Recap

They both look at Arthur with gleam on their eyes waiting for his answer.

"You know that you both look pretty ugly to me."

The two girls glared at Arthur, while his dad was laughing at his son.

"Aryan be sure to help mom around the house alright?"

Aryan nods, and Arthur pats her head.

"Alright mia, let's go!"

With that the exited the door to start their day.

A girl with white hair along with a simple white dress could be seen sitting at the cliff of a tall mountain.

"The last key has arrived, I should begin making my move.

The white haired girl sat at the edge of the mountain cliff maintaining her neutral smile. A group of masked figures appeared besides her and they all bow their heads.

One of the masked figures stepped forward, and bended a knee.

"Pandora-sama, we have fulfilled our task, what are your next orders?"

"Observe for now, Don't make any mistakes, Just lead them quietly and carefully towards there."

"As you wish."

The masked figures leaves the area their figures disappearing as they walk away.

The white haired girl's smile grew wider.

"It won't take long now, it'll finally begin.."

"Art! Today is finally the day you will taste defeat!"

Mia says towards Arthur while pointing her spear at him.

Arthur still had his hands on his pockets, and he had a carefree look on his face, to which annoyed mia greatly.

Mia advances in the direction of Arthur and with the range of her spear, she goes for a stab, but the tip of her spear only punctures a wall of earth that spurts out of the ground that blocked her from seeing anything from the front.

Before she knew it, Arthur was already behind her, with his right hand's finger pointed at the back of her head.

"Looks like another win for me today mia."

Arthur announces with a carefree smile on his face.

"Kuhhh! Someday I will make you draw your sword!"

"Now now, don't be so frustrated. Compared to kids our age, you are already much better than them."

"You saying that towards me doesn't really make it better you know."

Arthur chuckles at mia's statement while she glares at him.

"You were too focused on what's in front of you. When I used earth magic, you assumed that I was still behind the earth wall, but I was already circling towards you using wind magic to boost my speed."

Mia sighs as she looks at me in the eyes.

"It's really not fair, not only are you versatile at almost every kind of weapons, but you are also a genius when it comes to magic having affinity with the four elements making you a quadruple mage."

"Well you knowing all of that, when you are also at the same age as me, I guess you are also abnormal compared to others our ages."

"This and that is two different things! We're about the same age, but the gap between us is really wide!"

Yahir pops out suddenly out of nowhere and pats the shoulder of mia.

"Mia you shouldn't really compare yourself with Art, in the first place, thinking of him as a normal seven years old boy is already a huge mistake."

Arthur sweatdrops at the statement of his father, and he lets out a rather forced smile.

"What kind of father would be saying that his son isn't normal, wouldn't that be something

I inherited towards you seeing as you are also not normal dad."

"Of course champ! You are not normal! But that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. After all you are the pride and rising star of our village! With your talents you would surely become a great great person!"

Yahir announces with great enthusiasm.

"Well that aside dad is right mia, even I myself know that I am clearly different from people around our age. If you compare yourself to others besides me, you'd be better than people older than us."

Arthur wasn't lying when he says that, Mia indeed has great potential compared to others, and him helping her out like by sparring almost every day draws out the talents of mia's faster.

Mia knew clearly Arthur was indeed someone meant to stand above others, but that only fueled her determination to match him.

"Even so, I won't give up! Just watch me art!

Even if you are strong, I'll prove it to you, that you aren't so different from others!"

Arthur and yahir smiles at mia's determination.

"Why are you so focused on becoming stronger mia? Wouldn't you rather live a relaxing life?"

Arthur asks mia and mia paused, she had an a somehow sad expression in her face.

"Because I want to leave.."

Both father and son were confused by her answer, but didn't pry further.

"Then how about you Art? With your talents it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that you can almost become anything you want to be."

This piqued yahir's interest, as he also didn't know what was the dream of his son, although Arthur was indeed very talented, yahir didn't want to force his son to go the path of hardships. If his son wanted to simply live a normal life, he would undoubtedly let him if he wanted it.

"Hmm, I don't really know I guess. I'd really rather stay here in the village, and help out here."

Mia gazes at Arthur with wide eyes, and yahir looks at him with a stern look.

"Stay at the village?! That's a waste of talent! Yahir-san, Art is saying absurd things!"

Yahir stared eye to eye with Arthur with a serious look, and Arthur had a somehow hesitant look on his face and he faced the ground looking down. He feared that his dad might be now disappointed in him, because he had great expectations placed on him.

"You know Art, If you wish for a normal life,

I won't stop you. However you are still young, there's still a lot of time to think about what you want to be. If you really want to live quietly and peacefully in the village then I won't stop you."

Arthur looks up and saw his father's usual enthusiastic smile, he thought that he would be disappointed, but it looks like he was wrong.

"It's not like you to be so admirable dad, hurry up and do something stupid again."

Arthur says with a smile.

"No matter how stupid I am, I still am your father.

If my son is unsure of his path, I still have a duty to guide you as your father."

"Yahir-san is right, there's still a lot of time to think about it Art."

Mia says, and a villager could seen from a distance waving at our direction.

"Mia! The village chief is calling for you!"

Mia was the daughter of the village chief, and the village chief was certainly fond of his daughter seeing as how he always calls for her.

Mia's smile quickly changed.

"Father is? Then I guess I'll see you later Art!"

"Mhm, see you later mia."

They both say their farewells, and now only the father and son remained in the field.

"Well with that, the future is still unknown. We can only prepare for it! So shall we begin training champ!"

