" MOVE, MOVE YOUNGMASTER!!!"
WHACK!!!
THUD!!
He couldn't remember where he was or what he was doing. All he knew in that moment was that he was in brutal pain that stemmed from his left side.
He subtlety opened his eyes and as his vision cleared, a tall male figure appeared in his vision.
As the picture became clearer he noticed the man had black hair tied into a man bun and a trimmed down grey beard.
He had brown eyes and had a toned, muscular physique. Built like a warrior. He wore a sleeveless black, lightlyq-armored suit and was carrying a battle axe in his left hand.
" Are you okay Young master?" His deep monotone voice echoed through the ringing in the young boy's ears.
" I apologize. I shouldn't have gotten carried away like that. It's just you were progressing faster than any other student of mine so I allowed myself to get excited and take you a little more seriously. However that was my mistake. Though you are exceptional, you are still just a 10 year old boy and I should always remember that." He lamented.
" Hold on hold on. TEN!! Since when? Last I remember I was in my mid twenties. Twenty five to be exact. Why is this stranger calling me ten? and why does he keep referring to me as young master? "
Ryan thought to himself.
" ummmm pardon me good sir but who are you? and where am I? " Ryan politely asked the man through a pain striken voice.
As Ryan finished asking the question, the man's expression turned grim.
" wh..wha..what? Youngmaster if this is one of your pranks, I assure you this isn't the right time."
The man panicked. Beginning to get nervous.
" Do you seriously not remember me!?
Iker Raymond, your martial arts teacher since you were 2 years of age. " Iker continued.
His face turned pale as beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
He grabbed Ryan's face gently and began looking for any open wounds, bruises, cuts and just about anything else.
" ohh man I really did it this time, if word gets out to your parents they'll have my head!"
He panicked with fear flooding his tone.
Feeling slightly bad for the panicing man, Ryan pretended to slowly regain his memories.
" uhmm. Wait!"....yes. Iker. I do remember you now. It's all slowly coming back to me.
But...but it's all still a bit fuzzy. Could you kindly please tell me more?, maybe that will help me gain more of my memory. "
" Huh...yes ofcourse youngmaster! Well your name is Altas Alexander Ares. You are ten years of age. You are the son of Owen Ares and Olivia Ares. Oh, You also have an older sister named Alexandria Ares and you two are the Heirs to the Royal House of Ares. Let's see... your favorite food is fried Chicken burgers and....."
" Wait WHAT! " Hearing all this information, Ryan quickly put together that he was not on earth anymore. At least not the earth he knew.
" Did I transmigrate into another world? Like in Isekai anime and Fantasy books. But how? This is so freaky but kinda amazing too." Ryan thought to himself.
As Iker continued to speak, Ryan tuned him out as he was still in awe over what he just heard. He began to look around him and he was in a large open field that had nothing in it except for the sand on the ground. In the distance surrounding him he could see trees.
" Okay I think maybe thats enough training for today. Let me take you inside now. "
Shaking Ryan out of his thoughts was a semi- relieved Iker who took Ryan by the hand and began walking with him.
" I'm so happy that your amnesia was nothing too serious youngmaster. Or else The Master would have chopped my head off, haha." Iker voiced his concerns.
Ryan was completely quiet.
Iker thought he was perhaps mad at him about the incident but in reality, Ryan was still mesmerized by his new surroundings, his new infant body and the fact that he literally just accomplished something that millions of weebs could only fantasize about.
After a few minutes of walking, A large grey, stone castle came into view.
As the two got closer, the image of the castle only grew.
After two minutes, " here we are! Welcome home young master. " Iker exclaimed.
Infront of Ryan was a gigantic, midevil style castle with plenty of windows and what appeared to be seven towers. The seventh one had a flagpole on top of it and the flag design was a matte black background with a war helmet in the middle of it, a battle axe and a long spear forming an ' X ' behind it.
It looked badass.
" Cool. " Ryan lightly said.
Iker knocked on the grand double- door and before his hand could even fully return to his side, someone already opened the door.
On the other side of the door was a maiden who appeared to be in her 20s. She had beautiful silver hair that was tied up into a bun and dark purple eyes that were a shade of purple that Ryan had never seen before.
She appeared to be the same height as Iker and was wearing a Victorian maid outfit.
" Eeik!...young master you've returned!" She elatedly said while bringing Atlas into a warm embrace.
Out of routine, Ryan returned the hug.
When she let go she turned to Iker and her joyful expression turned grim.
