Taking my seat after Lorent showed me to the V.I.P area in the auditorium of the academy I finally got a good look at the place.
The V.I.P area was like a conference room but instead of the board that should be at the front, in its place was a see-through glass that showed the auditorium down below. All in all this place gave me the vibe of a private room at an auction.
I already took a quick glance at the royals who were on the other side and confirmed Lorent's statement. It seems that the 3 royals of the Yamato family were in attendance for the orientation early. The Second Prince, Nox Yamato, Third Princess Nyssa Yamato, and First Princess Nihasa Yamato.
If I had to guess, Nyssa and Nihasa are probably trying to find out my identity, especially Nihasa who according to my spies has a lot of info on our clan so due to that I have been very careful of my moves and have only let them know things that I wanted them to know. Like me single-handedly wiping out some Marquis and Count houses. This would make our standing clear since some of those houses that were wiped out were supporters of House Valerian. They weren't key supporters but they were big enough to cause some setbacks without them being too suspicious.
The third princess Nyssa was very playful and not as serious so she wasn't much of a bother and I might actually find some time to conversate with her although that might be unlikely since I don't have plans to come into contact with any of the royals unless a faction war starts and I have to be involved in it for some reason.
The Royal family or the Yamato family to be specific is a family of demon qilins, the leading race of the Federation of Darkness. Surprisingly their affinity to darkness while high is actually not as high as one might think as their main affinities are fire and wind. But their affinity and comprehension of the demonic dao are the highest by far. This dao can improve their already amazing combat abilities making them able to match up to the other three clans.
The second prince Nox is a person I actually find very interesting as he has no desire for the throne and only wants to increase his strength and explore the world a lot like me. But unfortunately like all people in the royal family, they have to live through schemes, and since he is the only one other than the crown prince and his parents that do know about me he probably has something planned for me or has started planning after my entrance here, a shame that it will all be useless.
Resting my fist on my cheek I closed my eyes to get some rest. The rest of the students will take a while to get here and get assembled so it would be a while before the orientation starts. Who would pass up some last-minute sleep?
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Waking up to the sound of the door sliding open I turned my head left to face the door from the corner seat I was in and saw a flood of people coming in.
The total population of the academy is unknown but my guess was about five million with about a million of them being from my batch of students and the number of people from that batch being from Class X, the same as mine was about two hundred. The rest are split and assigned to classes E-SSS based on their talent, potential, and strength. Of course, background plays a role as well but everyone who goes to this academy is the elite of the elite so background won't mean as much here.
After a few minutes, almost two hundred people had entered the V.I.P area and started talking to each other mingling and making connections and whatnot and I didn't blame them one bit. These people were all the best geniuses in the federation, I'm sure they got missions from their families and elders and clan heads about who to befriend, target, avoid, court...and kill.
Suddenly all the noise and chatter stopped as silence permeated the area. I looked at the front of the door and a smile broke out on my face when I saw the group of people who were the cause of the tense atmosphere walking through a crowd that split apart to give them a path to walk through.
The teenager leading them was tall, slim, and most definitely handsome so handsome that his looks were almost feminine. He had shining black hair that went down his back, black eyes that seemed to draw in one's soul, and snow-white skin that was so clean and smooth that it seemed it was carved of white ice.
He was dressed in a black robe with a spear of the same color strapped to his back and giving off an aura of immense arrogance and pride. He was Zantar Valerian, the top genius of the demon qilin clan and one of the Seven Blessed from Heaven, and to most the leader of the male younger generation.
After taking a brief look I turned my head back to the glass and watched the swarm of people on the lower level gathering and finding their seats. Zantar was less than an ant in my eyes and not even worth my acknowledgment, the only reason why he wasn't dead yet was because he had protection from both the royals and his house. House Valerian was one of the 5 strongest families in the federation and the royals would rather not have a war with them even though most of them hate him. But that didn't matter since the emperor approves of him heavily so he can do as he pleases pretty much but he dares not go too far due to the empress.
I felt a sudden glare and sensed someone walking toward me. I turned to look despite already knowing who it was and laughed inwardly at the fucking idiot Zantar along with his useless lackeys walking towards me with his hands behind his back and his head arched high like a king coming to meet his servant.
