It had already past 10:00 am and Leo was still sleeping in his bed. Last night he instructed the system to wake him up before 4:00 am, but despite the system's tries, he was still sleeping.
"Command override....now let me sleep just a little bit more."
[Request accepted]
'This is so tiring, I don't feel like evening moving one inch of my body.'
Suddenly a dog came running towards the hall, the maids were rushing to catch the dog. It ran very fast, jumping over the tables, chairs, smoothly.
Levy was walking past by, and as she saw the dog running towards Leo, she immediately started casting a spell. The huge door immediately closed and the dog got slammed right in the face.
"Buggy, where are you" A young kid about the age of 10 was searching for the dog, looking worried.
'This Buggy, wherever he goes he causes trouble. I hope Uncle William doesn't get mad.'
"Oh there you are, Buggy' He looked relieved as he saw the dog running towards him.
"Good morning young master Kale." Levy bowed down immediately as she saw him.
"Good morning Levy, it's been so long" He gave an elegant smile.
"Are you here to meet the young master as well?"
"Oh yes, where is he?"
"I'm afraid but he is still sleeping. Please wait for a while, I'll go and immediately inform him."
"No it's okay, I've waited for four years, Iet him sleep, he must be tired after all this time. When he wakes up tell him that his little brother came." He smiled with a bright face as he started bidding farewell.
"Actually there is a problem, young master seemed to have lost most of his memories."
"I see"
'It must be hard to forget all his childhood memories, he will have to learn about his parents tragic story sooner or later, Big brother hang in there.' He looked sad as he thought about it.
"Anyway, tell Big bother not to push himself too hard."
The maid slightly smiled as he left.
'Young master Kale, you're not completely wrong, it's actually quite the opposite. Ever since he woke up he seemed more calm and mature than ever.'
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(Five minutes ago)
'What's with all these noises, I can't sleep properly.' Leo was putting his pillow all over his ears as he tries to sleep.
'Come to think of it, I must have recovered most of my stats. I should try getting up at least.'
A beautiful blonde maid with deep blue eyes comes inside with food, she was holding dishes on both of her hands and three other dishes were floating on air on her sides.
(Clare : Junior Maid)
"Am I come in young master" she speaks with a smile.
"Yes, come in"
As she was placing the food on the table, he points out in the bed. "You can leave the food on the bed."
"As you wish, young master"
As Leo was about to start eating the food he notices that Clare has been starring at him from a far. He purposely starts eating the food slowly and gently, in a decent manner. He felt that maybe clare was somewhat suspicious.
'I have to be careful, especially after last night.'
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He starts remembering about last night. As he was about to sleep he noticed two maids were secretly talking to an outsider near the gate, he couldn't hear anything so he silently observed from the window.
It was at that time, he also discovered about a new skill skill.
[Stealth has been acquired]
[Stealth : Lvl 0]
'Did I just found a useful skill. In any case I should try to upgrade it, this will come in handy, stealth was acquired through my ability to focus, staying calm and remain silent while observing them.' He should start meditating soon, by tomorrow I'll recover most of my strength so I'll do it tomorrow.'
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[Hunger satisfaction 97%]
'That should be enough, I shouldn't over eat as well.'
"May I come in young master' Levy was standing near the door. 'So he has already woke up'
"Yes come in."
"Young master, your cousin brother young master Kale had just came to visit you, but since you were asleep he went back. He left a message saying to take care of yourself"
"I see"
'I should at least learn more about his (leo) past later.'
"Young Master, there is also another news, Duke Robert, your uncle sent a message that he'll personally come to meet you today evening."
"Alright. Is there anything else?"
"That's all, young master"
'So I'll have to meet the Duke this evening, I should go and do some exercise for now.'
"Levy, is there any training ground here?"
Upon Leo's sudden she stuttered for a second. "We have five separate training ground, two knights training ground, two private training ground and one Sir Williams personal training ground. Which one would you like young master?"
"To one of the private grounds"
The private ground was about 20 meters wide, there was no one of the training ground other than Leo and the two other maids Clare and Levy.
