The next morning came fast, after waking up by Stella’s voice. He got off the bed and went to take a shower to get fresh. After taking a bath, he saw that Stella had prepared his breakfast on the table in front of the fireplace.

With a smile and a slight nod, he said “Thank you, Stella.”

Stella bowed and said, “It is my duty, Sir.”

Seeing that nothing had changed between her attitude with him he let out a sigh and started eating. After finishing his breakfast, he remembered he had to go meet General Hardley to ask him about the training. So he went to the Training Area but on the way, he saw the Flower Garden and, noticed that there were some people in the Arch of the Garden.

After focusing a little more to see who they were. He was surprised, as it was the beautiful girl with red hair who was standing next to the Throne yesterday but there were two more girls with exquisite beauty with her sitting in the Arch of the Flower Garden and were having some beverages.

There were two guards standing at the entrance of the Arch. Rai thought to himself Hmm... How do I get close should I approach her directly? Or make her notice me while approaching, yes it would be rude otherwise… Of course, the guards would see me so I think she will notice. Yes, let’s do that.

After thinking about it he entered the Flower Garden, the guards and the girls in the Arch noticed that someone was coming their way so they turned around to see who. They saw Rai approaching them. The girl with red hair knew who he was as she was present the day before but the other two girls didn’t.

He stopped only 5 meters away from the guards, the girls stood up to greet him, he looked like a noble, it's proper etiquette to greet someone after all for noble families.

Rai slightly bowed with his hand on his chest and said “Greetings, my name is Rai, I was summoned yesterday into this world, so do forgive any impertinent behavior. Will the ladies honor me with their names?”

First to introduce was one of the girls he hasn’t seen before she stepped a little forward holding both sides of her dress with her forefingers, with a slight bow she replied “Hello Sir Rai, I am Loran Foures Zairon. It’s a pleasure to me you.” With a smile.

Rai stood tall and with a smile, he said “The pleasure is all mine, Lady Loran.”

The next to introduce was the other girl she stepped forward and she held her dress the same way as Loran and said “Hello Sir Rai, my name is Cecille le Vallier. It is an honor to meet the rumored hero.”

Rai with a slight laugh replied, “Oh no, the honor is all mine after all where else would I be able to converse with such beautiful people.”

Having said that he still didn’t know the name of the red-haired girl. So he turned towards the red-haired girl and asked “What would milady’s name be?”

With a slight bow, she replied “I am Vennessia de Pauldo. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Sir Rai.”

As soon as he heard her name he understood the reason for her standing next to the throne She is the Princess! He thought.

With a light gulp, he said “May I have the honor of staying here for a while?”

Although reluctant at first but Princess Vennessia replied, “Yes you may, please join us.”

Rai followed them inside the Arch.

After finally sitting down a maid came forward and poured some tea for Rai. Cecille looked at Rai and with a smile said “Please have some Herbal Tea, it relaxes your brain and muscles.”

Rai with a smile said, “Yes, thank you for the Tea, Lady Cecille.”

10 minutes had passed but no one had said anything after that, the atmosphere was something that made everyone quite uncomfortable. Even the guards felt it. At that time to remove this awkwardness, Rai said “Since I am still quite new and don't know much so why not tell me about your families Lady Vennessia, Lady Cecille, and Lady Loran?”

Seeing there is a topic Lady Cecille replied with a smile “Yes, let’s see… I am from the Vallier House, My father is a Duke of the Kingdom he is the left-hand man of the King. His name is Marcus le Vallier.” After a slight pause, she continued “He handles most of the budgets and the paperwork of the Kingdom.”

Rai in excitement stood up and said “Wow! A real Duke? That’s amazing you’re the daughter of a Duke. That’s quite amazing... This is the first time I have met someone who is actually part of a Ducal Family!”

Seeing the excitement in his eyes the girls couldn’t hold their laughter and giggled. Seeing them laugh, Rai turned a bit red. After seeing him embarrassed, Lady Vennessia while laughing said: “Hehe, we are sorry but your excitement got us by surprise.”

