Ch-20 Cause of obsession

17th Marias, 15683

3 years before the day Williams life changed.

"Is William still sleeping? " Rex asked Myra.

"Yea" Myra replied.

In her lap was a sleeping 5 year old William with a peaceful expression on his face.

The Vehein family were currently in a carriage heading towards Rungarr mountains to camp.

Rungarr mountains lie in Verhein County so they were under Rex's jurisdiction and he planned to take his family to camp here to take a break and get to spend some time with them.

He was still annoyed how ever since he killed the hydra on the day of Williams birth he was treated as some sort of savior and got promoted from a Baron to a Count.

While he understood the emperor's reason behind his decision as he did save the whole Karka kingdom.

But being promoted more than tripled his work load causing him to not be able to spend as much time with his family as he would've liked.

After some time once they finally reached the mountains, upon reaching the mountains they took all their supplies from the carriage and sent the driver back.

Once they had reached Myra waked William back up.

"Wakey, wakey we've reached the mountains" Myra said lovingly as she gently shaked William off her lap.

"Five more minutes please" William begged trying to fall back asleep.

"No can't do young man" Myra said sternly not leaving any room for negotiation.

Hearing his mother's stern tone William finally decided to get back up with a disappointed expression.

However, his disappointment was quickly washed away as he laid his eyes on the beautiful sight in front of him.

In front of him a magnificent gigantic lush mountain with it's tip reaching the clouds.

The area was a bit secluded but due to that the wildlife was able to fully thrive without artificial interference.

"How beautiful, I'm glad I was able to preserve the charm of this place" Rex said with a pleased expression on his face.

"I couldn't agree more" Myra said agreeing with Rex.

"I bet the view would be even better from above" Rex said as he bent down signaling William to climb on his back.

For a normal unawakened people it would probably take around 12-16 hours just to climb the mountain due to the uneven terrain and the sheer size of it.

However, for awakend people the time is reduced to barely 2 hours or even less.

This time is even further reduced for power houses like Rex and Myra who could climb the mountain in under a minute if they tried.

So seeing his father's wide back William quickly climbed on his back using his own mana to shield himself from the wind or other leaves or twigs which posed a danger at the high speed his father was about to run.

Once william had sucessfully climbed over, Rex leaped forth at a inhumane speed with Myra following closely behind him.

In just under 2 minutes they has reached the peak of the mountains.

Upon reaching the peak Rex William down as he gazed at the beautiful scenery before him.

William was completely enamored by the beautiful sight before him.

The village a bit away from the mountains looked like a tiny dot almost unnoticeable but the 3 people stop the mountain were able to see it due and they couldn't help but smile at seeing their people living peacefully without needing to worry about anything.

A bit further away from that was a bright green lush forest flourishing with wild life.

"How sweet" Rex said pleased with the fact that all his hard work allowed his people to live carefully.

"Well if we should also take a page from their book and relax and spend time together" Myra said as she began unloading the giant bag she had been carrying.

As Myra was unloading the bag, William's gaze was locked on the people of the village they had seen earlier.

'I wonder what life is like that for them' William thought with childish curiosity however, another thought that was going through his head was that he needs to be strong so he could take over father's position and protect this land so that the people could live a carefree life.

Throughout the past year William had been getting praised as a heaven defying genius due to his affinity with mana as well as awakening 6 years before even the biggest geniuses.

However, even now William's achievements were a bit downplayed as he had awakend the day he was born.

While William was a bit confused as to why his parents lied to everyone and insisted on him not telling the truth to anyone till he was strong enough, he knew better than to question his parents decision as they were the most important people to him in the whole world.

However, getting praised by everyone everywhere he went did cause him to devolep some arrogance, but due to the presence of his parents in his life he was able to contain it and didn't become cocky.

Alongside this arrogance was also a deep sense of responsibility as he wanted to ensure the safety and peace of all the people who were kind to him and brought gifts for him, as well as protecting the land his father worked so hard for.

William had a very good relationship with his mother and he loved her dearly. however, the same couldn't be said about his father as he spent most of his time in his office managing the territory or on expeditions clearing dungeons or gate's ensuring the safety of his people.

William understood the importance of his father's job so he didn't blame him for not spending much time with him however, today with his father taking a off from work and spending time with him and Myra.

Today, however,he was determined to improve his relationship with his father.

unfortunately, for William while he was thinking about ways to improve his and Rex's relationship he sensed a ominous presence heading his way.

William almost couldn't breathe; the presence was overpowering, bearing a deep killing intent aimed at him, and William was almost certain that he was going to die today.

However, thankfully for him, he was the son of the sword saint.