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 Empire customs but as she had practiced this on her own for the past few days so she was still clumsy.
This was noticed by Sophia but she stayed silent because Aldwin had sent another Magic bird explaining the situation and also sending some more money.
Lucas smiled and then said, “You both must have been tired so why don’t you both get fresh and we meet up for breakfast.”
Alton and Maria both nodded and then Lucas turned towards Edward and said “Show them to the guest rooms and also tend to their needs.”
Edward nodded and then guided Alton and Maria to the guest rooms.
Lucas and Sophia were left alone so they started walking to the sitting area. As they both sat down Sophia asked “Dear what is the reason behind Count Teren sending his Son and Daughter away from home? Alton is still young and Maria as you have told me should be learning the noble customs as she has only just..”
Lucas stopped her from saying anymore because if any of the servants heard about Maria they will start gossiping about it and he doesn’t want his friend's family to face any problems. Understanding this Sophia stopped and then Lucas said “I don’t know the reason he just wrote in the mail that his son and daughter will be coming.”
As they were talking a knock was heard on the door so Lucas answered “Come in”
Edward walked in and reported, “Master I have shown the guests to their rooms and also assigned servants so they will get it if they need anything.”
Lucas nodded to this and then Sophia said “Edward inform the kitchen about the guests and also wake up the children and tell them about the guests and also inform the guests that Breakfast will be in an hour.”
Edward nodded, bowing in respect exited the room hastily to complete the instructions given to him.
After forty-five minutes
Alton got ready by changing the clothes and washing up with Veronica's help and then he said “Okay let’s get sister and then go to the dining hall.”
As Alton exited the room a servant was standing in front of the door and he was about to lead him to dinning room but Alton said “Wait I will leave with Sister.”
The servant nodded and stood straight like a pillar so Alton knocked on the door next to his “Sister are you ready.”
The next second Cecilia opened the door and then Maria came out of the room and after changing and freshning up she was looking more beautiful.
Alton and Maria followed the servant to the dining room, as they entered they saw that Lucas and Sophia were sitting in the room. Lucas was sitting on the head seat and Sophia was sitting next to him.
Alton and Maria greeted them both and then sat on the chairs opposite Sophia as Lucas pointed to them.
As Alton and Maria settled down on their seats Sophia asked “Do you both have any kind of allergies.”
Maria answered, “No Countess Alton doesn’t have any kind of allergies and he can eat anything.”
Alton looked at his sister and wanted to smack his head but decided not to and have a talk with her later, Sophia with a smile on her face asked “What about you Maria?”
Maria blushed in embarrassment understanding that Alton could have said this on his own and that she was acting like his maid again so she looked towards Sophia “No Countess I don’t have any allergies.”
Sophia nodded and then pointed toward a servant standing in the room. As the servant came to her she said “Inform the kitchen that there are no allergies.”
Nodding the servant left the room to do as instructed. As they were waiting for the food to be served Lucas finally asked a question that he has been wanting to ask “Alton I don't want to be nosy but why did you two come here?”
Alton knew that he would need to answer this question so he was about to give the same answer that he had told his parents when the door to the dining room opened and two individuals entered the room.
All the people's focus went to the door as two people enter the room. One was male and looked to be about a year older than Alton but his body condition was much better than Alton the person's facial expression was similar to Lucas and he had short blond hair with green eyes, the person next to him was female with petite figure she looked the same age as Alton, she had red hair like Lucas with green eyes like Sophia and her feature were similar to Sophia so she was quite beautiful.
As Lucas saw these two enter the room the smile on his face disappeared and he said “I told you both to be here before our guests why are you two late.”
Seeing the serious face the two individuals wanted to say something but they knew that it was their mistake so they both looked down without saying anything. Seeing this Lucas smiled that his children were good and admitted their mistake so he sighed and said “Why don’t you both introduce yourself to our guests.”
“Hello my name is Noah Von Troy, I am seventeen years old, Welcome.” Noah introduced himself with a smile and then the girl spoke with a smile on her face “Hi my name is Ava Von Troy, I am fourteen years old, Welcome.”
Alton and Maria got up from their chairs and Alton said “Hi my name is Alton Von Teren, I am fifteen years old” as Alton finished his introduction Maria then said, “Hi my name is Maria Von Teren, I am twenty-eight years old.”
As Maria introduced herself the troy family was shocked to hear this because they were thinking that Maria was still in her early twenties as she still looked quite young and beautiful.
As Everyone introduced themselves they all sat down at the table and then Lucas turned towards Alton “So where were we … huh … so yeah why have you come to North?”
Alton smiled and gave the same answer as his parents that he had a dream in which he had to visit the North so that is the reason why he north. The Troy family didn’t buy this reason but Lucas didn’t push forward as everyone had some secrets which they didn’t want anyone to know about.
Noah then asked, “Can I call you Alton as you are younger than me, and can I call you Sister Maria.” Alton and Maria nodded and then Noah continued “So how was the trip? It is long isn’t it.”
“Yes it is but it wkas adventurous as we both had not traveled before.” answered Alton then Ava asked Maria “Sister Maria how do you look so young what is the secret.”
All the people in room except for Ava laughed at this and Maria answered “Well there isn’t any secret as such.” Sophia and Lucas also started conversing with Alton and Maria more easily and the tension in the room lessened. As they were talking to each other the food came and was served to them.
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
It was the coldest night of the year that day, and the clouds were covering the sky, the rain was falling, and the location was a barren land; aside from two people around fifty meters away from each other, no one was in sight. One of the men was on his knees and was half dead; the blood was coming out of the cuts on his body, and all of his clothes were red because of this. His eyes showed despair, and it looked like he had given up on everything.The man asked in a voice full of despair, "Why are you trying to kill me when I don't have anything, and I am not even a threat to anyone, so Why?"The other man was standing. "Don't blame yourself but your blood; if you were not the earl's son, you would not have to face this, Alton." The man was wearing a cape and mask to hide his identity."Who are you? Why are you doing this?" asked Alton."Well, it doesn't matter if you know who I am because you won't be able to tell anyone." Said the man and then took off his cape and mask and slowly
Name: Alton Von TerenAge: 15 yearsRace: HumanTerritory: TerenOccupation: NoneRank: NoneLevel: 01SP: 0Coins: 0Experience: 00 / 100Health: 10 / 10Strength: 8Agility: 5Stamina: 3Vitality: 10Intelligence: 15Mana: 5/5Skills: NoneAlton started looking at the system with total concentration, and after seeing his stats, he met with the bitter reality that right now, his stats were lower than even a regular guard.Alton's thoughts were disturbed when he heard a voice again "Welcome Host to the power system."Alton looked all around the room, but there was no one, which shocked him; Alton said in a loud voice, "Who is it?"An answer came into his brain: "Host, I am the system." Alton then asked "Where are you?" The reply came directly to his brain "I am in your soul and only you can hear me and only you can see the screen."Alton's confused face changed hearing this, and he asked, " You can talk? how?""Yes host I can talk. the user doesn't have enough privilege for the inform