After getting into the carriage checking that my brother is missing he turned to see his father missing in the spot he turned to look at his mother who was still crying to send his son away to long distance where she cant even see him for years probably.
Adam could only sigh about the family he is born in at least his mother seem to oppose adaption. As the doors of the carriage is closed by the knight escorting him. The moment carriage started moving he felt all alone in the world and he felt alone.
He was frustrated he might be just a adopted son to a baron at the age of 18. who will be used as bargain to some noble as consort or being used as a loyal dog in maintaining their fief as I don't have any skill I am still pretty good with accounts.
He wanted his peaceful life, he had his lazy life in his hand and he lost it . his mind screamed he want it all he want it all back his mind repeated it again and again and again till he felt light surrounding him and he blacked out
After travelling for about a week to the border of the dukedom he was still unconscious in his carriage. Where the knights only found out that he is unconscious next day when he was found to be not responding to any calls. Well when they did not get any response Escorting knights thought Adam is throwing a tantrum.
Since Adam is not responded the whole night so the door was opened to see him in unconscious and glowing in bright green light looking at this its clear that he is awakening his ability its normal to take few seconds to one or 2 days for an ability to awaken.
Adam is left to be to awaken in his carriage and continued to travel by the command of the knight in command of the escort. Adam regained his his conscious felt extremely hungry and called his escorts to get him food and ate 4 portions of food then noticed he could not recognize the surrounding and asked the knight and found that it has been a week since he started to awaken.
He went to his carriage hurriedly to check his new ability. He entered his conscious to see his status
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Name : Adam Knight
Age : 18
Physique : Weak (Tier 0)
Energy : Locked
Ability : Extraction (Grade Unique)
Bloodline : Locked
Extracted skill : None
He was shocked to find he has unique grade skill because only selected few in Royal family has unique grade skills .
Then focused on his ability
<< Extraction - extract a intact copy of what ever the target has.
Special extraction - extract everything or specific item from target and get double the items if completely extracted>>
After the skill he felt complicated because it looks like a skill to steal and don't seems to have any combat capabilities.
When he was contemplating his ability uses carriage reaches the target location. Feeling the carriage stopping he peaked through the curtain to see where he is and find the location odd as it seems to be away from the town and its at the edge of the forest.
He could not understand why baron will build a mansion outside his fief. Then a knight opened his carriage door. He got out of the carriage and looked at the mansion clearly the mansion is twice as big as his father The Black Knight's castle.
The mansion is grand and filled with statue of a knight in armor it looks fancy as its painted golden all around the garden based on the symbol on the armor it can be seen that it has coat of arms in the armors which is symbol of the noble house they belong. Since Black knight ability it self forms armor his father do not hold his symbol in his armor and since Bala awakened the same ability it is to be expected he will not have his symbol on his armor either.
As the knight informed the guarded about their identity before they are allowed to get in the castle and followed the butler to the waiting room. After I was escorted with 4 of my fathers knight to the waiting room I saw the person who going to adopt him as his son.
Dino pierce a Knight earned his title from his merit in the war he married his love of his life and had a blissful life until he was found to have a bloodline curse which slowly weakens them that after awakening they will be reduced to common people without ability as they cant use their ability without proper physique. His wife was not able to conceive a child for him because of her weak physique. Even thou she is barley alive now thanks lots and lots of herbs provided by Dino.
Dino is going to be 40 years old and he left his family in the city since they asked him to remarry another women to give birth to a son for the family. Even thou he is the second son and his elder sister is the one who inherited the family head position he is still expected to give a son to family.
Dino collected merit In the war and got baron title from the duke and got a mansion in the place outside the town so that his wife will not be disturbed from her sleep.
Adam was waiting in the hall and suddenly where was a walking foot steps and looked towards the sounds of the foot steps there came a Bear like man who is 2 meter tall and had the air of authority he is wearing a high quality dress worn by high class nobility. Seeing this man Adam was surprised because the barons who get title from merits usually emit a killing intent and blood lust due to being in war for a long time and killing lot of living beings.
But this baron is either pony and got his title which is absolutely impossible or he is trained to the level to hide his intent. As Adam was waiting for the man to speak one of his knight removed his helmet to the shock of Adam he is Banner The Black Knight Himself . Adam was confused and dumbfounded about the appearance of his father here.
Banner and Dino looked at each other the and pressure raised in the room and soon both of them started to dish out hard punches and under the dumbfounded gaze of the audience they both fought to double knockout.
Dino mansion butler looked at the fight as if it was normal and after the knockout he took out a small lantern and took it near the nose of both barons to wake them up.
Dino and Banner wake up and glared at each other and started laughing and hugged each other.
Banner turned to look at his son. With a complicated expression on his face and said with solemn tone. "Adam I know this might look like I am as your father abandoning you and you have the right to hate me but this is the best I can do get u Nobility title".
Adam was filled with guilt for thinking he was abandoned and angry because they did not think about discussing this with him before deciding on this matter. Banner looked at Adam and said " I know you will not agree to be adopted " and as per royal degree I am not allowed to leave my fief more then a week with out proper notice to the royal court ".
Your adoption is approved by the court specially since you are son of a knight with noble title its easy to get you to mainly its approved by Dino's main family. Noble circle is forest where strong prey on the weak. Your application got approved easily because lot of them don't want another strong fighter appear in Pierce family.
Well I hope you wont let me down me and your Foster Father. Then I was asked to give the official letter to the baron and we had lunch and my father bid farewell and started his return journey. I was given a big room and lot new dress and equipment's and at dinner my Father Dino Pierce looked at me and said " From this day forth you are my son and the heir of my barony .
At that moment of declaration I was not aware that there are some people who will come after my head for being an next baron. Or was I aware that my peaceful life I longed for will be obtained although after some trouble.
Dino introduced him to the servants of the mansion and informed him that the fief is managed by his main family as I only receive monthly income from it as the family takes 30% of the income generated from the town and the remaining 70% will be sent to his mansion every month. His fief earn around 50 gold coins ( aka 500 silver or 50000 copper ) a normal house only need 2 silver to run their house . and Black knight fief earn around 30 gold as they are in rural area.
And I received 5 gold as monthly allowance as Dino spends most of his money on herb to prolong his wife's life. We can be said to be poor in the barony circle in the town.
I want to the training area in the mansion its not a building but a big ground for horse ride and Knight regiment training. Normal barony has around 100 knight trained as their personal troops to protect the territory but it seems like Baron Dino spent all his money on his wife.