Reunion with the Duke and Duchess of Artin

The accommodations at Minst Academy were divided by grades.

Ruby Red with the most outdated facilities.

Topaz Yellow for students with decent grades.

Sapphire Blue for students with excellent grades or special talents.

And the dormitory prepared for Theodore and Yuria, the exchange students, was a separate place.

A place where several small mansions were gathered with some distance between them. This was the place where the most specially treated exchange students would stay.

It was arranged so that those who came from the Arcan Empire would build good memories while attending the academy in the Britannia Empire.

Each of these small details was connected to national prestige.

If students who came to study at Minst Academy were treated poorly, it would become an international issue and could lead to national disgrace.

In fact, since William alone was already enough of a national disgrace, Minst Academy would want to prevent any further problems.

“Is this the mansion where I’ll be staying?”

Yuria looked at the small mansion that was said to be hers.

Though the interior facilities were unknown, from the outside, it looked more like a small house to live in rather than a dormitory.

With its small garden, the house felt like a small villa.

“Yes, this is it.”

Headmaster Albert was now addressing them in a manner that had returned to the relationship between a headmaster and students.

He was trying to personally show the accommodations to the students from outside who would stay at Minst Academy for one academic year.

“Headmaster Albert.”

At that moment, the presence of two people suddenly appeared.

They were neither staff employed by the academy working inside the academy, nor professors preparing for classes.

The appearance of a mature-looking beauty with blue-tinged golden hair wearing an expensive dress, and a handsome man with black hair who, though middle-aged, still looked like he was in his 30s, wearing expensive noble attire, would make anyone unable to think of them as academy staff or professors.

‘To face them already. A quicker reunion than I expected.’

Theodore’s gaze became cold as he looked at the man and woman.

And the man and woman also showed great shock and surprise with widened eyes at the sight of Theodore.

Yuria was also greatly surprised by the appearance of the two… specifically the man.

It was a face that made her think this is what Theodore might look like if he underwent some facial changes and aged.

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Normally, the Duchess of Artin, Ceres, would have spent the day as always, longing for Theodore and in tears.

But today she simply couldn’t let things pass.

“Darling. I’m afraid William might cause a big accident.”

It was because she thought a major incident might occur if she just stayed still, considering what William had said to her just recently.

“What do you mean?”

Elliot frowned at the mention of William’s accident.

It was painful for him as the head of House Artin to see William’s behavior, repeatedly committing outrageous acts beyond common sense and causing numerous tyrannical acts.

Elliot felt immense regret not only as a father for losing his other son, Theodore, but also as the head of the family, seeing William, who was almost unqualified as the heir to House Artin, beyond his status as the Chosen One.

And he was so tired of thinking about what kind of trouble William might cause next that he even felt fear.

“I heard that among the students coming to study at Minst Academy, there’s the Arsein young lady, who’s the greatest beauty in the Arcan Empire.”

“That’s right. Don’t tell me?!”

The mere mention of the Arsein young lady, Yuria Arsein, made Elliot understand what his wife was trying to say.

“Oh no, damn it!”

A word that normally wouldn’t have escaped his lips as the head of House Artin considering his dignity, came out. That’s how much this matter was an issue too big for him to overlook or handle with cleanup.

‘This isn’t just an accident. It’s a major incident! It could even escalate into an international issue!’

Moreover, he had heard that the Arsein young lady even had a fiancé.

The Skyroad young lord.

One who, despite being an adopted son of the Duke of Skyroad, had proven his ability as an heir with his handsome appearance and overwhelming abilities, and was even called a genius who would bring glory to the Arcan Empire.

To try to mess with a woman who even had such a fiancé!

No, aside from that, touching a young lady of a ducal house from another country, especially one who came as an exchange student, was an eternal humiliation and disgrace for the Britannia Empire.

And it was an incident that even House Artin couldn’t possibly overlook.

“Why are you only telling me this now!”

Elliot, who shouted in urgency, quickly sought to find William together with Ceres to stop him.

But since it would take time to find his whereabouts, as he had gone out early, the couple first hurriedly headed to Minst Academy.

Before heading to the place with the teleportation magic circle at Minst Academy, the couple first went to the mansions where the exchange students stayed, and they were able to spot Headmaster Albert guiding two exchange students.

‘Fortunately, it seems no major problem has occurred.’

Thinking like this, Elliot felt relief. He thought they had arrived before William, and it didn’t occur to him that William might have figured out the exact time and arrived first.

Originally, it was common for even the academy to keep the exact schedule hidden.

‘She really is as they say!’

Seeing the appearance of Yuria Arsein, the young lady whose beauty was famously rumored to have sparked William’s interest, Ceres understood why such rumors had spread.

With a healthy body that had perfect proportions, entering where it should enter and coming out where it should come out, and a beautiful appearance that was both pure and slightly gentle, she had a beauty where the harmony of her features was all perfect, making one admire her as if this might be the crystallization of beauty.

The combination of dazzling silver hair grown to her waist and blue eyes exuded a beauty that felt almost sacred, as if she might be a saint if only her attire were changed.

Understanding why she was called the greatest beauty in the Arcan Empire, Ceres turned her gaze to the Skyroad young lord, her fiancé who had come with her.

“Ah.”

Ceres let out a blank exclamation with her mouth open. It wasn’t because of admiration for Theodore’s handsome appearance.

A shocking realization struck her mind.

‘No, could it be?’

At this moment, Ceres couldn’t think of anything else.

No, nothing else came to mind.

William causing trouble?

That was a trivial matter compared to this moment.

It had been 10 years.

She saw the face of the person she had been desperately longing for and searching for during these 10 long years.

No, to be precise, she didn’t know if it was the face she was looking for.

Her eldest son, Theodore Artin, whom she had lost, had disappeared 10 years ago, and she didn’t even know his face from childhood.

She might have seen him in passing, but since she had never had a conversation with him and didn’t even care, she had never properly remembered his face.

But if it resembled William, his twin brother, to the point of being almost identical, then it would be the face of Theodore Artin she had been looking for.

“The, Theodore.”

That’s why Ceres called the name of her lost son with a trembling voice and slowly approached Theodore.

“Theodore, Theodore! Is that right? My son, Theodore!”

Ceres shouted as she approached Theodore like a possessed madwoman.

“Ah, Duchess Artin!”

Headmaster Albert’s expression became bewildered.

It was natural for him.

Suddenly seeing the Duchess of Artin look at an exchange student from the Arcan Empire and call him her son while approaching like a madwoman—it would be a shocking event stressful enough to make all his abundant hair fall out and cause baldness.

It was also his role to handle this problem.

“Duchess Artin, I don’t know who you’re looking for, but it seems you’ve mistaken the person.”

Theodore restrained her with a gentle smile.

“I am Theodore Skyroad. As the heir to House Skyroad, my parents are currently at the Skyroad mansion in the Arcan Empire with my younger sister.”

At Theodore’s words, Elliot hurriedly grabbed his wife Ceres’s arm.

“Wife, calm down!”

“Darling! How can I calm down! It’s Theodore! It’s our child! Our child is right in front of us!”