Vol 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Chapter 3: Arousing Stepmother

Leaving the army hospital as well as Ruth’s laboratory, Aiwa got on his carriage.

Ruth stood in front of a window, leaning on the window and gazing off into the distance. As Aiwa got on the carriage, his long maroon colored hair was lifted by a gust of wind making it look like beautiful satin. At the sight of his healthy physique Ruth’s heart could not help but flutter. This was the first man to make her feel this way. She had a premonition. This man with the special Dragon Blood, in the future he would definitely have extraordinary good fortune. If he were able to devote himself to practice, he should be able to easily become a famous general. In the even more distant future, perhaps he would not merely be in control of Montelago’s military might, but also the entire imperial army’s.

“This kid really knows how to handle women!”

The corners of her mouth pursed up revealing a satisfied expression rarely shown to others.

Only after Aiwa’s carriage disappeared from her line of sight did Ruth turn away from the window. She opened a drawer, took out a pair of brand new black stockings and put them on.

“Young Master Aiwa is back!”

The chamberlains and maids seeing Aiwa’s carriage return, all excitedly turned to inform Master Kyle.

“My dear son. What did that old devil Steven do to you?”

General Kyle hastily ran out of his room. The first thing he checked was his son’s complexion.

From Aiwa’s excited face, Kyle had a hunch that he had good news. Aiwa walked to Kyle, took the identification report as well as the recommendation, and handed them to his father.

“Special Dragon Blood? What does this mean?”

Looking at the flamboyant writing General Kyle was bewildered. He frowned and looked up at his son.

While Aiwa loosened his new clothes, he plunked himself down on a s.p.a.cious leather sofa. One hand reached out to take a gla.s.s of milk from the maid. After venting on two beautiful women he didn’t care about what was written on the identification report anymore. Even though during both times he was constrained, it was still very pleasurable.

“I’m also not sure but it should be more powerful than normal Dragon Blood right?”

Aiwa couldn’t answer his father’s question. First he had to take a drink. He felt that his body needed water because his body had been almost drained by those two women. On the other hand he didn’t feel any fatigue. After all in both times he absorbed quite a lot of their energy so now he felt slightly excited.

Master Kyle was also excited. He was so engrossed in the identification report as well as the recommendation letter that he didn’t even notice the great changes in his son’s body. What was originally a frail boy came back as a tall and burly man. Now as Aiwa sat on the couch by himself he felt squished.

“Son, this is a personal letter from Miss Ruth?”

General Kyle could not believe his eyes. You should know, although Ruth was lower ranked, within the blood identification field she had a huge reputation. Otherwise, when he went to the hospital he wouldn’t have backed off.

“There’s no mistake, I watched her write it with my own eyes!”

Aiwa said proudly. Unfortunately his pride had been damaged by Ruth. He was the sheep whereas she was the wolf. Because of this his heart was conflicted, but Aiwa vowed in his heart. One day he will definitely get back his honor.

“Ha ha, my son is showing great promise! Ah, Special Dragon Blood!”

As Master Kyle spoke, his face could not help but be filled with a happy smile. His smile, made his old face become wrinkled.

“Servants come, prepare the carriage, I’m want to see the Queen!”

Master Kyle patted his son on the shoulder, and rushed out the hall. Soon, a carriage drove into the central courtyard. Master Kyle flew onto the carriage. At that moment, he felt ten years younger.

With the loud sound of the whip, the carriage came rumbling out of the General’s residence.

The Ha.s.s empire has three major cities: to the east Dublin City, to the south Hohfeld city, and in the middle Montelago city. Montelago city is the biggest of the three. Its military forces make up 3/5 of the empires. And General Kyle is the chief of Montelago’s military affairs.  But in order to ensure the Queen’s power, the three great military leaders of the cities did not have the right to mobilize troops unless during times of war. In general the army was under the command of the Queen.

The palace was situated in the center of the city.

Even from far away you can feel the dignity and majesty of it. At this time it was close to dusk, so the palace was decorated with lanterns. Over the entire palace was a dense orange.

The carriage stopped a few meters from the palace gates and General Kyle stepped out. Originally in front of Steven he had an air of power and prestige, but now he didn’t know where it was went. While he tidied his military uniform he suddenly felt that asking for an audience with the Queen was somewhat bold.