"Well Well Well if it isn't the 'Asuran Prince', why are you just sitting here by yourself and not enjoying the 'allure' that your 'illustrious title' brings?" Zantar asked, putting heavy emphasis on my title and the words allure and illustrious title as a means of sarcasm and contempt in a remedial attempt to get under my skin, but if this worthless disgrace wants to try me then who am I to not oblige him?
Replying while still sitting down with my eyes closed but still facing forward as I didn't even acknowledge Zantar as my equal and deciding to make this quick while also embarrassing him thanks to him drawing all the attention to us I said "I don't care much about the attention my name draws. I'm not an attention-seeking bitch who needs approval from everyone I see and need a bunch of yes-men fuckers ready to ride my dick on instinct in hopes of getting rewards in bed during the night." I replied with the graceful and royal demeanor of a prince despite my crass use of words.
Zantar frowned while the male bitches trembled in anger but before they could say anything Zanatar sneered and said "You should really pay some respect to your seniors, especially those better than you." He warned
"I will consider senior's words but don't get your hopes up. While you may be my senior, saying you are better than me is as blasphemous as saying the empress will warm your bed." I said and almost everyone's body trembled in futile attempts to hold their laughter as some snickers escaped but the only ones who didn't find it as funny were the royals as Nox chuckled slightly while Nyssa and Nihasa merely snorted.
"Hmph" Zantar snorted and released a demonic aura in a worthless attempt to put me in fear and make me kneel.
While I was surprised for a brief moment that he gained such comprehension in demonic dao it was only for a brief moment and while I couldn't feel his aura due to how weak it was, surprising me as just now I was realizing how powerful abyssal demons were the same could not be said for everyone else in the room as some directly fainted while the stronger ones circulated their arcana in an attempt to stop them from dropping to their knees in fear with cold sweat drenching their backs.
Having enough of this worthless shit stain standing in my presence I sighed and snapped my fingers to completely dissipate his demonic aura as if it were never there. I used the duration of him using his demonic aura to gain enough insight into the demonic dao to cause his pressure to vanish with just a snap of my fingers. While this would be impossible in most cases, abyssal demons weren't called the origin of all for no reason. Despite me now being one, I really envied them. Saying that they got everything handed to them on a platter wasn't even enough to justify how lucky they were.
Taking advantage of the shock on his face I telepathically communicated to him since the next words I was about to say were only for him to hear 'Listen to me. You're a disgrace, you might be a revered existence in the presence of these fools but in my eyes, you are nothing and will forever stay that way. You are nothing more than a mistake that our dog emperor planted into a whore that now serves as a cum guzzler for the royal guards. The royal family will never acknowledge you and will forever hold you in disdain and contempt. The crown prince doesn't even hold you in his eyes at all as he doesn't even acknowledge your existence. Now get out of my sight before I send you flying through the window.'
Zantar trembled heavily from shock and anger as his aura fluctuated wildly again before he calmed down and said through gritted teeth "Let's go." and turned around to leave.
"But young mast-" one of the lackeys was about to say until he got his throat pierced by Zantar's spear. His eyes open in shock as he couldn't believe what had just happened. Despair and fear were still present in his eyes as the glow of life faded away.
"I SAID LET'S GO!!!!" he yelled and the rest of his bitch boys didn't dare say anything as they quickly followed him out of the V.I.P area.
Pushing this unmeaningful event to the back of my mind, the lights dimmed down and footsteps echoed and everyone in the main auditorium stood up and bowed and they awaited the entrance of the empress.
"ALL HAIL THE EMPRESS, MAY YOUR REIGN REMAIN AS LONG AS THE GRACE AND GLORY OF THE NIGHT!" they all roared in unison like a bunch of well-trained soldiers.
The members of Class X didn't bow for 2 reasons, mainly because a good amount of them was still unconscious due to fainting from Zantar's bitchmade aura and second, because they believed that the empress didn't have eyes in this area and therefore wouldn't notice. A foolish thought as her kids were in the room but I guess they had some hope that they wouldn't snitch.
Shaking my head and lightly chucking at these helpless fools I slowly opened my eyes but they quickly went wide from disbelief and my heart almost stopped as I gazed at the woman who now stood on the stage.