《The lineage of the Dunat Household》 Birth of a heir. Rain filled the empire¡¯s great capital during the night. As a carriage was going along the lantern filled night, a tall and lean man could be seen inside, wearing a black and red suit with black hair. He was sitting there without moving, looking out at the rain filled streets. The man¡¯s carriage headed to his home, the home of the Dunat Household. The carriage man called out to the man through the rain as it heavily poured on him, ¡°Master! We are approaching home; please hurry the madam should be giving birth right now!¡± One would typically rush out at this point, but the man just grabbed an umbrella at a leisurely pace and began to walk into his home. ¡°I am home.¡± As he walked into his home, he announced himself in a not too loud or low voice. ¡°Welcome home Edward; you almost did not make it. Less chit chat and follow me in.¡± A man with black hair and grey hairs starting to show, dressed in a gown adorned by magical crystal¡¯s called Edward to follow him. ¡°Yes, father.¡± Edward answered the man and started to follow behind him to a room located to the left of the entrance, as they walked in they heard a scream. ¡°AHHHHHHHH¡± A woman was lying on a bed screaming in pain with fiery red hair dishevelled; you could tell she was a woman who did things her way. ¡°It is a boy, congratulations madam.¡± At the same time as the two pair of son and father arrived by the side of the woman, It was announced that the child was a boy by one of the people assisting the lady. ¡°Give him to me; I want to see my baby boy.¡± The red-haired lady demanded the child. Just as the maid was about to do so, the father of Edward stepped forward and took the child into his arms and announced in a stern tone. ¡°You may leave now.¡± As he said this, the maid backed out, and it was just Edward, the mother of the child and Edward¡¯s father holding the child in the room. ¡°Hey now Emily, do not give me such a worried and resentful look. You know I want him to succeed just as much as you right?¡± Edward¡¯s father walked toward Edward¡¯s side once more while holding the child who did not cry this whole time. He felt Emily¡¯s gaze burning his back. ¡°Until I know he is safe I will continue to worry so please hurry up Abner.¡± ¡°I agree, father. I also wish to see my child¡¯s talents.¡± With both of them urging him on, Abner felt no need to waste any more time, so he proceeded to use one hand to hold the child and the other to hold a piece of paper. He read out words filled with strength. ¡°Eyes of the Scholar search for the true strength of this lifeform before my eyes.¡± Words appeared on the sheet of paper as power flowed through Abner to the child then onto the paper. After this action, he looked at the paper and smiled. ¡°A healthy young and powerful general has been born once more in my Dunat family ahahaha!¡± After hearty laughter, he handed the child to Emily and read out what was on the paper to them. [TALENT STATUS] Life: B Magic: C Strength: B Fortitude: C Vitality: A Intelligence: S [SKILL¡¯S] Leadership: SS ¡°Why is that skill there?¡± Edward''s eyes revealed a glint of sharpness as he questioned Abner. ¡°How should I know? All I know is that you have given birth to another strong person and heir to our family, and for that, I am thankful to the god Lionheart for allowing such great strengths to be born in my family.¡± Emily was holding onto the child with a loving look on her face full of smiles. Edward approached her and began to talk. ¡°He will be named Jason just as you asked for.¡± ¡°Jason, Jason. That is your name. Edward, with this I do not need to worry anymore right? Jason will be safe now right?¡± As Emily continued to call out the name or her newborn child, she asked Edward what was worrying her most. ¡°I would like to know the same, is it done father?¡± Turning to face and ask his father this question, Abner smiled in response and responded. ¡°Of course! He is now a part of the family so why would he ever be in danger? You two relax and enjoy this joyous moment! I will go and tell the king of this joyous occasion and request a small feast to be held tomorrow in celebration!¡± As Abner said this, he began to turn and walk out of the room. ¡°You heard him, Emily. You no longer need to worry about our child being killed.¡± Emily heard those words and thou she was relieved; she could not be pleased. Many things were going through her head, fear that if they deem her son too dangerous they will kill him, fear that if he is considered to be not good enough they will kill him. She loved her husband Edward, but she knew he would choose the household over her. ¡°I cannot help but worry...He has not cried even once during this time. Why is he not crying? And that ridiculous ability. He has been born to lead, and you will force him to do so.