CHAPTER 54 - The Bet.

'That should be enough for now, I believe...'

Alex mused as he stared at the ceiling. He was done preaching to Mira about the dos and don'ts of the academy as a first-year with a low power level.

People would soon know that she was his mother's student—Alex was sure they would. But unlike her, who got it all easy because of being the son of Vanessa Drakathor, she wouldn't.

She was a commoner, so unlike him, who got people's respect and awe, she would only command fear, and with just fear, one could never live for long. History was proof of it: unless you have great powers, you will always be prone to betrayal and backstabbing in an empire built under fear.

With all that he had told her, he believed that she wouldn't suffer with the boost he had given to her image during the election competition, even when the fact about her being Vanessa's disciple was revealed.