Az had developed quite an attachment to his mother in the past 20 days. But, at this moment, he was in his own words, 'fucking bored'. This so called 'theory' class was the most boring thing he had done, possibly since his birth.
"Mom, can't we do something else?" Az asked.
"Don't be a spoiled brat. Sometimes, you have to do something, even if you don't like it." Diana replied in a stern voice.
"Yeah, I have done many things that I don't like doing, but this is sooooo boring." Az said.
"Hmmm…. Are you calling your mother boring, young man?" Diana asked with a fake frown.
"Possibly." Az replied with a cheeky smile.
Diana was about to retort, but something hit her as she smirked, "Good try to change the topic, but you're not getting away."
Az just groaned as he endured the next cruel hour of his life, sure that getting whipped by the devil while being tied to the fiery pillars of hell would be less painful than this.
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~A week later~
"Good to see you again, brat." Camillia said as she grinned at a wet Azrath with a bucket of water in her hand.
Az groaned. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"30 minutes. In the training area." Camillia said as she disappeared from where she was standing.
Az slowly got out of bed as he lazily got dressed in his training clothes and headed to the training area.
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"Alright, brat. Same rules. Come at me." She said as Az caught the wooden sword she threw at him.
Blue aura started flowing from his body as he immediately rushed at Camillia and swung at her waist area with a far greater speed than he had 2 weeks ago.
This increase in speed caught her off guard which led her to react only at the last moment by backstepping and creating some space between them. However, she felt something that felt like an ant bite on her abdominal area.
She realized what it was. The brat had actually scratched her with his wooden sword. Sure, he caught her off guard, but he still managed it. A grin made its way to her face. "Rules change, brat. Now, I'll be using both my hands."
Needless to say, Az got his ass kicked.
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~3 years later~
Az woke up and got out of bed and looked in the mirror. In the mirror, he was a boy looking to be anywhere from 13-16 years old. The boy was slightly taller than normal for his age (13 years) at around 5 ft 5 inches. He had a very toned body, his six pack enough to make any fair maiden bleed from her nose.
He had flawless skin from top to bottom. A small confident smile was playing on his lips, which enchanted his charm.
He had crimson red hair and deep blue eyes. After losing most of his baby fat, he looked handsome enough to make most women feel that becoming a pedophile would be worth it to spend a night with him.
"Ah…., nothing quite like being blessed to see the most handsome face in the world as the first thing in the morning." Az thought aloud.
Today was a special day. It was his last day for training since he would be going to the Redcrest Academy after 3 days.
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"Ah Lia, how are you doing today? Are you shedding tears that you won't be able to see me for a while already?" Az asked in a playful tone.
"You wish. And I told you not to call me that." Lia snorted before her face morphed into a frown.
"Aww.., but that's my way to show my love to my dear Lia." Az said as he picked up a wooden sword.
"You better be ready for your ass to be kicked badly today, brat." Lia grinned as she rushed towards Az and attempted to hit him.
Az, however, blocked her attack fairly easily as he said with a smile, "You should give me kiss instead of attacking me someday, Lia. I'm sure you would enjoy it more."
"I am 10,000 years older than you, brat. Show some respect." Lia said with a frown as she kept trading blows with Az.
"Well, you wouldn't want me to call you great great grandmother, would you, Lia? So, just let me call you baby rather than grandma." Az replied as he was slowly getting pushed back.
Az dodged one of her swings and created some space between himself and Lia. He then rushed towards Lia once again.
Lia was ready to block his attack, before Az disappeared and appeared behind her and attacked her with a diagonal slash, which Lia barely dodged. "Don't use teleportation magic, brat."
Az just winked at her, "You just said no aura, right?"
As he said that, Lia rushed at him with incredible speed. Az, feeling that he would die if he didn't use aura, channeled his aura as green aura flowed out of his body, signaling his strength at Apprentice level.
In these 3 years, Az had become a rookie stage Apprentice level aura user and a late-stage level 3 mage. For reference, finding a 13-year-old who was an Apprentice as well as a level three mage was like finding someone who has as low of an iq as an anime icon whose name starts with Gok--.
You can't, there's only one, himself. Some monkey might come close to him, but still, he's not at that level.
Just like Az, you might see a 16 or 17-year-old with the same power level, but not a 13-year-old.
Anyway, back to the fight after our brief knowledge sharing session. Az tried to block the attack, and he did, but that didn't mean anything since he was sent flying by a kick 3 milliseconds later.
"Well, you broke that rule, didn't you? So, I can beat you as much as I want." Lia said with a grin.
Yeah, pray for your boy.
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"Come on, mom. Tell me which year you enrolled me into." Az asked Diana.
To understand what he was talking about, a quick knowledge session.
Redcrest Academy didn't work like other academies. First, it taught students for exactly 38 years. From age 13 to 50, which was the age of maturity for dragons, elves, vamps and other creatures except humans, since that was the age at which these creatures obtain their true form.
