Ch 13: Offer From the Crown

After returning home, both the mother and son started celebrating. After this day their life was surely going to chance so before that could happen the mother and son pair decided to enjoy their hardship filled life for one last time.

That same night, a royal envoy came to meet with Alexis. He was an older gentlema who looked perfectly fit even with his age. He was also very well dressed and well mannered. He introduced himself as Alfred and worked as a mentor for the royal family.

That made Alfred to be a very high ranking official working of this nation. And by sending him as the envoy, the crown was trying to show Alexis how much they valued him.

That was exactly what Alexis wanted. By getting a preferencial treatment from the crown, he would be able to give a comfortable life to his mother.

And while enjoying the comfortable life, he would continue to master his skills and would search for more super powerful bloods to absorbed. This was Alexis' simple plan going forward.

After knowing about how insanely talented Alexis was, the crown was willing to fulfil almost any demand that he might have. Even making him a candidate for the throne was not impossible.

Heroes were extremely important for a nation. Having a hero and not having one made a huge difference in terms of national power.

The nation where Alexis lived was called Octavia Kingdom. The founder of the nation was a hero with the title of "Master of Eight Coloured Blades". With his power, he had managed to create a nation in a rich and prosperous region.

But after his death due to old age and previous injuries, no one in this nation had managed to reach the heroic ranks agains. For that reason all the neighbouring nations were pressuring Octavia Kingdom from all sides.

Fortunately the Octavia Kingdom had the founder's Eight Coloured Blade and three of their powerhouses had the strength of a heroic seed. So the nation was still able to somewhat handle the pressure.

But without a real powerhouse of the heroic rank, the threat of getting conquered would always hang over the Octavia Kingdom. That was the reason why Alexis was extremely important for them as he had an almost 100 percent chance to reach the heroic ranks.

There was also another matter. If Alexis decided to join any of the neighbouring nations, immediately the situation in the borders would change. With his potential, in a decade or so, Alexis alone might have the power to conquer their whole nation.

That was why, the crown wanted him to stay with them at any cost. They were aware that the baron had treated this child extremely harshly, so the crown was willing to make ammends.

The royal envoy told Alexis that if he wanted, Baron Lapis would immediately lose his noble rank. Not only that but the crown was also going to give Alexis a noble title which was "Archduke".

The "Archduke" was a new title that did not exist in this nation's power structure. It was something that was especially created for Alexis. Duke was the highest noble title just under the king. And as for Archduke, it was higher than even the duke title, equivalent to the king in terms of authority.

Alexis was a bit surprised by the proposal. He had expected a generous offer but had not expected that offer to be this insane. He had underestimated how badly the crown of this nation wanted a hero.

It was not like Alexis had no thoughts of going to a different nation. But he had researched a little bit about all the neighbouring countries and had found that his own nation was still the best in terms of both economical and military power.

Other than this nation, Alexis could have gone to a nation which already had one or multiple heroes. But the political situation of those nations were extremely complex.

Going to such a big nation might endangered his and his mother's life. Alexis was not really worried about his own life as he was confident in his strength. But if something happened to his mother Leyla, he would never be able to forgive himself.

For all these reasons, Rein was planning to stay in this nation at least until he was fully grown up and at the peak of his power. So he easily accepted the proposal of the royal family and became the Archduke of Octavia Kingdom.

As for Baron Lapis, Alexis did not order their removal from the noble society. He had a different, more humiliating plan for the baron.

For years, the baron and his family had given his mother a lot of hardship. So losing their nobility was a very light punishment in Alexis' eyes. He had something more nefarious in mind for the baron.

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Baron Lapis was almost losing his mind after the recent Divine Awakening ceremony. After seeing that little insignificant 10 year old kid killing Gran, an overwhelmingly strong individual, he almost lost his mind in fear.

He was fearing that this demon child who could kill without batting an eye, might come for his life next. This thought always kept him up in the night and he lost his ability to sleep.

Even after that demon child and that cursed woman was gone, Baron Lapis was still in distress. Soon all the nobility of the nation were told about a new noble title which was even above the title of Duke.

With this announcement, the only Archduke of the nation was revealed which was none other than that cursed child. Baron Lapis was a noble of the lowest rank, while the child of that slut was at the very top. This idea made the baron to almost go mad.

But then he suddenly got a brilliant idea in mind. At the end of the day, that child had his own bloodline. So using that fact, Baron Lapis could also elevate his own status.

Obviously the baron was not foolish enough to directly ask Alexis for a higher status. But he could mention this fact to the other neighbouring nobles and it would definitely give him extra prestige.

With that in mind, Baron Lapis decided to hold a party where he invited all the lords of the neighbouring domains. In that party, Baron Lapis was planning to raise his status in the eyes of the nobility and wanted to make powerful connections. That way even that cursed child would turn into a blessing for him.

As the baron was daydreaming about his great fortune, Alexis was laughing loudly while sitting on his mother's lap after learning this news. He had not expected the baron to be this much of a fool.

Seeing her son acting so cheerful, Leyla was also very happy. She patted his head with care and feed him some grapes. Fruits like this were a luxury for them just a few weeks ago but now they could eat food like this as much as they wanted.

Alexis also returned the favour by feeding Leyla grapes with his own hands. The son and mom pair were enjoying the privilege of a rich person for the first time in their life.

After learning about this party, Alexis already had a great idea to humiliate baron Lapis during it. He told his mother about it and she was extremely pleased by the idea.

After learning about what Alexis was thinking, Leyla felt her heart bursting in happiness. Her son was really the best son in the world. He loved her so much that he was willing to do anything for her.

So just like that, while the mother and son bonded together, a terrible fate was planned for the unfortunate baron.