The Legendary Knight: Rise of the Primordial Dragon

Chapter 110: Call me Daddy

"I was just checking on Chloe," Vlad explained, putting his phone back in his pocket.

"I am aware," Seraphina replied, her pink eyes still boring into his crimson ones. "She is not a child. Why do you worry about her so much?"

"What is she if not a child?" Vlad responded instantly, his tone turning serious. "You don’t know her. She is just a baby."

Seraphina simply retorted at his words, her eyes rolling as she finally let go of his tie.

"Do not say that to her face or you will hurt her," she said, annoyance clear in her voice as she turned on her feet and moved forward.

Vlad did not understand what she meant. He quickly followed from behind and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It is not my place to say anything further."

"Come on, just tell me already, Sera."

"Shut it! And address me respectfully in public."

In the end, Seraphina did not tell him anything. They reached the cafeteria, where Seraphina picked out a perfectly balanced meal while Vlad grabbed everything that contained protein.

They settled at a small two-chair table set in the corner of the cafeteria hall, sitting face to face with each other.

"You sure it’s fine eating with me?" Vlad asked, taking a spoonful of food into his mouth. All the eyes in the cafeteria were fixed on the duo, the students murmuring in shock and disbelief around them.

Seraphina, whose hands moved with the elegance befitting a noble, carrying a fork and knife in each hand, said before placing a small slice of her food into her mouth, "The Secretary and President of the Student Council are having a dinner together. I do not see anything wrong with it."

"What if it causes a scandal for you?" Vlad asked, concern clear in his voice.

Seraphina looked at him with a serene, playful smile and asked, "How cute of you to be worried for me."

"I shall focus on my dinner," Vlad sighed, shaking his head. Since Seraphina was not thinking much of eating dinner together, he decided not to dwell on it either.

"Have you accepted the challenge from Lorenzo?" Seraphina asked as they dined.

"I did," Vlad nodded.

"Strange... I did not receive any notification for the challenge," Seraphina mumbled, checking her phone again to cross-check. "You sure you accepted it?"

"Yeah," Vlad took out his own phone and showed her the forum that had posted about him suffering Mana Backlash that morning.

In the hundreds of comments below the post, Lorenzo’s most liked comment sat at the very top:

Lorenzoo_: This is so embarrassingly ignominious. I am drastically, exorbitantly flabbergasted learning about the lamentably abysmal level of our so-called Crownbearer. What was the Student Council even thinking, making such a mediocre weakling the face of our batch? I shall step forward to rectify this blunder of the Student Council. I will challenge Vlad Lumberjack for the title of Crownbearer.

ScholarMage: I have no idea what half of Lorenzo just said, but it somehow convinced me that exorbitant is finished.

ManaMuncher: Damn! Has Lorenzo himself called dibs on the commoner? Rip to Vlad Lumberjack in advance. It was not nice knowing you.

With all those comments displayed, Seraphina’s eyes widened as they fell upon the top reply to Lorenzo’s comment.

CallMeDaddyVlad: I don’t expect anything more from a person who literally has ’zoo’ in their username. Completely animalistic behaviour, jumping to whatever conclusion is fed to you. As for your challenge, find me anytime. I will beat your ass all the way back to whichever zoo you escaped from.

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Seraphina spat out the water she was drinking as she read Vlad’s comment. He covered himself with his plate at the very last moment, protecting himself from the fountain Seraphina had inadvertently released.

"C-cough... cough... Is that how you accepted his challenge?" Seraphina asked, completely bewildered, wiping her lips with a napkin.

"Hehe~" Vlad rubbed his nose in pride, his head held high with smug satisfaction.

Seraphina pressed her temples between her fingers and thumb, taking a deep, steadying breath. If she did not, she might have already smacked this idiot on the head.

"This is not how you accept an official challenge," Seraphina muttered. She snatched the phone from his hand and opened the email where he had received a formal challenge from Lorenzo.

[Vlad Lumberjack, you have been challenged by Lorenzo Camber for the title of Crownbearer.

Reward for winning: 500 credits

Penalty on losing: Revocation of the title Crownbearer and all the benefits that come along with it.

Deadline to respond: 7 days

{Select the date and time for the challenge.}

Note: Failing to respond before the deadline will be considered an automatic loss.]

"There was actually something like that?" Vlad exclaimed, reading through the formal email with wide eyes. He had no idea that challenges were sent through official mails like this.

"When are you free?" Seraphina asked in barely suppressed annoyance, completely ignoring his question.

"Tomorrow evening."

She quickly submitted the date and time for the challenge. The moment she did, a notification pinged on her own phone. The Student Council was responsible for overseeing duels between students and also providing them with appropriate venues. She selected a free arena for the duel and officially submitted the challenge.

"Come at four in the evening tomorrow," she said, handing his phone back with a pointed look.

"Also... change your username. I cannot associate myself with someone with such an undignified name."

"Absolutely not. I like it," Vlad instantly shoved his phone back into his pocket, causing the frown on Seraphina’s brows to deepen even further.

"Then just keep it, pervert!" she retorted, rising from her chair with a huff.

"Why am I being labelled as a pervert now?" Vlad gasped in disbelief. How could a simple username, one he used specifically to piss off noble brats, get him branded as some kind of deviant?

As they walked out of the cafeteria, Seraphina was unusually silent, her face burning with an intense blush that spread from her cheeks to the tips of her ears.

’How could he use such a shameless username? Was he trying to show off his perverted kinks?’ she thought, her mind racing with scandalised images.

She slowly raised her head, stealing a glance at Vlad’s masculine figure walking beside her, completely oblivious to her inner turmoil.

’Will he also force me to call him D-Da— You stupid girl, whatever are you thinking!’ she screamed inwardly, her body squirming with embarrassment as she hid her crimson face behind her hands, trying to purge the thought from her mind.

’Is there something wrong with her head?’ Vlad murmured inwardly, looking at her with truly concerned expressions.