The villainess shall be mine

Everyone looked up to the spaceship who was about to land on the airfield. Various thoughts came to their mind but no one said anything, knowing that Uriella wouldn't certainly tolerate such behavior.

However, Uriella herself had her eyes glued on the ship's main entrance as it opened slowly.

She was quite interested in seeing what Redmond's nephew looked like, and she wasn't about to treat Adam differently just because he was somehow related to the Raizel family.

'Redy seems to have a bit too many expectations for this brat but I will not make any exception for him. He gotta work to the bones to prove his worth.' These thoughts crossed Uriella's mind while waiting for Adam to show up.

Unlike Uriella, everyone else wondered to which family the crest engraved on the ship belonged. Still, they were not going to be welcomed nicely no matter who they were, or so everyone thought, remembering what just happened.

Pshhhhh!

White smoke escaped from within the ship as the main door opened, and suddenly a silhouette appeared.

,m A tall man with soft ebony hair looked down at the people below him with red crimson eyes. His stature was without a doubt a ruler's and his attire was of an undeniable noblesse: a mixture of white, gold, and dark purple.

After that, another person appeared and stood next to him. Once again, everyone was taken by awe as to how beautiful the second individual was.

A woman with long ebony hair and also red crimson hair. Her skin was as pale as snow but by no means had she looked lifeless, on the contrary, despite not showing any readable expression on her face, her presence was not weaker than the first individual's.

Then, another person appeared but unlike the two first individuals, this one looked like a common lord's daughter.

Just like that, Adam, Blanca, and Amelia arrived safely on the main planet of Raizel's family.

After that, Blanca walked elegantly, as if leading the other person that came along with them, and walked towards the area where the other attendants were gathered.

Seeing this, Adam also began to float in the air, and using his power, he created a flat black square under Amelia.

"Waaa!" Not understanding what was happening, Amelia almost tripped.

Adam didn't even look back at her and using his power to bring her to the place where everyone else was gathered in such was already something that Amelia should be thankful for.

Nonetheless, Adam didn't just join everyone else like Amelia instead, he approached Uriella and floated in front of her, looking down at her.

"Greetings, my name is Adam Von Kepalta, son of Julius Von Kepalta. My father informed me about the presence of someone to whom this letter should be given. Should I assume that the person he mentioned is you, or should I look for someone else?"

Adam put the letter on top of a black square and then it drifted toward Uriella.

The other young people had various expressions on their faces after seeing what Adam was doing, and not only them, even the ten high-level gift holders who were present there looked astounded.

This was to be expected considering that Adam didn't even touch the ground since his arrival and even though no one could feel his gift being activated, he was certainly using his gift to control the weird black metals.

'This kid...' Even Uriella was taken by surprise and even though she was a high-level gift holder herself, she couldn't figure out what exactly Adam's abilities were.

Moreover, the person in front of her was nothing like the young people who stood below him.

Still, Uriella couldn't let Adam didn't enjoy how Adam talked to her. She felt like he didn't even treat her as someone relevant, and Adam looked like he expected her to escort him to Redmond.

"Indeed, I am the one but-"

"Good. Now as a Lord, I must go greet my uncle. Could you lead me to where he is?"

Before Uriella could even say anything, Adam had already started his intentions while making sure that unless Uriella was a noble, he didn't have anything to say to her.

This had of course displeased Uriella because not a while ago, she appeared to have dominated the atmosphere.

"Hey kid, you should learn some manner and know your place," Uriella said intimidatingly.

"Looking at you, I can tell that you are a pretty important person, but you are not my uncle's wife, are you? Moreover, everyone present her isn't a Lord. Yet when you saw me coming, you didn't even act accordingly to your status, and I even had to begin the conversation. Are making fool of me?" Adam said imposingly, and suddenly everyone felt a suffocating pressure.

Adam was now officially the Lord of Kepalta and despite how he looked, intended to not let anyone make fun of him or his title just because he was young.

His circumstances were indeed unusual and he was probably the youngest Lord in the Empire's history.

"You? A Lor-"

"Uriella!"

Before Uriella could finish the sentence, Redmond called out her name. Soon, Redmond appeared from inside one of the buildings.

"He is Adam Von Kepalta, the Lord of Kepalta. You should treat him with respect," Remond continued in a serious tone.

Seeing Redmond, Adam finally landed on the ground and greeted Redmond respectfully.

"I express my sincere gratitude for everything you have done, Lord Raizel. I am Adam Von Kepalta, son of Julius Von Kepalta, and currently, the one who holds the title of Lord after my father bestowed upon the title."

"Yes, I know. You don't need to be so formal. I've been waiting for your arrival. Let's discuss inside," Redmond said and asked Adam to follow him.

"Certainly," Adam replied, and then a flat black square appeared below Blanca bringing her to Adam's side.

After they left, everyone else looked confused but Uriella quickly took control again and then began to explain various things.

Amelia looked confused seeing what was happening and the fact that she was left behind along with everyone else.

*****

After sitting comfortably inside a luxurious room, Adam was finally satisfied by how he was welcomed. He hadn't, of course, overstepped his boundaries and showed respect to Redmond and didn't show any unpleasant attitude that someone who was blinded by power would show.

Then, Redmond began to ask about Adam and his family's situation. To this, Adam began to tell him about the events that succeeded his coming of age ceremony.

"That's indeed a pretty awful experience. I am glad to see at least, you didn't give up and decided to move forward and face the world," Redmond said after hearing Adam's story.

"Thanks for giving me this chance, uncle Redmond," Adam said respectfully.

Redmond asked him to refer to him as uncle because they were family despite old problems, or so he explained, but Adam didn't even feel uncomfortable calling Redmond uncle.

It wasn't because he was acting, but after talking to Redmond for a few minutes, he could tell that Redmond was pretty similar to his father in a lot of ways.

Adam didn't expect this, and he was prepared to face a manipulative individual who would do anything to achieve their goal.

"Well, forgive Uriella. Young people nowadays lack discipline and they also need to be prepared for the upcoming test that will take place in two days," Redmond added.

"I was informed that the test will be divided into two parts. I am certain to do well with the first test which is related to my knowledge, but I wondering about the second test. Uncle, do you have more information about this second test?"

"I am really impressed! I didn't expect that my nephew would be this impressive. Even your father wasn't as outstanding as how you look at his age," Redmond said, looking like he was genuinely impressed with Adam as a person.

"Well, concerning the second test. It would be also divided into two parts. The first part would be done in the old way. I am not in favor of this one, to be honest, but you have to face other pupils. You need to win two times before you can move to the second part of the test."

Redmond looked like he disliked the method adopted to test the new students. There was nothing like this before, and the students were asked to just display their ability by fighting dummy monsters.

"In the second part of the test, you will be put in a group where the members would be chosen at random. Your goal is to be the first to reach the exit as you will be put inside of a special dungeon-like space, filled with traps and monsters. Honestly, I don't see the point of all of this but they said that this was to show the world the power of the new generation."

Redmond didn't please at all as he said these words, but to achieve his goal, he couldn't hesitate, even though he knew that he might be putting all of the young people that he gathered in danger.

This was why he asked Uriella to prepare these young people for what was about to happen.