THE USELESS PRINCE
Chapter 28: Awakened Academy

Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Awakened Academy

Exactly 4 hours later, just like what Modric had said before, the carriage immediately stopped in front of a temple that looked quite ancient but was not covered in dust, proving that this place was regularly cleaned.

The time that the Second Prince had calculated was so accurate that Ash wondered if he was a prophet or not.

What could be worse than a genius being a prophet?

Putting those useless thoughts aside, the door of the carriage slowly opened, and the person standing there was none other than the butler Gilbert.

Without wasting any more time, he quickly grabbed his briefcase and stepped out.

Ash did not bring too many things with him, only a luxurious black briefcase to hold important items.

As for clothes, books, and other unimportant things, they had already been transported to his room in Awakened Academy.

"We’re here?" Ash already knew the answer, but he still wanted to ask just to be sure.

"Yes, Your Highness. Now, you just need to enter that temple and you’ll see a gate and you can just go through it to get to the Academy."

"Alright. So, are you going in with me or just staying out here?"

"Sir, I’ll just stay out here. It’s safe inside anyway, and I have no intention of going to the Academy."

Recently, Gilbert had always been polite in his responses, perhaps because the butler realized that he was highly regarded by the First Prince and Second Prince.

Hence, being polite to Ash was the only thing he could do if he still valued this job.

Oh wait, did he treat him badly at first? He couldn’t remember.

And he didn’t care.

"Well then, I’m going." With that, Ash walked straight into the temple, not intending to turn back to look at Gilbert one last time or hear his farewell.

The deeper he went, the darker his vision became. And by the time he reached a certain point, he was completely blind, unable to see anything anymore.

He was so deep in the temple that not even the light from outside could reach him.

In the past, all Ash had to do was go inside this temple and his character would definitely be transported to Awakened Academy.

So this could be considered the first time he had the chance to explore the depths of this temple.

But he didn’t ask for that, did he? This place was so fucking dark!

But no matter what, Ash had to move forward.

After spending another 6 minutes walking, he finally felt a little more at ease when he saw a mysterious blue gate floating in front of him.

It was big enough for an elephant to pass through, just like the strange gates he had seen in anime and webtoons.

"So this is what will lead me to the Academy? Interesting. Quite something to look forward to."

Without further ado, Ash ran straight through the gate. He was ready to head to Awakened Academy.

***

Opening his eyes again, Ash found himself standing in an unfamiliar place. But no matter how unfamiliar it was, this place was still much better than the dark and scary place he had been in just now.

It seemed that he was currently standing in a rather large hall, and surrounding him were several hundred students from all over the Empire, all of them were geniuses, unlike him - The Useless Prince.

Most of the people here were wearing elegant but inconsistent clothes, it could be seen that they were new students like him.

But among these people, there were also a few ones wearing white suits interwoven with identical yellow patterns.

Maybe they were the seniors?

’I wonder if Serena is here?’ Ash looked around, trying to find Serena’s presence but then realized that something was not quite right.

This was the new student welcome hall, so it should be bustling and noisy, so why was it so unusually quiet?

But it didn’t take him long to figure out the reason. Yes, the reason for this abnormality was the existence of Ash "Worthless" Voidveil - the Third Prince of the Empire.

The entire space fell into an awkward silence because of the appearance of a single person - him.

No one said a word, instead, all gazes were focused on Ash.

’Damn...I forgot I was Ash "Worthless" Voidveil...’

***

5 minutes passed, and the situation still didn’t get any better.

The seniors had quickly regained their friendly smiles, trying to dispel this unpleasant atmosphere but failed miserably.

No matter what they did, all the new students were silently staring at Ash.

Some felt puzzled, not understanding why someone like him could enter this prestigious Academy.

Some people were scared by the terrible rumors about how mean and trashy Ash was.

Others hated the fact that they would be studying with a useless Prince this year.

But no matter what kind of gaze he received, he couldn’t feel any positivity. All of them didn’t seem to like seeing Ash in this place.

’This is troublesome.’

Honestly, he didn’t know what he should do in this situation.

Screamed loudly, telling everyone to go away? Of course not. Started destroying things like the rumors said? Not at all. How about saying sorry? It wasn’t his fault.

So, the most suitable choice at the moment was: Left the hall and never came back.

’What a fucking great choice!’

With a confident smile, Ash calmly walked towards the giant door leading outside.

All the people in front automatically split into two sides, not wanting to have anything to do with a bastard like him.

Every step he took contained the dignity and majesty of a Prince, but sadly, none of the students felt the same way.

As the distance between him and the giant door got shorter and shorter, whispers started to appear and became louder.

Damn it, they only dared to badmouth him behind his back, none of them had the courage of badmouthing Ash in front of him.

Using all his strength, he tried to push the giant door open and succeeded. It wasn’t that heavy to be honest.

Ignoring the whispers that were getting louder and clearer, he calmly walked outside, to the garden that was no less spacious than the Royal garden of the Academy.

Holy shit. It was only the first day and Ash was already the center of attention at the Academy...

"The future...is so dark..." He muttered as he watched False Horizon to kill time, waiting for that person to appear.

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