Grim Asmodeus’s first impression when he shook hand with Orpheus was, that he is strong.
”You are strong.” He immediately voiced his opinion, and Orpheus responded.
”You are not bad!”
The first-year students nearby frowned as they thought Orpheus was being arrogant; who was this young? He was the crown prince of the Dawn Empire, the sole son of the demon’s emperor. This young man was a publicly acknowledged genius, and yet a slightly handsome dude was saying the genius was not bad; how arrogant.
Even Xiaowen thought that Orpheus was arrogant; her brother said he was not sure to win if they fought, but this man was saying Grim was not bad. Orpheus didn’t look strong, in her opinion.
Among those looking at Orpheus with contempt stood three persons who had different opinions than the others, Amber, Xiaosu, and Grim. The former did not doubt her master’s strength, while the second could not see the depth of Orpheus’s strength, a man who could beat a level 4 origin master was not someone he could beat.
Finally, there was Grim, who didn’t think Orpheus was being arrogant; he just said how he felt; however, while he said nothing, he was furious inwardly. He had been looked down upon; it was not a good feeling.
Suddenly, a voice came from the depth of his soul.
”Let me take control of your body, and we will show him how strong we are. Let me kill him.”
”You again? Just shut up. I don’t need your help.” Grim answered. He seemed to know this voice as it was not his first time hearing it. As far he remembered, he had been hearing this voice since he was five years old. He didn’t tell anyone as they might think he had gone mad. He also didn’t know this thing’s origin. He searched through many archives and books but found no similar situation.
”Why are you refusing to accept me? I’m you, another you. I don’t like this man, I don’t know why but I don’t like him, just accept me, and we might get to know the answer.” that voice came from the depth of Grim’s soul again.
”I refuse. I’d never accept.” Grim vehemently refused.
The voice stayed silent for a moment before chuckling.
”Remember, never say never. Without me, you’re incomplete. I’ll be waiting.”
Then the voice disappeared after saying those words.
Back to reality, Grim checked his surrounding, hoping that someone had not noticed that something was amiss with him; he sighed in relief after noticing that everything was fine, but unknown to him, Orpheus had noticed something; he even felt that foreign presence in the depth of his soul and chuckled, he seemed to have come to some kind of conclusion.
”Don’t worry, we will have plenty of chances to see my strength; you will judge by then,” Grim said before closing his eyes.
Orpheus said nothing; he focused his attention in front of him; the twins’ goddesses were not too far from their position.
Ella turned her head when she felt someone looking at him and was shocked to see Orpheus but soon understood as she remembered that he was also a freshman; it was normal for him to be here. She was secretly shocked when she noticed the Ren twins and Grim Asmodeus sitting together with him; she wondered what his relationship was with these three big shots. She decided to stop thinking about it as she would get the answer right away, as she was gentle by nature, she smiled after their eyes met, but maybe because of the unknown connection with him, her smile was somehow different from normal; it looked like the smile of a maiden toward her man.
This didn’t go unnoticed by their cousin, the crown prince of Luxiria Empire, Daniel Luxor Luxiria; his eyes turned red when he saw that Ella was making that kind of smile at a man, a man he had never seen; immediately, he disliked Orpheus, and even after seeing his handsome face he became more irritated deciding to get rid of this guy as he gave him a dangerous feeling.
There was a man keeping watch on Ella; thus, noticing the smile she made, he became jealous, but unlike Daniel, he didn’t show his hostility. However, he began thinking of countermeasure; the twin’s goddesses could only be his, especially Ella; he wouldn’t let anyone snatch her away. Leon Ackes Neos marked Orpheus as someone he must be wary of, and he already knew how to take care of him using that fool.
Orpheus noticed Ella’s smile and also smiled; it was a genuine smile coming from his broken heart; she may not be able to remember him right now, but he had never forgotten about her; she was the reason he came back; he remembered their meeting like it happened yesterday, he remembered her love, her words and finally what she sacrificed for their love, how could he forget about them? He would never forget those memories, and this time, he would protect her, no protect them, as something seemed to have gone wrong with the spell he used back then.
While Orpheus was busy thinking about what must have gone wrong for such oddity to happen, he noticed someone’s eyes locked onto him; this person knew he would feel it but still did nothing to conceal it, as if deliberately luring him to check and it was precisely what he had done, he pleasantly surprised to discover a friend, he had no expected that she would be here, she must have reincarnated into human, no into an elf just for the sake of protecting her friend, she failed back then, but this time she didn’t want to fail.
This person was none other than Alvinia Nui Yyddrasil, the crown princess of the elven empire. She smiled at Orpheus, happy to see him back; obviously, she knew his real identity. Orpheus smiled while he decided to find an opportunity to talk with Alvinia.
Another person was looking at Orpheus, but she did it secretly; it was none other than Kaguya Mio Sakura, the Ice queen; she was looking at Orpheus, not because of his handsome face but because she could feel his strength, out of the members of the S class she had checked she far the mysterious, therefore the most strong, she only wanted one thing at the moment, fight him, she was sure it would be a fight filled with excitement.
Naturally, Orpheus noticed Kaguya spying on him but did nothing as it was only curiosity.