The Empyrean's Reign
Ch.12-The Twins and Bad News

"Ah, we finally arrived at the Palace. It's exhausting."

"But Niel, we're just taking the train. What is exhausting?"

Niel who was lazy to respond just ignored Enzo's question. They both got off the train after thanking the coachman who drove them from the city to Malchus Palace.

"You're back, Enzo, Arthos."

Niel and Enzo who had just gotten off the train were instantly discovered with a teenage boy with blue hair. The two young men then nodded their heads to the person who was previously the head of their class at Lazarus, Luan Zephyr Ivaylo.

"You're practicing, Luan?"

The teenager called Luan by Enzo nodded, "I hope tomorrow you two can come to the field to train with us. "

"Now I can also practice. You're not done yet, are you?" Enzo patted his chest a few times arrogantly before asking. Niel just rolled his eyes lazily when he heard the joke of his best friend.

Luan chuckled for a while before nodding, "Of course not yet. What about you, Arthos?"

"I'll follow the rehearsal tomorrow. I have something new to try. I'll go first." Niel refuses Luan's invitation and bids farewell to the former class president and his best friend. The rejected one just nodded, not feeling the heartache of Niel's repulsion at all.

The two remaining youths finally stared at the figure of Niel who was slowly moving away. Luan then asked Enzo, "... Is Arthos ice affinity?"

Enzo nodded at Luan's question even though he knew that Niel was not only ice affinity.

***

"…. What are you doing in my room?"

"Yeah, Niel! You're back! Look Arshe, she's been sleeping in your bed!"

"Hey, you want to die?"

Now Niel was even messed with a pair of twins who somehow chose to covet in his room. Though he had happily returned to the room because it was separated from Enzo,

"Call me big brother, you brat! How dare you call me in an informal way?!"

"We're only a few minutes away, you crazy man!"

No!

""Agh! Niel!""

"If you want to fight, don't fight in my room. Go back to your room." Niel squinted his eyes at the two people in front of him, not the slightest bit of trepidation for having pinned their heads.

The two people he was talking to now were a pair of twins, the older Arche and the younger Arshe. They were both close enough to him in Lazarus. Enzo said that he thinks they are quite good because they can survive in socializing with Niel who has an eccentric personality.

"We haven't seen each other in a long time. How are you guys doing?"

"Actually we just met four days ago while practicing together, but fine! Of course we're both good even though Arche asks to be killed every second." The older brother smiled widely before standing up and embracing the shoulder of Niel who was smiling a little.

Arshe refuted Arche's words with irritated twitching eyes, "Hey, are you talking about yourself?"

"What did you say?!"

Niel ignores the twins who start their fight back and decides to clean up.

'Hmfh, I still have to try the advice given by that man named Frederick.'

***

"It doesn't make sense…"

Niel's hair color was completely willing to change after he tried Frederick's advice not to directly turn it into black. Now the hair that was originally white like cotton turned into a silvery blue that really made it look like an ice affinity youth.

What makes no sense is, how could Frederick know how to deal with his problem?!

"It's true my hunch that he's a suspicious person…"

Niel came out of the bathroom in a white shirt, accompanied by black cloth pants while ruining his wet hair with a clean white towel. As he had just come out, his vision was littered with three brash youths lying lazily on the floor of his room.

Of course the other young man besides the twins who just joined is Enzo.

"… Aren't you practicing? My feelings have only been half an hour since you guys practiced…"

Enzo responded to Niel's question with a small voice and slowly closing his eyes, "Don't you see it's raining now, Niel? Of course the training is over."

"really? I'm not conscious."

Niel was puzzled by Enzo's response before opening the red curtain of the room, he was shown the royal square drenched in rainwater. The young man with the white mane then closed the curtains of his room.

"Ah yes, Enzo. I turned out to be able to change the color of my hair to silvery blue."

Enzo who was about to fall asleep immediately opened his suddenly fresh eyes and immediately woke up from his lying position after hearing what Niel had just said, "You're serious?! Why can you suddenly?!"

Niel shrugged both of his shoulders while reciting the Transformio spell. The originally white hair slowly changed to a silvery blue color, shocking the three youths before him.

Arche clapped his hands once with a delighted expression, "This way you can calmly study in the academy, Niel! This is so good!"

…

""Hm?""

***

"Don't General Aldios have said that after two months have passed, we will all be enrolled into the Academy of Heroes as new students? It's obvious that you didn't listen to the General's explanation."

Niel rubbed his face hard in frustration, "Just yesterday I thought that at least we were liberated from school. Argha! It sucks."

Academy of Heroes or commonly referred to as Acero is a superior Academy located in the center of the West Manvit Continent. The academy is located midway between the Isychos and Yin regions. Acero has for many years served as the best Academy on the human continent whose position is not shifted by any party.

It turned out that this incredible sounding Academy had invited third generation heroes to participate in participating in becoming new students this year. According to rumors, the reason the Academy did that was to help further educate the heroes that were not long ago summoned.

"Two months.. That means three more days?! Hey, this is too sudden! Why are you saying it now, you idiot?!" Arche shook Arshe by pulling the collar of the shirt worn by her sister. The brother who did not accept then bit Arche's arm which soon screamed in pain.

"Don't blame me for your stupid negligence, damn it!"

Niel's dizzy head got dizzy when faced with the dolphin screech released by the two blue-haired twins and the tosca with the condition of the blue grabbed the hair of the tosca who was biting his arm.

Enzo grumbled in annoyance with the lower lip being advanced, "Does this mean I will be faced with homework and exams again? Ah.. I don't want to…"