{Wayne Manor}
Luke was in bed, wrapped in bandages under a rainy sky. Some of the maids were serving him, cleaning his wounds as he mumbled out, "You're my knight, and you hit me like this."
None of the servants knew what he was saying except one person, "Well, it is a good thing that you remember that I am your knight. Why didn't you take me with you to a dungeon?"
"I wanted to train, and if I were with you, you would kill everything in my path. I need to experience life and death situations to win," Luke argued, but Samuel shot back.
"Great, I am sure you now have plenty of life and death situations under your belt."
Luke grumbled under his breath but went back to sleep as Samuel exited his room, only to look at his shaking hand. The inner part of his hand had turned red from being burned. 'We only fought with our swords and not any mana, but he can injure me. The young master has grown up quite a bit, and I must not get behind, Samuel thought. He was interrupted, however, as another servant came up to him in a cherry voice.
"Samuel, *huff* *huff*" The servants took grapes of air as Samuel clammed him down and asked
"What is it? Why are you huffing so much?"
"I got the results, The Knight Academy took you. You dream of serving the young master as his knight is nearing its time to be fulfilled." The orange-haired servant said Samuel was stunned at the news, even though he had wished he would get accepted, he didn't think it was going to happen. It was very rare for a commoner to get accepted into the academy, let alone someone like him who was not only a commoner but also an orphan.
"I am going to the academy. I am going to the academy…" He said at first, barely a whisper, but slowly it got louder and louder till it turned into an excited scream. He ran to tell all those who supported him the news, even though it was raining heavily.
{2 days later}
Samuel was departing for the academy as he said goodbye to all his friends. He then walked to greet Luke, who was dressed formally for once, and said, "My friend, brother in everything except blood, I wish you all the success in the academy. Also, don't get careless because the academy is too easy. I am growing every day, and next time it is going to be me who will defeat you."
"I wouldn't let that happen even in my dreams, otherwise, you may go out of control," Samuel said as they shook hands. A few minutes later, he departed for the academy.
'It is going to be 6 years before we get to see each other again, now I need to get ready for the Nobel Academy. Dolarus, get ready, here I come' Luke thought as in a year he is about to apply to Dolarus, which will last 4 years.
{1 year later}
'It's been a year since that day, over this year, I have trained in the dungeon of plague every day, clearing floors one and two, revealing a large amount of resources, which went to the Wayne corporation. Yep, it is official now, the richest family on the continent is my family. Although I lost some business due to the rivalry but unlike the trend of going down, it increased the day after due to the popularity of the product and me who created it.
I still remember Claudia's look when she realized that the Wayne family's wealth was now triple the entire empire, and the reason for all of this is her fiancé. My father himself was shocked at what I managed to accomplish with the company now holding dominance over food, clothing, weapons, games, entertainment, technology, Infrastructure, and finally travel. Soon, I am going to have Finance too, and with that final addition, I can complete my dominance chain and won't have to worry about untalented descendants in the future.' Luke reminisced as he traveled using a carriage to Dolarus.
Dolarus was a special academy that only nobles could go to; it also had a special selection process, as nobles all over the world participated in its test. If you get accepted, the entire nation holds you as a hero, while failing either means you died or that you had a mediocre life. Luke decided to go to Dolarus since that is where he feels the most fun things are going to happen, like Kalab, the heir of the 4 great families, the royal family, and finally, even foreign royalty are all gathering here.
If anything didn't happen, which is nearly impossible, just the lineup is enough for him to go there and never be bored due to the constant drama going on. Luke sat on his seat wearing a long-sleeved black and white trench coat with a defined collar, he wore a black shirt and white cargo pants.
In front of him sat his father, still in the clothes of a noble. He looked at Luke's style of clothing with a raised eyebrow, but he didn't comment on it. He then closed his eyes and went to sleep. Luke, on the other hand, was excited, ed, and more than that, his power had increased quite a bit over the past year. So much that even now his energy is reacting to the state of his emotion, although he hasn't managed to enter the state again, but he will do it one day.
{1 hour later}
An hour of traveling later, Luke exited the carriage and said, "I am inventing an airplane or something like that. Of course I won't sell it, it will be for me and only me."
"Did you say something?" Dameon asked curiously, looking at Luke, who just shook his head, and the ride continued in silence with no one talking between them.