Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 49

Chapter 49: The Principal’s Interest
“Here for the entrance exams?” as they approach the entrance of the Academy, Diluc and Alea are greeted by an old guard who seems way too amiable compared to the ones who are guarding the entrance to the city, making them wonder if this person doesn’t come from the similar force as the guards.

“Yes, senior, can we know where the exam is being conducted?” sensing no malicious intent on this old man guarding the gates of the Academy, Diluc then replies with a hint of respect in his tone, not because he feels like the level of this old man is something far above his but rather because he doesn’t even make the two of them feel uncomfortable because of his level.

“Hohoho, I like your tone young man…” the old man said with a hint of joy in his tone before his eyes release a white, near imperceptible glow, something that passes through the senses of both the young man and the elven beauty as they stand there waiting for the old guard’s answer.

As they wait for the response of the old man, the two young people couldn’t help but feel surprised from the next words that comes out of the old man’s mouth, words that he said after nodding and expressing a hint of approval on his face then smiling as he looks that the two of them.

“The two of you passed the first trial of the entrance exam, now the two of you can enter the academy grounds” the old man said as he greeted the two of them with a bow, before singlehandedly opening the towering heights of the gates that seems way too heavy for a normal mage or martial artist to move, making the young man all the more believing of his speculation that this old guard is a hidden master, this display from the old man causing even the elven beauty to think that he might be an expert more powerful than she initially expected.

‘Having this kind of person as a guard… it seems like the waters of this place runs so much deeper than I thought…’ having his senses completely negated by the strength of this old guard making him aware that he’s two major levels higher than him at the very least, Diluc thought to himself as he returns the bow to the old man, who then step aside as the gates completely opens, said guard’s move being pointing the two of them towards different directions.

Meanwhile, while she is also quite surprised because of the display of might that the old guard has shown, Alea takes it pretty lightly compared to the emperor-like young man given that she feels like there isn’t any real secret that she needs to keep to herself, as well as the fact that her identity, while something really significant, isn’t really as sensitive as the identity of the young man walking beside her.

Returning her bow towards the old man as well, the two of them gains more approval of the old man as he pointed them to their next directions, all while feeling pretty satisfied with the respect that these two gave him given that all the young people that enters before them shows a pretty crass attitude towards him, hitting something on his nerves that he never thought was there before.

“The entrance exams are separated between men and women group, so the young man here will go on a separate way with you, young elven miss…” the old guard said with a smile on his wrinkled face before pointing each of them to a different direction once again, pointing the emperor-like young man towards the path branching to the left side of the academy grounds while pointing the elven beauty to the path branching to the right side of the academy grounds.

“May you have good fortune with your challenges” the old man said as he waves his hands to the departing pair of young people, all while thinking something for himself.

‘This is how young people should be!!’ he thought to himself as he recalls the character of these two, smiling while thinking that there is still some good seedlings left during these times where most people become quite twisted due to their standing in the society.

As he continues watching over the two young people until they eventually disappear due to the thick foliage and landscaping of the place, he fails to notice a white haired, horned beautiful lady with a youthful appearance, looking at him with a hint of curiosity on her face as she knows that he doesn’t really show such interested expression when it comes to young people who are born on the generation after hers.

“Hey, Old Kairos, what makes you so interested with those two?” following one of the figures that goes towards the next trials of the first part of the entrance exam, this white-haired, horned beauty asks as she pats the old person’s back, surprising the old man quite a bit and making him wary given that there’s hardly anyone in this kingdom that can sneak beside him like that without his awareness being alerted, that even with himself distracted with his own thoughts.

Immediately turning his head around to find out the identity of the person who manages to sneak past his senses, the old man then feels a bit embarrassed as he saw the young beauty looking up from her position, her arms crossed as she continues to look towards one of the figures he just welcomed inside the academy.

“They’re good kids” after composing himself once again as she found out the identity of this person, the old man replies with a smile on his face as he recalls the things he saw when he tries to look into those two’s levels, seeing that both of them has exceptional talents capable of standing out among the rest of their batch, and that is despite the fact that this current batch of students they are a part of being one of the most talented batch they even had since the founding of this academy, with a history nearing half a millennium already.

“Mhm…” after extending her senses and probing into one of the figures, to be exact, the young man going to the left side of the academy, the white-haired, horned beauty mutters in a reply as she thought that there is something peculiar with this young man, and whatever it is that made him so, it definitely starts sparking her curiosity of what this thing is.

“Hoh… you’re quite interested in that lad as well huh… principal…” seeing the look on the youthful beauty’s face, the old guard couldn’t help but point out as he looks at the young man once again, recalling the sensation he felt when he tries to see through his actual strength.

“That kid… he’s unique…” snapping out of her wondering daze, the white-haired beauty replies as she starts doing something, writing something on a paper that appears out of nowhere, her words causing the old man to smile even widely, thinking that the two of them are on the same spectrum and thinking of the same about the young man.

“Indeed, he’s bound to shine among all the new students” the old man said, feeling like he just couldn’t wait to see how this hidden gem will develop during his time in the academy, his hands a bit shaking in the excitement he is currently feeling.

While it might seem to him and even to her that they are talking about the same thing, the two of them fails to understand that the truth is opposite, but even so, since they are both pertaining to how the emperor-like young man is an exceptional person, they just let this slide as they go on their own ways.

“I’ll be going now old Kairos, I need to do something important” the white-haired beauty said as she waves her hands to the old man, prompting the old man to nod as he watches this youthful beauty disappear without him even noticing, causing him to shake his head as even though he had known if for a long time already, he just couldn’t get used to how powerful this youthful beauty is.

As he returns his attention to the path towards the next trial of the first part of the exams, he noticed that the young man is already out of sight, prompting him to return his attention to standing guard on the gates of the academy, doing his duty to do the preliminary and most important part of this trial, screening the geniuses entering here of both their talents, as well as their characters.

“I hope there are a lot more young ones like those two” the old man thought as he returns to his waiting, this little wish of his something that is out of genuine concern for the future of the kingdom he grew up on, as well as the neighboring lands that also sends their geniuses to this academy of theirs.