"Special Ranked? You?" Alec was dumbfounded by the boy's introduction. He was in denial after hearing that. Did this kid take him for some joke?
"Strange, I know. But I am the other special-ranked entry. By the way, I read about you and your fight against a semerian dragon I've heard they have tough skins so the battle must have been something." Arthur spoke, using all the tricks on how to talk to such people. Elizabeth had taken him through all this right before coming here. Also, he had spent the last three days researching every applicant starting from their abilities, family backgrounds, and what they did to get here.
"Oh so you've heard about me, well I am impressed." Alec rushed to accept Arthur's hand and shook it with excitement-praise was always his dammed weakness. Holding the weird boy's hand, it was cold like a corpse's not like he has ever touched one.
