Chapter 111

Five months passed while the youths who were selected to enter the secret passageway cultivated steadily .

During these five months, instead of cultivating, Davis wholeheartedly trained in Alchemy . He learnt to use soul flame, which helped him in making pills without using a burnable material like coal .

Soul flame could be only created with people who had an affinity with fire . This stringent requirement made many people give up on learning high-level alchemy because as the level increases, it'll get difficult to control the fire manually without using the soul to control the flames .

Besides, using the soul flame to create a pill has its advantages, like being easily able to control the intensity of the heat as long as one has high control over their soul energy .

During the first month, Davis had difficulty with controlling his soul energy to manipulate his soul flame, which caused him to ruin many materials and cauldrons .

During the second month, he was able to control the soul flame proficiently .

During the third month, he was able to create Earth Rank pills .

During the fourth month, he consolidated his pill making skill and practised diligently .

And during the last month, he finally succeeded in creating a Low-Level Sky Rank Pill .

Alchemist Highwood was totally astonished by his speed and couldn't help but admit that this lad will surpass him in a year .

Most importantly, Davis didn't forget his promise with Evelynn, but instead of going to see her, he explained his circumstance by sending her letters .

Evelynn understood his plight and warmly replied to him . After that, they communicated by sending letters once a week, telling each other about what they did that week .

To Davis, it made him smile as he had never experienced these kinds of emotions before . Heck, he had no experience in doing this kind of actions either .

Furthermore, they could have communicated using transmission crystals but didn't do so for some reason . It was like they avoided meeting or talking to each other for some awkward reason .

Both had an inkling of what they wanted to tell each other but refrained from it .

. . .

"This is truly frustrating . . .

" Davis muttered under his breath .

He sat at the table as he massaged his forehead while thinking about a certain problem .

Davis was now eleven years old . His height grew, making him exactly five feet tall . His face started to portray some masculine features, combined with the black imperial robes he wore, he looked absolutely handsome .

"What's frustrating?

" A cute voice echoed behind him .

He looked behind to see Ellia seated in a lotus position .

She looked mesmerizing with her beautifully shaped almond eyes, perfectly shaped small nose and dainty lips . Her height seemingly increased to four feet, five inches tall while her long silky black hair reached chest length . She wore dark blue clothes which looked expensive and elegant .

She opened her eyes and looked at him with a curious gaze .

"This . . .

" Davis thought for a moment before he explained to her .

It turns out that he had received an official letter from Emperor Ashton . The letter indicated that Princess Shirley Ashton would be celebrating her birthday in a month's time and it seems that he was cordially invited along with his fiancee to attend the birthday celebration .

"What's so frustrating about that?

" Ellia had a confused expression on her face . She couldn't understand what kind of a matter was there to fret about .

Davis sighed,

"I get why they are inviting me, but I don't understand why they're inviting Evelynn . It's like adding insult to the injury for them .

"

"Adding insult to the injury? What do you mean?

"

"You still don't understand because you're still small .

"

Ellia rolled her eyes on hearing his statement .

"Emperor Ashton was originally dissatisfied with the dismissal of the marriage engagement of me and Shirley, so he would in no way invite Evelynn over to Shirley's birthday celebration . From my guess, this letter must be the work of Shirley . If I had to speculate on why she had to do this, then . . .

" Davis contemplated for a moment before he continued,

"Her Royal Father is still dissatisfied with her and pressured her into inviting me by taking advantage of this upcoming birthday celebration . Then she had no choice but to do it, so she sent me an invitation, but instead changed the details of the invitation so I could bring Evelynn with me, giving her a reason to tactfully decline her father's wishes .

"

Ellia stayed silent, her face had a weird expression as if she were looking at an idiot .

"Why are you looking at me like that?

" Davis got uncomfortable and questioned her .

With a slight grin on her face, she replied,

"I'd most likely say it was Emperor Ashton who sent you the invitation .

"

Davis looked at her and laughed,

"Huh!? Why the heck would you say that?

"

"Emperor Ashton is trying to use the jealousy in Shirley's heart to make her marry you .

"

Davis got dumbfounded on hearing her speculation,

"Using jealousy? You mean he somehow plans to have Evelynn and me induce jealousy in her?

"

"Yes, more or less .

" Rolling her eyes, she answered .

Davis chuckled,

"Haha, you have quite the imagination . Besides, getting jealous because of me? You sure like to raise my worth!

"

Ellia suddenly looked at him with a displeased gaze,

"Why do you always humble yourself normally? You're the Crown Prince of the Loret Empire, the disciple of the mysterious senior . In this world, I don't think anyone has a status higher than you excluding your master .

"

He spread his hands wide,

" . . . I don't know that myself, guess I just feel myself to be retarded when acting arrogantly for no reason .

"

" . . .

" Ellia was speechless but she couldn't help but accept on what he said had a point .

Pointing up her finger at him, she said,

"Firstly, you are the strongest genius alive in this continent . Secondly, your prestige is so high that all single women in this continent would not decline your advances .

" Her gaze avoided him as she thought, 'Including me . '

Returning her gaze on him, she questioned with a dissatisfied gaze,

"What exactly makes you think you're not worthy of getting jealous?

"

Davis slightly laughed,

"You say that no one would refuse me? Then tell me this, why did Evelynn refuse the engagement until I managed to convince her?

"

"At that time, she was older than you, and you were still a kid . The age gap must've been quite awkward as well . Ultimately, she must have had some misgivings until she met you . Even now, many women admire you and want you to notice them . I dare you to court a single woman after you've turned sixteen years old . Let me see if anyone dares to refuse your advances by then .

"

Hearing that kind of speech from her, he was quite ticked off, but at the same time, he looked at her with a dumbfounded gaze . He slowly blinked as he thought about the words that had escaped from her mouth .

'I did teach her to be bold, but not this bold! Especially for her age!' Shouting in his mind, he berated himself for teaching her things he shouldn't have had taught .