03. The Training

In the room of the 36th Prince's first year ceremony a huge commotion was happening. The moment the prince has started his appraisal ceremony, every mage that the castle has specially trusted and nurtured had all suddenly collapsed.

The entire guest party was in panic and the guards surrounded the mages. And in fear of any more casualties, they were also in a hurry to take the prince to safety. But suddenly.

*Spark

There was a protective barrier around the prince. The knights were not able to approach the prince, nor will they even be able to take the prince.

The knights hurridly carried the mages and took some outside of the room. But before every mage has been evacuated and all the guests have run out, an unexpected person came out of his hiding.

It was of course the King. "Royal Knights, stop!"

The King who seemingly knew what was going on checked the condition of the mages first.

"There has been no attacks! The mages have all fainted from mana deficiency!"

The remark of the King was quite a surprise. All the Knights have stopped, but of course the carriers were already dispatched and carried the mages to safety already.

Of course the King didn't mind, he didn't really say to stop carrying the mages. He only told them to stop. There was already enough commotions, the knights trying to cover the guests made things worse.

"Gaia, don't worry, Ryu will be ok."

It was the mother. She laid in her knees in front of Ryu, at a clear distance to not affect her. With her was also Mary and 4 maids, two from the mother and the other two was Ryu's own personal maids.

"What happened! This isn't how the appraisal goes!"

Gaia was mad from not even the aftermath of the appraisal but the current progress of it. She has never seen the mages ever faint, nor a protective barrier surrounding anyone that has been appraised.

It has also already been a couple minutes since the entire thing happened. The appraisal doesn't even take a minute to complete. It would usually just show the three possible paths a human would go to and that was it.

After that, the result decides the future of a person, but this wasn't anything like that.

"This is not how appraisal should ever go, you are right. But Ryu is special..."

Unbeknownst to Ryu at the realm of the unname God, his father has already taken more than just "paying attention" he was already intruiged.

"Then do you know what is happening!"

"Even I don't know, but I am wholeheartedly sure... that barrier is made by a God."

"..."

Even the King didn't know what was happening to his own child. All he could really guess from even his own limited knowledge was that his son, for the first time ever, from every single other child he has had, this one is receiving a God's blessing on his first year in this world. A feat no one in this generation has ever accomplished.

And so the room was filled with multiple lingering emotions. This event was not only a fortune of great opportunities for Ryu, but it was also a great misfortune that has been formed from the rage of such an event.

Multiple knights surrounded the room and the outside, not letting anyone leave nor enter. Many of the guest party has also already left, but those who didn't even budge since the beginning, their origin will either be good or bad for Ryu, and only time would truly tell.

***

As his body disappeared from the white room, he was finally back to the same place he was supposed to get a ritual from. But everything that he saw was in complete disarray.

The moment he opened his eyes his mother completely ran towards him with his sister and the maids slowly budging to then laying down as someone in their position should do.

"Ryu! Are you ok! Are you hurt!"

His mother raised him up in the sky and inspected his body thoroughly. Though he was not that bothered by this and from the complete shock of this event he knew he had to be observant for now.

Even if he only learned how to fight in his 1,200 years of life, which in the end was completely erased by his father. He at least knew how to handle a completely foreign and chaotic event. This was all due to his own huge family and their own insane personalities.

As Ryu looked below, there was a man standing directly beside the maids. He was surrounded by multiple knights with heavy armors. It was definitely non other than the king himself.

At the same time the priest that was making a magic circle around him was all completely gone.

The guests that were also filling the entire room like it was a huge party were all reduced to just a couple people all standing in the corners of the room hugging the walls.

But of course what really caught his main attention was the guests or nobles that are around the entire wall. Even he could feel a ton of bloodlust coming from some well dressed women, if these people were actually Queens that would mean he is in actual danger.

At this moment he realized it is not only the time of his actual new life, but it was not going to be an easy one either. And the pop up in front of his face proved this more.

[Quest Completed]

[Skill "Appraisal" Acquired]

'It seems like it is finally time to actually live the life of a fucking prince, a 36th one at that.'

And so with his father's attention and also probably the entire kingdom itself, he could only hope he could live peacefully.

***

"Bring him down Gaia."

Gaia brought down Ryu and gave him to the King immediately. Mary also kneeled down once again and shut her mouth and layed her head low.

"Ryu... what is your real destiny."

A small magic circle formed in front of Ryu's face. It was a magic circle that looked the same as the one the 16 mages has made.

