Chapter 161 Caius Tale I

"I couldn't see the depths of him, and I decided it was best if I did not continue wasting my time trying to. So yes, there are humans like such with ridiculous amount of lifespan".

Elsa still has doubts about a human living longer than a spirit king. She would not have even considered the idea to be true if she was not hearing it directly from one of the spirit king itself.

"back on to Caius. I was talking about him before I diverted to talking about the Cardinal who is way older than I am. I don't want to get too carried away with someone who is not even present at the moment".

She wasn't satisfied with just hearing the path Ignatius wanted her to hear. Elsa is desperate to know more about the human Cardinal who is older than an Elemental Spirit king.

It wasn't at all fair to her after having her curiosity piqued on the so called Cardinal, only for Ignatius to stop talking about him for the sake of speaking of about the Cardinal she has less interest in.

She wanted to ask if Ignatius could continue the talk about the Cardinal, but she also did not want to sound rude before Ignatius by cutting it off from its speech.

Left with not much of a choice, Elsa continued riding on her black painted horse at a slow pace as she listened to Ignatius who sat on her right shoulder, talk about Caius's life before becoming a Cardinal.

"back then, he was but a boy with hopes and dreams, chasing after wealth and riches. He was a commoner who desired to live like the nobles. Do you have any idea how absurd it is for a commoner to even think of becoming a noble".

Elsa was unresponsive to Ignatius's question. She was born a noble, breed and lived like one, the life of a commoner is an experience she is not familiar with, nor does she know how big a dream it is for a commoner to want to be a noble breed.

The relationship between the nobles and the commoners have always been one of a master to a servant type of relationship.

The only exception to a commoner transitioning into a noble, is under the condition that a commoner marries into the home of a noble, which, is an impossible situation to be in.

The world isn't a fairytail where a prince would sought out a commoner female to marry, life does not work that way. Why should a prince of a kingdom, or a noble male who is set to inherit his father's wealth, waste their time trying to woe a commoner when they can just go to the slave market and get themselves as many commoner females as they want, to do their biddings without any objections.

The same applies to the female nobles. No female would want to risk marriage with a pauper when whoever they get married to, is the same person they will end up packing their load over to live the rest of their lives with.

Every noble is aiming to marry their offsprings off into another noble family of equal standing as them, or even greater. This is all so they can solidify their claim as nobles and further extend the reach of their noble families.

There is a distinctive class separating the commoners and noble, a class that cannot be breached through with just ordinary efforts or determination alone.

"but Caius, he beat all odds, defied all odds and claims to getting to where he is today".

Caius born to a father whose profession is a hunter, and a mother who sells ornaments in a retail shop, made a choice of his own to not live like his parents did.

He was talented as a warrior, and he was able to get a chance of going to an institution that could further help his talent as a warrior, Caius however was forced to leave the institution behind to take on an adventurers job.

He did not leave it of his own will, but did so because of the nobles he had an encounter with in the institute.

A commoner with extraordinary talent, putting him above his classmates full mostly of nobles, always coming out with excellent grades surpassing the noble kids. That wasn't sitting right with them at all, it was a blow to their ego as nobles, a blow they were not willing to let roam free in their own turf.

The noble kids plotted against Caius and had him expelled from the institution. Stranded and rendered homeless in one night, he could not bring himself to go back home to his parents after failing to make them proud, and so he made his journey to a distant town away from where the institute was located in.

In that town, Caius started his life anew by registering in the guild and becoming an adventurer. The town was inhabitated with other commoners like him, and he had no problem fitting in right away.

"It wasn't easy for him you know, especially if we take into consideration the depression he suffered through after he was expelled".

Caius had to find himself after hitting rock bottom for the first time in his life. He watched as the nobles drowned his dreams and hope, flushing it beneath where his hands could not reach.

It was then that Caius truly understood that talent is nothing but a piece of scraps before the power of the nobles, scraps that can be disposed off into the trash can by simply offending the wrong noble.

He had almost given up on his situation, no, he had entirely given up on himself. Resigning his fate to spending the rest of his life as an F rank adventurer who only takes on menial quests like cleaning the town sewers for pennies, or climbing mountains just to pick herbs.

Those are the kind of tasks Caius was subjected to after having his dreams crippled by the nobles.

"i couldn't watch as my favorite one ends up living such a pathetic life, and so I helped him out a little".