Arthur shower was quick; the cold shower helped his tired mind a little. The time to think through his act in the main hall later was necessary.
He was gonna be facing his siblings and his mother, admittedly according to his memories. They all barely really knew what he was like, even Yohov his butler hadn't noticed anything different about him so far but still he couldn't help but worry.
They were all Transcendents in the main hall, powerful Transcendents he didn't know what their senses would pick up from his behavior and he didn't want to catch some suspicions.
Even if the possibility was very unlikely.
He'd seen firsthand how much Transcendents valued the unknown and what was more unknown than Arthur's body current occupant being from another world.
He could already imagine being strung up for experiments if he was being safe and worse, Transcendents find a way to invade earth.
"I don't know what's possible and what's not yet, so it's better to stay on the safe side for now." Arthur thought to himself as he dried off his body, stepping out of the shower. He no longer felt as tired but he wasn't quite at his peak condition yet.
"Oh, a mirror... nice..." Arthur muttered as he walked towards the mirror positioned at the wall to the right of the room.
From his memories he'd seen his what he currently looked like from reflections, goofing off in front of mirrors but still he wanted to see for himself.
Arthur approached the mirror that was half his body length in size. "Whoa... I knew he had white hair but damn... it looks way cooler in person. Thirty four year old me could never pull off white hair without looking insane."
Arthur was staring at a 4 feet and 3 inches kid with shoulder length wet white hair, a thin build with intricate average defined muscles that showed the training that members of the Cross family had to go through.
Even as a kid who wasn't awakened and could probably die during awakening. Arthur was given no chance to slack off as he received basic combat and physical training from a very young age.
"Is it me or is Arthur just short?" Arthur kept moving backwards to see his full body length in the mirror. "Nope... im just seeing things..."
"I'm just 13 here, might be a late growth spurt." Suddenly he thought about his giant taller siblings, he started regaining some hope but soon his mind began making comparisons to Transcendents in his age group like Vihr or even Henry.
"Nope.... Im only thirteen while they're all fourteen year olds. It's expected that they should be taller." Arthur finally stopped admiring himself as he turned to walk in the direction of his wardrobe.
Suddenly he, caught sight of Yohov still waiting silently at the side, his face suddenly burned up. He totally forgot about Yohov because well, he was in the shower. Visit novelping . com for the full chapter.
He never expected that Yohov would remain waiting in his room, he actually thought he was alone and was busy goofing off in front of the mirror admiring himself.
"Thankfully I didn't try checking my tool yet..." Arthur had a towel around his waist as he tried his best to maintain a serious expression despite his initial embarrassing actions.
He quickly picked out a simple white shirt with long sleeves and black pants that seemed comfortable enough.
Walking back to the mirror, he was comfortable with his look. It was nothing fancy considering the clothes he had in the wardrobe but at the same time, his good looks and incredible fit form made the outfit work.
"Not bad..." Arthur nodded to himself in compliment, there were no longer bruises on his face from his confrontations.
He wasnt sure what healed them, since he didn't check to see when he was gulping down the potion Terria left him.
But without the bruises on his face, his piercing blue eyes were once again on display and not beneath his swollen face.
"Is that my token?" His eyes caught the sight of the Academy token he received. "I thought I lost it...."
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"The third lord indicated that you did lose it young master, this is a new token. It's a gift from the Lord." Yohov who had been silent finally spoke to clarify.
Arthur nodded as he picked it up from the table. "I have to bind it... so"
Arthur focused on his core before chanelling a wisp of his aura energy into the token. The token's runes began glowing noticeably, the token was matteblack and while in that form it was possible not to exactly notice all tens of runes along its surface.
But now with his aura triggering the binding process of the token, the runes were increasingly resplendent at the moment.
"-Ahem, young master." Yohov was getting a feeling of panic seeing Arthur take his time preparing to join the others in the main hall.
While he'd been honest on the time spent so far since the meeting started, the idea of Arthur going in late was freaking him out.
"Hm?" Arthur who was about to start learning the functions of the Academy token raised his head slightly after hearing Yohov call out his name.
"I'm sorry but the matriarch-" Yohov has a slight pleading tone to his words, although his expression couldn't be seen though his mask. His tone was more than enough to convey the gravity of what he wanted to say. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
"-Sure, I'll be off now" Arthur interrupted him understanding what he was gonna say as he slid the token into a pocket.
He had quite the list of things he'd wanted to do given the time but so far between awakening, getting abducted and being tortured till he passed out.
He was having a hard time settling into his curiosities.
"I can always get those other things done, it's time to meet the family for now." Yohov took the lead about two steps ahead of Arthur as they left his room.
His residence was located within the Cross estate, just like every single one of his siblings. But unlike them, he was the only one that still used his residence frequently.
Stepping out from his room, he had to walk through a corridor past several other rooms in the building and several servants that were provided for him before finally exiting his personal residence.
The walk was quick, and quite the sight. Opposite his building where he stayed was Terria's building. A total replica of his, only without the frost that covered most of the structure.
He walked past three more of these residences, each with its own uniqueness before he finally arrived at the main residence where the matriarch of the Cross family lived.
At the entrance were two guards wearing similar masks as Yohov but one of them had a black mask on instead and the numbers on both masks were '0'.
"They're crazy strong." Arthur could sense the intense aura energy they exuded. It was far more intimidating than Yohov's, even though they made sure to suppress their presence to the minimum.
They both bowed politely seeing Arthur arrive at the main residence, he almost couldn't accept the bow feeling what he felt from both of them but he did anyway, nodding politely in return as they allowed him entry inside without uttering a word.
"Young master, I'm only allowed till this point..." Yohov stood to the side at the entrance gesturing for Arthur to go in.
The guards at the entrance, although they didn't say anything at the moment, the instant he tried to step past the gate to the main residence their suppressed aura would unfurl bearing down on him like a mountain.
Besides he knew his position and the rules of the Cross family. Arthur didn't try to question why he wasn't allowed into the main residence.
He simply just walked into the gate quietly steeling his heart as he walked in the direction of the hall where everyone was waiting.
There was no direction needed since even with how far he was from the hall, the raging aura they all released were felt by him.
Unconcealed unbidaled energy that seemed to mess with the reality around the hall he was headed towards.