Chapter 2: Arthur meets Rudolf
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The rest of my family had gone on a trip. It has been a few months since then. The butler informed me that we had a new guest in our house. He said it was the Leywin's Lost child.
Rudolf did not care about others. He missed his parents and his cute little Lily.
Because he could not walk, his father had hired craftsmen to build some seat-type thing with two wheels on its side and two small wheels at the front to support the weight of the whole thing. Although I could walk now according to my system I had to remain low-key. It was called a wheelchair in one of the Urban novels he had read
He wanted to give his parents a surprise but he remembered to system from the novel that everything had Karma attached to it. He was in an unknown world he did not want to cause any further changes other than his birth.
"At least send me to a place which I Have memories of!!" I shouted inside my heart. He remembered almost all cliche scenes from hundreds of novels he had read but he just had to be transported to a world he did not know anything about.
Knock, knock.
The door opened and I saw the cute face of my little sister.
"Brother Mom said to wake you up. She will be bringing you the breakfast." Lily said.
"No need. Today, I will eat with my family." Said Rudolf.
He decided to use his wheelchair to go there. He named this chairas wheel chair he did not know why but it just sounded right.
My sister helped me to int on the wheelchair.
She pushed me towards the dining room. Luckily my room was on the ground floor or else I would have to use mana to float there.
As we entered, inside the kitchen I saw my mother and Mrs. Leywin's. A boy younger than me with a strange pet on his shoulder was sitting beside a little girl. From what he knew they must be Arthur and his little sister Ellie.
My mom was bringing salad for Arthur. The plate fell from her hands when she caught sight of her daughter pushing someone towards them. She rushed towards me.
"Son, what are you doing out here? And Lily did I not tell you that I will bring the breakfast to Rudolf's room." Shouted my mother. Lily hid behind me. With tears in her, eyes I hurriedly comforted her.
"Mother don't scold Lily. I wanted to breathe some fresh air and meet the guests living in our house." Rudolf held his mother's hand and gave her a reassuring smile.
"But your health.." she wanted to say something but was interrupted by me.
"I am fine. The craftsmen did a good job at making this." He said while pointing towards his wheelchair.
Mother supported me to sit on the chair to eat my breakfast. I used magic to make myself almost weightless. She did not feel anything. Others also were unable to tell that I used mana because I was running it inside my body. And the system could hide everything about the inside of my body regardless of the outsider's rank.
I introduced myself to the people who were seeing me for the first time.
"Hello, my name is Rudolf Helstea. The eldest son of the Helstea Family. It is nice to meet you all." I gave a formal introduction.
"Tabitha you never told us that you had one more child who was older than Lily."
Said Mrs. Leywin's.
She, Ellie, and Sylvie were entranced by the beauty of Rudolf. He was the most beautiful person they had ever seen although he had not fully matured yet he was already so charming when he was young that they could not imagine just what type of things he would be capable of when he fully matured.
"S, sorry we did not mean to hide it. It is just because Rudolf has an illness and can not walk. I will tell you about the rest some other time." Said Tabitha.
She and Ellie, and Sylvie snapped out of their dazed expression.
[Arthur's POV]
I woke up the next morning to my baby dragon licking furiously at my ace. "Haha I'm up Sylvie, I'm up!"
"Kyu~!" She was hopping up and down on top of me, a feeling of excitement radiating from her.
I thought of ess . I had never thought I would miss being woken up by her spartan metods . I wonder how she was doing?
Tess had become my closest friend growing up, and while she had turned a bit fierce, she was still the same kind-hearted Tess that worried about me and took care of me while I was in Elenoir .
I took a quick shower, dragging my smelly dragon with me . She cried in distress at the warm water drenching her but I didn't relent and soon after, we were both sparkling clean .
"…kyu" Sylvie moaned, plopped down on my bed, exhausted from struggling .
"Don't complain! Both of us were filthy and we didn't wash yesterday either . "
I hear a knock on my door, so I quickly put on the rest of my clothes .
"Coming!" I said, my shirt still over my head .
Opening the door, I looked down to spot a shy Eleanor, looking down, with her foot rubbing something on the ground .
"Well hello there, Ellie . " I squatted down so I was eye level with her, giving her the most gentle smile I could muster .
"G-g'morning Bruhder . Mama told me to w-wake you up . " She muttered, her head still down .
"Haha I see! Thank you very much little sister," I exclaimed while patting her head . This seemed to get a good response out of her as she started blushing a little .
"Can you take me down to the kitchen?" I asked, holding out my hand .
"En!" She nods excitedly and while she hesitated for a second, she grabbed my hand and pulled me along .
Sylvie followed behind us, trotting while taking a look around at her new surroundings .
