"So hot~," Said Flux while laying down next to a tree somewhere in the mansion.
'Currently, it's summer. The hot blazing sun above me is making me feel a bit annoyed. Just it touching my skin makes me want to go back inside the house. But, that would be impossible for the time being. The mansion right now is undergoing a massive maintenance. Some parts are being renovated and cleaned by the maids like that one room over there with some trees sprouting so beautifully inside. The maids are not the ones suitable for this kind of task, therefore, they were assigned to clean up when the selected knights were finished cutting and destroying it.
Everyone was too busy before to fix it. Therefore, it was only being restored right now.
Thus, we kids had to go outside and sleep there for three days. I wanted to complain but I decided to give up on it but...'
"I can't believe I've to hang out with these guys in this hot summer."
Flux took a glance at his cousins playing around nearby without giving a damn care about what others see on them.
'Whatever, let's just sleep peacefully' with that in mind, Flux stopped peeking at them before taking a nap.
While pretending asleep, Flux noticed the presence of one of his cousins coming in his direction.
Flux had no idea what he is planning to do but, if that is one of their pranks, then Flux had to be cautious around him.
Flux had been observing their behavior ever since their birth. He knew those kids are gonna do something dumb even in front of their parents.
As he gets closer, Flux scanned his body, the familiar mana residing inside him made Flux assume that this one will not do something unnecessary to him, therefore, he decided to abandon those thoughts away.
It may be true that most of his cousins are dumb, but there are still some exceptions among them, and among them is named Lucas.
Lucas is the son of my uncle named Nel, The eldest son of my Grandfather, and is currently in lead for the succession of becoming the next head of our family.
Albeit being the son of the next head of the family, Lucas rather tends to stay low, cool-headed, calm, and most of all, he is mature enough to not engage in those kinds of activities.
He probably thinks of it as childish and unnecessary.
when he arrived in front of Flux, he started to speak. "I will be sitting here"
After telling him this, he sat on the opposite side of where Flux was laying down without waiting for a response.
Flux too didn't mind him sitting there. At least he isn't the kind of guy like those rotten kids.
While doing their own business, another kid approached them.
Just like Lucas, he asked them for permission to sit next to them And didn't wait for an answer to come.
When he sat down in the middle of the two, the book he had in his hands was turned into the page where he left off before and started reading it silently.
Flux sensed no harm in him so he let it pass by.
This kid is named Harley. He is Lucas's brother of the same age, they aren't twins or identical to each other because they got their physical traits from both of their parents separately.
Lucas got it from his mother while Harley received it from his father.
These two are always together even though they don't talk that much, Flux had never seen them fighting for something with each other. Rather, they choose to stay vigilant, silent, and cool-headed in any way.
Presently, the only part of the place where they stayed was the only one that remained in stillness. The rest are integrated by the buzzing noise of their cousins.
Each time Harley turned his book to another page, five minutes had passed.
Flip...
Flip...
Flip...
...
30 minutes had passed.
At this time, Flux had enough with it. He gets up from his spot, stretches his body, and shifted his gaze toward the forest before walking.
"You... Are you planning to go to the forest alone?" Harley said after noticing him walking into the forest.
Flux stopped for a moment before replying indifferently: "so what?"
Flux is not a fan of spending his time with his cousins. Hence, staying here only to hear a book flipping and kids being annoying is a big no for him.
"It would be a bad decision. What if you get lost there? Remember there are also monsters roaming around the forest and not only that, our state is located in the southwest of the Exol empire next to the wandering woods, and is only 30 kilometers away from the Colossal forest. You know what kind of monsters living there right?"
Hearing that, I looked him in the eye.
Currently, the exol empire is surrounded by monsters' habitats. A place where monsters' territories are just a few kilometers away from your house.
Harley had read so many books about monsters and where those things are living right now so it wasn't that surprising if he is worried about me going to the forest alone.
I even heard that a level 200 monster capable of destroying the entire empire alone is living there right now.
Monsters that reached a level above 150 are called an Overlord, a continental Threat. These monsters are capable enough to destroy a continent alone if let it be. additionally, most of these monsters are huge enough to destroy the entire city just by laying on top of it, and the current resistance of humanity is nowhere close enough to defend against such enemies if all of them started attacking at once.
And Boss Monster levels are more special compared to us humans. Each level is two times higher than humans. Simply put, if you fight with a level 200 Overlord, it means that you are fighting a Level 400 person.
And me going there alone without even receiving the system yet is no different than suicide.
But then, why did our ancestors or parents didn't establish a wall or a fortress to defend the mansion In case an emergency broke out where a horde of monsters started to invade us? I know what kind of monsters inhabiting inside the Colossal forest that's why when I heard about this information a year ago, this question started to bother me, and since I didn't get the answer for that, I eventually started to forget about it.
But, it's not like I'm going there because I wanted to die, moreover, even if that place is just 30 kilometers away from here, I know those kinds of monsters are not going to come out. More like, it's just the starting point where only weak and slightly strong monsters are appearing.
However, What I'm doing is completely out of his mind, therefore, what he is accomplishing right now is no different than preventing me to do what I want.
"Harley..."
"What?"
"You're starting to become one of those idiots, a complete dumbass. And here I thought you were a smart one, I guess not."
"What did you say?!!"
The moment he heard that, his gripping over the book started to harden.
"Take that back," Harley said while gritting his teeth.
Oh, this is new. I had never seen his expression like this before. Does he really hate being called a dumbass or because I told him about being similar to his cousins?
Whatever it is I want to go beyond this and annoy him more to know his personality, Furthermore, his brother sitting there doesn't seem to care either. Knowing my personality to annoy people, he might already know what I'm going to do next but he didn't show any expression or action of interfering, I'm guessing that maybe he is trying to confirm something from his brother.
I even noticed him looking at us for a brief moment earlier. He knew and understood what I'm trying to imply that's why he is not doing anything.
Right now, Harley's expression is entirely different than his normal self and completely new to us.
I decided to put my guard up because right now It feels like he is going to attack at any time.
After thorough thinking, only one answer came out and that is to annoy him more. Even if he attacks me, he won't be able to win.
"Well-..."
However, just when I started to do it, uncle Nel called us all from a distance.
I had no other choice but to obey. I can also see others coming as well so I guess I had no reason to refuse it either.
"You're lucky today."
"I guess"
The words he left before going resounded to us.
"Well, that was new,"
The words I said were for Lucas who was about to follow him.
he gives a slight nod as a response to what I said before going.
And I too followed after him from behind.
I didn't know why we were called all of a sudden unnecessarily at a time like this. I don't see any problems here either, but if I were to guess, it's probably because of those idiots.
Well, I'm not entirely correct about that so let's hear what he wants to say for now.