The boy appears to be around 10-years-old, his hair is silver, his eyes are black, and his ears are pointed. He must be the second prince, Joseph.
(Emilia) "What brings you here, Joseph?"
(Joseph) "I heard Claire was given a personal maid. I came to see the rumored maid, and see if she is qualified to watch over my little sister."
He walks forward and bows to Emilia and pats Claire's head. He then looks at me, behind him is a young man, about 12-years-old, blonde hair, blue eyes, probably Joseph's personal valet.
(Joseph) "So you're the new maid."
I give a polite bow and nod.
(Joseph) "Hmm. You look very small and weak, and you're supposed to also serve as a bodyguard? How can I trust a girl smaller than me to protect my younger sister?"
(Valet) "Your Highness I assure you if she made it to the position she must be qualified. It would be rude to mistrust your aunt Duchess of Edu's qualifications as a maid training facility owner."
(Joseph) "You don't have to tell me that Arthur, you came from their male branch. I respect my aunt's facilities. Just to test though, spar with her."
(Arthur) "Why must you torture me so Your Highness, I may have been trained in combat but I don't compare to someone who has the qualification of an SS-rank adventurer."
(Joseph) "Just do it."
Arthur sighs and steps forward, I look at the queen and princess for permission.
(Emilia) "Tear, make sure not to injure Arthur."
I walk down and we both are standing a few meters from each other, while everyone else is watching from the garden's gazebo. Arthur draws a sword, I just stand there without taking out a weapon.
(Arthur) "Are you going to draw your weapon?"
(Tear) "No, I was told not to injure you. If I use a weapon your head would end up splattered on the wall."
(Arthur) "shakes I see.
A palace guard acting as a referee signaled the start of the match. Arthur dashed toward me and swung his sword I cover two fingers in pure ice magic and block his attack. I proceed to block another fifteen very fast strikes. If I had to judge his strength it would be enough to beat a C+ rank monster 1v1, with proper gear possibly a B rank.
Arthur takes a few steps back and looks defeated. Joseph over where the others are looks shocked. Emilia looks entertained. Let's finish this spar session, I move faster than anyone can keep up with and appear behind Arthur with two fingers pressed on his neck.
(Tear) "Are we done?"
(Arthur) "I knew I stood no chance."
He raises his arms up in defeat and then sheathes his sword. We walk back to the gazebo, Joseph's face looks like a person in pure disbelief, Emilia is just clapping her hands having watched a good show, and Claire is looking at Emilia and copying her while looking at me with satisfied eyes.
(Joseph) "U-um, w-well it looks like I can indeed entrust my sister's protection to you."
(Tear) "Thank you, Your Highness. Arthur, what level are you?"
(Arthur) "Level 45."
(Tear) "Ah, you indeed stood no chance. I'm an awakened level 100."
(Joseph) "spit takes Level 100!?"
(Arthur) "Your Highness, I told you yesterday that your sister's new maid had completed Void's Trial."
(Joseph) "I thought you were joking!"
I show Joseph my sleeve, and he now notices the scales.
(Joseph) "You used dragon scales on a dress!? What is this waste!?"
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(Tear) "I wouldn't call it a waste when it's just as effective as actual armor."
Ever since Joseph arrived I noticed two pairs of eyes watching from a different location behind a tree with bushes around it. It looks like the peepers decided to reveal themselves.
(???) "My, that was an impressive show. It looks like Father found an excellent maid for Claire."
It was a boy around 13-years-old, his hair is red with silver tips, his eyes are blue, and his ears are pointed. I believe the queen of the previous king had red hair and blue eyes, he inherited his grandmother's traits, this is most likely Prince Richard. Behind him is a young man around the age of 15, his hair is brown, he has amber falcon eyes, brown feather wings on his back, and on his shoulder sat a Sand Falcon. This is probably Richard's valet and his familiar, he appears to be a falcon beast-man.
In Advant, there are three age milestones, 5 years old, 10 years old, and 15 years old. At 5 people acquire an awakened skill and have their status unlocked, at 10 only 1% of people awaken to a second skill, and at 15 everyone acquires a familiar. A familiar is the embodiment of one's soul, their power is based on their master's power. Usually, familiars are a bit stronger than their masters.
