"... 566! 567! 568! 569! 570!" On a spacious practice field, stood a white-haired boy who had a handsome face, so handsome that he almost looked like a girl.
"890! 891! 892! 893! 894! 895!" In his hand, there is a wooden sword. He had already spent over 3 hours just swinging his sword.
The boy's handsome face looked even more charming with sweat adorning his face and body.
"... 1000!" Before long, he finally finished his daily sword swing practice, although the sun hadn't even been seen yet.
"Haa... Haa... Ha... Phew~... I thought... It seems that this young body of mine has finally begun to approach the strength of my old body." While catching his breath back, the boy looked satisfied with the development on his body.
"It's been 12 years, huh...?" Sticking his wooden sword into the ground, the boy placed both his hands to his waist as he began to walk back towards the entrance of the castle, his home.
This boy, Reidhas Ev Luminus, was the first prince of this Luminus empire, and was the son of Queen Aria, and Emperor Lucius.
He is currently already 12 years old, and will eventually start to enter the magic academy of Bolbalenae, the most famous magic academy on the continent.
Reidhas, or Reid, was famous in the imperial Capital, Daina, by the nickname [Prince of God] because in addition to his genius that even defeated adults, he was also kind, did not look down on the common people, and was also foremost, he's strong. Reid is proficient in magic as well as swordsmanship, spearmanship, archery, and various other types of martial arts.
However, "Finally, I can start my revenge!" No one knows that Reid's true identity is the reincarnation of the hero Vincent, the one who has brought peace to the world.
Vincent is said to have sacrificed his own life to kill the Demon Lord. However, reality is different, Vincent was actually killed, in the hands of his own colleagues.
-His ex-lover, Holy Saint, Aria, who is now his mother and Queen of the empire.
- The Great Magician, Lucius Ev Luminus, who is now both his father and the Emperor of this empire.
-The Brave, Dramuel, a famous warrior from the Lizardfolk tribe.
-And The Wandering Castle, Gazar, a wielder of a large sword and shield who is said to have muscle power that can tear down a castle.
The four people are the ones who killed Vincent, who has now been reborn as Reid.
Since the day of his birth as Reid, Vincent has always tried to hide his hatred. What's more, Aria and Lucius are now his parents, Vincent struggles not to try to kill both of them every time he sees them laughing and smiling at him.
Well, luckily, Reid most of the time was just left to the maids, so, he didn't see the two very often.
Vincent - or Reid, judged that when he entered the Academy is the most appropriate time to start his revenge plan.
And of course, Reid had also sown the seeds of the beginning of his plan of revenge throughout the empire.
"Hm?" When Reid was walking by the castle window, Reid saw the scenery of the Capital that began to be slowly illuminated by the warm light of the morning sun.
"Well, that doesn't mean that my current life is just hateful for revenge, anyway."
When he stared at the scene, the faces of the long, beautiful black-haired Maid who had always accompanied him and cared for him since childhood, and his little sister, who was the daughter of Lucius and his concubine, were imagined into his head.
"Well, from now on it will be very busy~🎵 Fu fu fu~..."
***
"Hm? Ah... I overslept, huh?" Inside his private room, Reid opened his eyes and finally realized that he had fallen asleep after breakfast with the rest of the imperial family.
*Grrrghr*
"I'm hungry... Ugh..." Although he had breakfast just before falling asleep, Reid already felt hungry again. It happened because he fell asleep before his body could begin to digest the food he ate.
*Knock!* *Knock!*
"Young Master, are you awake? Lady Milynia wants to see you."
"Brother! Let's play with Mily!"
As Reid was still lying with his hungry stomach, a knocking sound rang from behind the door of the room, "This voice... Wendy and Mily huh? You guys can go in~"
*Thud!*
"Ah! Young lady!"
Instantly after Reid said that, the door of the room was directly opened with a very loud banging sound.
From there, Mily, Reid's younger sister who was born from Emperor's concubine and was the first princess of the empire, came running into the room and jumped towards Reid, "Yayy!! Brother Reid!!"
"Whoa!" Because it was a common occurrence, Reid was able to swiftly catch his younger sister's small body.
"Ehehe..." Sitting on Reid's lap, Mily laughed with her gratitude.
With a tired sigh, Wendy also began to walk into Reid's room, "Sigh~ Young lady, you shouldn't run around like that. It's rude, okay?"
"Eehh... But, but, Mily is just very happy to meet Brother Reid..."
