"I see the lord's eyes opening! Oh my Lord! Have you finally woken up!"
I slowly open my eyes, lifting up my head. To my surprise I'm in a room covered head to toe with luxuries made up of gold. Every inch of the room is decorated with paintings and golden pendants. The walls were colored a deep red tone with little hints of emerald green. This color had went beautifully with the continuous pattern along the walls
"Wow this place is amazing".
"I wouldn't be able to afford all this even with all the money I had made throughout my whole life span!"
"Wait…Where the hell am I?"
"My lord you have finally woken up!"
"WHAT THE HELL? WHO ARE YOU? WHERE AM I?"
"Oh my… The fall must've fatally damaged your head my Lord…".
The man standing beside me stood to be 183 cm and had sliver roots growing into his thick black hair. His black suit seemed so elegant and dignified, fitting for his sculpted face and nicely shaved beard. The man seemed to be as shocked as I was to see me here.
"Quit calling me 'Lord'. Who are you? What's going on?"
"Well I apologize you really can not recall… My name is Gertrude sir, I am your servant. As for your current location, you are in the Egerton Manor my Lord".
I stay quiet thinking to myself.
"What the hell is going on who is this fucking creep with this medival bullshit?"
"Are you alright there Sir Rudr, would you like me to call in the physician?"
"Rudr….. Rudr, Rudr, RUDR?" "No this can't be…"
"Hey Gertrude"
"Yes my lord?"
"Rudr Egerton. Is that me? The hot headed drunkard, the born with no talent, the utterly useless Rudr Egerton. Is that me" .
"Well although I may not agree on the description you claimed yourself to be…. Yes, you are. You are my Lord, Sir Rudr Egerton".
I sat there completely speechless. Rudr Egerton, a character in my roommate's novel "Love in Bloom!". Despite the cheerful title this novel was anything but cheerful.
The plot of the novel was horrific. The cute title and pink flowers on the cover gave off a romance genre but it was more like horror!
The novel starts off with Rudr, the ml who was originally the maid's son. But he had been switched out with the original Egerton family's son at birth! Rudr was a drunkard and was useless when it came to education, magic and even swordsmanship. On the other hand the biological son grew up to be the best swordsman on the continent and was eventually discovered as Egerton's original son. This led to Rudr being kicked off the line of inheritance which was instead given to the original son.
"Hello? My Lord? Would you like me to call the physician?"
"Ah, no need Gertrude I want to be left alone"
"Alright then my Lord, I will go inform your father of your awakening".
The huge double door slams shut. What am I going to do. What if they discover I am not the real son? Am I supposed to run away in a place I don't even know? What if I just get stronger, stronger than the original son and out power him? The Egertons would let me stay right? I need power. I need magic. I need to get stronger!