The mission was over and the main command ship returned to the outpost, where all the soldiers were given time to rest. From there, the cadets would return to their various academies, where they would be awarded merits based on their performance.Naturally, those that performed badly would be given demerits instead and punishment would also be dished out according to the degree of their screw-up.Already, news of what happened with Burton and the two teams he led had started to circulate among the cadets and soldiers on the ship.Talks about how a team of cadets had fallen into the trap of their enemy due to their carelessness and how they had almost died became talks of gossip amongst the various personnel inside the ship.It was said that the leader of this team of cadets would receive severe punishments along with several demerits by his academy and he would also be court-marshaled by the army.Nobody knew exactly what the details of his punishment were, but it didn’t stop everybod
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
The journey back to the academy was uneventful. The cadets mainly sat in silence, doing their own things as they waited to arrive at their destination.The distance from the outpost to the Kingsman academy was considerable. It took almost half a day to finally arrive. Once they did, all the cadets were glad to be back home.They were completely spent and tired to the bone. No matter how many times they had rested back at the outpost, the environment there made it so that they could never really relax, as they were afraid that something would happen all of a sudden.After coming back, h to e cadets were quickly given the rest of the day off and dismissed to go rest.For the rest of the day and the next day included, there will not be any training activities scheduled for the cadets. They could use this free time to adjust before training would resume.Eris, Arran, and Charmy separated upon landing in the academy. They went to take care of their own things, but they had already made pla
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
Arran got up bright and early in the morning and prepared for the day's adventure. By the time the sun shone brightly in the sky, Arran prepared and was just waiting for Eris and Charmy to arrive.Arran’s insides were twisted into a ball from the constant surge of nervousness that threatened to consume him. He and the girls had not set an exact time when they would meet to go visit their parents. Basically, Arran didn’t have to get up so early since the cadets were supposed to be taking a break. But because he was too nervous, Arran couldn’t sleep very well, and he was far from relaxed right now.Last night, Cain had told Arran everything he knew about Eris’ and Charmy’s families, from who their parents were and how many siblings they had. He even went further to tell Arran about every close public acquaintance the two of them had and the history of any relationships they had ever had that he knew of.This was the first time Arran was meeting the family of any girls he was interested
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
“Welcome to my home.”As Arran observed his surroundings and was filled with wonder and confusion, he was suddenly interrupted by Charmy’s greeting.Turning to the beautiful girl, who had a beaming smile on her face, Arran did not know how to respond. He was utterly dumbfounded and lacked the necessary cognition needed to express his current feelings.“Well, what do you think? It’s amazing, right?”Arran could see a gleam of pride clearly visible on Charmy’s face as she spoke to him. She was like a kid showing off her home to her friend who was visiting for the first time, which was exactly the case here.Arran could only respond monotonously, his bafflement yet to be abated.“Yeah, it’s very amazing indeed.”Hehe!“Wait until you see the inside. Your mind will be completely blown away.”After speaking, Charmy quickly turned around and head toward the bronze gate.Eris followed closely behind, with Arran by her side. His face was filled with distress as he complain internally.‘All of
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