Truely Unparalleled!!!

After a few seconds Stan continued, " Usually as all of you are aware, the university send out a letter of interest for students who excel in their academic education but These six got the letter of acceptance from the university, allowing them to join without an entrance test."

"What....!!!!" Roderick was the first to understand this shocking news.

Ah, Roderick, come on lad, Stan called him on stage.

"This is Roderick Emberheart, Son of Duke Fredrick Emberheart and a student at the university.He is here on a break ." Stan then called Lilly and Irene to the stage. .

All these nine students of this academy shall be traveling to the university in a couple of weeks." Stan introduced. This is the first time when more than two student were selected from our academy in a few years. But this time eight of them are going at the same time. Chearing from the students were defending and reverberated throughout the hall. After few seconds, Stan raised his hands silencing the rowdy crowd and continued.

"As you can see by the initial reaction of Roderick, you can say its a huge feat of achievement to get a letter of acceptance from the University." Stan looked at Roderick.

Roderick noded his head in agreement. "In my three years at the university, I had never heard or seen someone other than highly influential or highly powerful to receive the letter of acceptance, headmaster"

The students in the crowd were in awe of their seniors.

After few more words the nine of them stepped down from the stage and the ceremony began. After a couple of hour, the feast began. Hundreds of students came towards the six boys and literally fell down on their knees with gratitude. It was a truely awkward situation for the boys, who always preferred to keep a low profile.

Watching this situation, many masters came to their rescue and shooed the crowd away bringing great relief to the boys.

Each and ever master, talked to the six of them with a great familiarity. The boys were polite and had a smiling face throughout their conversation.

Master Jorden was especially enthusiastic in the conversation. These boys had given back his music book with some added music notes, which inturn helped him to break his barrier and excel.

Roderick heard Williams saying. " we have to thank you master Jorden, if not for your gifts we would have been junior Harry's."

This made all the staff and masters laugh out so loud that the students, started to watch them curioisly. But Roderick did not had any words of complaint this time.

His favorite teacher Master Jordan was also in awe of these young men.

That day Roderick decide. " No matter what, I will try to be like them. Knowledgeable, humble, intelligent, powerful and a person with social responsibility."

Matron Rose dragged all of them to a corner table which was piled up with loads of food.

The boys happily hugged her and started to eat with gusto. Within minutes the plates were licked clean. Laughing happily Matron Rose went to get them the second servings.

Rose, the young princess ran towards them and hugged each of them from behind as they were seated and having their food.

Dave smilingly got up from his chair and pushed Rose to sit down. A student from the crowd watching this, gave them an extra chair for David to sit. Dave thanked the boy and sat down with the others.

After the lunch and a couple of more hours of talking and exchanging pleasantries, they made their way back to home. Rose also joined them.

Rose had became a tall and beautiful young lady. But she had the same innocence in her face making her likeable by many. And now at the age of Fourteen she was only a few inches shorter than Lilly.

Roderick again was silent the whole time while coming back, only providing inputs whenever his opinion was required.

They reached the Duke's castle by the time it was nightfall. Everyone took their leave after saying goodbye's to Irene and Roderick.

"Brother, what's the matter? Why do I feel that you are lost in some thought?" Irene asked with a bit of concern.

Roderick sighed deeply. " Rene I was so wrong. I thought because they are your friends, you are praising them beyond their abilities. I even wanted to test them myself. But today's incident made me realize that even you were wrong, those young men are boyond what you had said. They are truelly unparalleled."