At a mansion gate, they both stopped. Heading towards the guards, Arwin ordered them to open the gate of the mansion. Seeing him, the guards bowed and opened the gate.
"Are you in a high position in the family?" Leon asked as he walked into the mansion.
"Actually, I'm the second young master of my household, Arwin Markis" Arwin replied, his voice full of nervousness.
"Markis you say?...." Leon stopped and thought for a second. "Now that I think about this, I guess I have met with your ancestor, Barlof Markis. He was the head of the household at that time."
"Ah.. I don't know why but hearing about my ancestor from a man who seems to be around the age of my big brother is kinda weird" Arwin hesitantly replied.
"I know it's a little weird but don't forget who I am. I was sealed when I was 130 years old, and it's already been 500 years, so I'm currently 630 years old. And the reason behind my young looks are both the immortality and me being sealed away. While my immortality slowed down my aging, the sphere which kept me sealed was also a mini dimension where the space and time didn't exist, so it's obvious I look young." Leon looked at Arwin who was thinking about something. On asked he replied,
"No, I was thinking what you would look if you hadn't been sealed away. Will you be old, or young like this? Would you have wrinkles like the oldies or a glow ski-" Leon stopped him and sighed.
"I thought assassins like to be quiet, but seeing your personality, I guess I was wrong" Leon, annoyed and disappointed, started walking away.
"Sir Leon, Please forgive me for my behaviour. I genuinely didn't want to say those things, I was just curious-"
Leon looked at him and said "Okay just forget about this and for now, take me to the family head."
"Ah, yes, this way" Arwin shifted his tone and started leading the way.
They both went to the office of the family head and started explaining the things.
"Your excellency, I'm Ralf Valor, an ordinary farmer who was captured and was being held captive by the Bifrost family just because I came close to the Eldralis Dungeon."
"What? That's it? You were captived just because of this?" Arwin's father shouted in rage. "I can't believe they can do something like this to a commoner. And based on what you have said, Arwin has already killed the soldiers but in the process the whole dungeon was destroyed!?"
"Yes father, that's what happened there. I know it's hard to believe but-" His father stopped him and said "I believe you, I think there was something they wanted to hide from us."
"Yes, I think that too" Arwin replied.
"I hope i could tell you exactly what happened but that's what sir Leon decided to tell as it's too early and dengerous to tell the truth."
20 minutes ago, when they were approaching towards the castle, Leon said Arwin, "I guess we should not tell anyone about this"
"B-but why? You are the immortal warrior, no one can oppose you!" Arwin replied.
"I guess I have lost some of my powers" Leon said, his voice became tensed.
"W-wait, what do you mean by that?"
"When I was fighting with the knights, i realised that my movements are not as fast as it should be. I guess my powers are not fully recovered." Leon told.
"Wait so, how long will it take you to recover your full powers?"
"I don't know, maybe 10 years or more?"
"10 years? Why this much?"
"I am not a regular knight, Arwin. I am a demi-god. My powers are related to the divinity. It's not easy to recover your divinity."
"So what should we do now?"
"I guess it's better to lie for now. It's for the sake of the humanity and for your own family. If Askelar know about this, he will definitely try to attack you and your family."
"O-okay, I will do whatever you say" Arwin became worried.
"Don't worry, as soon as I will recover my powers, the tables will turn, and I will get my revenge too"
At the present time, Leon and Arwin made up a story and told it to the head of the Markis family.
"It's a shame. Askelar, a hero, is doing something like this to the commoners." The head of the Markis family spoke.
"I think we should keep Rolf safe as it's dangerous for him to go outside and also, i have seen him fighting, he was fighting with the soldiers on his own. We can take him as a soldier and if polished, his skills can rival that of a knight's" Arwin replied, his voice full of nervousness.
"Really? Okay I guess I don't even have any other options left. To save Ralf, we need to do this. Are you okay being our soldier?"
"Yes, it's an honour to be a soldier of Markis family." Leon bowed and showed his gratitude.
"Okay, Arwin, tell a servent to lead him to his room"
"Okay father"
Arwin and Leon went to the soldier's dorm.
"Why did you come with me? You could have asked a servent to do so!?" Leon asked with confusion.
"Will not it be a bit rude?"
"Rude? Don't forget I'm Ralf now. A soldier of Markis family, and you should also act like that." Leon replied.
"Ah... okay. About that, are you okay being a soldier?"
"There's nothing to be worried about. Being a soldier, I can lay low and recover my powers faster."
"I guess you are right. So then, i should go. The other soldiers will show you the area." Arwin replied.
1 hour later, 2 soldiers came to Leon's room.
"Are you Ralf?" One of the soldiers asked.
"Yes, I am"
"Ah, so.. second young master asked us to show you the area." Other soldier said.
"Ah, okay, wait a minute."
They took Leon to the main area where everyone was training to show him what is the daily work of the soldiers.
"You can rest today, but from tomorrow, you need to come here and practice with us" the first soldier said.
"Okay, thanks for showing me the training hall"
Leon looked at a person holding an iron sword in his hand fighting with a soldier. He could feel a dense aura emanating from the guy.
"Who is he?" Leon asked the soldiers.
"Oh he? He is a knight and our commander, sir Loris" one of them proudly replied.
"Sir Loris? So he is the commander huh?"
Suddenly, while fighting, Loris hit the opponent's sword using aura and the sword went flying towards Leon. The other soldiers were scared and tried to dodge it as the sword was in a high speed for the force of the aura.
"Hey you, move fast." Loris shouted from the field.
But, Leon stood still, even though the sword was flying towards him in a high speed, Leon could see through it. The sword went flying beside from his neck. Leon didn't even flinched. The soldiers were shocked, specially Loris.
"Were not you scared?" One of the soldiers asked.
"Scared? A soldier should not get scared. If the soldier gets scared and run for his life then what's the difference between a soldier and a coward?" Leon replied with a serious expression.
"That guy must be lucky that the sword didn't hit him" the guy who's fighting with Loris spoke up.
"Lucky? Let's see" Loris told.
"What do you mean?" The guy asked.
"Oi, you! What's your name?" Loris asked Leon.
"I'm Rolf Valor." Leon replied.
"Rolf? So you are the new guy who came as a soldier?" Loris asked.
"Yes, I am"
"Okay then, take that sword out of the wall and come down and fight with me" Loris spoke up.
"What are you doing? He is just a new recruit." The guy asked.
"Are you really goi-" one of the soldiers was about to ask but suddenly Leon pull out the sword and went straight towards the battlefield."
"Let's see how good you are." Loris smirked. Everyone there was shocked from seeing the sight infront of them.
What will happen next? Who will win? Will Leon lose or secure a victory?
To be continued ~