#13 Aiko and mysterious woman

"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 lap but at least the breastfeeding 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, fucking 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.

You coward! I will face this demon face to face.

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.

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'?! 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

Class: Young Noble

Health: 90/90

Energy: 135/135

<Stats>

Strength: 4

Agility: 7

Intelligence: 7

Constitution: 4

Charisma: -1 (0)

Strength - represents explosive strength that your muscles are able to produce

Agility - represents your reflexes and speed (entire body, not just legs)

Intelligence - represents your awareness and brain capacity (can lead to a photographic memory)

Constitution - represents your health, toughness of your body (skin, bones, muscles, tendons. Having high strength and low constitution can lead to damaging your muscles the same applies to agility.)

Charisma - helps you in persuading and bribing and convincing people to see the problem from your point of view. (Doesn't represent your way with words. You can have a silvery tongue while having low charisma, you just need to know what words to say to please others)

Young noble (class): +1 charisma

King of Sloth (title: passive): The main problems in your life are deciding in which position you will sleep next. You gain +50% to the regeneration speed of health and energy while resting or being in a half-sleep mode.]

Both class and title can be changed in 30 minutes intervals, however, you can't change it during the battle, unless that battle is already ongoing for more than 30 minutes.

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What the fuck is that charisma? It must be bugged for me to have a negative amount of charisma, thankfully my class is negating it and making it 0...which isn't that great either.

Although I don't understand why I can see this, it will be of great help since I had no way how to check my strength in the previous world.

Both my strength and constitution must be so low because I couldn't start training with that woman constantly around me. I was able only to stretch my body and observe things without appearing too suspicious so that's why my agility and intelligence must be so high. I can't wait to try having high agility combined with high intelligence, it will make it possible for me to dodge anything coming at me. However, seeing my low constitution...I should train my body before enhancing my agility even further.

As for my title...it's like made for me. I can be in half-sleep mode even during the fight, haha.

*Knock* *Knock*

The knocking sound on the door woke me up from my thoughts.

"Come in!" I said with an authoritative voice. It feels weird talking like this...show off your pride but I guess it's normal in this world. At least, that's what my father taught me but I am still having bored half-open eyes while being at home.

"Young master!" A little girl came running into my room while wearing a maid outfit.

Her name is Aiko and she was born 2 years before me, therefore, she is 8 years old and my father appointed her as my personal maid. She comes from the family of our head maid who is also living together with us inside this enormous mansion. Her eyes are of sky blue color and her hair tied up in 2 pigtails has a dark blue color. The length of her hair is up to her shoulders. And even though she is just 8 years old, her body is oddly too good developed for her age. I guess people in this era develop and grow much faster than in my previous world.

"Aiko, you can go back. I am already dressed up, I also made my bed look neat" I said and adjusted my tie while looking at Aiko with indifferent eyes.

"Whaat~? Again? Young master, this is my job...Why don't you want me to help dress you up and tidy your room?" Aiko replied with a defeated expression as she started staring at the ground with a sad expression.

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'Poor Aiko...but now that I think about it. The young lord is too abnormal in this. He always looks like he is half asleep yet he does all the work that was supposed to be his maid's work. I wonder how he would look with a stern expression together with those fiery eyes of his...haah *cough* No I can't think about young lord like that. I am his bodyguard and even though he is slightly strange, it's my duty to ensure his safety and only his safety, nothing more.' The woman observing those two, thought while having slightly red cheeks under her black mask.

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"Because I don't want to be WATCHED while dressing up plus it's something I can take care of myself." I said and threw a quick glance at the location next to the window.

Too late for that, isn't it? Pedo woman standing next to the window.

"Hauu...I understand young master but at least let me clean your room, please." Aiko said while bowing to me.

Why do you want to clean my room so much? I have no magazines under my bed.

"Alright, you can come next morning but right now, there is really nothing to do for you here. Tell my parents that I will join them in the dining hall in a few minutes." I said with a forced smile.

"Yay! Thank you, young master!" She bowed to me for the last time and exited my room.

*sigh* I can't get used to this "maid crap"

Anyway, if I want to start training I can't do it while being constantly watched by this woman.

Maybe I can try to convert her from my father's side to my side. I was told by my father that everyone in this house must truly worship fire and that includes even maids.

Judging from her unique ability to make herself almost invisible, the item she is using must be quite a treasure which means that she must be truly loyal to our house. I wonder if I would be able to notice her if she tried her best to hide her presence and didn't let the rays of sunlight shine at her.

It must be more suitable for night situations.

...Well, let's try it out, if I will fail I can make up some excuses. This is a fantasy world after all.

"*Clearing throat* Come out, woman." I said in a cold tone while looking at the door.

"..." She didn't react, maybe she thought that I was thinking that someone is behind the door.

"Don't make me repeat myself twice!" I widened my eyes and snapped my head towards the window while glaring at her with my extremely cold eyes with vertical slit pupils.

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When the woman saw Akashi's cold eyes she actually shivered. And who wouldn't? Having your presence discovered by the child while using the ability of the strong item. Not to mention that Akashi's eyes were extremely cold, the same ones he had when he was killing his targets.

'...What is this pressure? And how come that he can see me?! What is going on? Should I reveal myself or play ignorance?!' The woman thought while her eyes were shaking as she was looking into Akashi's fiery red eyes.

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