Lucas read the book in his hand as he drank some tea in his mansion. After the spar with Aslaug, he thought that this is a good moment to relax for a bit. Which is why Aslaug and Kriemhild are also relaxing with him at the garden of his mansion, surrounded by the shrubbery of the family.
He is quite proud of the garden that they have as it is very beautiful to look at and gives a serene aura to the mansion which he is happy about, as he can feel at least in them. Though that doesn't mean that he is about to let down his guard, that's a fool's way of thinking, even if he is in his mansion, he isn't about to let his guard down. Something that Aslaug and Kriemhild knows as they are also on guard, a sentiment he appreciates from them. "So, just how strong are you? You can break the ground with your strength, move faster than most men, and can also use a rare form of magic as well. Just how did you achieve such strength?" Kriemhild asked him as she looked at him curiously. She had seen their fight and she was enamored by the strength the two of them possessed. She had seen him fight in the war, but she was also taking part in it and she had to make sure to keep herself alive as well. So she didn't have the time to watch him fully as she had to focus on her enemies first. The next time she has seen him fight was with Falkor against the two dragons and she was very much surprised and impressed by his strength. She also came to the realisation that he could've defeated the army she was with much quickly if he had bothered to use his magic. Which made her realise that he didn't think that they were a threat that needed him to use magic. It... was a humbling thought to her. That despite the monstrous strength that he had shown, he hadn't gone all in in the fight, which showed the disparity of their skills and strength. Which is why she wanted to learn how he had become so strong, so that she could also become as strong as he is. That is also another reason as to why she had decided to follow him after all. "Training. Lots and lots of training. Enough to make your body scream in protest, your bones in shock, your muscles in such a state that they can't even move without a jolt of pain, the lungs burning from the exertion as you push the body beyond its limits to make it stronger." Lucas said to her as he drank his tea, even though what he had just said was quite grim. "I see. I guess I understand what you mean, you cannot gain such strength without such hard work." Kriemhild said to him as she nodded to his words. "Hmph! That's only for your race. I on the other hand am powerful from the day of my birth." Aslaug said in a haughty tone. Kriemhild looked at the girl and she couldn't help but agree. After all, the girl, despite her size is able to fight with him and she had seen how she had fought in the war and how she had slaughtered the enemies. She has also heard her laughing as she killed them, thoroughly enjoying killing them all. Though she doesn't know much about this warrior girl, as her information was not given to her by Lucas and he seems to be stopping the girl from revealing anything as well. But she can tell that she is really haughty about her strength as she can see by how much the girl is inclined to talk about herself, only being stopped by Lucas who always interjects and stops her from speaking more. Kriemhild wished he would stop doing that as she wanted to learn more about this girl, but alas, she doesn't have the luxury of learning that as he doesn't allow the girl to talk much, a vexing situation if she were to comment about it. "I don't deny it. Humans are weak after all. Unless we push our minds and bodies to the limit, we won't be able to go past those said limits, otherwise we will always stay the same weak creatures that we are." Lucas said to them as he looked at them. "But we do have magic with us after all. With it we can become stronger." Kriemhild said to him as she had heard about people using magic to strengthen their bodies. Of course, the process needed quite a few materials which were needed to be used to make the body powerful, but the results were telling, however she had heard that the materials needed to do that are quite difficult to come by. "That may be so. But the ingredients needed to accomplish that are quite hard to come by. Only the most wealthy of the people would be able to afford to do such a thing after all. Not to mention the fact that some of the ingredients are very rare to come by, you'd have to be very lucky to get them." Lucas said to her as he sipped his tea. "I see. I guess both have their merits and demerits." Kriemhild said as she nodded at his words. "Well, I suppose that would be the case. Things that can cause humans to suddenly gain more strength aren't something that is going to be common after all." Aslaug said with a haughty tone at that. "Don't forget that I defeated you before and I haven't done the magic to strengthen myself, it was by my own efforts. Humans are able to reach the strength of your kind." Lucas said to her as he finished his drink. "Well, only those of you who have trained very hard. But those of my kind are far superior to the rest of you." Aslaug said as she pointed at Kriemhild. Said woman felt her eyebrows twitch at that, but she didn't retort he accusation, knowing full well how right she is. She doesn't know what race she is from, but she can understand that they are very much stronger than normal humans, so much so that they could match a good warrior of their own race without much difficulty. "I can't deny it. But I will get stronger and reach your level miss Aslaug." Kriemhild said as she looked at the girl in front of her. In response to it Aslaug just chuckled haughtily as she finished her snacks and drank her drink before she fixed the woman with an amused smile on her face. "I will look forward to that Kriemhild." Aslaug said to her with a smile on her face. Kriemhild kept her gaze on the girl as they stared at each other for a few moments, then Aslaug chuckled and broke the stare and then stood up. "I believe that I have spent enough time here. Have a good day." Aslaug said to them before she walked away. "Thank you." Kriemhild said to her politely. 'At least she said good day.' Lucas thought to himself as he watched her leave. He just hoped that the two of them would get along. He doesn't want to get in between two squabbling women after all. He didn't need that, nope, he would just let them figure it out themselves if they did however, as he didn't find any merit in then fighting each other anyways. 'Well, let's just hope that things will go smoothly.' Lucas thought to himself as he ate some snacks and looked at the sky.Eric threw the glass of alcohol across the room as it shattered after hitting the wall as the four maids who were serving him flinched from the violent action as they looked at him with slight fear. But the prince himself didn't care about their reactions as he had a pissed off expression as he glared at the wall. "My reputation has been tarnished and that damned boy is hailed as a hero!" Eric shouted in anger as the maids flinched again from his loud voice. After the end of the war, Eric's reputation in the kingdom had plummeted, no surprise that it has happened of course, as it was him who had decided to start the war with the other country. And their country has lost the war and was humiliated and lost two dragons under their control. And have also been shown to be inferior to their enemy, which has hurt the sentiments of many of the country as well. The other noble families of the kingdom were also of the same mind as they didn't like the fact that they had been defeated,
