The Third Prince Of Darkness

"Hey you! Yes, you, dickhead. Have you ever thought about joining the Black Wolves Unity?"

In the academy cafeteria, a man with hair resembling a lion's mane and golden eyes was shouting with a crooked mouth. He stood over two meters tall, and his muscles were evident even under his loose clothing. Anyone looking at him could easily tell he was from the Lion Tribe, unless they lived in a cave.

"Hey, Motherfucker! Didn't you hear what I said? Are you going to join the Black Wolves or not? You have three seconds to answer," said the man from the Lion Tribe.

The person he was yelling at appeared to be an elf man with a slender physique. It was obvious from his face that he was scared of the man shouting at him. The surrounding crowd was whispering and talking about the man from the Lion Tribe.

"Isn't that him?" a young woman whispered into her friend's ear.

"Yes, he's from the Black Wolves… I heard their unity leader is very handsome."

"I admit they're handsome… But all the guys in that unity creep me out... Besides, the leader already has a girlfriend," another girl joined the conversation.

"Hey, we don't know if that girl is really his girlfriend."

As the girls whispered among themselves, the cafeteria door opened, and a tall man walked in with heavy steps. The man had shining blond hair, and beside him was a very beautiful girl with white hair. Upon seeing the man from the Lion Tribe yelling at an elf, he began to walk toward them.

"This is it! This is it!"

"The leader of the Black Wolves."

"He really is very hot…"

The man walked on, seeming not to hear the whispers. Despite drawing attention, he stood confidently before the shouting man from the Lion Tribe. The atmosphere suddenly went silent. The only sound echoing in the high-ceilinged cafeteria was the tense sound of a few deep breaths. The blond man fixed his gaze on the eyes of the shouting Lion Tribe member.

"Do you really think you can convince people to join our unity with that ugly mouth of yours, Jofmaon?" said the blond man to the Lion Tribe member.

The Lion Tribe member was named Jofmaon, and he froze for a moment when he heard the voice of the man behind him. Jofmaon was a well-known warrior throughout the Dragon Academy, and no one would have guessed such an expression could form on his face. He turned around and saw the man looking at him with icy cold eyes.

"I'm sorry, Arthur! But today, I can't convince any fucking—cough—anyone to join the unity. That getting on my nerves," he said.

At that moment, Jofmaon wasn't afraid of the man in front of him. He might appear frightened from the outside, but that wasn't entirely accurate. More than that, he respected the man in front of him as a warrior.

"No problem. You won't invite anyone to the unity anymore, anyway. I'll assign this task to someone else," Arthur said, turning back to walk toward the buffet to get food.

Of course, Arthur was none other than Ethan. He had continued living in the academy with this false identity for about a year and a half. Next to Ethan was Roxanne, and throughout this process, they had grown closer to each other. The two walked toward a table with their food and began to eat. Before long, Jofmaon also joined them.

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Ethan's POV

After the meal, Roxanne and I went to our rooms. Our rooms were in different locations. As soon as I lay down on the bed, I fell asleep. I woke up early the next morning. I had to leave early today because there was a unity meeting.

After arriving at the Dragon Academy, I didn't want to draw too much attention at first, Normally I would like to be an ordinary student, neither standing out too much nor being too far behind,but for more than one reason I couldn't do that.

Since I had no other choice, I went with the flow. Over the year and a half, I didn't just settle for opening my own unity. Throughout this time, I struggled to find a useful team for myself. In fact, that was the reason I formed the Black Wolves Unity. There are a few people there whom I think will be useful to me for now.

Since there are tens of thousands of students at the Dragon Academy, I couldn't examine all of them one by one, but I managed to form a decent team.

There were a few things I needed to do, and then I would reveal my true identity. One of the unity members already knew that I was disguised, but fortunately, he didn't know my true identity. As for what the "unity" was, it could actually be described as multifunctional. There are many unity at the Dragon Academy, and these unity operate in various fields.

However, these unity are in competition with each other. In fact, the Dragon Academy itself fuels this competition. After all, competition allows for the quality of the product or, in other words, the potential of the individual to be demonstrated. At least, that's the only reasonable explanation I have for such a practice at the Dragon Academy.

