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
While Charmy had been introducing the city and her home to Arran, they had unknowingly entered the main castle building at some point.Charmy led her friends through the castle. Along the way, they encountered a few people who were dressed in formal suits and dresses looking like marines and servants in charge of maintaining the castle. Every time the three passed a servant, they would always stop before bowing at Charmy.Watching all this has Arran a special feeling. It was the first time he was actually seeing Charmy being treated like royalty as befitting of her status.In the academy, none of the cadets or instructors treated Charmy or Eris any differently from common people, almost as if they were not princesses but normal cadets just like the rest of them.Charmy responded to the servants' greetings by nodding slightly in acknowledgment. Beside her Eris calmly moved through without any expression, leaving Arran feeling awkward on his own as he didn’t know how to respond to the s
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
Charmy’s mother, the ruler of the Aeth civilization, was in front of Arran, looking at him with a gentle smile.Arran was overwhelmed with incomparable shock. On this trip, he had not expected to meet any of Charmy’s parents. Arran’s only goal was to meet Charmy’s siblings, then slowly get in their good graces before finally moving on to meet her parents.But things had turned around on their head right now, and Arran’s plan was basically scrapped.It was a surprise that one of the rulers of the Aeth civilization would be willing to meet a small character like Arran. After all, the rulers were very busy dealing with important matters relating to the civilization.This was even more in recent times with the issues of the shades and traitors that had supported their invasion last time. Then there was also the news that Arran brought back about what happened four hundred years ago.All of this kept the rulers and the council members very busy, which is why nobody had contacted Arran afte