Rai with a pout face “Well there are no Royals or anything similar of that in my World so, of course, I would be excited!”

They were surprised that there weren’t any Royals in Rai’s world and, Lady Loran said “Ooh… So there aren’t any Royals? But you act like one yourself?”

“Oh, this is just how I am..." Rai replied with an alluring smile.

Looking at his smile, it felt as if he was shining, the three girls shocked they blushed slightly and immediately turned their faces away. . Rai was confused as to why they did that, He thought that he had offended them someway. While Lady Cecille whispered to the other two girls “That got me by surprise.”

Lady Vennessia replied, “Yes, I can’t believe I let my guard down like that.”

Lady Loran replied “Haha... It’s fine right he is cute and well a Hero…. Right?”

Lady Vennissia replied, “I don’t know, it might be, it might not.”

“Erm,” said Rai to get their attention “Have I done something wrong Miladys?”

Lady Vennessia said with a smile “Ah... N-No! You have done nothing wrong.”

Rai laughed and said “Haha… You should smile more Milady, you look cute like that.”

Lady Vennissia hearing that turned red and replied “Th-Thank you for your suggestion Sir Rai, I will think more about it.” She returned to drink Tea to get her head off of thoughts.

Seeing these two act like this the other two girls couldn’t be but intrigued and excited by their reactions to each other.

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Time had passed and the introductions were done long ago: He understood most of it as:

Lady Cecille le Vallier is the daughter of the left hand of the King and as well as the Duke of the Kingdom. His name is Marcus le Vallier.

Lady Laron Foures Zairon: is the daughter of the Prime minister of the Kingdom and he is also a Duke. His name is Aaron Foures Zairon.

Lady Vennessia de Pauldo is the daughter of the King of the Kingdom. His name is Albert de Pauldo.

They continued their conversations and time passed. The sun was right above them now. The King was taking a walk nearby and remembered his aide told him that his daughter would be at Flower Garden with her friends. As the Flower Garden came into his sight he saw the new hero that was summoned yesterday, who seemed poised, intelligent, and had all the qualities of a Hero and a Leader. As he cared for the people who were only from the same world but had no other connection to him.

And as he saw him now chatting away with his daughter and the other children of the Ducal houses. He was gonna interfere if he was a bother to them, but as he got a little closer, he saw that they were already quite comfortable with each other. He saw the smile on his daughter's face which had been lost ever since the death of her mother, his wife the Queen.

He thought I would have interfered and not have even let you close to her but I cannot take that smile away. I will look more into this... If she so wants this then who am I to stop it... At this moment he had a loving smile on his face

At that moment there was a loud voice that echoed “SIR RAI!”

Hearing that Rai turned immediately to look as to who called out his name. He saw the King standing there. As soon as he saw the King he got nervous thinking that he must have not liked seeing him talking to the Princess so closely and he was almost sure that he is angry at him. But the voice came again “SIR RAI!”

The voice was coming from behind the King. Rai tilted his head to look who was it and saw General Hardley looking angry as if he would explode any moment, walking towards the Flower Garden from afar.

While General Hardley was walking towards Rai, he saw the King and with a slight blush he immediately bowed and said “May the God of Sun bless you, your Highness!”

The King accepted his bow and with a smile replied “Morning General. What’s wrong?"

General Hardley turned towards Rai and said “Milord, wasn’t Sir Rai scheduled to train with me this morning? I have been looking around the entire castle for him for the past 6 hours!”

The King slightly smiled, looked at Rai, and said “Your defense, Sir Rai?”

Rai gave the King, the guilty look and with a nervous smile said “Your Highness, I have no defense.”

Seeing Rai like this, the King laughed heartily and said "Hahaha... Since you accept it. Then General Hardley you're excused you can take him for training,

Rai thought This is his revenge for talking to the princess. He turned around walked towards the Princess and the other girls and said while slightly bowing “I shall take my leave, Milady’s.”

Seeing this spectacle the three girls giggled, Vennissia with a smile replied "Yes may your training be fruitful."

He gave an alluring smile to the girls and turned towards the King and slightly. Then he went with the General.

