An Academia?

A cold sweat drops on his father's cheeks as he looked at him.

Did I perhaps? Overdid it?

I smiled at him awkwardly.

" You. "

" How did you do that? "

I could feel the tension in his eyes as he look at me.

Did I just jinx myself?

This is bad, my plan for revenge hasn't even begun!

When I looked at him once again, his doubtful face turns into joy as he rushed toward me and lift me.

Huh?

" My son, what a genius you are! "

" I mean, I expected it since you're my son after all! "

He laughed loudly as he cheered.

" Your mother would be very shocked by this. "

I sighed in relief.

" C'mon, let's go home! I'm already done anyway. "

We both got home together before the night falls.

Once we got home, he barge in and approached mom.

" Aria, you can't believe what I just saw! "

" Our son is a genius! "

Mother looked at dad in disbelief and smacked his head.

" Did you just make our son do a dangerous thing? "

He averted his eyes as he remembered that he threw an ax casually and made me try to cut some wood.

The mother then pinch his ears and scolded him.

" How can you be so irresponsible! This is our son! "

" Listen first, Honey. "

" He can apply to Academia! "

She paused and looked at me for a second and coughed.

" Well, if he can why not? "

" But you know that we don't have funds to support his education. "

Suddenly an old man appeared at our door.

" I can help you with that. "

I felt my back being stabbed and turn myself on where it was while raising my guard.

The old man laughed at me.

" What a bright child you have, no need to be wary of me. "

No, old man. I have every right to be.

Just who in their right mind casually shows up in a family and says I can help you with that.

No one, that's right! No one!

He removed his hat and there his face was revealed.

It was the old man who I helped earlier.

" I want to introduce myself, I am, Duke Medima, I run the Countwell family. I'm very pleased to meet my savior's family. "

" Savior? " Both of my parents looked at me, curiously.

" But first, please come in. " Aria offers a seat for the old man which he obliged.

" Thank you for welcoming me, I'm glad you're not scared at all. "

" I'm so sorry for the sudden visit. " He lowers his head which made both of my parents panics.

" No, no! There's no such a thing, sir. We're actually happy that you visited us! "

Duke Medima, the heir of Count Maxwell's family and the very landlord of this village that I live in.

He's a very cunning person base on my observation and his bodyguard isn't your typical pushover.

He seems to be quick-witted but the thing that ticks me off is his crane.

A serpent end cane, that's absolute, no cap, powerful item.

But why was he pretending to be a cripple?

There must be a deeper meaning to this.

" Please be at ease, I only want something and that's to repay your son's gratitude that I received. " He then looked at me and smiled.

This old man is giving me the heebie-jeebies!

" As you see, I noticed that you're living in an old house and it's almost close to being wrecked. So I thought to myself that I should help you in return. "

" Plus, I could also be a benefactor for your son's education, I assure you that no one would harm you on my watch. "

" I'm sorry, but we can't accept this off- "

" No, you must. " Before they could even finish their words, Duke cut them.

" This village will soon be under attack by certain bandits soon, and we cannot reach this place despite us being the landlord. "

" Then why are you only focusing here instead of the other houses? " I casually said as it breaks the ice and everyone was shocked by it.

The other guard looked at me and said.

" Watch your mouth. "

" Oh? Is that how you treat someone below you? " I looked back at the guard who seems to be holding his anger towards me.

What a bitch.

The duke faced me and lowered his head.

The family panics again and looked at me.

" Haenami, that's too far! Apologize. "

" No, please don't be mad at your son, he is correct. " He raised his head and looked at me.

" Hoho! That's right, we chose your house solely because you saved me. It's all just to repay your kindness. "

" But you caught me off guard, and I can't help but be impressed. "

While he was speaking, I can't remove this unnerving feeling.

I slowly looked around to see the guard who was about to attack me, the time was moving slowly but I could see him pulling a knife out of his pocket.

But why?

Another guard went in by breaking our glass tackled the one with the knife and put him to sleep by locking him up.

He stood up and wipes his clothes.

" Are you okay, Duke? "

The duke chuckled.

" Yes, thanks to you. "

The duke approached the man and raised his head.

The face conceal suddenly ran out and a bandit appeared before everyone.

I carefully looked at him and noticed that it was the same guy before.

It was Warren.

" That's right, young man. "

" I also came here because this man is about to murder you, after that humiliation he got earlier. "

" Turns out, he was also one of the bandits that's on the loose. "

He looked at me with a cunning smile.

