Alex swept around his surroundings, his brow pointed upward sharply an his eyes sparkled as star as he gazes down up on the world
"Wait, downward" Alex was alarmed as this beauty surreal dream of his becomes so frightening with the speed of his descent downward as if crashing into the earth and .....
~bam!~
A dull sound rang out as his consciousness seems to flicker like a dying light for a moment, everything thing around him seem to disappear into darkness.
Opening his eyes moment later with his sight adjusting to the light around him, a dazed look done on him.
Right in front of him is a beauty he swore he had never seen the like of and even more is the look she was shooting at him with her mouth hang over.
Trying to make headway of what the hell is going on, a thunderbolt went of in his mind and with it the torrent of foreign knowledge and information.
Alex stiffen at the spot unknown how to react to this strange phenomenal happening to him, it took only a fragment of a minute to sort and assimilate this information outwardly but internal it was like he has spent fifteen years reliving each moment of these foreign memories.
Alex let out a self-depreciating laugh, "so that how it is huh? I did transmigrate to a different world" he couldn't help but mutter to himself silently.
Shifting his attention from himself, his gaze fell on the young lady probably 2-3 years older than him standing petrified in front of him.
"Huh Anna, are you ok?" Alex asked a bit awkward as he couldn't tell why this young lady was petrified in front of him.
Oh yeah I recall now, as if answering the question himself, he recollect why she most likely have this reaction. The previous owner of this body had just died from an assassination attack on his way back from the capital.
This world is nothing like earth he has come from which features science and technology, instead its elements are of sword and magic.
And this young man who goes by the name Arthur is the only son of the kaelon family, a family of knights favoured by the second prince of the empire.
Alex sigh when he recollect to this point, "politics ehnn" he was filled with holy anger, having died due to the scheming and manipulation of political siblings, he knew first hand what had play here
In his previous life, he was the third son of a wealthy kingpin, his two older brothers were brute and notorious but himself on the other hand plays the card of intellect and was dotted by his father more than the other two.
He could still recall his father words of admiration before he was plotted against and betrayed by his closest ally, "power isn't always about strength but wisdom to always secure victory"
Everything would have gone well with him inheriting control of his father's empire if that idiot hadn't betrayed him and sold him out to his siblings
"Julius! Don't let me ever come across you in any lifetime" he swore in his heart angrily before calming down to asses his situation one more time
His mind calm and collected, not one bit scared or anxious. Reincarnation is the least thing to put fear in the heart of one who was to inherit the number one underworld empire back on earth.
He has seen too many blood and dreadful situation to be moved by this little thing, worse he had even orchestrated some dreadful situation too.
"So I'm the supposedly dead son of baron Williams, ally of the third Prince Alfred"
Anna on the other hand having recovered from her shock seeing her dead young master suddenly coming back from the dead, couldn't help but frow her brow when she saw him murmuring to himself as if he had gone mad.
He eyes inevitably fell towards his chest region housing a bloody injury inflicted on him during the assassination, there is no way one would survive that kind of attack even if the person is a mage.
A second wave of shock rampage through her brain when her eyes fell on his chest, the supposedly puncture hole of a sword driven through his heart had all healed up and is good as new
"What sorcerery is this" she blurted out, falling on her backside completely overwhelmed with the situation before her.
Her actions brought Alex back to his senses and at the same time presenting him with an immediate crisis of how he is to explain his resurrection without leaking out the information of a foreign soul in a new body.
"Tell me Anna" his voice cold, distant and oozing with terror broke Anna out of her stupor state, sending chill down her spine as this person gives her a feeling of dread unlike her master usual childish nature
"Did anyone else survived the assassination incident?"
"Nooo," she hurriedly answer fearing the dread she feels from this person could envelope her any second you, "when master rushed over searching for you due to the life link bead shattering here
All he and the warriors that had arrived then saw was the carnage done to the carriage and everyone in it, including y....."
"Me" Alex eyes glime with fury, the previous owner had just turn fifteen and according to custom had gone to the capital to test his aptitude, fortunately heavens smile on the kaelon family as he was tested to have magic aptitude.
With the awakening of magic aptitude, it inevitable that the kaelon family would be elevated from a second class noble to a first class noble. It wouldn't have been a problem if the political balance of the empire wasn't on the edge
With the trail of succession ongoing, the prince with the strongest support wins the race. Of the seven princes fighting for the throne, the third Prince level of influence is the lowest and thus wasn't considered a threat
But with his awakening and the support of his family for the third Prince, the balance is about to shift again, shaking the already established statue quo.
Leaving the empire problem alone for the future, he is still stuck with which of the second class noble had taken action on him. There is no way they prince would get their hands dirty with such little matter
It ought to be left for subordinate to carry out and that brings him to the question of who, thinking up to this point Alex sigh once again.
It best I handle this for later, now I should focus on how to explain my resurrection, "Anna, get me my father and be sure to be decrete with it
I'm sure you know what I mean" Anna nodded like a teddy before bolting out of the room, this new master of hers isn't anything like her previous master
"Is this what it feels like when someone touches the boarder of death and returns to life?" She question herself while making her way to the masters quarter
~knock~knock~
"Whoever it is, go away. I'm not in the mood to see anyone right now" William sober drunk voice resonated from with his quarter
Having lost his heir and hope for his future, he feels into depression and lost the zeal to live for anything else.
Anna gritted her teeth, confused on how to carry out the junior master's order, especially the chill she felt when he mentioned the decrete part.
"My master is going to be the death of me" she cursed within herself before assigning her fate to luck, immediately she entered the room uninvited, a sword was just inch away from piercing her throat.
"I said I do not wish to see anyone rig..." William roared at her with rage filled voice but immediately stayed his hands when he heard Anna blurting our something he couldn't believe
"Young master Arthur request your presence" William red eyes burge with multiple emotions, the next minute Anna finds herself in the air gasping for breath being choke by William firm grip on her neck.
"You better not be toying with me young lady, else I'll end your entire family and hang their head at the gate to quill my rage.
"I swear on my mother's life, young master Arthur is alive and request your presen...." She didn't even finish her statement before her her wobble from the speed William used to bolt out of the room
Carrying her like some sort of toy as he dashed towards Arthur's room, everyone who saw him couldn't help but wonder what must have happened
"Is the Lord losing it already" a maid asked seeing their Lord running through the corridor like his life is in danger.
"He most have lost it, seeing he lost his only son earlier today and the empire still dare send him to the front line to guard the boarder" another reply, feeling pity for their Lord.
"This is obviously an afront from the rival part's, they want to completely exterminate the kaelon family in one go" another chipped in before they all disperse back to Carrying out their duties.
"It won't be long before this manor have no Lord and them probably losing their jobs, so lets take this time to pave way for ourselves" one of the guards suggested seeing a decree from the royals can not be denied
And with the state of the manor Lord, going to the boarder is the same as going to his grave.