Chapter 71 - The General is 11 Years Old
It’s been three years since I started my training to beco an Evenhart Legacy, but what I’m most excited about is finally being able to reach so high places thanks to my growth spurt. I can even... steal sweets. Martha hides everything on the top shelves of the castle’s pantry, but luckily, I’ve been getting better at mastering my faulty wind elent. I can generate a gust of wind that knocks the jars down, and I’d grab a few treats for myself. The hard part is putting the jar back, but I managed by tossing it up and creating a current of air to push it back into place. Don’t judge ... those sweets are really delicious, and even that crazy Athena encouraged as long as I shared so with her. The wretch can create a ghostly copy of anything I touch, and she was thrilled to be able to eat again... not that she ever goes hungry, she just enjoys the flavors. Now I have a goddess encouraging to steal sweets... I deserve this.
I’ve improved my use of the wind elent to an acceptable level, but there’s been a small side effect as I’ve gradually increased my control over it. Sotis, my eyes would bleed. Occasionally, I’d involuntarily shed tears of blood, and my aunt and mother warned that my eyes were probably close to awakening.
It’s no longer just a suspicion; it’s a certainty...
The Grand Duke visited us again a year ago, took our photos, and checked our eyes. He asked if we felt anything strange or any pain in our eyes, and I had to lie.
Obviously, the Grand Duke didn’t go from house to house checking on the children. His job involved more of the nobles from the two duchies he managed, acting as a liaison with the royal family, and he needed to update the records of noble children with noble titles every five years. He also checked our eyes because if the awakening of Special Eyes were to occur, it would happen in a noble family with a long history of mages.
For Special Eyes to erge, a potent magical bloodline is necessary, which ans that if it were to happen, it would be in a noble family with a long lineage of mages.
The awakening of Special Eyes is unique, and only a few in each generation achieve it; sotis, decades would pass without a child being born with these eyes. In my case, fortunately or unfortunately, I, who didn’t want to draw attention, had the perfect scenario to possess Special Eyes.
On my father’s side, there’s a lineage of noble mages who almost always married other mages, so my family had a powerful lineage to the point where my father had potent magical blood, which allowed him to be born with an Uncommon Elent. My mother’s side is still a mystery, but I discovered that I’m a descendant of a High Elf, and my mother told that it wasn’t just any High Elf but from a pure lineage of High Elves who held so sort of special position or sothing like that for generations in the Elven Kingdom. My mother was born as a special person who awakened a high concentration of elven magical blood, causing her to awaken an uncommon elent exclusive to elves. This ant that her magic had broken an elental restriction by awakening the uncommon elent in soone of another race.
My teacher told us that my mother was special because she was also born with the physical characteristics of the High Elves, which is why she was considered ‘beautiful’ and ‘young’ by human standards.
Professor Adrihna would visit occasionally, staying with us for a month before returning to her travels. I discovered that there was an underground transportation system accessible from Evenhart city that connected to other parts of the kingdom. This allowed her to stay closer to Apsalon and continue giving us occasional mana control lessons. Chloe, Kinue, and I grew up together, and the fox girl even started training to beco a servant in the castle. The three of us beca much closer as we grew up, sharing secrets like Carnellian and Cylla with her. After all, we couldn’t keep the spoiled phoenix locked away forever. Once, we even took Kinue to scare Carnellian, and when she saw the giant panther in the garden, she turned pale and refused to walk around the castle after learning there was a deadly beast roaming the halls. It took so convincing to assure her that Carnellian wouldn’t harm her, but in the end, it all worked out.
As my Mana Gem developed, Professor Adrihna regularly examined , as this caused a ss in my mana channels. She wanted to understand whether I was more human or High Elf. When I showed her that I was crying blood, she asked to keep it a secret from the kingdom. Although she had never dared to do this, given her diplomatic position, she insisted that I keep this between us and my family.
I think that was when she realized that I would indeed awaken Special Eyes.
I never intended to tell anyone if I did, but there's a law that requires anyone with Special Eyes to imdiately notify the kingdom. All my professor said after diagnosing was that I was likely more High Elf than human and that what would happen to was unknown, as no one had ever awakened Special Eyes while being of mixed race. Not even normal elves could awaken those eyes.
It's highly likely that my High Elf ancestor ca from a powerful magical lineage. Could they have been a baron or viscount?
My professor's theory is that my father’s magical concentration, which was strong enough to awaken the thunder elent, combined with the awakened elven blood from my mother, made an even more unpredictable anomaly.
I’m just a magnet for trouble… to think I originally wanted to live a quiet life in that village.
I stood in front of the mirror, checking how I looked in my “little suit.”
“At least my face is handso, I guess,” I said, fiddling with my hair.
As I grew older, my skin beca paler than usual, and I started letting my hair grow out to the point where I had to tie it back. For this event we were attending, I had to trim it a bit, thanks to my mother’s insistence.
‘Slam!’ The door to the room burst open with a loud crash.
“Nate! Are you ready?” a very excited Chloe burst into the room and flopped onto the bed.
I looked at her and stared at my cousin.
“Do you not know how to knock?”
“Nope. Why would I knock? Let’s go! You take forever getting ready,” she said, getting up and pulling along.
“I think that’s supposed to be my line…”
We weren’t at ho in the castle. We were in the Royal Capital, staying in a massive mansion for a special event—the 12th birthday of the king’s son from the Kingdom of Teresia. In this world, people celebrate a special birthday when they turn 12. There had been a huge celebration for three whole days in the Capital, and this was the fourth day, where a private party for the nobles was being held. Of course, my family had to attend.
“Nate, how do I look? Am I pretty?” Chloe asked, turning her head to the side.
“You look very pretty for a girl your age.”
It’s okay to complint her like that, right? Even though I’m still a kid, I don’t really know how to act…
Chloe looked at , blushing deeply.
“What does that an? Am I pretty or not? Would I lose to a girl of a different age? What do you an by that? I don’t get if that was a complint.”
Gods… she’s just making this more complicated.
I scratched my head, trying to co up with a response that would get out of this ss.
I sighed internally.
"You’re so pretty that I get nervous complinting you. Satisfied?”
I wasn’t lying… I really was nervous.
“Whatever,” she said, turning her face away, but I could see the smile she was trying to hide.
She grabbed my hand and started pulling along.
“Co on, we have to go to my mom’s room. Aunt Katie is waiting for us there.”
Chloe Evenhart:
I was dragging Nate by the arm as we headed toward my mother’s room. I had to hide my nerves while holding his hand.
I did it! I got him to complint again!
Nate always got flustered when I teased him like this. I’d seen him train with swords for years, always calm and composed, but I could provoke him to the point of stuttering.
Only I can make him react like this, hehe.
My mother noticed that I… maybe… liked him just a little bit, and she called in for a long talk. That’s when I found out the secret about our future.
I glanced back at him, catching a glimpse of his face, and sighed.
I’m engaged… I still can’t believe it.
I found out that my mother had arranged an engagent between and Nathan. I was furious when she first told I was betrothed to soone, but when she revealed who it was… I didn’t know how to feel. I was torn between being angry at my mother or… happy with what she did.
I promised myself that if I were going to be engaged to him, it would be on my terms!
I don’t want to trap Nate in the ss of my past, but I’m not complaining about what’s happening between us either. I told my mother I would find a way to make that electrified idiot fall in love with . There’s no point in being engaged if he doesn’t feel anything for . So, I’ve made it my mission.
I'm going to make this electrified idiot spark so love for !
I glanced back at him again, sneaking a look.
He makes such a cute face when he doesn’t know how to react when I pull him along, hehe.
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