Alex was stunned to find out that Eric was the same age as Emily; his sister would be 16 this year as well, and that was the age of awakening.
He could only imagine how young Eric was when he awakened to have already reached the Core mage rank, this level of talent was enough to put all the arrogant teenagers of Balon City to shame.
'Yep, he's definitely from no ordinary background.' Alex thought, recalling how many of the kids during the admission test had reacted after hearing Eric's family name.
Since he had nothing else to do, he agreed to help Eric train. The boy was excited and pulled Alex toward the duelling platforms. After finding out how old the kid was, Alex no longer found his behaviour to be strange; it even made him feel like he got a junior brother out of nowhere.
The duelling platforms were different from what Alex had imagined; it seemed like he had missed them during his tour around the place.
