The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 7: My Training (3)

All I wanted was a peaceful life but that was something that couldn\'t be achieved without enough strength. I know that fact. It is the reason why I am willing to train and gain certain strength enough to achieve my dream, no more, no less.

Those elders though, are trying to sabotage my peaceful life, by doing this.

For them to do this and get away would only mean that the main elders are behind this, and the number is not small.

Though my father is the Viscount, there are a lot of Elders, who are in charge of the family affairs. They are there so that the family head won\'t be burned by too much work and at the same time keep the head in check.

They are present so that the family head won\'t abuse his power and cause the family to fall. This was something that was observed in many noble houses, who lost their status and disappeared from the face of the world when a tyrant appeared as their family head.

To avoid this, the family\'s power was distributed. To the outside world, my father, the viscount holds all the power in the family but he doesn\'t. There are nine family members who are present to oversee the family affairs.

Though they were only Elders, they almost had the same strength as my father. So these nine are called Main Elders. There are other Elders called Minor Elders but they were not important. They don\'t hold much sway in the family affairs.

So there should be decent resistance against my father among the Main Elders. It would be the only reason why this farce is still going on.

"Captain, when do you think that the family would have a spare spellcaster to train me?" I asked him after completing our gruesome training. It wasn\'t a waste as I learning Basic Staff Arts without any problems and I am at Level 2 already.

Hearing my question, a frown appeared on the captain\'s face, "Young master, I know that you are excited to hunt monsters and improve your level but that isn\'t the wisest choice", he said.

"Huh? I never said that. I asked when would my spellcasting trainer would be available", I said back to him.

I mean those are the words I uttered right? I mean I said those in a sarcastic way but still I believe this is what I asked him.

Did I say anything else?

"Ah, captain, I think you misheard me. I asked when would...", I continued.

"Young master, I heard it correctly. You wanted to train with a spellcaster trainer so that you could go out and hunt monsters. It was after all the best way to improve one\'s strength", the captain said, interrupting me in the middle.

"Even though you are a spellcaster, physical training is still important. One would need Endurance to survive a long battle. If they don\'t have sufficient Endurance, they would fall easily. So from tomorrow, your training would be inside the gravity rooms", he said.

Wait what?

Gravity rooms.

Those are the warrior professionals, who depend on strength and endurance to fight, not a spellcrafting professional like me. I wanted to complain about this but the captain disappeared before I could. Looks like my training is going to increase.

Shit, this was not how this conversation was supposed to go. That fucking captain, I wonder sometimes whether he is on my father\'s side or not. Whether he is or not, he surely is enjoying torturing me.

Instead of giving an answer, that idiot increased my training intensity. It looks like the captain is not going to give me the answers, even if I try to broach the subject again in the future. He may even increase my training.

I should go to the source. I should ask my father about this farce at the dinner later in the evening.

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"Father, why are there too many elders against you?" I asked him.

My father was surprised, "Why do you think so?" he asked me back.

Seriously, Is there no one that would give me a straight answer?

Why do I think so?

Is he asking me the reason behind why the elders are against him? How should I know? Wasn\'t that the reason why I asked?

seeing my frowning face, he clarified his question, "I am asking why you think that there are many elders who oppose me?"

Oh, is that what he asked?

"It was simple", I replied, "If there were not many elders against you, why wasn\'t there any spellcaster trainer available for me even after a week of awakening? It means that there are more than a few elders that are against you and there are Main Elders who are supporting this decision".

When my father heard my reply, he sighed and shook his head. He must be contemplating whether to reveal something important or not. I have seen such a scene before.

Seeing that my father wasn\'t speaking anything, my mother nudged him, "My dear husband, he was suffering because of your deeds. He has the right to hear why he was suffering", she said in a stern tone.

Oh, it looks like Father might have done something that pissed off the Elders or something. It was just more than greed or envy of the elders, there was something else.

My father let out a sigh, "Son, there is something I should tell you. It is about your fiance".

Fiance? What in the hell is he rambling about?