The party continued without any problem Maria was introduced to many people in the hall and they treated her with respect and a lot of them came by themselves for introduction. The party ended after three hours and all the people left for their houses.
As the party ended Alton and Maria prepared for the departure.
An hour later Aldwin, Aria, Maria and Alton were standing infront of a carriage along with servants, Butler, Veronica and Cecilia.
Aldwin looked at Alton and Maria, “Stay safe you two and if you need anything just tell Count Troy he will help you guys.”
Alton and Maria nodded and then they both hugged Aldwin and Maria one by one and then got on the carriage. Aria looked like she will start crying any second but she held the tears in and looked towards Maria and said “Maria look after yourself and Alton as well be careful you two.”
Maria nodded and said, “No problem mother I will take care of Alton and myself.” Aria and Aldwin knew that Maria will take care of him so they breathed a sigh of relief. Veronica and Cecilia were on the carriage with Maria and Alton as well because Veronica and Cecilia were their personal maids so Alton made an exception and allowed them to come because he knew they were good people and were Maria best friends.
The carriage started moving and Aldwin and Aria were still looking at the carriage as it exited the estate. As the carriage was now out of sight Aldwin took a big breath and then said “Let’s take some rest and then get back to work” Aria nodded and then looked at Aldwin “We need to look into the butler because it cannot be overlooked right.”
Aldwin nodded and then they both went into the mansion.
Alton, Maria, Veronica, Cecilia, and Logan who was the carriage driver were on their way to the north. As the carriage moved on the road the inside of the carriage was a bit tensed as no one was saying anything and sensing this Alton wanted to reduce this tension so with a teasing look on his face he asked: “So sister when did you become a mage and not even an amateur but elementary mage.”
Maria immediately looked down like she was ashamed of something and when Veronica and Cecilia looked at Alton they were about to laugh, Veronica controlled her laughter but Cecilia let out a chuckle and this didn’t go unnoticed by Maria and when she looked at Alton and found a teasing look she understood that he was having fun with her.
Alton continued “No problem I know you wanted to tell me but mother and father must have stopped you right.” Maria nodded to which Alton smiled and asked “What is your rank?”
Maria answered, “As you know that there are three minor realms in a major realm which are beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced and I am currently a beginner 3-star Elementary Mage.”
Alton nodded and then looked at Veronica and Cecilia and asked “You guys must have been taught something by Maria as you three are always together.” Veronica answered, “Master we both had the opportunity to learn a bit from Young Miss but we are not that talented so we are still Intermediate Apprentice Mage.”
Alton nodded and asked, “When did you both start?” Veronica answered, “Two years back.” Alton with a smile on his face said“If that is not talent then I am way below waste am I not.”
Veronica didn’t know how to answer and then Maria with a serious look on her face said: “Alton don't say that or I will get angry.” Alton sighed and then answered “Sorry I was just joking now.” Alton turned towards Maria “Sister do you know any sound barrier.” Maria nodded and then the next second she casted a sound barrier around the four of them.
Alton's look turned serious and then he asked “I am going to tell you guys reason behind this trip but before that do you guys know about mana oath.”
Maria, Veronica, and Cecilia nodded because they knew about the mana oath and they knew how serious mana oath is and if broken then your mana veins, will break and mana veins were mages lifeline so no mage take mana oath without consideration.
Maria spoke, “Yes we know about mana oath but why?” Alton answered, “So before I tell you guys anything I want Veronica and Cecilia to take a mana oath to never let anyone ever know what I am about to tell you guys and take it to their graves.” After a bit of a pause “Not even father and mother.”
Maria's expression turned serious and she asked “Do you have to go so far you know how serious it is right?” Alton answered, “If broken you are as good as done as a mage.” Alton turned towards Veronica and Cecilia “It is not that I don’t trust you guys it’s just that this is for my and sister's safety but no pressure if you guys don’t want to take I will not force you but then you guys won’t be part of the conversation.”
