Leonidas looked at himself, seeing his new body, clad in a dark-coloured, open jacket that revealed his very muscular chest. Around his waist, he sported a red sash. His pants were loose-fitting and dark

  He stood from his bed, his head ringing, when the maid called him again, “Your Highness, will you be ready soon?”

  “I’m coming,” Leonidas said as he admired his huge bed and room with walls of silver. He quickly freshened up and opened the door, where he saw two maids outside the door bowing to him

  “Good morning, your highness, how was your sleep?” one of the maids asked, a smile appeared on her silky face

  Leonidas responded with “It was quite good”

  He was then led to a prayer room by his attendants

  It was a big room with murals depicting ancient gods

  Leonidas knelt down, but not wanting to seem weird or strange and be accused of heresy, he prayed to the gods, but he never specified which one

  After he had prayed, he went to the main dinner, still a bit dazed and confused about what had happened, but he was quick to adapt

  The hall stretched with a gold-and-silver table and wooden chairs, and the floor, with windows on the sides surrounding it, was beautifully painted white.

  Leonidas was in awe at what he was, but he quickly maintained his composure, sitting down to feast

  His father, a man with crimson hair like Leonidas’s and a bushy beard, was a bit muscular with blue diamond eyes. He sat on the chair at the end of the table, and Leonidas’s mother took a seat at the other side

  She resembles Leonidas, having the same red Ruby eyes as him, which seem to glow in the light

  The maids brought the Royal family food, which was a bit of salamander meat, their family had gotten from defeating a category 2 Rift

  Honey drizzled from the meat,t Leonidas took a bite, especially not to taste the best, as he was a big history nerd in his old life, a life he had left behind

  But it tasted delicious, it was tender, soft, chewy and a combination of the right flavours

  Though Leonidas wanted to scarf it down, he did not want to look improper as he saw no other siblings, which probably meant he was the heir to the throne of the nation of Gradalon

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  He carefully ate the meat with a knife and fork, and the juicy meat entered his hungry mouth

  “Son, when you are done with your studies, there’s something I need to tell you, but first, you can now enter rifts”, Leonidas’ father Richard said, smiling proudly

  Leonidas looked in shock, though he didn’t know what a rift was exactly, but he knew it probably meant like some gate from an anime Leonidas had watched, like levelling solo

  “Understood, Father, I shall do what you have requested of me”, Leonidas said as he finished his meal and wiped his mouth with a napkin before heading out

  He went out of the castle and onto our compound, and he went into the red stables, finding a nice white horse

  As he got on the horse, it seemed that he was able to ride it, which was weird, as he didn’t know how to ride the horse, but Leonidas chucked it down to muscle memory

  He rode it happily around, but focused and headed to where he thinks he should be in

  He arrived in a massive building in the castle, where teachers walked around taking books and preparing lessons for the young Prince

  “Hello there”, Leonidas said to one of the teachers

  They noticed his presence and bowed, “Welcome, your highness, are you ready to learn?” one of the teachers, Julius, a stoic man with green hair and ivory skin,n replied

  “Yeah”, Leonidas responded, excited to learn about this world

  “So, firstly, what do you know about the continent of this world?” Julius asked curiously

  “No, not at all”, Leonidas replied, a bit nervous.

  “Really, your highness, you should know at least the name of the nation you live in”

  “Uhm-m uh-m its” Leonidas glanced at one of the textbooks,s seeing the nation’s name

  “Come on, your highness”, Julius said displeasily

  “It’s the Gradalon Kingdom”, Leonidas said with confidence

  “Yes, your highness, it is,” Julius replied, a wide grin appearing on his face

  “Tell me more about our continent”, Leonidas said

  After 3 hours of the lesson, Leonidas learned a couple of things, like how there were 6 nations and that the Gradalon Kingdom was in the northern part of the continent, but also the culture of the people, which Leonidas noticed was similar to that of medieval England and France

  Leonidas got on his horse, preparing to go to the training room to learn about rifts and also sword training, as he didn’t think the previous owner of the body knew swordsmanship that much

  He explored around the castle until he found it. It was a circular room with sparring swords and spears lining the walls

  He saw a Knight, a medium-muscled man with an average face, dark hair, and milky skin, practising his swing. Leonidas decided to ignore him and chose a truly awesome weapon, similar to a partisan but with the same hand length as a long sword, though, as expected, it was unsharpened.

  The Knight Edward finally noticed Leonidas bowed to him, “How are you, your highness? What is it you need?”

  Leonidas replied, “I would for you to train in the way of the warrior”

  Edward stared at him before accepting, “OK, your highness, but first, can I test your ability to fight?”

  “Yeah, sure”, Leonidas said, though he was nervous, he would try his best

  He chose the weapon he had picked earlier

  “But first, your highness, do you know about Rift energy?” Edward asked

  “No, I don’t know what that is,” Leonidass asked curiously

  Edward said with a deep sigh, “Fine Rift energy is energy that flows from the Rift to our world, and we can use it by pulling it from our souls.”

  Leonidas listened attentively, trying to feel energy from the air. Luckily, his body had a good aptitude for Rift energy. It felt like it was coursing through his veins. He tried to pour it out on his weapon, but it ignited a red and black flame, an heirloom of his family

  The flames were wild, but Leonidas focused on controlling that energy, and finally, it got under control

  Edward took a stance. “Are you ready, your highness?”

  Leonidas smiled as this new energy coursed through his veins. He lunged at Edward with speed, trying to stab him, but Edward parried and tried to slash him

  Leonidas stepped back and tried to hit his shoulder, but Edward blocked while wild flames bloomed with every strike of their blades

  Leonidas tried to slash at his side, but Edward blocked again and tried to strike at his head, but Leonidas, out of pure instinct or maybe shock, collected the flames from his blade into his palm, trying to shoot it at Edward

  But he dodged and went straight for Leonidas ' head. Leonidas went for his neck in a downwards stab “Wow, your highness, you’re good”, Edward said

  “If I’m good, then you’re a beast, damn, Leonidas said, laughing

  “Shall will do this next time, your highness”, Edward said, smiling and putting his hand out for a handshake

  “Yeah, sure got it,” Leonidas shook his hand, and both of them smiled