After a nice, long, hot bath, Leo got out and changed into the nightwear the Academy provided him. It was just a pair of grey shorts and a T-shirt. He stopped and looked at himself in the mirror and let out a small sigh. “Even if it is only nightwear, I kind of wish I could give this to Alice…”

‘You really are good to your family. When we have children in the future you will make a very good dad.’

‘Children?’ Leo blushed as an image of Liana floated into his mind. Her slim, slightly tanned body was wearing a white one-piece dress with a baby in her arms that had silver hair and orange eyes. Leo quickly shook his head. ‘I will need to get strong enough!’

‘You’re blushing!’

Leo ignored the teasing salamander girl and walked out of the bathroom to see a bump under the blankets on the bed farthest from the door. Leo walked over to his bed and began settling his things in his cabinet. Once he was done, he stole a glance at the other bed, which was only a few feet away from his. He felt slightly awkward since it was as if they were sleeping in the same bed with such little space between them.

But this still did not stop him from asking: “Did you get a good look?”

The blanket on the other bed flew up into the air, and a white missile filled with feathers flew at his head. Leo was hit square in the face, and a sweet smell entered his nose once more. “Mm… Smells good.”

“Can you stop!?” Isabella couldn’t take it anymore. She jumped out of bed, snatched the pillow from Leo, and sat on the edge of her bed, glaring at him.

“You finally came out.” Leo smiled and scratched his head. “I know we have had some strange incidents but I think we are pretty even now right? So let’s start a new. My name is Leon Tristan, I am fifteen and my first card is a Rock Salamander.”

Isabella’s eyes widened for a second before covering her mouth with her pillow. “Isabella Aurelia Von Augustus. I am the Seventh Princess of the Augustus Kingdom. Fifteen and my first card is also a Rock Salamander. But you can call me Bella.”

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“Then Bella, it’s a pleasure to meet you. We will be sharing a room for the year so let’s get along.” Leo stretched out his hand. He felt a little happy to know that someone else also had a Rock Salamander as well.

‘Her lizard is nothing more than just that. It would be hard to waken its dragon blood line.’

‘Wait, she isn’t like you and I?’

‘No! You were lucky that I had awaken to my bloodline. If not you would be stuck with a lizard.’

‘I see. But you are saying it is not impossible for another Rock Salamander to awaken?’

‘If she is lucky and finds a way to trigger its bloodline before it’s third evolution then yes. If you are able to make her want to keep sharing a room with you, then I might be willing to help.’

‘We will see.’ Leo really wondered just how bored Liana was. She seemed to really want him to make Bella his.

Bella narrowed her eyes for a second before reaching out her own hand and taking Leo's hand. “Let’s get along.”

‘I guess he is not so bad…’ Bella understood one thing. She did not dislike Leo. She hated the fact that she had embarrassed herself more than once in front of this guy, but the thing she liked the most was that even knowing she was a princess, he did not treat her differently. She felt that she could be friends with him at the very least. She also did not wish for any fighting to happen between them since they had to share the room.

“Shall we go get some food? I have yet to eat since arriving. Way too much has happened and I have only been here a few hours.” Leo was famished. He couldn’t help but rub his stomach. He had not had a decent meal in almost a week.

Bella did not answer right away. She had been staring at Leo rubbing his stomach, and the image of his abs entered her mind. She could feel her cheeks heating up, causing her to shoot up from her bed and toss the pillow down before stomping to the door. She felt like she was getting flustered about everything since meeting this boy! ‘He’s so annoying!’ This was the conclusion she came to.

Leo had not expected the girl to suddenly stand up and march off. He wondered if he had made her mad. But after the door opened, he heard her call back to him. “Are we going or not?”

“Right!” Leo smiled and got up. He walked to the door to see Bella walking off. “The stairs to the cafeteria is the other way.”

“We can go this way too! Hey, wait!” Bella turned and saw Leo walking off. She bit her lip and chased after him. ‘He is really annoying!’