¡±If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Edward looked down on his wife and his newborn child with cold eyes. ¡°You chose to be in this family and situation; you also knew what would become of having this child. You have no right to be getting sentimental now. He will become both the heir to this family but also a leader who will command many lives and have blood dirty his hands. This is the future he will lead.¡± Emily looked up at her husband with worried eyes on the verge of tears. ¡°Do you think I want my baby boy to die on some lonely battlefield!? You will defend him and help me grow him so that he is strong enough to defend himself! Am I understood! Edward!?¡± Changing from being upset to angry, Emily¡¯s hair began to glow as it hung down around her and her child while she got worked up. ¡°Calm yourself. Do you wish to scare Jason? He is watching you. He also has dark red hair. Maybe he even has the same ability as you. Do not show a bad example.¡± ¡°Then give me your word!¡± ¡°I give you my word. I will grow Jason into a fine commander and a man strong enough to defend everything he wants.¡± At Edward¡¯s words, Emily began to calm down slowly. Right after doing so, she started to think of why her son was not crying like most other children and just stared at her. ¡°I wonder if he knows what is going on right?¡± Edward blurted out after thinking for a bit. ¡°Maybe, his intelligence is rank S which has never been seen before. So maybe he already knows what is going on?¡± At Emily own light-hearted joke she began to smile. ¡°I think this is enough. I need to go. I suggest you get some sleep, you must be tired from giving birth, and I am sure Jason needs sleep too. Do not hold him for too long since there will be much time to do so tomorrow.¡± Like that Edward began to walk towards the door but stopped just before stepping out at the call of Emily. ¡°Edward.¡± ¡°Emily.¡± ¡°Thank you. I love you.¡± Without turning his back, Edward said back to her. ¡°I love you too.¡± Just like that Edward walked out of the room and continued to walk out of the house after informing a maid to take care of Emily. By the time the maid arrived Emily was already asleep with a smile on her face holding her sleeping child in her hands. Abner was walking through the hallway in the castle of the king, on his way he would see guards and maids bow their heads every time he walked by. Approaching the king''s chambers, he saw the same two guards and started laughing. ¡°Hello, boys, Ready to try and stop me again?¡± The two men already had their swords drawn in one hand with a spear in the other pointed forward resting on their arm as it was aimed towards Abner. You could not see their expression from behind there helmet, but you could sense they were both ready to stop Abner. ¡°You''re not talking again? Come now, you must at least try to talk to me sometime ya know. Maybe you could get some useful info?¡± The two guards stood silently at Abner provocation and stood ready to defend the king''s study at any time needed. ¡°Fine, suit yourself, but you cannot stop me like that.¡± Abner immediately turned to mist without even chanting and then from this mist it spread toward them. ¡°Block the path of evil and defend they honour Wall of Light!¡± The left guard grabbed his spear and slammed it on the ground and created a wall the mist could not go past. ¡°Ho ho very lovely, I guess I cannot sneak past like normal. But I think you are looking down on me.¡± Water started to drop down from the mist and created a few small puddles, at the same time images of Abner appeared in the fog and started walking towards the guards While chanting. Immediately as this happened, the right guard rushed forward and stabbed with his spear defeating an illusion of Abner and slashed through another, Like a wild wind he began to search for the real Abner. He believed they could not defend the door. So he rushed forward and decided to defeat him first, after all, he was not good with incantations like his partner, and he did not think to work together like last time would work since it failed last time. Abner and his illusions finished there incantation when there were less than 10 of his left, and small icicles appeared around all of the illusions then were immediately shot toward the guard defending the door. ¡°Get lost!¡± The guard left behind to defend did his job well enough. He blocked all the attacks even at the cost of his left arm freezing up since it held the spear. As he looked back to his teammate who rushed forward expecting to see Abner on the ground, he was upset only to see his partner standing there not moving. ¡°Hurry up and finish the illusions off!