As Alton walked towards the earl's study, multiple maids and servants were doing their regular chores, and seeing him, they bowed, but that was just because he was the earl's son, not because they were respectful of him because Alton's current reputation was of a spoiled brat who was loved and cared by his parents.
Alton looked at them and understood the looks of disdain and anger because the lord they all loved had such an unworthy son as his only child.
Alton smiled but kept walking in silence, stopped in front of a window, and looked outside of the window. This territory's name is Teren; it belonged to the Alzonian Empire from the start Teren family ruled this land and helped in the making of the Alzonian Empire and were thus granted the title of Duke by the king of that time, but as the time progressed the Teren family met its demise and was thus relegated to the rank of Count.
The head of the family is Aldwin Von Teren, and the current countess of the Aria Von Teren was Alton's parents. The people of Teren loved Alton's parents as they always thought about them before themselves.
He is in the main Mansion of the Teren family, which the family head and his family have used for generations. The Mansion had two extensive gardens in front of the Mansion, separated by a road to the gate, and another garden at the back of the Mansion.
The Mansion had three floors and a basement. The basement was used to store things such as food supplies and a wine cellar, the first floor had a drawing room, dining room, lounge, and kitchen on the back, and the first floor had the family member's rooms with guest rooms as well, the third floor had a single room, but no one can access it without the family head permission because it was the Teren family Vault.
Aside from all this, the Mansion also had a dormitory for servants, guards, mages, and knights of the Teren family. There was one particular place on the grounds of the Teren family, the training area, which was one of the best in the country, and all the guards, knights, mages, and even the Teren family members used this place.
As Alton was thinking about all this, looking out of the window with a smile, Maria kept looking at him with a questioning look that what was her young master smiling for when she opened her mouth. "What are you thinking about, young master?"
Alton was brought back, and he looked at her and replied, "Nothing."
Saying this, he again started walking towards the Count's room. Alton's room was on the far left of the Mansion. His father's study was on the far right, so after walking for about a couple of minutes, he finally reached the front of a wooden door, straightened himself a bit, and then looked at Maria. "Until I am inside, don't let anyone near the door to eave drop do you understand."
Maria nodded, stood in front of the room as a guard, and didn't move an inch. Alton knocked on the door, and a voice came from inside. "Come in."
Hearing this, Alton opened the door, walked in, and closed the door. Alton looked around the room, and it was a pretty simple study room with a sofa set on one right side of the room, a study table and chair in the middle of the room, a window which was behind the study table and lit the room and a bookshelf on the left side of the room.
Alton looked at a man in his thirties reading the papers on his table with concentration; the man had black hair short hair, black eyes, a good jawline, a handsome face with a masculine body that showed the might of the person with a smile and his eyes getting wet but controlled them. This person was none other than Alton's father, Aldwin Von Teren.
Aldwin didn't hear the person who entered talk, so he took his eyes up from the papers to look at the person and was shocked to see his son standing before him. Aldwin smiled, got up from his chair, and walked towards him, saying, "Good to see you, Alton how are you these days."
Alton smiled while answering, "I have been good; how are you?"
Aldwin received a shock because not only did his son smile at him but also asked him how he was doing, and because of this, Aldwin was thrilled now. "I am fine; why are you standing? Let's sit on the couch there."
Alton nodded and followed Aldwin to sit on the couch. After sitting on the couch, Aldwin looked at his smiling son and thought about the past Alton was not from the start like that. Still, when he was ten, everyone knew that he didn't have the physique to be a sword man because Alton was weak, so he tried to help him become a mage, but his mana aptitude was zero, which made him give up on everything.
Aldwin would have helped him increase his physique or mana aptitude using different potions or medicinal herbs, but Alton was unwilling to interact, so he gave up.
"..."
Aldwin was brought back from the dream world when he heard Alton's voice and replied, "Sorry did you say anything?"
Alton smiled and repeated, "I want something from you."
Aldwin smiled and was ready to give anything to him if Alton asked and replied, "What is it that you want."
Alton smiled and replied, "I want to travel to North."
With a shocked expression, Aldwin asked, "Can I know the reason."
Alton smiled and replied, "I want to see the beauty of North."
Aldwin listened to his words and felt that something was a miss and then said to him, "Let's me ask someone to bring your mother here, and then we can talk, Okay."
Alton nodded and then said in a loud voice, "Maria go and bring my mother here, and if she asks the reason just say me and father want to talk with her."
Aldwin kept looking at Alton; he was the same Alton he knew about who didn't speak or talk to anyone.
