"my fancy noble clothes... Check
(damn they are so dope, bet I'm gonna probably the most coolest kid, not to mention I haven't even touched my money yet)
Shoes... Check
magical pouch... Check
Claiv dagger... Check
Invisibility cloak... Check
Grade B spellbook... Check"
Rein happily went through his items as he shouted their name and checked them, he had gotten a lot, he had even gotten mana core amplifier orb which helped to boost mana training through meditation. He spent a lot from Duke Erin's money, but the duke was still pestering him to buy more, as Amelia flirted with him and asked him to buy lewd stuff such as love portion, she had forced him to buy the invisibility cloak with the suggestion that he could go sneak up on other girls without getting caught.
Rein had a white thick fabric rolled around his waist, yes a towel he had just taken his bath and was going to put on the noble ceremonial attire, he was to meet with other kids at the capital then they would go together on four of the empire biggest ship, the journey was estimated to take 7 days to the Central artic by sea, which they would then start their journey to the Academy by horses, they were to move together.
Rein wore the white trouser that had two red long stripes by the side, he wore a white shirt and tucked it in the trouser and then finally wore his white double-breasted blazer with the short collar that stood like the modern-day navy uniform, the two symmetrical columns of button, each column housing three golden buttons, his collar was red-colored with golden linen at the very tip, the hand collars were also red with golden line, the tail of his blazer fell below his butt making it an open front tailcoat, his collars were closed by two golden buttons with a chain in between them. He looked in the mirror and was amazed at how stunning he could look, he finally took his shoe-socks and wore it, immediately putting on his red long boot that stopped below his knee.
He was admiring his looks when the people he considered dear entered.
Fyn, Harley and Marley, Miss Amelia
Fyn rubbed his head as he talked...
"I've heard that the young lord is going to is a very dangerous place, where his status here does not matter. We don't want to lose our young lord so... Please survive."
He blushed as he ended his statement, his shyness always got hold of him in beautiful moments like this.
" take... "
Harley stretched out her hand which had a blue jade, her voice soft and serious,
"It's the blue dragon jade, it's a good luck charm, I'll be waiting for you to return it"
[you have received a grade S++ item; blue dragon jade]
Marley flared...
"seriously Harley how can you give that to him do you know how precious that is?"
"it's the most precious thing I've got, young lord deserves it"
Marley folded her arms...
"seriously why are you all acting like he's not going to come back"
"young master will be gone for two years... You'll miss him"
Harley answered her. She immediately flared with her face all red.
"you know he's going to somewhere with a lot of girls, if you don't confess to him now he might come back with a wife."
Miss Amelia smirked as she talk.
Marley's face was now all red as she didn't know, what to do. She hurriedly moved closer to Rein, stands on her toes, and puts her lips on his, she immediately looked away and stretched out her hand.
"it's the red dragon jade, you must return alive"
[you have received a grade S++ item; the red dragon jade]
She blushed and ran out. Her long blonde hair which was the only thing that told her apart from Harley fluttered she ran out.
Harley smiled, even Fyn saw his goddess smiled, he was happy to see his goddess summon the courage to face the person she likes.
Amelia moved closer to Rein and hugged him. Rein felt her large bosom press on his chest but didn't want to be distracted as this was a very beautiful moment.
"don't get yourself killed blackhead. These past nine months have been the best nine months of our lives as you see we all treasure you.. the lord's son."
Rein could feel himself about to cry, this was too real to be true, some people loved him and do not want him to perish, for him this place was home, compared to earth. He bit his lips as he held in his tears. Rein who thought peace and love was a luxury he couldn't afford, he now stood in the very middle of that luxury.
Amelia pats his head as she saw that he was holding his tears
"it's okay to cry, but this will be the last time, grow stronger and protect all of us"
Duke Erin clears his throat and everyone got drifted into reality.
"it's time to go"
Duke Erin was in the same outfit as Rein, except for his short look and potbelly that made him look like gluttony.
Rein put his luggage in the magical pouch and put the magical pouch in his inventory which was like a tear in space. It wasn't the first time they saw it, so they were pretty used to it.
They all went out and the majestically designed carriage waited for them.
"Ohh Belet....!"
Rein ran to the one of the horse that the carriage was tied to.
"Both of you seem to like each other a lot so I decided to take him, you'll be going with him to the Central artic."
"neeeiiigghnnn"
The brown horse with white-colored hair on its withers just above its neck had a white color that starts from its forehead and goes to the muzzle and extends beyond the bridge of the nose to the side of the face, it had a white tail too, and the white color extended from the edge of the hoof halfway up the middle of the leg.
The horse was exceptionally beautiful and while always playing around with the horse, his affection for the horse kept increasing which didn't happen with other horses, so that's how Belet became his favorite.
He rubbed the face of the horse as he patted the neck.
"it's gonna be a long journey, are you sure you can endure it"
"neiighhhh"
Alright, I'll trust you, then I guess we'll be together for the next two years.
"neeeiighh"
Belet happily stomped his hoof on the floor. Rein looked at everyone as tears rolled down his eyes.
..... ¬
It was a long journey but they were finally at the capital of the Forgan Empire Dwetrem. Rein had not been anywhere else apart from few times he went to the large marketplace that stood in the city of Artiok and was renamed Artiok city of merchants.
But Dwetrem was the peak of beauty to him. It was different from Leceiviester, it was like no peasants lived here and the city only housed close to 100 nobles with the royal palace standing tall in the middle of it, the size of the royal palace alone took half of the entire city. While the nobles' luxurious mansions were scattered around it.
