Outside

The Mistras family is a high ranking noble in the kingdom of Locke. It was said that their ancestor was a young adventurer who became a companion of the eventual founder of the kingdom. This, in turn, made their social standing quite high.

However, the one thing that made them stood out above the rest is the immeasurable wealth that they have. They own multiple mana crystal mines, which gave them a yearly income of over a billion perrots.

The old couple had two sons and one daughter, with Martin being the eldest. Martin and Elisa also had two children before their newly born baby. The eldest is a young teen with the name of Chester and a daughter named Louise.

"Martin, Elisa… Do you have a name for the child ready?"

"Yes, madam. We both agreed that if it is a girl, then she will be called Hannah. If it's a boy, then we will call him Ivan."

"Aha, based on the tale of the God of Creation isn't it?"

"Yes, father-in-law. We wanted him to be blessed and fortunate."

"So Ivan it is. It's a good name."

While discussing the name of the newly born child, servant-looking man rush inside the room.

"Masters! Something huge is happening outside!"

"You scared the mana out of me, Jim! Tell me, what happened!?"

"Master, you have to go outside and see it for yourself!"

Startled by the sudden appearance of the ever-reliable butler of the Mistras family, Jim, but recognizing the urgency behind his voice, Kris walked frantically as he went outside the mansion.

Upon reaching outside the mansion, he and the rest of the family saw the most majestic view in their entire life. A double rainbow appeared above the kingdom, with an end of it landed on the mansion.

When the rest of the people in the kingdom found about it, everyone thought that this must be the heavens blessing the newly born child of the Mistras household. It became the talk of the town, with several people predicting many things towards the future of young Ivan.

Minstrels sang about Ivan becoming a great adventurer with many amazing adventures under his belt. Scholars predicted that he will become the greatest merchant, per his family heritage. While the common folk predicted that he might become a king! Of course, nobody mentioned that they were the ones who predicted that as they might be sentenced to death.

Clearly to all, this phenomenon was a great sign for the Mistras household. Everyone, even the people in the Mistras household themselves thought the same thing.

However, not all that shines is gold. At the age of three, when most of the children start to learn how to speak, he was still silent and looks a bit confused. It took him two more years until he started speaking, astounding most of the people around for they have thought that he was a mute.

People had slowly begun to realize his condition. It wasn't that he was mute, it was that he is slow in the head. After learning this realization, it was a lie to say that his family was not disappointed with him. However, they still loved him regardless.

This was especially true with his brother and sister. Chester safeguards him whenever he is available while Louise dotes him like crazy. His idiotic and silly behavior is quite cute in their eyes. All in all, he grew up happily with his family.

…

"Have you seen our little doofus?"

"No, I haven't. Wasn't he supposed to be with you?"

"Yeah, but I can't seem to find him!"

One afternoon in the garden inside the Mistras lot, a six years old Louise is talking to an eight years old Chester. Chester is sitting down below the shade of a tree with an opened book his right hand. Louise, on the other hand, is standing in front of him with her eyebrows tightening in the middle.

"Maybe he is inside his room. You know him, he feels sleepy this time of the day."

"But he wasn't there! I had checked there already!"

"Hmm…" Thinking that it was an unusual situation, Chester closed the book that he was reading and he rosed up from the area where he was sitting.

"Well then, let's look for him."

"Yes, lets! I wonder where he would hiding this time."

Meanwhile, the person they're looking for is outside the mansion. Right now, Ivan was outside and in the streets of the kingdom. He thoughtlessly walked around the neighborhood. Many people that he had passed by was weirded out by his appearance.

Think about it, a young child walking around with clothes that were tailored for nobles. He was like a young prince visiting his people, especially with his clueless yet confident walk.

However, regardless of him walking by the road, the common folk continued doing their respective jobs. There are still curious people looking at him, but most of them only took one look and then turned back to what they were doing.

"I'm hungry…"

As he was quite a long way from the mansion, all the walking took him a huge amount of his stamina. This naturally made him hungry. Looking around for something to eat, he arrived in front of a skewered meat stall.

"…Um, Can I have some?"

"Hmph? A kid? Do you have some perrots boy?"

"Perrots? I think so…" Ivan pulled out a small pouch from his pocket and began opening it in front of the stall owner.

"Boy… you should learn to be more cautious. Bad people might try to steal your money away."

"Are you a bad person, Mister?"

"…I'm not, boy. Still, remember about it okay? Anyway, give me five perrots "

Shocked by the unexpected question from Ivan, the stall owner let out a stifled sigh and began heating one of the skewered meat for him.

"Okay! one…two…three…"

As Ivan was counting his perrots and as the stall owner dipped the skewered meat on a saucer, several knights adorned with silver armor began walking in the road beside the stall. They have a tensed atmosphere around them and vigilance towards any suspicious activity that might appear to hinder their path.