Standing there, he hesitated and decided to go back. Better to not bother the Queen.

As he turned to get onto the carriage, a group of people with the queen came out from the side of the garden which was only a dozen meters away from the palace gates.

“Whose carriage is that?”

The Queen seeing a luxurious carriage parked outside the gates could not help but ask her entourage.

“Seems like it’s General Kyle’s?”

An attendant replied.

“Looks like he has some business with me, why doesn’t he come in?”

The Queen stopped and looked towards the gate.

General Kyle had already seen the Queen and her party so he faced the Queen and bowed.

“General Kyle, your majesty asked you to come in!”

An attendee officer shouted.

General Kyle nervously stepped towards the palace and arrive in front of the Queen.

“Long live your majesty!”

Said General Kyle respectfully. He was almost afraid to look up at her, with the momentum from before all gone.

This was Her Majesty, the Queen. In fact, Queen Sophia was quite beautiful. She had deep eyes, golden hair, a slender figure, and looked like a porcelain doll. Her dignified air combined with her good looks made her irresistible.

“Is there something important, why don’t you come in and say it?”

The Queen did not have the slightest doubt over General Kyle loyalty; moreover, General Kyle never flaunted his seniority over the Queen. Therefore, the Queen took General Kyle quite seriously. Seeing the old General standing outside hesitating she surmised that he must have something important to report.

“Actually there’s nothing really…. Just that your old servant received some happy news and he was so happy that he couldn’t help but arrive here…”

Because there were many attendants around the Queen, the old general didn’t want to say his personal affairs out loud. More importantly, the identification of “Special Dragon Blood” was never before seen. If the Queen didn’t approve it, it would be like saying it wasn’t a type of Dragon Blood. If he couldn’t get the Queen’s reply today he feared that he wouldn’t be able to sleep. In order to convince the Queen that the word “special” was good, he said he was happy but in fact he was worried inside his heart.

“Oh? What could have made the senior general so pleased? No harm telling me right?”

Queen Sophia wasn’t without interest as she looked towards General Kyle.

Kyle couldn’t hide it anymore, he muttered and said: “This old general’s son, Aiwa, is now 17 years old. He can now enlist in the army. Today he just had his blood identification.”

“As far as I know, the senior general has Dragon Blood veins, and your former wife also has Dragon Blood veins. According to common sense, your son should also have Dragon Blood veins. Am I right?”

With this conclusion she thought, was this the good news that made him so happy?

“The identification result came out, and Miss Ruth wrote “Special Dragon Blood.” I have never seen such an identification before, so Your Majesty, please look over it”

Saying that, Kyle presented her the identification report together with the letter of recommendation from Miss Ruth.

The Queen took it and calmly looked over it. A smile emerged on her face: “Since Miss Ruth recognizes his worth, then he must certainly not be a common child. I heard that your son just came back from the East Empire. Presumably he learned a lot, but if I ask him to be an aide by my side, would the senior general feel wronged?”

The Queen’s beautiful eyes looked at General Kyle with his head down. Her bright mind was like a wily old fox with the experience of a crafty minister. She knew certainly that the old general wanted his son to go directly into the army to get experience in order to become a great talent.

“I wouldn’t dare to! Your Majesty looks upon me with favor. This old general is eternally grateful!”

Although the Queen did not directly give Aiwa command of a small garrison, as for the blood identification problem she had given her recognition.  This was the most important thing.

“Since the senior general has been blessed with such a happy occasion, you might as well come and have dinner with me now!”

The Queen’s invitation was basically an order, General Kyle was unable to contain his joy as he expressed his thanks.

When Kyle had just stepped out of his official residence, Aiwa’s stepmother, Margaret came out from inside. When she saw Aiwa, she couldn’t believe it. This kid had become even more handsome by several degrees since he left. In particular he looked very fit and muscular making his childish appearance into that of a man’s.

“Aiwa?”

Margaret couldn’t believe it as she walked in front of Aiwa. Her eyes looked at her son with appreciation. At this point it wasn’t the appreciation of a mother looking at her son but a woman appreciating a man. This made the shy Aiwa a bit embarra.s.sed.

“h.e.l.lo Margaret.”