The following days passed without any major disturbances.
Well, at least for Gray.
After his duel with Kaedran, his name had spread throughout the Demon Academy, and several Student Council members had already expressed interest in challenging him.
However, none of them had managed to catch him alone, mostly because he spent his free time cultivating, eating with Scarlett, or visiting the academy's library whenever he had the opportunity.
He had also received several invitations to meet students from other classes, though he had politely declined most of them.
Scarlett, on the other hand, had developed a new habit of asking him increasingly strange questions about his innate talent.
Gray had answered every single one with the same response.
"Innate Talent."
By the end of the second week, she had stopped asking.
And so, Gray's peaceful life continued until the morning his first-year class received an announcement that changed the entire atmosphere of the academy.
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