20. The Northern capital

"These are Tier 3 metallic magic puppets! Sir Ray left for a few days, where's the prince?! If these puppets are destroyed, then someone was here other than the prince!" She panicked and then ran towards the prince's room.

At that time, River was passing by, reading a book. He glanced towards the maid that ran past him, and he looked at Julius' training yard.

He walked towards it, looked in, and his eyes widened as he saw the dolls on the ground.

"What? These are... There's no way Julius destroyed these. Did someone break in and kidnap him?" River thought as he walked into the yard.

He touched the body of the metallic puppets and noticed clean sword cuts on their bodies.

"Well, whatever it is, it'll be revealed soon," River thought, and he walked out of the yard, continuing to read his book.

The maid barged into the prince's room and then saw Ray there along with the prince, who sat on his bed. At this moment, she was perplexed and surprised.

"Ah, S–Sir Ray. Your Highness." She immediately bowed.

"Sorry for barging in like that. Miss Alexa said to come and tell you that the bath is ready," she said, and Julius only looked at her nonchalantly.

"Tell her I'll be down soon," he said to her, and she quickly scurried away.

The maid was flustered as she left the room. She covered her face with both of her palms as she let out a muffled scream.

"Stupid, of course Sir Ray would protect the prince. Why would I think the prince was in trouble? Lin, you idiot!!" She berated herself before she went back down to Alexa.

...

Back in his room, Julius looked out of the window. He bit into a sweet fruit and looked to the side as Aria climbed on the window too.

*"Big brother, there are powerful creatures there."*

Julius looked at Aria and saw her pointing to the forest, and he nodded his head.

"Outside of the kingdom is a brand new, mysterious, and dangerous world filled with dangers. But don't worry, once we're done with our two-year course at Midgard Academy, we'll be able to finally leave the kingdom and explore," Julius said to her with a smile.

...

The next day, Julius wore a blue royal attire and a jacket on top. He got ready and then went to his sister's room.

*Knock knock!!*

Julius lightly knocked on the door. However, after more than three minutes, no response came from within.

"She's not in?" Julius thought, and then he walked over to a window and looked down towards another yard surrounded by walls.

Julius could see Sasha in a meditative position in front of an elderly woman.

"Hm." Julius blinked.

After the others in the castle found out that he had the element of light, which was practically useless, he hasn't been getting much attention like his siblings.

Over time, more and more teachers would visit the castle to teach the triplets and his sister.

Caster and Anna are already at Midgard Academy, and the triplets were showered with a lot of treasures as their magic grew alongside training their will.

Well, it was all part of his plan. If he told them he could actually do something with his elemental magic, then the other half-siblings would be onto him, which he didn't want for now.

"Well, I better not disturb her training. I'll leave her a note." Julius decided and he made his way out of the castle.

He had a normal-looking long silver sword and he put it in his storage ring, which his father gave him.

"Ah, Prince Julius." The guard at the gate greeted him as he stepped out.

"If anyone asks where I went, tell them I'll be back in a week... hopefully," Julius told them.

"But Prince Julius, isn't it dangerous to leave without your personal guard?" The guard asked, as he didn't want the prince to get hurt and only he and his partner would know that the prince left.

"Where I'm going isn't so dangerous. I'll be back." Julius smiled and waved to them as he walked down the street.

He made his way to a market where various goods were being sold. He saw a particular building made out of old blocks where goods were being kept and stored.

"Hey, this next delivery goes to the northern capital, right?" Julius asked the man there, and he looked back at the boy.

He stood at a solid 6'1" and his muscles showed that he had been doing a lot of heavy lifting.

"Ah, Your Highness. Sir Ray told us that you would be stopping by. Indeed this carriage is going to the northern capital." The man said as he pointed at a black carriage which had goods in it.

"Then don't mind me." Julius said and handed the man three fold coins, and the man smiled as he paid his respects to the prince.

Julius went into the carriage itself, and the man closed it before tapping it two times.

The carriage was then on the move, and Julius sighed as he was ready for the journey ahead.

He wore the blue combat outfit and then wore the brown cloak. Julius could feel mana from the cloak, and then he was truly ready.

A light thud sounded on top of the carriage, making Julius raise his head.

*"Aria?"* He frowned.

*"Yes, it's me."*

Hearing the sound of his bond, he finally calmed down and he got ready for his new destination.

Back at the distributor's place, the man Julius just bribed was working on a next batch of goods, and suddenly, a man in red armor came in.

"Has the prince gone already?" Ray asked the man.

"Ah, yes. Not too long ago." The man said nervously, and then a bird flew down from the sky.

The bird was the size of an eagle with dark blue feathers. All of a sudden, it grew bigger and landed on the ground in front of the depot.

*"Master, where are we going?"* The bird asked, and Ray pointed in the direction where Julius went.