ARCHDEUS

ARCHENTECH(1)

Arcentioch, the Capital city of Artchania Kingdom.

Arcentioch built 15 Victorian 456 Ecrian calendars. The capital was a silent witness when the Kingdom of Artchania declared its independence from the Gredonian Empire on 23 Axiury 514 Ecrian. Thus the House of Augustus came to power and established Arcentioch as the seat of government, the national religion, health, education, economy, and center of struggle in the kingdom.

Arcentioch has several districts, one of which is a district inhabited by upper nobles and royalty. All of them own property in this district and the House of Fertiphile is also no exception. The House of Fertiphile has a house that is used every time they visit the capital. The size of the house was not as big as in the county, but it had two floors with roman architecture.

The caravan entered the courtyard of the mansion and was immediately greeted by the servants at the entrance. Previously, the servants of the mansion had been informed of the arrival of the mistress and young master of the House of Fertiphile.

Alex, Merry, Clara, and Feodora are down. For the first time for Alex to be here as well as Merry. Along the way Merry was amazed by the size and shape of the architecture of buildings that were on average larger than in the county.

Clara personally invited the temple parties to stay but unfortunately they refused. Feodora and the others had to go to the dormitory and announce their arrival to the Pontheum (Great Temple). So before parting ways, they had lunch together at the mansion.

They traveled to the capital for nine days. While Alex's Maturity Ceremony is still four days away. They also had to wait for the invitations. It has been confirmed that the upcoming representatives of the royals are from the Royalty, Duchy of Sandwealth, County of Morhust, County of Otilia, County of Sinteny, County of Granadia, County of Yorksall, The Visounty of Catenburg, the Viscounty of Levensille, the Barony of Tivrial, the Barony of Garnitia and other representatives of the viscounties and baronies.

Of course quite a number of parties came considering this was the maturation ceremony of Count Harol's first son. Although the first child is known to be weak and useless but especially for those who are in a coalition with the Count of Fertiphile still have to give representatives of their homes to attend. They should, however, give a good face to the House of Fertiphile which controls one of the strongest counties in the kingdom.

***

The next day, Alex and Merry go around to see the sights of the capital. There are a lot of new things they have encountered. Of course Erline and Justin were also coming along to look after their masters. It's a pity Clara can't come because she's busy taking care of all the preparations for Alex's Maturity Ceremony.

Alex and Merry are in the park. Arcentioch besides being a business center is also known as a culinary center and quite a lot of parks are made in this city.

"Come, please Young Miss, we provide original flavors, strawberries, chocolate, vanilla, and coffee."

A blond woman who became the owner of an open stall with her business smile handed over a sheet of menu. He is the owner of an ice cream stand in the park. Every day, there would always be a queue of buyers so he would have to hire four people to help him. His shop was also occasionally visited by nobles but whenever nobles visited, they would make a fuss. Usually it was because they broke through the queue but the worst was if it was a stubborn noble girl and would continue to whine.

However this was his first time to see a young noble who was very obedient and calm. That person will quietly queue in an orderly manner. Moreover, the little girl beside him who looked like his little sister was also very calm. He neither whines nor gets angry.

"Merry wants vanilla. You want vanilla too?"

Uh ... Daddy's? She's not a sister? So this guy's a young dad?

The owner of the stall was very surprised. Usually for someone who is the age of this man will have a child who can just crawl or talk. For a moment he imagined who the lucky lady who obtained this handsome noble was.

Alex just nodded then he spoke.

"Please order two vanilla."

Alex turned his gaze towards Eline and Justin. Then he asked.

"What did you guys order?"

The two men looked set to decline but Alex disliked that. He frowned, it was impossible for him to eat while the two people accompanying him just stood up like statues.

Justin was aware of the wishes of his master who did not accept rejection so he could only answer slowly to the stall owner.

"Please taste the coffee."

Eline felt awkward when he heard Justin. If he refused his master's request, then only he would do that. So that it will be impressed to reject the good deeds of the young master to him.

"Please taste the coffee."

Erline did not like the sweet taste so she chose the same order as Justin. Of course the three people who were with him were shocked. It was rare for women to like coffee but after recalling Erline's attitude and nature, they only nodded in understanding.

Once the order was received, the stall owner began to skillfully make ice. As for the four people who ordered just silence and pay attention to the manufacturing process.

After all the ice was done and was in everyone's hands, Alex and Merry sat in the same garden chair while two other people were in another park chair not far from them.

