SPLASH!
As he brought his head back up from the bath tub submerged, nostalgic memories came flooding back like a river tide.
He remembered his past life when he was just a little boy when his grandfather would take him to the Dojo to learn martial arts when he attained black belt, when his grandfather gave him a body cultivation manual called Nine transformation body technique and dual primal chaos, an internal energy cultivation technique, but he neglected the body cultivation technique for the internal energy cultivation technique because he was receiving the ladies attention.
Fortunately for him, his grandfather always trained in body cultivation impart through intense scolding, lashing and training or he wouldn't have gotten to where he was now.
Then, he left home because he loved science and loved building stuffs, unfortunately, he was abducted and he had to perform experiments, building technologies the world had never seen before, but the underworld organisation was destroyed by major powers who dreaded their rising and startling power then, and he had to be on the run, that was where he found out the benefits of cultivation methods and techniques which able to use and defeat his pursuers for about six years until his accumulated injuries started affecting him, he remembered his father, mother, grandfather and his first love who had a child for him but later died of complicated heart issues.
Tap!
Tears rolled down his cheeks and but he didn't regret that he did a lot of things, because for him they were fun and they gave him mental and physical satisfaction because if he didn't leave home and had had that adventure, he would have regretted living that life, but one thing he did regret was for him to have entered that crack in space that he had created because he wanted to run away and drag his pursuers with him but now he was far from his home, family and his world. He should have listened to his grandfather teachings "think and analyse" at that moment.
To turn matters worse, he lost his mortal body and he lost all technological equipments that he had on him just for to save his soul if it hadn't been for his tenacious will when he crossed the spacetime bridge, and noticed this dying noble youth body and took it for himself and it took him seven months for him to be able to move the heavily injured body and his soul almost got eradicated due to its injured state, he learnt all he had to learn from this world through the young noble's body.
Where he learnt about this world and went to the Academy's library to learn more about the culture, myths, folklore, languages and history.
Huuu!.....
Larne sighed and got up from the bathtub, dried himself and used the remainder of the night to rest because he had had a hectic seven months fighting with rank three and four magical beasts. He closed his eyes and soon heavy breathing followed after.
Next morning, he changed out of his sleeping robe and went downstairs to join in breakfast with other mercenaries and ate, drank and listened to the folklore and adventures the mercenaries ventured to and some startling pieces of information that he didn't expect to hear or didn't to hear.
"Did you hear, the King the North, His Majesty Ruslan suffers a deathbed sickness that may see his Kingdom crumble because during the last war where His Majesty had received his soulcrushing wound it been said that his two sons died in the battle against the alliance with his third son missing and last son too young, his brothers and family members have started baring their fangs at his throne.
Such starling news caught Larne unawares because his heart started to pound violently as if it was about to jump out his chest, Larne made a secret sign and a shadow appeared beside him and Larne asked him "IS IT TRUE"?!, almost yelling at the shadow's ear and the shadow got down on his knees and answered stammering Itt...is true your Exalt...but.., no but it seems I have been too lenient with you and your guards that you made me hear such a critical news from the third parties. "Wrath...come ", then in swirl, a curvaceous lady bowed and said "Your Exalt, your will shall be done", then the curvaceous lady dragged away the shadow called Envy and as this was taking place, it almost appeared as if everyone was oblivious to what was going on.
Larne downed his cup of Ale and went back into his room, started to think and wondered what could have made his Proud and cheap father to suffer such embarrassing situation, he wondered.
"Then seven years old Larne just broke through to the Adept Swordsman level, and his father celebrated and rejoiced in the presence of everyone and gave him the family's battle manual in which he could use to further his training and CoreEnergy which caused ire, envy, hatred, killing intent, frustration to be direct at him from all corners of the banquet which was held in his name, his father curved up a lip and flashed a victorious grin in which he announced that he was taking his just into the Ancestral grounds to awaken his bloodline and further temper his third son.
The decision was like fuel used to bloster more hatred, envy from young Larne young generation peers, his elder brothers hated him even more, his uncles however were calm like this was none of their business but strange glints flashed in their eyes, his fifth uncle however was joyous shouting "little Larne don't let this get into head and train more. Grimaces flashed as his elder brothers both exchanged stange glances and they both stood up and bowed as if they had the same mind did the unthinkable, "they objected" and said to their father in tandem "we object royal father", even though everybody expected it, cousins, uncles, generals were still jawslacked that the two brothers who were always at each other's throats acted together in such a way clearly they were starting to suspect and join dots together that their father was starting to lean towards their third brother, then the unexpected happened' a mountain crushing pressure started to force them kneel and their knee and body started to crack.
Crack!, Thud!
Astonishment filled the grand princes[1], duchess eyes present when they all noticed that their proud king had broken through to become a "sword saint", the 10th sword Saint of the Elysium Continent, with his pride will get more conceited but they quickly got their cool back, for they now knew that this banquet was not for the youngest Prince but for the king to feel elated and get more pride for his bloated ego, for that they all knelt "Thud", on their two knees all except one person 'little Larne' because at his young mind and feeble self, he couldn't understand why they were all kneeling just for this breeze of wind blowing at him, his Proud father who was just feeling elated about himself, opened his eyes to see the youngest Prince just stand, he, who was proud increased the pressure even lessening it around him just to focus it around his youngest son never to imagine that his youngest son will just 'yawn', with rage and fury clouding his already conceited and proud mind made the family members and guests at the banquet gawk and not believe what the proud King will decree
"Larne my youngest child, the apple of my eye, you shall be Banished never to return home again until I change mind".
Haa!, what a proud and cheap father, his pride and bloated ego is about to kill him.
Clap!, Clap!
"Wrath, Envy, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, come tell me what has happened throughout my adventure break.