As the first rays of morning light seeped through the thin curtains, a boy who looked about four years old stirred awake in a room that was a careful balance of simplicity and comfort. The walls painted a soft, neutral hue, were adorned with a few framed illustrations of ancestors of the boy, and the wooden furniture was modest yet well-crafted.
The boy's small, drowsy eyes fluttered open, and he glanced around, taking in the unremarkable and yet nostalgic scene. When his gaze fell upon the mirror on the wall, reflecting his own disheveled hair and tear-streaked cheeks, a wave of sadness overwhelmed him. He began to cry, his tiny frame trembling as he grappled with feelings of happiness and joy.
Happiness and joy because Ver can finally see his family and loved ones and feel their warmth. Hearing the Sobs in the room a maid with brown hair and a mature look entered the room and was shocked to see Ver sobbing.
"Young master, did you have a bad dream" asked the maid carefully.
"Yes, and a very bad one" replied Ver in a low sobbing voice.
"Where are my parents" asked Ver.
"Master, Missus, eldest young master and young miss are having a meeting" replied the maid.
"Is it" Ver said taking deep breaths
'I can't meet my family now, I should control my emotions first'
"Prepare Bath and breakfast for me," said Ver to the maid.
"Understood, young master" replied the maid politely bowing her head before leaving to fulfill Ver's instructions.
'I should be around 4-5 years old now' Ver thought looking into a mirror while observing his frame.
Then Ver shifted his eyes to a picture frame on the wall right next to the mirror, the picture consisted of 5 people, a middle-aged man with a cold look, a mature women with a soft smile, an awkward-looking teen boy beside the middle-aged man, a teen girl smiling brightly next the mature looking women and finally a small boy in the lap of women.
Tears that Ver barely stopped before are now threatening to flow again, Ver could not control his emotions at all. 'Take a deep breath and calm down Ver' Slowly Ver's emotions also slowly calmed down after a few breaths.
Ver closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his emotions.
But when Ver closed his eyes he saw a scene where Alandal was utterly devastated due to monster attacks which continued for several months his family was killed in that invasion and Ver couldn't do anything but watch as this all happened as he wasn't strong enough back then.
Ver clenched his fist tightly and made a firm resolve 'I will do whatever it takes to stop that invasion and protect my family and loved ones'.
Just then Ver heard a knock on the door and heard a voice "Young master bath is ready".
Ver opened his eyes and said "Come in" and prepared to go for the bath.
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After Taking a bath Ver sat in front of the mirror surrounded by 3 maids who were dressing him up. The 3 Maids surrounding Ver are very excited about dressing up Ver, as they rarely get a chance to doll him up. Mainly due to there being many maids who would like to serve him. Who wouldn't like to dress up and take care of a cute kid who generally behaves well? But the main issue here is Ver is a young boy on the outside but on the inside he was a transcendent who even killed a monster king.
So Ver didn't know what to do with the situation, Ver thought fighting on a battlefield was easier than the predicament he was going through. Ver just sat blankly and allowed the exited maids to doll him up as they wished.
After dressing up Ver, the maids all looked at him and were squealing due to how cute he looked. Ver just smiled slightly seeing the maids in that state. Finally, Ver saw himself in the mirror, he could see a very young-looking cute kid with blue eyes silver-white hair which is neatly combed, and chubby cheeks full of baby fat.
"I want to go meet my father," said Ver to the maids
"I will guide you young master." said one of the maids who dressed him up
Ver just nodded slightly and started following the maid.
While walking to the meeting room through the corridor Ver looked at all the servants passing by him slightly bowing to him. In the corridor, he could see paintings of his ancestors and the Emperors of this empire. Ver walked past by reminiscing the past or rather forgotten past which won't come by and Ver wanted to make sure that past won't be happening again.
After walking for a few minutes Ver reached the meeting room, the maid who was guiding Ver just bowed by head and said "Young master you can enter the meeting room" and left to take care of her daily chores.
Now Ver left alone outside of the meeting room took deep breaths to calm down his emotions, but he couldn't control his emotions at all, as he was meeting his family which he lost and thought would never see again. After a few moments Ver knocked on the door and said "Father, this is Ver can I enter".
Then Ver heard a deep voice which sounded somewhat surprised replying to him "Come on in Ver".