It didn’t take long for us to reach the first town. Before entering, Ashvan gave me very strict instructions.

“Don’t go showing your magic to anyone. If they found out that you could do magic at your age, you’d be treated as a monster.”

I nod obediently and just observe everything around the town. It’s a small town. There only seems to be the necessities here. An inn, a mercenary guild and a meeting area. We only have business at the inn though.

The inn is relatively small. However, there were free rooms available. Ashvan rented a room and we went directly to it.

He places me down on the bed and says, “We’ll be heading to the Academy of Four Elements in the capital directly. It should only take us a few weeks.”

I nod in response. I don’t really have any opinion. I enjoy being with Ashvan and I can’t really doing anything by myself yet.

“Now I have plans for you.” Ashvan says with a smile. “I’ll have you live with me. When you reach the age of 14, you will be enrolled into my school. While I know you won’t be learning anything while in the school, I believe that you will need some time to make friends.”

“Ok.” I say with a nod.

“Good then when we reach the capital, I’ll start seriously teaching you magic. Though I have to warn you, I might not be home often. This is due to my job as Headmaster. So, I’ll have a maid take care of you while I’m away.” Ashvan continues.

I nod again.

“Good kid.” Ashvan says while rubbing my head. “Let’s head to sleep then. The sooner we reach the capital the better.”

This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.

I nod and begin practicing magic till I fall asleep.

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After three weeks we, reach a huge wall. It’s exciting seeing something so large. We follow the road around the wall to a gate. At the gate are some guards.

“Hault! We need to do an inspecti-” The guard stops mid sentence and says, “Headmaster! I’m glad to see you return safely!”

“Haha, it’s been sometime hasn’t it. Anything interesting happen?” Ashvan responds with a smile. It seems he’s this kind to everyone.

“Yes, The Queen gave birth to twins. Both of them are daughters. I’ve heard that there were some difficulties in the birth, but she got through it and is healthy.” The guards replies with the most important news.

Hearing the news, I see Ashvan frown a little before saying, “I’ll head to the palace first then and check up on her.”

“That would be good! I think everyone would be relieved to hear you visited her.” The guard says. Suddenly he notices me and asks, “Who is this child in your arms?”

“This is my grandson. I found him alone and decided to pick him up.” Ashvan explains to the guard. Grandson? That doesn’t sound too bad.

“Azeal.” I say after some difficulty. The guard looks surprised before saying “I see, a good name!” He turns towards Ashvan and says “Please enter the city!”

After entering the city, I’m surprised by the amount of people. There are hundreds of people in my view. There are beast-kin, humans, elves, and dwarves.

“Well, let’s head to the castle first.” Ashvan says. I don’t respond since I’m looking at everything in the city. There are buildings with different signs in front of them. There are stands that are serving food to the passing people. There’s more activity here than I’ve seen before.

While looking at everything in my surroundings, I didn’t notice that the castle sneaked up on me. Turning towards it, I see a massive building. There are spires, statues, gardens and fountains outside the castle.

Ashvan was allowed to enter the castle directly due to his status. He was greeted by everyone who we passed along the way.

“It’s good to see you again old friend!” I hear a hearty voice say. I turn towards it and see a beast-kin with a tiger head and stripped tail. He’s well built.

“It’s good to see you too, Your Majesty.” Ashvan responds to the man.

“Haha don’t call me that, just Leoric is fine!” The King says to Ashvan. “What brought you here suddenly?”

“I just arrived and heard about the Queen and wanted to check up on her.” Ashvan says with a smile.

“Good! I’d love to have your advice. Let me lead you to her!” Leoric smiles and starts leading us. “Who is this by the way?” He says while patting my head.

“This is my grandson, Azeal.” Ashvan say with a smile. Leoric pauses for a second then smiles. It seems he knows Ashvan doesn’t have any blood relatives.

“Good, he’ll be a fine man in the future.” Leoric says while stroking my head. “I might even marry my daughters to him!”

Ashvan laughs and says, “Maybe I feel he’ll be a great man in the future. One that will change history.”

Leoric only nods at this statement.