" What the Hell were you thinking you dunderhead!? How could you hit him that hard!"
"..."
Both Ryan and Iker were dumbfounded by what they heard. How the Hell did she know that he hit him on the head? Even though Ryan wasn't paying attention to the journey back home, he was aware enough to realise that it was some distance that they had just walked.
No normal person should have been able to even notice anyone in that general direction, so how?
In a panic Ryan quickly waved his hands " no, no, no. It's not that serious. See.... I'm totally fine, ma'am! It didn't even hurt that much."
Ryan mouth was completely independent of his brain as it spewed out every excuse he could to get his new ' buddy ' out of trouble.
The lady's eyes widen, " Aha!, So you did hurt him!"
Again both men were dumbfounded.
The lady continued " it was just a hunch since I noticed a very small throb on his head but i wasn't sure so I tricked you into confessing." She said with a proud smile on her face.
She turned to Atlas ," As for you. You say it ain't that serious yet you just called me , ' ma'am ' ... MA'AM. Since when? Have you forgotten my name's Fiona ,darling?"
' thank you for telling me your name ' , Ryan thought internally.
" ummmmm, well...uhhh—" Iker tried to string an excuse. " Nuh-uhh. I ain't having it. And when Master sees this, you are gonna have way more issues on your plate than that child support your failing to pay."
" Hey! Not in front of the kid, plus I thought that was between us." Iker clapped back.
" Mister please, half the castle knows you like to hit and run."
"..."
Once again there was dead silence for a moment.
" Anyways...come along young master, Master would like to see you now." Fiona said, breaking the silence while grabbing Ryan by the hand and whisking him away leaving Iker with his jaw still in the floor.
As the two were walking, Ryan found his head moving from left to right as he began to comprehend the strange decore of the castle.
There were full suits of armour belonging to knights along the walls of the hallway they were walking through.
Their motionless state gave away that they were empty.
Shields, spears, maces, axes, swords and etc were being hung as ornaments on the wall. The hides and heads of various animals such as the Lion, Bear, Rhino and elephant could also be seen hanging on the walls.
There were other animals, however , Ryan had no idea what they were because he had never seen them before. Infact calling them mere animals would sort of feel wrong due to the imposing featuers and frightening characteristics. Beasts would be more fitting.
The pair entered a large open room that only had 3 large couches, a small table, a carpet to match its curtains and a desk with some pictures.
" Alright young master, I shall leave you here to see Master. I have some important work to get back to so I'll see you later...Mwaaaa!." Fiona said and blew Ryan a Kiss.
" See you later, Fiona." Ryan waved back already Slightly infatuated with Fiona.
Fiona stuttered her step. Just a little. Barely even noticeable.
" What's going on with that boy today? Iker must've done a real number on him. " She muttered.
Ryan took a look around the room and heads to the desk with all the pictures. He touches as many items and objects as possible, being unable to comprehend that he actually was isekai'd.
He held one of the pictures and in it was an image of a strikingly handsome young man with jet black hair. It was him ofcourse.
" Damn I look so handsome even as a 10 year old. Certainly is an upgrade from my average looks in my old life...."
Saying old life gave Ryan a strange feeling. One he couldn't quite understand.
He picks up another and in that one was a picture of himself as a baby being held by someone who looked like him but she fell more to the side of beautiful than handsome. Like really beautiful. She appeared to be maybe 6 or 7 at the time.
Ryan then concluded that the girl in this picture could only be his sister.
Ryan picks up another picture with a larger frame than the others. In that picture was a man who appeared tall. He had the same black hair and matching eyes, his body was jacked and his full grown beard only added to his masculine appeal. This man shared a resemblance to Ryan hence he also concluded that the man must be his Father. And the one the staff called ' Master '.
Ryan put the picture down and as he did so, the air surrounding him became heavy, like he was on a mountain peak struggling to get oxygen.
The pressure in the room was so strong it made all the windows in the room crack and Ryan's tiny toddler body feel to its knees and evnetually flat on the ground. He couldn't budge an inch upward. Ryan began to sweat buckets as his body was doing everything it could to stay conscious.
" this feeling, I've...I've never felt anything like it....it feels as if I had just come from doing hours of cardio and that I'm somehow drowning. My goodness is this the mana pressure that people release in anime? It really is incredible. Only my Father must be capable of such power." Ryan internally said.
Just then,Ryan hears foot steps coming down the stairs case. Ryan tried to move his head upwards to look who is coming but it was not working.
The ominous steps kept getting louder and louder until:
" Are you alright ,my baby!?"