"This is excellent, Everything is exactly same as I remember
Huh? Wait?
My Voice, why is it like a child?"
Adrian questioned to himself with a confused expression, before gazing at his hands and body.
"My hands have also become small"
"Wait!" Adrian's eyes widened as a realization dawned upon him. "Has my body become the same age as it was when I used to live here with my mother?"
Adrian smiled as he mused to himself: "This world after death is interesting"
"Now, what am I supposed to do?" Adrian pondered.
*knock* *knock*
However, he didn't have to think for long as a knock accompanied by a female voice came from outside: "Adrian, open up, I have something to discuss with you"
Adrian, in a flash recognized, who this voice belonged to as he rushed to open the door of the shed, shouting: "Mother!"
In his sight appeared a woman with hair as blue as the sky and eyes as deep as the sea.
She stood at 1.68 meters (5'5") tall, her waist-length hair cascading down her back.
Despite her natural beauty and elegance, her face bore the pallor of illness and malnutrition.
Adrian jumped into her arms like a baby as soon as he opened the door.
Although, His mother opened her arms to lift him, however, she couldn't due to her illness.
Adrian gazed at his mother and she was also the same as he remembered, however, she was suffering from her illness even now.
"Why did this world have to imitate my mother's illness too?
Isn't this too realistic? It is as if I have returned to the Past"
Adrian thought to himself before a strict female voice reached his ears, scolding him.
"Even though you know that your mother is ill, you act like a child, jumping into her arms like that. My daughter was right, we should break off this engagement!"
Adrian turned to look at the woman to whom the voice belonged. A woman with a ponytail, adorned in a brown suit with brown eyes and brunette hair. She appeared to be in her late thirties.
Standing beside her was a girl, appearing to be thirteen with the same style as the older woman. Same Ponytail, however, her pink frock made her different, with the hair and eye color similar.
Adrian's mother heard this comment as she attempted to stop them: "No, Miss Jen. He hadn't seen me for some time, hence, he got excited. Don't break off the engagement over something like this."
These two were Jen Nolan and her daughter Vani Nolan, who were here to break off the engagement of Adrian and Vani.
Adrian was a commoner and his father was from a merchant family. However, he lived a life of suffering due to being the son of a concubine.
He was treated as a servant who was given the duty to take care of this horse stable on the outskirts of a village.
His mother also died due to her illness before he turned sixteen. It was only then, did he left his house, beginning his journey to become the world's strongest.
This Jen Nolan was from a well-off family from the village that proposed this marriage, wanting to get close to the merchant family, however, after seeing that Adrian was treated as a servant and he was good for nothing, they decided to break off this engagement.
"Oh, now I remember. This was the time when my engagement with this girl got canceled. I think I was 12 at that time. Therefore, This body must be from my 12 year-old self." Adrian deduced as he remembered this incident.
Jen shook her head as she explained: "Ms. Freya, you should understand our situation. As a parent, I want the best partner for my beautiful Vani."
Frey nodded in agreement as she insisted: "Indeed, you are right and I think Adrian would be best for Vani"
Jen shook her head in disagreement as she answered: "Ms Freya, sorry but I don't think the same. We have got an engagement offer from the Logh Triplets household who have their three knights serving Count Nadino.
They are aura knights and are renowned as the trident of the Nadino Knights. Sir HighLogh's son is interested in marrying our Vani and I think he would be the best partner for her"
Freya wanted to retort, however, couldn't. Anyone would choose the household that had aura knights in them. She couldn't say that Adrian was superior to them.
"So you want to break off the engagement right?" Adrian's voice reached Jen's ears as she looked at him.
She nodded as she said with a smile: "That is correct and It wouldn't help even if you cried right now"
Adrian nodded, speaking: "Alright, You can break off the engagement. It is good that you came to break it off, otherwise, I would've broken it myself. I never liked this girl"
"WHAT??" Jen questioned with a loud shout in disbelief.
However, she calmed herself as she snorted: "Hmph, Who are you trying to fool, You would always follow her left and right, wanting to play with her"
Adrian nodded in agreement as he looked at Jen with a mocking smile: "Does wanting to play with her makes me want to marry her? I just found her face funny like a pig, so I would pass the time with her. She was just a source of entertainment to me"
This time Vani became angry at her insult, retorting: "Then, what about the time when you said you wanted to marry me?"
Adrian made an incredulous expression, answering: "I was just a child then, Do you think, I understood what marriage meant?"
Jen made an angry face, raising her hand: "Enough! If you don't want this marriage to happen, then, we will take our leave. Also, Ms. Freya, don't worry, I will make sure to invite you to Vani's wedding"
Saying that the both of them left.
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(A/N: Thanks for Reading. ^..^)