After walking for sometime they had already left the city, and now Rai asked “Where are we headed, Sir Hardley?”

“They have already departed and we are late because of you, Sir Rai.” said with a slight scowl, General Hardley

“I am sorry...” replied Rai feeling guilty and trying to find an excuse, he continued "I-I w-was lost on the path of life... it seems..."

General looked at Rai with a frown then let out a sigh, shook his head, and with a smirk said "Let's keep going"

Rai could now see the Forest which he saw before when he was coming through the vortex. He asked, “Sir Hardley, what’s that forest called?”

General Hardley replied, “It’s called Morning Dew Forest.”

They had finally reached Morning Dew Forest and camped out for the night. General taught the basics of controlling the inner energy, and the cultivation technique to increase it. He also taught him how to use them on his eyes as only a small amount is required for eyes. And after a night of rest and cultivation, Rai’s body had mostly recovered from the exhaustion.

They continued their journey, General Hardly hadn't spoken since, only stepping forward with a large sword. Following behind him, Rai had to condense all of his attention towards General Hardly to be able to keep up.

General Hardly walked in the direction of the center of the Jungle. On the way, he didn’t walk on roads but turned to find complicated terrain to pass through. For the first several days, General Hardley's speed was not fast, but it continued to increase over the days.

Because they advanced so quickly, Rai was already unable to tell where they were heading. By the twentieth day, he no longer knew where they were, and could only approximately feel that they were somewhere within the Continent of Vulhalm where the Kingdom of Ferenessia is located.

The time General Hardley stayed to rest was only four hours each day, and the remaining time was all traveling. Practically every day would bring Rai close to the limits of his body. But with his strong willpower to become stronger he managed to endure.

After another half a month, General Hardly finally stopped. Rai following behind his teacher stopped his steps, following General Hardly’s gaze forward.

Appearing in front of them, was a rolling mountain range stretching into the distance. They were unable to see all of the mountain range from where they stood, but even the outmost mountains were high enough to pierce the clouds.

And there were two people standing ten meters away from them

General Hardly looked at Rai and said “Ok, we will be training here. They are your teachers as well.”

One of the two stepped forward and said “Hello Sir Hero~, my name is Jacob I will be your Magic teacher~”

He was in his twenties, around 5’9 ft tall. With Blonde hair and Brown eyes, his features were considered handsome. His hair was long enough to cover his ears, he had swept them to one side.

Rai replied, “It’s nice to meet you too, please call me Rai.”

Jacob replied, “As you wish~”

Then the other person came forward and said “Hello Sir Rai, I am Dale. I will be you teaching you about this World, its history, and the Kingdom.”

Rai replied, “Ah studies... Yes I will be in your care.”

General Hardley with a smile said “Let’s get started. Turn around, your back to me.”

Rai hurriedly did as asked.

The instant he had turned, a pair of powerful large hands were placed on his shoulders. The next moment, Rai only felt two warm streams pour into his body from those rough big hands.

With two slamming sounds, General Hardley’s hands rose and fell, striking Rai’s back. Immediately afterwards, his hands swiftly moved across Rai’s back like living creatures, and besides his head, he practically didn’t let any part of Rai’s body escape.

Where General Hardley’s hands moved, Rai only felt a warm surge enter his body. The fatigue from these days of quick marching was immediately obliterated.

Where that warmth passed, it was a half scalding, and unspeakably comfortable feeling. Rai’s body gradually began to emit heat.

Rai didn’t know how much time passed, he only felt himself gradually growing drowsy, his whole body like it was being smelted in a furnace. He was completely relaxed from his teacher’s strikes.

Suddenly, coolness flowed from the top of his head, just like being anointed with the purest cream, it immediately roused Rai from his drowsiness.

The coolness still didn’t change, the sound of the waterfall hitting the pool once again became clear. Rai lowered his head to look at himself and discovered his clothes were long since soaked through.

General Hardly stood next to him. There seemed to be a fraction of exhaustion in the corners of his eyes, but his back was still perfectly straight.

His training would finally start from today!