Alton was sitting there waiting with his father in silence while Maria was bringing his mother here.When Alton entered his father's study, he was startledDingA sound startled him, and then a notification with a black screen showed up in front of him.[A Quest has started][Travel to the North of Alzonian Empire][Time Limit: 1 month][Reward: 50 XP, ten coins][Penalty: System Removal (Death)]Alton was shocked seeing this and started shouting in his mind; Alton then in his mind, 'System, can I talk to you this way.'A reply came, 'Yes, Host, the system is linked with your soul; you don't need to open your mouth to communicate with me.' Alton then shouted, 'What is this Quest?'A reply came 'Host Quests are created by the system for you to become powerful so kindly complete the request.'Alton said, 'But why do I have to travel to North?' The system replied, 'The Host doesn't have enough privilege for the information kindly level up.' The system went silent and didn't say anything
Seeing that his parents had agreed with him, he looked at them with a sad smile because he wanted to stay with them, but Alton knew that the system needed to be followed to keep them safe in future."I will be going back to my room if you need me just send the servant to call me" Alton got up and then headed to the door and exited the room.Maria gave Aldwin and Aria a slight bow and then followed Alton.As Alton left the room, Aldwin turned towards Aria and asked, "Why did you agree with him? I called you here to ask him to give up this madness, but you gave him the permission."Aria looked toward Aldwin with a smile; "Did you see his eyes?"Aldwin was speechless when Aria continued, "They had determination and hope in them which he did not have before; if I had not seen his eyes I will not have had agreed with him."Aldwin was speechless hearing this; "So you believe in his vision?"Aria nodded in denial while saying, "Not even one bit. I know he is hiding something, but after seein
Alton stayed in his room until the sunset, reading a book; when Alton heard a knock on the door, he straightened up and said, "Come In."A woman in her late twenties came in with long black hair reaching her waist with a beautiful face, entered the room and looked at Alton. "Young Master, it's time to head to the dining room for dinner.""Okay" Alton nodded, got up from his chair, and started heading towards the dining room. The dining room was on the ground floor, so Alton turned right and started walking toward the stairs. It was the Teren Family tradition to have dinner with the rest of the family, and once a month, all the sub-branches will be invited to the Teren Mansion for dinner.This time was just dinner with his family, so Alton was not tense as he walked into the room and saw that his mother and father were already sitting in their seats and looking at him with a smile.Teren returned a smile. "Good Evening, Mother and Father", Alton said while bowing a bit in respect.Aldw
The day before the departure, Alton got up on his own and started walking towards the bathroom to freshen up when he heard a knock on the door, but the person opened the door without even waiting for the answer.Alton looked at the person coming, and it was Maria. Maria entered the room and looked at the bed, but it was empty; no one was there when she heard a voice coming from her back. "Oh, Maria, I am already up."Maria looked toward the voice and saw that Alton was standing in front of the bathroom, so she looked at Alton, "Good morning, young master.""Good Morning to you as well," Alton said while entering the bathroom to do his morning routine. Alton's morning routine was to brush his teeth and take a bath. Alton brushed his teeth and then took a bath while Maria got his clothes ready; when he walked out of the tub, she dressed him, and this has been their daily routine for the past ten years.After finishing his daily routine, Alton sat at the table and looked at Maria. "Can y
As Alton was waiting there with Maria, they heard the sound of two footsteps heading towards them. As Alton looked in that direction, a smile appeared; he saw one male and one female walking toward them; The male had short black hair and a well-built body. He was wearing the same clothes as Alton, but the difference was that he had a Lion with seven stars in a circle around, leaving space for two stars on each shoulder.The woman was a female version of Alton with long blue hair and eyes, and she was wearing a blue dress with black lines, and she had a star about the size of half hand with three stars which was attached to her dress near the heart.The couple was walking gracefully as the couple came near Alton. Alton gave a slight bow in respect. "Good Afternoon, Father, Mother."The couples were Aldwin and Aria; they both looked at Alton with a smile when Alton straightened up and stood straight. Aldwin puts a hand on Alton's shoulder. "Are you ready?"Alton nodded, and Aldwin smile
All the people in the hall currently had their attention on Alton and Lisa and were gossiping about why their young master, who had not attended any of the past events, was attending now, and he was even talking to the girl.The head of Jamil's house and Aldwin were standing near each other and couple of other people and talking about the work-related problem when Alton stood up from the chair, walked towards the girl, and started talking to her in a friendly tone.Alton seeing this was shocked and when Aria came to him seeing Alton talking to the girl and asked, "Aldwin do you know who that girl is?"Aldwin nodded in denial when they were interrupted by a man standing near them; he had small green hair, the same as the girl with the same color eyes but a slight build. "Master, Madam, that will be my daughter. I have brought her here for the first time today and was going to introduce her to all after this meeting." Aldwin and Aria looked at him, and he was the head of Jamil house Mar
The rest of the party went without any other incident because the people Alton hated the most were not present today. After all, Aldwin decided on this party on such short notice.As the party ended, all the people returned to their houses, and the hall became empty.------Lisa (POV)Lisa and her parents were on their way back to their residence. Lisa looked at his father, who had the same green hair colour as her but different eye colour; as she looked at him without speaking, her mother, Elena, a long-haired black beauty with brown eyes colour and fair skin and with a perfect hourglass body.Elena noticed this and asked: "Lisa dear, what's wrong? Why are you looking at Mark without saying anything."Mark was also lost in thoughts, but this brought him back, and he looked at Lisa with a smile "Sweetie, what is it? Why are you looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong to you?"Lisa looked his father in the eyes and asked, "The information you gave me about the young master wa
After hugging for a minute, Aria, Aldwin, and Alton sat down on their chairs, but this time, Alton pointed at the chair next to him and looked at Maria. "Sister, you can sit here with me."Maria looked towards Aria and nodded to this, so without saying anything, she sat down on the chair next to Alton. As all four of them started talking, Maria was still nervous at the start. Still, after talking for a couple of minutes, she finally relaxed and saw this; all three of them, Alton, Aria and Aldwin were happy.As they were chatting, Alton looked at his father. "Father there were not a lot of people today even uncle was not here." Aldwin looked at his son and answered: "Well, I called this dinner on short notice, so some people informed me beforehand that they were busy somewhere else and your uncle was one of them." Alton nodded to this, and then Aldwin asked, "Why did you ask about your uncle did you want to meet him before leaving."Alton smiled and answered, "No, nothing much I was ju