Veronica and Cecilia were in deep thought when Maria asked “So will you tell us the reason why we are going north if we agree to this.” Alton nodded and then Maria looked towards Veronica and Cecilia and they both nodded in acceptance and a smile appeared on his face and Maria said: “Alton you know that you were like a brother to me before and now you are my brother so you can trust me and also Veronica and Cecilia are my most trusted friends nd they will never betray you.” Alton looked at Veronica and Cecilia and they both nodded and then they both said at the same time “I Veronica/ Cecilia pledge on my mana that I will not tell even a single soul about our conversation today I swear, I swear.”
Alton took a deep breath “So What I am about to tell you is something you may have hard time to believe but it is the truth. So do you guys believe in reincarnation?”
All three were shocked because Alton wouldn’t have made them take an oath if he was joking and if he was it was a bad. Alton then dropped the bomb “I have reincarnated from the future.” Maria, Cecilia, and Veronica were all shocked when Veronica asked “Young Master are you serious?” Cecilia also voiced her mind “Young Master this is a bad joke if it is one.”
Alton stayed silent for a second for their minds to accept and then he said “I know it’s hard to believe but it is the truth and I can tell you something about all of you that I should not know.”
Maria nodded and answered with a smile on her face “I believe you, little brother”. Veronica and Cecilia were shocked hearing this and looked towards Maria with one thought how can she believe those words Maria broke their thoughts when she said: “So you must have come back a week ago right.”
Alton was surprised and with a smile on his face he nodded “I expected nothing less from my sister.” Alton turned his face towards the shocked maids and said “Veronica and Cecilia it’s hard to believe these things but I want you both to know that I am telling the truth and the only reason I am letting you know is that Sister trusts you both a lot and Veronica is my personal maid so it will be better to have more people I can trust.”
Veronica and Cecilia also nodded upon hearing this and thought this Alton is change from before like totally different.
Maria then asked, “So how did you come back to the past?” Veronica and Cecilia's ears stood because they were curious about this as well, Alton's face expression turned into a sad one and then he answered: “As you all have been in Teren Territory you all must have heard about the dragon tear and its wish right.” Maria, Veronica, and Cecilia nodded because this story was known by all the people in the Empire.The story was that the first head of the Teren family who helped in making the Empire had fought a dragon in the mountains and had almost won against it but he let the dragon go and before leaving the dragon gave him a tear which came out of its eye because it was happy and said that this tear will grand you or your kin one wish when needed.Alton looked at three of them “I wished and that is how I came back in the past.” Maria felt something was not right and then asked “but why will you come back in time and not wish for anything else could it be” before Maria could complete her
Veronica and Cecilia didn’t understand so Alton seeing their questioning expression decided to explain in simpler terms “Do you both want to stay as maids the whole life or become something better.”Both girls understood what Alton was saying and then Veronica said “We want to change our destiny Young Master we want to be someone who Young Miss can call as her friend in front of everyone.” Alton smiled and then said, “Then become at least a 5th Star Elementary Mage so you can be awarded baron rank.”The girls were shocked but then Cecilia said “Young Master it’s not that easy we need to create a mana core before we can even be called 1st Star Elementary Mage and we don’t have as much talent as Young Miss so it would take minimum half a year more until we become Mages with our talent and resources.” Alton answered, “I know how about I invest in you both.” Veronica then asked “Young Master what is it that you want in return” even Cecilia and Maria were looking forward to Alton’s answer.
