first meeting

POV (Roel Askart)

I was sitting in the chariot and looking out the window, now I was driving to the royal family palace to start my training.

My parents didn't want to let me go at first, but after I said that I would only be there until six o'clock at the most, they still let me go.

I saw my reflection in the window.

I was wearing black sunglasses and a plain white suit that resembled my old TMCTC (Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College) uniform. Despite the fact that it was very simple, it suited my appearance very well.

I looked at Virion, who was sitting on the opposite seat and asked

, "Well, Elder Virion, who is this boy who went through the teleportation gate?"

Virion raised an eyebrow and grinned.

"Ohhhh, now I'm Elder Virion and not an old man?"

I made a cute face and said.

"Come on, old man, tell me about him, I wonder who I'm going to train with,"

Virion looked at my performance with a raised eyebrow.

"Okay, I'll tell you about him, but don't be too surprised when you find out about him. But looking at your progress, it won't surprise you too much."

Is this boy so talented that Elder Virion himself speaks of him like that?

Well, of course he's talented, without talent I don't think Virion would have made him his disciple.

"He is from the Sapin Kingdom, despite the fact that he is a human, he was able to reach the dark red stage at just 4 years old, and he also saved my granddaughter from being kidnapped by slavers..."

And suddenly something clicked in my head. Had he been reborn too? I don't think a normal person is capable of reaching the dark red stage at 4 years old.

I really wanted to meet this strange boy, I had a lot of questions for him. In the end I shook my head, I only need one look to figure out who he is, so there's no point in thinking about it.

Virion went on to say that he is well-mannered, respects his elders and blah blah blah.

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Finally we arrived at the palace. The palace was luxurious, it was made of white stone, which gave it a picturesque appearance. The palace was located on a giant tree.

I'm already used to luxury homes, so it's not that easy to surprise me.

The guards knelt when they saw Virion coming out of the chariot. When we reached the entrance to the palace, Virion waved his hand in the direction of the guards, the guards immediately got up and continued to do their job, no, seriously, they are too overzealous, they just stood like statues and looked into the distance.

Inside the castle there were two curved staircases that formed a circle, with a large chandelier made of some strange balls of light.

When we went up the stairs we met the current King and Queen of the Kingdom of Elenoir.

I was not at a loss and immediately bowed, the King just looked in my direction and nodded, and the Queen made a sweet smile and said.

"Is it really because of this boy that such a powerful and influential King Alduin was punished?"

The king's cheeks turned a little red, and he changed the subject.

"Father, are you sure about your decision?"

Virion frowned and said.

"As I said, I am confident in my decision to make Arthur my disciple."

Alduin continued to insist.

"But Father, I understand your desire to make Roel a disciple, but Arthur is a completely different case, what will others think of us?"

Virion had veins on his forehead.

"Let them think what they want, I want Arthur to be my student. That's it, the conversation is over."

And so we passed by the King. My assessment of Virion increased, it seemed he was not waging a war against humanity in vain.

We entered the training room, I saw a boy and a girl, I didn't have to think for a long time who they were.

I wanted to approach them, but Virion made a gesture to be quiet and took out a rubber knife from his spatial ring.

I had no idea what he wanted to do, well, hardly anything good.

He took aim at his granddaughter and threw a knife… I was looking at this scene with a stunned expression on my face.

The knife was about to hit the back of Princess Tessia's head, but Arthur quickly pushed the princess's body away and caught the knife.

Arthur had a serious expression on his face, shaking his head from side to side in search of the intruder.

My doubts about Arthur have already disappeared.

Virion and I appeared in his field of vision, Virion approached him with a smirk on his face.

"Excellent reaction and instincts. The use of mana is mediocre at best, but I can see that you can kill a few slavers."

Arthur had veins on his forehead

"Damn old man, did you just try to kill your own granddaughter?"

Virion started giggling and said.

"Perhaps it would leave a small scar on her, but I doubt that the toy you are holding in your hands is capable of killing."

Arthur looked at the toy knife and muttered, "I was deceived.."

Tessia put her hands on Arthur's shoulders and said, "Grandpa, stop teasing Art!"

Virion stopped giggling, he looked at me and said.

"This is my third disciple, Roel Ascart, he is at the light red stage. I hope you get along"

In general, that's all he told me about me.

I bowed and said "Nice to meet you, I hope we will become friends"

During the bow, I looked into Arthur's eyes, I could detect disbelief on his face.

Tessia just nodded, and Arthur shook my hand. I was still looking into his eyes, even after ten seconds I continued to look into his eyes, Arthur was about to withdraw his hand, but I managed to let it go.

So you've been reborn too... Arthur.