"Uh-uh, yeah! hahaha. I-am Dodong Pogi. Just call me Dong for short. Pogi is also fine hahaha!" Elric awkwardly laughed at his newfound name. Knowing its meaning, he could not help but smile to granny Kahayag who decided upon it.

Unlike Elric's manly and strong aura, the one that the students could see right now is a geeky, four-eyed, skinny Elric with unkempt hair and a goofy smile.

It was a perfect representation of a loser nerd but was actually one of Elric's transformation skills applying the Authority of Water which allows him to shapes.h.i.+ft as he desired. However, there are still quite the resemblance of the original Elric in his appearance. One only need to look closer in his eyes to know it was actually him.

With such a weak and stupid looking appearance, the people around him could not help but laugh while others choose to ignore him. After all, who would want to stick around a loser?

The people surrounding Elric are just those who had plenty of free time and are just bored. While others are just there to make fun of his nerdy presence. 

On the other side, Long was surrounded by fawning females. Despite his quiet nature, Elric was shocked to know this young man's renowned t.i.tle in the school. 

Long is the so-called Silent Tiger of the entire community college. The brawling king, the IT genius, the Academically gifted and total eye candy to all the women and half-men alike. 

It was only a few days since he started, almost every woman has fallen to his extrordinary and manly aura, the intelligent and elegant demeanor that has easily taken over their hearts.

As a result, various proud bullies and boyfriends, a good twenty of them, were fuming in jealousy and anger that they openly came after him, intending to screw his beautiful face into a mutated version.

However, as expected of a hundred years old Dragon in human form, his vast knowledge in martial arts and incredibly advanced fighting instinct allowed him to knock all of them into the floor like wooden logs.

Elric heard some eyewitnesses around the school describing the event as "The Tiger Devouring Twenty Monkies".

With every flick of Long's hand or feet, a couple of teeth will fall together with the opponent's head kissing the floor - really hard. It was like a cla.s.sic Chinese film were a Kung-fu master takes on a crowd of aggressive men only to wipe them all down with flashy moves and heavy thuds.

With clear evidence of who started the fight, everyone pointed at the bullies and their intention as the main culprit of the trouble while Long was just acting on self-defense. 

It was a day that everyone talked about even after four years have pa.s.sed. But now that Long is on his fourth and last year in the school, the most aggressive and ambitious women are all geared to do their best to win the young man's heart.

Little did they know, Long could only look at them like dirty sewer rats clamoring for the most expensive and delicious cheese. Not a single mortal managed to impress him at all. 

Outside, Long looked like a serene river in the middle of the small and beautiful island situated in the middle of the raging ocean. His eyes are always looking outside the window, uninterested to everything that's happening to him.

His mind is constantly far away, thinking of the past glory of the Eastern Dragon Region. It's been four years since he lost his Dragon Essence and his current normal human-pathetic state doesn't help to ease his pain and regrets in the past.

"If only I was stronger. Maybe I could have defended my father and everyone. If only it was I who took the Ancestral Dragon Essence, I could have changed the world according to my will. Those worms from the other region will bow down to me. And I will make sure to pay them very well a hundred folds of the damage they have done to my race. If only..."

Long sighed helplessly. After knowing everything that happened that night from his sister, he felt incredibly mixed emotions of rage, hatred, mourning, and despair. He wanted to blame anyone but he can't for it was futile. What's done is done and there is nothing he can do about it.

With all the built-up fury in him, he could only hope that the human responsible for all that event will come back to the world as he is more than happy, the wreck that pathetic human who can't even handle the power of their royal blood, yet, he had the guts to take the Ancestral Dragon Essence! Just how stupid was he!?

"Rats! Humans are nothing but rats!"

With fuming emotions hidden deep inside him, Long looked behind him only to see that pathetic nerd living next door in his apartment staring back at him - with the silliest smile he could have ever witness.

Crack~

Seeing Elric's stupid smile directed at him, Long felt his fury finally filled to the brim and is ready to explode. Lucky to him, he finally saw a perfect candidate. It seems it is not too late to become a bully after all.

"I finally found my outlet!"

Long smiled back with a menacing grin.

He looked at this watch and realize that there is still plenty of time before the next professor will come.

With the stupid looking women still cringing in his background, Long finally stood up from his seat, turned around, walked calmly and stopped just before Elric.

