Chapter 3: Meet Seth

"So, your name is Seth?" As Brahm barged into the room he shouted, beaming a smile that seemed to illuminate every corner of the room.

"Yes, what about you?" Seth replied with a smirk.

"Haha, what an amazing name! I am Brahm Schmidt nice to meet you Seth, I have to introduce you to everyone. Come." Brahm turned to leave, his excitement palpable, but Seth's voice stopped him.

"Wait, Nice to meet you too, Brahm, but hold on," Seth said. Pretending to feel a sudden wave of confusion. "Why am I here? I've been lost in the dark since you approached me."

"I'll tell you along the way! We can't waste time, the information in your head will slowly dissipate and you will return to not being able to communicate. Multi-tasking in this situation is the key!" Brahm hollered as he left the room gesturing for Seth to follow.

Seth of course did so. 

Walking beside Brahm he asked. " So? Why am I here? Am I going to be a model like Nico?"

Brahm laughed. "You already know about Nico? I assume your teacher told you about him."

Seth replied. "You assumed correct."

Brahm now answered. "Yes, you are going to be a model like Nico, you probably do not know what job a model has, so I'll explain it to you so that you won't be left with many questions. In this company, Crown and Canvas, Sir Liam Everett designs clothes suited for tycoons, nobles, barons, counts, and dukes. And models have a job to present these very clothes, models need to be tall, attractive, and a bit strange-looking to catch the eyes of others. Although you are not very ta-"

Suddenly a young girl yelled out excitedly interrupting Brahm. "Brahm~, Is this the new guy?"

Brahm hearing her voice, muttered something under his breath. "Jeez, it's her…"

Seth slowly looked back to see the young girl. Directly looking at her face he thought. 'Woah, she's really pretty.'

She had a tall build, almost the height of Seth. With short jet-black hair reaching her clavicles, bangs, grey almond eyes, an upturned nose, small lips, and a small face she looked smug, slightly smirking all the time.

"What are you ogling at? Are you perhaps captivated by my beauty?" The young girl sensing his gaze immediately commented and smirked in a teasing way.

Before Seth could respond she continued. "Hehe, I'm just messing with you, to be completely honest, I'm the one mesmerized by your beautiful face and those golden eyes." She approached Seth, put her finger on his chest, slowly going up his to face until she stopped abruptly midway and pulled her whole arm back. 

Just as she was about to spout another ridiculous sentence Brahm coughed. "Edith, that's enough."

Edith pouted, looked at Brahm, then looked down, and complained, "Come on Brahm, you always ruin the fun!" As she cast her gaze up to Seth she continued talking sarcastically. "Oh, where are my manners? My name is Edith Graham, what about you? Young sir."

"My name is Seth" Seth answered after a few moments.

"Does Seth not have a last name?" Edith mocked him, assuming he had no last name.

"Edith! Enough." Brahm shouted, disappointed in Edith. He wished to extend the apology in Edith's place but before he could do so Seth spoke.

"…My full name is Seth De Santis"

Edith and Brahm didn't expect that Seth would have a last name. They were dumbfounded by Seth's answer. Edith even momentarily dropped her playful and teasing facade before regaining it and laughing. "Alright, nice to meet you Seth De Santis"

"Nice to meet you too." As Seth said that, Edith left, she no longer had any desire to "tease" him

'People like this are so easy to get rid of, i thought she would stay, trying to "play" with me for a bit longer but looks like she's not as narcissistic as I thought'

Seth focused on Brahm and Sighed. "Brahm, I feel like the information in my head is dissipating, can we get on with the introduction?" 

Brahm looked at Seth and sighed with him. "Of course."

As the two began walking towards the back of the mansion where there were stairs Seth asked.

"Uhh, Brahm?"

"What is it?" Brahm replied.

Seth laughed. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Oh, right, right," Brahm laughed with Seth, slightly embarrassed he continued where he had left off. "What I was saying was, you're not very tall but you're handsome enough and have eyes that one cannot forget, it is truly the reason why I wanted you to start working in Crown and Canvas."

Seth murmured. "I'm not very tall? All my life I thought I was above average…"

Brahm immediately started laughing. "Above average? Maybe in the kingdom of Rena!"

Brahm glanced at confused Seth, paying no attention to him, and continued "Even the most malnourished people in Caeloria are taller than you, from the start I thought you were from Rena. You didn't know Caelin, and you looked very different from Caelorians! Ma'am Sasha also mentioned that you didn't know Rennaric either. Now I don't even know where you're from and I can't even assume where you were born or raised!"

