ACADEMY SECRET CHAMBER (UNDERGROUND)
It seemed that the Hall was carefully guarded by the knights in armor, Ilya walked on the red carpet, the guards opened the gate.
The 24 princes just waited, after Ilya arrived they immediately bowed to pay respect, a rule that had been kept secret for a long time, the status of a monarch is higher than that of the King's Son and the Nobles, they are above and deserve respect.
Although in his heart Cyriel did not want to bow to someone who behaved like that, he had to endure.
Ilya walked past them and sat on the luxurious chair, was served wine and the servants fanned Ilya, yes like a King serving a Monarch.
"Long time no see Riley, Cyriel..."
They all looked at the two of them, Riley with a calm face while Cyriel with a tense face.
Immediately did not smile and stared sharply at Ilya.
"Oii Cyriel why did you make such a face?"
"This is indeed my face from birth, do you have a problem?"
Ilya's eyes stared for a long time, returning Cyriel's gaze.
"Huh! You've always been like this, I'm not surprised"
"He only talked like that with Monarch? Cyriel really has a heart of steel"
Andrejz was impressed by Cyriel's stance, not afraid of anyone.
"Ouhh yes...Riley...I heard you want to recruit a new member..."
"Yes, the name you like is Mathias Easton"
Ilya's eyes immediately brightened and shone.
"Ouhh that slave boy, Mathias...I see that boy has potential too"
"When he stared at me, the boy didn't blink, he looked at me like he was going to kill me"
The princes were all surprised, Mathias who was still young dared to talk to a Monarch as great as Ilya.
"Unlike Cyriel who saw me hesitant...Mathias...isn't afraid of me..."
"Strange, isn't it? This is the first time such a boy has been in my 26 years of life, if a lower human meets me, they will bend down and kiss my feet"
"But the boy didn't, he even returned the gaze"
Laurin who looked worried only saw Jan's reaction which he couldn't digest, Jan looked angry but he could still calm down.
"Jan..."
"Be honest Ilya, you were actually challenged by that boy, weren't you?
They all tried to find the source of Johan's bold statement, Riley's good friend.
"Ouh..."
"I can feel it myself, that boy was destined to come here, do all of you princes feel that way, is this not a coincidence?"
They all looked at Johan and continued to think for a long time, so did Riley.
"Don't worry, that boy will also die here before he reaches adulthood"
Ilya was calm with Johan's response, Cyriel looked angry he tried to calm down but couldn't.
"Don't do whatever you want Ilya, I know Monarch has limits to his power, aren't you afraid they'll remove you from your position"
Suddenly Ilya was behind Cyriel, they were all shocked.
"Monarch's power really can't be overthrown anymore, they're stronger than us here"
Ren saw Cyriel being strangled by Ilya, but no one dared to stop him.
"Calm down Zhiyu..."
Jan stopped his member Prince Zhiyu (22) from interfering, he put his sword back away.
"Oi Jan, don't you think that crazy guy came not because of the principal, but because of that Mathias?"
Jan saw Prince Jaiyvn (22) who looked calm giving his opinion, while they were chatting suddenly another prince named Hajoon (19) stopped Ilya.
"Alright, we all know you're the strongest here Ilya, let Cyriel go"
"Huh?"
Ilya's right eye stared sharply at Hajoon who was trying to calm the situation, which made him retreat a little from him.
Ilya released Cyriel who was finally able to breathe, Hajoon was angry at Riley who could only see the prince he knew being strangled like that.
"Why didn't you help Cyriel?! Riley!"
Hajoon pulled Riley's shirt, but was calmed down by someone, Riley tried to stop himself from punching Hajoon.
"Oh, oh... calm down... aren't you ashamed? Look in front of us there's a Monarch you know..."
"Jaivyn..."
The tall, dark-skinned man tried to calm Riley and Hajoon, and in the same situation he whispered to both of them.
"Try to calm down and read the situation"
After Prince Jaivyn (23) whispered to the two of them, he continued to hug Ilya.
"Yo, Ilya, long time no see?!!! How are you!!!"
"Don't get too close"
Ilya rejected Jaivyn who tried to liven up the atmosphere, while waiting for Mathias to arrive.
"Are you okay?"
Someone reached out to Cyriel, but was rejected.
The person could only chuckle.
"You're still cold towards me Cyriel..."
"I'm okay Zante, and thank you for your invitation..."
Cyriel left Prince Zante (23), but Zante saw Jan who was chatting with Prince Raivo (24) and Tigran (19).
Zante could only smile and drink his wine, he saw faces he knew especially Rejal, Johan and Cihan.
"Hahahaha...that boy really brought us together.
"What kind of person is Mathias?"
Tigran was a bit curious about Mathias and asked Jan.
"You'll know for sure..."
"He'll steal everyone's attention here..."
"Ouhh you seem to have high hopes for him Jan"
"He's like you Raivo...a person with a stubborn heart"
"Interesting..."
Suddenly the atmosphere became calm, the gate opened, and someone was seen walking there, a small figure that they were all waiting for.
