CHAPTER : 3
“ NEW PEOPLE “
Francis Hedge is the dad of Karls Hedge and also the patriarch of the only DUKE in the Empire , He is one of the finest magic swordsman in the Country and for some reasons he is not friendly to me but is to my mom and his other wives along with their children
Guess I am the real problem aren’t I ?
Francis Hedge speaks first “ Meet me in my room and Graely wait for me to finish talking with Karls then you come inside too “
My mother asked my father “ Why all of a sudden ? Are you going to punish him now ? First he got beaten up by the princess’s butler and now you too “ all of a sudden mother starts to cry I tried to hug her but my father dragged me from my room all of a sudden and took me to his room while dragging me on the floor
After some time went in silence father speaks
“ I heard what happened with the princess and her butler , do you have something you want to say to me ? “
I remained silent
“ Good choice , because no matter what you have said to justify yourself would have only make it worse then now “
Father sighs and sits down on his chair then he took out a pen and a paper to write something on it “ What do you think your punishment would be Karls ? “
I have already concluded the worse that was going to happen to me and the worst to worst I thought was handing me over to the royal family for the punishment but he didn’t , I think it’s because it will show that the Francis Hedge is not courageous enough to punish his eldest son
And me being the eldest also grant me the bypass from death penalty so I told father what I had thought
“ With all due respect patriarch this son of yours think the most I will get is temporary exile from the family and about the duration I think it’s gonna be 4 years at most “
“ Quite a deduction I see , I didn’t expect that from you so tell me why did you think it would be for 4 years at most “
“ I thank the patriarch for the praise and answer to the question of yours is ‘ The ENAC Academy ‘ and the rules of it “
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“ So you have decided to join it ? “
“ Yes patriarch , I thought about it 2 days ago and was sure of my decision in the morning “
Father ignored my answer and continues to speak “ Why do you want to join ‘ The ENAC Academy ‘ all of a sudden ? “
I remained silent
Father stops writing and starts to see me in the eye and said “ let me answer that for you , you thought this was the best way to avoid permanent exile “ father lifts the paper he was writing and handed it over to me and tells me to “ hand it over to the head butler and tell him to come see me in the evening , about your punishment it really is temporary exile but there is no duration “
I asked “ then what about the academy ? Am I not going to join it ? “
“ Oh you will at the age of 17 you will be admitted into the academy but you won’t have the chance to visit home until I end your exile period “
I already thought of this and I answered all of father’s question to set the stage for such a exile to happen
“ This son understands but patriarch I have a request will you grant it ? “
“ What ’s the request ? “
“ The request is to provide me with total 1000 gold for the time of 4 years before I enter the academy and I need a servant for the first week of my exile and after that he can do whatever he want “
Father starts to laugh and that too at loud voice “ Why do you think I would grant such a request ? “
“ I think it’s the price to keep the secret about your multiple concubines remain secret because if ‘Mother ‘ and other wives of your gets to know about this that’s al- and just so you know I already have proofs of your visit to your concubines it’s kept with mother but she won’t open it cause I asked her to open this if didn’t return safe and sound “
“ Who told you about the concubines ? Is it the head butler ? No he has no reason to tell you this , leave it you wouldn’t tell me even if I asked you but make sure Graely and the others don’t finds about this from you “
“ I will make sure of this Patriarch if only you swear a Mana oath to leave all your concubines after you hand them enough money for them to live by themselves and never look for then again and be loyal to the mother and your other wives “
“ You seriously think I would do whatever you say don’t you just where is this confidence is coming from..Wait a sec is your mother’s family behind all of this ? “
“ You are free to believe whatever you want all I need is your oath and the my request to be granted “
Father was left with no choice after he thought that my mother’s family is behind all of this and so he swear an oath but he said he will only grant me 400 gold as 1000 gold is too much for a child and I accepted his 400 gold thing as my main motive was already achieved and I didn’t really wanted the money from him
As I was about to leave the room he asked me to stop and said “ wait here you will be leaving this instant with me and I myself will leave you outside the state and can’t tell your mother about the exile today I myself will tell her tomorrow morning but not today she will throw a tantrum if she founds out you have been exiled and also ask your mother’s family not interfere in my matter if not there will be consequences“
I remained quiet
Then Head butler enters the room along with a man and his face is covered with a mask and wears white clothes all over his body , head butler looks at father then hands me the 400 gold I asked for along with my clothes packed in a suit case .
Father asked the head butler to ready a chariot this instant then head butler exits the room and so do I but the man in white stayed in the room with father After some time that man also exited the room and I went to meet my mother who was waiting for me in my room