As Alton and Maria exited the carriage they saw three people standing in front of the main door two male and one female. One man was wearing a suit and he was the butler of the Troy family, the other male is a Red-haired man with a muscular body and an aura that said that this man was a powerful man and he has gone through hardships his name is Lucas Von Troy the current Count and head of Troy family, the women next to him had beautiful blond hair, green eyes which looked to be like jewels with a perfect figure and she looked to be around the same age as Aria and she was Sophia Von Troy the current Countess and wife of current head.As Alton and Maria walked towards them followed by Veronica and Cecilia they were greeted by Lucas “Welcome to Troy I hope the journey was good.”Altona showed respect to Lucas and Sophia by bowing a little and then standing straight which were Empire customs, Maria also bowed while moving her skirt a little up and then immediately down according to the Em
As they were eating Noah asked a question “Alton as you belong to the Teren Family what level of mage are you as you are quite weak to be a Knight.” Hearing the question Lucas and Sophia both glared at him but Lucas remembered that he had told them about Maria but forgot about Alton, Noah understood that he had asked something he shouldn’t have but he didn’t know the reason. Lucas immediately said “Sorry Alton...” but before Lucas could finish Alton moved his head left and right and answered, “No problem Count I know Brother Lucas didn’t know about it.” Alton looked at Noah with a confident look and answered “Brother Lucas I am none I am neither a Knight nor a mage right now. I was born with a body that was unable to cultivate” Lucas heard Alton and was shocked that he was talking with confidence and also at last he said right now. “Sorry Alton I didn’t know about this,” said Noah in apologizing tone but Alton answered “No need to be sorry. So Brother Noah at which level you are?”
[Path Selection][Explanation: For a better future Host need to decide the path which the host will follow][Reward: ????]As Alton saw these notification he was surprised and said in his mind “System why is the reward not available.”“The reward will be given according to the Host decision.” The system answeredAlton asked in his mind “So if I choose a harder path will the system help me in achieving it.”System answered “Affirmative the system main function is to make the Host powerful and if the host want to become powerful the system will help the host but the task will also be harder.”Alton knew that he had a system on his side which will help him so he will achieve something which no one has been able to achieve in the Empire history so deciding this Alton said in his mind “System I have made my decision I am going to walk both paths”Ding[Mission Complete: Path Selection][Reward][Seed of Aptitude][Status Eye][Rewards put in inventory]As Alton read these he smiled he did
The smile on Noah and Ana face disappeared as they saw this person, and this didn’t go unnoticed by Alton and Maria. The person started started walking towards their table and Ana replied to him in cold voice “The feeling is not mutual Mr Capell.” As Alton and Maria looked towards the voice, they saw a person around Noah age with an average body who was not fat but also not fit standing there with red hair and blue eyes.The person with a smile on his face said “Miss Ana you can call me Henry rather than by my family name aren’t our families close to each other” Ana stayed silent not saying anything else, not receiving any answer the man looked at the Alton and Maria and asked in a commanding tone “Who might you two be I have not seen you here.”Alton and Maria stayed silent so this got on his nerves so he asked again “I am asking who you might be you are not from any noble family around here so shouldn’t you greet a viscount son after seeing him.” Noah and Ana didn’t jump in remember
Henry guard moved henry behind him and then Alton looked at his sister who was standing there with a angry face and ready to explode seeing this Alton said “Sister don’t kill them we don’t want to make things hard for Count.”Maria face turned into one with cute smile while saying “Anything for my little brother.” Finishing her words Maria expression turned back to angry one and she took two steps in front and moving her right hand in air she used the same trick which the guard had used but something was different the temperature of the room was decreasing at a fast rate. The guard made a shield appear but the pressure and coldness was so striking that it shattered in seconds and both the guard and Henry were brought to their knees while shivering with cold as part of their body was getting covered in ice.All the people now understand Ana and Alton’s words as Maria didn’t even have change in expression on her face this just showed how easy it was and this wasn’t even her full power.
