Cousins!That discovery suddenly threw Arran for a loop.Did this mean that Rommel was a royal?No. That’s not it...Eris said Rommel was a cousin from her mother’s side of the family and her father was one of the rulers of the Aeth. That means her mother was not of royal blood.Of course, she was probably a noble, so it means Rommel belonged to a powerful noble family.Arran was not sure if this was true. Come to think of it, Arran didn’t really know much about Eris’ family... or even Charmy’s, for that matter.Other than being princesses of the Aeth and belonging to two of the seven royal families, Arran didn’t know anything else.Of course, he knew which of the royal families they belonged to.Eris was a princess of the Von Vilysivich royal family. Her father is the current Earth ruler of the Aeth who sat in the Earth seat of authority.Charmy, on the other hand, was a member of the Von Weissen royal family. Her mother was the water ruler who sat on the water seat of authority.The

Cain had an illusory body with swirling wind breezes moving around him. He emitted a cooling feeling like a walking AC, which caused the surrounding temperature to be a few degrees lower than the surroundings.Cain was an Eiree, a wind sprite whom Arran had come to know since he entered the academy. He was the same sprite that had introduced the situation of the Aeth civilization and the upper realms to Arran when he first arrived.Since then, Cain always came around to hang out with Arran and help him maintain his residence when he wasn’t around.Sprites in the Aeth civilization had a special status. They were a powerful race with immense potential for growth, but their short life span held them back and prevented them from growing to their full potential.There was only one way to go around the drawback of their low life span and that was by forming a contract with other life forms.Elemental life forms were one of the purest life forms in the universe. As the embodiment of various

Saleencraid, this is the sub-realm under the control of the Von Weissen Royal family. The Vineta kingdom they ruled was located here, and it was the home Charmy grew up in.Just like Eldencraid, Saleencraid is located in an alternate space directly connected to the Etherium main planet.There were various access points that could be used to enter any of the seven sub-realms. These access points, which were like portals, were scattered around the Etherium and were strictly managed by the royal council. Without them, it was impossible to visit any of the seven kingdoms of the Aeth civilization.As the Kingsman academy was located off-world on the moon of the main planet, it was naturally impossible to visit any of the seven sub-realms.Normally, if a cadet wanted to go to any of the kingdoms, they would need to board a ship to return to the main planet before finding a portal to take them to their destination.But with Charmy, they didn’t have to go through all the trouble. As a member

Arran hesitated too long as he studied the water screen, prompting Charmy to quickly urge him along.“We’ll come on. It’s not going to harm you in any way.”Since Arran couldn’t figure anything out, he simply ignored everything and replied to Charmy.“Coming.”With two steps, Arran crossed the water screen to the other side of the gate.Passing through the water screen was like moving through mist. When Arran crossed over, other than a little bit of moisture that gave a cool feeling all over his body, Arran didn’t sense anything else. It was like everything he had sensed on the other side before crossing over was an illusion and there was no power present on the water screen at all.No matter how he tried to wrap his head around all this, Arran could not.At this moment, Charmy nudged Arran and said, “See, I told you. It wouldn’t harm you at all. Now stop standing there like a buffoon and let’s get going. My family is already expecting us.”At the mention of Charmy’s family, Arran qui

Charmy and her sisters didn’t get along very well. They didn’t hate each other, but they just couldn’t stand the sight of each other. It wasn’t because they were fighting for the throne or anything like that, nor was their dislike for each other due to some profound reason.There was only one simple reason why they didn’t get along and it was because they were ladies and they enjoyed competing amongst themselves.It was normal for siblings to compete with each other to see who was better than the other. This was especially the case for female siblings. In a family that had seven sisters, this competition was even more exaggerated.Among the siblings, Charmy was the youngest and, as such, she received the most bullying from her older sisters. This was especially since among the seven sisters, six of them were born in sequential order following each other while the order was broken in Charmy’s turn after her older brother was born before her. This put her in an incredibly awkward situat