'That drained almost a fourth of my mana...'

And so the appraisal that was actually supposed to happen has been finalized, three different things appeared above Ryu's head at a very big holographic scale.

The images were a shining sword, a magic circle listing multiple elements, and a pen and a feather pen.

"Gordon, send Ageis a message, "I need all the best teachers you could find in all three profesions."."

"Yes, your majesty."

Gordon left immediately and that entire day ended with the King carrying Ryu and heading to the 4th Queen's Palace with Gaia, Mary, the 4 maids, and a couple high clad knights.

And so they arrived at the Prince's room with just Gaia and the King together with the rest being left behind.

"Ryu will have a better future than Zester."

"I'm happy you even remember him..."

"Gaia... I already said i'm sorry... after everything... we can just live away in the forest like we always dreamed."

Gaia smiled warmly and said, looking at the King's eyes. With a few tears in her eyes.

"Of Course! Leon!"

The King with his own character slipped and broke even just for this alone moment.

"I told you to stop calling me-"

"Lewon~"

At that day, after a very eventful birthday party. At a time where most people are asleep. The 36th Prince of the Kingdom of Hannan, who would later be called the Greatest Genius Of Hannan, said his first words.

***

3 years has passed.

It has been an actual eventful 3 years. To completing the rest of the tutorial. With the second quest being a two parter of succesfully saying a fluent sentence and walking a kilometer which is just absurd, I got my storage box.

And why skip 3 years you may ask? Well it's because my first study is finally going to begin.

In the past three years I thought I would face alot of problems due to some cluche attacks from the other Queens to prevent me growing or even living.

But thankfully with the King's full support, I was just secluded in my home the entire time doing nothing but read books and learn about this world's history.

Though sadly that is all I could learn, as the magic books were not even accessible to me. Nor could I even find them at all. Nor was there any swordsmanship books too.

The best way I wasted my time wss playing with my maids and trying to learn swordsmanship from scratch by self learning. Which did help me pick up the basics at least.

I also exercised my body a lot to keep a healthy and strong body at a very young age. Though it was funny they all just thought me as a cute baby playing around as I don't think working out exist in this world at all.

But enough of that, it was actually time for my first time getting a teacher. Thankfully it would still be in the palace, I would still be protected for the time being.

"Prince Ryu! The royal tutor has arrived!"

This was Claris, my first maid, I place as the first as I like her more than my other maid, Lacy.

"Are you thinking ill of me again Prince."

"Ahh Lacy... no..."

"Let's go to your tutor now, you're late."

"Hehe."

Well its not really cause she sucks, they are both great, I just really like Claris more.

I walked in the hallway going to the place the two were leading me to. And so, I then arrived at the room were I would be learning from this royal tutor.

What I would be learning new though, will be something. I already knew a lot of things about this world's history. And if there is math, I already learned a lot that it would probably be too complex in this fantasy era.

"Good Morning Prince Ryu! My name is Rakzil, and I will be your academic teacher from now on."

"Nice to meet you!"

I showed a nice and formal bow to show that I... am of... class. I smirked in my head.

"I have been eagerly waiting for the day I get to teach you Prince Ryu, the genius of Hannan, having talent in all three of the professions. I can't wait to see if its really true."

I sat down on my chair and spoke no longer, he was clearly just trying to agitate me. I hope he isn't someone who will be a pain in the ass. If he is I need to show him who is smarter.

"I heard that you have been reading all the history books in the palace library."

"I have.*

"Then could I ask you some questions about it?"

"Of course if you want."

"Then first question, who is the 4th King of Hannan, also called the Great King of Hannan."

"The Great King Nukai Reinhart. The reformer of Hannan and the one who conquered the lands the country currently still owns. Which is quite a pity the successors has yet to even pass him at all. He was also known for his great artistic crafts not only his great general tactics."

"That... was much more than I thought you would know. And your opinion about the other Kings is quite disrespectfu-"

"It is not disrespectful, it is purely a fact."

I would not bore you anymore about history of this world. The class went on as he asked me more and more questions about history that led to the first day having actual no lessens till the time allotted to academics ended.

And now something I have been waiting for. After the academic lessons came the swordsmanship one. It won't be long till I could get my past strength again.

I raised my maids to the garden which is the site for the swordsmanship training. After arriving, what I soon saw was something I was surprised for.

"This is Sir Gordon, he is also my swordsmanship instructor, let's learn together now... my little brother."

'Oh no it was my dumb sister."