Alaric Greyrat: The Mysterious Reincarnation

Chapter 7 - What Lies Beyond Effort.

Alaric is now 8 years old.

He grew to like his life here in Asura, the money he makes, the new family has has, even the training and experience, he is climbing up the power scaling of his Advance Ranking! He might even be near Saint Rank soon...

"Hey, son! Come here really quickly!" Suddenly Augusta shouts for him, as Alaric says,

"Coming!" He says as he enters the room, alongside Augusta Flute and Lilia, who seemed hesitant about something.

"Uh... What's going on, August?" Alaric wondered as Augusta pulled out a letter, and gave it to him. Alaric reads it, and his eyes widen,

"A-A invite from Rudeus to the major's daughter's 10th birthday!?!" Alaric is amazed, as he knew immidently that Rudeus would pull something like this for him.

"Yes, and he invited you and whoever you wanted to go. As a middle-class family, we have the means to go, but we still have the dojo and Aisha to watch over. So..." Augusta looked over to Lilia, as Alaric is... Surprised.

"You want me and Lilia to go?" Alaric wondered as Lilia nodded,

"Correct. That's why I asked for a large sum of money, forgive me for never telling you why, but Fittoa is but a long ride over, so I prepared our outfits and measurements to look decent." Lilia explained,

"I will attend as your mother that's why." Lilia also explained why she was also coming, as Alaric smiled, stating,

"You and Flute are the only other mother figures I have... I won't mind!" Alaric happily admits as Lilia smiles back warmly,

"Zenith was right when she praised you for how kind you are, Master Alaric," Lilia says, hugging the boy for his understanding nature.

"Eh, hem! Since you'll be heading out, you will need to stick to some strict training while you're away! As for Pilphar's shop... I have sent a notice to him on the situation, he'll be alone for a while, so you better gain some more muscle while you're away!" Augusta says in his loud tone, as Alaric nods,

"Right. I will." Alaric states, as days later, they're off to Fittoa immidently...

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The pair soon arrived, the carriage marked to show they were special guests from Asura. It was still hours away from the party, as Alaric looked in awe,

"So this is the Fittoa Region!?! This is... Not as grand as I expected..." Alaric was a bit excited, but also a bit bummed out. It's been about a year since he was in Asura yet... He assumed that Fittoa would be close to how Asura looked. Nicer, clean, and more well-kept. Of course, the Fittoa Region is kept nicely, but it looked more like a medieval capital than anything.

"Your father's party used to come here often. When we left Beuna Village, Master Rudeus was taken to tutor the daughter of the major here." Lilia explained, as Alaric wondered,

"They must be powerful to get Rudeus like that..." Alaric says in a low tone, as Lilia closes her eyes, a bit ticked in her head as the letter Paul sent her, even if it was as perv-driven as it is, mentioned he had to knock Rudeus out in case he denies leaving. She wouldn't want their relationship to be more estranged than it is. After all, he never used the blade since leaving, and Alaric doesn't take kindly to Paul's nature, which is why he likes Lilia more than Paul.

"Young Master, may we get escorted to our rooms for the night?" Lilia wondered as Alaric nodded,

"Right, our rooms... I almost forgot the addition of rooms..." Alaric states that in the invitation they had rooms provided to them. But as Alaric turned to see who would be carrying their things...