Memories of the Past 1

Hut... Hat... ¡HYAH!

Aaron was in the central courtyard of the Froststar mansion in the empire's capital practicing under the supervision of his father while light snow fell, showing that winter was near.

"With force Aaron, now use the low fang stance attack 2 times and finish with a long guard"

Marcus said while supervising Aaron's practice, which following his father's instructions, lowered his posture and holding the practice sword with both hands, he gave a diagonal cut upwards followed by a side slash and ended up taking a step back while maintaining a defensive stance with his sword at chest level.

"Control your strength, if you apply too much streing in the first blow, it would take too long to stop to give the second, try to-"

"Report my lord!"

While Marcus was instructing Aaron, an officer entered the courtyard where they were, being interrupted, Marcus looked at the messenger and nodded, after that he returned his gaze to Aaron's direction and watched the snow fall slightly.

"Aaron repeats 20 times and after that go inside with your mother to have some hot water, after resting for about ten minutes, come back."

Hearing that Aaron got into position again and began to brandish the training sword, after seeing that, Marcus approached the messenger who was a few meters away to receive the report.

"What's the situation, Donovan?"

Marcus said, receiving the written report.

"My lord, we have received news from Caya and other coastal towns in the territory, it seems that a considerable amount of strange individuals have appeared out of nowhere"

"The chosen ones of the goddess I suppose"

"Apparently yes lord, just as the oracle indicated, they appeared out of nowhere, they are willing to perform mundane tasks and other jobs whenever we entrust them as a mission"

"I see ... what else?"

"Yes, although at first the people were happy to obtain free labor, many have begun to complain about the insistence and actions of the chosen ones, there was even a case in which a chosen one entered a store with a pot and he put it on the owner's head, after that he tried to steal the items from the store "

"This is troublesome"

"That's right, also apparently after arresting him, the chosen one disappeared in particles of light leaving behind everything he had taken from the store, luckily for now those cases are few but I am afraid that this could get worse if we do not treat it properly"

Hearing that Marcus frowned and saw that Aaron had finished, he turned his gaze to him and said.

"Well Aaron, now go with your mother, rest and procure to warm your hands"

"Thanks, Dad"

"Come back in ten minutes, after that we will continue"

"Yeah, see you later Uncle Donovan"

"Rest well boy"

After that Aaron went to the terrace adjacent to the central courtyard where his mother received him by removing the little snow that he had in his hair, seeing this Marcus smiled and turned his gaze back to Donovan

"The boy handles the sword better and better, if he continues like this in two or three years he maybe even able to beat some of my recruits"

"You know I would like to send him to your Knights Order but Sara would never allow me, according to her Aaron has a talent for magic and began to teach him, you know how difficult it is for a witch to get pregnant and on top of it give birth to a boy with magical affinity."

"I know, Aaron is the first known wizard in the last 230 years and all the witches are with the northern witches,"

"You know that all born witches or girls with magical affinity must register with them, that was the treaty that our ancestors signed and thanks to the fact that we have followed it, unlike the ironblood, we still have their support"

"I wonder how high will be his achievements in magic…"

"It's a pity that from now on Aaron will be busier than ever learning what it is to be a lord to have the time to learn magic..."

"... and what about Fran?"

"He doesn't have what it takes to be a lord, much less one with the responsibilities of the Froststar house, he spends his time at parties with other nobles and following that Damian boy"

"... Lord, he is the son of the emperor"

"And if it is, Frederick told me that he would rather have the girl Eri be the empress than let that out of control boy take the throne"

"My lord ... You shouldn't say that ..."

"Don't worry, here we are only you and me

But let's put that aside, what else do the reports say, the chosen ones are a threat?"

"For now apparently not, they are weaker than a wild boar but they get stronger little by little, plus they can revive indefinitely after a couple of hours."

"I see ... I will leave and go to Caya, prepare your knights and a cavalry regiment, we will leave in 2 days after informing the emperor, those reports should have been written a week ago, I am worried about the current situation ..."

