Chapter 28: The Ankston family

It was inside a giant ballroom, where Rania Cavias was sitting. She was the wife of John Cavias, the leader of the Cavias family, and also one of the 17 Pillars of the kingdom of Decartium, known as the Fierce Lion.

Rania was very bored at the moment, sitting by herself at a table, while looking at all the other nobles attending this same party, but dancing, instead of sitting like her. They either danced with their partners, or a friend they knew, while Rania sat there bored by herself.

After all, she had come alone to the party, since her husband, the Fierce Lion, had way more pressing matters to attend to currently. A fifth village was just attacked by the Black Tower, and so, John Cavias was summoned to a meeting with the king, and the other 16 Pillars of the kingdom.

Meaning, that with them, also was the King's Power, and the Yellow Sun. From what her husband had said, the Green Mage would be coming later. Rania prayed that her husband would come back home safe, after all, she hated the idea of seeing him off to a meeting with the king.

'Please, don't let that Shadow Assassin show up again, not even the King's Power can stand up to him!'. That was what she thought about the meeting. As for the party, what she was thinking, was, 'Ah! When was the last time, John and I attended a normal party together like this? I would say five years ago was the last one, or, it might have been six, I can't remember at all!'.

'It's not like he's doing it on purpose, but still, it saddens me a lot that he doesn't have the time to attend parties with me anymore! It's all the fault of those bastards from the Black Tower! They have destroyed so many villages, and killed so many people, and yet, they haven't stopped, even after all of this!'.

'Why isn't the Great Empire sending anyone to help, or, as long as the Black Tower doesn't directly attack us, then they won't send any reinforcements? Damn them, what good is a hero like the Dragon Slayer, if he can't actually defend us? No, how about the Death Scythe? Hah! Why is the King's Power so weak!'.

'Well, it isn't his fault, instead, I should probably ask, why is that damned Dark Crow so strong? There are barely more than ten figures that can stand up to him, two are just as evil as he is, the Emperor of the Sea, and the Mother of Spiders!'.

'Ah! Anyway, why am I thinking about this now? Am I that bored at the moment? I guess I am! Hah! Wait, isn't that? Marcela?? It's been so long since I last saw her!'. With that, Rania left her seat, and walked quickly toward a woman that looked in her early thirties.

This woman wore a red dress, and had the symbol of a dark wolf's head on the side of her shoulder. She was from the Ankston family, a noble family that has been falling off recently, after they were one of the most important ones in the kingdom. This was mainly because they had no heir.

Noble families inside the kingdom of Decartium were devised into many ranks, and the criteria for their power, and the position of their family, came from two main things, either a strong leader, like the Fierce Lion, or a strong heir, like Asvin.

Of course, a strong army is good as well, but, that didn't matter as much, when compared to the first two. Especially inside Decartium, the kingdom with the strongest nobles, as well as the most scary nobles out of the four human kingdoms.

Mostly, the noble families had more power when they used magic, but the Cavias family was a special existence between them. It's leader, the Fierce Lion, proved that he was even stronger than most Magicians.

He was ranked sixth among the 17 Pillars of the kingdom. Even his heir, Asvin Cavias, was a renowned knight of the Court of Saviors institute. And, as such, he was known to be very strong as well.

But, aside from this noble family, pretty much all the other strong, or even medium families, relied on magic. Even the weakest noble families were magic users. The reason that, the Ankston family, with no heir, and a weak leader, had started falling down. Especially since there are many other noble families that have taken the opportunity to steal the Ankston families power, and position.

Marcela Ankston, was the wife of Nero Ankston, the leader of this noble family. She too, appeared to be alone at this small party, she had just returned from the bathroom, and was making her way to her table, when she turned to look at the hurrying steps coming toward her.

She was a bit shocked to realize that it was Rania Cavias, her friend from childhood. She smiled and said, "Hello there, how have you been, Ran...", but before she could finish speaking, the other woman had hugged her already.

This attracted the attention of some other nobles present here today, but after they realized that the person who had initiated the hug, was Rania Cavias, they shrugged and returned to their dancing, and whatever it was what they were doing.

