The guard took Nick and Emily to an unfamiliar location, a street close to the jungle half of the island.

There were a few benches surrounded by trees. It actually looked really cozy.

The guard sat down and asked for their names. Emily just answered with a short answer, telling him only her first name, while Nick seemed to be debating something.

‘‘My name is Nick Sole, son of Frederica Sole. ‘‘

This wouldn’t seem much of a surprise to a regular person not familiar with the Soles.

The Soles are a famous noble family, which is popular among people for owning the whole Meryland archipelago, except one island.

The Meryland archipelago consists of 7 inhabited and 10 uninhabited islands, with Meryland being the biggest and most populated of them.

With Nick resembling a homeless person it would be hard to believe he was a noble man, so in reply to Nick’s statement the guard just chuckled and said:

‘‘HAHA, you? Son of Frederica Sole? No way, HAHA! ‘‘

It was hard to believe that he was a son of Frederica Sole. Or even at least half that.

Nick was born from Frederica’s first marriage. His parents divorced and he was left with his father. He chose to keep his mother’s last name and when asked, say he was the son of Frederica - his mother. He wasn’t very fond of his father as he wasn’t treating him the best, in fact, he wasn’t treating him like his child. When he turned 18 he escaped from his father’s home and tried to go to his mother. Leading us to the start of chapter 1, when he was rushing for the boat to the Forbidden island.

The forbidden island-

As I said the Meryland archipelago consists of 7 inhabited and 10 uninhabited islands. All of them except one are owned by Frederica Sole, thus the Languinian kingdom. The last island, however, is a territory of the eastern kingdom. Its name is Ventergia. The continent is named after the kingdom as result of the Ventergian Empire. An empire that owned the entirety of the continent.

A civil war broke out between the Democrats- Languinia, and the monarchists- Ventergia. The Eastern half of the continent was ceded to Languinia, but the forbidden island is a different story. It hosts the last emperor of Ventergia, who is 112 years old. No Languinians are allowed on the island, except none other than the Soles family, who have roots leading to Ventergia. The last emperor named Emperor Denswal the great has a secret. He is the most powerful and is thought to be the first magic user ever, as magic is quite new to this world. He is the last reminisce of the Ventergian empire…

Back to regular storyline...

Emily was shocked while the guard was still laughing. I would probably also laugh, Nick’s appearance was nothing short of a homeless person’s one.

‘‘While I may not look like it I AM son from Frederica Sole’s first marriage, and I can prove it to you. ‘‘

Nick didn’t seem worried about the guard not believing him. He slowly reached out under the shirt he was wearing under his torn jacket and pulled out a necklace with a gorgeous jewel on it. It looked like a girl’s dream. The necklace itself seemed really well-made, something a noble man would have, but that by itself isn't enough of justifying he was a Sole. But on the back of the necklace, there was the name Sole beautifully embedded into the jewelry.

The design of this necklace was quite popular. It is a well-known fact that if the name Sole on the back was shining it is in the hands of its rightful owner, and it did in fact shine. It did that because it was interlocked with Nick's distinct magic power justifying that he truly was a Sole.

The guard probably had an expression of a surprised potato, but I wouldn’t know because armor was covering every part of his body except his eyes and feet.

‘‘Oh my, so you are actually a Sole I see. Well boy, you and your friend should come with me to the Town Hall. I’m sure they will provide you with proper clothing and a shower to wash that dirty mop of yours, excuse my language your honor. ‘‘

Wow, nice way of remarking things that guard had.

Anyway, the guard took them to the Town Hall.

It was a big marble building in the middle of the town. Its walls were decorated with paintings of what seems to be Frederica herself.

She was a woman in her mid-thirties. She had beautiful red hair, and with her nice posture and pretty face, it’s no wonder she was an interest of a lot of men.

Inside the building, there was a fountain with two symmetric benches and four trees around it.

Looking to your left and right you would see a lot of dazzlingly decorated rooms.

It truly was a noble building.

In one of the rooms was the island representative. He represented the island in front of Frederica.

When the guard brought the dirty Nick to the island representative, who was an overweight middle aged aristocratic man, he seemed disgusted.

The room he was in was really nice. With more paintings of Frederica on its walls and a cozy desk and chair in it, it was a really neat room.

‘‘Your Majesty Mr.Glegmore, may I ask for your attention? ‘‘

‘‘Why have you brought this disgusting trash over here? ‘‘

‘‘Mr. Glegmore, he may not look like it but he is actually a Sole. Come on boy show him your necklace! ‘‘

As Nick showed Gleg his necklace, he was becoming more nervous to where this is headed.

‘‘Oh God, boy do you happen to be Ms. Frederica’s first born child? ‘‘

‘‘Yes sir. ‘‘

‘‘Why are you in this condition fella? ‘‘

‘‘I escaped from my dad and now I’m broke sir. ‘‘

‘‘Oh no, guard call for the maids to clean him and get him new clothes! Boy, you and your friend, or whoever she is should go with him. ‘‘

With a‘ ‘Thanks for your kindness! ‘‘he just left the room.

As our heroes left the room Gleg evilly mumbled:

‘‘Heh this boy might just be the thing I was searching for…‘‘