Fame

The elevator took Leus to the ground floor.

As soon as its door opened, Leus found a C Tier Elite Knight wearing bright red armor standing on the Mansion's door.

'C Tiers are Felix level, so this guy is as powerful as a Library Guard huh'

Leus wondered

'What makes some C Tier Elites stay on the 9th floor and others work such jobs?'

The guard looked at Leus with a raised eyebrow, then looked at the closed elevator, then back at Leus again

"Hey" Leus said in a polite tone

Then continued on his way.

But the guard called out to him

"Young Lord, why did you use the Residents' elevator?"

Leus asked jokingly

"Am I not a resident?"

The guard replied in a very serious tone

"No, you're technically a householder"

Leus didn't expect a serious reply so he didn't know what to say.

After processing for about 5 seconds he just nodded and said

"OK fine, I'll use the other elevator the next time"

"Thank you, Young Lord"

Leus wanted to ask

'Why does that even matter to you? It all serves the same purpose.'

But he didn't want to sound rude

'Maybe it's his job or something, who knows.'

He turned around and was about to leave but he noticed something

The guard opened his mouth and closed it two or three times like he wanted to ask something but was hesitant

"Is there something you want?" Leus asked

"Young Lord ... if I may ask ..."

"Hmm?"

"Did you choose a Personal Guard?"

Leus shook his head

"Not yet, I'm not planning on choosing one, for now at least."

'What's the point of having someone running behind me? Sounds troublesome'

The guard's lips curled up for just a moment, then he fixed his expression.

"If you change your mind, I'll be happy to have that honor. My name is Ryder."

Leus extended his hand

"Hello Ryder, I'm Leus"

For a second, the guard became flustered by Leus' gesture but he quickly shook Leus' hand as well

"I'm honored"

" .... The honor is mine, just call me Leus"

Ryder smiled wryly

"That'd probably land me in trouble around here, Young Lord"

Leus didn't have a reply to that, so he shrugged and ended the conversation

"Well then, I gotta go. See you later"

He headed to the courtyard.

To his left was the knights' training ground, to his right was the mages', and he was getting glances from both camps.

'Strange, you'd think that my hair color would be nothing so special in the Red Mansion, but oh well'

He ignored their glances and continued on his way.

However, someone interrupted his peaceful walk.

A red-haired D-tier Elite Knight came very close to him and said

"Hey Young Lord, why can't I see your Aura?"

"Is it important to you?"

The guy nodded

"Duel me then I'll answer you"

The guy wryly smiled

"I already lost this month's points, ask me next month"

'Why am I not surprised ...'

When the guy realized that Leus wouldn't give him any useful answer he shouted loudly to his fellow Elite Knights

"Hey guys, can you see his Aura?"

Everyone focused on Leus

"I can't"

"I can, but it's somewhat faint"

"I can"

"I can't"

While the knights were shouting, the Mages had their glowing eyes glued on Leus and were discussing the situation in a low voice.

A red-haired Mage asked

"What do you think he's using?"

A black-haired Mage answered him

"It's a Darkness Abstract, can't you see he has a bit of black hair"

"You're right, how powerful do you think he is?"

A brown-haired Mage joined their conversation

"Darkness Magic is powerful, but it's hardly relevant against Earth Magic.

If Darkness is all he got then he's not that powerful."

The Dark haired Mage replied with a sneer

"Yet none of you can defeat Kasimir"

"Pfff, that lunatic doesn't count."

The red-haired Mage stopped their meaningless argument and asked

"Do you think he's one of those guys? The ones joining just because they were lucky enough to be born with a rare affinity"

Most of the Mages agreed

"It's Darkness and some other Element, maybe some uncommon element, it's probably for that reason I even heard that he can't use his Ancestors' Magic."

"No wonder, most of those guys are complacent, pampered since birth, and their biggest achievement in life is being born.

When was the last time we saw Nuri entering a Duel?"

"I mean, you know Nuri is immortal, the High-Born Faction protect her like maniacs"

The red-haired Mage sighed

"Idiots, stop deviating from the subject! Will anyone accept his duel?"

Many went silent.

While the mages were busy discussing that, Leus came out of the gate and walked towards his home.

'To reach home from here I have to walk through the heart of the city area, I'll pass by that restaurant'

The way home was different from usual, the number of glances he got was way more than normal

'Is the Emblem really that obvious?'

But other than glances, no one did anything, that is until he was near his home.

Someone jumped in front of him out of nowhere.

Leus just looked at the guy upside down

'Who's that idiot?'

"You ... okay?"

"Ahem, Prince Leus Inferno, can I take a picture of you doing some cool magic trick?"

Leus snorted

"Prince? And how do you know me? Actually, it doesn't even matter. No"

Leus left him and continued

"Prince, I can pay you for it"

"Damn, how enticing, but I'll have to reject"

"Just a quick pose with a fireball, do you know that rumors are spreading that you can't use Fire Magic?"

That caught Leus' interest, so he stopped and looked back at the young guy

'What type of nonsense is that'

"Rumors are spreading? About me?"

The guy nodded vigorously

"And not in a good way! Some are saying that you're the first Inferno in history incapable of using Fire Magic, they're asking to remove you from your position"

"Position? What position? And who are those? And what do they think will happen if they ask? Do we live in a democratic city or something?"

The guy looked at Leus confused

"What does democratic mean"

"Exactly ..."

Leus walked towards home and was about to enter through the fence to the house's yard

"Just a quick picture with a fireball. Otherwise you'd be confirming the rumors"

"Listen, if you pass this fence I'll shoot you with a fireball.

If you stay alive you'll be the living proof of my Fire Magic capabilities, if you die, your corpse will suffice."

Leus' threat worked like wonder and the guy disappeared from sight

'Heh, what an idiot, who was that anyway?'

Leus opened the door while chuckling

'Rumors ... about me ... how funny.'