"Young master, wake up."
"Wake up, young master."
Hearing a feminine voice calling me, my tired eyes started to flutter open, and the first thing I saw was an unfamiliar ceiling. For a moment, I was confused, then suddenly memories of yesterday flooded me.
'I see, so it wasn't a dream,' I thought to myself.
As I woke up, I saw a woman in a traditional maid costume. She had a nice curvy body, a mature aura, and a cute face. She was standing beside me, waiting for me. Feeling confused, I racked through my brain looking for the memories of her.
'Huh, so her name is Mia, and she was assigned to be my maid until my servant was determined.'
Here in the world of Ether, each noble on their 9th birthday receives a personal maid or butler. Shrugging these thoughts away, I got out of bed and gave her my most innocent smile. "Good morning, Mia," I spoke.
"Good morning, young master. It's time for you to freshen up."
"Sure, let's go."
Giving her the signal, I was led to the bathroom where I was cleaned, rinsed, and dressed up. Though it was weird to be cleaned and dressed by someone else, the mental pleasure of having different maids clean you up was great. Though my body was young and it couldn't have reactions, I was still an adult at mind.
It was at that time that I understood how big the mansion I lived in really was. Every corner screamed luxury. Guess this is what you get when you are the sister of the emperor. I was led by my maid to the dining area where there was a large table filled with several different types of food.
Reaching the table, I could already see my new family awaiting me. It was a rule that all family members would sit together for breakfast. Playing my current 'Austin' persona, I greeted each of my family, and I realized that I really needed to start changing my behavior gradually. My mother and little sister smiled at me while my big sister pouted and looked away. 'Cute,' I thought. I took my seat and started my breakfast, but damn it was tasty. It was nothing like what I had ever eaten, and the food just melted in my mouth. While having breakfast, my mother asked me how I was and other questions about my sickness. I replied curtly, matching my persona.
After breakfast, everyone was left to do their own thing. My mother had to deal with her duties, my big sister with her training, and my younger sister with her studies. Being noble and all sounded good, but it came with its responsibilities. Kids had to start focusing and studying from a young age.
And each child is taught to bring out their most talents and potential. In this world, noble children mature early due to their studies and responsibilities. Before my little sis left, I asked her to free her time in the evening so she could play with me. Though surprised, she readily agreed since she's only six and doesn't have a lot to learn.
As for me, since I am 'sick', my mother asked me to take a week's leave from studies. Since I was free, I decided to head towards the library of the mansion. As a man who believed that 'knowledge is power', I needed to know more about this world.
Entering the library, I saw a large area fully covered by books, a room covered with books from top to bottom. Sending my maid away for privacy, I soon dived towards the books containing the basics of this world.
4 hours later~~~~~~~
Closing the 5th book, I leaned towards my chair and closed my eyes.
'Looks like the knowledge I know is similar to the world's.'
As I said before, this world is called Ether. The world was built by the two goddesses Silviya and Silvie. They both put towards their power and created the world they deemed fit. They created the Silviya realm and the Silvie realm. Currently, I am in the Silviya realm, which currently contains several countries and two empires, alongside the elves, beasts, and dwarfs.
The elves have a single empire where they live in the olive forest. Unlike the normal fantasy elves, they aren't tree-huggers. The elves had created a huge empire within the forest which was ruled by several tribes. The elves are known for their ability for commerce and magical combat.
A large quantity of the world's money flows through them, and several businesses and banks are being controlled by them. Not only that, but due to their longer lifespan, they also have a larger amount of experts. But they have no desire for world denomination.
Why do you ask?
Why would they when they have everything?
"We got money, we got to land and we are in prosperity!"
Plus, due to their innate magic capabilities, they were being protected by the dragons. Here, dragons are not an empire or a tribe. They are something much above it. Dragons are on a different level. They are said to be the first created species of both goddesses, with strength and life force above all other species.
They don't intervene in the worldly matters, and they make sure that peace stays. Hence, the elves received protection and support.
Anyway, enough about dragons; the next species is the beastmen. They are divided into different tribes and spread across a single empire. Among them, there are four main clans: the Lion Tribe, the Tiger Tribe, the Wolf Tribe, and the Cat Tribe. Each tribe has other clans below them and is ruled by the main clan like a council. There is no single king, and surprisingly, such a system works well for them. Unlike the elves, the beasts are more inclined towards close combat than magic, though they use magic in combat.
