The decision and the foundation behind the engagent.
The ti at workshop was passing by smoothly. Caelion and Aurelion were doing constant qna sessions to get to the depth more. Aurelion got too imrsed in the conversation. Caelion explained to Aurelion, all he understood from the session and then he continued.
"Though, I am still not completely satisfied yet, I want to observe her a bit more." Caelion expressed to Aurelion.
"Let’s do one thing, You et at the training grounds tomorrow." Caelion added.
"Ahh... Yes, I understand. Then, I’ll et you at the training grounds tomorrow morning." Aurelion reacted to Caelion, then he took a pause and realized what he just agreed to.
"WAIT, TOMORROW?" Aurelion exclaid. "I am going back at evening though." He added.
"Evening? What evening? Look outside dear nephew, it is already nearing dusk." Caelion pointed outside the window.
The Evening Sky had darkened a lot, clouds felt heavy, the moon could be sighted properly, it’s reflection was making the surroundings shine.
"WHAT THE... IT IS ALREADY NIGHT." Aurelion exclaid.
"Well, it would be more accurate to say that the evening is at its ending period but there’s still soti for dinner." Caelion said.
"We have been chatting for a long while around now, I guess you were too imrsed in the conversation to notice."
"If you are already feeling hungry, I shall inform the servants to make your table, right now." He added.
WHAT? SHOULD I GO BACK NOW? WAIT... BUT EVEN I LEFT RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE STILL LATE IN NIGHT. I GUESS, I HAVE NO CHOICE EXCEPT STAYING HERE FOR THE NIGHT, TODAY.
Aurelion was too absorbed with the processing of the ti that he completely forgot to answer. He took a long pause, the room felt silent.
"Nephew?" Caelion asked again.
"Ahh... Oh yeah, My apologies. I was spacing out." He apologized. "Do not worry about dinner, since it is already so late, I would love to receive all my answers, right now." He demanded with a polite but serious tone.
Caelion sat at his dashing chair again, gave a nice swing to his lush hair, took a hair tie and tied his hair at the nape. He took out a pair of spectacles from the side drawer and worn it.
Aurelion gave a long stare to Caelion doing all this. He just couldn’t believe the visual he was looking at.
MAN, I UNDERSTAND WHY HE IS CALLED "THE MOST WANTED BACHELOR OF THE EMPIRE". IF I WAS A WOMAN, I MIGHT HAVE FALLEN FOR HIM AT THIS INSTANCE.
Caelion noticed Aurelion’s staring, he settled his tie, then pushed his spectacles above his nose. And said to Aurelion.
"Since I assu that you are talking about Young Miss Knightheart, your fiance. I am sure this will take so ti, so just doing so preparations."
"Yes, exactly that part." Aurelion replied.
Caelion took his dashing pose, lifted his one leg up. "First of all, I want to assure you that the decision had nothing to do with Sel, only your father and I discussed it."
"So, if you already have so complaints about the whole arrangent, do not bla your mother as she also got to know about it later." He added.
"Now, tell where should we start with?" Caelion asked.
Aurelion looked around a bit and then rembered the previous events. "I rember you were saying that there was a deep reason behind the whole engagent, so to understand it properly, I want to know about it from the foundation." He put his wish forward.
Caelion started explaining as if he was reading a bedti story to Aurelion.
Long before the Eternal Empire was formally crowned, the Aeternum family existed as quiet arbiters between warring territories. While others clashed for land and dominance, the Aeternums studied patterns—of power, of collapse, of succession.
Before the First Magician erged, the Salamander Continent was completely ruled by Aura Swordsn and such was the law for the Aeternum Empire. The Aeternum Empire took pride in sword arts but they lacked skills in other masteries. Then, Zepharos appeared, he changed the whole world for the Salamander continent.
The Countries which only hired Swordsn as soldiers were easily getting demolished by newly ford group of Magicians. The Aeternum family had still not earn enough deanor or respect to be later called the Eternal Family. They along with the 1st Grand Duchy took the reigns of the throne and unified a major chunk of continent but still that was not enough to beca the true ruler of the Salamander continent.
The Two Families Aeternum and Knightheart both understood at this point of ti, that no matter how great they are as Swordsn, if they could not tackle the Mages, their conquest for the Continent can never will be able to get fulfilled.
At that ti, the Continent’s first Magician Family originated. While following Zeraphos’s Techniques and research, they grew strong enough to make countries fear them. Their Mastery in Magic was now second to none and that family was the Lunaris family.
It was an Aeternum patriarch who first proposed the triad alliance that united the Valerius blade and the Lunaris arcane under a single imperial vision. They drafted the earliest imperial accords, sealed ancient pacts with neutral forces, and established the first continuity laws that prevented the Empire from fracturing after its founder’s death. Though they never claid the throne, their counsel shaped every coronation and crisis.
The Eternal Empire beca a fixed triad, with Aeternum Valerius bloodline being the Royal Family beca an Empire which got two Grand Duchy, one being the Knightheart Duchy which focused on Military affairs and worked on gaining strength while the other one being, Lunaris Family which focused on the Civil Affairs and developnt and worked for the economics of the country.
Aurelion stood up shocked. He interrupted Caelion between the story.
"NOW, I GET IT. FATHER MUST HAVE BROKEN AN WEDDING ENGAGENT WITH THE KNIGHTHEART DUCHY." He yelled.
[To be Continued]
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