
Spring, the refreshment season in the North Region is almost year-round always filled with winter.
The season in which the ice will melt, the grasses begin to grow in the meadows, a season that most North Region residents look forward to.
Today, in the corner of one of the meadows. A white-haired child was sleeping lazily while staring at the sky. Most people look forward to spring, but in the last two years, spring has always been an unpleasant season for the child.
"Ahhh.as always, the most talented young master in our House is doing his most amazing routine and hobbies. Laze around!"
A group of young men came to the sleeping child and began to speak.
"What a commendable hobby, it would be nice to have the right to laze around all day without burden."
"Hey! you have to be the most talented first if you want to have the right to talk all day."
"Ahh...I know, maybe this is a therapy from one of the doctors for your element seed healing process? All right, I understand now."
"svlt..….Ahahahahha!!"
"Haha..hahhahha"
The other children started talking and laughing.
"Here you guys, let's get out of here. Why talk to a useless piece of wood that disturbs this scene."
A child who was behind the group, and looks silent from earlier. Suddenly speaking.
"All right, all right, let's go, hahhaha"
The crowd left Theo who was still lying in the sky, like nothing was happening.
"I hate spring!" Theo let out a long breath. He then closed his eyes, trying to sleep while feeling the cozy breeze of the meadow.
Spring was the season Theo had been waiting for like most people. But in these two years, spring was like bad news for Theo. Because spring was also the holiday season for the disciples received at the imperial academy.
When spring arrives, House members who are students of the academy will enter the holiday period and return to the House.
Theo's age children were previously very envious of Theo for being the young master of the house and having extraordinary talent, although his work was mostly idle. Now it has the momentum to stand on the wind and bully Theo whose Element seed condition is experiencing abnormalities.
In these two years Theo felt to be a common enemy of all House members. Except for the father, the mother of both brothers and her uncle, the other members would make Theo distressed with words of insinuation or hostile gazes.
This could not be separated from the decision of his father who did not give up on Theo's condition and spent a lot of resources to care for his Element Seed.
To stop the decline and treat and find a doctor for Element seed Theo, Lord Arduric spent almost all the resources that House had. Although many elders and members of the House did not agree to this, they did not dare to open their voices directly.
The conditions that occurred inside the House made Theo feel depressed in these two years, he felt like a useless human who burdened many people.
"Huhhhh…." Trying to think about what happened made Theo again sigh long.
"Ahhh here you are apparently dear, my most handsome son" Theo's familiar motherly voice sounded.
Theo opened his eyes and looked up to see the figure of his mother, Madam Alena. At this time his mother was sitting on a mound of earth above his head.
"Mother.I still want to be here!" answer Theo.
The mother then stroked Theo's head. "Son, your two brothers will be here soon. Your father asked me to take you to the main gate to welcome them" the mother replied with a smile.
"Alright then" Theo who dared not refute his father's orders immediately stood up and went walking down the grassland path with his mother.
"Mom, do you think I'll ever be like first brother and second brother? I mean, be a Knight." Theo who was silent from earlier suddenly asked.
"Surely, I can! You can't be discouraged okay! promise mom! trust your mom and dad!"
His mother's words always warmed Theo's heart, he rarely communicated with his father, in contrast to the mother who always took the time to accompany him.
Both parents share their roles well. His mother is loving and never scolds him while his father will be firm.
But sometimes there will be a lack of synchrony in the position of his father's role, because his father sometimes can not hide his basic ridiculous nature, in front of his family members. Very different from his carrier when as a god, firm and down.
"Mother are you also a Knight?"
"Hahahha, do you believe that I am a Knight who is even stronger than your father?" The mother replied with a meaningful smile.
"You must be joking, dad is the strongest Knight in the family, only the second uncle who is doing closed-door training might approach dad" Theo immediately turned his lips around feeling his mother was trying to joke around.
In the eyes of Theo his father is the strongest man matchless, although sometimes acting silly and at will. He respected his father very much.
"Hahaha I'm just asking, why does your face look so upset" the mother pinched Theo's cheek feeling anxious.
"How come I'm not upset, you seem to think I'm a young idiot at a trick, hmm..!" Theo tried to get rid of his mother's hand from pinching his cheek.
Still trying to pinch Theo's cheek, the mother began to laugh more loudly. "Hahahha, you're so adorable, especially if you're upset with your facial expression."
"Mom stop pinching my cheek! I'm not a kid anymore, I'm about to become a grown man!"
"Ouww ouww, before becoming an adult man? My little Theo who sleeps every day, starting at adulthood? it's great!"
"Momuuu"
"Mahhaha"
Without feeling Theo and the mother arrived at the main gate of the House of Alknight. They came just as the entourage of his two brothers - the entourage of family members who were students of the heaven academy - arrived at the gate.