"Did Merry like it?" ask Alex.

"Uhm! It's sweet and cold."

Merry is tasting snacks. It was a vanilla-flavored ice cone made from low-level magic items capable of producing tier 1 magic with Spell-type lifestyle, [Lifestyle: Ice]. Lifestyle Spells are arcane spells debuffed because the goal is not to fight but to make life easier. Normally, a [Ice] spell was a tier 3 spell that would produce pointy ice to attack but when debuffed so as to become a [Lifestyle: Ice], that magic will only be at level 1 and not harm.

Merry loves this cold food. He had never tasted such a taste before. But without realizing it, the ice melts had flowed up to his fingers.

Without Merry guessing, his father bowed and licked the melting ice in his hand. Then Alex straightened up again while looking at Merry.

"Don't tilt the cone, otherwise your ice will continue to melt into your hand."

Merry was silent for a moment. He never expected that ice could be so noisy. This was the first time her father had done that to her. His father usually only kisses his forehead or cheeks. For Merry, it was a lot of fun and the loving act from her father today really made her very happy.

Merry is no longer as awkward as before, instead she is now getting spoiled. For Merry who never got the love of family when she was a toddler, the warmth given by her father seemed to be a narcotic for her. He wants more!

"Dad~"

Merry's voice looked softer than usual. Alex saw his little girl hand tightly holding the tail of his shirt. Alex then looked at Merry. The girl looked at him with sparkling eyes. Alex could only smile and ask.

"What's Merry?"

"Yah~ ... Merry feels cold."

"?"

It's still morning and the sun has been rising for a long time. In addition, there were no signs of rain and Merry was also wearing a dress that looked quite covered. No external factors can make it cold.

"Is it ice cream?"

Merry shook his head.

"Dad~'... Merry's cold. Merry wants to be hugged."

There was no sign that Merry was in pain. Instead expectant eyes that kept staring at Alex intensely. Alex suspected that this little girl had actually become a spoiled girl.

Huh ....

Alex breathed in his heart. At first he only felt empathy for Merry, other than that there were no other feelings. Now Alex feels that his gentle attitude has made this girl's heart really in his hands.

Although Alex repeatedly referred to Merry as his son but in reality, Merry is only considered an investment product. To archdeus, the immortal and mortal existences they created were nothing but entertainment. They have no special feelings for all of his creations.

But of course the archdeus never expressed that thought. They pay attention to the creation. It was none other than that they made all their creations as places of expulsion of domination.

Alex didn't expect much from Merry. Since the girl only had average talent, Alex flooded her with affection. She hopes that when she grows up to be a married woman, Merry will always take care of Alex in her old age. However, Alex's human body will follow the biological development, so that when the human body dies then the holiday Sheol to Midgard was completed.

Alex smiled at Merry and he stretched out his hand.

Merry was so happy. He swiftly climbed into his father's lap. With a hand that was not holding the ice cream, Alex embraced his son in his arms.

Merry and Alex go back to eating ice cream. They looked at the children running in the park. Merry lately does not like running because he does not want to make the clothes his father bought for him become dirty.

Merry compared her clothes to the clothes of some children playing around in the park. Even though this was the capital, the quality of Merry's clothes was much better than all of them. Merry is very proud of her father. He raised his gaze up high as if he was the champion. Then Merry realized something.

Why did the brothers steal a glance at us?

Merry felt some of the young women who were in the garden staring at them with dazzled eyes. Merry has a bad feeling.

They saw my dad? Wh why? Is it because my father is so handsome and kind?

Of course when Alex and Merry are together, automatically Alex's face will often smile and be very friendly. For those who unintentionally saw that deathly smile, of course they were deeply fascinated. Even women dating in the park cannot hide their reddened cheeks when they see that smile. Worse yet, some young mothers bite their lips as if teasing.

Merry suddenly woke up. He is not Alex's son. If in time his father is married and has children, does not it mean he is no longer a priority? That means his father will not love him anymore.

Merry's grip on the ice cream trembled, and from the other hand, he gripped Alex's pants very tightly as if he didn't want to let go.

It's not fair, he's my father, why should I take it off? He's my dad! Mine! No one can take him away from me!

On a sunny morning overwhelmed by the sound of children's laughter, Merry Itziel Alexandreia, a 7-year-old little girl has sprouted the seeds of possessiveness towards her own father.