'Come here,' A playful voice said followed by a small giggle.

A young boy with black hair and tanned skin dressed in white clothes walked through a corridor with a smile on his face. He looked to be around 10 years old. He was all alone and he had no one.

'Listen, young sir. You are the youngest of your family. Your family has always been one of the church's closest supporters as well as its criticizers. Due to this, you and your family can comprehend the church's intention and act on it This came at the cost of having enemies not only from outside but inside it as well.' The words by a woman entered his mind.

'Oh, it's you! Do you want to play?' The voice once again asked the child.

Standing in front of a closed door, the little boy excitedly opened it to reveal a flower of some sort. It was a water lily made of some kind of metal and it burned quite a bit.

"Woah!" the young boy exclaimed as he looked at the water lily in front of him.

'Let's play!' The voice shouted happily as the flower opened to reveal a shield the shape of a cross. It was a circular shield with some sort of metal that could form a cross on it. IT was beautiful and it shone brightly.

Now standing in front of the child was another one, a young boy just the same as the one in his vision,

'I'm Achilles, Achilles Hua-Cruz, and you are?' The child said with a smile. Looking closely, the little boy in front of his has beautiful sky blue eyes with tanned skin and black hair, a bright smile on his face as his eyes glowed brightly to a different color, one red like flames, the other purple as lightning while his hair changed to white with feather-like purple highlights. Other than his physical changes, several things caught the child's attention, a white and red feather earring on his right ear, his clothes reminded him of those from the ones in Shenzou that he had read from, a belt with a sort of weapon on it.

"I'm Rein, Reinhardt Crozzo. Nice to meet you!" The boy said with a smile causing Achilles to grin and stretched out his hand.

"Let's go! I have a lot to show you!" Achilles said with a happy smile as he waited. Taking the hand, Reinhardt felt himself get dragged by Achilles as the children ran through the dark corridor. As the two left, the burning lotus that bloomed slowly closed and touched the ground. The shield that it left floated in the air and followed the two.

Achilles smiled as he led the boy through the ancestral home of the Crozzo Family. As the two walked farther away, several visions entered his mind. 

Passing through the dark hallways, the stairs, and the garden, The two boys smiled happily as they passed by different obstacles. With the memories continually pouring on the young Reinhardt's head. 

Tears fell from Reinhardt's eyes as the two arrived near the gate just in time for the last vision. As the Vision faded, tears fell from Reinhardt's eyes. Achilles, the boy who guided him, stopped as they neared the gate.

"What's wrong?" The boy asked his new friend while Achilles smiled.

"This is as far as I go." Achilles said as he looked at Reinhardt.

"But..." Reinhardt said before stopping as Achilles patted his head.

"Enough of that, you shouldn't be moping like this." Holding his hand up, Achilles caught the shield that followed the two of them all this time. "Here, I want you to have this. This is my gift to you." Achilles said as he handed Reinhardt the shield.

"Ooh, shiny!" Reinhardt said with a smile as his eyes shone brightly at the sight of the shield on his hands.

"As expected." Achilles said with a smile as he started to fade. "I will be watching over you and I hope that your life will be fulfilling, 我亲爱的后代" Achilles said as he disappeared from view via golden motes and entered the shield.

"Huh? Achilles? Where are you?" Reinhardt asked as he looked around and tilted his head.

"Go outside, you will meet a new friend." Achilles' voice said from the shield making the young boy nod.

Seeing a pair of men, the familiar graying black hair of the man dressed in a brown long coat alongside the man wearing a dark blue one. Carrying his new shield in his arms, the young boy of ten smiled.

"Father!" Reinhardt called out with a smile while he waved his arms and ran towards the adults. The one wearing a brown coat turned around and smiled at his son only for his eyes to widen at the sight of the shield.

"Rein... where did you get that shield?" His father asked him.

"Ooh, this new friend of mine gave it to me," Reinhardt answered with a smile as he showed the older man his new shield.

"I see..." His father said as the man with white hair's eyes widened slightly at the shield. Nodding at each other, the adults smiled at him.

"Oh, Hello Sir Francis." Reinhardt said with a smile aimed at the albino.

"Hello, little braver," Francis said with a smile. "I want you to meet someone. Sweetie, you can come out now." From the carriage, a beautiful young girl around his age came out and ran to the side of the sir with a smile. Seeing the boy, Blue eyes met with dark brown.

"Hello! I'm Kallen, Kallen Kaslana. Nice to meet you!" Kallen said with a smile as she looked at Reinhardt. Her blue eyes made him remember something from his vision

"I'm Reinhardt, Reinhard Crozzo." Reinhardt said with a smile.

A new bond between a Kaslana and a Crus (Crozzo) has been formed.

Off to the side, the adults looked at the kids with a smile, yet they both knew one thing.

"Why... why did the shield of peril choose you?" Reinhardt's father said with sad eyes as he looked at his youngest son. "Why... why did you have to be the next Siege Perilous."