The air of dragon.

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Ayrton was moving toward the door when Richard threw the bolide his way. As he approached, he suddenly felt intense heat coming from behind him. Before the scurrility of the fire could reach him, he quickly slid down from the target position, causing the bolide to peck into the door.

Ayrton stood in the dust as a victorious legionnaire does on battlegrounds as the door quickly turned into dust without any smoke or scorching fire.

"Your fire has become more special, professor," Ayrton said, looking down at the dust with astonishment.

Richard clapped as he guffawed while gaping at Ayrton. "Is that so? You've gotten stronger, too" Richard said, dramatically, wiping the gash from his eye.

Ayrton asserted, "If I couldn't have dodged this piddly bolide I noway would have been your student"

"That is true" holding his guffawed Richard said pithily — "This made me fresh"

"Should I pay back for this amazing performance?" Ayrton said with a stone face.

"I will give you a chance to do that latterly, your highness" snickering, Richard replied.

"Thanks for the letter then, I will leave now," Ayrton said as he left the room.

"The further you hide it the more I'll come curious" Richard murmured while sniggering at Ayrton, who left the room.

...

In the eve beams that were coming from the enormous glass window on the right side of the academy's front entryway, his long green hair gleamed while giving off a dragon-like aura.

His hazel eyes were displaying a vast ocean of knowledge behind the thin glasses. He held a tiny book in his hand while wearing his outfit.

"I thought you would have heeded my words but I guess I was wrong," Feron said.

Arlo was lying on the ground covered in water, and Lynorr was standing in front of him with rusty aegis pieces strewn about them. They were both shaken in their positions and were looking into each other's eyes when they heard Feron's voice.

Their heart started clogging the ribcage as Feron stepped toward them. "Care to explain what are you doing?" Feron inquired.

"We were chatting" Arlo uttered in a reluctant voice.

"About the blast you guys did?" Richard queried brutally.

"No" Lynorr replied, eventually looking into Feron's eyes.

"Then my crystals?" Richard communicated as he looked deep into Lynorr's eyes

"About that..." Arlo was cut off by Lynorr.

"We will pay you back" Lynorr put forth with a stone face while starting at Feron.

"Stealers give things back?" Richard said sarcastically.

"We aren't thieves!" Lynorr stated.

"How?" tipping his head Feron said.

"We just borrowed your craven crystals"

"Borrowed?"

"We will give it back to you"

"Knowing how rare were they?"

"You're undervaluing my kingdom's wealth, Feron" Arlo blurted out.

Arlo had his palm clenched into a fist and was about to strike when Feron crouched down near him and gazed into his eyes, causing him to blench. Lynorr was gazing at Arlo with a confused expression as Feron snickered and shuffled forward toward him.

"You." Feron was cut off by Ayrton.

"I was wondering how did you both get your hands on such a rare explosive, so you stole it from Feron," Ayrton said as he was padding down the stairs.

Feron listed his head at Ayrton–Lynorr looked up at him too "Ayrton!" Arlo bawled as he ran toward Ayrton and hid behind him, clinging to his uniform.

"Coward," Lynorr seethed in a low voice while glaring at Arlo.

"Arlo, what are you doing?" Ayrton asked.

"Help me" Arlo rumored.

"What?" Ayrton inquired with a confused expression.

"I do not want to be cursed by Feron" Arlo stammered.

"Cursed?" Ayrton was confused again.

"He is angry because we stole his crystals" Arlo faltered.

"We did not steal! we just borrowed" Lynorr bellowed.

"Yeah we just borrowed and we've told him that we will give his crystals back but his deathly air is not dispersing" tightly clinging to Ayrton's cloak Arlo claimed.

"Can you let go of me first?" Ayrton said as he slid himself from Arlo's grip to aside.

"He may have all the knowledge about the curse but he can not exactly do it because it's banned and you know it too" Ayrton went on.

"Ayrton, stay out of this and go, I will come after settling my accounts with them," Feron said while sniggering.

"It's too late to settle accounts and you're in the academy not in your kingdom" Ayrton supplicated as he trudged toward the door, "The principal will handle it hereafter, so you don't have to intrude on this"

Feron goggled at Ayrton, who halted for a moment and looked back at him before exiting the door.

"Ayrton! wait for me" Arlo yelled as he ran toward Ayrton outside.

"Should I escort you out, my lady?" Feron said sarcastically while sniggering as he goggled at Lynorr, who was gaping at the door.

Lynorr glared at Feron before rushing out of the anterior foyer of the academy.

...

"Lady, you woke up?" Ophni said as soon as he entered the room.

Lydan almost spilled the water from his mouth, seeing Ophni suddenly shambling in.

"Are you okay, your highness?" Edmund said worriedly.

Lydan gave a nod wiping his mouth as he saw Ophni trudging and flopping over the Davenport–Lydan stood up and walked toward Ophni, who was gaping at him with a smirk.

"Lady appears to be fine" Ophni respected.

Lydan scowled as he sat down on the other side of the Davenport while glaring at Ophni.

"You still are angry?" Ophni asked, pretending to be in disbelief.

"What are you doing here?" Lydan signed.

"I am here to check up on lady" Ophni replied while placing his right leg over his left.

"He helped you Lydan, do not kill him yet" Lydan's studies muttered as he goggled at Ophni's leg swinging over and down.

"As you saw that I was in the middle of my rest and I will continue to do so if a certain someone takes their leave" Lydan signed.

"Hey what is your name?" Ophni asked as he turned his scrutiny toward Edmund from Lydan.

"It's Edmund, your highness" Edmund replied while looking down.

"Your master wants you to leave so he can rest," Ophni said while staring at Lydan.

"Pardon me, your highness?" Edmund said.

"You are pardoned now go" signaling at Edmund Ophni trumpeted.

Lydan suddenly banged on the middle table of Davenport as Ophni smirked wider.

To be continued...