After getting ready, I headed toward the door to leave my room, but at that moment, I saw my roommate. Normally, it's forbidden for a boy and a girl to be roommates, and that ban applies to me as well. However, it's very difficult to say that my roommate was a boy. He certainly couldn't have fooled the Dragon Academy, but still, his body resembled that of a woman more than a man's.

He was from the Rabbit Tribe and had an extremely beautiful face.

By the way, not every male from the Rabbit Tribe was like him. He was more of a special case. Aside from his rabbit ears, everything about him was feminine. Even the clothes he wore were a bit... too revealing, and his milk-white skin was visible. He had thick legs and breasts that were quite plump for a man.

"I'm leaving. See you later, Taktav," I said.

And yes, his real name was indeed Taktav. He looked like he had jumped straight out of a kids' animated film. But despite all his oddities, he had shown that he was extremely talented. Who knows, maybe I should recruit him for the unity as well.

"G-goodbye! A-Arthur," he stuttered.

Moreover, he was an extremely shy person. His shy nature made him easier to control. Now that I think about it, it could be quite useful.

Aside from Roxanne, there were only four elite members in the Black Wolves unity. Elite members are the most authoritative people in a unity after the leader. And this number was quite low compared to other unity. But aside from that, there were twenty-five regular members. That was the most I could expand in a year and a half.

The Dragon Academy was not limited to just the academy itself. It was more like a city-state, and its inhabitants were students and teachers. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that everything existed here. For example, on every other street, there were cafes or clothing shops, and many stores were run by students. Some teachers also had businesses here.

Of course, it wouldn't be wrong to say that there was a functional capitalist system here.

The academy's points, which were like paper money, allowed you to buy what you wanted. Of course, there were some strict rules. For example, one of them was that every student had to return to their assigned rooms before midnight. Also, no student could stay anywhere other than the academy's assigned rooms, or more accurately, they couldn't stay anywhere after midnight.

Aside from that, you could do whatever you wanted.

Right now, I was in front of the unity building I had purchased for the Black Wolves. There were several other unity buildings belonging to different groups nearby, and one of them belonged to Princess Catherine of the Tiamat Empire. Of course I had chosen this place deliberately.

In addition to Catherine, there were three other unity buildings nearby: one belonging to my fiancée, Princess Evangeline, and another belonging to my stepsister, Kayle. Of course, Violet had joined the unity led by Kayle even before I joined the academy. As for the other unity building... I didn't know much about it. The only thing I knew was that it was led by an extremely powerful elf.

In fact, the proximity of these unity buildings to each other wasn't a coincidence. Or rather, it wasn't such a big coincidence. I had heard that the unity building established by Catherine was located close to the unity building led by Kayle by coincidence. So, I purchased this building to establish my own unity here. As for Evangeline... Well, she was Evangeline.

I had told her about my false identity because I needed to collaborate with her, so she knew who I was.

I don't know if Evangeline brought the unity building here because she was a jealous girlfriend or just because she was interested in what I was doing, but since it didn't work against me, I didn't object. With that, I entered the building. The building was white and had a slight resemblance to Roman architecture.

When I stepped inside, I saw a few students in a spacious lobby, likely registering to join the unity. The Unity emblem, a black wolf symbol, was carefully engraved on the white walls. The interior had a warm and inviting atmosphere, but there was a palpable tension in the air; everyone was curious about me and my unity.

First, I spotted one of the unity most talented members, Ellera. Ellera was looking at me coldly with her striking eyes, as if she could see my soul. Her eyes were among the strangest yet most captivating I had ever seen. The center of her eyes was a deep black, but there were silver rings surrounding them like a halo. I could see these silver rings occasionally spinning.

However, Ellera had told me that this eye shape was a rare phenomenon specific to her kind. After all, it turned out that such eyes were very rare even among her species. She always wore a cold expression on her face and never unnecessarily prolonged her speech when she talked. If she wanted to say something, she would say it appropriately, but that didn't mean she spoke very little.

Rather, she was the type who only spoke when necessary and to the extent required. Ellera was from the Snow Fox Tribe, and therefore she had a pair of fox ears with black fur on the inside and pure white fur on the outside. Her slightly wavy black hair fell just below her shoulders.

But the most interesting thing about Ellera wasn't just these features. What's really interesting about her, It was the fact that just one week after joining the academy; she had asked me out with those emotionless and cold eyes.