The Tales of Draconic Warlock

It's time to graduate...finally, I would be free.

Yesterday, the session with Angela was very good. Since we wouldn't be seeing each other for a while, we had the best sex, which I am sure we would not forget for a while.

Today, the results of our graduation exam will be posted. Tomorrow, the graduation ceremony will be held and after that, goodbye Royal Academy.

It's not like I hate it here. No, I like it here but as long as I am here, I can never be free. I would always be under someone's watch, can never spread my wings freely as I want to.

Sometimes it is easier to tell your secrets to strangers than to the ones you know.

They are strangers, and most likely would never see again. So, nothing would be a problem but once your secret is out among the people that you knew, that would be it. The strangers may or may not share your secret, but that won't affect you but with the ones that you know, it would affect you more than you can assume.

The damage that would happen because of that would be catastrophic. This is why, most people would be more willing to talk with strangers than with the ones that they know.

Of course, I am not dumb and speak about some core secrets as that could cause the greedy ones to cause damage to you themselves. So, even if you feel better about sharing secrets, it's best to not share those secrets with anyone.

Ah, it looks like the exam results are posted. Let's check the results and see if I am still number one or not. It would be quite embarrassing if go out not being one, after staying in that position for four years.

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As expected, I am first and Malia is second in the entire academy. There are no surprises there. Third, I don't care who that is.

The only competition that you have is the one that's before you and the one that is behind you. The others don't matter that much.

If there is above you, your sight should be on them, not on the ones far away from you. First, you have to cross the one in front of you, before you think about crossing the ones that are far above you.

You have to keep an eye on the one behind you as they would have the greatest chance of crossing you when compared to others.

It is not like I look down on others, rather I don't have time to waste on others. the chances of them crossing me are low.

Moreover, my rank would never depend on their performances, it never did.

There are two ways to earn the top rank. It's either through your own performance or because of the performances of others.

If you perform as best as possible, no need to depend on how others perform. You would automatically sit at the top. This is how I rolled all these years.

There is another way to be at the top and that is if others fail to perform to their best. A spot gained in such a manner is not something you can be proud of or can keep forever.

Since my rank only ever depended on my own performance, I don't need to think about others who are very far away, just the one that is near to me. They can overcome me and to make sure that never happens, I need to improve myself.

This is how things should be. Without proper competition, there would be no motivation to outperform yourself and that would lead to degradation of your skills over time. Discover stories with My Virtual Library Empire

Since I am at the first rank, there is no one for me to reach but Malia is a good competition. Her improvement rate is better than anyone else. So, it would push anyone competing with her to push to their maximum.

Even without her, I have several swords around me because of my secrets, making me improve faster. If those were not there, she would have been my best motivation to improve myself.

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Now that the results are out. There is only the Graduation Ceremony that was left. I believe that it will be tomorrow. Though as of now, there was no notification, from what I learned, the ceremony would be held the day after the results are posted and that means tomorrow.

After tomorrow, I will be leaving the academy for the final time.

I will certainly miss the academy. It has been five long years of memories here. Though some of them are sour, still this is a place where I spent five years of my life, that's a major chunk of my youth.

Moreover, the academy is the reason that made it possible to meet Angela, even Celine. Though only one of them is mine for now, I can still work on the other later. They are the best things that happened to me because of the academy, romantically speaking.

The greatest thing that happened to me was getting ownership of the Nexus.

If the academy didn't allow students to enter that secret realm, then there would have been no way for me to get ownership of Nexus. I would have certainly missed a lot of opportunities and I would have been in the most stressful place.

Nexus, after all, gave the best of things to me. Without that, I would not have reached Tier-6 this early nor my skills would have improved to such levels.

Though I would miss this place, I like it without eyes on me.

After that incident with William and Dorian, there are a lot of eyes on me, including the headmaster. I can feel them. Though I never showed that I knew, I knew about them keeping tabs on me, every once in a while.

They didn't bother me, but I don't like others eyeing me. There are many secrets that I would take to the grave no matter what. I can't let others know about those, no matter what.

So, the fewer eyes on me, the better.