The latter looked up at his condescending gaze with a rather stupid smile.

"He-Hey neighbor! Y-you need something?" Elric asked.

Hearing this, everyone surrounding him were now up in curiosity. 

The fawning women were even more furious. Long had never really paid anyone attention for a long time but this crazy looking nerd already got Long's ever-elusive attention on his first day!? Is this the actual revelation of Long's unexpected taste!?

And what was with this ugly nerd? Did he just call him neighbor? This pathetic looking nerd has the audacity to call the prince of their dream is a neighbor?! 

The women were about to move and talk Elric away from Long, afraid that the air of his ugliness might stain their prince charming's appearance. Noticing their intention, Long glared back at the women and they immediately sat down like obedient little foxes back to their respective seat.

Despite the hostile glare from their prince charming, it was enough for them to blush in fantasy knowing how rare the young man actually give attention to them.

With everything finally settled, Long smiled calmly at Elric and asked.

"What was your name again?"

"Me?. Dodong! Dodong Pogi for long, Dong for short and Pogi is also good since I look exactly like one! hahaha!" Elric replied awkwardly.

"Alright, Dodong. Nice to meet you. today is your first time in Cebu Community College as an irregular, am I correct?"

"Y-Yes! This is my first time indeed! And the first time to come in the city too! I cam from the island in the north called Bantayan. It was not a small island actually and there are plenty of fish too and-"

"Alright. Alright now. " Long immediately interrupted Elric's aimless chatter and calmly lowered himself at Elric's level with his arms supporting him through the latter's desk.

"I know, I know you have a very beautiful island. Bantayan island is indeed great because I have been there myself. " He patiently added.

"You see, I got a favor to ask you."

"A favor? Sure! Sure! How can I help?" Elric excitedly replied.

Watching them together from afar, their disposition's contrast was quite very far from each other. 

Long looked like a prince in s.h.i.+ning armor with all the beauty the women could only dream of a man, while the other one smiling stupidly before him was comparable to a skinny four-eyed skeleton with two goofy teeth scaling out of his upper jaw! 

The people watching them from afar could only shake their heads on how different the two are.

"Do you have wet wipes with you?" Long calmly asked.

"W-Wet wipes? What is that?" Elric innocently replied.

"It's a wet antibacterial wipe like a tissue you moron!" The crowd from behind laughed at Elric's stupidity.

Hearing their mocking bellows, Elric stupidly laughed as well.

"Hahahaha! So that is a wet wipe. I am afraid we don't use that on the island, much more doubt if we can even afford it. hahaha!" Elric added. He looked back at Long's arrogant figure and said,

"I am a sorry neighbor. I do not have one. But I can ask someone about it if you like."

"Please do." Long smiled mysteriously.

Knowing it was Long who was gonna use it, the women scrambled hastily on their bags to grab their wet wipes and handed it forcefully at Elric. In less than ten seconds, Elric came back before Long with a bunch of wet wipes with different brand names.

"Hehehe, I never thought people here are actually very kind and generous in this school!" Elric said as he laid down the various wet wipes on the side.

"I only need one sheet." Long calmly said.

"Can you please get one for me and lay it flat on the desk?"

Elric patiently did so as he commanded.

"O-okay! One sheet only? There you go..."

"Do you also mind taking off your eyegla.s.ses?" Long requested.

"Sure-sure, no big deal. And there you g-"

After taking off his eyegla.s.s, Elric was just about to look up at Long when a straight punch suddenly caved into his face with a brutal force.

WHAM!~

With a powerful punch from Long, Elric's figure actually flew almost a meter, breaking the wooden desk behind him before landing heavily. Blood immediately trickled in his broken nose and a black eye immediately formed in his right eye.

Right after giving that punch, Long calmly recomposed himself.

"I don't want to see your ugly smile directed to me. It's disgusting. Show it to me again and you will give you another stronger one."

Long said in a threatening tone while he wiped his hands using the pulled out wet wipe placed by Elric. Long cleaned his hands as if he had just touched the dirtiest s.h.i.+t and moved back to his seat as if nothing happened.

Everyone witnessing it was shocked, some were stupified, while the others laughed in amus.e.m.e.nt. For them, Elric deserved that punch as he was too stupid to actually think Long acknowledge him.