Currently, Adam and his brother were sitting on the couches facing each other while the old man was standing behind the couch his brother was sitting on.
His brother broke the silence, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Astarot Banehorn, the first child of the emperor and empress, and also your older brother." He then gestured towards the man behind him with his thumb. "And this gentleman here is Mr. Ralph, your soon-to-be teacher!"
"Teacher?" Adam said while looking at his brother in confusion.
Astarot nodded, "Indeed! To get stronger, you need a teacher! What better candidate than Mr. Ralph, who is the greatest teacher in the dragon empire, and the one who had trained all our siblings!
"Do all our siblings specialize in swords?" Adam said since from what he absorbed, Mr. Ralph is a swordsman, who mainly uses swords.
"Yes, and no. Our siblings are required to learn swordsmanship, when they have mastered it to a certain degree, then they can choose what they wish to learn after."
"Why?"
"The reason is simple! Our father thought that we shouldn't have a weakness in close combat. Hence he made us learn swordsmanship as it was the best for close combat."
Adam was surprised by many things, the first being that the old man standing behind his brother is strong enough to train all his siblings, he also got the recognition of his father, who was probably the strongest being in this planet except the gods, of course, he didn't know the strength of his father so he couldn't compare it to anything. The second surprise was that his father thought of having his children learn swordsmanship or close range combat to avoid having any weakness. Of course, simple learning swordsmanship will not cover every weakness a person has, but it's better than anything.
"Greetings, young master," Mr. Ralph said while slightly bowing to show respect.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Ralph" of course, Adam had to return the greeting since he wanted to build a decent relationship with his soon to be teacher. He had to be polite and not act ignorant in front of him since teachers mainly like students who are well behaved and polite.
"Are you only here to introduce me to my teacher or is there something else?" Adam asked since there is no reason he should be here except to introduce Adam to Mr. Ralph. Of course, he could simply come here to meet his little brother, and he was right.
"Do I need a reason to visit my little brother?" Astarot tilted his head since his little brother is enough of a reason he would come here.
"I guess not." He was quite happy that his older brother wasn't someone he would have to be on guard against, "I am happy that my older brother would have the time to visit me."
"Of course! As long as it's you, I will make time for anything!" As long as it's someone part of his family, Astarot would do anything for them, after all, his love for them far surpasses what's dragonly possible! He turned to look at Mr. Ralph, the latter simply nodded and turned his gaze from Astarot to Adam.
"As you may know, my name is Ralph, your teacher from now on. When I am teaching you, you may call me Mr. Ralph or teacher as when teaching, you are simply a student while I am the teacher." He said firmly so as to make sure they both know their position as a student and teacher.
"Of course! I know the difference between the two." Adam was not surprised since Mr. Ralph had to be strict in order to teach things to arrogant students. After all, not everyone is as Adam who was polite and understood his position.
Having made their introduction, Adam shifted his gaze to Astarot who was listening to their little introduction,"By the way brother, which kingdom do you rule?" He knew that kingdoms were ruled by the emperor's main children. But he didn't know who or which kingdom each child was ruling. The only ones who weren't ruling any kingdom were Adam himself and Astridra as she was the one who told him she wasn't a queen.
In the dragon empire, there are two Queens, and two kings each ruling their own kingdom. All which aren't married yet, making them rule the kingdom as one individual. The kingdom Adam was in was ruled by the emperor and empress as it was the capital. The other four were ruled by their four kids.
The emperor named all four kingdoms by letters as he said that naming them was too troublesome. Ranging from kingdom A to kingdom D, the only kingdom with a proper name was the kingdom where Adam was staying at, which was called Draconia kingdom, the capital of the dragon empire.
"I am ruling kingdom A." Astarot was embarrassed about the kingdom's name, he wanted to tell his little brother a cool name! But alas, that simply couldn't happen.
They continued to talk, Astarot talked about his kingdom, adventures, while Adam listened since he had nothing to talk about as he was doing nothing in these 5 years. He asked when he will start training, which his teacher said in two weeks time.
