The next morning, Xavier was warmly woken up by his maid, Anastasia, early in the morning.
"Good morning Young Master. How did you sleep today?", Anastasia inquired with a warm smile.
Xavier smiled back and answered, "I slept great, how about you?".
"Fine just as usual", Anastasia replied.
Placing Xavier's breakfast on one of his tables that was far off his large bed, Anastasia inquired of Xavier, about what plans he had for today since it wasn't a school day.
To which Xavier replied, "I don't know what to do".
"You could go take your letually classes with the royal teachers?", Anastasia proposed.
And not wanting to be bored by those boring royal classes, Xavier responded, "Actually, I do have plans".
"I will go on a little stroll around the city streets since I haven't explored them yet".
Anastasia thought for a moment, then added, "Well, in that case, I will inform the royal guards about this".
But Xavier immediately cut her off, stating in a panic, "Don't tell the royal guards about it!".
Confused, Anastasia then proposed, "Then how about I go with you then?".
And Xavier answered, "Thank you, but I actually want to go by myself".
Deeply surprised, Anastasia hastily replied, "But your majesty! If you ain't going to be guarded by the elite royal knights, I should at least come with you for your safety".
Seeing how panicked Anastasia was, Xavier immediately calmed her down and clarified that the reason he wanted to go by himself, was that he didn't want to go out there in the city streets as a Prince, but as a regular citizen just like everyone there.
Anastasia sighed, and took a deep breath, finally deciding to obey her master's wishes to go out to the city of Moscow all by himself.
She then told Xavier to eat his meal, and that she and the other maids would prepare his clothes for him to wear so that he didn't catch too much attention.
An hour later, Xavier was fully dressed in some casual clothing that wouldn't make him stand out too much. And Anastasia then handed Xavier a small gold wrist chain, that had the Ivanovich family crest on it.
"What's this for?", Xavier questioned, looking at the chain.
"You can think of it as a multy scenario key, that will help you in whatever situations you get yourself in", Anastasia answered.
"For example, if you ever ran into trouble, just show that chain to the knights, and they will immediately help you in whatever you need".
"And if you're feeling hungry, you can just show that to whomever you are buying from, and they will it what they're selling to you for free".
Xavier then claimed in surprise and excitement, "Really? That's so awesome!".
"Yes, it is only normal for everything to kneel to your wants as a Prince of a great and powerful kingdom such as this", Anastasia retorted with a smirk.
Before leaving, Xavier inquired where his family was, as he didn't see them in the palace today.
Anastasia replied, explaining, "Well to begin, her Highness, went out with her friends for a small vacation".
"Vacation?", Xavier questioned confused.
"Yes", Anastasia answered.
Xavier's thoughts suddenly shifted, and he mused to himself, "Wait, if big sis went out with her friends, that must mean she's with Jasmine." His cheeks flushed as he pictured Jasmine's beautiful face, the image lingering in his mind.
"And for his Majesty and Prince Aleksander, they went to a political meeting that was taking place in another nation", Anastasia continued.
"Wait, grandpa went to a political meeting with my big brother of all people?", Xavier questioned baffled.
"Well it's very normal for your brother to go along", Anastasia replied.
"What do you mean why that?", Xavier asked confused. "Plus, my brother doesn't attribute himself to stuff like politics as he finds them meaningless and dumb".
Anastasia then asked Xavier, "Wait, Young Master, you haven't heard about the news?".
"What news?", Xavier questioned puzzled.
Anastasia smirked, and revealed shocking news to Xavier, stating, "You haven't heard about the news that your Lord Graviil is planning on revealing Prince Aleksander as the next to succeed the throne as Tsar of Russia to the world?".
With his jaw dropped to the floor, Xavier stood there completely lost for words like a statue, as Anastasia giggled a bit at his reactions to the news.
"My brother is becoming the King of Grand Russia?", Xavier questioned absolutely baffled.
And Anastasia answered with a smile, "Yes!".
"That's awesome!", Xavier retorted in pure excitement and surprise.
Anastasia laughed a bit and reminded Xavier that he should get going now before the streets of Moscow got even more crowded.
Now remembering, Xavier grabbed the Visor of Time from Anastasia and a small pouch and immediately headed for the capital, weaving goodbye to Anastasia with a big smile.
Anastasia adjusted her hair and smiled, weaving back at the now departing Xavier.
"I know Young Master said that he wished to go alone, but I can't help but feel a bit worried", Anastasia thought to herself.
"I've never been so stressed like this before, why now?".
"Either way, I should probably get dressed in disguise and follow Young Master from a distant".
The scene then changed to Xavier happily wandering around the lively and massive streets of Moscow, filled with excitement and awe as he discovered many things he hadn't seen in his lifetime.
Xavier then suddenly felt a bit hungry and decided to go buy something for himself to eat.
Coming up to a vendor who sold strange yet deliciously smelling buns, Xavier asked the vendor what the buns were. And the old man explained to Xavier that what he was selling was his family's special Pirozhki, a fried yeast-leavened boat-shaped buns with a variety of fillings, that were the best street food in the entirety of Moscow.
With his mouth salivating, Xavier then ordered one of those Pirozhki, and the vendor replied, saying that it would be 12 silver.
Xavier then rolled up his left to show the vendor the small wrist gold chain that had his family's crest on it.
To the vendor's absolute surprise, the old man's jaw dropped as he saw the crest of the Ivanovich family on Xavier's gold chain.