"Why didn't you come to live here?"
Rein asked as he admired the view from the window of the carriage.
"it's too much stress..."
Duke Erin smiled.
Rein looked at him, they were sitting opposite to each other, Rein could tell clearly that he was nervous as he smiled to hide that fact
"it's okay to be nervous, you just got a son a week ago and now you have to act like a father in front of all the nobles and the Emperor"
"I've been too caught up with work, I never wanted to give birth to a child that'll suffer as I did, so I focused on getting rich. I know I have you a great and wise son anyone could wish for, I don't just know if I can be good enough for a father to you"
Rein smiled...
"don't get worked up over that Father, you'll learn as time goes by"
Duke Erin eyes shone brightly
(he called me father,... It felt so nice I wanna hear it again... It's so good to hear it)
"you should get used to it"
Rein blushed as he told the Duke.
..... ¬
Everyone had arrived at the capital, but only the nine duke's children were allowed to go into the Emperor meeting hall, the rest of the noble kids stood in an open space in the palace.
The nine dukes children stood in front of the king on one kneel with their heads bowed. They stood in a line and according to the power ranking of each Duke, Rein was the fourth on the line. Indeed the power of wealth was great. A yellow-haired boy with the same attire but colored blue was in front of rein, while at his back was an unserious-looking young lad, the same attire but colored brown.
They all shouted in unison. Rein could follow along as he had learned many things about the Empire in the past nine months.
"We hail thee
Our sun
Thy undying flame of love
That swallows up our heart
And wraps up our body
We praise thee
Thy great power
Thou wields
We honor thee
With great respect and our heads bowed we greet thee. The Red sun!!"
The Emperor stood up. His presence was huge, even Rein could feel it, the strain on his neck, he couldn't dare to raise his head, it was like a huge boulder was right above him and would drop upon him the moment he looked up.
To the right of the emperor sat the young empress mother of the two of the five kids that were going to the academy, she had a red veil on her face and was dressed in a red gown, at her back stood the 2 concubines.
To his left stood the crown prince whose mother had died since he was 14, his face was calm and he was in the same attire with the others but the color of red. He wasn't going to the academy, despite looking so young, the crown prince was 32 years of age, at his back stood his two brothers, all three of them blonde hair. Two of his them were twin, 26 years of age.
And by his side stood the princes and princesses that were going to the academy.
"I'm honored that you all accepted the request of these old men, despite this being a very dangerous thing to do. The Mancraa academy is a great school but the status doesn't matter, anyone could get killed, I know how it feels I have been there. But if you all manage to graduate from there you would have obtained powers that rivals even mine. I would've love to send all the princes too, but they're too old plus the empire needs them. However, you all grow stronger become the future of the empire.
When I was sent to the Academy I was sent alone. But I'm doing you all a favor sending 109 kids so that you all can have each other backs. I'm especially expectant of the children of the nine dukes. We'll be waiting for you."
The crown prince stepped forward as the Emperor sat back on his seat, unlike the Emperor who had a thick voice. His was soft and calm.
"I will be rooting for you all... And will also be leaving my stepbrothers and sisters to you all. Be brothers and sisters to each other and have their back always, it's a royal decree."
The whole children shouted
"with honor we receive!!"
It was the response when a royal decree was handed out.
They all rose and turned back to go out of the hall and to board the ship, the nine duke's children were to board the royal ship which was very huge and luxurious of all, each one of them had one room to themselves. The other nobles boarded three other big ships. So a total of four ships were at the port waiting.
Every noble family was giving their kids the final bye. Duke Erin stood in front of Rein.
"It feels like I had just acquired something precious and yet now it's being taken away from me"
"I'm gonna return... Alive."
Duke Erin smiled at Rein's affirmation
(he's confident)
"then I'll be waiting for you"
"while doing that get yourself a beautiful lady you like, I want a younger brother, don't forget I'm always the first son"
"of course, of course, my dear son. I packed in a lot of money for you, since the central artic and we use the same currencies, and I've got a ledger with a few of our business that is located in the central artics, with some connections I have that can be of help for you. If you ever run out of money, you can go to our business manager and show them the badge that proofs you as the successor, they'll respect you the way I'm respected"
Duke Erin hugs Reinard
"Belet will be waiting for you on the ship"
"thank you... Everyone's going in already..."
"oh right"
The Duke hurriedly released Rein and waved at him as he watched him go towards the ship.
As Rein walked up the stairs of the ship a girl joined him, her attire was colored blue, the same, but she was on a skirt that reached just above her knee.
"such affection, it's rare, he didn't even tell you to become the strongest he just wanted you back safely"
Rein looked at her, her whine-colored hair packed in a ponytail and her big bright eyes spoke trouble to Rein.
He hurriedly fasten his pace and didn't reply, he knew well how to ignore people.
"did he just ignore me, the rich duke son is an attitude, what does he think he is... No wonder no one ever heard of him"
No one suspected Rein to be an earthling perhaps maybe because of living indoor for a very long time in the real world, Rein's skin has smoothened, it wasn't as pretty as the others but it made him look better compared to the days on earth.
He was pretty in his way, his bright red eyes which only the Royal family had, would have made people think he was a royal, but his hair was black.
Common hair color amidst the royal family was red and blonde.
Rein thought to himself as he boarded the ship.
(this is going to be a long journey).