Theodore also looked at her carefully and then noticed that lucy was right Maria is at the same level as him. Jake looked at the women and said “Sister you sure she looks around the same age as you.” Lucy nodded and said “They both must belong to a big family we should not have a fight with them as you can see that even maids are Mages and both young master Noah and young Miss Ana are just standing at side I will try and solve this problem.”Lucy moved forwards and said “Miss my name is Lucy Capbell, I am sorry about my brothers can you forgive them and let this matter be.”Maria smiled seeing her “So Capbell family has people with brains as well, Oh! you are also a mage.” Lucy nodded so Maria continued “how old are you?”. Theodore was angry at the girl bad mouthing Capbell family but he stayed silent when remembering Maria level.Lucy looked at her and answered “I am twenty-four.” Maria nodded and smiled at her “You are already a second star Elementary Mage.” Maria got up from her ch
[Kindly Read the Author Note] All of them nodded as they knew what he had gone through the day so they bid him goodnight and then he went back to the guest room. Entering the room he turned on the light and then sat down on the bed and said under his breath “System.”The next second a black screen appeared in front of his eyes so he looked at the status closelyName: Alton Von TerenAge: 15 yearsRace: HumanTerritory: TerenOccupation: NoneRank: NoneLevel: 02SP: 5Coins: 10Experience: 00 / 1000Health: 08 / 10Mana: 8/8Strength: 8Agility: 5Stamina: 3Vitality: 10Intelligence: 17Skills: NoneAlton was shocked to find that his health had dropped by two points which showed how weak he was that he was able to get hurt from just that much but he moved his eyes towards the bar at top of the window which at the start only contained Stat Page and Mission button but now there was another button named Inventory.Alton smiled and clicked on the inventory button and the page changed the
Theodore also looked at her carefully and then noticed that lucy was right Maria is at the same level as him. Jake looked at the women and said “Sister you sure she looks around the same age as you.” Lucy nodded and said “They both must belong to a big family we should not have a fight with them as you can see that even maids are Mages and both young master Noah and young Miss Ana are just standing at side I will try and solve this problem.”Lucy moved forwards and said “Miss my name is Lucy Capbell, I am sorry about my brothers can you forgive them and let this matter be.”Maria smiled seeing her “So Capbell family has people with brains as well, Oh! you are also a mage.” Lucy nodded so Maria continued “how old are you?”. Theodore was angry at the girl bad mouthing Capbell family but he stayed silent when remembering Maria level.Lucy looked at her and answered “I am twenty-four.” Maria nodded and smiled at her “You are already a second star Elementary Mage.” Maria got up from her ch
Henry guard moved henry behind him and then Alton looked at his sister who was standing there with a angry face and ready to explode seeing this Alton said “Sister don’t kill them we don’t want to make things hard for Count.”Maria face turned into one with cute smile while saying “Anything for my little brother.” Finishing her words Maria expression turned back to angry one and she took two steps in front and moving her right hand in air she used the same trick which the guard had used but something was different the temperature of the room was decreasing at a fast rate. The guard made a shield appear but the pressure and coldness was so striking that it shattered in seconds and both the guard and Henry were brought to their knees while shivering with cold as part of their body was getting covered in ice.All the people now understand Ana and Alton’s words as Maria didn’t even have change in expression on her face this just showed how easy it was and this wasn’t even her full power.
