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Mathias jumped down and stepped on someone's windowsill, then jumped from the balcony before jumping to the gaps in the wall before anyone noticed.

Mathias climbed to the third floor of the palace where the princesses lived and saw a white cat through the window glass, sitting in a room and scratching the curtains.

Using his controlled strength and agility, he smoothly jumped through the gaps in the walls to approach the cat.

The cat, preoccupied with scratching the curtain, didn't seem to notice Mathias's approach.

Mathias, harboring resentment towards the cat because it had discovered him at an earlier time, decided to play a prank on it.

He turned off his illusion spell and shouted "Surprised!!!" near the cat.

The cat's fur stood up and it jumped, exclaiming "Meow!!!" Mathias laughed at the cat's reaction.

The cat glared at Mathias with cute resentment and made a vigilant "Meow wowowawweew... woooh!" sound.

Mathias couldn't help but think that the cat sounded like a mumbling baby.

Suddenly, Mathias sensed that someone was about to enter the room.

With his increased of mana, he was able to sense his surroundings faintly.

He activated his illusion spell and hurriedly jumped through the gaps in the walls and out the window, jumping all the way down to the palace grounds.

Princess Stacy rushed into the room and saw her cat looking out the window.

She thought it was strange and approached the window, sensing that someone had been there.

Princess Stacy was skilled in both the wind element and sensing magic, so she was confident that she would be able to sense the past Mathias, who had almost no mana.

However, she was only able to do so because he had used a mysterious spell that left behind some residual mana.

When she looked out the window and searched the area, she found no one.

However, she was unable to sense Mathias at that time because he used a mysterious spell that prevented her from sensing him.

Despite her skills, she was unable to detect his presence due to the strange and unusual nature of the spell.

She wondered if it could have been Mathias, but she knew that his shadow spell wouldn't leave any mana behind unless it was witnessed being cast.

After it was cast, the caster would disappear and leave no trace of mana, as if everything witnessed was just an illusion.

Mathias jumped down from the wall gaps onto the green grass below.

As he walked around the palace, he realized that it was even bigger from the outside.

He explored the surroundings, avoiding the guards as he went, and eventually stumbled upon the training ground where knights and soldiers were practicing.

As he approached, he saw Prince Ren training with a blond middle-aged man wearing silver armor with a dragon insignia on his chest.

Mathias knew this man must be a Dragon Knight, a rare and highly respected position within the kingdom.

Although they were called Dragon Knights, they actually rode wyverns into battle. Without a wyvern, they were just ordinary knights, inferior to Elemental Knights or Paladins.

Elemental Knights were also rare, and Paladins even rarer, as they were only found within the church.

The Dragon Knight training with Prince Ren was his personal knight, chosen by the prince's mother. Among all the princes, Mathias was the only one without a personal knight, which may have been part of the reason why the previous prince, Mathias, had locked himself in his room to avoid being humiliated. Perhaps that was why Mathias had transmigrated into this body - because they had so much in common.

With a confident smile, Mathias walked onto the training grounds.

As he walked across the wide expanse, the soldiers and knights training all glanced at him indifferently.

Prince Ren's personal knight also nudged the prince, pointing out Mathias's unexpected arrival.

At first, Prince Ren frowned at the interruption to his training, but then he glanced in the direction indicated by his personal knight and saw Mathias looking around the training men oblivious to the attention he was receiving.

Prince Ren smiled mockingly and found the situation amusing.

He walked up to Mathias, accompanied by his personal knight, and the surrounding men all turned to look at Mathias.

"Haha! Welcome to the Palace Training Grounds, Fifth Brother!" Prince Ren greeted Mathias with a sneer on his face.

Mathias glanced at Prince Ren, but didn't seem to pay much attention to him or be affected by the prince's obvious disdain in front of the crowd.

Noticing this, Prince Ren just smiled without concern. "I was really worried about you, you know! I thought it would take months for you to recover from Fourth Brother's beating!"

At this statement, the crowd mocked Mathias and most of them laughed openly without any regard for his feelings.