Arthur raises his hands into the air, and the father son began to train.

"Honeyy! We're home!"

Yahir opens the door and announces with great enthusiasm.

Adalena peeks her head out of the kitchen, and she saw her husband and son. She runs to their direction with open arms, and yahir widely opens both his hands ready to embrace his wife, but she passes right at him and Adalena hugs the seven years old Arthur.

"Oh my Art! You are all sweaty again. Go take a bath for now and clean yourself up."

"Honey... What about me.. ?"

"Oh dear, I didn't notice you at all. Go outside and stay there, your smell is very unpleasant dear."

Adalena says to her husband which had a crying face.

"Where's Aryan?"

Arthur asks his mother a bit worried. But adalena only waved her hands signaling Arthur to follow her to which Arthur did.

Adalena leads Arthur to the kitchen, and Arthur saw her little sister trying to cook their food for this afternoon.

"Brother!"

Aryan quickly notices her brother's present and she ran towards his direction.

"Looks like you kept your promise Aryan!

I'm really proud of you."

Aryan's smile grew wider as Arthur pats her head.

"I guess food today will be more delicious than usual."

"That's right! Just you wait brother, once you taste the food I made, you'll keep wanting to eat it forever!"

Aryan states to Arthur with a very big smug look on her face.

"Did you hear that mom? I'm afraid that Aryan here might just take your place in the house if your not careful."

Arthur says in a teasing manner, but adalena maintained her usual closed eyes smile, although for some reason it looks more darker.

"Aryan, while I am proud of you as your mother, but you also have to remember that mother is also a woman. I won't take that declaration that Arthur made lightly."

The mother daughter faces off against each other, while Arthur makes his way towards the bath.

Arthur takes off his clothes and enters the bath with the intention of resting and relaxing.

But all of that was quickly ruined when his father also entered the bath with his usual rowdy demeanor.

"Yo Art! How about a bath with your old man!"

Yahir says as he was already entering the bath. Arthur sighs, but he also gets in the bath with his father.

It was silent, before his father started speaking.

"Hey Art, are you really sure about it? Staying in the village I mean."

Arthur was surprised by the sudden question, before answering his father he began to think about the question that his father asked, because in this village he has already found his goal.

He wanted to relax. In this village he was taught emotions that he couldn't experience before, he was given a lovely family, and he found bliss and peace during the time seven years time he has spent in the village.

"Are you disappointed dad? That I am not ambitious even with this kind of talent."

Yahir looks Arthur in the eyes not with his usual rowdy demeanor, but with a serious demeanor.

"Art, no matter how talented or how much potential you have, it won't change the fact that you are my son that I am proud of. If you want to spend your time peacefully, I will respect your decision. Even if you are indeed talented, the world is a very cruel place."

Arthur listened to his father's words, during his time as a mercenary and by how powerful his father is, he has definitely gone through various obstacles and hardships to get where he is at today.

"As a person that has live through many battles,

I was very excited about what your future will be, but as a father I do not want you to experience those hardships that I once went through."

Arthur nods at his father's statement, and with that they take the bath in an unusual but peaceful silent.

Arthur finished bathing and left the bath, but yahir stayed for a little bit more, He puts on his clothes and leaves the bath area.

He goes over to the direction of his room, and he lays down on his bed and he stares up on the room of his ceiling.

'The future huh? Well I plan to stay here in the village, but what about income money? I guess

I could become a mercenary like dad, with my strength and dad's reputation I can make a name for myself.

I wonder how the kingdom of Vollachia is doing? It's pretty weird itself that they aren't looking for me. Did they assume that I was dead? Well that's a plus for me. I wonder how big sister Priscilla is doing.'

Arthur wonders in his thoughts as time passed faster than what it seems.

"Art! Food is ready come down there already!"

A voice that belonged to his mother calls out to him. He snaps out from his thoughts and begins heading down the stairs.

He was greeted by a hug from his little sister, and she grabs his hand and went over to the dining room.

All the family members were already there, and so they sat and waited for the food to come.

"Kuku prepare yourself brother, you might end up not liking any food besides mine."

"Is that so? Then I'm looking forward to it then."

Adalena comes to the dining room with the foods they will eat, and now the tasting begins.

Arthur looks at the food that his sister and mother made, and it certainly looked delicious.

Adalena grabs Arthur's plate, and puts some of the food. She hands the plate back to Arthur, and now Arthur begins eating.

He takes a bite, while Aryan looks at him with anticipation.

"This is..."

Arthur pauses before continuing and Aryan takes a gulp.

"So what do you think brother?!"

"This is very delicious! You worked hard Aryan."

Arthur tells his little sister and he pats her head.

"Ehehehe."

Aryan was very delighted that Arthur liked the food that she made, and with that the family continues eating while talking about certain topics.

"Oh yeah now I remember, a noble will be visiting our village. It's the son of a person that I owe during the war. He should be in his twenties and is preparing to become a knight. I heard that his attitude is quite difficult so it's better if you just stay away from him."

Yahir tells his family with food in his mouth.

'A noble? Why would a noble bother coming to our village for unknown reasons? Although I shouldn't worry that much, I shouldn't let my guard down."

Arthur ponders the reason of the sudden visit of the noble, and with that they finish eating and rest for the next day.

CHAPTER OVERR! SOME FORESHADOWING IN THIS CHAPTER AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR NOT UPLOADING FOR A WEEK!

It was my birthday on 27th which made me quite busy, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter! :D