¡± A voice of pity rang out. ¡°He cannot move, he stepped into the puddle, and he is smart enough to see what spell is ready to be used from such a close range from the magical fluctuation.¡± Taking a look at the guard defending the door saw an electric spell ready to be used, he only admired that. The ability to create an illusion and ground to hide while creating a trap which were the puddles and attacking all at the same time from within the trap. This is what it took to be the king¡¯s Royal magician. ¡°We have lost once again.¡± With those words, the mist slowly disappeared, and Abner appeared from it with a fireball floating in his hand. ¡°Yes you have, but you did well. Stopping my mist from spreading out and attempting to attack me before I could finish you was only normal, but you must be more careful. A mage is something that controls nature, everything that the gods gave us can be used against you.¡± As Abner used the fireball and split it into many little ones and tried the room and melted the guard¡¯s frozen hand, he smiled to them and told them words of encouragement. ¡°Try again next time; you are the guards of the king''s chamber. I am sure you can do well enough to beat me soon.¡± Walking through the door to the king''s study, Abner felt a sword edge rest upon his back. ¡°Come now, you know I just fought a battle. Can you not cut me some slack? Besides, you are my butler! What kind of joke are you pulling putting a sword to my back? You¡¯re older than me for crying out loud! Without magic how the hell do you even move like that?¡± Just as Abner had said this, Sebastian, his butler, who was currently in a red and black tuxedo and held a sword to Abner¡¯s spinal cord said: ¡°You are in the presence of his Majesty the King. I am only doing the right thing as your servant by stopping you from being a fool.¡± At his own servant''s remark, Abner could only smile wryly. ¡°Oh come on, are you telling me not to battle my way into the king''s chamber? You know I started doing this ever since the change of guard. How can I stop this fun habit now?¡± Feeling the blade being pushed forward, Abner started to edge ahead a bit and answered quickly. ¡°OK OK! I give in! I am done with the silly games for now so put the sword away ok?¡± The sword was pulled from his back, and Abner adjusted his posture and turned to the lord he served and got on one knee. ¡°Abner Dunat greets his Majesty King Maytek the III. An aged man, looking to be in his late 50¡¯s about ten years older then Abner. ¡°Welcome, so? How did it go?¡± Standing up, Abner responded to the king who did not even raise his head to talk to him. ¡°A boy, a boy with a skill for leadership already at the level of SS. Same with the intelligence of S, he did not even cry when he was born, he just stared at us.¡± King Maytek turned his head up to look at Abner and with sharp eyes asked him. ¡°And your judgement? What do you think of it all?¡± Abner apologized to his son and daughter in law in his heart. ¡°Dangerous, It is scary to think how strong that boy will become when he leads an army. Though his ability as a soldier is average, his ability to lead is scary.¡± King Maytek could only groan at little at his old friend''s response of his grandchildren. ¡°I see, well let us see how it goes, no child is born with blood on their hands or with thoughts of taking a life.¡± With that response, Abner brightened up a little. ¡°Understood.¡± As Abner was about to leave, King Maytek called out. ¡°Thank you, Abner, without you all of the Empire would be gone.¡± To the king¡¯s look of gratitude and words, he responded with a smile and said. ¡°I live to serve, after all, my King.¡± The motive for strength 2 years later ¡°time to wake up jason~~¡± I woke up hearing a lovely voice calling out to me, it was my mother. ¡°Jason time to get up, I know you want to sleep in but remember? Sebastian said he will teach you today, were you not excited for it?¡± as mom came into my room I got up in a rush when I remembered about today¡¯s lesson with Sebastian. ¡°I am up, I am up! Where is old man Sebastian??¡± ¡°Sebastian is out in the field waiting for you. His son is there too so hurry along.¡± As mom smiled at me and gestured for me to hurry I got dressed as quick as I could with the help of a maid and ran full force to the courtyard. ¡°Sebastian!! I am here! OOF¡± As I rush in I am tripped by something and look back to see a few little doll¡¯s giggling and waving sign¡¯s that reads *young master, you were not careful, were you? Today is a lesson on trying to find me when I am hiding. My dolls will hinder you so be careful, if you find me within 10 minutes I will teach you the sword* *hmpf if you think I cannot find you when u hide in our small courtyard you must be dreaming Sebastian. I AM COMING FOR YOU SEBASTION!