74 Acacia Academy 2 (1/2)
Ri sent a glare at Dyon but continued as they weaved into and out of streets, ”don't expect the academy to be a cozy place. There is no comradery only competition. You're soft hearted despite your dense killing intent. I can already tell that that's gotten you into trouble before. If you get yourself killed for offending the wrong person, don't blame me for not being able to save you. Not even the king's real daughter has any power… let alone her cousin.”
Dyon raised his eyebrow at this, 'the princess has no power? What exactly is going on here…'
But Ri didn't allow Dyon to ask about it, ”this isn't something that the younger generation should be concerned with anyway. The adults are duking it out, and we're still trying to find our place in the world. Nothing more. Nothing less.”
”War orphans… powerless nobles… seems like the Elvin Kingdom isn't as peaceful as I thought it would be,” Dyon said with a chuckle.
Ri sighed, ”I'm certain that the kingdom will stabilize. And soon at that,” she said with determination.
Dyon gave a side glance to Ri as a light smile played on his lips, 'interesting…'
But, Dyon didn't delve any further into it, ”are you sure this really keeps the younger generation out? Normally families fight to position themselves for the sake of the coming generation.”
Ri shook her head, ”maybe that would be true if our lives were short. But, not only do elves live for hundreds of years even if they had no cultivation, with cultivation, our lives increase exponentially. The king is already over 10,000 years old, and since he's a Celestial Level Expert, he's technically still quite young for an elf at that stage.”
Dyon frowned. A Celestial Level expert would indeed be able to live to 10,000, but that was the cap for a human. It seems the elves improved upon this substantially.
'it also seems like I'm dealing with real experts this time around…'
Dyon realized that much of the reason he had survived until now was because although the seniors who hated him were powerful, their level of strength was still within his sights. But, an existence at the level of the Elvin king wasn't something he could even fathom. Despite this, Dyon chuckled. He knew very well that even if he warned himself of this, his personality wouldn't allow him to bow his head.
Ri continued, ”that being said, the prowess of a family's younger generation often has a lot to do with how that family is received because they would obviously be the future. Plus, it isn't like every older expert has reached the cultivation level of the king.”
Dyon nodded. Honestly, Celestial stage experts were as far as the memories of his master went, aside from dao formation experts. When the sage said he had reached a transcendent level of cultivation, Dyon had assumed he meant the celestial stage… But, the more he thought about it, the more he thought that maybe the sage had truly meant something that transcended the knowledge they had.
”I'm confused… if elves live for so long… and their king is so powerful… why is there a power struggle?...”
A complicated look flashed across Ri's face, ”… the king is missing and no one knows where he is. In fact, it isn't even that simple,” she laughed in what sounded like self-mockery, ”the king hasn't appeared in nearly a decade.”