Due to the more intensive training schedule than any other academy, the academy of heaven always gets the most recent spring break.
The entourage of the heaven academy consisted of several luxurious carriages drawn by winter deer-type spirit beasts. Low-level spirit beasts were deliberately tamed in general in the North Region for transportation needs.
This group was accompanied by a mixture of several guards from the empire and also from the Alknight House itself, who had been waiting for the group in the border area, and then joined the escort of the group.
Glaire Empire always paid more attention to the security of their students from the heaven academy who were the best talents, who in the future would become the pillars of the empire.
House Alknight itself also does not want to miss giving an extra escort, because in addition to these talents is the hope of the future of the House, most of them were also members of the nuclear family who were the children or relatives of the Elders.
Theo and the mother immediately took up a position next to her father, ready to welcome the entourage.
Soon the train stopped, and one by one the passengers got off the train. The first to descend was a young woman about 17 years old, white-haired and sky-blue-eyed, with a body that began to develop in adolescence.
Make everyone who looks at him difficult to focus and pound. Winter beauty, that's the nickname everyone gives when they see it. He was none other than Lord Arduric's first child and Theo's eldest brother, Issabela Alknight.
After Issabela got off, a 15-year-old boy from the same car came down. His face was very similar to Theo. White-haired, well-built, long hair tied to a ponytail.
Unlike the issabela who had a gentle gaze, the young man's eyes were firm and very low-key. The same gaze as that of Lord Arduric and also Theo. The difference, in Theo's gaze there are points of indecision and laziness. The man was none other than the second son of the Arduric lord and also Theo's second brother, Gregoric Alknight.
Both of them were the best talents of the Alknight House who possessed Dual Element seed wind and water, allowing them to be able to use the rare attribute of ice.
After the two went down and followed by the descent of the other group. They immediately advanced and knelt before the group of greeters led directly by Lord Arduric.
"Issabela Alknight salutes the Lord!" princess Issabela took the lead to pay her respects to Lord Arduric and was soon followed by another entourage.
Lord Arduric smiled, immediately came forward and helped his two children to stand up, then ordered all the entourage to stand up.
"You must be exhausted after a long journey. Better to go back to their respective residences immediately. As usual, there will be a dinner banquet later tonight, which is also a place to evaluate your respective development in the academy."
"So, take a break and meet each of your relatives first!" Lord Arduric gave the order.
The group immediately dispersed after paying their respects to the Lord, heading to their respective residences. While Lord Arduric and his wife and children headed to the family room.
On the way to the istrahat room. Issabela who could not bear it from earlier wanted to tease her sister immediately berseletyuk.
"Ohh..Theo my most cute and adorable sister, why always put on a sour face? does your beautiful sister's return not give you a little spirit?" Issabela pinched Theo's cheek.
Theo immediately put away his brother's hand and looked around, he didn't want anyone to see him treated like a child.
"Don't stop! I'm not a kid anymore! and don't make people have any more reason to mock me!" theo answered, trying to look angry, but it made his face even more adorable.
"Tell me Theo, are the kids around still bullying you?" Gregoric came along and started looking around at the bunch of children passing by with sharp gazes, he deliberately made his voice loud so that everyone could hear him.
The children who used to bully Theo immediately dispersed themselves and left hurriedly when they heard him.
"Second brother please stop doing that kind of thing! that doesn't help at all! it makes me look like a weakling who needs help all the time." Theo's getting pissed.
"Hahaha.already, you two have just arrived and have made your sister upset, already do not bother your sister again." the mother immediately mediated her three children.
"Dad, can't you do something with the venomous mouths of the children around? do you have to keep quiet watching your son in the bullies all the time?" Issabela protested about Theo's situation.
Lord Arduric could only smile awkwardly, "I as a God certainly can't interfere in the affairs of the younger generation"
"Hffftttt, but a Lord!" Issabela is still hunting.
"Here you are, already, now you want to corner your father" the mother again mediated while stroking the princess' head.
Lord Arduric actually also know the condition of Theo who is depressed from various parties in the family. However, he could not do anything because his condition was not good when from the point of view of other family members.
The policy of Lord Arduric as a god who spends a lot of resources for Theo does seem selfish and prone to trigger divisions in the family. Therefore, as long as it is not a physical disorder and other excessive things, he can still tolerate and hope Theo can bear it.
After arriving at the family's restroom, Lord Arduric immediately inquired about the development of his son's horse.
"So, how's the two of you doing in a year?"
"I'm already at the top of a D-class Knight, and I'm trying to break through to a C-class Knight" Issabela replied.
"Ahh..great! a good! A D class Knight of level 8? not bad, your talent was a little better than father when your age" Lord Arduric nodded in satisfaction.