Humans were not taught at the Redcrest Academy because of this. However, Redcrest Academy had a special way of doing things.
At the end of any academic year, they expelled all their students. They also didn't have end of year exams except for in the 38th year. Meaning that students had to pass the entrance exam again every other year.
There were different entrance exams for each year. Normally, in such cases students would study the 1st year, take the entrance for the 2nd year, and continue this till they reach year 38 and graduate.
However, there was another thing, although each year had a maximum age limit for the students, they all had the same minimum age limit at 13. So, theoretically a 13-year-old could straight up take the 38th year exam and graduate at the age of 13.
This had turned this to a competition between 'geniuses' of some kind on which person can graduate the fastest. However, it wasn't an easy feat to graduate much earlier than intended due to the extreme difficulty of the graduation exams of the 38th year.
The record for the youngest to graduate was at the age of 22, set by Asura Bloodfallen, and the second youngest was, well at the age of 38, a massive gap between the 1st and 2nd place.
Alright, that is enough knowledge session. If you understood, good and if you didn't, you'll understand as this goes on. Don't worry. Now, back to the story.
"I told you, it's a surprise." Diana replied with a laugh.
"You didn't enroll me to the 1st year, did you? I wanna break grandfather's record, so you can't do that." Az said.
"Don't worry, it's in a year where you'll find people just as strong as yourself." Diana said with a smile as she stroked Az's head.
"Mmm. I'll trust you then." Az replied.
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Three days later, as Az was preparing to make his journey to Redcrest Academy, Diana was sitting in her room as she sipped on a cup of tea as she walked out of her window with a smile.
"So, what year did you enroll him into?" An excited voice came out of the mouth of none other than the one and only Camillia Dragonhart.
"4th year with the 16-year-olds." Diana replied with a smile.
"Only 4th? He should be somewhere around the 10th year though." Camillia said with a frown marring her beautiful face.
"Yeah. But he's just a child, even though he's slightly more mature than his age. He should make some friends at least close to his age first, he can focus on breaking records later. He could probably take the 20th year entrance or something next year if he really focused, after making some friends." Diana replied.
"But that's such a waste of his talent though." Camillia whined with a pout.
Diana shook her head watching her best friend whine like a young girl. "Oh, dear Lia. An eternal virgin like you wouldn't know what it's like to have a child anyway."
Needless to say, both mother and son were experts at pissing Lia off.
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Az, at this moment could only be described as ethereal. Although Az didn't like wearing such clothes, but with a black coat with a few golden lines on it over his white shirt with his top 2 bottoms unlocked, slightly exposing his upper chest and black pants, combined with his already very handsome face, made him look like a perfect thirst trap for any fair maiden.
"Your highness, at this moment, you truly are the most handsome man in all of Atsolaes." Emily said in excitement as she looked at her 'masterpiece', proud of how she'd dressed him up.
Az merely smiled as he grabbed her waist and put her on his lap. "Oh, does that mean I'm not the most handsome man at the other times?"
"N-No, your highness is always the most handsome man in the world." Emily replied, her face turning completely red.
"Then, does the me right now make you want to... eat me up?" Az whispered in her ear hotly, causing the young girl to almost explode from shyness. Unable to take it anymore, the poor girl immediately ran out of the room.
As one could see, Az was already showing signs of being a complete womanizer. Az just laughed, enjoying her shyness, as he took a look at himself in the mirror, shamelessly admiring his good looks.
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"Make sure send your mom at least 1 letter each week, okay?" Diana said as she ruffled his hair.
"Of course I won't, mom." Az replied as he planted a cheek on her face.
"Gahhh…, don't do that in front of me." Lia said with disgust on her face.
"Are you jealous, Lia? If so, I can give you some love too. In fact, I can give you some love on your lips, not just the cheeks." Az said in a cheeky voice.
"The fuck are you talking about?" Lia replied.
"Oh, Lia calling me mother-in-law would be something I would love to see. I completely support you, Az." Diana said with a playful smile.
"The hell is wrong with both of you?" Camillia's face turned red as she started arguing with Diana.
"Alright then, I will be leaving now." Az said as he started climbing the stairs of the carriage.
As he said that, both Diana and Lia stopped arguing. "Have fun at the academy." "Make sure you get stronger, brat." They both said with a smile.
"Of course." Az replied to the both of them as the carriage slowly started moving to their next destination, where he would be shocking the world with his actions.
...To be continued
A/N: Training arc over, boys. One thing you might have realized in this chapter is that Az is going to be a complete womanizer.
And since I wanted to write a womanizer character, he will sleep with a lot of women that won't be in the harem. He won't necessarily be cheating as his wives will know of this. But if you don't like this kind of plot, please give it a try first before dropping the novel.
Anyway, peace out.