Familiars are summoned at the age of 15, right on the dot. Familiars can't die before their master if a familiar is killed, the master's soul is damaged for 1-2 months after it heals the familiar is resummoned in perfect condition.
I haven't seen one since my parents were alive. In the orphanage, they weren't allowed near the children, and they didn't see the necessity to have them out in the training facility. My mother's familiar was a polar bear and my father's familiar was a black panther. I wonder what mine would be, usually, beast-men familiars are just the actual animal they are based on, I heard mixed beast-men acquire one of the two, usually, the one they resemble more, though I heard rarely the familiar becomes a sort of chimera being a combination of both.
(Emilia) "Oh! Richard, Dune, you were both here too."
(Richard) "Yes, I was just passing by getting fresh air and I heard an interesting commotion coming from over here. It was very entertaining. What do you think Dune?"
(Dune) "Tear is very powerful, she knew we were hiding there the whole time. She would probably rank in the top 5 strongest people in the kingdom."
(Richard) "Excellent deduction, she was indeed aware of us. She only ignored us as we weren't emitting an aura of a hostile person."
This prince is frighteningly intelligent to be aware of what my thoughts were at the time.
(Richard) "Now Joseph, Claire, it's almost time for lessons, be sure not to be late for your lessons."
(Emilia) "Ah yes, thank you for the reminder, Richard. You two go and get ready in your study rooms."
Both Claire and Joseph look like life got sucked out of them. They both must not be fans of studying. Arthur lead Joseph back the way they came, two different maids led Claire back to her room, Emilia had a different maid explain to me Claire's schedule. I spend an hour memorizing all information the maids had about Claire, I proceed to walk to where Claire's study room should be located and I see flustered maids and a scholarly looking man.
(Tear) "What's the matter?"
(Maid) "The princess escaped and is hiding from lessons again, she uses holy magic to disappear or teleport and escape."
The Princess really doesn't like studies, too bad I'm her maid now, I won't let her get out of lessons. I spend a whole minute to find the princess in an apple tree in the back garden. I heard from a maid she likes fruits, and always eats apples when she's nervous. I figured there was probably a 50% chance of her being here. I drag her back to her study room while she protests along the way.
(Claire) "Let me go! I don't want to go! You have to listen to me!"
(Tear) "I am listening, and that's why you have to go and take lessons to not be a spoiled idiotic princess."
(Claire) "Who are you calling an idiot!?"
(Tear) "The person I found in one minute, now take your lessons, make your mother proud. What would she think if she finds out you're ditching?"
She stays silent after that. She's a mommy's girl, this is valuable information. We arrived back at the study room where all the maids sigh in relief, the tutor walks into the room, I follow him in with Claire. I close the door behind us and cast a special ice magic in the room.
(Claire) "What did you do?"
(Tear) "Magic Distorting Ice Field. Disrupts magic spells, if you try to use holy magic to escape this will stop you as my magic is far stronger due to our level difference."
The princess looks shocked and then defeated. We spend the next three hours taking lessons, I even help the tutor teach. He appears very impressed and says I should just replace him, considering he heard how I already learned even University level material and had discussions with royal scholars, him included. He says he would rather do more research. Take that up with the Queen then, I don't care about replacing you.
Later that day I find out what are the two princes' skills are, as both awakened two.
Joseph
Magic Affinity ★★★★★
Highly compatible with magic. Can use all magic types to an advanced level. Increases the speed to learn new magic by at least 2x.
Magic Genius (Special)
A genius at magic, able to use all magic to almost Master level. Able to use true combination magic. Able to feel magic energy around them within 10 kilometers.
Richard
Prodigal Scholar ★★★★★
Prodigy at understanding and memorizing anything. The brain is 3x more efficient at processing and computing.
Perfect Battle Sage (Unique)
Slightly less proficient at the Spear compared to a Spear Saint (Special), able to use all magic at an advanced level. Doubles reaction time.
They were definitely blessed by the skill gods, although I have little right to say that as a bearer of a Unique and a Special skill.