Chapter 1

I can hear crying, am I crying? why am I crying? I can feel a warm and loving embrace, who is it? "Look, he's beautiful" a woman's soft and loving voice resounds throughout my body. I can't see her face it's blurred out but I feel she's beautiful.

"I know, my love, he has my eyes and your face" A man's voice replies to her soothingly and with joy.

The man's face is vague and I can barely describe it but he seems otherworldly.

"Won't you name him?" The woman said.

The man looks at his love and then to me and smiles dearly.

"My child for a ### linked to the ##### your ### name is ----------

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An abrupt awakening I awoke from my slumber in a cold sweat and my alarm going off I sighed and pealed myself from my bed left the room and went to the bathroom, I brushed my teeth, took a shower, and washed my face I stared at my reflection and I stared at my eyes which are brown and not special in any way before looking at my face. And I then remembered I look like the average guy which put me out of my little trance.

It causes me to be a bit embarrassed, ignoring my embarrassment I got ready for school, I went downstairs and saw my adoptive grandfather waiting for me.

"Liam, come and have breakfast with me" as he sat there drinking tea

"Okay" as I responded shortly after, as I sat having breakfast I stared at grandfather and looked and is long and pointy ears as you could notice at first glance Aside from the wrinkles on his face and his gray hair, he is a elf and he's quite old so there's a lot of things I don't know about him.

Elves live for a long time at the most two-thousand years and usually live closer to nature so I found it weird he lives in the big city with me. Grandfather used to live in the countryside with me and before lived like a elf in the forest but said he got "real sick of elven pride" and seeing forests and nature reminded him of that so we moved. Despite that he never forgot to celebrate elven tradition so I guess he still loves his home in some way.

"Liam? is something wrong you're staring a hole into me" he asked

"I'm sorry, I just spaced a bit there" I replied

"Y'know looking at you know makes me wonder where the times gone, you were wee lad when I found you" grandfather said

Apparently I was wandering the forest when I was a child and grandfather who found me went to a nearby human settlement to find my parents and it was concluded that I was abandoned or an orphan.

Ever since then he took me in and raised me like I was his grand child since in his words "I'd have to be young to have a son".

I have been grateful after all this time, finishing up breakfast I checked the time on the clock it was almost time for me to go.

"Grandpa, I'll be heading out soon" I said.

"Alright" he replies.

He and I head in to the doorway "Do you have your phone and the charm I made for you?" he asked and I replied "yes, the phone's in my pocket and the charm is right here" I said as I wriggled my left wrist showing the woven emerald green band.

Grandpa watched as I left the house and the neighborhood and and my eyes traced by the cars fueled with magic, drive by as I waited to cross the street once the way was cleared I began to walk and I began to think about all those dreams I have been having lately, all so vivid as if peering into another life.

Especially the one today I wonder, Does this mean I was some kind of prince in my other life or something or am I just being delusional? It's most probably the latter, and speaking of royalty the school I go to is nothing to scoff at despite how average I am. It's got high society nobles, Prince and princesses mixed in as students and teachers. Honestly I don't know why I was accepted in the first place.

There's also other races like beast-men and dwarves, There is also elves but they are a small minority and very prideful. So they don't interact with the other students and or the teachers much besides one who is also and elf.

I was dozing off so before I knew it I was already sitting in my classroom and watching the most popular people in our school

"The Hero"

Arno McClain

Son of a fortuned filled family and I hear most of his family members all either higher in the government or master leveled fighters. There are rumors all over the place about this guy, some stupidly unbelievable and some that are true the most verified one is that he is a harem master. and with his good looks paired with his Hazel-Brown hair and Ocean-Blue eyes you could see why.

Then, there is the member of his harem, the three girls that swarm all over him in our class

"The Saintess"

Maria Mana

Raven colored hair, Amethyst eyes, big sister vibes all around, chest big, "behind" big, smart, pretty, you name it proficient with holy magic and all that stuff but I don't know much about her.

There's the other two, but there not here at the moment so I won't say anything until they appear in person.

"Class has started"

A voice interrupts my thoughts, It's the teacher Ms. Miller, A Red-haired woman in a track suit with wooden sword in hand.

"I'm not keen on repeating myself so listen up, principal has decided to change some school policies, First is that students will be placed in classrooms corresponding with their rank, second we will place you in parties of three and send you to do tasks, How well you do determines your rise in rank as the highest rank is S-rank. To be chosen S-rank you will be heavily evaluated by staff and the principal himself, Not to mention there are some already in S-rank, And lastly the benefits of high ranking is your own room and board, Benefits like cruises, full rides to colleges, scholarships, all provided by the school itself there are other things besides that but the most important thing is that placements are decided by solely on merit and ability alone, that is all there to those polices the next thing is your pre-decided rankings".

Ms. Miller had begun to list students starting from F-rank, Then D-rank and started to doubt my ears because I wasn't in ranks D, or C and then rank B passed by and I couldn't even hear my name, A no one here was in A so it was skipped. Then S-rank and the final three names uttered were mine Liam Flowers, Arno McClain, and Maria Mana.

I just had to ask

"Ms. Miller, why am I in S-rank? I haven't done anything remarkable the previous year up until now" asked as I felt the stress stabbing into my soul.

"I don't know why but the Principal persistently advocated that you be in S-rank"

What? the principal

What did I do??!?!?!

"Oh, and your assigned party members are Maria and Arno"

What Ms. Miller had said drove the coffin that contained my normal life off a cliff in to a deep ocean and exploded it with 3 tons of dynamite.

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Everything was a blur after that I had I could barely recall everything other than the fact every one were practically celebrities royalty and high nobility the pinnacle of social status.

"HELLO!"

Startled, I almost fell out of my chair due to the seatmate next to me

"S-Sorry, What did you want?"

Noticing my seatmate, She is a Elven girl having long flowing hair akin to rivers of gold. The and her eyes were like a carefully crafted emerald that an artisan put his soul and dedication into, paired with her modest chest and perfectly shaped thighs, in other words she was absolutely beautiful.

Quite honestly I've never looked at someone like this before

"I was asking where did you get this charm! only an elf could make this, not to mention craftmanship is impeccable and the elven magic imbued is quite strong." she cried out

"My grandfather, we're not blood related but he is the elf that made this, Uh-"

"Emeline, Emeline Astraia"

Emeline is a nice name... Wait a minute isn't that the second Princess' of The Elven kingdom of Astraia name!!?!

"Please forgive my rudeness your highness!!"

"I'll overlook it just this once if you tell me your name" she responded

"Liam Flowers" I had answered

" Then is your grandfathers name Maxim Flowers? A high councilman of the Elven supreme court and the close aide of my Father?"

A High councilman and close to the King? He never said anything about that and never even showed it. I doubt a homely person such as my grandfather could be such a person so high-up the in status and social ladder, Especially when he moves due to stuck-up elven pride.

"That is his name, but I think you have him mixed up with somebody else"

"Maxim Flowers retired due to old age and moved to the countryside after adopting a human child and was said to be quite the artisan, does that ring any bells to you?" She stated as she sternly looked at me as if refusing to be wrong.

"Ah, That may be him" as I cave in and resign resisting or even entertain the idea of correcting her.

"Wonderful, Will you escort me to your residence so that I may see your grandfather, It's been while since I seen him, he's like family to me" She says cheerfully as she clasps her hands together.

"But-"

"I won't be taking no for an answer" as she interrupts me smiling.

All I wanted was to live a quiet and peaceful life, How'd it end up like this?!?!?