The Reincarnators
chapter 3: the capital

"Sorry for her irreverence, introduce my name is sebastian, I am the servant of the duke elinstein family, and this lady is the daughter and heir to the elinsten family.." sebastian said after that the girl introduced herself.

"Karnatia elinstein, nice to meet you, ano." said he who tried to call kazuto because he did not know his name, because they were both too focused on saving someone.

"Oh, my name is kazuto, kazuto yuki," said kazuto who after that asked about the beginning of the incident why the duke family could be in this forest, sebastian begins to explain everything from the beginning starting from the beginning of this incident to where they meet with Kazuto.

"So can you go to the capital alone, ?" Asked Kazuto who was worried, the condition of sebastian himself was also not too good, moreover the capital was still about 2-3 days away from here, coupled with the incident, Kazuto is not sure if they can continue the journey on their own, kazuto glanced at the carnatia and he was not sure if the carnatia could ride a horse let alone become a coachman to return to the capital.

"Seeing from the condition of our horse-drawn carriage that was still fine, we were confident that we could get to the capital safely if there were no problems, he said, but the problem is my condition is not able to be a coachman" said sebastian who felt embarrassed for his inability.

"If you don't mind, I'm willing to drive you to the capital of hexion" said Kazuto, who offered to offer them the news, to be honest this was a good opportunity for him because he was almost out of money and sebastian himself said if their train could move faster than a regular train so he was sure if they could getting there faster, kazuto himself has experience riding horses in his village, so it would be more beneficial for both sides if he offered to help.

"Once, don't you mind kazuto, we've had enough trouble for you, ?" Ask karnatia to kazuto.

"I don't care about miss carnatia" said Kazuto, who showed his modesty as he was a noble with a high rank, after all, he also intended to go to the hexion capital and live with someone named Leon, because it would be more profitable to be able to come faster, and get to know some people early.

"Katia, call me by that, then please remove the nonanya, I don't like to be called that," said Katia who showed her dislike with honorifics.

"Then it's alright no-katia," said kazuto who almost called out to her with honorifics until katia gave him a sharp look.

"Yes," said Katia who was happy to be called by her name by showing a smile, "then by the way how did you get that fast, are you an adventurer, ?" Katia asked who was curious about how kazuto became faster in an instant, it reminded her of the movements from the knights her family trained.

"No, I'm not an adventurer" said Kazuto, recalling the incident that happened a few minutes ago, 'when I intend to hold off the bludgeon's attack with my sword, but somehow the goblin's movements became slower, so I had time to avoid it' thought the kazuto who didn't know how it all happened.

"Yes I don't think it matters, after all you've helped us and that's more than enough," katia said after that kazuto came out of the forest to the restaurant where he told the owner of the horse carriage if he would take another carriage and apologized for having been troublesome, as he had been, the horseman himself only smiled and handed over 1 silver to the kazuto who then said that the cost to go to the capital was 2 silver and because the kazuto only boarded the carriage half way so he returned the money to Kazuto, only thanking the coachman and went to the forest where he would help Katia return to her family.

A few days after that kazuto, katia and sebastian managed to reach the capital safely, kazuto had seen the scenery in the capital and he had to say if the atmosphere in the capital was completely different, he said, many people are selling along the way, starting from daily needs, such as food and drinks, to other needs, to other needs, kazuto continued riding his horse through the crowd where he got the gazes of the residents there, to be honest the gaze made kazuto a little uncomfortable but considering that the carriage he was riding was a carriage from a duke he thought if this was a matter of course.

Kazuto continued riding his horse towards the direction that sebastian had instructed, and he reached the fence of the elinstein mansion, 'this is even bigger and wider my village, it turns out that a duke is really great,' thought the Kazuto who saw the large gate of the elinstein family that was then opened and showed dozens of knights in white uniforms with blue coats on their backs who had the elinstein family crest which meant if it signified if they're knights this is the knights of the elinstein family.

"I'm sorry, but what's your business with the elinstein family, ?" Asked one of the knights who saw the kazuto and the carriage he was riding on while putting his hand on the hilt of his sword, just in case the man did anything, but when it was the door of the carriage opened which showed the daughter of the family, the knight lowered his weapon because it seemed like this was just a misunderstanding and when the eyes of the knight became wide-eyed when he saw the body of the maid of his young miss injured he made an estimate if the man help deliver them, then order the other kstaria to retreat and let him in, "sorry for his discomfort, please come in," he said he bent down and let Kazuto pass through the gate and took the carriage to Katia's house.

Arriving at the front of the house, suddenly a door opened where a woman with long purple hair similar to katia ran up to him and hugged him tightly, while shedding tears, "oh, "oh, baby I thought I wouldn't see you again" she said after which Katia stroked the man's head to calm him down.

