After making sure all our guests were settled in I ran towards my castle that had been built in the center of the cave. It had been raised above the rest of the city on a hill so that of anyone managed to storm the city the defenders on the castle walls could rain hell down on them. It had taken three years to get to this point from the time I'd made the first construction golems to now where my golem creation skills had come to the level where using any core class A or above I could make a living golem capable of thinking for its self. To make it I had to mix my creation magic with my golem creation magic before implanting the core were a normal humanoid beings heart would be. This was project alpha a being that was called a humonculous in my last life. They had access to an enormous amount information from the day they were born and they were fiercely almost fanatically loyal to their creators. After I put the core in I activated my creation magic to turn it into the bodies core and to make sure the body wouldn’t try to reject it. I needed to hurry too I only had half and hour until the servants started waking up and come to check on me and my sister. I’d already asked father if I could bring some retainers with me along with the ones he’s assigning already. As father told me there’s a limit to how many servants and guards each noble can bring to the castle so no one can try and mount a coupe during a gathering. The rule when going to a royal ball is each adult male is allowed to bring three guards and five servants. For the children of lower nobles it’s 6 guards and 10 servants and for a upper class nobles son like me it’s 10 guards and 22 servants. I am bringing alpha and five other protectors. After the battle yesterday some of the protectors had even levelled up to become A rank. I had already turned them into homoculi and they would be accompanying me to the capital as one of the five protectors. The dwarves we rescued were also clamouring to know what all the technology around them was. Unfortunately for them the only way they could find out was by swearing an oath of absolute loyalty. The oath makes it so they can’t talk to anyone who isn’t under the same oath or has an ID card of a higher security clearance so there is no way for secrets to get out. After waving to the general of left in charge of the base I teleported back to my room, changed onto my sleepwear and hopped into bed. I was barely on time to, as soon as I pulled the sheets over my head one of the butlers looked in Before nodding to himself and bringing in a cart with our fancy clothes on it. A couple of maids followed behind him before heading towards my sister and gently shaking her awake. I on the other hand sleep like a rock so to make sure I got up the butler had brought a bucket of ice cold water. It wasn’t until it was almost to late that I realised what his plan was, shooting up I yelled, “I’m awake! I’m awake!” But it was not to be the butler had already thrown the water at me with a huge grin on his face. “Oh young master your awake? my apologies I didn’t realise you were already up! Unfortunately this old mans hearing isn’t as good as it used to be.”

“Oh of course in your old age you really are going senile. Ya old fart!”

This man was like a grandfather to me he was the only one in the castle who knew how powerful I really was. He had been a triple S rank in his youth he had been assigned by my father as my personal butler as well as my personal guard, he knew about alpha and the others I was bringing and knew they weren’t actual living beings. How he knew all this I will never know but it was impossible to hide anything from him. The suit he helped me into had been made with the latest in technology from my base it used nanotechnology to form a shell around the outside that while it looks and feels like regular cloth it is designed to transform into a protective suit at a moments notice. It’s enchantments give me protection from physical and magical damage. I’m also wearing two rings that store extra nanobots to form gloves and scan for poison in food and drink. All in all this is a very extravagant outfit it is plasted with gold thread and there are jewels inlaid in a small crown on my head telling every noble worth their salt that I’m the heir to the arbor family. My sister has pure white dress that was the same color as her hair. She also had a small tiara with our families coat of arms on it. Her dress was inlaid with jewels and she had on shoes that had small heel. She looked beautiful but the dress must be a death trap no fighting in that thing. You’d be more likely to kill your self then the enemy. After we were dressed we headed downstairs to eat breakfast with our parents. Despite father being a duke and being very busy he always made time so he could eat breakfast with us. Father spoiled us rotten and he had even bought me a small enchanted sword to carry around during the party. All the adults thought it was adorable that I carried a sword everywhere so the king had already given his permission for me to carry it around during the party. Of course only as long as I didn’t point it at anyone. After finishing breakfast we all went to the mansions teleportation room. Once we were there the anti teleportation formations were dropped just long for a royal court mage to drop in and cast a high level transport spell to move everyone to the palace. When we arrived the soldiers we brought with us formed a circle around us as we walked towards the ballroom. The soldiers were more for a show of force to other nobles then us actually needing them for protection. Because of the limit everyone brought their most elite troops. My sister looked around in wonder because of all the artwork and fancy clothes she saw in the castle. Every now and then we’d see other nobles who seemed to be heading in another direction from us. Noticing this my sister looked at our father and ask him,”Father why are the other nobles heading in opposite of us?”

“They are lesser nobles they enter the ballroom all at once. Us upper nobles enter one house at a time. The most important families go last and stand on the balcony with the king who enters last of all.”

“Are we important father?” Cassandra asked

“Yes we are Cassie, I’m a close friend of the kings so we will likely be one of the last to go out.”

“Your so cool daddy!”

Father couldn’t help but blush when Cassie gave such a innocent response. My little sister is adorable! Even in my past life I’d always been overprotective of my little sisters. With my old fathers help I’d passed a law stating anyone who wanted to court one of them had to fight me and win. Safe to say my sisters are still single. Damn it thinking of my sisters made me think of my twin the two faced bitch who had killed me. May the demons eat her soul a thousand times over.

