The weather was chilly outside but it wasn't able to stop the two friends from wandering around.
"Are you sure you don't want more coats or scraves to wrap around you?" Weilhem asked shivering in the cold.
"No, I am fine with this," Syaoran replied as he continued walking ahead of the older boy.
'These places are familiar for me. Maybe I have the memories of the places this child have been to before. The surroundings are exactly the same,' Thinking for a while Syaoran turned around" Weilhem,"
"Yes, my young master?"
"How long was I unconscious for?" Syaoran asked.
"For almost a year." Weilhem replied.
"It seems nothing changed here will I was unconscious, that's good." Syaoran stated.
"Yup, the lord gave strict order to keep the garden the same since you liked it in here." Weilhem recalled.
'The lord? Oh! The Duke. It seems he does care about his kids.'
"So, what was he like to me before?" Syaoran asked as he continued walking.
"The Duke?" Weilhem asked to confirm.
"Yes, what was he like to me before?" Syaoran repeated his question.
"So you see...the Duke...he was...not the best but not the worst." Weilhem stammered.
"Was he like this to all my siblings?" Syaoran asked.
"No, he is better with the other young masters and the young lady. Don't think of him as someone bad, I am sure he just does not know how to express his feelings. I am sure he loves you all equally." Weilhem replied as best as possible.
'I won't get my head cut for this, right? Why is the young master so silent? He isn't thinking the Duke is a bad father is he?'
'Young masters? I thought the Duke only had three children including this kid. Is there another character I don't know of? I could just straight up ask how many children the Duke has, I should just ask when they are coming to see me. It is common for family to come meet their sibling after they had woken up after a long time.' Syaoran thought.
"Are they coming to see me anytime soon?"
"Ah yes, the first young master Caelus will be arriving on the day after tomorrow. The young lady Hesperia will arrive someday this week. The the second young master kallisto will arrive on the same day as young master Caelus." Weilhem replied.
"Also, where is mother?" Syaoran asked.
"Mother? Oh you mean the Duchess, sorry my bad." Weilhem said as he realised his mistake.
'Sh*t do I not call her mother? What do I call her then?',"Do I usually not call the Duchess as mother?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah, no I mean no, I mean...the relationship between you two is not good but also not bad, it's just that you all are not that close or talk much to each other." Weilhem stumbled.
'Why don't they talk? Aren't they mother and son? Well I will find out eventually.' Syaoran thought.
"And to answer your question, the Duchess is currently in the capital since recently the emperor's birthday was celebrated at the capital and since it is a royal event not showing up can be disrespectful." Weilhem explained.
"But the Duke is here?" Syaoran questioned.
"As soon as the Duke heard the possibility of you waking up he rushed back here as soon as he could, I was not around the first day because my duty towards you as your butler was also on hold from the Duke's command since, I was with you throughout the year but I also had to attend the birthday event being an important person in the lunar knights." Weilhem proclaimed.
'That means this not so normal looking bulter is indeed no ordinary butler but a trained professional.' Syaoran thought as he observed the butler in question.
"Alright, since I don't think it's a good idea for me to hear something personal, why don't we talk about the society because I don't remember anything about it." Syaoran stated. 'From what I know noble are usually depicted as trashy b*tches, so I won't hurt to gather information on those of the same kind.'
"Well it is understandable for you to not remember that kind of things because you never actually took interest in the high society. So, let's start from the imperial family. The empire has two princes and two princesses.
The emperor his majesty is Samson Soleil Calista the sun of the empire.
The Empress is Clara Neoma Callista, the empress used to be a princess of the Diasdom kingdom. Other than that there is nothing much of importance-"
"Wait up, why is the empress not important?" Syaoran questioned.
"Well it's not like she is not important, but I just don't know much about her afterall I don't usually go to tea parties and only women do those, so there is only a small chance to see the empress, that is in the official balls." Weilhem answered.
"Oh~ I see, continue," Syaoran said.
"Alright, Next comes the royal highnesses. The first born and the crown prince of the empire is Austen Oriana Callista,
then the first princess Angelina Callista,
then comes the second princess Caroline Callista
and at last the second prince Aurthur Callista.
There is only one grand Duke in the empire that is his highness the grand Duke William Ivan Thalos. The Grand duchy is located in the eastern part of the empire. He is the Commander-in-Chief of the kingdom, he was given official title and position after the defeat of the kingdom of Diasdom. Before he just used to be a normal knight.
Now, let's move to the three ducal families. The three ducal families along with the royal family are of a hero's descendant.
The three duchies are the Yvaine Duchy, the Helios Duchy and the Vesper Duchy. Let's start from the Vesper Duchy. It is located in the western part of the empire. The Vesper Duchy is responsible for the kingdom's weaponry and defence. There are four members:
The Duke of Vesper Duchy and the Defence minister of the empire Eliezer Zyran Vesper.
The Duchess Vivette Vesper,
The heir to the duchy the first young master of Vesper Lark Vesper,
And the second young master Sirius Vesper.
You seems tired, let's sit down and discuss it. Is that alright with you?"
Weilhem asked finally noticing the panting young master infront of him.
"Yes, that would be great." Syaoran replied catching his breath.
'This kid has stamina lower than a squirrel, I guess laying around for one year is not as good as it sounds.'
"You should go wait for me there, I will come back in a minute with your books and refreshments." Weilhem said pointing to a gazebo in the middle of the garden.
"Sure, take your time," Syaoran said as he proceeded towards the beautiful structure.
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"Maybe I should make a list of the things I should do, and put exercises and work out at first. I want my old body back," Syaoran dropped his head to the wooden table sulking," this kid is so weak and frail, I took me 2 whole years of proper workout and strict diet to get my dream body, and now I am stuck with this shit. Where are my muscles? Where are my abs?"
As Syaoran was mumbling to himself Weilhem returned with the required items and refreshments.
"What are you sobbing for? Too tired to even talk a full round of the garden?"
Syaoran looked up to see the young butler smiling.
"Don't worry young master it has only been 2 days since you started walking again. To be honest I was quite shocked to think you will be able to walk on the first day with only a little problem" Weilhem said as he passed a chocolate pastry towards him.
Seeing the pastry Syaoran's eyes lit up in a delight.
Weilhem sat down opposite to him," You know, once I hit my head so hard on a tree that I was unconscious for around 2-3 months and even then I had problem in walking for at least 2 days."
"There is no point in that, let's continue the lessons." Syaoran said as he took a bite of the pastry.
It was very delicious.
"As you wish young master."