The Ma clan flying ship was making it's way towards the academy with the young members of the clan. Including Thadius there were six of them who were recommended into the academy by the clan. They were all youths with good background and acceptable talent among whom a tall fellow clearly stood out. He had short silver hair and a lean body. This was Ajax Ma who was also fifteen and a well known genius of the clan. Other than him the rest of them had dual attribute meridians but the one who stood out the least was the one Ajax had his eye on. Hercule had told Ajax not to underestimate Thadius and even though he didn't get just what was so dangerous about the calm young man he wasn't stupid enough to provoke him for no reason.
The group didn't talk much since they were all excited as well as nervous since it was their first time on their own. After a while a huge levitating island came into view, it was surrounded by thousands of small islands looking like the sun surrounded by stars. The smaller islands was where the outer and inner disciples resided. All of the academy was surrounded by an invisible array and there were four entrances at four corners with no other way in. After reaching the northern entrance they submitted their tokens and were taken to a small island where they would reside. The island was called drift wind island and it had ten lodgings. The houses weren't build on a similar level since it was an island. Each one of the youths wanted the house on top but with Ajax here the other clan members couldn't say much knowing he was much stronger than them but they wouldn't back down without a fight. Ajax also wanted the top house since according to them the one who lived on top was the strongest but Thadius didn't think so. He just choose one of the middle houses near the edge and made his way there. Seeing this the rest were confused, was this Thadius saying he wasn't Ajax's match. Ajax also didn't understand this. He knew Thadius wasn't a pushover. Looking at him walking away Ajax couldn't help himself and asked if he wanted to fight to see who was the strongest among this batch. The rest were also interested and paid attention but Thadius didn't even turn and just said not interested. Seeing this Ajax didn't force the issue and turned to asked the others if they wanted to compete for the best house. The rest agreed since this was just a friendly competition among clan members. Ajax easily won the fight but didn't feel much satisfaction. The one he wanted to fight didn't show any interest and the rest weren't strong enough.
The day ended and tomorrow would be the first day of the academy for them so they all chose a house and rested. Thadius was on his bed also a little excited but also little sad remembering his mother's tearfilled eyes and his sister's crying face. As for his father well he was just grinning but Thadius knew the old man was also a little worried but trusted Thadius to be okay on his own.
With such thoughts Thadius fell asleep knowing tomorrow would be quite the exciting day.