" Now tell me, do you still want to live here? "

The father of the family looked at everyone.

Suddenly Yeon goes downstairs and tucks herself into her father.

" What's wrong? "

He caress Yeon's hair as he looked at the Duke.

" We'll accept your offer, but in return please let us pack our things and have one last day in this house. "

The Duke obliged and took the bandit outside.

Before he goes out, he looked at me.

They soon left and heads to the manor.

In the woods, the guard looked at the Duke.

" Duke, that kid. "

" Yes, I saw it too. "

" He was ready to grab the knife away and slit the bandit's throat before anyone of us acted. "

" He's truly an interesting kid. "

Woods, outside of the Manor of Maxwell.

A family was waiting at the big gate, guarded by two personnel.

" Excuse me? What's the purpose of your visit here? "

" Hi, Duke asked us to go here when we needed him. Can you please call him for us? " Father was obviously shaking as he stood there with the two intimidating guards.

Both of the guards looked at each other and laughed.

" Hey, is this some joke or shit? Get out of here before we chase you out! "

One of the guards looked at Aria and narrowed his eyes.

" This chick is hot, mind if I? " he tried to grab her when his father suddenly blocked his path while smiling.

" Please, could you trouble us? It's very important. "

The guard clicks his tongue and grabs his phone to pretend to call someone.

But in reality, he used it as a distraction to kick him.

Everyone was shocked as he was laughing hysterically.

" Hand over the lady and maybe after we have fun, we'll contact the duke. "

" How's that? " He was oozing in pain as he slowly stands up.

" Please, don't disrespect my wife. "

Aria grabs his shoulder and said.

" Let's leave, maybe it's all just a hoax. " The guard gave her a stern look and raised his hand.

" You bitch, you got a lot to say for a slave! " He was in motion on slapping her when someone suddenly approached inside the gate.

" What's this commotion? "

Everyone looked back to see the Duke along with her daughter.

The gate slowly opens and the duke approached them.

" Sir, you see these bastards kept on asking where you are! So we thought of teaching them a lesson. "

A sudden slap in the face was received by the guard as the duke looked at him furiously.

" Bastards? Did you insult an esteemed guest? " He then faced the family and bows.

Even the guards were shocked by his actions.

He looked at me while he was bowing.

" Duke, please raise your head. How could we complain! Their just doing their job properly. " The duke sighed and raised his head.

He then looked at one of the pillars of the gate, there a butler was standing while looking down at everyone.

His energy, second?

No, it's way more than that!

He's on Second Tier Lower Dantian.

This bastard is strong, way strong.

I couldn't help but smile by just looking at his presence alone.

His gaze was focused on Haenami as well.

He smiled as he go down.

He bows down and said.

" Yes, my lord? "

" Teach these two a lesson, on the other hand. Young man, please join me and your family in my manor. "

We all followed Duke as I passed the butler and the lady.

I looked at her and she seems to be looking at me, very serious in fact.

Following this shows a lot of sights, from a clover grass field with bricks on the edge to a beautiful manor field with personnel.

Every personnel in this estate seems to be well mannered and so, we met his family.

Everyone welcomed us despite the hierarchy and treated us like a family.

" Please feel free to do whatever you want, this is now your new home. "

" If you ever needed something, don't be shy to ask our workers here, they are all friendly." he said as everyone smiles at us.

Duke Medima is the one who governs this estate, and Elaine is the wife of the duke.

And her.

A lady enters the manor suddenly while Duke was introducing everyone.

" This is Adelle, Mary, and oh! "

" Here you are, Alice. "

" Please treat our guest. "

Alice faced the family and bowed her head slightly.

" Nice to meet you, I'm Alice. " Yeon suddenly starts running and hugged Alice.

" Alice, Alice! Wife of my brother? " Alice starts to get red and the duke started to laugh.

" I don't see any problem with that. " Alice steps on his father's shoe and looked at him with killing intent.

The duke smirked at her.

" Since everyone is here, please accompany the rest to their rooms. "

" Young man, please meet me at our terrace once you're done. "

On the terrace, the duke was having a sip of his tea when the butler suddenly shows up and approached him.

The duke offered a handkerchief to the butler.

" Thank you. " The butler accepts and wipes the stain on his cheeks.

" Did you do what you had to do? "

The butler opened his eyes and said.

" Yes, nobody saw it. " as he wipes the blood on his gloves.