The vendor immediately changed their attitude and warmly welcomed Xavier, realizing that the child that stood before him, was none other than Prince Xavier Ivanovich, the second Grandson of the Grand Prince of Moscow, King Graviil Ivanovich.
As Xavier received the delicious buns from the vendor for free, and before he could take a bit, a small group of children excitedly approached Xavier, asking him if he could give them some.
The vendor tried to chase away the children, but Xavier stopped the man before he could, and immediately ordered over 100 Pirozhki for the children to eat, which greatly left them all speechless.
As the children enjoyed their fresh Pirozhki, they all thanked Xavier for his generosity, and Xavier reassured them that it was not a big deal.
The children all joyfully played with Xavier for over an hour, before Xavier decided that it was time for him to continue his journey around the city of Moscow.
As all the children waved goodbye to the kind man who bought them over 100 Pirozhki, Xavier came across an elderly, who was struggling to bring in some basket of vegetables into her house.
Xavier immediately added to go aid the elderly in getting all the basket of vegetables into her house with no problems at all.
Afterward, the elderly thanked Xavier for his kindness, and Xavier played it cool like it was his habit to do so.
The elderly then treated Xavier to one of her grandchildren's favorite dishes, her apple pies.
A few hours had passed, and Xavier found himself perched on one of the many rooftops of Moscow's beautiful buildings, gazing out at the seemingly endless expanse of the city.
Eating the leftovers of the apple pie the elderly had baked for him, Xavier thought to himself, "I regret not coming out of my room earlier".
"Look how beautiful this city is!".
Taking a deep breath, Xavier thought, "I wish Father were here to see this with me".
But suddenly, Xavier heard a voice crying out for help, and he looked down, only to see that a few of the children he was playing with earlier, were being abducted by a group of shady men.
Xavier without a second thought, swiftly got down from the rooftop and immediately began to chase the men down, to where they were taking those poor kids.
He trailed them for a few moments, before finding himself in an abandoned massive building, where he saw the men forcefully tieing up the children in tight ropes.
As Xavier was about to head in, one of the men swiftly sneaked behind Xavier, and immediately hit him with a metal bar behind his head, knocking him down.
"Hahaha, I can't believe you fell for the oldest trick in the book", A man said as he calmly walked towards now severely bleeding Xavier.
"I thought you would be hard to trick, but I guess I was overestimating you", the man continued.
Placing his feet on Xavier's head, the man scoffed, "You made our assassination on you even more easier".
Xavier immediately brushed away the man's feet from his head and swung at the man, who easily and swiftly dodged Xavier's strike. And immediately kneeing Xavier on the ribs, fracturing them.
On all four, Xavier coughed out blood from his mouth, as all the man's underlings mocked and laughed at the state he was in.
"What on earth? Why are abilities not working?", Xavier thought to himself in confusion.
"Is it because of the Visor of Time? No if that was the case, I would still be able to use a weaker variant of my vector barrier to block his attacks".
"My brain would have also activated the shield before one of his men could strike me behind the head".
Seeing the state of confusion Xavier was in, the head of the bandit retired mockingly, "What's wrong Kid? Cat bit your tongue?".
Without thinking, Xavier foolishly charged at the man with all his might but was immediately humbled and beaten to a pull by the man.
But to the man's surprise, Xavier still got back up, with the Visor of Time falling to the ground.
"What beautiful eyes you've got kid", the man said.
"I can't wait to rip them out of your brain and sell them for a fortune", he continued with a menacing grin on his face.
The man let Xavier get his guard up, and when he did, he immediately punched Xavier directly in the face, with great force, knocking out some of his teeth.
The head of the bandits continued his vicious blows on Xavier, whilst mocking him at the same time. But seeing that Xavier got back up from every single beating he received, the man felt a bruise to his ego.
He then unsheathed a small dagger from the side of his boots, preparing to strike Xavier with it. The man instantly charged at Xavier who only saw his movements as blurs.
The man threw a side attack, which Xavier was able to luckily block, but was fatally impaled on the right shoulder. The head bandit forcefully ripped off the dagger from Xavier's shoulder which caused Xavier to yell in pain.
Xavier tried to dodge another one of the bandit's attacks, but the strike was merely a fake-out, as the man immediately caught Xavier off guard and stabbed him in the throat, to the horror of the children who watched as the man who was kind to them was being brutally beaten before their very eyes.
"Why can't I use my powers", Xavier thought to himself as he was stabbed in the throat.
The man then bashed Xavier's head into the ground, creating a small cretor. He then slowly walked away, wiping off Xavier's blood from his hands, as he assumed he was dead.
"You should have never tried to play hero kid", the man said walking away/
"Especially against a great and powerful Expert core level like myself".
"Your Father must be really disappointed in a weakling like you".
As his vision blurred and consciousness slipped away, Xavier glanced toward the children, who watched him in tearful despair, helpless as he bled out.
At that moment, the Dragon egg within Excalibur's pocket dimension suddenly cracked open, and the skies blazed with light. A powerful bolt of energy struck Xavier where he lay, its deafening roar sending waves of fear through all who heard it.
The bandit leader, paralyzed by a monstrous presence behind him, slowly turned around. To his shock and terror, he saw Xavier—the boy he had just killed—now rising to his feet.
Xavier's left arm was now etched with glowing runes and markings, his hair gleaming like the sun. His entire body pulsed with an overwhelming flux of ethereal energy, and his soulless eyes pierced into the very depths of the bandit leader's mortal soul.
-"RealmHeart"