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Sorry Everone I was on break because of some health issues but from now onwards the novel will be back on track.
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As Alton and Maria walked into the room all the eyes were on them, people were talking to each other in silent voices that who is that girl and why is she walking with Young Master.
All the commotion was making Maria shiver which Alton noticed so he put his hand on hers and said in a low voice that was only audible to her "Don't be scared they can do nothing except for talking and you need to stand your ground if you don't want to be trampled on this is the price that all the nobles of Alzonian Empire need to accept as a noble."
Maria was shocked hearing Alton's words because right now he was not the same Alton she knew he had an aura which she had never felt before an aura of a true noble so Maria firmed her stance and walked without shivering and in a small voice said: "Thank you".
Both of them reached the place where Aldwin and the priests were standing and as Alton saw Alfred he smiled and bowed a bit in respect saying "Greetings Hight Priest Alfred."
Alfred was shocked seeing Alton and wondered if this was the same Alton who he knew but a smile appeared on his face "Young Alton long time no see how are you these days."
Alton straightened up while having a smile on his "I have been well; thank you how have you been." Alfred smiled back "I have been good as well." Alfred was genuinely happy seeing that he was happy but then he moved his hand on his shoulder showing like he was patting him but he sent mana in his body to see that no one was possessing and when he saw that there was no reaction he was happy seeing that but this didn't go unnoticed by Aldwin but he had a smile on his face because this showed that his friend cared about him.
Alfred moved his eyes to the young woman standing next to Alton and said "Is she the main person of this event." Before Alton could answer, Aldwin said in a loud voice "I Count Aldwin Von Teren am going to adopt this girl Maria into the Teren family as my daughter."
All the people were shocked in the room except for Alton, Aria, Alfred, and the estate staff knew about this beforehand.
All of a sudden the room fell into chaos and then a person stood up from his chair and said: "Brother if I am not wrong this girl should be Alton's maid right."
All of the people started talking in a low voice hearing the about the girl and Alton looked towards the voice and saw a man couple of years younger than his father he had the same facial structure, eyes, and hair as his father but he had a belly and average height but as soon as Alton saw this person the smile which was on his face disappeared and he was getting angry because this was his uncle Edwin Von Teren and this was the person who was behind most of the misery in his previous life.
Alton wanted to kill this person right here and right now but he controlled himself because he was waiting for the right time. Alton scanned the seats next to his Uncle because he was searching for his Uncle only son and the person who killed him Dragun but luckily he was not here so he was able to control his hatred.
Alton was about to say something but then Aldwin said "Yes so what?" Edwin smiled and said "But brother you cannot just adopt anyone just like that" he looked at Maria with disdain n his eyes and continued "The Teren name cannot be given to a normal maid can it be it would bring down the prestige of the Teren family."
A lot of the people who were on Edwin's side started agreeing with him but the people on Aldwin's side stayed silent. After all, they wanted to listen to their lord because they knew that Adwin will never make any kind of decision on a wimp.
Aldwin smiled because he was ready for this and then looked at Aria who was also smiling so he looked at Edwin "Edwin you are right we cannot give a normal maid Teren family." Alton's heart stopped because something was a miss why were his parents smiling also why was there no hesitation on Maria's face, there was something which he didn't know.
Edwin smiled and then said, "Right so you cannot let that girl become a member of Teren's family." Aldwin looked at him and then turned towards the crowd "Maria has worked for the Teren family from the age of five when Aria brought her into the mansion and from that day she has been with the Teren family helping and doing whatever was asked of her and she has also saved the life of Aria, Alton and mine multiple times."
All the people were shocked hearing this because how can a normal maid save the life of the count, countess, and young master? Alton was shocked hearing this so he looked towards Maria but she looked at Aldwin without saying anything. At this moment heavy pressure filled the room and almost all the people were brought to their knees but a couple of people were still standing which were Aria, Alfred, Mark, Wendy, James, and Liam.
All the people had painful expressions on their faces even the ones who were standing and why will they not when the person applying the pressure was none other than Aldwin who was 7th Level Knight? Amid this Alton looked at Maria but she was standing, then the next second a barrier appeared around Alton and Maria which took off the pressure from him and so he was able to stand with ease and he looked at his mother thinking that she had cast it but she was just sitting there so he looked beside him and it was Maria who was casting the barrier.
Alton was shocked to see that Maria was this powerful, he knew that she was a mage because she revealed it in his last life after they ran away from the mansion when his uncle took usurped but he was shocked that his uncle who was also a 1st Star Elementary mage was unable to hold up the pressure and then after a couple of seconds the pressure finally disappeared and then Aldwin looked at the crowd while pointing at Maria "Now what do you say she is better than you nobles who have all the resources but have still only reached this level and for the information, Maria is a 3rd Star Elementary mage."
Everyone was exhausted because of Aldwin's pressure but when they knew her identity they were more shocked as to why this girl was working as a maid for a good-for-nothing young master when she could leave this place and have a better life.
Aria got up from the chair and said "You must be wondering why she is still working here as a maid right." They all were shocked because the countess had read their minds so Aria continued and said: "Maria became a 1st Star mage at the age of 22 then Aldwin and I offered her a position as Teren family mage but she still insisted to be Alton maid and when Alton was still a child there were multiple assassinations attempts on him but they were all neutralized by her." Aria said the last line while looking at Edwin.
All the people were shocked because they were not expecting anything like this to happen and hearing that a maid was more powerful than most of them. Alton was also shocked at this and wondered why didn't he know about this even after living life one time but he was happy because people will think before saying anything regarding her.
Maria looked at Alton with a worried look on her face “Sorry for not telling you before.” Alton smiled and replied, “No problem we will talk later about this for now let’s finish the ceremony first.” Maria smiled and then they both looked towards Aldwin and he nodded looking at them with a smile. Aldwin once again turn towards the crowd and asked in a loud voice “Is there anyone who wants to object now is Maria still not good enough for the Teren family name?” Hearing this all of them stayed silent because they didn’t want to make an enemy of the Count, Countess, and also Maria because without the support of the Teren family she was able to reach the 3rd Star Elementary Mage in her late twenties so with the support of the family she will become even more powerful. Aldwin nodded and then looked at Alfred and said “Let's start the ceremony.” Maria hearing this started walking towards Alfred but this time alone because Alton, Aldwin, and Aria had taken their sea
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 br
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