Seth was engrossed in his thoughts, barely listening to Brahm when all thoughts stopped continuing, and instead started spinning on one certain thing Brahm said.

"Ma'am Sasha also mentioned that you didn't know Rennaric!"

'This is trouble!' Thanks to Brahm, Seth remembered that Ma'am Sasha had a special ability that could detect whether he knew a certain language.

'I don't know the limits of her ability! She may be able to deduce that the Caelin language has already turned rigid in my head and with the quality of the teacher she would definitely be able to realize that me being able to learn Caelin in one go was not ordinary! I have to avoid her at all costs!'

Seth glanced up at the little giant and asked in a confused tone. "Ma'am Sasha?"

Brahm was surprised that Seth didn't remember her as he spoke. "Ma'am Sasha was the person who decided to let you in and demanded that you be taught Caelin as soon as possible. The tall red-haired woman, you met her yesterday."

Seth was disappointed that Brahm didn't say more so he started whistling.

After a few moments of awkward whistling between him and Brahm, they reached the stairway. As they began to ascend to the second floor Seth put his hands on the back of his head and thought out loud and rhythmically.

"She's a beauty, to be honest... tall and red-haired, totally my type~"

Hearing this Brahm almost choked.

Cough Cough "You're a funny guy, Seth. Too bad for you she's already taken. I heard she's been married for 6 years now and tomorrow is her anniversary." 

Seth put his arms in his pockets and suddenly looked up at Brahm and, instead of seeing the tired face of someone worn down by a strict and authoritative boss, he saw a man with a joyful smile capable of illuminating and warming even the coldest of hearts.

Seth's thoughts rapidly moved around in his brain.

As Brahm raised his left hand, Seth focused on his ring finger and saw a golden ring.

"You're married to Ma'am Sasha?" Seth simply asked.

"Yes." Brahm simply answered,

Seth laughed. "I'm not taking my answer back by the way, your wife or not she is still my type!"

Brahm's smile froze for two full seconds as he remarked. "You and Lucas will get along pretty well."

"Oh, I'm intrigued, who is he?" Seth inquired

"The most famous player in Caeloria" Brahm responded in an instant.

'I'll get along with the most famous player in Caeloria? Jeez, I for sure gave Brahm the wrong impression of me.' Seth sighed inwardly.

As the duo finally reached the second floor of the mansion they saw a young man in his twenties. The young man was a bit taller than Brahm and had long straight dark blue hair parted 70/30, dark blue hooded eyes, a straight nose, a wide chin, and full lips. His cheekbones were chiseled, and he looked very lean.

The young man was flirting with a middle-aged woman.

Brahm blurted out. "Speak of the devil!"

'So this guy is Lucas?' Seth questioned in his mind.

Lucas looked over to see two men slowly approaching him, he gestured for the woman to enter his room and greeted Brahm.

"Sup Schmidt, what are you and Sasha goin' to do tomorrow?"

"How do you remember our anniversary…?" Brahm was baffled.

Lucas ignored his question, corrected his hair, and instead asked. "Are you guys still doing that weird roleplay, where Sasha pretends to be a tough and harsh boss to you?"

Right as Brahm was about to retort and deny this accusation, Seth began laughing catching the attention of both of them.

"Aah, that's what I was confused about, why would a wife and husband act like that, for a bit, I thought Brahm was pulling a prank on me." 

Brahm was speechless, he wanted to disappear from the world this instant because of embarrassment.

Lucas finally acknowledging Seth's presence, asked. "A new face? What's your name dude?"

"Seth De Santis" Seth answered.

Lucas did not give Seth any time to ask for his name rather he suddenly complimented his name. "Woah, what a dope name." As Lucas said this, he glanced at Brahm who was still embarrassed by him, and questioned. "Schmidt, are you sure you found this guy on the street? His name sounds like it's from a noble lineage, not even considering how he looks, I'd think he was a noble." Lucas did not wait for Brahm's response instead, he looked back at Seth and continued. "You said your name was Seth De Santis?" 

'You just heard it a second ago… why are you asking again?' Seth criticized Lucas inwardly as he replied.

"Yeah."

"Well, good to meet ya Seth, wish you the best of luck. Anyways, farewell. gentleman I have things to do" Lucas gave a wink that all men could understand, and after, he bowed and entered his room.

Seth sighed. "Is this the guy you said I would easily get along with? If so, you clearly have a wrong impression of me"

Brahm laughed as he said. 

"Alright, let me properly introduce you to my wife."