His teacher also said that he will learn about swordsmanship, stealth, improve reflexes, enhance senses, endurance, and other things as they are important for a swordsman.
They talked for a while until it was time for them to leave, his teacher had to prepare for the training, while his brother had to attend to his kingdom. Adam walked then to the door to bid farewell.
He walked to his room and sat on a couch for one person, then he opened the chatroom function of his system. Not long after, Violet sent a message to him.
[Chat Room:]
[Violet‐ Darling! I want to see you!]
[Adam- it's too early, besides you're still a five year old.]
[Violet‐ but it's no fun here! I am going to die of boredom if this keeps going!]
[Adam‐ Alright, I will give you a reward if you endure it.]
[Violet- really!]
[Adam- yes! Of course, that is if you endure it~]
[Violet- Alright! As long as it's a reward from you!]
[Adam- enough about that, tell me what you're doing.]
[Violet- I am eating with my sister!]
[Adam- you have a sister?]
[Violet- Yes! I have one brother and one sister! Darling~ how many siblings do you have?]
[Adam- I have five siblings! Three sisters, and two brothers!]
[Violet- …..isn't that too many?!]
[Adam- of course not! After all, we are talking about the emperor here! I'm not even counting his children with his concubines!]
[Violet- "...."]
[Adam- "...."]
[Violet- Darling! That's too many! How is that possible for a dragon? After all, dragons reproduce slowly!]
[Adam- I guess that happens over time?]
[Violet- how old is even your father?!]
[Adam- I don't know.]
[Violet- ....anything interesting happen to you?]
[Adam‐ yes! I now have a teacher!]
[Violet- really! What does he look like?!]
[Adam- old, white hair, Grey eyes, scars on his face, wrinkles, wearing some armor.]
[Violet- can you send a picture?]
[Adam- ….I can do that!?]
[Violet- Yes! I am surprised you didn't know.]
[Adam- well, I had some things to do.]
[Violet- "....."]
[Adam- Ahem! Anyway, how do you do it?]
[Violet- simple, just say camera in your mind and you can take pictures with your eyes with the help of the system.]
[Adam- but my teacher already left]
[Violet- No problem! You can go into your mind to take the picture!]
[Adam- I can do that?]
[Violet- Yes! Now hurry up and do it!]
[Adam- Alright! Alright!]
[Violet- "...."]
[Adam- "....."]
[Ding! Adam uploaded a picture!]
[Violet- oohh! He looks wise! Unfortunately, I do not have a teacher. However, I will when I turn 16 years old!]
[Adam- wait, really?]
[Violet- Yes! My mother said it will be a woman!]
[Adam-do you know her name?]
[Violet- No, but I know that she's an Elven Gladiator! She's one of the most powerful elf in the elven kingdom!]
[Adam- Wow! Make sure to send me a picture of her!]
[Violet- Why? oh! Darling~, Do you want me to take a picture of her while bathing~?]
[Adam-.....I'm not a pervert. Take a picture of her in her armor.]
[Violet- No fun! But do not worry as I will send you both!]
[Adam- *sigh* do as you please.]
[Violet- Yeah! By the way darling~ when will you start training?]
[Adam- in two weeks from now.]
They continue to chat, talking about their days and their boredom. Make no mistake, Adam also wanted to see violet, he wanted to see her so badly that he almost ran away from home, taking flight into the sky to go to the elven kingdom, if the entire kingdom opposed him, he would simply eliminate all of them until he got to see violet. Of course, violet also thought the same thing, as for how they would be able to achieve taking out elfs and dragons, they would simply borrow power from their main body, but they couldn't do it, they had to enjoy themselves without the other, all they had to do was wait and everything would be over once they meet!
Like that, two weeks passed. Today was the first day of Adam's training. After he finished his training, he would have to pass a test if he wanted to leave the dragon empire as he wished. Of course, he would have to compete with other dragons his age who had been trained as him. But for now, he had to focus on training that would last years, by which time he would be 16 years old!