The two had spent their days training with Arya and Emilia and doing the events in the academy that made them always stay ahead of everyone in points.
They got a lot of resources and with Emilia's help, they ended up breaking through to Rank in less than three and a half years.
Ralph was the first to break through but Dennis followed suit in just a week and both graduated from the academy at the same time.
They were also the first to have graduated from their batch and took the spot of third and fourth in all time fastest students to have ever graduated.
The first spot was held by Lucy who also attended the academy when she was thirteen and the second spot was held by Alexandra.