While I was spacing out we had reached the back way entry point to the ballroom where other high rank ministers and nobles waited to be announced to the gathering below. When the knight in charge of announcing the nobles saw my father he bowed from his waist and told him we were to be the last to go. Right after the knight spoke my fathers hated enemy Marquis Ashper walked up to us. As soon as the pig of a man saw us line up behind him and my father gave him his I’m better then you smile the Marquis walked our way. His fake smile made me shiver it felt like a predator was looking at me and through our mental connection alpha and the rest of my protectors sensed my unrest and moved their hands close to their sidearms. With a click the safeties of their guns turned off. The man was either very stupid and didn’t have any detection skills or very brave cause despite my fathers bright smile he was releasing a incredible amount of killing intent. Although judging by the reactions of those around us none of them sensed it. I looked up at my father in shock of always thought of him as a good natured man who always played with me and Cassandra whenever he was free. But apparently he was far more powerful than he let on. As even I hadn’t sensed the sheer amount of power he had. Noticing my look of surprise he winked at me and his voice seemed to resonate in my entire body, “your not the only one who’s been hiding their power from the family.”

What the heck!? Have I been underestimating the humans this whole time? While they seem weak overall are the humans of this world actually quite strong!?While I was drowning in embarrassment the pig in front of us just kept talking about how he’s been looking for a good wife and how all his other concubines couldn’t please him anymore while looking at my sister. Luckily for his man hood mother managed to cover Cassandra’s ears in time otherwise he wouldn’t need a wife to please him. The entire time he was talking his eyes were on Cassandra and then moved to mother’s chest, I didn’t like that at all so I mentally ordered alpha to shield her and Cassandra from his gaze. Father nodded in approval at me when he heard my command. As Alpha started moving the man licked his lips when mother bent over to straighten cassies dress. It was at this moment alpha blocked his view his hand already resting on the pommel of his enchanted sword. The Marquis guards finally seemed to realise they were on the very verge of being butchered by my families soldiers and started to nervously loosen their swords and grab their wands. When alpha stepped in front of mother and blocked his view of moms chest the Marquis was spitting mad. And since alpha didn’t have his helmet on at the moment it was very obvious to the Marquis that this man was glaring at him.

“You dare look at me with those foul eyes commoner!?” He screamed his face almost entirely red, “move before I use my right to kill!”

Alpha looked at him and snorted,”the young master ordered me to protect his mother from the prying gazes of a pig. You have no right to kill me you have compromised the honour of house Arbor by looking at the lady with your lecherous eyes. You are only a Marquis, try and kill me and you pick a fight with the ducal house of Arbor.”

The pig still pulled a dagger and screamed, “A nobles right to kill!”

I stepped in and despite the mana draining formations in the hall my mana pool was too large for them to handle so I disabled them and deployed a force field around alpha. Despite knowing the pigs dagger wouldn’t even scratch his armor I didn’t want to show my cards this early in the game. After his dagger was stopped he looked at me and threw the dagger. That is when alpha reacted teleporting in front of me he smacked the dagger out of the air then creating a small burst of mana under his feet he used the skill flash step to appear in front of the pig in less then a second. Seeing a 9 foot tall man appear in front of you out of thin air must have been terrifying because the pig pissed himself and fell over. Standing over him alpha put his foot on his chest and started pushing down. As Marquis Asher screamed in pain the nobles watching started murmuring and even a couple of the other dukes looked like they wanted to step in. I let out a sigh. I really wanted to watch this mans chest cave in for looking at my mother and sister with such lecherous eyes.

“Alpha that’s enough.”

“Yes young master”

His response was instantaneous he didn’t question my orders at all. As soon as I spoke he stopped crushing the pig and knelt before me and my father.

“Father tried to look stern but it was obvious to every noble here that he was quite proud of me and alpha. After that he looked at alpha who was still kneeling and said, “Stand up alpha you did a good well shielding my family I will be sure to reward you once we get back to arbor city. And as for you Marquis Asher me and my son challenge you to an honor duel in two months time our strongest retainers and yours will fight and if we win...(laughs) well your life is in his hands and I don’t think he likes you right now.”

Everyone who’d been watching what was happening looked at me and I only smiled as I turned to the Marquis and dragged my thumb across my neck. As nobles started filing through the door to the ballroom the Marquis looked enraged and he had the flames of obsession and hatred in his eyes as he looked at me, my sister and mother, right before he went through the doors dad looked at me and nodded, together we said, “before you go little marquis... if you ever so much as think about attacking my mom/wife, sister/daughter again (alpha teleports in front of him and picks him up by the lapels of his suit) we will kill you.”

After alpha let him down he ran out the doors trying his hardest not to piss himself again. Little did I know that this incident would become a story known throughout the kingdom and eventually the entire continent as the time where the duke of Arbor and his 5 year old son nearly started a civil war because a Marquis couldn’t control his lust.