"If it goes well, you will become the youngest Immortal in our House history and becoming a General is not impossible." Lord Arduric smiled proudly at his daughter.
In the course of training a knight, a Knight who was able to break through to the C-class realm would be referred to as an Immortal, capable of breaking through to a B-class Knight would earn the nickname General, Breaking through to class A earned the nickname King, a stage above the legendary King, a S-class Knight called Emperor.
Each knight class must pass 8 levels. This will also distinguish the strength of each knight, because each level is a distance and a level that is quite long. A C-grade Knight of level 1-2 would be referred to as an early stage Immortal, a level 3-4 called the earth stage, a 5-6 heaven stage, a 7-8 heaven stage. This also applies in the field of General and above.
An early Stage Immortal would not lose to dozens of E-class and D-class Knights. Similarly an early stage General would not lose even when it came to fighting dozens of Heaven stage Immortal. And so on, the higher the tiers, the wider the distance.
So it was no surprise that an early stage King wiped out a castle or house containing hundreds of Immortals by himself.
Lord Arduric turned his gaze to his second son.
Without waiting for the father to ask, Gregoric immediately explained. "I was already a level 1 D-class Knight a few days ago father"
"Ohh good, brarti it's time you looked for the crystal beast. So, have you decided to become a Soul Knight like your brother or become a Meridian Knight?" Ask lord Arduric.
A Knight was recommended to absorb the Crystal Beast when it had reached a D-class knight, where the condition of his Element seed already had a strong foundation and the accumulation of mana was enough to assimilate with the crystal beast.
"I want to take a different path with brother, so the future will be able to fill each other if you have to fight together shoulder to shoulder. Therefore, it seems like I chose to become a Meridian Knight." replied Gregoric confidently.
"No problem, with your talent, being a Soul Knight or a Meridian Knight is the same. You both have the potential to become the next generation General of our family" Arduric was very satisfied with the development of his two children.
"Then, in the family hunt for the next few days, focus on finding a spirit beast suitable for you to take the crystal beast!"
"You can hunt with your brother as a more experienced watchdog, but of course if it's really not urgent, you can't involve your brother. You must obtain a crystal beast of your own ability. This is important for your training process!" Lord Arduric continued.
"Dad can I participate in the family hunt this year?"
Theo who had been silent, because he always felt uncomfortable when he heard the discussion about Knight due to the condition of his Element seed, suddenly asked.
"I'm always left out when everything goes on a family hunt, it sucks." Theo put on a grim face.
"Theoo.." The mother wanted to say something comforting but didn't know what to say.
"Theo family hunting is not a game, it's full of danger." Lord Arduric replied, wanting to make Theo understand.
Family hunting is an annual tradition carried out by House Alknight. They do hunting in the frozen pine forest which is still their territory, in this forest live various spirit beasts.
The members of the family who became Knights would go on a hunt to search for the beast crystals that they would absorb. While other members who have been assimilated with spirit beasts will make this annual tradition to hone their skills and when possible look for new crystal beasts that are higher level.
In addition to crystal beasts, every member of the spirit beast body could also be sold at a hefty price for the needs of pill or weapon manufacturing. So, the annual hunt is also one of the annual income for the finances and resources of House Alknight.
"But dad.." Theo put on a grim face, he was very envious to see family members every year about to enter and follow the hunt, while he was always left behind.
"Dad let Theo come along, my brother and I will take good care of him" Gregoric who saw the grim face of his sister immediately gave an opinion.
"Right dad, I'll take care of both sisters" Issabela replied in support of Gregoric's statement.
Theo who heard his two brothers, immediately excited and looked at the father with a pleading gaze. While Lord Arduric was speechless and made up his mind, he could only turn his gaze to his wife.
Seeing the reaction of the father, the three brothers understood the final decision was in the hands of his mother.
"Mother…." Serempak they put on a pleading face.
"You....!!!"
"Hahhhhhh, be well, but since your third uncle is out of the house to look for a healer, I will allow one elder to accompany you" replied the mother, looking at her three children.
She then turned her eyes to her husband, looking at him with a meaningful look.
'You are a husband, a father, and a god, and still make me make decisions like this? if I refuse, I will be the heartless mother. Goody! a good! just look later' muttered madam Alena saw her husband's behavior.
Lord Arduric who understood the sight of his wife immediately felt a chill on his back, he then laughed awkwardly.
The three brothers immediately put on an excited face. "Okay, it's decided. Brother, go to bed early! no need to go to a boring dinner. Tomorrow your brother will take you on an adventure, hahahha" Gregoric laughed out loud.
Theo immediately nodded and smiled then ran towards his room, wanting to go to sleep immediately for the day to quickly pass.
The arduric lord, Madam Alena, Issabela and Gregoric just smiled, they were happy because this was the first time they had seen the happy smiling face without coercion from Theo in the past two years.