145 The Best Actor (1/2)

\”Are you an irregular student?\” I asked one of the female fourth-year-college IT students to Elric who was sitting in the corner near the window, just two chairs behind Long.

\”Uh-uh, yeah! hahaha. I-am Dodong Pogi. Just call me Dong for short. Pogi is also fine hahaha!\” Elric awkwardly laughed at his newfound name. Knowing its meaning, he could not help but smile to granny Kahayag who decided upon it.

Unlike Elric's manly and strong aura, the one that the students could see right now is a geeky, four-eyed, skinny Elric with unkempt hair and a goofy smile.

It was a perfect representation of a loser nerd but was actually one of Elric's transformation skills applying the Authority of Water which allows him to shapeshift as he desired. However, there are still quite the resemblance of the original Elric in his appearance. One only need to look closer in his eyes to know it was actually him.

With such a weak and stupid looking appearance, the people around him could not help but laugh while others choose to ignore him. After all, who would want to stick around a loser?

The people surrounding Elric are just those who had plenty of free time and are just bored. While others are just there to make fun of his nerdy presence.

On the other side, Long was surrounded by fawning females. Despite his quiet nature, Elric was shocked to know this young man's renowned title in the school.

Long is the so-called Silent Tiger of the entire community college. The brawling king, the IT genius, the Academically gifted and total eye candy to all the women and half-men alike.

It was only a few days since he started, almost every woman has fallen to his extra-ordinary and manly aura, the intelligent and elegant demeanor that has easily taken over their hearts.

As a result, various proud bullies and boyfriends, a good twenty of them, were fuming in jealousy and anger that they openly came after him, intending to screw his beautiful face into a mutated version.

However, as expected of a hundred years old Dragon in human form, his vast knowledge in martial arts and incredibly advanced fighting instinct allowed him to knock all of them into the floor like wooden logs.

Elric heard some eyewitnesses around the school describing the event as \”The Tiger Devouring Twenty Monkies\”.

With every flick of Long's hand or feet, a couple of teeth will fall together with the opponent's head kissing the floor - really hard. It was like a classic Chinese film were a Kung-fu master takes on a crowd of aggressive men only to wipe them all down with flashy moves and heavy thuds.

With clear evidence of who started the fight, everyone pointed at the bullies and their intention as the main culprit of the trouble while Long was just acting on self-defense.

It was a day that everyone talked about even after four years have passed. But now that Long is on his fourth and last year in the school, the most aggressive and ambitious women are all geared to do their best to win the young man's heart.

Little did they know, Long could only look at them like dirty sewer rats clamoring for the most expensive and delicious cheese. Not a single mortal managed to impress him at all.

Outside, Long looked like a serene river in the middle of the small and beautiful island situated in the middle of the raging ocean. His eyes are always looking outside the window, uninterested to everything that's happening to him.

His mind is constantly far away, thinking of the past glory of the Eastern Dragon Region. It's been four years since he lost his Dragon Essence and his current normal human-pathetic state doesn't help to ease his pain and regrets in the past.

\”If only I was stronger. Maybe I could have defended my father and everyone. If only it was I who took the Ancestral Dragon Essence, I could have changed the world according to my will. Those worms from the other region will bow down to me. And I will make sure to pay them very well a hundred folds of the damage they have done to my race. If only...\”

Long sighed helplessly. After knowing everything that happened that night from his sister, he felt incredibly mixed emotions of rage, hatred, mourning, and despair. He wanted to blame anyone but he can't for it was futile. What's done is done and there is nothing he can do about it.

With all the built-up fury in him, he could only hope that the human responsible for all that event will come back to the world as he is more than happy, the wreck that pathetic human who can't even handle the power of their royal blood, yet, he had the guts to take the Ancestral Dragon Essence! Just how stupid was he!?

\”Rats! Humans are nothing but rats!\”

With fuming emotions hidden deep inside him, Long looked behind him only to see that pathetic nerd living next door in his apartment staring back at him - with the silliest smile he could have ever witness.

Crack~

Seeing Elric's stupid smile directed at him, Long felt his fury finally filled to the brim and is ready to explode. Lucky to him, he finally saw a perfect candidate. It seems it is not too late to become a bully after all.

\”I finally found my outlet!\”

Long smiled back with a menacing grin.

He looked at this watch and realize that there is still plenty of time before the next professor will come.

With the stupid looking women still cringing in his background, Long finally stood up from his seat, turned around, walked calmly and stopped just before Elric.

The latter looked up at his condescending gaze with a rather stupid smile.

\”He-Hey neighbor! Y-you need something?\” Elric asked.

Hearing this, everyone surrounding him were now up in curiosity.

The fawning women were even more furious. Long had never really paid anyone attention for a long time but this crazy looking nerd already got Long's ever-elusive attention on his first day!? Is this the actual revelation of Long's unexpected taste!?

And what was with this ugly nerd? Did he just call him neighbor? This pathetic looking nerd has the audacity to call the prince of their dream is a neighbor?!

The women were about to move and talk Elric away from Long, afraid that the air of his ugliness might stain their prince charming's appearance. Noticing their intention, Long glared back at the women and they immediately sat down like obedient little foxes back to their respective seat.