The Reincarnator's Inauspicious Route to Finding Love Chapter 4: What is with this Situation? (2)

He had enjoyed reading the novels because Lianna was kind of a badass. She had no problem with verbally attacking her harassers or even slapping them when it was called for.

And then he rembered the nurous antagonists. There were quite a few major villains and nurous smaller ones. The third prince was painted as an antagonist while the second prince was so unremarkable that he never even made an appearance.

But what had Adrien freezing was that Count Mallorne and his two eldest sons made up three of the minor villains. He wasn’t sure about Adrien Mallorne since the boy was only ntioned briefly.

Adrien resisted pulling at his hair, knowing full well that it would only cause him physical pain.

There’s no point in trying to persuade the Count and my new brothers from harassing the female lead, plus I really don’t want to. I could try to amass power to extricate my newfound mother and myself away from the three bad apples, but I’m just now at the age to start attending the Academy. . .plus, I’m pretty sure theydon’t allow for divorce in this kingdom.

Adrien sighed heavily, the food in front of him no longer appetizing. How should he approach this? How can he approach it? Should he make a plan, or should he figure things out as he goes?

The only thing he knew for certain was that he needed to attend Tris Academy. That way, he’ll be able to escape from the Count’s violent ways. He also needed to keep an eye on Cedric and Brayden, his newfound siblings.

"The second prince is Prince Mikyle Williams de Velron. The third Prince is Lior Aaronson de Velron. Would you like to know specific details about the princes since you’ll be attending the Academy with two of them?"

Adrien nodded his head. "Sure. To be honest, I don’t rember anything about the Royal Family." The specific details might help him gain more mories, and figure out who to avoid. And even without the greater details, he was already gaining much from this conversation.

Most of the nas he had heard so far were of Hebrew and Old English origin from his old world. But why is my na spelled the French way? Hmm, isn’t Nadeline’s na also an alternate spelling of a French na? Man, I’m glad Seo-ah read all those novels growing up, it really expanded my knowledge of the different languages and culture to an extent.

Nadeline nodded her petite head, her short, wavy brown hair dancing with the movent. "Crown Prince Nathaniel is twenty this year. He is held in high esteem for being at the top of his year. Last year, he beca engaged to the daughter of Baron Silva." That lined up with the novels about this world that Adrien had read when he was Seo-jun. "Prince Mikyle is nineteen this year. He is deed as being quite average except for his looks. Two years ago during the biannual ball, which was held in the Shigaron Kingdom that year, his highness made the sudden announcent that he would not be seeking a female life partner, but a male one," Nadeline’s voice had dropped into a conspiratorial whisper.

Adrien felt his eyes widened at the unexpected revelation. Based on the original Adrien’s mories, in this world—or at least, in this kingdom—sa-sex marriages were not frowned upon since quite a few commoners practiced it.

Sa-sex marriages allowed for the couple to forgo any chances of offspring, helping them save on money in the long run while keeping the population under control. But just because the commoners didn’t frown upon it didn’t an that the nobles abided by the sa sentints. Most nobles found sa-sex marriages as sacrilegious! So it was surprising that a prince would willingly admit to being gay!

"It’s a sha," Nadeline whispered. "I find the second prince much more charming than the others. Please do not tell anyone that I have said this, Young Master."

"I won’t," Adrien promised the slightly sullen maid. "What about Prince Lior?" He asked, bringing the topic back on course.

Before Nadeline answered his question, she switched out the empty dinner plates with a desert plate. The dessert she had presented him was a type of pudding that was easy to digest.

"Prince Lior is sixteen years of age. He is rumored to be as intelligent as the Crown Prince but even more arrogant," her words could almost be seen as blasphemous. "There are also rumors that he is a Spellsword."

This world was your typical fantasy world, which ant that it had so form of magic. There were two main power types in this world, Elentalism and Swordmasters.

The basic and most common type of magic was Elentalism. Elentalism allowed for a person born with mana to use elental magic. Each person’s mana naturally aligned with one type of elent, though in so rare cases, a person’s mana could align with two different types of elents. The elents included Wind, Water, Earth, Fire, Light, Shadow, and Space, and each of those elents had their own individual powers that were common yet unique to each individual.

The Earth Elent had individual powers like Tree Manipulation, Dirt Manipulation, and Growth. The Water Elent had individual powers like Underwater Breathing, Water Manipulation, Water Formation, Water Blast, and so on. The Shadow Elent had individual powers like Shadow Manipulation, Shadow Movent, and Curses under it. Light Magic had Light Manipulation, Barrier Magic, and Healing Magic, among other things.

Space Elentalism was the rarest form but also the easiest one to see for those who could afford it. The rare Space Elentalists that were born were recruited by various kingdoms and paid quite handsoly to run Warp Portals all across the Continent to make travel easier.

That was Elentalism down to its basic form. Once Elentalism could be developed to its fullest, it could then be used to create complex spells which can be transferred to objects for use. The spells and artifacts were restricted to the type of elent one was aligned with, but it allowed for a more unique and diverse array of magic. These were typically bought by those with little to no mana.

The other application was in creating and building mana based potions and tools. This form was called Alchemy.

The other type of power in this world were Swordmasters. Swordmasters could be broken into two distinct branches; Aura Users and Spellswords.

Aura Users were the apex of Sword Experts that were born with no mana and were able to hone their life force into a visible and powerful energy that could be fused with their weapon during combat.

Spellswords were the apex of Sword Experts that were born with mana and they were able to fuse their Elental Mana into their weapon to create a fine layer around it. This fine layer was similar to an Aura and just as powerful.

So, the Crown Prince is an Aura User, if the book is anything to go off of, and the third prince is a Spellsword? Why does the second prince seem so underwhelming next to these powerhouses?

Adrien gave a brief nod of his head to show that he had heard Nadeline. "Tell , when does the new sester at Tris Academy start?"

"In two weeks, Young Master. The Mallornes do not have an estate in the capital, so you will be required to live in the dorms with the other Young Masters. You’ll be in separate rooms, and I believe the students are divided by their years, though there may be so exceptions."

Adrien nodded, pleased that he wouldn’t have to share a room with his new brothers. Hell, he may not even be on the sa floor as them!

Nadeline left with the empty food trolley after that.

Adrien stood up from the couch and made his way to the bathroom. He stood in front of the full-length mirror and placed his palm flat against it. "Seo-yeon, Seo-ah. I promise to not forget you and to live the way you taught to." Adrien released a sigh, a forlorn expression morphing his bruised and battered face. "It’ll be hard without you, but I hope the two of you can live without regret." He turned away from the mirror, still not used to seeing his new face that had been reflected at him on the mirror’s surface.