As food entered Alton's mouth, he could feel the texture and taste it brought and some bitter memories of his past life when he was left all alone, and he could not taste this food again.
Alton started eating the food without looking up from the plate. Maria was shocked because the young master she remembered would always push the food back after taking a single bite and always bad-mouth the chef. Maria looked at Alton with questioning eyes, and she felt that something had changed, but she could not put her finger on it.
Maria unconsciously mumbled in a low voice, "Something is changing."
This sound caught Alton's attention, and he looked at her and asked, "Did you say anything?"
Maria denied it by moving her head left and right. Alton looked at her for a second but started stuffing the food again. Alton finished his breakfast fast, and now he was full.
After finishing the breakfast, Alton once again around the room and saw that the room had a single, double bed in the middle, a bathroom which was on the right side of the bed, a table set in front of the bed with two chairs one on each side a big glass door with a balcony in front of the table and on the right side was a door through which you exited the room.
Looking at the room brought back both happy and sad memories simultaneously. Alton once again looked at Maria, who was making his bed; she was a beautiful twenty-eight-year-old woman in the prime of her life; she had long black hair reaching her waist and a pointy nose with a charming smile and a well-defined jawline, and a perfect body which was well proportioned.
Maria was more of a big sister than a maid for Alton; before she was Alton's maid, she worked for his mother, and his mother trusted Maria a lot, so as Alton was born, Maria was assigned to him and from that day on she took care of him. Maria was with him even in his past life when his parents were murdered because of a scheme and always took care of him until her last breath.
The reason Maria died was also Alton because an assassin tried to assassinate him, but Maria stopped the killer but was gravely injured and thus died.
Maria noticed Alton looking at her with sad eyes and walking near him. "What's wrong young master? Are you hurt anywhere."
Alton was brought back from Maria's words, "No, nothing, I was just thinking about something." Maria was shocked to hear this because her young master was a carefree person who didn't think about something, but she knew that one day the young master would become a great man.
Alton got up from the chair and entered the bathroom; the bathroom was half the size of the room; there on the right side was a glass door partially see through and inside that was a bathtub to take a bath; on the left side was an ample wardrobe with expensive clothes inside and in front was a large mirror Alton entered the glass door and took a five minutes bath and when he came out of bath Maria had already got his clothes ready, so he stood in front of the mirror while Maria dressed him up.
Alton looked at himself in the mirror with small blue hair, light blue eyes, a well-defined jawline with a charming smile; his face alone was enough to make any women fall for him; his body was skinny with almost no muscle and the clothes he wore were expensive, but they felt like they were on a hanger rather than a human body.
Alton touched his right cheek where he had gotten a sword mark in his previous life, but it was not here now.
Maria moved back. "Young master, I am finished."
Alton looked at himself, and he was indeed ready; he looked at Maria with a smile. "Thank you."
Maria was again surprised because Alton never thanked or smiled at her, but she was brought back when Alton asked, "I want to meet father. Do you know where he will be?"
Maria was shocked at the question because Alton had never met his father on his own and only met him when he called him, but she answered, "The Earl will probably be in his office right now working so the young master can go there and meet him."
Alton nodded and exited the bathroom and then the room, took a right turn, and started walking towards his father's study.
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 p
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