Collin's Otherworld Adventure

Ten years have passed since I was born, I have learned many new things of this new world and there are many differences between this world and earth, there are many different races here, Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Lizardmen, Orcs, Dragonoids, and Demi Humans, and that me and my parents Marie And Leon Belfaust live in the human kingdom of Rozlania in a decent size village called Arce, And as far as I know the dominant race in this world are the Dragonoids who live in the second largest continent that is roughly around the same size as Russia, while the elves control their own continent which is around the same size of Australia, while Dwarves, Demi Humans, Lizardmen, Orcs, and Humans share the largest continent in this world, even though I learned that there are other races, I've never encountered any of them while exploring Arce, and from what my parents told me, the human kingdoms used to be diverse before the great war, but everything changed after the war, my parents told me prejudice began to rise inside the human kingdoms but never went into detail about why it happened, but now you can no longer find non humans in this entire region, If I end up becoming a magic knight, maybe then I could meet the other races in this world. My mom and dad were surprised on how quickly I learned to read and write, because in this world things like reading and writing are only for those who attend the magical academy or who are from a noble family bloodline, and since my dad used to attend the magical academy but he ended up getting expelled for starting an unsanctioned fight with a student who was from a noble househould, and so before he got expelled he managed to learn how to read and write, in which he ended up teaching me, so now that I turned ten years old I told my dad that I wanted to partake in the aptitude test to determine my magical strength, the test will let me know if I have the potential magic power to become a magical knight, and from what my parents have told me, the magical knights are the kingdoms main army who are responsible for protecting the Kingdom and on rare occasions the also protect the human region, just like what happened during the great war, and so those who become a magical knight end up living a much better life then those who work regular jobs in the kingdom, ever since they told me about the magical knights I made it my goal to become one so I can help give my parents a better life, and realize a dream my dad couldn't achieve himself. growing up in this world made me realize how lucky I was in my previous life, because the moment I was able to talk and walk, I was immediately put to work, helping out at my mom and dad's shop, where I would go around the store restocking and sweeping, I also made a childhood friend, but we only became friends because my dad and her dad are friends, even though things turned out like this, we didn't mind because we would either play around or do magic training together, and while we would train I quickly realized how inferior I was compared to Rosie, but she would never make fun of me for that, as the days passed I wake up on the day that we would leave for the capital, My dad calls out to me.

"Collin get ready we are about to leave!"

I shout back.

"Im on my way!"

I put on my clothes which are not very flashy but are comfortable and as I rush out my room, my mom stops me, so she can give me a peck on the forehead and to say.

"Good luck son"

she hugs me warmly, I reciprocate with a hug of my own I then step back and reply.

"thank you mom."

I the head outside the house where my dad is waiting for me, as I get close to him, he puts his hand on my shoulder and says earnestly

"Collin I want you to know whatever the aptitude test says me and your mom will support you with whatever path you choose for yourself."

I nod and reply.

"Okay dad lets go then I'm ready."

he chuckles and we start heading to the carriages where a bunch of others kids around my age who are also being accompanied by their moms or dads, these kids also share the same goal of becoming a magic knight, I then think to myself.

"I don't see Rosie around, well I guess if I don't see her here, maybe I'll run into her at the capital."

Everyone begins to board onto the back of the carriages, Me and my dad also do the same thing, we climb inside the back, after a while of waiting, I see Rosie and her dad climb inside the carriage that we are in, then after finding a seat, next to me and my dad, Rosie gives me a smile and I return her a smile of my own, the carriage finally fills up and begins moving, we then start our journey towards the capital.