Bab 1: Prologue
"Wake up, brother,"
"Brother, wake up..." I heard my sister's sweet voice as she tried to rouse me from my slumber.
"Ugh... What is it, Anna?" I groaned, my voice thick with sleep.
"Mother is calling you for breakfast. Wake up," Anna replied.
"Let me sleep a little bit more."
"No," Anna flatly refused. Suddenly, I felt a weight on my back. When I tried to groggily open my eyes, I saw Anna holding our pet cat Bell in her hands. But that wasn't the main issue; the problem was that Bell's rear end was facing my face. When I looked up and saw the mischievous glint in Anna's eyes, I understood what she was about to do.
"D-Don't you dare, Anna," I sternly warned her, though my nervousness was evident in my voice.
"Oh," she nodded as if she understood, but then she swiftly moved Bell's rear end near my face with alarming speed.
"No...!" I jumped up from my bed and glared at her angrily. Meanwhile, she just giggled mischievously.
"Come here, you little..." I roared and lunged towards her like a predator towards his prey. But she continued her giggling and started running around my room.
At the same time, poor Bell was sulking in a corner of the room, feeling mistreated.
"Meow, nya. Pets also have their dignity and pride. You can't just shove my rear end into the master's face. Now face the mighty paw of destruction, nya," Bell thought to himself randomly.
"Oh, it seems both brother and sister are having fun, huh...!" As we were both playing around, we heard our mother's voice, and we both froze. Slowly and robotically, we turned our heads and saw a 5'6" woman with blonde hair, curves in all the right places, and a gentle smile, leaning against the door. She had a beautiful face and deep black eyes.
We both gulped—not out of lust (after all, we are her children, and Anna is a girl)—but out of fear, because despite her gentle smile, the fireball burning in her hands suggested otherwise.
"Mother?" John called fearfully to Aisha, their mother.
"Yes, son?"
"It was Anna's fault," I hurriedly said, not noticing Anna's widened eyes as she looked at me with surprise, as if I had stolen a million dollars from her.
"Oh, really...?" Aisha asked with some amusement in her voice, still smiling gently yet scarily.
"Yes," I nodded as if my life depended on it and carefully explained everything to Mother.
"It seems Anna needs to be punished," Aisha said.
"But, Mother..." Anna attempted to protest, but was hushed.
"Shh, as your brother said, it was your fault, so you will be punished."
Upon hearing this, Anna became teary-eyed and glanced at me accusingly.
"Ugh..." I began to feel guilty under her gaze and appealed to Mother.
"Mother, it was also my fault. I should have woken up the first time Anna tried to wake me. Please don't punish Anna..."
Hearing this, Anna looked at me lovingly, momentarily forgetting that I was the reason she was nearly punished.
At the same time, Anna thought to herself, "Hmm, good. It seems that big bro still knows how to spoil me. I should adore him a bit."
Aisha, tired of our antics, sighed and said, "Stop fooling around and come get breakfast."
Upon hearing that, we both smiled at each other, relieved to have escaped punishment, and followed her to breakfast.
We were heading downstairs for breakfast with our mother when I saw two people already seated at a luxurious sandalwood table, being served by maids.
My father, Leon Bright, was one of them. He's a 35-year-old man with deep black hair and red eyes. He's the head of our Bright family and also the Count of the Fanix Empire.
He's feared by both the masses and nobles alike, known by another title: Mad Beast Count.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered the reason for this name, but we'll talk about that later.
On my father's left sat Alice Bright, my older sister. She's 18 years old, two years older than me. She's 5'8" tall, with long black hair, likely inherited from our father.
Though she also inherited his red eyes, they're now green due to her Awakening of Elven Lineage. She has the largest breasts I've ever seen, H-cup, and pointy ears, but not as long as those of natural-born elves.
"John, today is your first day at Royal Star Academy. Do you want to be late for such an important event? You'll be mocked by other freshmen nobles," Alice said sternly.
"Huh...? Who would dare mock the son of the Mad Beast Count?" Father suddenly choked on his food upon hearing me say this.
After drinking some wine, Father asked, "Who the hell told you about this name of mine, damn brat?"
"Oh... so it's true."
"No!!... It's not."
"Hehe... You can't hide the truth forever, old man," I said tauntingly.
"Stop trying to change the topic and tell me who was the bastard who told you about this nickname of mine."
"Old man, I'm 16 years old now and have my own information network," I said proudly. "Finding your nickname was a piece of cake for me."
"..." Father
"..." Mother
"..." Alice
"..." Anna
"..." Maids and the Cat Bell
Noticing their increasingly deadpan expressions, I shrunk my neck and sheepishly asked, "What is it?"
"Stop fooling around and tell me who was the bastard," Father demanded angrily. "Do you think any common people or lesser nobles would have the guts to talk about me like this?"
"Father, you never told me your brother, Uncle Brandon, was adopted," I asked confused.
Father: "WTF"
"Uncle Brandon was the bastard who told me about this name of yours!"
"That... Motherfucker, I will kill this shit."
"Father, why are you called the Mad Beast Count?" Anna asked innocently.
Even I was curious. Though Uncle Brandon told me about Father's nickname, he didn't tell me the reason. "Yes, father, what's the reason for that?" I also asked curiously.
"Oh... it's because..." Alice was about to tell us, but Father suddenly blocked her mouth. "Don't, please don't bring up my embarrassing past in front of Anna, my dear daughter."
"Maybe it's because in the past he sometimes behaved like a Mad Beast," Mother Aisha suddenly said.
After Mother said that, there was a pin-drop silence for a moment. But after that, both of my sisters and I started laughing crazily. I could even see from the corner of my eye that even the maids were having trouble controlling their laughter.
"Brandon... you fucking dick, I'm going to kill you," Father screamed angrily, seeing that all of his dignity had gone to waste in front of his children.
After all this family drama was over, we all started eating our breakfast properly. Father said solemnly, "John, I believe you'll certainly surprise everyone today at the awakening ceremony..." He added, "But don't worry, even if your talent isn't found to be great, we Brights have a lot of treasures that can improve your talent, making even the most talented jealous of you."
Hearing that, I was very grateful to Father. It greatly decreased my anxiety about not being able to live up to our family's reputation. But old man, what the hell do you mean by saying that we have a lot of treasures that can increase a person's natural talent? This type of treasure is rare even in the royal treasury, and here you are telling me you have lots of them. Are you some kind of hidden ruler of the empire or what? And don't tell me you robbed the treasury of an empire, huh?
Well enough of my internal monologue. "Thanks, old man, but don't worry, I'll bring glory to our Bright family. After seeing my talents, even the king will be jealous that I wasn't born into the royal family."
"That's my son," Leon proclaimed proudly.
"Alright, stop talking and hurry up for the academy, John and Alice," Aisha urged us.
"Alright, Mom."
"Yes, Mother."
We both replied.
Yes, my older sister Alice also attends Royal Star Academy, even before me. And not to brag, but she's considered a genius in terms of talent at the academy. As the brother of such a genius sister, I can't be left behind in terms of talent. I'll make sure I'm called a monster in terms of talent at the Academy.
I'm excited to see what kind of destiny and fate awaits me.
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Guys it's my first chapter for my original novel, the other novel that you see is not mine.
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