Dragon Rider Academy Book 1

Side Story: First Encounter

Soren was sitting at a desk in his family's library. Today was the day of studying for his training. It's been 5 years since he was reborn into the world of Tesaria as Soren Albion. Soren still maintained all the memories he had from his previous life as Micheal Lyson, but he chose to mainly focus on making new memories as Soren Albion. There have been occasions where he taped into previous life's memories, such as when his family wanted to try a new pastry, he told his cooks about cupcakes and cinnamon rolls. He made sure to make it seem like it was just an idea that came to him and not like it was something that he had done before. He reminded himself that if he was to use information from his previous life in this new one, he have to make sure that it looked like just some random I idea. I didn't was to draw too much attention to himself, like those characters from Isekai fantasy manga he read as Micheal Lyson.

"Excuse me, Master Soren?"

Soren turned around to see a young girl standing next to the desk. The girl had dark skin, short purple hair, amethyst colored eyes and was dressed in a long skirt maid outfit. "Oh hello, Amy. How did you know I was here?", Soren asked.

"Well, when your trying to avoid your sisters or when your parents aren't giving you a training lesson, your usually here in the library", answered Amethyst.

"You know me so well, don't you? I can't hide anything from you, can I", Soren asked as he giggled.

"It's my duty as your personal maid to know you so well. And no I'm afraid not", Amethyst answered giggling as well.

Amethyst was the daughter of the Albion family's head maid, Carla and Sorens personal maid. Amethyst was one year older than Soren, but he thought of her more as a close friend than as a maid. Soren thought calling her by her full name of 'Amethyst' all the time was tiring, so he decided to call her 'Amy' for short. Amy was grateful that her master gave her a nickname because he thought of her as a friend rather than a maid.  Although, it was awkward to have a close friend help you change in the morning everyday. Amy and her mother weren't ordinary maids. They were Combat Maids. Combat Maids are special maids that are trained in combat to protect people of high nobility. They're trained to fight using short swords, throwing knives, whips and collapsible lances. They can be trained to use more than one weapon. Carla was trained in using whips and lances, while Amy was being trained to short swords and throwing knives. Amy had her mother has her teacher. Of course, there were also Combat Butlers as well.

"So, why are you here, Amy? Are my sisters looking for me? Or my parents?", asked Soren.

"No, Young Master. Your father is training Lady Luna in combat and you mother is giving Lady Aria her magic lesson. The young ladies dragons are currently being looked after by your fathers dragon, Nightwing," answered Amy.

Soren suddenly remembered his first encounter with a dragon. It was two years ago when he was playing in his room with his sisters with a butler and a maid watching them when felt his room rumble, but the strange thing was that the rumbles happened so close to each other, like footsteps. That's when he saw a large shadow walk by his open window. He was too small to see exactly what walked by, but he had a feeling that whatever it was was something that would be very amazing to him. Carla came into his room to get Aria and Luna because their mother had called for them. Carla took his sisters out of the room, leaving Soren alone with the butler and maid. The maid and butler began having a conversation with each other when Soren walked over to his window and hoisted himself onto the rail. His room was located on the top floor of a huge, extravagant mansion that was 4 floors tall.

The Albion Mansion was built 1000 years ago by Sorens ancestor Albion. Second only to the royal castle, The Albion Mansion was the most beautiful home in Zestria. The area in front of the house had a large steel gate that lead to a pathway with fruit trees and flowers growing on both sides and a statue of Albion and his dragon Soren in the center. Soren could see many of his familes gardeners tending to the flowers and trees. He'd seen the front of the house before when he walked around the house with his family, but he loved the view so much more from his room.