The King and Marcus discussed the military situation.
Apparently, Marcus is the Commander of the Kingdom of Amethyst Military, he is also a Duke of the Kingdom.
While they talked, the young man sat in the chair while blankly looking at the wall.
Marcus looked at the young man, he said to King. ''What is his background?''
The King shook his head. ''We only know that he is Orphan, from some Orphanage from different Kingdom, they didn't even give him a name, so his identity is a complete mystery.''
Marcus said seriously. ''His eye and hair color definitely belongs to Royal Family from the Kingdom of Juniper.''
The King nodded. ''Indeed, but we can't be sure.''
''But didn't their Crown Prince disappeared when he was a baby?''
The King thought deeply he said. ''Indeed, but it was 20 years ago, which would match his age quite closely.''
Marcus sighed. ''But the Kingdom of Juniper never cared about their Crown Prince after he disappeared, they only gave a birth to new Prince and named him as a Crown Prince.''
The King sadly said. ''Indeed...''
Marcus took a glance towards the young man. ''What are you planning to do with him?''
The King said. ''Enlist him in the military, he defeated Regnier in the spar today.''
Marcus widened his eyes. ''Regnier isn't weak, he was 1045th Ranked Knight after all, close to Iron Knights Rank.''
The King nodded.
The Kingdom of Amethyst has its own ranking system, which is to measure the Knights' strength.
From 1-25 Rank, They are called Red Knights.
From 26-100 Rank, They are called Black Knights.
From 101-500 Rank, They are called White Knights.
From 501-1000 Rank, They are called Iron Knights
Arthur is the General of the Army, but he isn't in rankings because he is a Duke, meaning that his rank isn't determined by strength.
...But Arthur a few years ago fought against 94th Ranked Black Knight... and he lost.
Arthur isn't weak... but the Knights are just too strong, with decades of training while their bodies are strong and young.
While Arthur is in his late 40s.
Marcus thought deeply, his family is a Military family, but he and his wife had only a daughter who can't succeed as the Military Commander.
Marcus made his mind, he looked deeply at the King and said. ''Let me adopt him.''
The King widened his eyes, he whispered. ''I know that you always wanted a son, but we don't know anything about him!''
Marcus sighed. ''If he is Amelia's friend, then I don't think he is a bad person.''
The King went quiet for some time until he sighed and nodded.
''His documents are ready tomorrow, we planned to give him a name, but if you want to adopt him... then we can give him your surname in the same document.'' The King said.
Marcus gave a grateful nod, he stood up and walked to the door. ''See you tomorrow kiddo.'' He said towards the young man and walked out of the office.
Only the King and the young man remained.
''Your room is in the same area as butlers, I will order servants to show you the way.'' The King said.
The young man nodded, the King informed one of the maids to lead him towards his room.
Shortly afterward the Maid arrived, the young man simply stood up and started following her with the same blank look on his face.
The King only wryly smiled.
Shortly afterward they arrived at the young man's room, the Maid nodded and left the young man alone.
The young man put his hand on the door handle, he tried to pull the door, but it didn't budge.
Next, he tried to push instead, but nothing worked.
''This door thinks he can bully me?'' The young man snorted and started kicking the door.
*Bam* *Bam* *Bam*
Sound of the door getting kicked echoed in the palace.
The Maids, Butlers, Knights, even the King wondered where the noise came from.
...But then finally the young man managed to open the door... but the door was now in pieces.
''Hmph.'' The young man snorted and walked inside his room like a delinquent.
He sat down on his bed and looked outside the window towards the moon, he felt immense familiarity when he looked at the moon, he felt safe...
...But then some butlers and Knights arrived at his room and saw the door being in pieces.
''Hey, why is the door broken?'' One of the butlers asked.
''I kicked it and it broke.'' The young man answered.
The butler raised an eyebrow. ''Why did you broke it?''
''It didn't open.''
''Was it locked?'' The butler asked.
The young man shrugged his shoulders.
''Did you try to twist the handle?''
''I tried to pull and push, but the door didn't open.'' The young man growled angrily.
The butler sweatdropped. ''You need to twist the handle, not pull or push...''
''Why do you need to make it so complicated?'' The young man asked with a raised eyebrow.
'Is he fucking with me right now?' The butler thought with a twitching eyebrow.
The butlers, Maids, Knights all looked at the young man with blank faces.
They started to ignore the young man, they picked up the broken door pieces and left in hurry, they are planning to fix the door tomorrow.
The young man only shrugged his shoulders.
The young man took his outfit off and lied on to the bed, shortly afterward he drifted asleep.
*Next Morning*
The young man opened his eyes, he drowsily put his outfit back on, he quickly washed up his face and walked out of his room, he made his way towards the throne room, and shortly afterward he arrived.
The throne room was filled with people for some reason, he saw Amelia, The King, The Queen, and he also saw Arthur standing at the side with Marcus.
...But the young man didn't recognize others, most of them wore fancy suits.
''Ah, you have arrived,'' Marcus said and walked towards the young man.
The young man nodded.
Arthur also followed behind Marcus shortly afterward.
The people in the throne room got curious about the newcomer, his outfit made many of them frown while his looks received another kind of reaction...
Mostly from younger girls in the hall, but also from some of the older ones as well...
The King talked with other senior officers until he saw the young man and Marcus talk.
The King motioned Marcus to come with the young man.
Marcus nodded. ''Follow me.''
The young man walked behind him with a blank face, he looked outside of the window. 'If I jump down from that window... Would it hurt...' The young man narrowed his eyes, and was about to test the theory, but then Marcus grabbed his shoulder.
The young man turned his head and saw that they arrived in front of the King.
The people around the hall and The Queen, and Amelia quieted down.
The King started with. ''Next agenda is this young man's naming ceremony, and also the adoption to the Phoenix family.''
*Gasps*
The people in the throne room gasped and widened their eyes.
They at first thought that it was weird for commoner to have a naming ceremony in the throne room, but adoption to one of Duke's families is a huge thing.
Marcus' family name is called Phoenix, which means his full name is Marcus Phoenix.
His family is one of the oldest families in the Kingdom of Amethyst, while his family is one of the most loyal ones to the throne as well. It is a very honorable family and no one ever gets adopted to that family, because they are usually very proud of their bloodline.
Amelia and The Queen also widened their eyes in disbelief.
'How did that sweet kid get adopted to one of the Top Families in the Amethyst?!' The Queen thought with shock.
'I am happy for you!' Amelia was overjoyed, she was quite saddened that her only friend doesn't have a family, and especially last night she kept thinking about it deeply, she planned to pull some strings to get him into a good family, but now it's not needed because she knows that Phoenix family is a very honorable and good family.
'Adoption? Is that some kind of food... And phoenix? Will we eat a Phoenix? But I thought that it was some kind of legendary beast and very rare... These guys are ruthless as fuck!' The young man thought with widened eyes, he looked at the window and started to plan his escape, and hopefully, he will be able to save the phoenix as well!
''And now... It's time for the naming ceremony first, young man kneel before me.'' The King said with authoritative tone.
...But the young man wasn't paying attention.
Marcus started elbowing his stomach, The young man turned his head and raised an eyebrow.
''Kneel already!'' Marcus shout whispered.
The young man narrowed his eyes and kneeled.
The King stood up from the throne and put his palm on the young man's forehead.
''You are from now on called...
Emerald Phoenix!''