After the event showing my status board. I never ask about their worry, since I don't want to see their worry face. Rather, I start to train to let them forget their worries about me. I need strength to be with my family. Even if my parents train me so hard, I still use my free time to train.
While in the modern world I need to study and work to get a lot of money. In this world I need to train on everything, there's nothing to do anyway. I used to sneak at night to train even when I'm alone in the night. While I meditate, I can delay my need for sleep and exhausted.
My father teaches me the use of sword, spear, and dagger. While my mother teaches me magic. When I ask my father, why do I need to learn the sword and any weapon? He said "Arthur, in this world, there's always danger lurking around. Even though magic is an easy way you're not the only one who can use magic. You need to reserve your mana for emergency situation.". Without even batting any question, I take the lesson from him. He's the father figure that I have been looking for.
My mother always gets angry if my mastery of swords is higher then my magic. So, I always train my magic at night to keep up with my sword training. My mother notices it by the mana fluctuations. I need to level up my mana manipulation more to hide it from my mother.
Sometimes I went out with my father to get around the town meet people but overall I'm a quiet type of child. Not speaking about my other life on Earth. My father try to introduce me to the people in his town. He always being welcomed in a friendly way by the people. They trusted my father for his work. I respect my father a lot for it, even though I'm not my father.
Soon I reach 17 years old and going to the nearby church for the ceremony in our city. That's where my story began. On the day of my ceremony, the priest from the capital arrives to attend the ceremony for noble. Some of the noble came to the ceremony but I can see the uneasiness in my parents' eyes when they saw them.
I walk toward the altar after my name is being called, then a shower of light began to rain on me. It feels warm, I start praying towards God for their blessing.
The priest is holding an orb which I have to touch, after the blessing from God to record every blessing in the kingdom. When the blessing started, everyone startled by the scene, how bright the light is covering me. Soon after I finish, I start walking toward the priest but then an explosion outside the church can be heard. The land is shaking, scream from outside also rang so loud.
Not long a lone soldier rushed to enter the church "Enemy attack!!!! The demon had infiltrated the city!!"
The atmosphere became tense, chaos started to happen, explosion after explosion could be heard. People start running outside to save themselves, even the priest ignore me and start to run.
I quickly ran to my parents while caught a glimpse of the other noble that start running. I swear that I saw one of them smile but can't see his face. My parents quickly come to me with George and Aine by their side. My father giving instruction to George and Aine while my mother looks at me, I can see tears forming on her eyes. "Arthur, I'm sorry. This is not supposed to happen. Listen to me, dear."
My mom tears start to run down her cheek while hugging me. My dad still giving instructions toward George and Aine before run outside to defend his territory with his sword.
My mother notice my father quickly said to me while wiping her tears "We have no much time. Go with George and Aine. I'm sorry."
Hearing my mom speak like that, I'm about to speak and grab my sword but George already strikes me behind my neck to make me unconscious.
When all the chaos happens, George carries Arthur on his shoulder "Please take care of him. If we make it, we will find a way to contact you guys."
""We swear on our life that we will take care, Arthur-sama even if it cost our lives.""
George and Aine bow toward Rose. Rose then starts going outside covering her husband to defend the city. She arrived and stand behind Edward. Edward already killed some of the demons. "Looks like the plan got revised, my love."
My mother looked at Edward and smile "I know even without us, he will grow up to be a strong man. Let's get out of here alive." Then both of them charge at the demons.
That day is the day that war start to broke out between Human and Demon.
I woke up inside the carriage with Aine sitting in front of me and George driving the carriage. There is only silence in the carriage. Aine's face is pale, George also focusing to drive the carriage.
I quickly ask them on my dizziness "What is happening!? Talk to me!! Where am I? Where are mom and dad?"
I said to Aine can't hold my anger anymore. Aine then startled and tightened her grip on her cloth. Hearing my shout, George pulled over and get inside the carriage. "I'm sorry young master. Let me explain."
So people getting more than 2 blessings is never heard before. Even 2 blessings only happen to people that soon become famous or known by their power, not talking my rank of blessing and their effect.
My Baron family barely holding since my Father is a commoner, my mother was an exile from her Duke family for marrying my Father. The King then give our family land that near the border between the kingdom and Demon's land even that as a payment for my father merit to the Kingdom for safe some face for the Duke family.
With the situation that not stable, noble discrimination toward my family and the power struggle between noble always happen. Getting 3 blessings will attract trouble. So, my parents made a plan that we will run toward the neighboring kingdom and start a new life if I get another blessing but instead the Demon started attacking which is out of the plan. As a lord, my father had to present at the situation and can't leave, along with my mother, they defend the area which we suppose to go together.
Now, We can't get news about their well being and start the journey without my parents. We change our carriage and our clothes into normal merchant carriage as well as our clothes. We burn the old clothes and the carriage and destroy it to make it looks like we got attacked. My mind went blank for a long time along the road. No one is speaking. My whole world felt crushing down on me.
After we arrive at the village in our neighbor kingdom which is the Aqerra Kingdom. The news shocked me, territory Baron Kursvelt is gone. No survivor could be seen in the ruin, the Suntalia Kingdom on war with the Demon. The only survivors are the young knights that my father asks to bring a message to the capital as a way to save them and noble that already flee at the first contact with the demons.
We continue our journey to living like a commoner in the capital for safety. My father got information that the Aqerra Kingdom is different.
In my journey, I found a carriage that being attack by a whole bunch of orcs. When I saw that the first thing that came to mind isn't to save them. I need to vent my anger. I quickly jump from the carriage and dash to the orcs and start killing one by one.
George panic after I dash and pull Aine from the back to drive while he also dashes to help me. My body covered in orc blood. I don't care anymore, I just felt lost. My heart hurt so much. I cry for the first time in the middle of the corpses.
George came and tap my shoulder and said "I'm sorry, Arthur-sama. I can't do anything, please forgive us.". I wipe my tears and stand up "Just let me alone for now.". I walk back to the carriage that Aine drive.
Then someone called me "Emm!!! Ano!!! Thank you for saving us.". I turn my head then I just realize that they using a noble carriage and she wearing a hood that covers her face but I know she must be a noble.
"No need for thank, I don't intend to help you." I said and walk away. "May I know your name!!?" She said in a desperate voice. "We might not meet again." Then our carriage took off in the distance.
Meanwhile, on the distance, a group of cavalry is coming. The knight in the front quickly get off and bow to the lady, he bows to his knee. "I'm sorry, Arlette-sama. We have to bait the monster away to avoid endangering you but instead, we only station normal soldier here which expose you to danger itself. Please, punish me."
She quickly straighten her stature and speak with her noble tone "Its alright Gillhart, perhaps I even had to reward you. I had found my love."
"Is it the group in front, Arlette-sama?". Arlette then looks at where Arthur is going and nod. Gillhart quickly orders one of his man to follow but take some distance only to follow them.