While the girls established their friendship, Arran watched everything unfold from the sidelines.Throughout their interaction, Arran began to wonder when he had been demoted to a side character. As the only guy here, Arran was being completely ignored. He felt hurt!Still, Arran was happy to see all of them getting along. These four girls were very beautiful and attractive, with each having their own distinct style of beauty. It was a lie if Arran said he wasn’t interested in the four of them.Some might argue that their becoming friends would spoil his chances of getting all of them. But Arran was not greedy enough that he had to have all of them at the same time. He could still settle with just being friends with either of them.With their friendship established, Brianna and Vanna waved at Arran and the girls and prepared to leave the lounge.At this moment, Arran noticed some activity coming from both sides of him. One from the entrance of the lounge and the other from the entranc
The journey back to the Aeth home world took three days. This time there was no wormhole to cut the journey short. That means that during these three days, Arran had to silently receive Eris’ and Charmy’s scoldings.During the journey, the relaxing time Arran expected was nowhere to be found. Instead of spending the three days having fun with the girls, Arran had been subjected to their relentless reprimands and cold shoulders.When they weren’t yelling at and scolding Arran, Eris and Charmy were either completely ignoring him or playing with the cat. Or they were locked up in their rooms hellbent on not seeing Arran at all.It got so bad that Arran found himself constantly frustrated and on the verge of a breakdown. Worst of all was that there was nothing Arran could use to distract himself on the ship at all.The vessel Arran was boarding was a military vessel used in times of war. There were no entertainment venues to speak of onboard and Arran was not even allowed to run around an
What did Arran want to verify?Arran didn’t answer Eris’ question immediately because he didn’t know how to reply.Naturally, the thing Arran wanted to verify concerned his birth. It was something so important that it might also help to shed light on the event that happened four hundred years ago.There was a question that had bothered Arran constantly ever since he received his natal weapon. The question was, ‘how old is Arran exactly?’Was a nineteen years old like he and everybody else believed? Or was he perhaps much older than that?This question was strange, not to say the least. That Arran would doubt his own age, thinking that he was somehow much older than he appeared. What was he thinking?From all the tests that had been conducted on Arran when he first arrived at the Etherium, as well as from what he could remember himself, Arran was without a doubt a nineteen-year-old boy. There could be no doubt about this. But there was something that made Arran doubt this undoubtable f
Arran entered the council hall and met face-to-face with the royal council members. There were thirteen of them in total, among which the five Arran had already met.Arran didn’t know when, but at some point in time, Councilman Taylor was no longer by his side. Instead, he was seated among the other council members.Ignoring that matter, Arran glances at all the thirteen members of the royal council one by one. Among them, there was councilman Homer, councilman Declan and councilwoman Alyss who has presided over Arran’s last council meeting.Along with councilman Floyd whom Arran had met during the invasion, and councilman Taylor who had escorted Arran here. These five were the only members of the royal council Arran recognized. The others were completely foreign to him.Thankfully, before arriving here, Eris had already clued Arran on some details about the thirteen members of the royal council. She had roughly described them, so Arran could tell who they were with a single glance.O
Arran greeted the council members using his full name. Before, when he first came to the royal council, Arran had only introduced himself by his first name and middle name. Now he was boldly declaring his full name, which was the same as announcing his real identity as a prince of the Aeth and heir to the air ruler's seat of authority to the entire council.With this gesture, something shifted in the eyes of all the council members and various thoughts went through their minds. But none of them said anything.Smiling at Arran, councilman Floyd said to him, “Yes, young prince, it is a good day indeed. I am very happy to see you return to us safe and sound. I apologize for being able to protect you properly, therefore allowing you to go through so much trouble.”“Once again, I apologize.”Councilman Floyd expressed his sincere apology to Arran, causing him to be embarrassed.It would be a lie if Arran said he wasn’t disgruntled about what happened on the day of the invasion.Seeing as h
With the council members seated before him having acknowledged his royal identity, Arran was gratified. With this, things could move forward smoothly.Looking at councilman Floyd, Arran said, “Since you’ve heard from councilman Taylor, then he must have also told you everything regarding my parents, right?”“Indeed,” Councilman Floyd answered.“Do not worry Prince Arran. I know what you want to ask and we are going to get to that. But before then, we want to know...”“What do you plan to do next?”Huh!“What do you mean by that?” Arran was confused, so he asked.Councilman Floyd elaborated.“I mean, now that your identity has been verified, what do you plan to do?”“Do you want to announce yourself to the universe and our civilization, or do you want things to remain the way they are right now?”“If you want to announce your identity, Prince Arran, then we will immediately make the necessary preparations. Once the announcement is made, then everything will change. You can no longer at
Arran panicked. The sudden way this old man had appeared in front of him had been so abrupt that Arran wasn’t given any chance to react at all. The thing that shocked him the most was that he hadn’t been able to sense this old man's appearance at all.It was like he suddenly came into existence like a ghost!No. Even if it was a ghost, Arran would be able to sense it. Ghosts were nothing more than spirit bodies, just like how sprites were elemental beings.Arran could even sense and see an air sprite that had turned invisible and could blend in with the environment not to talk of a ghost.Indeed, this old man was more like a mirage, appearing in one moment and disappearing in the next.Forcing himself to calm down, Arran tried to think as he observed the old man who was observing him. But the more Arran looked at him, the more terrified he became.The reason for this was because, as Arran observed the man, he found that he could not sense him at all.In Arran’s senses, this old man wa
When Arran heard the words of the enlightened old man clearing the doubts that he had for a while now, strangely, there was not much joy or excitement that came from this knowledge. Instead, it brought more doubts and confusion.Right now, Arran’s mood seemed to weaken. His gaze faded into the distance as his thoughts wandered off into the void somewhere. He was not aware of the commotion that was happening in the council hall following the shocking revelation.Among the council members, councilwoman Henrietta was the first to speak up, giving voice to the doubts that everybody had no doubts shared.“Stinky old man, what nonsense are you spouting this time? Do you understand what you just said? If you’re here to cause trouble, just leave. This is not a place for you to be gallivanting around as you please.”Councilwoman Henrietta’s words and manner of speech towards the enlightened old immortal were as harsh and totally lacking respect for the other party as always. She made it clear