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What was initially supposed to be just between the principle and vice principle was now known to every instructor.

That is, the first year Apex will be taught separately from her other classmates.

This was a decision made after the results of the dueling competition were out.

So what happened after Solomon was defeated was that some second years were curious to find out how strong Irina really was.

And 'curiosity killed the cat' . Being that unstoppable one Irina had always been she defeated the second years just like Solomon.

Most of them were defeated in one punch out kick only.

Though it was not her intention to truly show everyone how strong she was, she just for fed up when these people became more curious and she had to duel twenty people not ten like others.

The instructors did not say anything because there was no rule to how many maximum number of duels one can fight.

And also Irina was not one to back down from any challenge so she just accepted every challenger to duel.

Now that the whole academy knew about the very strong Apex of the first years who defeated every second year student who challenged her like they were nothing at all.

Though her reputation had boosted after the dueling competition as the others who first doubted her were now praising her .

Lucian was also surprised to hear how his sister had grown so strong.

Though he had known earlier and listened from the soldiers who she had fought before but now he really wished to know really just how strong she was to defeat second years like that.

He wanted to know if Irina could defeat him too or not.

This he had called Irina to a private training chamber in the academy. Apexes were allowed entry in these private training chambers only beside from the instructors.

Right now they were standing in front of each other, their swords in their hands.

Their posture tensed and straight. They looked like they were ready to jump at each other at any moment's notice.

They both moved at the same time, magic circling around them.

Irina's sword was flaring with lightening and Lucian had made the water circle around his sword in such a way that even if the lightening conducts itself through the water he would not be affected.

Lucian had more experience, no matter how strong Irina was.

Their swords clashed leaving a behind sizzling fog that had already covered the whole area.

It was already very difficult to see because of the fog. Now they were blinded by it and were using their perception to detect the incoming attacks.

Lucian's attacks were never wasted. He targeted specific areas in the body that were fatal of hit. This prevented a lot of wasted movements.

So Irina finally had someone who could stand against her in this academy.

Even if it was Lucian they had never fought like this before, using their affinities to fight each other.

The duel continued for two hours continuously and when the siblings were tired, that called it a draw and decided to rematch after a month.

They both strolled together for some time before Lucian had to go to the student council for his daily work.

Irina swiftly decided to meet her team in Nymeria. It was really an emergency.

When everyone from her team was present at the coffee house, she told them about the recent events in the academy.

About how the instructors were deciding to start teaching her separately.

This could definitely mean one thing and that was if they decided to continue teaching her separately then they might chack her affinities sooner than expected.

This was really going to be a problem. Earlier they had time to search for the artifact at least but now they did not have the luxury to waste more time.

She dispatched her messanger to get father to let him know about the current situation and also to ask him for help.

Because she was just a princess and no matter how many spies she planted in the city, she could not possibly plant her people in the academy in a short span of three years.

And also because her father was a Saint, who had always had his own people in the academy to watch over things from the time he himself studied in the academy.

Though earlier she had not thought about asking the king for help but now was an emergency.

After discussing some more details about the city structure and getting a map of the academy from the spies who were guards at the academy she dismissed them.

Now she had basic idea of where were the restricted areas of the academy.

Even guards were not allowed to go near there.

So she marked some suspicious areas and decided to wait for her father's help while investigating these areas in her own.

She could not risk her planted people to join her. It would be a disaster of anyone else found out about them.

While returning she bought some random things to look like she was out to buy them.

The students in her class had refused to take part in physical activities with her because of how strong she was.

Also the instructors had given her permission to not attend the class and were planning on who could teach her personally.

But what they had not expected was that the principal would volunteer to teach someone personally.

He said that he would take the girl as his own disciple and then teach her things that he would find her lacking in.

The whole staff of instructors froze when he declared that.

Who did not know that the principal had never taken a disciple before. Now hearing about such a declaration from the principal himself was entirely shocking.

The principal is finally taking a disciple. This news was spread to the whole academy in just a few days.

And everyone knew who it was except for the third years. When they knew that it was Lucian's sister they could not help but think, just how are they trained in their kingdoms to be the strongest in their years.

While it was a sudden emergency for Irina. How could she hide her affinities if the principal himself was to take her as his disciple?

Would Irina be exposed or will her father's help reach her before she is revealed?