Nearly 3 hours had passed since Lukas began his study in the library alongside Bella, Zelda and Beatrice.
"Man, history is really amazing, I can’t even stop myself from reading" Lukas had a satisfied look on his face, before he glances at his watch on his wrist, it resembled a watch from the Victoria era, except it could be worn on the wrist.
"It’s already 3pm, guess I have to end history lessons here" Lukas closed the book as he let out a yawn.
"How wish I could spend one more hour, I didn’t even know they were such amazing plants and herbs out there, just thinking of making potions never seen before with these plants and herbs grounds my love for potion making" Bella felt on cloud nine.
"No, you can’t, you a have training session with father by 4:30" Lukas dismantled the idea.
"Uhhh" She pouted like a little girl.
"You so cute with that expression big sis, I would love to see it more often" Lukas said with a chuckle.
"W-what!" Bella became embarrassed and buried her face in her book.
"You weren’t quite the teaser, young master" Beatrice looked at him.
"Well change doesn’t ask of permission, does it?" Lukas said to her.
Beatrice just looked at him a smile blooming on her face.
<You aren’t their Lukas after all> Ava said to him.
Yeah, you are right
Adam agreed.
But in just three hours I managed to absorb so much about the Mystic world, it’s a place brimming with countless adventure I would say in general
Lukas smiled, a look of achievement plastered on his face.
From the book he had come to know this continent, this kingdom stood on was known as Teyvat, there were five other continents.
From the east, one continent name was the Dou chi continent and the other’s name was the Heavenly Mystic continent.
Even eastern cultivation theme exists on this same world; this is something else this world is even vast than I imagined.
Lukas thought to himself
The other continent closet to Teyvat was the continent of Arkadia similar to Teyvat in culture, power system, magic, myths and legend.
The other two continents were places where the human race did not exist, from one of the expeditions accounts written in the book, they said that the female population outclassed that of the males and consisted of the beast men race, elves, giants, dwarfs, druids, one horned race, and many more races that isn’t seen on any other continent.
One of the encounters the expedition team said they would forget was how the races had treated them like gods from another world and some occasions nearly turned his men into breeders, in the end a few stayed behind, let’s say they found love. Which was never part of the expeditions mission!
The word breeders stuck a cord in Lukas head; he knew what that meant.
I wonder if their kidneys were able to handle so much
Lukas had a thoughtful look on his face.
On the other hand, he had come to know that mana had been in existence since the dawn of time, from the book’s record of its timeline, it said that 50,000 years ago, all races could use magic from the age of just been five years old.
But this all changed when world ending calamity descended on the world to wipe out all life, but the great gods answered with the gift of classes and talents, some classes are even tied to the gods themselves.
The calamity was called the origin of chaos, creatures made from the power of chaos, plowed through the continents with destructive force, nearly annihilating countless races, but humanity wasn’t taking it laying.
Joining forces with other races, kingdoms and empires stood under one banner to defeat their enemies once and for all.
With the gift of classes and talents from gods, the world saw the rise of world-shattering legends who stood to chaos, in the end after countless years of war, destruction and sacrifice, chaos was finally defeated.
But chaos was never truly defeated, it gave birth to the race known as the demon race, over the years the races of the world had fought the demons which only know destruction and carnage.
After brute fighting the demons were finally defeated, but were chased out of mystic world and casted to the desolate realm which was later called the demon realm.
But something else crossed his mind what happened for the women dominate the world 10,000 years ago,
Did something happened between the great gods and goddess for this to happen or was it just a naturally event?
But Lukas shook his head knowing something like that could not have happened ordinary, but he decided not to dwell on the idea.
"Lukas aren’t you packing up?" Bella pulled him out of his world of thoughts.
"I am already" Lukas replied as he stood up, then he looked at the closed book before him and took it up, holding it up as he stared at it.
This book surely holds a lot of secret of the eras of this world that had come and gone even the astral dragon man race was mentioned in the text, I might really find out the truth beneath my bloodline.
Lukas made up his mind to keep the book by his side.
"Alright everyone we can leave now, we had all spent a quality time in here absorbing knowledge, so it’s time for our brains to rest" Lukas said to everyone as they prepared to leave.
"Just the thought of leaving these books on magic and spell casting foundations is really hurting" Zelda felt like crying as she held the book close to her chest like a dear friend.
Lukas just looked at her and shook his head; she would be attending the Lyon academy in one and a half months’ time just the way he will be attending the Imperial Academy too.
"Zelda don’t worry about it, I will talk to my mother about handing you some books on magic foundation and spell casting" Lukas said.
Zelda eyes widened as she heard him.
"Yo-young..ma-master" Zelda’s voice trembled as her eyes became watery filled emotion.
"Wait don’t cry!" Lukas tried to prevent her from crying but alas she still went into an outburst.
She ran towards him with tears in her eyes and then hugged him, which caught Lukas practically off guard.
Lukas just froze as Zelda hugged him with tears in her eyes.
"Thank you, very much young master!" She said sincerely with tears in her eyes
Lukas just looked down at her face filled with tears and just smiled.
"I don’t like seeing my friend cry, so wipe those tears off" Lukas said to her.