¡± The moment I say that a small arrow flies out and stick to my head with a little piece of animal skin that says*talking to loud leaves your position open, try to be quieter like me little one.* and just like that, I lose my cool. The courtyard even thou I say it is small is quite big. I was simply born into a powerful family, therefore, this is small for me. As I look around the courtyard with training dummies, the resting rooms in the back and the pond area to the side cut off by the fence I think¡­the pond right? That is the place where it is easiest to hide. Multiple ways to get around, and there is a small forest past the pond for training in nature. I Start running over there in a rage but since I am still small I got tired quite fast and I calm down, as I calm down and start walking I start thinking what I remember the old man can do. He has the skill puppeteer so that he can control dolls with strings, thanks to having so much money he has even bought string I can barely see. As well as that he never set a time limit¡­I should have eaten before I came here¡­I finally reach the pond and look, this time I was careful where I step and kept my eyes open for his dolls. ¡°Old man I am coming for you~~¡± I start talkin to myself in my mom¡¯s funny dialect since I am happy. If I make sure not to let him get past here I will find him and so I step onto the earth surrounding the pond. ¡°ahhh¡± ¡­and fall straight into a small mud pit. (Sebastian¡¯s view) as I watch from the rest room window overlooking the training room entrance I see the young master come in and pull the string to make the doll¡¯s trip him with a small rope. ¡°Sebastian!! I am here! OOF¡± and he fell brilliantly ahaha after a few other things, he went off in the direction of the pond¡­sigh, let us go and get him. after falling the young master through the natural training ground he seems to be getting very upset and is wanting to give up, I guess that is enough he lasted a good hour. ¡°young master you have done well¡± (back to the POV of Jason lol) as I hear Sebastions voice behind me I spun around and yell ¡°Old man! Where were you? You were not in this whole forest! Did you cheat!?¡± ¡°Young master, I told you I could be anywhere in the courtyard? Your enemy does not always hide in the spot most beneficial to them. I had my puppets lead you over her, did u not find it weird that ever since u stepped into the pond, my puppets always appeared before you? It was a diversion I was in the restroom tricking you, young master.¡± !So that was it! ¡°Sebastian that¡­I am upset..but I am happy? I do not know but I want to learn more. Teach me more, compared to all the other people you are the most fun to learn from.¡± ¡°Young master you must learn that all of us teaching you mean well. You have been fond of knowledge since you learned to speak yes? They may not be fun but you must know that it is necessary, what has your father always told you?¡± Sebastian walks over to me and says this as he bends his knee until he almost hits the ground but does not¡­I never know how he does that without getting any dirt on his knee. ¡°uuuuu Dad always says that there is a difference between what someone needs and what someone wants. In life, we have many wants and very little needs, But if u want something u will need something to be able to obtain what you want.¡± as I recite that line Sebastian smiles at me and says. ¡°Well done young master you have remember and understood it well. So even if you want to learn from me, you need to learn from others so that you can become a great leader.¡± ¡°And so I can help and protect mum right?¡± ¡°yes that too young master now come along you are hungry, right? There is still much to learn.¡± Just like that Sebastian smiles like he has the whole time, stands and turns to the courtyard as I follow him. At the courtyard, there are already food and Bella waiting there. This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. ¡°Bella well done and good timing yet again. Would you like to eat with us?¡± As Sebastian sits down on the wooden bench to eat he calls out to Bella. ¡°Yeah, Bella sit, sit come eat with us! ¡° I excitedly agree and attempt to drag Bella to sit down next to me. ¡°Yes, young master¡± With a cold indifferent gaze Bella answers. thou Bella always looks angry or upset like father I know she is not always like this. She was the nurse who held me even before mom, at that time I saw her loving look. As we all sit down with me on one side and Bella and Sebastian on slightly smaller seats in front of me in a triangle, We all eat our food. ¡°Young master, have you made any progress in magic?