Sacrifice: Time of Mine

Chapter 21: Kalin Romen

There was one particular noble child that has been roaming around the Trading-Hills Capital with a reputation. He was even more known than Memi herself just below the two princes and the princess.

Once a man was seen staggering on his feet on the road, no matter the time of the day, anyone could guess who it was.

He was the most popular noble child of them all, coming from the rich household of Romen, another family which their head is a marquis in the Trading-Hills Capital.

The Romen family owns about twenty percent of the business in the Trading-Hills Capital and since the capital is the place of trades between three kingdoms, there is no way this twenty percent is small by any means.

There are about three types of currency known for a commoner. The first is Brons, the smallest currency. it is only used for small commodities such as food, clothes, and daily necessities. The next one is Crens which is for furniture, armory, and much more, it is a hundred times more valuable than Brons. Lastly is Seln which amounts to a hundred Crens and is used for infrastructures, military expenses, and something that only the rich nobles could only afford.

Although there is a much higher currency that is in the chest of the King's vault inside their strongest defense, these were the common currency but just like the royalty, the Romen Family could hold dozens of these kinds of currency in their vaults while Crens are just their pocket money.

That is how rich they are. They were literally on par with the Kings and Queens in terms of wealth. If only they were inside any three Kingdoms, they will definitely be suppressed by their rulers while getting stolen of their wealth at the same time.

However, at this capital, they were the rulers of their own in the world of business as long as they don't clash with the Crown Council which is the two princes and the princess.

But that was not what the Romen Family was mainly known for. They are widely known for having the most useless person the world had ever seen.

Many speculated that this person is only mentally ill but, there are times that he would actually show intelligence that would baffle anyone. No, it is not some extraordinary intelligence but an average one, making him look normal in contrast to his usual actions.

It was observed that he was sane since he would avoid trouble and was always on the safe side.

Even though his family wanted to scold him and punish him to straighten him up, he always had a valid reason to avoid this. For the first one, he was not doing anything actually bad and unlawful. There was not a word where he molested a woman, offended anyone, or oppressed the commoners.

He was just there, at the side, enjoying his life. His most favorite reason to say was;

"Mother, Father, I am born without any special skills, luck, nor talent to Elements. Even though I am born with such a noble bloodline, I was never gifted. My intelligence is low and so does my body is weak. I am supposedly the future inheritor of the wealthiest family in the country and I will bear the responsibilities with this inferior self in the future. The expectations are heavy and they were pressuring me day and night while I know that I can't do anything about it. Please, Mother, Father, just let me live my life alone and forget about the pressure this world had put me into."

The way he says it and the way he acts was so pitiful that even after being so useless, his parents would feel guilty as if it was their fault that he was born weak and useless. So they let him roam free as long as he didn't do anything bad.

However, why is he called mischievous then if he didn't do anything bad and was just being useless, a little parasite to the family?

That is because when the two noble young men who were currently fighting to court Princess Alisera was still fighting against each other, he did something that made the whole capital realized something.

The Trading-Hills Capital calls these two the Idiotic Rivals. They were so competitive with each other that they were competing for the smallest and craziest things. This was because before they were brought to the outside world, they were homeschooled and were thought to be genius of their own in literary, arts, studies, and martial arts. However, when they've reached the age where they can go to an academy in the capital, they met each other.

After briefly knowing each other, bulges soon appeared on their faces. They were regarded as genius back at home, a treasured child, and pride was naturally built inside of them and on top of that, they were high nobles just below the dukes who saw commoners that made them feel above by seeing the gap on a daily basis.

But when they saw each other, they feel... redundant.

It was the worst feeling for them. Great looks, almost the same hairstyle, popular, great at literacy, arts, studies, and martial arts. Their young mindset of thinking that they were unique and that they were on the top suddenly crumbled.

Long story short, they were fighting to see who was better than the other so to say, "I am the original and the unique." which was a weird thing. Little did they know, that both of them thought the same. Heck, it wouldn't be a surprise to learn that they were secretly twins, but they are not...?

But back to the useless person Kalin Romen, the child of the Romen Family and how did he become known for being mischievous from being useless.

One night, Kalin was at the usual bar he was always enjoying himself with wine and pretty women. If edibles exist at that moment, don't even imagine that he wasn't having it.

But then the door opened in the bar as the Idiotic Rivals entered, Jhin with the longer hair and Van with the spiky one. Both were charismatic and handsome enough for the girls to flock to them just by their presence alone. And that night, after countless competitions they had, they decided to compete on how to enjoy the bar.

However, Kalin wasn't having it and joined the competition.