There were some weapons hanging on the walls, four red swords on the right wall along with four red shields and about 20 silver shields and swords on the left
'I see, the red ones must be valuable as it is limited.'
"You two can leave, I wanna practice alone. And make sure no one else comes inside."
"As you wish, young master"
'I wanted to see what kind of training young master was gonna do' Levy showed a look of regret.
Leo starts doing stretching.
'First I have to see my body limits, then only I can make the best of my abilities.'
He starts stretching his legs first, touching his toes, thighs stretch, stretching his shoulders, stretching his neck, triceps, lower back and so on and on.
[A side quest has been activated]
[Keep stretching every morning for one week]
[Rewards : +2 agility stat point]
[Penalty : None]
[Would you like to accept? 'YES' or 'NO']
'Obviously yes'
[Note : Rewards can be even higher depending on the quality of stretch!]
'Great, I just needed something to motivate me in my training. It's a win win for me'
'Should I also start doing heavy exercises, I'm sure the system would give me some strength stat points. Nah forget it, I should focus on learning magic first, I'll do exercise later.'
After fifteen minutes of stretching.
[Congratulations, you have completed the task for today]
[Additional rewards : 5 coins]
[Would you like to claim it?]
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"Young master, are you done with the training?" Levy spoke as she was standing next to the door outside along with Claire.
"Yes"
'These two.....were they waiting for me this entire time?'
"Levy and claire, I have something to ask of both of you."
"Young master?" Claire looked slightly confused
"I'll my best to answer, young master" Levy affirmed
"I want you both to teach me magic"
Both Levy and Claire showed a huge smile.
Leo looked confused seeing their reaction. 'Why do they look so happy'
"Young master, we have something to show you. Claire, go and open that place, its finally time for it. Young master just follow me, I'll explain to you on the way"
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Five Years Ago -
Magical Academy of Vermillion
The top magical academy where talented people gets enrolled, regardless of any background the students belong.
There were five top academy in the Kingdom namely the Wizard Academy of Vermillion (Agnes), Magical Academy of Vermillion (Ivory) Vermillion Academy of Magic (Pheonix), Knights Academy of Vermillion (Adamant) and White Academy of the kinghts (Lance) . However, the Magic Academy of Vermillion stood among the top.
The Academy was run by Sir Jackson, the vice head of the Magic Tower himself.
Both the parents of Leo was very excited, as Leo was the fifth 7 year old kid in the entire kingdom to get enrolled in one of the top academy. It was very big deal for the house of Mizaki as the academy mainly accepted students from the age of 10-17. Being the fifth person to make a name for himself in the history of Vermillion, it was a prideful moment for Leo at that time.
As he joined the academy, there were lots of people above his age, he couldn't get along with them. People felt inferior to him, and as a resut he had to take classes all alone.
A year later, on the day of his results, he score a a high percentage of 93%. Giving him a spot in the 5th rank in the entire class.
Shortly after, the incident occured, causing him to go on a long slumber.
It was then when the students felt pity and regreted for their actions.
Sir Jackson had high expectations for the young boy, and was the only one who motivated Leo during his hard times.
Leo always use to shut himself inside the library, all by himself for more than 10 hours everyday. He use to put his efforts into studying magic every single day in order to fill the gap of loneliness and depression. He always looked up to Jackson as his idol.
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Ever since the incident, the library had rarely been used, as it reminded them of the incident. The library was quite big and the amount of books were uncountable.
"Anyway we are here, young master" Levy stops explaining theo story as they reaches.
Claire was cleaning the library as they gets in. "Welcome back, young master"
Leo's (Julian) heart starts beating. 'Why is my hear beating fast? Is it that the body is responding to this place?'
As he starts going inside his heart starts beating even faster
[Alert! You are now going to receive your past memories]
[Warning : You will go unconscious during the process]
[The process will start in 10 seconds]
'10 seconds? I can't even go to my room in that time'
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"Claire, Levy....I feel like I'll go unconscious, Take me to my room and don't tell anyone. This is an order."
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