Ascendance of the Lone One

Shadow Incident

It's been a couple of months, we've been focusing on our studies, honestly I rather stay home and train on my own but going here and lazily slouching around is just almost my job, since I have to go every day to protect Vonro and Rupert, apparently, the King saw potential in me, he saw talent and a good future, not to mention I'm betrothed to Rupert so he's probably using the proposal as an excuse for us to get closer together, I honestly don't understand why I have to be betrothed right after dying after knowing the truth of why my parents hated me, the irony of it all, I couldn't help but just sigh.

"Are you okay? you've been sighing." Vonro looked at me with a worried look, today our P.E teacher was absent and they didn't have an exchange teacher to replace him for the day so to keep us safe we were locked in our classroom with nothing to do.

"Yeah, I just can't wait to get to a higher grade, everything they're teaching me I already know." I said I didn't mean to sound arrogant but I guess I triggered some nerves because right after I said that I felt some eyes on me, I ignored it as usual, but I couldn't help but sigh again because of that.

"You are smart for your age, we're the same age but I can't compare my academic intelligence to you." Vonro said, made me remember my older brother, he was way smarter than me, I was never smart but because of his constant help I managed to better myself.

"If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here anyway..." I mumbled to myself, Vonro and Rupert both tilted their heads in confusion and then they turned towards each other before looking back in my direction, I noticed this and immediately tried to explain.

"Oh! I was just talking to myself, don't worry about it, you guys." I said, Rupert just raised a brow and then continued to play with his pencil by spinning it in his finger, he's slowly opening up to me unlike the first day we met, Vonro looked worried again, it's almost like she can feel that I'm hiding things from her, well it's too personal to talk about anyway so I rather not speak of it.

All three of us fell into an awkward silence after that, but then one of our classmates entered the room, two familiar boys walking behind her, Famusi and Gaholion the two bullies from a few months ago, they still hate me but other than giving me stares they haven't really done anything so I've just been ignoring them, everyone began to look at her, she stood in front of the class, looking all graceful and pretty, her name is Quiny Halamus, Human only daughter of a Royal Guard General and the Royal Weaver Maiden, she's kind of a big shot, but she's naive and easy to manipulate.

"Everyone, I have asked the Principal to let us out in the Field while the teacher is gone, and he agreed as long as we have guards watching over us." She announced, everyone cheered her blue eyes filled with innocence, she went over to us and talked to Vonro.

"Come, I asked my servants to prepare some food for us, you two as well, we'll go on a tea party." She smiled, I nodded, she didn't seem to be planning anything, I would tell if she was based on her intentions, she's the Extrovert of the class after all so this is just normal.

We all went outside to the empty grassy field behind our building, there was a huge soft red picnic basket in the middle of the field, big enough for all 13 students to fit in with more room to spare, I saw at least 5 knights watching, additionally the student's own servants, that could mean some of those servants might know how to fight as well like Gaholion and Famusi's Servants.

We all sat there for a bit then one by one well-dressed servants arrived to deliver us a fresh cup of tea and some sweets

"Where did all of this come from!?? It's so good!" Rupert said he loves sweets makes me worry for his health someday

"It's made by one of the best chefs in the Kingdom, my mother." She proudly said, Vonro looked at me with worry holding a teacup passed to her by Quiny, I took it from her hand and took a sip, they all looked at me while I waited to see if I would die from poison, I have poison antidotes in my inventory though so I'll be fine, but then I gave her back the cup and nodded in approval, her eyes lit up and quickly took a sip too.