it has been years since that fateful day where our protagonist started his journey on the warrior path, and during that time a lot of changes happened
the first was that the patriarch had twins, a boy and a girl, both very talented, the boy is a genius martial artist while the girl had high fire affinity
how did i know, well 'scan' of course, as soon as Arowne saw them, he used his skill on them, and it gave him those results, of course for me i already knew that, but there is no need to spoiler myself, right?*blink*blink*
so as soon as the twins john and joana were five, the boy started showing his amazing talent that was even better than our protagonist,
and as for the girl she didn't show any signs of magic, but her temper clearly showed her affinity, simple terms she was hot tempered and very moody and explosive, also very impulsive which brought a lot of problems, so our protagonist avoided her as much as possible, she was known as a tyrant in the town
well that was until 2 years ago when a mysterious man was walking by the town and notice the little miss, and she disappeared from then
of course our protagonist don't know a thing about what happened to her but he had an assumption, due to the announcement of the patriarch that stated that she was accepted by a master for her talent
so he couldn't be called a reincarnator if he didn't deduct that, specially with his increased intellect, so the man was probably a mage and he took her away to some organization as his disciple or what not
as for why Arowne wasn't noticed by some passing by mage?, the poor thing just wasn't as lucky as she was
anyway due to the discovery of a better future heir, the young master was neglected little by little, and no one was paying attention to him anymore, and as our protagonist faked his loyalty to him, Arowne was neglected as well, despite his talent in fear of rebellion and internal strife between the sibling
so as soon as john's talent was discovered, everyone in the familly started acting against him, weakening his faction and strengthening that of john till there was no one on his side except for Arowne
and so the relationship between the tow started growing exponentially, and they became super close,
but with the weakening of alastair's side, the resources invested in him became lesser, so Arowne needed to find an alternative, and before alastair's influence became null, he made his way into the kitchen
why the kitchen you ask? well, one needs nutrition if one wants to progress rapidly in the warrior path and where is food prepared? the kitchen of course
and now it has been ten years that Arowne started on the warrior path and he made great progress, he is 15 and on the peak of the body forging stage, only a step away from the pulse condensation
at first when he entered the kitchen he was at the bottom of the food chain no pun intended, but with the experience he had from his previous life in cooking he made incredible progress and climbed to being a proper cook
and as he showed such talent in cooking the kitchen chief took notice of him, and started paying attention to him and took him as an apprentice, and in tow years he climbed to the elders table's cook while helping a little on the patriarch table
and with such ingredients to prepare, one could not help but be tempted, and the other cooks including the chief and Arowne were no saints, so it is obvious that some embezzlement happened
so our guy profited a lot from this new situation, even though on the surface it appeared as though he was on the loosing end
'how can such people that are only interested in the short term gains understand my great undertaking, how short sighted these people are' Arowne thought arrogantly
for our mc the falkirk family isn't the goal, it is only the first stepping stone along the line, so it is of no matter if he lost his standing in this family, cause in the grand scheme of things he will win,
he is working under the slogan of 'losing the battle and winning the war'
the greatest problem he is facing right now is his freedom, the very first time he was sold to this family he lost it, and he already has a way in mind to gain it back, for you see even though he is labeled as servant, his real status in this family, no in this kingdom is a slave
and yes slavery exist in this world, the only saving grace he has is that magic is weak in this empire, so a magic slave contract are not used here, but he is still registered as a slave so no matter where he goes in this empire he will always have this tag behind his back
the only way he could get rid of it is by getting strong enough, or getting freed by the owner aka falkirk family, or leaving this kingdom all together
the first needs time and resources, the first is a given but the latter is hard to get with the slave status limiting him,
getting freed is just pipe dream, so that leaves us with the last option which is the best, he gets rid of the falkirk family, his current status and can be free to hunt for resources as he pleases, the only problem he will be facing is starting from scratch
but that is of no problem, he is from another world where people think outside the box, so he will not be limited by the view of the natives of this world and will manage