Art looked at me with a confused face wondering why there was a need for 5 sound barriers.
"I'll be frank with you Grey." I started using his real name to show how serious I was, And at the mention of his past name his expression hardened.
"How do you know my name?" Arthurs's voice was cold and dead, his words felt like poison as he was talking to me so coldly even though we grew up together.
"I was getting to that Grey. while we are both reincarnated we both come from different worlds or the same one but Your life was centuries ahead of mine." I explained calmly Arthurs's face grew softer because he knew that although I was cryptic at times I never lied to him with the intent to harm him.
"..."
"So you were just an unlucky student that got killed and reincarnated here with some gifts from Boreas the god of Storms and Ice?"
"yes, that's correct."
"that doesn't explain how you know of my past life and future events in this world, Andrew" Grey questioned me.
this was the Question I didn't want to answer because telling Arthur he is just a fictional character in a novel and that all his trauma and pain was merely the will of some Author, well time for some bullshit excuse.
"I Don't know why but I have a lot of your memories from your last life so that's why I knew about you, maybe during our reincarnation process part of us might have meshed with the other but there's no way to be sure; But as for the future I think I might have some kind of diviner blood like elder Rinia because I saw our futures..."
Grey Thought long and hard about what I said and contemplated how he felt about the knowledge.
"Alright our circumstances overlap in parts and Rinia did mention one of the times I visited her that sometimes she gets visions of random people at times, so yes that is plausible."
"So Andrew what do our futures have in store?"
"It's not good news I'm afraid."
Grey's gaze sharpened and knowing how he thought normally he was likely steeling himself for whatever may come.
"War is coming and we're not the only reincarnates."
"What?!" his face raced looked panicked, this was the worst-case scenario so I can't blame him.
"who are the other reincarnates, Who are we warring with, and how long do we have?"
"there's two other Reincarnates and you know both of them."
"Who are they?" Arthur said clearly curious its someone we can trust.
"Nico and Cecilia"
At the drop of their names, Arthur froze in place clearly getting flashbacks.
"What are their current names?" Arthurs's voice carried the emotional pain he was in when he remembered the emotions and memories he had locked away.
"Elijah is Nico's vessel although he shouldn't awaken until for a couple of months bit after one of our field trips during an attack on Xyrus from a radical group."
Arthur simply nodded at this and was clearly disheartened at the news.
"And Cecilia?"
"Nico take over Elijah during the attack on X-yrus, when he comes back to Dicathen he kidnaps Tess and uses some weird ritual to shove Cecilia's soul into Tess's body, Although Tess was never meant to be a reincarnate he forced her soul into her so as long as we can keep her safe we are safe from that outcome."
Grey's face turned to stone, his bloodlust flooded out not even directed at me it made it hard to breathe still. After noticing my difficulty to breathe he retraced his aura.
"Arthur Elijah is your friend so I will leave the choice of killing him or not up to you, And if you decide to kill him or try and persuade him to join us when he awakens that's up to you. Nico's mind and skill could be a valuable asset in the war if he joins us, but the same can be said for the Alacryans."
"but if you do decide to make him regain his memories as Nico sooner just bring me first in case things go south, or I can give you attack spell beads. but for now, take these. I handed Arthur 2 Spell beads that make a Sound barrier 10 meters around him, The other a condensed corrosive poison bead that should be able to dissolve the body, "Make up your mind before we go to Xyrus, Either you kill him now or stay with Tess as long as you can after we see her next, Either we do this or face the consequences later." I said with a solemn tone, Elijah was a good friend and I liked hanging out with the guy, but this is Arthurs choice now.
"I'm going to strengthen as many people as I can to help in the future War, Make sure you get strong Arthur it's going to get rough from now on." I patted his shoulder.
"thank you, Al' Art said under his breath, Although his tone was cold I have known him long enough to know that he meant that.
Pulling out the Elderwoods beast core I handed it to Arthur. "Give this to Tess next you see her, The beast will has been enhanced compared to the timeline I saw somehow, It has corrosive poison coating the tendrils and barrier that protect the host, as well as heals them faster using Soul fire; both of Which are magic types on Alacrya more or less exclusively."
Arthur just gave me a wordless nod.
"Take some time to think it over, but make sure you get that core to Tess at Xyrus... Wait I forgot to tell you that they're making Xyrus an interracially Available school."
And with that, I left the Helstea manor, walked towards the Bladeheart estate took a short detour to get some snacks along the way.