"Now that's a good boy." Lucas said as he was petting Falkor. He is currently flying with the wyvern as he wanted to make sure that he had the ability to fly freely without anyone being afraid of it attacking. Even if he is his wyvern, the people will naturally be scared about a creature of its size. But he didn't mind it that much as he enjoyed flying with Falkor, as it was a way for him to be alone from his otherwise noble life. It is good, he will admit and having people around him and treating him with respect is a good thing, but sometimes he just wants to be left alone to enjoy some time alone. He looked at the kingdom from above and it was a bit cloudy so the people probably hadn't noticed them. Not to mention the fact that people don't usually look up so it would work in his favour. He has also been having his boys keep a watch around the kingdom for any kind of suspicious movement. Considering how the prince has acted, he doesn't want to let down his guard in case the
"My Lord, is this truly the right course of action." A soldier asked Eric as the group of soldiers were walking through a cave tunnel. "Yes. This is the way to get back the respect that I had lost because of our enemies." Eric said to him with a glare at the soldiers. The soldier's flinched at his glare as they knew that they couldn't and shouldn't do anything that might anger him. After all, as the prince of their kingdom, he can do anything he wants to them as he so wished. So doing anything to displease him as it might be dangerous to them. They also don't know what it is that their prince wants to find for himself in the cave, but as soldiers it is their duty to follow his orders and so that is what they are doing. The soldier at the front of the group held his torch as he walked forward followed by the rest of the group as he kept his gaze all around him to make sure that he wasn't taken by surprise by anything in the cave. They silently but methodically advanced into t
Lucas looked at the Alpha who is standing in front of him seriously as the man is looking at him a bit nervously while being looked at by Lucas very seriously. Lucas is the de facto leader of the boys and when he isn't leading them and giving them jobs then it's his duty to make sure that they work correctly. "So you got nothing unusual to report?" Lucas asked him seriously as he sat in his chair. "No sir. We did a check just as you had told us to, but we haven't found anything unusual happening inside the country. Even in the other noble families or around the royal palace." Alpha said to him seriously with a nod. Lucas narrowed his eyes at that as he reclined on the chair he is sitting on as he closed his eyes and thought about it. The runes are really useful and powerful ones which acts like it when a great danger to the user is afoot. Which is the reason why he had decided to use it on himself so that he will be able to know if there is going to be danger to him. So he is
In the land of Norway, in the territory of the noble house of Larsen, the sound of clashing weapons can be heard. The sound was coming from the training ground a few metres behind the mansion of the noble family. A boy who is 17 years old was currently having a duel with a man who seemed to be at least 40.The boy has jet black hair and grey eye's. A fair complexion and a slim build. He also has a handsome face. He only wore a white shirt and black pants as he was sparing with the man. He had a sword in his hand as he was fighting with him. He was covered in sweat and dirt was also on his body and clothes as well.The man he was fighting had brown hair which was starting to grey at some points. He has auburn eyes and a moustache as well. A fair complexion and a body which is in the middle of slim and buff. He wore all black as he was also sweating from the spar he was having with the young man. He also had a sword in his hand as he was fighting with the boy.They then locked blades w
'It has been what, 12 no 13 years since I awoke in thei world in the body of Lucas. And I was about to graduate out of college as well. I was very confused when I awoke in this body but thankfully since I had already matured by that time I was able to adapt quickly. I quickly learned that I was in the 6th century in the country of Norway. I also came to know that I am the son of a duke and holds significant power in the kingdom. But that didn't mitigate the fact that I had now lost my previous life, all that hard-work I put in gone.' Lucas thought to himself as he sighed at the last part.He then went to the shelf with books and took one and traced along its spine.'I also learned that humans weren't the only race in this world and that magic also exists. But magic has now rarely been used by the people in this land and even though they believe in the Norse God's, they consider it a hassle since it takes a lot of time to learn magic. The machinations, the words, the letters, all of wh
"I would say the same but unfortunately I don't know your name but it's nice to meet to meet you too." Lucas said as he bowed as well.He saw the finger of the boy twitching when he said he didn't know him. He also saw the boy had a irritated face when he heard him."Oh, then let me introduce myself. I am Oskar Rehbindr, the heir to the house of Rehbindr which holds the rank of duke like yours." The now introduced Oskar said to him."Good to know." Lucas nonchalantly said as he took a sip of his wine.Oskar grit his teeth in response to his nonchalant answer.'Why the hell is he talking so nonchalantly?! My house is the same rank as him and he acts like I'm some normal person! I'm the heir to the noble house of Rehbindr! Is he looking down on me!?' Oskar thought to himself with growing anger.Oskar looked at Lucas who was calmly observing his surroundings while eating a few grapes. While this would've caused other people to leave him, for someone like Oskar it was as if he was disresp
The man in front of him is Alvis Johansen, a merchant who has trade connections in both the countries of Norway and Sweden. Lucas had a chance encounter with the man as said merchant was going through the forest for securing a deal. Unfortunately for the merchant he was ambushed by bandits but fortunately for Lucas he was in the area going through his training when it happened.He saved the man and defeated the bandits and the merchant in response was quite pleased with him. After that the two of them would see each other from time to time as the merchant had taken quite a liking to Lucas due to him saving his life and him being much different than the other nobles.While Alvis was a good businessman he isn't treated that greatly by the other nobles due to him not being from a noble family in the country. Due to this he had taken quite a liking to Lucas due to him treating him like any other person. He liked him even more when he saw Lucas' potential in the business department.Lucas