Chapter 13 - #13 Aiko and mysterious woman (1/2)
”Dear, what happened? Why were you so suddenly summoned to the palace?” Ember worriedly asked Jun who just came back home with an angry expression.
Ugh...I am forced to sit on my mother's ŀȧp but at least the brėȧstfeeding phase already ended. Now that I am 3 years old, I can finally spend the entire day without sleeping but...why would I even do that?
Father...be careful or you might damage your teeth by gritting them so much.
”They want to set up a marriage for my own son! Not to mention it's some weaker noble family. Apparently their daughter was born 2 years ago and they want to strengthen the bond between noble families. Fucking bullshit, I have never even heard of their family's name. Their daughter's name is apparently Aria” Jun said with a darkened face.
Yeah, fuċkɨnġ bullshit! Political marriage...booo!
”Dear! Language in front of Akashi!” Ember immediately shouted with an angry expression before turning to me with a bright smile while ruffling through my hair.
...A little bit scary.
”He can't even understand my words so it's alright.” Jun said with a smirk.
...I couldn't help it but a naughty smile appeared on my face.
”Fucking” I said out of nowhere, surprising both of my parents but that wasn't the end.
”bullshit”
When my mother heard the second word, she snapped her head at my father and her face darkened while her silver silk hair started floating around her.
Fuck, let me go, demon!
I started to fidget, trying to get away from my mother's grasp.
”Well, I thought of making Akashi deal with this marriage himself. If he won't like it, he will have to deal with it by himself. Anyway, someone is probably calling me so...bye!” Jun said with a forced smile before running away from my mother's room.
I hardened my resolve and looked at my mother.
When Jun fled from the room, her hair became normal once again and when she looked at me, she brightly smiled with her eyes closed.
”It's alright now, Akashi. The bad guy was thrown out by your mother.” She said while playing with my hair.
...I don't why but she looks even scarier than before.
---Another 3 years---
Finally, 6 years old!
I thought when I woke up one day and stretched my back.
Let's go train, although it will be quite hard, with that woman constantly watching over me.
I thought while side glancing at the ”invisible” woman standing near the window, guarding me.
'?! Did young lord just look at me?! No, that's impossible! I must be imagining things, the young lord is just 6 years old, there is no way he can see through my magical artifact.' The woman noticed Akashi's quick glance but thought of it as a coincidence since she was standing near the window.
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I discovered that this isn't my old world anymore. Here, there are numerous supernatural things that can make humans much stronger. Not to mention that the limit of human physical abilities here is much higher than in my old world.
I was able to sneak into my father's library a few times and I have read a few books regarding these weapons.
As of now, I am aware of 3 types of weapons and they are:
Teigu - most of them were created from the remains of Danger Beasts that had unique powers, imbuing the equipment with special abilities. Many weapons and armor type Teigu were also forged from a rare metal called Orichalcum. Their abilities aren't limited only 1 for 1 weapon. It depends on the strength of Danger Beast while it was still alive and ores used in its creation.
Magical artifacts - weaker than Teigu but they are still very dangerous but not only to other people, they are extremely dangerous even for wielders when one doesn't know how to operate it. And the opposite of Teigu where those weapons have their own consciousness and choose their own ”master”, Magical artifacts can be used by anyone who has potential and is strong enough to control them.
Shingu - only a few of them were created and they are more or less failed attempts to create new Teigu. They aren't as strong as Teigu but that doesn't mean that they are weak or even weaker than Magical artifacts. However, most of them were locked up in the Empire's vault. These weapons are comparable to Magical artifacts.
...*sigh* I am still slightly surprised by discovering all of this. And there is much more, it seems that there is also civil war slowly brewing up and due to sudden death of the last Emperor, there is no one to take his place. His heir is still a little kid, more like a baby, and the only ones who can direct the country right now are 2 ministers. Those 2 ministers are also influenced by the decisions of other noble families.
Anyway, father already informed me of the situation in the Capital, that's the city where I am currently staying. Looks like there is a lot of rotten eggs trying to gain power and wealth through weak people's suffering.
My father even asked me what do I think about it but I simply shrugged my shoulders since I didn't want to explain something which 6 years kid might not be able to tell.
My real thoughts about it are pretty normal. This seems like fantasy world in the middle age era so it's completely normal about this greed. Even in my old world, there were a lot of greedy people not caring for other's lives and...it's honestly everyone's choice how they decide to live. I am not saying that greed and killing innocent people is right but I also killed a few innocent people just to protect my mother and Raksaya. Why should I care about others when I am only individual and my goal is to keep safe those people close to me. Of course, since those 2 ministers are directing country, they should think for the good of the country or it will slowly crumble from inside. This is the responsibility of having such authority.
”?!” my left eye started twitching out of nowhere as if it was trying to show me something.
I closed my eyes to calm my left eye down and then I focused on it before slowly opening my eyes once again.
What the hell is that? Am I also in the game?
I thought when I saw a small display in front of me.
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[Name: Akashi Phoenix
Title: King of Sloth
Health: 90/90
Energy: 135/135
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