On his way to his mansion Rowan was constantly thinking about the baby that his majesty has given to raise him. He knew he was known as one of the greatest General inYonaitbut that does notimplyhe was a good teacher. He has taughtmany young ones before but it was all for nothing. If his majesty wanted the baby to grow as a great hero wouldn''t it would be betterto be taughtin palace, where all the people, best in their field live. It would be better there.
The carriage suddenly tilted to one side throwing Rowan, sitting inside the carriageinto the air. The carriage stopped afterthat.Throughthe gap of curtain and carriage window he saw citizens gathering around carriage. Rowanquestioned carriage driver.
"A poor ladyhas been hit by our carriage,"Carriage driver replied.
Rowan furrowed his brows. Such a big carriage is not somethingyoucan miss so easily. Rowan thought that it must besomekindof trick to getmoney from him. Rowan ordered one of his guard to clear thepathandthecarriage once againstarted moving toward its destination.
Carriage stopped at front gate of the mansion and a man who was standing beside thefront door approached the carriage and openeditsdoor. Rowan stepped out from the carriage with the baby in his hand.
"Greetings sir Rowan" bowed the man.
Rowan doesn''t greet back just slightly nodded but the man could not see it due to his bow for greeting. Another opened the gate of the mansion for Rowan.
Rowan entered insidemansion.As it was a mansion so it was obvious it would be big andto fitthe stature of general residence,it needed to be have class but even after having all this Rowan wasn''t happy. He had wife and two children, a boy and a girl. His wife was busysocializing withupper-classwomen and children arejust influencedwith thishigh-classsociety and think themselves as a king.
"Is something the matter sir"a butler asked Rowan.
Rowan turned toward the man. He was a butler, assigned to him by the king. He was old and seen many people in his life so he could see the loneliness in Rowan''s eye.
"NothingValus," said Rowan while turning back to go to his roombutSuddenlystoppedmidwayhe realized he requires a nanny for the baby.He once againturned toValus.
"Valushire a nanny for the baby"
Valuswas waiting for this opportunity. He wascurious about whose baby it wasorifitwasRowanbaby fromaffair but asking directly to his master would be rude and unprofessionalafterallthis matter is none of his concern, it was just hiscuriosityto know about it.Valusslyly tried to get the information out of Rowan.
"Sirmay I know what kind of nanny you want to hire for...."Valuspausedmid ofsentenceandlooked at Rowan with a gaze which was asking him to completeanotherhalf ofsentence.
"call him young master" asValusmind registeredRowan words. The look of surprise appeared on his face. He was ready for this kind of possibility but he didn''tthoughtthat it would really come trueafterallhis image ofRowan wasnot of someone who would cheat on her wife just because some other womanlookmorebeautiful.
Rowan somewhat guessed whatValusmight be thinking. If someone out of nowhere bring a baby with him to his house when he is already married and even had kids,two on top of that than it wouldsurelooksuspicious. BeforeValuswould make even moreassumptionRowan thought of stopping his train of thoughts.
"Just hireanexperiencednanny. This baby is one of the summoned hero."A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
Rowan''s statement shockedValus. He could notbelievewhat he heard. He stared blankly at Rowan. How could a baby be a one of a summoned hero?
''At leastmake a good excuse master''
"You heard it rightValus. He is one of a summoned hero. He is given to me to train him as a warrior," Rowan left for his room with ababyandwaited for nanny to come.
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Valusleft to hire a nanny for the baby but one thing was disturbing him. He couldn''t understand why the baby was given to Rowan. He is a great general was right but at most he could teach war strategy and sword fight to baby but that is not the only thing that makes hero invincible. Hero also needs to master magic, learn to use all kinds of weapons and get field experience fighting demonsnotothercountriesthat is usually general''s duty.Wouldn''t it be better if he was trained in palace in magic and all other aspects and if king really wanted to give baby to someone to train wouldn''tit be better to give him to Ronald. He is most experienced warrior ofanti demonarmy.
Valusthoughtsame as Rowanon this matterbut the difference in Rowan andValusthinking was thatValushas some vague idea of why Rowan was given baby. After all he wasn''t royalbutlerpreviouslyfornothing.
Valusthought''s traintook himwayahead of his destination.Valushad to run all the way back to nanny''s house. He knocked at a certain door and after a while a woman who looked in her mid 30s opened the door.
The lady doesn''t remember who the old manwas but he was sure she hadn''tseenhim before.
"Whoareyouold man?" Asked woman, ready to grab the knife lying just a bit away from herif old manmakeany suspicious move.
"We have met only once so it couldn''t be yourfault,"saidValussighing.
"I don''t remember you so could you tell me who you are mister?" She asked once again.
"LaraYou used to work in palace as amaid when I wasbutlerthere.Let''s not talk about the past and let me tell you why I''m here."
Lara was sure that this old man dressed in blacksuitherewas to offer him a deal. A deal that is,ahigh-classnoble is interested in you and want to take you as his mistress. Inotherwords,he was here to buy her. Lara was ready to jump at his knife to slit this man throat assoon as he says it. She pumped energy in her legs and waited for the man to open his mouth.
"I want you to...."
BeforeValuscould say any further Lara took a step behind, twistedher body slightly and stretched her arms to hold the knife, lying on table. She gripped the knife as tight she could and charged at the old man with an intent to slice him in two. But when knife was just a bit far fromValus, asphericalstone out of nowhere popped infront of knifes blade. Lara has put her whole power in the attack so when theknifecollided withsmoothshiny stone spheres, knifegotdeflected.She disbalancedand fell on the ground. Shestood onceagain to ready another strikebutsomehow she was unable to lift her feet. She looked at her feet and sawherfeetrootedin floor.
"Mage!!" She gasped. Mage and as a butler this time someone big noble has come to hire us.
Valuswas surprised with Lara''sreactionbut on same time knew why she did it. She was really beautiful and anyone who would see her would definitely want her for himself.
If any other butler with zero fighting experiencehadcome to her, he won''t be able to leave unscathed from her fierce attack. Lucky for him he personally came to hire her.
"I know Lara before me many people had come to you with not so good reason but I don''t have that kind of intention. I know what happened with you and I know how hard is life for you that’s why when my master told me to hire ananny. I directly came to you."
Laraheard the man. After all she didn''t haveany otheroption. She heard him till end and a largeloathingsmilesurfacedon her face.
"I knew you were just like others and you were lying. If you would have known me before you would have known that I have never worked as nanny and I was just a daily chore doing maid."
"I know Lara but I also know that you have a son. How old is he? 2 or 2 and a half? Your conditions are bad andyoucan''t take care of your child properly but as you had managed your child alone since he was born I assume you haveadequateexperiencein handling a baby that is why I havecameto you Lara.This Job will help you."
Lara started thinking about what the man was saying and trying to find error in his theory but everything he said was true. She was totallyconfusedabout what she should donext. should she refuse or accept the offer?
"Lara I''m offering you a chance to helpyourselfdon''t let it go away"
She was conflicted. She couldn''t trust a man she had never seen beforeatleastas far as sheremember. She gritted herteethand finally agreed.
"Allright I agree."