"Aha ha ha... Well, it wasn't Mily anymore if she wasn't cheerful anymore, was she?" Reid patted Mily on the head when he said that with a laugh.
"Well, if that's what Young Master said..."
"Yay~!"
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A smile naturally began to grow on Reid's face as he watched interaction between the two of them.
(This is a family... 'right?)
Memories of his life as Vincent before the destruction of his village return to Reid at that time.
His life at that time was nothing special, just living wholeheartedly, with an ordinary family who loved him.
For Reid, the smiles and closeness he felt from Wendy and Mily felt very similar to what he felt when he was alive in the village.
Wendy, she is a maid who has always looked after and been with Reid since Reid was born. She is very kind, considerate, and smart. Although she has an aura that feels very serious around her at all times, Wendy is actually a very gentle person, just like a mother.
Once little Reid went to a Dungeon to test his strength and was almost killed because he was besieged by a swarm of monsters. Wendy was the one who saved him back then, with her wind magic and daggers abilities that were extremely stunning.
In addition, Wendy is also a very beautiful woman. She has beautiful long black hair, calm and tender chestnut-colored eyes, and porcelain-white white skin.
Her body shape is also quite blessed. If Vincent had met Wendy in the past, maybe Vincent would have fallen in love with Wendy instead of Aria.
Then Mily, or Milynia. At first, Reid felt a huge sense of disgust and resentment the moment he saw her when she was just born.
Reid wanted to kill her, torture her, make Lucius feel sad.
However, Reid undoes his intentions.
There are two reasons why Reid gave up his intention to kill Mily.
The first reason is because when Mily was born Reid was still 5 years old. His body is still weak, and has not been able to use even a few percent of his hero's power at all. It was too risky for Reid to make such suspicious actions at a time when he hadn't even been able to fight with.
Therefore, since then, Reid began to pursue various types of martial arts and magic. What's more, the art of killing.
However, Reid, who has always watched Mily since childhood, instead grows more and more attached to her, and loses the intention to kill her again.
Reid was a little disappointed by how weak his desire for revenge was. However, Reid also knew that killing Mily wouldn't change anything. Mily is just an innocent child, it's not right to vent everything to her.
From then on, Reid decided to protect the cheerful smile on his little sister's small face. Because it was his duty as a big brother, anyway.
He... won't fail again...
"... Brother Reid?" Mily tilted her face in worry when she realized something was wrong with Reid.
"Brother? Are you okay?"
"Eh?" Because of Mily, Reid finally returned to reality again, "A-ah, right, I'm just thinking about something." (I can't tell them I've ever had a life as Vincent, anyway.)
"... Is that so?"
"Yep, so Mily doesn't have to worry, okay? As I always say..."
""Everything-will-be-alright!!""
(OH my, they are really a pair of brothers and sisters who get along.) Wendy smiled faintly as she watched the two of them.
After that, Reid in the end got forced by Mily to accompany her to play, until late at night.
***
-The West Forest of the imperial capital, near an A-Rank Dungeon.
There, a black figure in the shape of a person can be seen sneaking in between the soldiers standing guard around the Dungeon.
"Hey, did you hear about the news that Prince Reidhas is finally about to enter Akademy?" (Soldier A)
"Eh? Truly?" (Soldier B)
"Yep, it seems that Akademy's side was the one who invited the prince." (Soldier A)
"As expected of the Prince of God!" (Soldier B)
"Ku ku ku..." (Soldier C)
"Eh? What's wrong with that man?" (Soldier B)
"I don't know..." (Soldier A)
"The prince is indeed great. However, don't you know? There was a commoner who was also specially invited by Akademy this year." (Soldier C)
"Eh? That's impossible!" (Soldier B)
"Who? I never heard of it!!" (Soldier A)
"She is said to be the reincarnation of the hero Vincent..." (Soldier C)
"Ohhh!!!" (Soldier A)
"Wow... !" (Soldier B)
"What are they talking about? Do your duty properly!" The previous shadow was Reid, he had sneaked into the Dungeon because there was something he wanted with this Dungeon.
He currently doesn't wear the formal attire of a prince as usual, of course. He wears an ordinary townsman's clothing, with leather armor and a cloak covering his body.
He carried a steel sword and several throwing knives as his weapons.
"Phew~ first, check the status." After entering the entrance of the Dungeon and hiding in a place that would not be seen by the soldiers, Reid began to check his status again.
•Reid(Vincent)
•Race: Human.
•Level: 43.
