'90 years old, dude, you have unrealistic dreams, which 90-year-old man would have the strength to have sex...I wouldn't even be able to stand on my feet at 90'

(I think you're forgetting that this isn't the world you know, as a mage your lifespan with the help of Mana would be over 150 or so, some people have actually lived to 200+)

'Ohh, that's right you can slow your aging with Mana, meaning at 90, I'll be like a 50 or 60-year-old man'

(Exactly, but I'm sure at that age Milfs wouldn't interest you anymore, you'll be into the girls)

'Sometimes I forget how creepy you are, we should be focused on finding a solution to Vala instead of how I'll be when I'm 90'

(It's mating season, nothing is going to happen, you just need to kick back and relax, besides if she actually attacked this kingdom, she'll be met with a whole lot of force, she alone can't defeat everyone)

'True...at least I'll see progress in the coming weeks'

The carriage continued forward with Hal and Ethan taking, before long, they were close to the academy, and finally, they arrived.

The carriage went inside the academy before Ethan got off There was nobody around, but he knew his way around the academy, so he just walked forward, heading towards the dorm area.

The girls had no idea Ethan was coming to the academy as Maria didn't tell them.

Soon the dorm was in sight, but none of the students were outside. Then he looked at the training ground after walking further, and he could see three girls, Isabella, Freya, and Edith, in the training ground.

Ethan began walking towards them as three of them sat on the ground talking. He could see them breathing heavily and sweating, meaning they had just finished training.

None of the girls was looking at him until they all heard a voice.

"Ethan..." Martha shouted as she saw him and ran towards him. She had just come out of the dorm and saw Ethan.

The three girls on the training ground immediately turned their heads and saw Ethan who had now stopped and turned towards Martha.

Isabella immediately jumped to her feet and without wasting a second she was already in front of Ethan as she hugged him tightly.

"How are you here? Did you come to visit?" Isabella asked as she pulled away and Martha practically jumped on Ethan.

He had to hold her body before she climbed down from his body with a smile on her face. Edith was next as she hugged Ethan and began taking in his scent. Freya also gave him a simple hug.

"I just came to visit, I'm leaving the capital, going to a smaller village tomorrow, I think. I came to see your faces, how have you girls been?" Ethan asked.

"What about the palace? Why are you leaving? They couldn't have chased you away, and there's no way my sister is already pregnant," Isabella muttered, and a smile formed on Ethan's face.

"I asked to leave because I'm planning to resume training, so I chose somewhere I can fight. Miss Maria chose it, but still, it's good... again, how are you girls doing?"

"We're fine, the academy is boring without you," Martha said with a smile.

"We even went to see Hannah, but she was caught by Miss Maria, then we trained with her for a while, but then she got busy," Edith replied.

"I'm pretty sure I'll be able to beat you in a duel now," Isabella spoke, and Freya chuckled.

"Hey, you don't have to laugh, you don't know if I can," Isabella sneered.

"I'm pretty sure none of us can beat Ethan in a duel, wait...what if you face the four of us, that way it'll be fair" Freya spoke.

"Whoa! How is facing the four of you fair? I'm not sure I can win against two of you, not to mention all four," Ethan replied.

"You said you came to tell us goodbye, how long are you staying?" Martha asked and the rest of the girls turned to him.

"Just today, I'm leaving tomorrow morning" Ethan replied.

"Okay, that's good" Martha replied.

"Why is that good, since I'm leaving tomorrow, I'll need sleep," Ethan spoke, and the girls laughed as they all knew what was going to happen at night.

"What about Mabel, Mary, and Crystal?" Ethan asked.

"They are inside, I think Crystal is asleep, I don't know about Mabel and Mary"

"So are you in, don't worry, we'll take it easy on you," Edith spoke, and Ethan chuckled.

"Alright then, but..."

"Ethan!!" Crystal shouted as she dashed towards the group behind her was Mary and Mabel.

Ethan opened his arms, and just like Martha, Crystal jumped on his body. It's only been days since he left them; it hadn't even been a week, and they had already missed him this much.

"What are you doing here? Why did none of you tell me Ethan was back? How long have you been in the academy?" Crystal asked.

"I just arrived and I thought you were sleeping?" Ethan asked.

"I woke up some minutes ago"

"Ethan, you're back" Mary spoke as she and Mabel reached the group.

"I'm leaving tomorrow, I just came to say hi, and the girls challenged me to a duel, do you want to join?" Ethan asked.

"You want them to join, I thought you said you can't handle two of us?" Freya spoke.

"Wait...you want to duel all of us against you? I know you're powerful, but isn't that too much? You can't possibly beat every single one of us; we'll come at you all at once," Mabel spoke.

"Let's find out" Ethan spoke.

"I'll sit out, I'm not feeling so good" Mary spoke.

"I'll be backup in case Ethan injures any one of you," Martha spoke, since she's a healer she wouldn't participate.

It was going to be Isabella, Edith, Freya, Crystal, and Mabel against Ethan.