Kai was staring at nowhere in daze looking straight. Standing near a red maple tree which was almost withered in this cold winter , he looked like a ball of fur making his already small stature much smaller. The servants kept whispering about how their orphan little duke was immersed in sadness. Coincidently , it just so happened to be Duke and Duchess' death anniversary a few days ago.
The ceremony was held simply with offering of white Cambelia flowers , which looked like a velvet with white crystal studded in middle.
Human nature is inherently selfish. People may pity him , but that is all. The workers all dispersed soon.
But they didn't know, he wasn't staring at nowhere. In front of him was a tranparent blue screen with the words written on it which already shocked him .The data was too accurate. He had a newfound knowledge of how powerful this 'system' thing was. It claims to be from a higher world , which already overturned his pre-estabilished cognition of the world. There wasn't any knowledge of existence of a higher world even in the records of ancestors. He doesn't know if the royal family of Azure knows about this , but he would still be careful.
[Name : Kaizel Emel Asteria
Age : 12 yrs 11 months.
Wealth: 48 Silver <+>
Health: 4.3/10
■ Body : 5.2/10
■ Mind : 4.9/10
■ Spirit : 7.2/10
Talent : ???( to be determined)
Skills : Ettiquette( Advanced),Administration(Basic).
◇Task
◇ Draw
◇ Learning Space
◇ Warehouse ___]
Kai was shocked. He could feel how powerful a tool that could accurately judge a person is. Clicking at the plus sign at the end of his wealth , he felt the system mocked him . There were only three plus signs.
His body , he doesn't know how the system calculated it.
When learning the use of all the options on the interface ,he was amazed at once. This system thing was too practical and a godly tool at that.
There would be no one these days to bother him , so he silently went back to his room .
Looking at the young deputy butler standing in front of his bedroom door , he said lightly , " I won't be leaving my room for the day , You can do everything as usual " , waving his hand he entered the room.
He didn't doubt Hans wouldn't do his job well. Hans was the only person who was left loyal to him . He had been with him since he was born . He's 7 years older in age than him , he's a rare smart person who does things with measure and won't ask too much no matter what.
Hans gazed at his liitle master's back and silently walked downstairs. He doesn't need to know what was going through his little freind's mind.
Yes .Freind.
Hans had been with Kai since he was child. At first Kai was playful and mischievious . Then the Duke and Duchess started his training for the heir. He went silent day by day until he became unrecognisable.
Hans belonged to the branch family of mainline of royal family of Asteria. After his awakening , he got the ability of enhanced memory. He applied with Butler to be by young maater's side.He practically raised young master .
He just hopes Kai doesn't drown in sorrow .
Thinking of the wolves who were eying Kai , his eyes flashed a cold light. He needed to give them some work to do , they might be too free to bother Kai again and again these days.
He thought about how to throw that stupid butler who can't even contain these bothersome servants .
' That old man really is too old' .
.....
Kai lay down on bed and clicked on the system interface.He was slowly getting used to this otherworldly thing .
Clicking on the the task , he found the tasks given by the system.
[ Daily Task 1 : Running ( 0/1) km
Daily Task 2 : Push Ups (0/100)
Daily Task 3 : Squats (0/100)
Daily Task 4 : Pull ups (0/100)
Task Reward : Food ×1
Novice Bonus : Repair Fliud ×1 ____]
He silently remebered all the things and checked on the last warehouse . When suddenly a metallic sound rang in his mind.
[ Ding ! Host has pre-aquired Intermediate skill( Etiquette) .Reward: 100 Gold.]
[Ding ! Host has pre-aquired Advanced skill( Etiquette) .Reward: 500 Gold.]
The sudden influx of 600 Gold in his warehouse made him go in daze. That means that each time he learns something and makes a qualitative change, he would be rewarded.
A single gold coin in Azure is equivalent to a hundred silver coins. A dukedom may need hundreds of thousand Gold coins to flourish. This 600 gold coins are nothing but a drop in bucket.
But for someone with only 48 silver , this was a huge amount . 600 gold coins , 60,000 silver coins. This can significatly help running the castle for a while.
Looking at the money fan attributes of host , the system found this scene familiar but it couldn't remember. It gave up and silently hid some coins from his host's greedy gaze.
' System ! Can I learn anything in the learning space?'
Kai asked. His tone was much warmer this time.
The system silently spit out a data he read .
{Money makes the ghosts run}
[ No host ! The learning space offers different skills on each level. Starting from level 2 , host can enter the learning space to learn things on his own. Please check further deatails on the interface , host ] .
Kai clicked the learning space on interface and entered the misty white space . In front of him was a familiar transparent blue screen but with different words.
[◇Learning space
> Administration.
> Business.
> Sword Play.
> Acting.
> Dagger Arts___]
He clicked on Administration and was sucked into the white mist.
...
When Kai opened his eyes in bed lying face up , his eyes were brighter than stars. He was taught administration since he was child , but what he learnt today was far more than what he learnt in past 9 years.
He could feel it , the law to become a true ruler. If he could master all the knowledge , he could do what the generations of Asteria couldn't do.
His ambition burned. Now he isn't content with a small territory anymore. He wants that Crown.He squinted his glowing golden eyes looking out of window .
Checking the hourglass , he was surprised that not much time had passed since he entered that fog. He clearly felt that he almost spent a full circle of dawn to dusk. How could time not pass.
Finally finding that time in the learning space isn't as real world,but is 10:1 where time is 10 times the outer world after entering the foggy space. Freshening up , he found it to be afternoon currently . Dressing himself up,he walked out of the room towards his office.
....
" Call Hans in", He said to the old butler.
"Yes Master" , the old man bowed and walked out. He sneered. He couldn't see much respect in this old man's eyes.
....
knock! knock!
Hans walked in and closed the door before him . Walking right upto the office table , he stood there and then said, " Master".
Looking at his cold eyes which weren't directed at him but towards the situation they were in , he stood up , walked upto Hans and held his hand.
" Call me Kai ", he looked into his eyes and said sincerely .
" Brother ! Call me Kai from now on whenever we are alone ", he said again.
Hans widened his eyes. It's been too long since he saw such childish and willful Kai in front of him .He was sincerely happy.
" Alright ! What good things happened ? ", he asked playfully.
He happily brought a violet velvet pouch from the drawer in the office table and handed happily to Hans .
" These are 600 gold coins . Use them to repair the castle first", he handed the velvet pouch to Hans.
Hans was shocked , he wanted to ask where this money came from, just as he wanted to speak, Kai spoke up first ," Hans , You might want to ask many questions , I just want to say ' Not Now' , Okay ", he said.
Hans understood. He just shut up .
" I would be depending on you , Hans" , Kai said again.
Both decided to Repair the castle first with this money . The castle is the face of Dukedom . A lord living in slums couldn't garner any respect from his subjects. It would seem much unreliable than a lord spending his days in indulgence.
" And Hans , My meals should not be prepared from this day onward", he said again while sitting back to his chair.
Hans nodded and didn't question his decision.