•HP: 9800/9800. •MP: 19700/19700.
•STR: 300. •VIT: 640. •INT: 1059.
•LUC: 150. •WIS: 3500. •AGI: 9700.
•Charm: 99999.
•[Active Skill]
•Ex-Hero power(Lvl.197)
•Disguise.
•Strong bone.
•Mind Eye.
•Hawk Eye.
•Elemental Sword.
•Acceleration.
•Elemental Armor.
•[Passive Skill]
•Swordmanship°X.
•Holy Swordmanship°X(Lvl.99)
•Divine Swordmanship°lll(Lvl.150)
•Spearmanship°X.
•War-Hammer Mastery°X.
•Assasination°X.
•Archery°X.
•Martial arts°X.
•Mysterious Martial arts°ll.
•All-Elements Magic°X.
•Spirits Magic°l.
•Lighthing Magic°Vl.
•Divine Magic°ll(Lvl.120)
•[Title]
•Reincarnated Hero.
•Luminus Empire 1st Prince.
"Sigh~ I haven't even gotten close to half the power I had in the past." (Some of my old Skills as a Hero are also still locked due to lack of Level.)
"I have to level up as much as possible! This is my last day in the capital, anyway!"
That way, Reid began to walk into the deeper part of the Dungeon.
Dungeon, it is a mysterious living organism that lives by luring its prey (monsters) to enter its body and then eating their magic power to death.
With the magic power it gets, the Dungeon can widen the room inside its body to several floors depending on the Dungeon and create new monsters there. Therefore, dungeons are always filled with monsters.
Whether it ismonsters(Its prey), or monsters(Its subordinate).
Of course, even humans are no exception. Humans can also have the same fate as those monsters if they are not careful.
-2nd floor of the Dungeon.
*Tap!* *Tap!* *Tap!*
The sound of footsteps from Reid echoed on that floor as Reid ran around the wall and slashed the heads of several Goblins and kobolds.
-The 5th floor of the dungeon.
*Boom!*
An explosive sound echoed when Reid hit several Giant ants in the head until they were destroyed.
Reid had no intention of using his weapons against them. His sword would dull quickly if used on their hard skin.
In addition, he also still needs his sword and other weapons to fight even stronger enemies.
Because of this, Reid uses his Strong bone skill to strengthen his fists and starts destroying them.
"Hhaaahh!!!"
*BURRNN!!*
In addition, Reid also coated his fists with fire magic to speed up the process of eradicating them.
Thousands of Giant Ant soldiers couldn't do anything to Reid. They crumbled, exploded, burned, bounced back and forth.
Even if there are some who intend to escape, Reid immediately chases them or throws carcasses from other Giant Ants to kill them.
None of them would be allowed to pass by Reid.
-15th floor.
On this floor, Dungeon's monsters began to rely more on quality than quantity.
This floor is filled with C-B Rank monsters such as Salamander, Black Serpent, Mystical 'yhe, Etc.
Reid also became more frequently using his Skills, Weapons, and Magic on this floor.
*Whoossh!!*
A wind shadow quickly shot across that floor, not a single trap that could scratch it.
Reid has used wind magic and Acceleration to accelerate his speed.
"Hm?" When Reid was running, he found an area that looked like a swamp around that floor. The blue water is clear and some plants grow there lushly.
There are also some natural magic stones scattered in the place, although not many. Maybe some adventurers have found it before and brought some with them.
After all, natural Magic stones are very useful for Alchemy activities. The price is also very expensive.
"Well, maybe I should take some too." (Revenge also costs money!)
With that mindset, Reid started to pick up a large Magic stone that was the same size as himself and put it in an Item bag hanging from his pants.
It was a magic bag that had Enchanted in use space magic to make it able to hold more items than its physical size.
"Even though I've only gone up 2 levels, I think this is a successful hunt because I got this 'I guess?" Reid smiled with satisfaction with himself because with the money he would get by auctioning the Magic stone, he would definitely be more flexible in carrying out his plan later.
"Well, let's go back to monster extermination - Huh?!"
*TREMBLE!!*
When Reid was just about to return to hunt monsters, a very violent vibration suddenly happen on the floor as if it would be destroyed at any time.
"W-what is this?!" It was a very unexpected occurrence even for a former hero like Reid.
*Creaakkkss!!!*
"Eh? Whoaaaaaa!??"
Then along with the sound of something shattering very violently, a hole suddenly appeared under Reid, making him fall without being able to react properly to it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"