5 Chapter 5 (2/2)
”Well... if you put it in that way I guess it's acceptable!” Efreel said after thinking for a while.
”Hehehe! Your highness, you truly are smart!” Trebourn complimented him eventhough it sounded like an sarcastic remark.
”I'm glad to be of help” Alexis humbly said and smiled innocently.
”I would like to object!” an old voice resounded in the hall, everyone turned to the voice but was shocked at who was standing there.
”SUPREME ELDER!” The lower ranking nobles and businessmen and women shouted in fear and bowed in respect.
”Nephew, I want to take little Alexis as my protege and teach him Magic! While he is learning about Magic i can also educate him regarding the courses taken in the Academies...” The Supreme Elder stated as Efreel and Trebourn stayed quiet.
”This...” Aurelius was stumped at this demand.
”Dear nephew, we both know what's going on... I won't mind it if you decline but pick one, Empire or Family?” Philip said while looking straight into Aurelius' red eyes...
”...” The Emperor of The Grand Lunar Empire was quiet... he frowned, he knew what his uncle was talking about.
While he wanted to deny this fact, deep down he knew that Alexis was the Empire's greatest asset...
”Very well Uncle, I shall do just that...” Aurelius said and continued, ”However! the decision is upto him alone and he will be protected until he turns Sixteen!” he ended his reply as his red eyes turned cold.
The entire hall was silent, they knew something going on but still kept quiet because this conversation was not something they were supposed to butt into...
”*sigh* Very well... little Alexis, what do you think?” Philip said and turned to his grand nephew.
”I will teach you about Mana and everything about it, including spells! but I will also be educating you about the various subjects...” he added, trying to convince Alexis.
'It's certainly not a bad deal, it will be like school but with more advantages...' Alexis mused and nodded.
”I agree, Grand uncle!” Alexis said and smiled earning a knock in the head from Philip.
”Its master!” Philip said with glint of sadism, Alexis sweatdropped but obeyed, thus ending the short drama.
”Now that this ordeal is over, let us continue on with the party!” Aurelius announced as an Orchestra was brought into the hall, they started playing soothing music as the ballroom returned to its previous atmosphere.
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Annalise saw a few noble girls around the age of Alexis taking glances of him, which made her giggle and nudged Alexis to go.
”Alexis, there seems to be some admirers who are eager to talk to you...” Annalise smiled and said and moves her eyes to some of the girls who were with their parents looking at Alexis.
”*sigh* alright mother” Alexis said tiredly and stood up from his luxurious throne and walked over to the gathering.
”I hope he socialises with kids his own age...” she said while looking at his back...
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”Good evening, ladies” Alexis greeted the group of girls with a small smile on his face.
”Your highness!” They gasped and quickly bowed with flushed faces.
”Please! Do not bow at a time like this...” he said with a wry smile as they looked up at him with flushed faces.
”So, what exactly were you conversing about?” He asked them with fake curiosity.
”We were talking about you, your highness!” one of the girls who had very dark blue hair spoke up with a flushed face, Alexis looked and found her to be very beautiful eventhough she was a child, she would definitely be more beautiful than Clair...
'What the... who was Clair again?' Alexis asked himself in his head...
(A/N: The soul inside Alexis the prince is slowly merging with the original, Alexis will lose his memories but not his knowledge and intelligence... there will also be slight changes to his personalities! Hint: He won't be a goody two shoes)
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Within minutes, Alexis was laughing along with them.
Annalise looked at this scene gently and turned to Aurelius.
”Your highness, Look! Look!” She whispered to Aurelius who smiled at her and turned to where she secretly pointed.
Aurelius saw Alexis talking to a lot of children and laughing along with them.
He was about to smile when he saw something odd...
'That brat!' He thought and smiled at his wife.
”It seems like he has met some people!” He said while thinking, 'Why is he only talking to the ladies??' he asked himself and cried inwardly... why wasn't he like his son when he was his age?
Annalise however did not know any of this and only nodded her head.
Suddenly the doors opened disrupting the entire event, even Alexis narrowed his eyes.
But thankfully, it wasn't an attack, however a guard came in rushing. He wore black metal armour, it consisted of a Chestplate and shoulder guards.
He wore leather armour melded with metal plates that covered the coarse pants he wore under it, the guard also wore leather boots in which the black metal was melded into.
The helmet too was made of the same black metal and looked like a modern army helmet although it covered the nape because of the elongated back of it, this helmet also had a sliding face guard that was pushed down to cover the face, the interior was probably cushioned and stitched with leather so that it was comfortable to be worn...
He quickly kneeled infront of Aurelius.
Alexis could not hear what he said but judging by the look on his father's face, it probably wasn't good news...
Aurelius frowned as soon as the guard finished what he said.
Infact, it was very troubling and bad news...
The continent which the Grand Lunar Empire, was the biggest out of the three continents, it had many countries but the main ones were; Grand Lunar Empire, Kingdom of Ritzburg, Republic of Namu and the Empire of Satellia.
These four nations were the biggest and strongest in the continent, whether it was either militarily or economically, no other country could rival them, they were the absolute authorities of the continent...
The Grand Lunar empire however was one level above the other three, it's territory was the size of the other three nations combined and more, it was massive!
The Lunar Empire bordered a neighbouring country called the, Kingdom of Enleitz, the shared borders were to the South of the Empire, it was no threat to the Empire but the country below the Kingdom of Enleitz was the problem...
The Republic of Namu was a very aggressive nation and could only be controlled by the other three, but now it has allied with the Satellian Empire...
Which was weird considering the fact that these two countries were in a cold war, so why would they ally?
And the even more troubling news was that the Republic of Namu was amassing its forces near its shared Northern borders with the Kingdom of Enleitz...
Since the Kingdom of Enleitz was inbetween two superpowers, the Lunar empire to its North and the Republic of Namu to the South, if fighting did take place, the small Kingdom would be the one suffering the most...
Aurelius also heard from his spies that the wife of the Emperor of Satellia also gave birth, thankfully the baby was a girl!
But back to the main topic, if someone said that what the Republic of Namu did wasn't an act of aggression against the Lunar Empire, Aurelius would slap them in the face!
He would need to take some actions immediately and hopefully let Alexis do the rest, while he spends the rest of his years with Annalise in comfort!
The guard then excused himself under the Emperor's order and the party continued on with no further interruptions...