"This thing is the top of the line of what our technology can produce, though things might change in the future depending on what we can salvage from the Kree ship."
Admiral Olgierd spoke.
"The fastest commercial ships can get from one side of the milky way to the other, a total of over 200,000 light years, in a little over a month."
"Well, this thing can do it in a week."
Admiral Olgierd started explaining the basic details of Alex's new ship, and each line of explanation only made Alex even happier.
To sum it up, it came down to a few things.
The ship was fast, really fucking fast!
It had the best defences — able to block a single King class attack below A- rank.
And it had some of the best weapons that could be fitted on a ship of its size, with the strongest weapon having Variant class B rank firepower, able to blast a small moon apart in one shot.
If he ever found himself in a tricky situation while in the vacuum of space, this ship would be his saving grace.
"Along with this ship, the 9 of us have decided to give you a bit of prestige — a title of sorts."
Admiral Olgierd shifted the conversation along when he finished explaining the specifics of his new ship.
"From this moment forth, you are officially a 'King class' prodigy."
Alex wasn't expecting this kind of reward at all.
It wasn't really useful to him at all in terms of commercial value, or strength wise, but it did sound like a pretty cool title.
"After your performance on the battlefield on Ceres-9, and with the looming threat of the Red Demon race, we've decided to put more focus on the next generation, like you."
'So that's how it is.'
Alex knew there had to be some sort of agenda or reason for the decision to give him such a title.
Of course, he could already tell that it followed the same system as Soul Classifications.
Alex didn't even need to ask what his title meant for him, as it was self explanatory.
'King class prodigy' clearly meant that Admiral Olgierd and the other 8 S tiers around the table thought Alex had the potential to reach King class at some point in the future.
And they obviously meant he would be able to reach King class as an S rank as well.
They wouldn't even consider someone who didn't have the potential to reach S rank as a prodigy.
And with the new system Admiral Olgierd had just introduced, this naturally meant that there would be other kinds of titles given out to other prodigies across the Federation.
Alex had no doubt that after this meeting, there would be all kinds of Variant class, Mutant class etc prodigies popping up all over the federation in the next few years.
Every time the Principal did that he felt creeped out, as he couldn't even feel his presence in his spatial perception, so he could literally sneak up within millimetres and Alex wouldn't even notice without seeing him.
"It's faster than walking."
That was all the Principal said before he grabbed both of their shoulders and disappeared once again, this time with Alex and Mira in tow.
The three of them appeared in Alex's living room back in his dorm right after.
'I still can't get over it. That distance, in an instant...'
"Now that all the boring stuff is over with, why don't we get to the fun stuff."
Alex didn't know why, but he got a weird feeling that the Principal's idea of fun and his idea of it were vastly different...
"I'll start. Why don't you go ahead and check your ring once again, Alex. This time, check the interior of your brand new ship."
Alex did as the Principal said, and inspected the inside of his new ship.
The storage ring was quite convenient, as he didn't even need to take it out and enter it to inspect it.
"A sword?"
Alex exclaimed in confusion.
This was probably the last thing he was expecting, even though he had no idea what he was expecting...
"That's my reward to you."
Alex didn't know why the Principal was rewarding him with something like this, as he was already very happy with the ship alone, but he accepted it regardless.
'He probably sees deeper through me than the others like Admiral Olgierd do.'
He could only chalk it down to the Principal having a sharper intuition than the others.
Alex was about to take the sword out of the storage ring to inspect it, but before he could do so, the Principal spoke again, this time with an indecipherable grin on his face.
"So, why don't you tell me about this new look your flames have?"
The atmosphere suddenly took an awkward turn as Alex looked at Mira, who looked back at him with an equally questioning gaze.
'I need to be careful around him, I can't show anything like the soul orbs whenever he's near!'
Alex knew the Principal must have been paying close attention to him ever since he witnessed Alex's 'Rebirth'.
In fact, he should have known that he couldn't have hidden his Phoenix flames from him for so long.
But when the sword appeared in Alex's hands, and he got a good feel for its details...
He knew he could trust the Principal with his Phoenix flames.