¡± Asked Sebastian with a smile. At that question, I can only be sad and I look down in shame and answer ¡°No¡­I have not, it is not fair¡­ my magic rating in talent was c, right? Thou it is not any good I should be able to do something other then imbuning things with magic power? At least making some flame since I am of the flame attribute.¡± ¡°You have no need for magic power young master. You have an amazing ability to comma-1¡± halfway through her sentence Bella came to be very quiet and Sebastian was looking quite intensely at her¡­ I do not understand but Sebastian looks cool. ¡°Bella. Do not teach the young master silly things. Young master, understand that no matter how powerful of an ability you have. There could always be someone stronger, never settle for mediocrity and never stop working. As your mother has taught you, never aim to be perfect. But always strive to be better than any that came before you.¡± With a serious look that the teachers always wear Sebastian says this to me. ¡°Yes, Sebastian I know.¡± With a smile I answer, I will happily follow what my mother says even without Sebastian telling me. ¡°Time to continue training, This time I will give you command over a few of my dolls, And we will do army battle in the courtyard. Then we will read about formations and other such things till lunch.¡± Sebastian says this as he stands and moves his fingers to gather human-sized puppets from the resting area. ¡°Bella I will go study now.¡± I get up and grab a wooden dagger from the restroom and prepare to command the wooden human-sized puppets. ¡°yes, young master thank you for the food¡± Bella stands and moves back into the mansion. I have finally finished my study with Sebastian and he has gone to do other things for the family. I am now with mother watching my little brother who was born recently. His name is James, My mother is always fawning over him¡­I do not like it, he is not even that smart? Why would mother care so much? My mother was very happy when she noticed I could respond to everything she said and did even before I could talk. And even when I talked she was amazed that I was able to talk so early! He cannot even respond when I try to talk to him, it is so annoying! ¡°Mom! I want to go outside. When can I? I want to meet other and make a promise to fight a big dragon. I want to fight the barbarian tribes and defeat the waste landers and the demon king! I want to make the world safe for you mom so we can live forever happily!¡± ¡°no Jason you are too young when you are 5 I will take you out to make friends. Besides have you not noticed? You are very special and smart, even your brother cannot respond to us yet. Most children your age cannot even properly talk or learn. Even if you wanted to make friends they would not know what that is.¡± ¡°I know this mom but¡­ I just want to do something..¡± I look down saying this. Ever since James has been born mom has not been with me all the time and dad is always away. Sleep study watch James¡­this has been the cycle for the past 3 months. I am tired of it. With this being said my mother looks at me in the eyes while holding James in her hands. ¡°Jason, you must understand you are amazing. But just because you are amazing does not mean you will be like this forever, don¡¯t you want to be strong and make a safe world for mommy? Even if our family helps you, we cannot do anything if you do not want to learn.¡± Still looking at me she waits for my answer. I know what she wants and what I should do¡­but it is still unenjoyable. ¡°Fine¡­ I will wait mom, But when I turn 5 I want to be introduced to others like me. Strong or smart I do not mind which but only those, no stupid people.¡± I say the wish I want to my mother while making a face as close to Sebastian¡¯s seriously cool face as I can. ¡°Ok, I will make sure it happens. So be a good boy and wait ok? And remember you and James are brothers. You make not like him now, but he is almost all rank B in talent. He will become your strongest ally and most trusted friend. He is your family like me. Never forget that ok? You two will become powerful in the battlefields to come. You as the commander and he as your most trusted warrior.¡± ¡°Yes, mother we will take care of each other,¡± I answer, thou a little reluctant even I understand he will be strong¡­therefore I need to be stronger. I will prove I am better then my little brother, And I will conquer the battlefield for my mother.