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 startled
Ding
A 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 more. Alton wanted to ask a few more questions, but he knew that system would not answer.
Alton looked at his father with a smile, sitting opposite him and thinking he had come here just for a greeting and wanted to have a small talk but now has to follow this system.
Alton and Aldwin were sitting in silence when the door to study opened; they both looked in the direction of the door and saw. A woman in her thirties with pure white skin, long blue hair which got to her waist, and blue eyes, a perfect body with curves in the right place was standing at the door, and Maria was with her. The woman was Aria Von Teren Alton's mother and Aldwin's wife.
Aldwin and Alton stood up, seeing the figure. Aldwin looked at her and said, "Aria, hurry, come here." Aria moved her eyes around the room and noticed Alton, who said, "Good morning, mother." Aria kept looking at Alton while walking toward Aldwin, and she was also in a daze about why Alton was in Aldwin's study.
As Aria reached Aldwin, she asked them, "So why did you call me here?" Aldwin looked at Maria and said, "Close the door and stand inside." Maria obeyed the order and closed the door, and now only four people were in the room Aldwin, Aria, Alton, and Maria.
Aldwin looked at Aria and said, "Alton wants to travel to the North." Aria and Maria were shocked to hear this because Alton never wanted to leave his room, and now he wanted to travel North; Aria then looked at Alton and asked, "Why do you want to travel to North?"
The same question was in Maria's mind when Alton replied, "I have heard about the beauty of North and that is the reason I want to go there."
Aria's face was shocked and angry because her motherly instincts told her that Alton was hiding something when she said, "Alton, come clean with me; why do you want to go to North."
Alton knew that his mother and father would not let him go, and his parents would immediately see that he was lying when Alton, in a cold voice, said, "To get strong."
Aldwin, Aria, and Maria were shocked once again; one reason was his words, and the second was his cold voice; Aldwin then said, "You can get strong here as well, can you not?"
Alton nodded in denial and said, "I have found a way to make my body strong but for it I need to travel to North."
Aria asked, "What way tell me you know that there is cold in North and it is covered in snow for more than half a year and not to mention there are demonic beasts mountain near the north you know that it is not a safe place."
Alton looked at her in the eyes ad replied, "I saw a vision that I will get strong in North." Alton had come up with this reason because if he said that he had a system that told him, Alton would be called a retard, and Alton didn't leave the house so that he could say that he met a person and he told him to go to the north to get strong, so the only reason he could say was that he saw a vision.
Aria and Aldwin looked at each other, thinking that their son had finally lost it, but when Aria looked at Alton's eyes, she saw something which she had not seen in his eyes for a long time; it was a determination to do something a fire had finally lit in his heart.
Aria smiled seeing this and thought to herself that her son was finally growing up and then said, "Okay, so when do you want to leave."
Aldwin and Maria looked at Aria, who was smiling at Alton, and Alton was smiling back at her. Alton replied, "Next week, but I will only take Maria with me, not a single person more."
Aria was surprised but understood that Maria was the only person he could trust, and the reason he didn't want anyone else was because no one liked him and cared for him other than Maria. Aldwin looked at Alton with a serious face and asked, "So, for how long will you be staying there."
Alton looked at him and answered, "I am currently 14 right now and I will have to join the royal academy at the age of 18 when all the nobles children become adults for my further study so I will stay in North until then."
Aria said "Alton" and looked at Alton with a smile which showed that if he did not fix the time to come back this instant, he would regret it; this smile even made his father scared, and then Alton replied, "Just joking I will stay until my seventeenth birthday and then I will be with you guys until my departure to the academy."
Aria wanted him to reduce the time of stay there but Aldwin said, "Okay, I will make the preparations."
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
The maids started shivering to see Alton standing there because even if the people around him did not respect him, they could not say anything to him as he was the Young Master of the Teren Family.Teren looked at them and asked angrily, "What are you two doing in the room?"The first maid replied, "Young Master we were ask by the butler to clean the room and attend to the person who will be staying in this room."Alton looked at them and asked, "So do you know that who is going to be staying here?"The second maid replied, "We were said that Maria was going to stay in this room."Alton raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can you tell me the exact words which were said by the butler?"Both maids stayed silent when Alton looked at Maria, and she still had her head down like she was ashamed of something she had done.Alton moved his sight of vision again towards the Maids and, this time with a bit of anger, said, "Tell me what the butler exactly said, or you both don't think of me as your mas
[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