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Mark was walking with edelina who look cheerful and bright by his side sometimes striking a conversation, mark started to worry and muttered to himself

'how will i convince marcheon's or my father to let me attend school or what was the school called? Is it really just silvermoon capital school? There must be a lot of school at the capital? Why did the system didn't tell the name of the school or maybe I'll just have to attend a capital school'

Mark as he shake his head, then edelina started talking to him,

"march? Where were we going? "

"to father, edelina you must go home this time your mother must be worried "

"dont worry she knows were together "

Mark went silent as he was thinking if how do they know mark and edelina was together, mark freak out if that was true but he then shrugged and forget the idea, they wasn't really watched since both of their parents already that they were safe, though parents knows best, but they were still busy at there own work,

Mark then saw some of the kids avout just the same age as him playing on the side, if it was march he would have join in but mark has still has to recite the way to convince his father to let him attend school, he was amaze by the path made of wood bricks on the side was made by a root of a rare tree yes the one who created the brick was the brickroot tree as the name implies its root was bricks connected to each other the elf must have found it out when the root of that tree bulge to the surface the plant wasn't harm and the bricks could absorb water on the road so if one has a precious liquid that spilled on the bricks, forget it, it was already absorbed by the bricks.

the road system was similar to the cities in mars but they have better road decorations than elriden,

Most elves use the connected vine bridge up the trees to cross, so theyre were only few people walk to the actual road of wooden bricks, he now reach the tree of life, the place was brimming with life, exotic flowers in the garden and elven warriors guarding the place they knew who was the young master is so they didn't stop him from advancing he saw on the west side was elven warriors training bowmanship and some shamanic spells the entry of the hall was quite huge and besides the entrance was wooden staircases on both side that was glued in the bark of the tree of house,

Mark ask the guard,

"where is father? "

"young master, the village chief was inside the hall"

He then walk to the hall while edelina followed him, he saw many elves holding a leaf like book with a pen that was made with unknown material, the pen has look like a blue ink, and he didn't know what was the ink it used, the elves was wearing a green robe with a feather of unknown origin, at first Mark thought it was a feather of a chicken back then when he pick up the hat in his cabinet, but later he discovered it wasn't actually that case since the stick of the feather was a crystal one, they wore pointy boots like the one in a fantasy movie he watched, then he saw a man who look like was in his early 30's and he was an high-elf, it was his father, Berlian elriden, he was talking to his assistant about many stuffs on the village,

He then rush to the man, berlian saw his son and he dismiss the assistants and spoke

"son, why are you here? "

"dad can i study to the capital school? "

"the blueleaf imperial school? and didn't you said you don't want to attend school because you want to be like me in the future? "

His father was proudly and dignified as he speak like a king being cool to his people while doing speech Mark feel silent a bit, but he then continued,

"yes! Because i want to be like you in the future but i need to learn to lead my people when i become a village chief soon, dont worry dad I'll be back i promised! "

Mark said embarrassingly, but he didn't mind since he hasn't experienced fatherly love in the long time,then someone entered the room,

It was edelina's mother, Syndra eleventon she has a stunning feature and somehow her hair was blue and her eyes was similar to edelina's eye, she was wearing an alchemist robe that looked like a dark-green garment that was the same as a lab coat just that the color is different, the coat must have some temperature resistance, and chemical immunity, mark was really amaze about the quality of the coat and it seems came from a strange material, he wanted to touch the coat to see what was the coat made of but he shyly didn't, he just view her as she walk towards the Berlian's work desk while holding box full of potion vials with a corks and a greenish strange looking liquid inside it, it seems it was a healing potion, he thinked about it,

'does father injured? Or someone's injured? Is he preparing for war? '

He erased the idea on his mind because he still have to convince his father to make him attend school, he then look down on the wood flooring avoiding his father's scary gaze and edelina was eating a apline fruit on the corner her looked seems like she already knows what will going to happened next but mark doesn't know as he couldn't recall marcheon's past,

He notice droplets dropping in the floor, and then berlian grab and hold his shoulder lightly, mark then turn and look at him, has a teary eyes and he looked like a baby who was going to cry,

Berlian then kneel and hugged mark waste although mark is still 6 years old he was at least was taller than most of the kids around his age, berlian then saying,

"d-do you r-really want t-to l-leave m-me s-son? "

His voice look shuddering, mark was incredibly embarrassed he wanted to ask where was his dignified and strong father go? Now he coyld only see a kid who was his toy went missing then crying, he then spoke while looking at edelina who was expressionlessly eating with a cool pose, it does mean that it happened a lot that she got used the scene, and her mother was simply continued to pile up the potion vials,

"but d-dad, dont worry I'll be back when i graduate "

But his dad simply continued crying while saying,

"d-do y-you really w-want t-to g-go? "

While sobbing like a kid, mark was feeling embarrassment and was sweating profusely, he was pushing away berlian but he was just too strong,

"But dad i still want to go to school"

"d-do y-you r-really w-want to l-leave me f-for just that? It was just a school it w-was s-still about l-learning, "

Mark realize that it wasn't that easy to complete even the partial mission,

then Syndra was finished piling up the potion bottle on the cabinet next to the work desk she then walk by to berlian who was sobbing, she then patted his back while saying,

"there, there everything will be alright, "

Then berlian calm down but still sobbing, he free his hand from mark and looked at Syndra, then syndra put her hand on his shoulderand gesture mark who was at the mark to leave slowly, while she was still consoling him,

Mark slowly go out and edelina follow suit, she then told mark that everything will be fine later while winking on him, mark was still confused but he just nodded,

Syndra and berlian was a very close friend and berlian who was obsessively devouted to his deceased wife when his glenda died he developed a trauma or disorder that why he was acting like a kid when march will him too, and Syndra wasn't also the type to cheat since her 'husband' was still alive but only she knows but the two were close to each other doesn't there were being intimate, they still talk as a friend and even secretly arranging marriage for march and edelina, march also already asked edelina about her father but the reply will always 'i don't know, but he was still alive' and that remained a mystery in this world mark made a decision to discover the hidden mystery,

Mark blushed a bit but he shake his head off it, and they were patiently waiting outside, mark thought

'so march was being spoiled by his father, base on what happened luckily marcheon didn't grow up as a spoiled kid but as a determined person he, then sigh in relief.