Each clan has its specialty, such as the cat tribe being great assassins, and the tiger tribe being great treasure hunters. All the clans had come together to create an exotic world of their own, which is a great tourist spot in this world.
After that, we have the dwarves. They don't have their own country but a city known to be impenetrable to all. Due to their low birth rate, the dwarves have a lesser population. So, they came together to create the Dwarven City.
Built with high metal walls and technology, the city is impenetrable. Another thing about the dwarves is that they own about 56% of the world's weapon production, a scary number, to say the truth, as they only live for their crafts and drinking. It is said that the dwarves have more money than they can spend.
After them come the humans who, unlike the other races, are not well-knit, nor do they have any specialty. That was what the other races had thought, but the humans took their weakness as strength and expanded their ways.
We started producing magical weapons, and as a group of extraordinary thinkers, we started learning the specialty of others and started to excel in them. Humans also have their share of extraordinary experts and powers. Currently, there are two human Empires and other human countries surrounding them. Both the Empires are equal in strength.
The Empire I am currently in is the Ezraeil Empire, currently ruled by Claus Ezraeil the 8th. He took control of the empire 15 years ago. The other is the Twilight Empire, ruled by Maxwell Twilight the 8th. Surrounding them are other countries whose strength cannot be scoffed at, as they have specialties and strengths.
Like the country of Angria, which completely focuses on magic. It is said that even the commoners know basic magic. The country of Avalon focuses on knights, and they are close combat-oriented. So these are the basics in the human realm. Why realm, you ask?
This is because the Silvie realm and the Silviya realm are not exactly on the same plane. The realm containing humans, elves, beasts, and dwarves was made by the goddess Silviya, and the demon realm by the goddess Silvie.
To travel between each realm, one needs to use a transport gate. And as for the demon realm? They have countless different types of demons, and there exist only two Empires ruling them all: The Eflan and The Orizion Empire. The Eflan Empire is ruled by the Efeth royal demons, and the Orizon Empire is ruled by the Plane royal demons.
Other than this, there is another race created by both the goddesses, the aquatic species that live within the sea, the great aquatic empire ruled by both the mermaid and whale tribes. Unlike what people would expect, there is no large rate of war or dislike between the races as they live in harmony. This world is a place where different races live with each other in peace.
Well, that is after what took place thousands of years ago. For some reason, there was a war between the goddess Sylvia and Sylvie, and the war escalated to such a degree that millions died, and blood made the world red. But no one knew why there was a war between the goddesses.
Well...except for me, who had played the game. There was a hidden quest to be completed, and I had found the reason. It was nothing great - a small disagreement between the goddesses. The goddess Sylvie wanted to live and interact with her creations, forming a harmony.
But Goddess Silvia just wanted to let her creations be, with no interactions. So, yup, a great war occurred because of that. You can imagine my surprise when I found out about it. Opening my eyes and rubbing my sore body, I decided to take a walk.
"Oh yeah, before that, hey system, show me all the applications you can provide me."
[Yes, host.]
[The Support System:
▪︎Status
▪︎Shop
▪︎Information
▪︎Notepad]
Looking at the given choices, a few doubts arose in my mind.
"Hey, system, what's the information?"
[It's as the name implies. You can check into the information and buy certain information at a certain price.]
[And before you ask, the "price" is referred to as counterattack points that you earn while conquering each capture target or doing something determinate to the main protagonist.]
While listening to the explanation of the system, my expression becomes weirder and weirder. So, I just have to make the main protagonist's life hell?
'Damn, that God is quite vengeful.'
Throwing my thoughts away, I click status, and suddenly, a blue screen appears in front of me.
[Name: Austin Lionheart
Age: 8
Total Points: 0
Looks: 9/10 (not bad; you can live with just your looks)
Talent: 7/10 (nothing compared to your siblings)
Note: Hidden Bloodline (locked)
Titles: None
Partners Conquered: None]
"Hmmm, so I have a hidden bloodline, but he didn't have it in the game?"
'Maybe he didn't awaken it.'
Thinking so, I focused back on the system, excited to see what lay ahead, trying to use the excitement to suppress the pain of death and loss that still looms in my heart.
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