I'm met with a pleasant smell of bacon as we entered the kitchen . Inside, I spotted Tabitha and my mother cooking something as they chatted.
"Good morning Mom, Ma'am!" I announced .
"G'morning!" "Kyu!" Both Ellie and Sylvie echo .
"Ah! Ellie managed to wake you up! I remembered having the hardest time waking you up even when you were a baby, Art . I swear you slept like a log . " My mother chuckled as she placed some eggs into a large plate .
"Did you sleep well?" Smiled Tabitha as she tossed the bowl of salad she had in her hands .
"I slept great, Mrs . Helstea . "
I saw Lilia bringing young boy a little older then me. He was sitting on a wheelchair. Seeing Lilia bringing the boy Madam Tabitha ran towards the boy and started crying and scolded Lilia.
The boy comforted her and introduced himself as the eldest son of the Helstea Family.
After the introduction the atmosphere became lively again. Breakfast was great . Mother mentioned that usually the maids are the ones to cook but she wanted to cook today for me.
It had been too long since I had mother's cooking and I now realized how dearly I had missed it . I made sure to give some of the meat to Sylvie who didn't hesitate to gobble whatever entered her mouth, including my finger . Eventually, Ellie and Lilia both wanted to try feeding her so I told them to go ahead . Needless to say, Sylvie warmed up to both of them a bit more after being fed by them .
"The carriage is waiting out front so just leave the dishes in the sink and let's head out!" announced Tabitha .
The boy stayed back at the mansion.
Xyrus was an amazing city . I couldn't help but stare at the different sights that came into view as we travelled down the main road . I could see magic shops, armories, spell books, and even beast core shops! There was everything a mage could ask for.
Adults and children were all dressed extravagantly while luxurious carriages passed alongside ours .
Some buildings were several stories high, making this city seem a lot bigger and denser than Ashber . I could also see children a couple years older than me all wearing similar uniforms, some black while some grey and red . I could only assume by their pretentious demeanor that they were students of Xyrus Academy.
While uniforms in my old world were meant to protect the financial backgrounds to lessen discrimination, here, it seemed that the uniforms themselves worked as a sort of gold medallion that they could show off to the rest of the world .
We had eventually reached the fashion district of Xyrus . It was here I learned that shopping for clothes with females took a harder toll on my body than training with Grandpa Virion, and even the thought of his training regimen had left me in cold sweat .
I was used as a mannequin for each of the girl's own preferences in style . My mother wanted to dress me in simple clothes, while Tabitha wanted to transform me into some sort of prince . Even Lilia and Ellie made me try on some clothes .
"You need to look good since you're my bruhder!" She announced loudly, her hands on her hips .
Sylvie could feel the exhaustion radiating from me so she comfortingly perched on my head, as if to gloat .
I ended up with ten different sets of clothes, half from Mother and the other half from Tabitha . Both Mother and I tried to stop Tabitha from buying me anything but she scolded us, playfully said, "Just think of it as an investment . Besides, I've always wanted a son," while winking .
We looked around more after towing our bags of clothes into the carriage . I was excited to see the armory . I had really wanted a decent sword to start practicing swordsmanship again; It was apparent that my skills diminish after such a long break from proper training . The girls didn't want that, though, and I was forced to go into different jewelry and gem stores instead . I guess I would have to visit the armory with Father next time .
Eventually, we arrived back home, my physical and mental strength depleted by the time father came back home soon after .
"How was your day, Son?" He chuckled, taking a seat next to me on the dining table .
"I never thought shopping could be so utterly tiring," I groaned .
As if hearing my complaints, Vincent and Tabitha sat down across from us .
"HAHA! I heard you got beat up by a bunch of women today, Arthur!" Vincent exclaimed .
I just feebly nod while Tabitha smirked at looks at Mother, "The little prodigy of yours isn't as big of a deal as I thought he was . " Lilia and Ellie giggled at this .
"I will admit that a woman's endurance can not be matched when they're out shopping . " I just wryly refuted .
My father and Vincent laughed harder at this and nodded their head in agreement .
The sound of a doorbell followed by a couple of knocks gets everyone's attention .
"Ah! Looks like she's here!" Vincent perked up .
The look on everyone else's face told me that Vincent was the only one who knew what was going on .
Vincent came back, leading an elderly woman into dining room .
"Rey, Alice, Arthur, I know you guys said that you want to put off school for later but I just couldn't hold it in . Everyone . Meet Cynthia Goodsky! She's the Director of Xyrus Academy . "
Noticing the slight twinge of annoyance on my face, Vincent immediately said, "Don't worry, I didn't bring her here to make you go to school right away . I just wanted her to meet you . "
The Director gave me a smile that I couldn't quite understand the meaning of and held out her hand . "Nice to finally meet you, Arthur.
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