"Ren, are you sure you are already taking everything you will need?"
Asked my mother while keeping a worried look on her face, I am inside a caravan that will take me straight to the kingdom, 6 years have passed since I was last there.
"I'm sure mom, you don't have to worry about it mom, I already said I'll be fine"
I said to my mom trying to calm her down, even though I am 14 my mom still treats me like I am 8, I am grateful for the show of affection she always shows for me, but sometimes it proves to be quite inconvenient depending on the situation.
"Don't worry dear, Ren is an adult, he can take care of himself”
My father said, trying his best to calm my mother's anxiety, while this was happening Anna was with her head down moving her little foot to the sides, Anna is currently 11 years old and I must say, my sister will surely be a beautiful woman when she becomes an adult, so I need to protect her from but influences that will surely try to get close to her, I squeezed my hand tightly while making this oath in my heart.
"What happened Anna?"
I asked Anna, as soon as she heard my voice, she sounded a little surprised probably thinking she wouldn't be called, right then she raised her head towards me and said in a low voice.
"Are you leaving again onii-chan?"
Anna asked with a sad countenance, with a smile on my face, I answer as softly as possible.
"I told you before that I would be going to the academy right Anna?"
Anna just nodded.
"Besides it won't be forever, when you turn 14, we can see each other again, you just need to keep getting good grades in school"
I said while trying to cheer Anna up, truth be told Anna was a pretty smart girl, even before I started teaching her, she was already showing signs of being a genius, so when I started teaching her, she easily absorbed the things I taught her.
"Umm, okay"
Anna nodded her head while showing a gentle smile, after that I gave the front of the caravan two knocks indicating to the driver that he could go, as soon as the carriage started moving, I went away from my town, as soon as we passed through the gate, I started waving to my family who reciprocated the gesture by waving back, after that the caravan kept moving far enough away until my parents looked like three small dots on the horizon, and so I was on my way again to the kingdom of Solaris.
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The trip was pretty uneventful, we would stop at night to sleep and continue the next day, I had brought provisions for the entire trip to the kingdom, once I got there I would head towards my home, although I say home and a small set of lodgings that I will stay in until I go to school, since I will be living in the school dormitory that is good enough for me for now, by the way I am going 1 week before the academy classes start, so I decided to go early to check out the store and how it is doing.
The manager of my store who took care of all the processes so that I could come here without any problems, I really need to thank her when I meet her, with these thoughts in mind, I don't notice the noise outside, as soon as I look outside, I can see that there are several carriages trying to get in.
"Sorry about that, today there is a longer line than usual, this is probably because of the beginning of classes at the academy of the kingdom”
Said the coachman answering my question as to why there are so many carriages, we stayed almost three hours in line waiting our turn to pass, when finally, it was our turn to pass I noticed a commotion coming from behind, in a few seconds some riders appear.
"Everyone make way, the Viscount's son is passing"
Said the man who seemed to be the captain, he was wearing armor and you could see a sword hanging from his waist, without having a choice everyone starts to give way to let the noble pass, everyone including us, after a few seconds a carriage passes right next to mine, it was quite luxurious and pompous, through the window I had a glimpse of a chubby boy, he also seems to have noticed me but as soon as he looked at me, he made a frown and turned his attention to the front.
(Brat)
Although a vein appeared on my forehead thanks to the boy's attitude, I decided to ignore it, it wouldn't be worth creating a fuss over it, besides, although on the outside I am only 14 years old on the inside I am 34 years old, I wouldn't stoop to the level of a child, and finally, when the knights and the nobleman had left, we managed to get inside the kingdom, there were people walking everywhere buying things or talking to other people, I really liked this atmosphere, it was very similar to the Tokyo I had seen on television in my past life.
As soon as the caravan passed by my store I got out of the caravan and looked at my store after 6 long years, the front was completely full, the flow of customers seemed to be quite large, not wanting to disturb anyone I decided to enter through the back, by the way, in the meantime of 6 years I created several other things to sell in my store, such things ranged from glasses and glass plates to spouts and pipes for water piping installations, thanks to this the wells stopped being used completely 2 years ago, most houses have piping where everyone can easily get water without having to leave home, my creations have also started to be imported to other countries, thanks to this I probably have spending money for most of my life.