"He's here..."-Cihan
"Ouhh, that's what a subordinate looks like"-Damian
"The troublemaker has arrived"-Andrejz
"Mathias...Easton"-Rejal
"Hahahaha...it seems...there will be an interesting situation"-Jaivyn.
Mathias walked confidently, while Ilya, who sat down after being calmed down by Jaivyn, continued to smile big.
Mathias just raised his face, he tried to act calm.
"They're all here...the nobles...I...feel so humiliated..."
All of them princes could only look at Mathias for a long time, some compared themselves to him, some were amazed, some didn't like it.
"Okay, without further ado!!!"
"Mathias!!!"
Ilya shouted his name loudly, the hall echoed.
"AGAINST ME!!!"
"What is this madman trying to do!!!"
Cyriel looked at Mathias who looked stunned, he tried to intervene but was stopped by Riley who held his arm tightly.
"It hurts...Riley..."
"Stop Cyriel, if your parents know you're fighting Ilya"
Cyriel was still stunned, unable to say anything and waiting for Mathias' response.
"Why should I fight you Your Majesty...isn't it enough to insult me in front of the crowd"
"Ouh this kid is brave"-Rudra
"Good question, the kid is trying to raise the crazy guy's emotions"-Xhesi
"Ouh...you think so?"
Ilya got up and approached Mathias, because the size was too different Ilya had to bend his body so he could speak to Mathias clearly.
"Of course, I want to know more about you...how could fate bring you to this place...and again"
Ilya held Mathias' chin roughly, Those scary eyes stared at Mathias sharply.
"His hand...his grip was so strong"
Mathias tried to bear the pain, Ilya knew and held him tightly again.
"Does it hurt?"
Mathias just stared for a long time, Ilya pushed Mathias hard until he fell.
"He made long eye contact with Ilya"-Johan
"Mathias..."-Cyriel
"If you win against me, I give you the green light to enter this academy on the condition...you have to report your performance every week of training"
"Ilya, you have no right to--"
"Wait a minute Jan...what? No right...actually I have the right...I just spoke to the Principal a moment ago..."
Ilya glared at Mathias.
"That this boy will work with me after finishing studying here"
The princes were shocked, Cyriel was furious but he saw Riley was angry waiting for the time to burst out in anger.
"What do you want that boy for, Ilya?!!!"
"Why Laurin?, you want to be my subordinate at all?"
"I'm willing to die, rather than be your subordinate!"
"Ouh thank you for the compliment"
"I refuse!"
"Why should I follow you, I follow my own path with my friend!!!"
"Ouhh...you and I have dared to me...well who is my best friend...do you want me to...teach you a lesson?..."
Mathias was stunned, then he remained silent for a long time, Ilya just waited and tried to calm Mathias down, suddenly there was a question that made Ilya's heart burning.
Ouh Ilya...Grigory....are you afraid that Mathias Easton will be taken by Jeremiah?"
A hall was silent, they were surprised by the rather sensitive question, Ilya screamed angrily.
"Who asked that question!!!"
"I'm a damn..."
"RILEY NEVILLE!!!!"
Ilya immediately disappeared from Mathias's sight, and suddenly stood in front of Riley.
"Riley...Neville?"
Mathias tried to stand up when he saw Riley being strangled, but he could still smile and look at Mathias.
"Why? Afraid? I told everyone? Are you afraid of losing to Jeremiah?"
"You damn..."
"Jeremiah..."
Mathias tried to stop Ilya from choking Riley who was becoming unconscious.
"Stop...Ilya Grigory...you're my opponent!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!"
Mathias was choked by his right hand, and thrown far into the hard wall, Mathias' body was crushed from the inside, the blood from his mouth didn't stop.
"I expected it...I...can't...fight...them...all"
Mathias fainted, Cyriel screamed and approached his friend.
Riley tried to open Ilya's blindfold, Ilya choked him so hard that he had no more strength.
"Damn...you...Ilya..."
Riley also fainted,he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Huh, even though I wanted to fight fairly...."
Ilya stepped on Riley's head who was unconscious.
"You've gone too far Ilya!!!"-Rejal
"Let him go!!!"-Bosco
"Hey!!!"
Suddenly, a familiar figure kicked Ilya's leg so hard that he was in pain.
"Damn!!!"
"Andrejz!!!"
"Let go of my leader...you fucking Monarch!!!..."
"Ouh do you want this too?!"
"ENOUGH!!!"
The figure screamed loudly until the hall fell silent.
Jan walked towards Ilya and Adrejz, walking with authority to calm them both down.
"You can leave now, Ilya"
"Huh?....now you...challenge me too Jan?..."
Jan's eyes stared at Ilya for a long time, before Ilya gave up.
He left angrily, while Jan picked up the unconscious Riley.
"Andrejz, your leader"
"Ahhh....yes thank you"
"Jan...I'm not surprised by his leadership anymore, maybe he will be Monarch in the future"
"You all take the injured to the emergency room!!!"
"I DECIDED TO ALL SPEAK UP!!!"
Jan dispersed them all, so that the situation would not heat up anymore, Cyriel seemed to hold Mathias' weak body crouched on the ground.