The smile on Noah and Ana face disappeared as they saw this person, and this didn’t go unnoticed by Alton and Maria. The person started started walking towards their table and Ana replied to him in cold voice “The feeling is not mutual Mr Capell.” As Alton and Maria looked towards the voice, they saw a person around Noah age with an average body who was not fat but also not fit standing there with red hair and blue eyes.The person with a smile on his face said “Miss Ana you can call me Henry rather than by my family name aren’t our families close to each other” Ana stayed silent not saying anything else, not receiving any answer the man looked at the Alton and Maria and asked in a commanding tone “Who might you two be I have not seen you here.”Alton and Maria stayed silent so this got on his nerves so he asked again “I am asking who you might be you are not from any noble family around here so shouldn’t you greet a viscount son after seeing him.” Noah and Ana didn’t jump in remember
[Path Selection][Explanation: For a better future Host need to decide the path which the host will follow][Reward: ????]As Alton saw these notification he was surprised and said in his mind “System why is the reward not available.”“The reward will be given according to the Host decision.” The system answeredAlton asked in his mind “So if I choose a harder path will the system help me in achieving it.”System answered “Affirmative the system main function is to make the Host powerful and if the host want to become powerful the system will help the host but the task will also be harder.”Alton knew that he had a system on his side which will help him so he will achieve something which no one has been able to achieve in the Empire history so deciding this Alton said in his mind “System I have made my decision I am going to walk both paths”Ding[Mission Complete: Path Selection][Reward][Seed of Aptitude][Status Eye][Rewards put in inventory]As Alton read these he smiled he did
As they were eating Noah asked a question “Alton as you belong to the Teren Family what level of mage are you as you are quite weak to be a Knight.” Hearing the question Lucas and Sophia both glared at him but Lucas remembered that he had told them about Maria but forgot about Alton, Noah understood that he had asked something he shouldn’t have but he didn’t know the reason. Lucas immediately said “Sorry Alton...” but before Lucas could finish Alton moved his head left and right and answered, “No problem Count I know Brother Lucas didn’t know about it.” Alton looked at Noah with a confident look and answered “Brother Lucas I am none I am neither a Knight nor a mage right now. I was born with a body that was unable to cultivate” Lucas heard Alton and was shocked that he was talking with confidence and also at last he said right now. “Sorry Alton I didn’t know about this,” said Noah in apologizing tone but Alton answered “No need to be sorry. So Brother Noah at which level you are?”
As Alton and Maria exited the carriage they saw three people standing in front of the main door two male and one female. One man was wearing a suit and he was the butler of the Troy family, the other male is a Red-haired man with a muscular body and an aura that said that this man was a powerful man and he has gone through hardships his name is Lucas Von Troy the current Count and head of Troy family, the women next to him had beautiful blond hair, green eyes which looked to be like jewels with a perfect figure and she looked to be around the same age as Aria and she was Sophia Von Troy the current Countess and wife of current head.As Alton and Maria walked towards them followed by Veronica and Cecilia they were greeted by Lucas “Welcome to Troy I hope the journey was good.”Altona showed respect to Lucas and Sophia by bowing a little and then standing straight which were Empire customs, Maria also bowed while moving her skirt a little up and then immediately down according to the Em
Veronica and Cecilia didn’t understand so Alton seeing their questioning expression decided to explain in simpler terms “Do you both want to stay as maids the whole life or become something better.”Both girls understood what Alton was saying and then Veronica said “We want to change our destiny Young Master we want to be someone who Young Miss can call as her friend in front of everyone.” Alton smiled and then said, “Then become at least a 5th Star Elementary Mage so you can be awarded baron rank.”The girls were shocked but then Cecilia said “Young Master it’s not that easy we need to create a mana core before we can even be called 1st Star Elementary Mage and we don’t have as much talent as Young Miss so it would take minimum half a year more until we become Mages with our talent and resources.” Alton answered, “I know how about I invest in you both.” Veronica then asked “Young Master what is it that you want in return” even Cecilia and Maria were looking forward to Alton’s answer.
Maria then asked, “So how did you come back to the past?” Veronica and Cecilia's ears stood because they were curious about this as well, Alton's face expression turned into a sad one and then he answered: “As you all have been in Teren Territory you all must have heard about the dragon tear and its wish right.” Maria, Veronica, and Cecilia nodded because this story was known by all the people in the Empire.The story was that the first head of the Teren family who helped in making the Empire had fought a dragon in the mountains and had almost won against it but he let the dragon go and before leaving the dragon gave him a tear which came out of its eye because it was happy and said that this tear will grand you or your kin one wish when needed.Alton looked at three of them “I wished and that is how I came back in the past.” Maria felt something was not right and then asked “but why will you come back in time and not wish for anything else could it be” before Maria could complete her