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"What do you mean? That is not confirmed already. It could be anyone.", Liu Man quickly defended.

"If this is all that you need for me, then I will be leaving. I want to sleep.", Arad said nonchalantly.

"Wait a minute. I have seen you with Liu Feng a lot. Why is he not here yet?", Balor asked.

"Are you really comparing a mere human with a dragon? I rushed here because His Majesty was here. But Liu Feng needed more time to arrive as he used more conventional transportation methods. He is definitely not here, yes he is not here. That is all. He is not here. I will be going now. Are there any accommodations here?", Arad faltered and quickly changed the subject.

The kings were not idiots. They looked at Arad suspiciously, but did not say anything.

"Guard. Take him to an empty suite and make sure that he is treated as well as you would treat me.", Liu Man ordered the guard who was still kneeling.

"Yes Your Majesty.", the guard rose and took Arad into the city lord mansion.

Liu Man turned to the other kings.

"Now then, where were we?", he asked.

"Your dear students have already proven to be a problem. That is where we are.", Damascus spat out.

"Fine. You win. Your idea stands. I will make sure that any student who is not following these rules will be, well, punished appropriately.", Liu Man nodded.

"What about the children who offended the Dragon King? You knew about this didn't you?", Damascus looked at Liu Man.

"They were punished. Very appropriately. A girl among them was whipped naked in front of everyone. What could be worse for someone like that?", Liu Man said.

"Well, you can make an example of them. Remove the hereditary title. Stop the title with their father. That will teach the rest to be careful.", Damascus said.

"Impossible. Their parents are not small nobles. They are Dukes! They shared blood and alliances with the royal family. Forget that, the girl's father is my cousin. I can't just take away their titles like that. Alliances built over generations will be lost.", Liu Man refused immediately.

"Fine then. If another incident comes to light, then strip away their title.", Balor said.

"... Fine.", Liu Man said after a huge pause.

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The next day,

Liu Feng opened his eyes all of a sudden. He rose and looked around. To one side, at the far end of the tent, the four students of some academies were lavishly sleeping. Next to him, the commoner was sleeping like a fetal baby, occupying as little place as he could. He got up and crossed over the man to leave the tent.

The morning sun was slowly approaching the horizon. Liu Feng stretched his hands and looked around. There were people moving everywhere. Clearly these were not recruits, but rather actual soldiers. A lot of them were moving somewhere.

Then, he heard the gongs. People were moving around the tents banging on the gongs. Along with the sound of gongs were the shouts of everyone protesting. It was clear that no one wanted to be woke up like this. Liu Feng looked at this and shook his head. 

"Well, they cannot exactly teach discipline in a week.", he thought to himself. By now, a person came to his tents. Looking inside, the man found that there were four children inside. He looked at Liu Feng.

"Are you also a part of an academy?", he asked Liu Feng.

"No. But those inside are, except for the man to the edge near the entrance.", Liu Feng replied.

"I see...", the man paused for a minute and then opened the cloth doors completely. He then beat on his dongs as loudly as he could.

"What the devil happened? Who is making such a sound?", Brooks quickly shouted. Everyone in the tent was awake. The commoner also awoke and he left the tent as quickly as he could. He was quick witted, and he knew what to do. He brisk walked away from the tent.

The two children that Liu Feng saw at first, not so much. 

"Hey, leave us alone for a little more time. I will wake up later.", Lester said lazily.

"The three Majesties order all students to assemble near the city centre in twenty minutes. Those who cannot will be punished by martial law and will be whipped ten times. No one will be excused. His Majesty the king of Elvan has also instructed us to tell the students that the King's orders cannot be avoided even by a duke, much less a duke's son."

Saying this, the man left the tent and went onto the next tent.

Liu Feng looked at this and chuckled. He turned around to leave. The students inside the tents were a sight to behold. All around Liu Feng, there were people the same age as him running around and rushing to the city centre as they were finally afraid that something will happen to them.

"Looks like the kings are finally taking the noble situation properly and seriously. Let us hope that all of this will work out. Now, where the hell do I have to go?", Liu Feng murmured to himself in a low tone as he walked around.

He looked in the direction that the commoner he was sleeping next to ran off to. He went in the same direction but found that he was lost. This place seemed to be an endless maze, and he closed his eyes to see where he could go.

He could see there were people to his right, so he went towards where they were. He could hear a lot of people talking, and laughing around. He stopped all of a sudden, and a cold sweat ran down his head. He had come over to the girl's side of the camp, and this was technically a punishable offence.

A gust of wind rushed under his feet and he disappeared from where he was, and he appeared very far away.

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