She nodded as she wiped her tears.
"Crying doesn’t make you beautiful" Lukas whispered in her ear, Zelda’s ears and face went bright as she became flustered from his teasing.
Zelda quickly broke free from him in embarrassment.
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Meanwhile Beatrice and Bella just looked at them with blank expressions.
"Why is your face red, is your heart racing butterflies?" Lukas has a smile on his face that made him more handsome, that Zelda couldn’t even look straight at him.
Watching this from another place in the castle through a crystal ball was Valeric and Eve.
"Who knew our son was a sweet talker" Eve chuckled.
This time she was wearing an elegant yellow and white gown made of fine linen, the dress clung to her body, revealing her splendid hour-glass figure.
The collar of the dress had white fur sewed into it, with a bright pattern of sliver flowers embroiled on her dress, the pattern traced all the way from the chest all the way down to the helm of her dress.
She wore white hand sleeves which covered her hand all the way to her arm, a sliver pin was attached to the chest of her dress which had the sigil of house Lyon. She wore a beautiful hat that had two yellow flowers attached to its side.
"Maybe he truly takes after me" Valeric had a smile on his face as he looked at the crystal ball.
Valeric wore a high esteemed noble attire which was blend of a suit and that of commander’s uniform worn during occasions, the attire was a mix of blue and gold.
The sleeves cuff links were gold in color with sliver designs, the collar of the attire resembled that of a turtle neck collar but buttoned up. At the place where a chest pocket was meant to be was replaced by a badge like pin ornament with the sigil of House Lyon on it.
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"No wonder you were so Lecherous in your youth" Eve had a sly smile on her face.
"What!" Valeric looked at his wife with disbelief. "Being a sweet talker doesn’t mean one is lecherous" Valeric said to her with his composure rigid as he was seated.
"I know he wasn’t this bold before, seeing this new side of him really takes me by surprise" Eve looked at Lukas still teasing Zelda through the crystal ball.
"The part that surprised me most, is his new fondness for history. I knew he was invested into trying to study magic, even if his talent was not good, he still persisted, almost everyday he will spend a considerable amount of time in the library to study spells and mana control, seeing this shift is quite surprising" Valeric spoke as he studied Lukas through the crystal ball.
"I don’t know why, but I feel like something about him had changed even his mana and aura felt different" Eve’s eyes narrowed at Lukas.
"I felt it too, does it mean that Lukas coming back to live was no ordinary feat, could an entity be involved?"
As Valeric said this, both of them went quiet at this possibility.
"There is no need to dwell on that, I am glad his back to us, the gods didn’t allow those who had prepared to laugh at me have a chance" Eve had a proud smile on her face.
"The concerning matter now are the books Lukas and Bella have in their hands right now" Valeric gesture towards the books in Lukas and Bella’s hands.
"You mean those books that were pulled out from that ancient city ruin?" Eve asked.
"Yes" Valeric nodded.
"You gave them access to the upper floor, right?"
"Yes, I did, because Lukas said he wanted something older that talked about the creation of the mystic world" Valeric said.
"What!" Eve was taken aback "Did he know such book already exists in the library before asking?" Eve asked him.
"I don’t know and I am sure he didn’t have that idea of the book, but what bothers me is his sudden interest in the ancient history of the mystic world from hundreds of thousands of years ago" Valeric just watched with an unsettled gaze.
"I think it’s not a bad thing for him to learn of the former eras and how the mystic world originally worked before ten thousand years ago" Eve said to him.
"I don’t want to stop him, I just want to make sure such the knowledge doesn’t paint him a target, including that book he is holding, to him it feels like reading something interesting full of tales and historical records that would make one long for adventure, but I know how that can turn into danger, because those bastard cult and organization would stop at nothing to erase anything about the history before ten thousand years ago" Valeric’s gaze turned cold
"I agree with you, its better you call both of them here and discuss your concerns over the books they are grasping, because they not holding books but ancient texts capable of bringing the mystic world back to its balance with long forgotten history" Eve eyes narrowed at the books in their hands.
Valeric held out his communication mana stone and tapped on it.
In the Library.
As Lukas was still busy teasing Zelda who had nearly melted in embarrassment, while Bella and Beatrice just looked on.
Then Bella’s communication mana stone suddenly vibrated, prompting her to tap it.
"Yes" Bella answered.
"Bella you and Lukas are to meet me in my office now" Valeric said in a calm voice.
"Yes, father we will be on our way" Bella replied without asking what the matter was. Then she turned towards Lukas who stopped teasing Zelda.
"What a great time spent on studying and it was satisfying at the end" Lukas ran his hand through his hand as he took in a small breath.
"Lukas father has called for us to his office we need to go now" Bella told him.
"Father is calling for us?" Lukas looked at her
"Yes" she replied to him.
"Alright lets go and not keep father waiting" Lukas said to her
The group started to leave the library as Lukas walked beside his sister, Bella while Beatrice and Zelda who was still recovering from Lukas tease trailed behind them.
Father called us, then this must be really important, whatever it might, I am glad to see my new parents in this new world once again and get to meet his two other siblings
Lukas had a smile on his face as they exited the library.