"I'll make sure the men are ready sir"

"Well ... I will take the opportunity to take Aaron so that he begins to learn the responsibilities of a lord"

"Madam Sara will not like the idea, much less Miss Eri"

"I will make sure to convince Sara, as for the princess ... I will leave Aaron takes care of that, after all, he is the princess's friend, hahaha"

"... Good luck with that my lord."

"Well, go and prepare that."

Donovan saluted and left, after which Marcus watched as Aaron stood in front of the fire on the terrace talking to his mother.

[Forgive me son, it's not like I don't want to help you but I'll have enough trouble convincing your mother, you'll have to convince the princess on your own]

After thinking about what it's about to happen because of his decision Marcus sighed and walked towards the terrace.

"Aaron go back to training"

"Heh? But just five minutes passed "

"It does not matter after this take a bath and get ready, we will go to the castle to see the emperor"

Marcus said as he walked onto the terrace and threw the training gloves at Aaron

"Now go out and repeat 40 times the set of blows that I taught you while I talk to your mother"

After that Aaron put on the gloves and left, Sara confused asked about Marcus's actions and serious face to which he replied after a few seconds "

"I will return to the territory with some soldiers to handle the situation with the chosen ones"

"I see, it's nothing serious then"

"I will also take Aaron to learn what it is to be a lord."

"..."

"..."

"Haaah~"

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After getting into the stance while preparing to unleash the first blow, Aaron let out a breath of hot air and after releasing the first blow, he lose his balance due to an earthquake caused by several pillars of ice that came out of the terrace where his mother and father were, covering it almost completely and part of the courtyard.

[What would father have said to annoy mom like that ...]

After thinking that, Aaron decided it would be best to ignore the situation and returned his gaze to the training dummy, preparing to attack.

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"¡Nooooo!"

A girl yelled at Aaron as they walked through a flower garden inside the palace

But Eri, I have to-

"Not! I don't want you to go, since my sister went to knight school in Duke Leonhard's territory, you are the only one with whom I can have fun "

"Eri, it's not that I'm leaving forever, I'll be back before next winter, we can celebrate my birthday together"

"No, I don't want to be alone"

"But don't you have your brother?"

"That idiot, hump, he just wants me to hang out with his friends or with your brother, those fools just keep say nonsense about my hair or eyes, I get tired of just hearing them"

"Sorry about that."

"If you really feel it then stay"

"I would also like to stay and learn magic with mom and you but father needs me to accompany him"

"{whining}"

Seeing that Eri was not convinced, Aaron thought and remembered the pendant that his mother had given him on his birthday, an ancient pendant in the shape of a star, that according to what his mother told him, will shine when the halves were reunited and allowed the wearers feel each other's presence during the full moon.

With nothing to lose Aaron took out his pendant which intrigued Eri, after which Aaron divided the pendant as his mother taught him and gave the left half that still had the mithril chain to Eri.

"As compensation, you can keep this half, my mother told me it was a magic item"

That left Eri shocked, after that, Aaron took a rope out of his pocket and tied the right half.

"In this way, when I return we can unite them according to mother it will shine"

"Really?"

"Yes, but for that to happen we must first separate them for a while, otherwise they will not shine"

A little annoyed by the answer, Eri put on the pendant which after seeing it put a smile on her face that she quickly tried to hide

"I- I see, it's fine ... but you better come back before your next birthday, I'll show you how much magic I learned from Aunt Sara if you don't come back, then ... then I'll take that other half from you"

"If you want it, I can give it to you"

"Nooo! You must keep it and keep it with you always, understood "

"Yes, yes, my princess"

"{whining}"

"Hahaha, don't make that face"

Aaron said while laughing

"Promise me"

"Heh?"

"Promise me that you will always keep it with you"

"Okay, I promise I will have this necklace with me at all times and watch the light show when we get together again"

"Hehehe"

Eri smiled while holding her new pendant with both hands.

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Well boy, did you get enough rest?

Hal said to Aaron who was lying on the floor of the white room.

"Say Hal, what are the chances that we can survive until everyone returns?"

"... There are not many, but they are there, why do you ask now?"

Hal replied as Aaron stood up looking at the pendant on his chest

"Because I still have a promise to keep..."

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To be continued