Chapter 1 : The Man of the House

No No No.... Mother no 

Solar woke up to an empty room , it wasn't normal . Usually there will be some Male attendants of the House there, slacking or cleaning out the room. He permitted to sleep in the attendants' room by Dalphe the current Madam of the Rosali House, she use to be the best courtesan before her dearest Madam Rosa fell ill and depressed for a person that abandoned her . And so all the responsibilities of being Madam fell on her shoulders , including taking care for Solar . Solar has always though of Dalphe as his Mother , respected her as one . But he knows that his biological mother has always been around . Locked up to prevent her from hurting herself and the other ladies in the house .

 The emptiness of the room was only normal when his mother escape the tower of the house , which happen quite often in these 19 years , he knew that was probably going on . 

"Solar wake up , you have to get ready for school , and plus your mother is out again !" One of the courtesans , Seele said while knocking on his door.

"I have notice " Solar replied, he was the only one in the house that has a place to study, under a scholarship at Lowan's Elite High School. He was place in that school under the apothecary ,Mister Anton's , name .

 Mister Anton pitied the Young boy. Having no children , he and Mrs. Anton treated Solar as their own despite him staying mostly at the Rosali House . He had thought medical values into Solar , and so as to also teach him to read and write , which he is quite witted to do. Solar is a handworker under the apothecary , which allowed him to enter a prestige School, through the entrance exam that was opened to commoners of the region, through a scholarship . 

 Most of the students only known him as an Apothecary's Son ,but did not know that he is a Man of the Rosali House, the son of the former Madam at the house . He cannot imagine what would the school do to him if they know his real identity , and if they know he came from a dirty place such of the house. 

 He had breakfast made for him by one of the male attendants while most of the house was trying to find his mother before noon when business officially. It was only sunrise , but the buzz of the commotion, was rather eye catching . But in the streets of the commoners region , it was normal , beggars on the streets were normal and in the house it was also prime time for the customers to take their leave. 

 "Madam Rosa where have you been , we are all worried sick " Seele cried out as she pointed to Madam Rosa who came out of the kitchen holding a broken piece of a glass object. She held a smile on her face and point at Solar .

 "My dear you are finally back , are you her to fetch me !" 

 She face Solar as she said this pointing the glass shards to her neck . Dalphe when up and tried to stop her , she pointed the glass even deeper on her skin. 

 "Is this the lady you left me for, huh, tell me , Lan!" she screamed plunging the glass even deeper , there was blood sipping out . Solar hit the shard of glass away from her hand , he learned that from Mister Anton , as some protective measure in case of such incidents , which turned out useful. 

 She was shocked and fainted in his hands , he carried her back to her room and lock the doors to prevent her from running around and hurting herself again. 

 Solar left his mother's room and turned to Dalphe , Dalphe watched him grow up in the house , from the child she and her sisters gave a name to , to a grown man that is going to be a official once he graduates , and once that happens the Rosali House will no longer exist . The property belongs to Madam Rosa not the current Madam and, to say which official would want to have a whorehouse as a residence .

 Dalphe knew that Solar would not insist on allowing the Whorehouse move but it was the Ladies own idea. She wanted to leave that sad area where all the tragic happened . Solar is the man of the house , not only of the Rosali House , but the property .

 "Aunt Dalphe I better be going , don't tell Mother that I brought her back , or she will go crazy again ." Solar said , after which he walked passed her and go down and out of the house. Dalphe saw the force smile and heard the empathy in his words . Indeed a poor boy. 

 He route to school was to take one turned to the apothecary's shop first before heading to the right track towards school, where he will collect the lunch that Mrs. Anton had prepared for him, and also to make sure that no one suspect his identity and Solar Anton. This is where he will meet his best friend Javier before heading to school . It was quite normal start of the day except for what happened early on at the house for Solar.

 They reach the school gates , there was a bag check for all the commoners student , which Solar thought was rather unnecessary, but there is always discrimination when it comes to studying in a prestige school, especially for commoners such as himself and Javier.

 By the time their bag was done checking , the bells rang . The queue for bag check was quite long , they had to take note of what things were brought in and out of the school so none of the commoners students will have a chance to 'steal' anything. Many have been accused and expelled , but most because they offended the higher ups. There need not be proof when accused by the higher ups. So most just keep their head low , and go by the rules and tried not to get into trouble.