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
Under the Empress’s gentle gaze, Arran found himself calming down inexplicably. The nervousness that was eating up his insides like a rot seemed to be washed away by a cool feeling of bliss, like staying in the shade on a hot sunny day.Arran didn’t know what sort of power the Empress had that could affect him, but he didn’t overthink it. Rather, Arran couldn’t think about it even if he wanted. Everything just seemed so natural to him, like he wasn’t affected by any power at all.Following Empress Fleur’s invitation, Arran walked towards her and sat down on the seat closest to her. His position was across from Eris. Soon, Charmy came and sat by his side.The rest of the siblings were already seated in their own places. With everybody taking up a place in the center area, they were like a normal family gathering to talk about their day.There was a round table in the center with various delicacies in places on them.Reaching toward the table, Empress Fleur picked up a scone before offe
Arran spent a long time with Charmy’s family. He told them about his life on Earth. How he was raised by his parents as a fighter, a killer, and a mercenary, and how they had wandered from one place to another, never staying in one place for too long.For over eight hours, Arran retold his entire life story that spanned a total of nineteen years.During this time, Arran mentioned every memorable moment he could recall about his life. Every happy event, every sad experience, Arran mentioned everything... even the embarrassing and downright outrageous moments in his life.Somehow, Arran was compelled to say everything he could about his life, almost to the point he wondered if he was under some sort of spell. But Arran knew he wasn’t influenced by anything of that sort.Instead, the thing that compelled Arran to say everything was the feeling of loneliness that had settled in his heart and was eating up his insides like a cancer worm.That’s right... Arran was lonely. After all, this ti
“Do you know there is an ability that works similarly to the way yours does? This ability is just as useful and powerful as yours is, but doesn’t come with the same restrictions as yours. It is an ability that isn’t easy to interfere with and can be used in many situations.”“Best of all, his ability is a universal one that can be learned by anybody as long as they reach a certain level of expertise in a given aspect.”“This ability is called the High Mind.”“Have you heard of it?”Arran shook his head in denial. He hadn’t heard about this ability before, but hearing the empress describe this ability, Arran could imagine how amazing it was.Wanting to learn more, Arran quickly implored.“Aunty, what kind of ability is the High Mind?”Empress Fleur’s smile grew even brighter as she heard Arran. She loved the way he called her aunty, which made her feel she had adopted a son from outside.The empress explained to Arran in delight.“High Mind, like its name suggests, is a psychic type ab
For the rest of the day, Arran toured Maenan along with Eris and Charmy. The two of them took him around the city, where they had a lot of fun and enjoyment.Throughout the day, Arran was worry-free, and his mind was very relaxed. Thoughts about growing stronger and finding his parents left his mind completely, and he didn’t even think about what Charmy’s mother, Empress Fleur, had said to him.Currently, the academy gave its cadets a few days of rest and Arran was determined to spend these few days with the girls in relaxation. He wasn’t going to think about anything but that until they went back to the academy.There were a lot of things to see in Maenan and plenty of fun activities to perform. The trio spent the entire day exploring all these fun places.The only pity was there wasn’t enough time to truly see all the fun spots like the lava catacombs and the jettison valley. But though Arran didn’t get to see them, he still enjoyed his time with the girls.When night fell, Arran wa
A ring of light opened up in a forest, whipping up a storm that blew fallen leave from the ground and into the air.The light blue color of the portal swirled as shadows appeared from the other side. Shortly after, the shadows solidified into reality as three figures emerged from the portal.Eris, Arran, and Charmy passed through the portal and appeared in a large verdant forest. Brilliant rays of sunlight peeked through the dense thicket of branches and leaves overhead, casting long shadows on the ground below.The size of the forest was vast beyond description. When Arran opened his eyes to take in the scenery, he was greeted by tall trees that extended to more than twenty meters in height with leaves and branches that were like a huge canopy that blocked out the sun.The few rays of sunlight that made it through this dense canopy were barely enough to light up the forest below. It only served to create deep shadowing areas that seemed to hide countless mysteries within.Arran obser