Arthur Is no assassin so he is going to have to be sneaky with how he gets away with the kill if he decides to do it, but then again I gave him the spell beads so he can kill him quietly and dissolve his body. Nico will be a great Military asset if we get him on our side, But his grudge against Arthur for killing Celica was great but then again he didn't do it on purpose.
"well, the only way to find out what happens is to leave it to Art." I sighed under my breath, I placed the last of my BBQ skewers in my dimension ring and knocked on the door of the Bladeheart Mansion.
The large grand wooden Doors had a large crest carved into them, The crest depicted a blazing Sword placed over a man's heart, This was clearly their family crest, As I admired the workmanship of the buildings construction with stone pillars and stones carved and made to precision by master Stonemasons or earth conjurer's I could only be impressed.
The two Grand double doors swung open inside revealing a Large reception hall that was clearly well kept. there were marble statues that seemed to depict great feats of strength thought the generations of their family.
"Ah there you are, Welcome Alexander, Please come inside." looked to the sound of the voice and saw Kaspian welcoming me in.
I nodded and just followed him in.
"Alexander, may I ask what the training regimen is?"
"It's pretty straightforward, I'm here for 3 hours a day, I spend 2 hours having her fight me un augmented while I use Air pressure to restrain her movement's so they require more effort to fight me at her peak. The remaining time once she can't fight anymore or if she lasts the two hours are conjuring practice."
"I haven't thought of using Air pressure to train my body, That's an innovative idea Alexander, but you are right that it's a simple plan but knowing you it's easier said than done, correct?"
"This amount is Childs play, I did this for 14 hours a day while having the mana theory drilled into me."
"The Twin Horns Trained you that hard?!" Kaspian gasped, there was barely any time in that schedule for eating, let alone proper rest.
"first off I don't appreciate you digging into my past, And no it wasn't the Twin horns.
He didn't Question me Further. We walked through the mansion its halls were large and luxurious as expected from the Bladeheart family, We arrived at their outdoor training grounds it was a large open plain of grass that had sword racks, armor racks, and spare training clothes sitting on the edges in case anything got torn or burned I assumed.
I looked towards the center to see Claire Bladeheart sparing with one of the mansion's guards, her Rapier thrusts and magic remained me of kaspian heavily, As he had been her teacher up till now.
The fight ended with the guard on his ass with a rapier to his throat, After he conceded the fight Claire sheathed her rapier and helped the man up with a smile.
She noticed us and walked over, "Hello Uncle Kaspian!" she gave him a wide welcoming smile before noticing me.
"Good evening, I'm alexander Shard, Your uncle Kaspain Has asked me to help along with your Swordsmanship and Wind magic." I extended my hand to shake hers, She took my hand and gave it a firm shake, although her hands were slender she had a firm grip which surprised me.
"Well My Uncle has been the only one to train me in the Area and he is an AA-Class adventurer as well as the Xyrus guild master so I Apologize for doubting your skills until we have a Spar."
"Oh, it's no worries Id do the same if I was you." I gave her a warm smile, I liked her in the novel but her cheerful and responsible nature made her even more likable in person.
"Claire, Id Advise you not to take him lightly, I'm ashamed to say that although he is a conjurer he beat me in a swordfight," Kaspian warned and admitted a loss that made Claire see me in a new way of respect and awe judging by the look in her eyes.
Her face was one of excitement and disbelief. "You want to see if your Uncle is lying?" I asked her jokingly. to which she nodded happily "If you're as good as he says then ill put you drag you onto the Xyrus Disciplinary committee." she said in a happy tone although she had just talked about how I had gotten Goodsky to Assassinate Kai.
"I think beating the Director in a fight 3 years ago was enough merit, but more reputation never hurt anyone!!" I said the joy of battle creeping up my face in a smile as I pulled out the wooden copy of Tempestarii.
"that's an Unusual wooden sword you got there, why not use a real blade like me?"
"Oh this? this is just a copy of my main sword, weight, balance, length, and all a perfect replica, and the real one has a nasty habit of cutting through any attempt to dull it, Mana covering included."
"I hope to make you use it in a spar one of these days." her face turning into a grin as she sensed the mana I was putting off."
"I suggest you go all out, you might even surprise me enough for me to teach you my secrets." I beamed back, fights were the most enjoyable things, and the faster I had to go to dodge and deflect attacks the better.
"Train me well Alex!" She yelled as she thrust towards me like a bullet
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