Testing II

The noble area is broken into three rings: outer, mid, and inner. There are always exceptions but usually the outer is where you can find powerful baron, counts, and weak viscount. Mid is where powerful count, viscount, and Earl are located. The inner area is a bit different as it requires a high noble title to buy land in, the other area is only limited by what you can afford to buy which usually only noble can take out the money needed.

In the Inner area, you can find Marquess, Dukes, Princes of an older generation, and the rare exceptions, which are strong enough to force the empire to blend the rule for them.

Wolfhard's carriage arrives at the Marquis's house which is in the middle of the inner ring when usually the Marquesses are in the outer area of the inner ring that alone shows the March of Goldwell's power

(Ethan) 'Young lord have a good rest today, tomorrow we must wake up early and wait in the palace, the Marquis will join us when it is time to test your bloodline'

"No more relaxed life, tomorrow I'm walking to the den of the lion filled with old foxes if I sink or swim will all be decided in the palace"

Wolfhard takes a deep breath and follows the servant to his room during his stay in the capital 

A bloodline test is a little misleading the test does not actually check your blood but the special ability that the bloodline gives, usually only high lord can conduct these tests as families with powerful abilities rose to the top and those with weak abilities were swarm and destroyed by regular human nobles, the original of these power are a secret only known by the family itself only the royal family power original is told to the public with the story of the first Starfall

Next Day

Wolfhard was woken up earlier than usual but he was told one does not just dress up casually to meet the emperor especially some heir to an unknown barony. what happened afterward was the maid meticulously cleaned every crevice on his body and making sure every piece of clothing and jewelry was straightened out.

After hours of work, the maids finally let him go and with that, Wolfhard was on a carriage with Ethan going to the Palace.

'Young lord they no need to be nervous the testing isn't until a few hours later, it's just the Emperor is doing us a favor and we can't be seen as ungrateful so we must come early as a sign of respect'.

The carriage passes through the palace gate without any problem, the guard looks at Wolfhard and Ethan for a moment before letting them through, it seems they were informed of the Goldwell appointment today

Wolfhard and Ethan are now being led by a palace maid, the carriage went back to the mansion to wait for the end of the test

Endless hallway was Wolfhard's first thought of the Palace, after what seemed like an eternity the maid stops and opens a door

'Please wait in this room until the time of your appointment, if you require anything pull the rope inside and don't carelessly exit the room those unfamiliar with the Royal Palace can easily get lost'

After saying her piece the maid left both of them in the room and went into the empty hallway

"Ethan what do we do in the meantime"

'Nothing Young lord we humbly stay here and behave, even though it may seem we are by ourselves I am sure the Emperor can see and hear everything we do. For the next two hours, we show him our respect but I warn you we don't have the status to look at the Emperor we must keep our heads down and let the Marquis do the talking'.

The time moved ever so slowly there was nothing in the room to help pass the room, and there was no maid who came with refreshments or snacks, nobody came to offer a tour of the palace while they waited.

Just Wolfhard and Ethan in a plain room, Ethan sat in an armchair with his eyes closed, Wolfhard couldn't tell if he was sleeping but guessing that Ethan told him the Emperor can see everything and sleeping may be a disrespectable action in the Emperor's eyes, he may just simply have his eyes close.