The Grace of Rebirth and the Fire Dragon Fruit!

[Knock knock knock]

"Please come in."

Upon hearing a somewhat aged voice coming from inside the room, Longinus calmly pushed open the door and entered the dean's office.

He also noticed that Rosinante did not follow him in, but instead closed the door for him.

This puzzled Longinus; wasn't it just a graduation reward?

While three is a bit much, is it really necessary for the principal's assistant to be absent?

However, he did not specifically ask Rosinante to stay.

He simply walked slowly to the desk, faced Saint Joracol's kind gaze, and said, "Cassius Longinus, Class 1, Grade 8, reporting for duty!"

"Hehehe, good, good, truly worthy of being the pride of our Celestial Dragons!"

Saint Joracol sized up Longinus, whose hair was a Red-Haired.

His handsome appearance, upright posture, and noble temperament were all impeccable, especially his bright and determined eyes, which were as blue as stars.

As the principal, he was naturally very happy to have such an outstanding graduate, but as the head of the family, he felt a little sorry that the graduate was not from the Dracule Family.

However, Saint Joracol already has Mihawk, so there's no need to worry about a lack of successors for at least the next fifty years.

"Dean Xie's praise is commendable."

Longinus remained unperturbed by either honor or disgrace.

In the eyes of the Saint Joracol, this is very similar to that kid Mihawk.

At the same time, he thought to himself, "Cassius Family is incredibly lucky. To think that such a genius would suddenly appear during the era when the World Government was embarking on its conquest of all worlds."

However, upon closer reflection, if Lord Imu hadn't ordered the creation of the Celestial Holy Palace Academy, Longinus would most likely have been buried in that 'Land of the Gods'.

"I suppose that brat Rosinante has already told you why I summoned you here."

He only said that you were going to give me three graduation awards, but he didn't say what they were.

Saint Joracol sat opposite Longinus and nodded with a smile after hearing his reply.

"Not bad, at least that kid has some sense; he didn't say anything he shouldn't have."

Shouldn't have been said?

Longinus noticed the place keenly, and then heard the principal say something.

"However, I must correct one point: these rewards were not given to you by me, but by the Five Elders. Oh no, I should say they were given to you by the great Lord Imu!"

"Um?"

Longinus, whose composure had been maintained, couldn't keep up the composure upon hearing this and asked in surprise, "Imu? This isn't the one from historical legends."

"That's right, it's the Celestial Dragons God of the Celestial Dragons, Lord Imu!"

Saint Joracol stood up, his face filled with adoration as he faced Mary Geoise, each word he uttered resounding with unparalleled pride.

"Lord Imu emerged from the Moon Chamber of Pangaea Castle four years ago, bringing us a true miracle: the Star Gate."

Next, he spent about ten minutes recounting to Longinus how Imu had spent nearly nine hundred years perceiving the aura of the Star Sea during the Moon Chamber.

Longinus listened silently with his mouth agape the entire time.

At the same time, my emotions surged like a storm at sea.

Because of what Saint Joracol said, his doubts about why the World Government and the Celestial Dragons had suddenly changed so drastically in the past three years were clarified, and he also explained the origin of the Star Gate.

"So, this Celestial Holy Palace Academy is also because of that Lord Imu?"

After the dean finished speaking, Longinus asked in a low voice, his voice trembling slightly. He even unconsciously clenched his fists, as if he was nervous about something.

"Certainly!"

Saint Joracol gave his approval without hesitation.

"Besides Lord Imu, who else has the qualifications and authority to imprison most of the Celestial Dragons in the 'Land of the Gods'? And who else can carry out such sweeping reforms against the Celestial Dragons?"

"Lord Imu ordered the creation of this Celestial Holy Palace to nurture you, the children who still have hope, precisely because he was disappointed in those Celestial Dragons, including your parents!"

[Bang!]

Suddenly, Longinus knelt down on one knee on the white blanket.

His handsome face was filled with excitement, and he solemnly made a vow.

"Cassius Longinus hereby swears that he will be eternally loyal to Lord Imu and will absolutely carry out all of Lord Imu's will!"

Longinus did this.

He knew very well that if he hadn't been forcibly brought here, he would never have been able to awaken to this truth.

They would never have possessed the will, knowledge, strength, or future prospects they have today.

Although the Five Elders of each generation would select some Celestial Dragons who seemed promising to be groomed as their successors and members of the God's Knights.

But the probability is extremely low.

In his view, without the Celestial Holy Palace, he would most likely become no different from the Celestial Dragons of the 'Land of the Gods' as time goes by and he gets older.

To become a complete waste

The mere thought of that 'future' was enough to send chills down his spine and fill him with lingering fear.

Therefore, this is the grace of being reborn!

If he hadn't known of Imu's existence, he would have directed his gratitude towards the Celestial Holy Palace itself or Saint Joracol himself.

But now I know.

All those feelings then found a clear purpose: gratitude and a desire to repay kindness quickly transformed into fervent reverence.

"Good!"

Saint Joracol walked up to Longinus, helped him up, and spoke to him in a deep voice.

"I hope you will not disappoint Imu's favor, and will devote all your strength to serving Lord Imu and protecting the interests of us Celestial Dragons!"

"Yes!"

Longinus responded loudly and decisively.

The two then took a minute or two to calm down their excited state.

Saint Joracol turned around, picked up the white box made of Amber Lead and lead that had been placed on the corner of the table, and handed it over with a smile.

"Open it and see, this is your first reward."

"Although most Devil Fruit are just toys that we Celestial Dragons would disdain to eat, we must admit that some Devil Fruit have value that even we have to take seriously."

"Especially now, in this era of great conflict where World Government are conquering all realms, they will certainly provide considerable assistance to you elite Celestial Dragons who have graduated."

Longinus did not refuse after hearing this.

Because he believed the Dean—no, he should say he believed that Lord Imu, who was watching him from the shadows, wouldn't give him a disappointing Devil Fruit.

So the handsome young man with Red-Haired and blue eyes decisively reached Teuchi the white box.

Instantly.

A burst of red light, seemingly carrying intense heat, erupted forth, followed by a golden-red fruit with spiral patterns covering its surface.

The leaves of this Devil Fruit looked like a pair of dark red bat wings.

Then a strip that resembles both a branch and a lizard's tail extends out and Coating around the fruit.

"This is Zoan Lizard Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Fire Dragon form. Its potential is in no way inferior to Azure Dragon Fruit of Kaido, the current Air Force Headquarters Admiral!"

Longinus nodded in understanding and was quite satisfied with the fruit.

I then took it out and bit into a piece of the slightly warm fruit. Sure enough, it was really unpalatable.

But he merely frowned, then expressionlessly ate the entire fruit. The process was painful, but wasn't it also a test of his willpower?

Do you remember some readers mentioning writing about elite Celestial Dragons?

I've taken notes, and now I've finally gotten to this point.

However, don't worry, the following chapters will all focus on this character; the purpose of these chapters is to help you remember him.

Because he is a representative figure of the new generation of elite Celestial Dragons.