5 years had passed since Rhaegar‘s birth.

Even though he was at such a young age, the attitude he had shown growing up was worth all the joy his parents had felt when he was born .

When he was only 5 months old, Rhaegar had learned to walk and talk, which even for nobles was beyond reasoning.

Geniuses brought up in households of Dukes would at most learn how to walk at their seventh month, freaks like the one from the household of Zeus learned it at his sixth month, but fifth? It was unheard of !

Even though the house of Set tried their best to not leak any information about their young lord , rumours managed to spread . Especially after the castle guards found themselves unable to overpower him in a sword duel when he was only 4 years old , so without even trying the Set Household saw a major rise in status .

An Heir, meant future, and nobody wanted to become the enemy of a future lord whose potential looked to be limitless.

So, many noble houses of the same rank and lower tried their best to befriend lord Geld or suck up to him through gifts and by offering business deals very beneficial to him, which he accepted without having any second thoughts.

“I have earned it, only my incredible genes could give birth to such a genius “

Those were the favourite words of lord Geld these past years, especially with everything going so well for him .

Today Rhaegar decided not to go out for sword practices, he didn’t feel like he was improving and he didn’t gain any joy by easily defeating his castle guards.

“ No sword practice for the young lord today? “

Butler James asked him with interest.

“I don’t feel like it today, I’d rather go learn magic from mother . She told me that I’m ready to learn my first spell “

He had been practicing magic every night for the past 3 years , and through much effort he finally learned how to coat his sword with the ice element and strengthen his attacks .

“ No need to rush it Rhaegar, you’re only 5 years old, all you have is time “

Rhaegar knew that the butler was right, after all it took him all his life to learn the ice coating and he could only use it once .

If he tried maintaining it for more than 3 seconds he would experience a severe headache.

“Mana over-usage, but not to worry .

The more your mana is depleted the larger your mana pool will grow “

Thats what his mother kept telling him, and thats the reason why he put up with that severe headache, he kept hoping that one day his mana pool will be large enough for him to use magic so strong that it could even freeze the mountains solid .

“ Pardon my intrusion mother , may I come in ? “

The Snow Queen gave him a pure and gentle smile and put down her tea cup, her maids knew it was time to get out .

“Looks like somebody cant wait to learn his first spell I see, your progress is worrisome “

“I apologise for my lack of talent mother, I hope you will keep teaching me even though I am unworthy “

The Lady started laughing and messing with his hair .

“Silly boy, what worries me is your talent but not because its lacking . I just fear that soon I’ll have to bring you a more experienced ice mage to come teach you.

In a couple of years you will leave me behind, I just wish your father had let me ask your grandfather for help. His ice magic is the strongest in the whole world “

Rhaegar’s eyes started sparkling at the mention of his grandpa, lord of the Ymir household . His mother had told him countless times of his skills , he was strong enough to freeze people’s blood and kill thousands in an instant but for some reason his father wouldn’t let him go visit him.

And the reason was Rhaegar’s monstrous talent, Geld was sure that his father in law , Duke Titan.Y Mersia wouldn’t allow a genius such as him to grow .

He would either make sure Rhaegar was loyal to him or he would have him killed, without caring that he was his grandson.

He was just lenient enough not to tell that to his wife, after all your father not caring about you would make anybody feel worthless , he didn’t want to put his wife through that.

“Your body has 3 energies, which is very rare. The first energy is life force, which is the reason why your body functions .

And the second energy is Battle Aura, but I cannot teach you anything about that since I don’t have it “

Rhaegar’s little face showed a surprise expression.

“No need to be surprised boy you are a rare one, most nobles have either life force and battle aura, or life force and mana. You on the other hand inherited mana from me and battle aura from your father . Which is what makes you a genius”

Even though he had been called a genius by everyone he knew ever since he was born, it never got into his head .

The reason for that were his parents, even his household knights . They were just so much stronger than him.

Unlike castle guards, knights were the lowest rank of nobility, and they were selected only from knight families .

3 months ago when he turned five, his father allowed him to tag along when he went to exterminate some bandits north.

It was there where he found out how weak he actually was, the bandit leader managed to kill 30 of his guards with a single skill and of course lord Geld who wanted to show off in front of his son, cut their entire fortresses in half with just one move.

“How can a spear cut? Aren’t spears used to pierce through people?”

His father went beyond anything he learned by studying in the castle’s library.

“We are descendants of Set himself, and in the Set Household each of us is born with a weapon spirit .

You only use that weapon to channel the spirit energy, or as our ancestors called it , battle aura . I used battle aura to cut the fortress, the spear only helps me channel it better “

That was enough to convince him that he was weak , sure he had both mana and aura and it would give him more options and skills during a battle, and sure he could comprehend better and learn quick but, “ just because you are quick doesn’t mean you will win the race “