"Cyriel, don't stare any longer! We have to take him to the emergency room!"
"Laurin, take Mathias with Cyriel"
"Okay Jan"
"Is Mathias a great boy?"
Jan looked back to see a familiar figure.
"Leo..."
"I wonder how much damage he'll cause in the future..."
Leo approached and patted Jan's shoulder before leaving, he whispered.
"Many people want Mathias Easton"
"Okay, I'll leave first bye"
"Are you tired, Jan?"
"Jaivyn..."
"But I admit that Mathias boy is brave, he talked casually with the Monarch and even rejected his invitation, I can't wait to see the boy's future...right? Jan??"
Jan smiled bitterly, then he got serious.
"Yes...."
Rejal who was waiting for Leo at the front door faced him.
"Leo, what do you want with that Mathias boy?, why didn't you help him earlier?"
"Because I didn't want to"
"Huh?"
"Look Rejal, one day you'll understand, let that Jan polish Mathias...then we'll take him after we graduate from this academy"
Leo looked at Rejal who was still confused.
"About Monarch...I want to know about Jeremiah...."
"Oh you mean Jeremiah Herbie? Do you want me to tell you about the Monarch?"
"If you're willing..."
"Hahahaha of course...after all...we'll fight them in the future..."
"What do you mean?"
"It's okay...let's go to the secret room, I'm hungry!!!"
Leo hugged Rejal who still looked confused by the situation.
PATIENT TREATMENT ROOM
Mathias sat next to Riley, Mathias had woken up from his fainting, he saw Riley's expression that seemed to be enduring pain, he immediately got up slowly towards Riley's bed.
"Why are you helping me?"
"Don't you hate me?"
"I realize that I'm an ordinary person here, Ilya's punch just now proved that I'm still weak"
"But...."
Mathias looked at Riley
"He seems to be worse..."
"Mathias!!! You've woken up!!!"
"Cyriel..."
"Good...I was worried earlier...Ilya is that jerk, if he wasn't Monarch...!!!"
"Ahhh forget it..."
"You need to rest"
The five Golden Prince members came to visit Riley, this was the first time he spoke directly to the five of them, Prince Johan, Bosco, Rudra, Ren and Andrejz.
"So you're the troublemaker Mathias Easton??, you're really more troublesome than I expected"
Andrejz saw Mathias looking at Mathias angrily then sat on the sofa, making a tense face.
"Now we have a new problem, one of the Monarchs is angry with all of us here, if that party finds out...we'll be finished"
"Are you afraid of them Johan?"
"Them? The trash they consider the holy nation? heh...not at all, I'll even punish them one by one on the land they claim to be their holy"
"Ohh your dreams are so high Johan, remember they all only showed Monarch, there are other units that we don't know about"
Rudra shared Cyriel's opinion and Mathias just observed the conversation of the five of them.
"It's even difficult to find what the World Government is hiding, there is a special unit besides Monarch that is moving secretly looking for the remains of the stone"
"You're right Ren, the documents about the other units are kept secret and are very difficult, only their nation can keep and read the documents"
"I'm sick of the words of the chosen holy nation... aren't they just like us"
Andrejz looked at Mathias, who seemed confused by the topic of the secret nation.
"Holy nation?..."
They all looked at Mathias, who seemed confused by the topic of the five of them discussing.
"Don't you know, boy? Huh... never studied history?"
"Calm down, Andjrez, maybe because of economic problems, not everyone has the opportunity to study"
"Bosco..."
"Yes, you're right, forgive me, boy..."
"They all... don't look arrogant... like my former workmate said... or are they pretending?"
"Why? Are we surprised like this??"
"You, what do you think the Princes of the Kingdom are like? Mathias Easton?"
The six of them looked at Mathias, Riley who was conscious of stealing while pretending to still be unconscious.
"Yes...so...I consider you...superior...I understand because you are the children of the Kings of the World Kingdom...you are rich and have high status"
The five of them except Riley and Cyriel laughed out loud, thinking Mathias was innocent.
"Is that so, boy!!!?"
Rudra hugged Mathias, Andrejz was still laughing out loud, Mathias was embarrassed so his face was red, Cyriel just smiled.
"Don't you know? We here hate our parents? That's why we were sent here"
"Instead of being the dogs of that pretentious nation, it's better for me to learn from them, my best friend, right Cyriel?"
Cyriel just smiled, Mathias saw him smile broadly for the first time.
"Yes, I feel happier here than my home there"
"So all this time...."
"Yup, we pretend to have high status, even though we don't care...there are even princes who want to get rid of their status and live normally"
"But yeah...we can't..."
"Why??"
Mathias was surprised they made a tense face and held back their anger.
"We have no rights, and those bastards from the World Kingdom arranged everything"
"After we get out of here, you will be sent back to this Kingdom and will be their subordinate dogs"
"You mean... You will be the King but will be watched and given orders by Them?"
"Yes you can say that"
"WE NOBILITIES ARE JUST DOGS TO THEM THE HOLY NATION OF THEOSEMNOS"
"THEOSEMNOS???"