"My name is theodor elinstein, thank you for your help to my daughter, our family owes you" he said, bowing his head, which made the servants panic a little with their duke suddenly bowing his head to an unknown person.

"Please stand up, I feel bad if you bend my head just doing what I think is right" Kazuto told the duke, who at the time introduced his wife to Kazuto, kazuto honestly assumed that when he first saw the woman was the sister of Katia because she looked so young, then the duke told him that he and his wife were married when they were 15 years old, therefore, most people, especially residents consider that Katia is the sister of his wife even though she is his mother, young marriages in the kingdom also often occur when the current king also married young when he was 10 years old with his queen.

"Alright I guess I go first," said Kazuto who was intending to leave the duke's residence until a hand stopped him, kazuto turned his gaze and looked at Katia with his annoyed face expecting that Kazuto would stay longer.

The parents of Katia who saw that could only chuckle because they had never seen this attitude from her son, they were worried enough that his son Katia was too serious that he did not have many friends of his age, the elinstein family was a hexion royal family of duke rank, due to the contributions of their ancestors who fought against monsters that threatened their country hundreds of years ago, the family is skilled in elemental magic and does not just depend on one element, fire, fire, water, earth, lightning and wind are abilities that the family has, there are also from their ancestors who can use combined elements where they can combine both types of elements and create new elements.

And Katia herself is a magician gifted in fire magic, her own talent is immense as she is able to create fireballs in one try and is bigger than most beginners, but because of his talent that many people are trying to take advantage of him, one of them is by trying to marry her to their son through a political marriage but the duke manages to cancel the marriage and says that his son will not marry the person he does not love, katia is therefore currently ostracizing from people for fear of being taken advantage of, but now her son is trying to be more open to a man in front of her, of course when seeing that the duke did not intend to miss it, only a fool would do that.

"Son kazuto if you don't mind, are you willing to stay overnight at our place," bargaining the duke to kazuto which makes him surprised because kazuto intends to immediately look for the person spoken of by his uncle, but after he thought back maybe the duke can help him find the person.

"Alright then, beg for his help," said Kazuto who lowered his head to accept the duke's offer, then he was taken around by the maidservant, while Katia herself still has to explain what happened and as certain as she is getting treatment, the maid shows various places in the duke's house, starting from the dining room, bathroom, and other places, the training ground, the garden and the library, then Kazuto continued walking until he saw something that caught his attention, a stone statue of a man wearing a robe and armor, "you're interested in this statue, mister kazuto, ?" Asked the servant who approached kazuto who saw a statue.

"Yes, who is he, exactly, ?" Kazuto asked who pointed towards the statue in the park, but he himself more or less understood the identity of the person who made the statue, and he was sure that this person was a very important person

"He was the founder and first duke of the elinstein family, ronald elinstein," the waiter told kazuto, who received a nod, after that they continued their tour where in the afternoon and the time was approaching dinner.

"I think there's been enough of the tour tonight, please follow me," she said, taking Kazuto to the bathroom and telling him to clean up before dinner, and giving him some sort of clean clothes in the form of black pants with white clothes, Kazuto then put on the clothes and followed the waiter to the dining room where the duke's family had been waiting for kazuto.

"Please eat it," said the duke, who after eating the dish, Kazuto took the vegetables and meat and ate it, while having a conversation with Katia who was beside him.

"By the way Kazuto, what's your purpose in coming to the capital, ?" Tanya Katia who was curious about the purpose of kazuto came to the capital, not unusual but katia often met with many people who came from the village to the capital for various reasons, one of them was to find work or meet relatives, but according to katia kazuto's point of view did not look like a person who intended to find work in the capital.

"I intend to enroll in the hexion academy," said kazuto who immediately attracted the duke's attention, until he held down the fork containing the meat he wanted to eat reaching his mouth.

"Hexion academy you say, kazuto boy if you may ask how old are you, ?" Asked the duke who was then putting down his fork and staring at kazuto.

"I am 13 years old master," Kazuto said to the duke, the duke himself was silent until he asked a few more things, but he did, and then Kazuto took something out of his bag, a letter of recommendation from the school, after which the duke did not ask anything more, and they continued their dinner.

In the evening, the duke and his wife ask kazuto to stay overnight and tell the waiter to prepare a room for guests for the kazuto to sleep, at that moment the duke was still inside his office finishing the rest of the work left then walked up to the window looking at the night sky illuminated by the moonlight and smiled, 'it looks like this will be interesting, ' thought the duke who recalled the recommendation letter from the hexion academy to him.