Rania finally let go of her childhood friend, Marcela Ankston, as she smiled and said, "How have you been, Mars? Oof! I am so happy I found you here, I was so bored, that I was starting to think about war and such, but now, I can finally have fun, as one is supposed to do at a party!".

She then moved to the table where Marcela was going to sit, and took a seat, as she waited for her friend to do the same. Marcela chuckled a little, before she took a seat and said, "I guess you just won't change, will you, Ran? You should behave yourself, after all, you're the leader of the Cavias family's wife? You will only make people look down on your family like this!".

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Still, Rania only smiled and said, "Hah! Let them do it, in the end, they won't be shit in front of my husband! Ahm, excuse my language, I did not intend to say that. But, I truly believe so, even if they look down on my family, the fact is, the Cavias family is one of the top noble families in the kingdom!".

Marcela only smiled awkwardly as she heard her dear friend speak, 'Ah! It's good that she hasn't changed, and turned into a horrible person like most nobles are, but still, sometimes, I do think that this is a bit much'.

Rania then turned a little serious, as she asked, "I... I heard that you're looking to adopt a young boy, since your little cute Olly is still so young, by the way, how is she, has she grown at all from last I saw her?".

Marcela smiled, as she said, "Of course she did, it's been a month since then. Anyway! Yes, we're looking to adopt a young boy, that might be a bit talented in magic, we need an heir, and Olly is very young, and well, to be blunt, she has a very bad talent in magic!".

Rania's eyes brightened up a little, as she said, "Well, about that, I do have someone in mind, I think this little boy, well... He will prove to be a worthy heir, that will even make your family rise up again!".

Marcela was shocked to hear her friend, and so, she asked, a little curious, "Is this the same boy you spoke about last time, the same one you're visiting regularly? I heard some rumors, that, he is so good at magic, the orphanage even hired a Magician to teach him!".

Rania nodded, as she continued, "He is such an adorable little boy, he's nine years old now, he's soo good at magic, that he is at the 0th Star level, if we were to compare him to those bastards from the Black Tower! He is also very intelligent for his age! And so, I reckon, he is the best choice for an adoption!".

Marcela looked at her dear friend, and it appeared like she was deep in thought over what her friend had just said.

...

Matthew was a little shocked to hear that he was going to be adopted by this strange man. Still, he was a little pleased as well, 'Hah! I guess I am going to live as a noble after all, han?'.

Matthew looked at the man, while he smiled, and said, "Your grace, I would like to ask why you chose me?". The man looked back at him, and smiled as well, he said, "You don't have to call me that, from now on, call me father! I am looking for an heir to my family, the Ankston family has been declining over these past few years, and so, I've been looking for a young boy to adopt, so that my family would at the very least stay put, and not go down even further than this!".

"But, it seems like I have come across a great opportunity, you're a chance for my family to rise up, and go back to being a great noble family, like it used to be generations ago!".

"Don't fret, I don't plan to use you, I will do my best to love you as a real son of mine, I will also see to it that your friends at the orphanage are taken care off, since I know you care about them a lot!".

"Your new mother is called Marcela, and you will also have a little sister, that's only 3 years old, she's called Olivia! My name has been already told to you, it's Nero! And from today onwards, you shall be called, Matthew Ankston! Of course, that's only if you accept, I won't be forcing you into this matter!".

"Now, onto the matter of why I chose you particularly! Well, I reckon you know a lady called Rania Cavias! She's my wife's friend, the two of them spoke yesterday, and since we were looking to adopt a son, Lady Rania, recommended you to us!".

"I have gone through many sources to learn as much as I can about you, first off! I am sorry that your village, and parents, didn't survive the Black Fire incident. I truly am sorry for that!".

"I know that you are very blessed by the One Power, I heard many things about that, and well, now that I got to see you personally, I can certainly confirm that all the rumors about you were true!".

"I have also looked at you training today, and you've proved that you're already quite strong, even though you're only nine years old! That's great! And that is also why I chose you, as the heir to the Ankston family!".

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