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The Phoenix Aspect - Chapter 2

Published at 31st of January 2019 10:13:26 PM


Chapter 2

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Za'thul and Shyenho had great expectations for their first born child, with both being silver body types they knew that their first child would be the same. When Jayde was born she was treated as a precious treasure, the whole clan celebrated for days. Many high-ranked officials and clan leaders visited the Freehold Estate loaded with valuable gifts for the latest addition to the Freehold clan with the aim of betrothing their sons to the Freehold new heiress. Even Mid Realm clan leaders lowered themselves to send representatives to the Freehold Estate to snap up the newly born Freehold heiress. Matchmakers were rubbing their greedy hands in glee, they were making a small fortune with the number of fathers and clan leaders of eligible young sons of high ranked clans queuing up to engage their services.

Za'thul being the cunning leader that he was, had decided to wait for Jayde's official magical reading which was carried out on children when they were 3 years old before betrothing his daughter, he believed that with his and Shyenho talents his daughter would be a genius, a peer among peers and he was looking to tie the Freehold clan to one of the more powerful Mid Realm clans. Za'thul had engaged the services of the High Mage of the Mages Guild to do the reading. Reading Day was the most important event of any person living in Doha. A high-level mage could determine the body type, qi pool as well as elemental type. One's whole future was determined on their Reading Day.

After a person's reading the High Mage would create your Life Disk, one's Life Disk was a round disk worn around a person's neck, the chain was magical that would adjust as one grew older which couldn't be removed and shattered upon a person's death, the disk was manufactured out of the material according to a person's qi pool. One the front side of the disk a person's clan totem was engraved as well as their elemental types and at the back one's generic history was magically engraved.

Many important guests were invited to view Jayde's reading, which was quite rare in the Lower Realm as most families kept readings private, this was mostly due to the fact that should a noble family produce a child with a lower rank it would be highly embarrassing, and as for common folk well should one of their children ended up being a higher rank Mage or Martialist there was a good chance the child would be kidnapped. Slaves, of course, had no choice their owners were responsible for their child's readings, and should they be blessed with a child who's qi pool was above Stone Level, their child while still belonging to the clan would have better prospects and benefits. The heartbreaking part was that any child born to slaves who qi pool was above Stone Level was immediately taken away from their parents and forbidden from interacting with their blood families.

All signs pointed to an auspicious reading on Jayde's Reading Day. There were hundreds of guest all dressed to the nines, even the Emperor and Empress of the Lower Realm were present. The Freehold clan were brimming with excitement, the chance of Jayde being tied to a high ranking noble family from the Mid Realm was high, which would then propel the Freehold clan to First Ranked clan of the Lower Realm, which meant that even the Emperor would have to treat them with the utmost respect.

High Mage Saunders dressed in his royal navy blue robes with silver linings which designated his position as High Mage, his silver Life Disk was quite prominent with a red flame for fire, a blue water drop for water and a silver 3 knot for metal showcasing his rare triple faceted magic stood in front of this prominent crowd, quite pleased with himself with performing this reading for the Freehold clan. The awe and respect from the crowd feeding his ego.

Standing in front of him young Jayde was dressed in a nearly made spider silk silver gown, decorated with gold lilies, her shiny long black hair was curled into beautiful ringlets. With rosy cheeks, pink lips, pale ivory skin with her amber eyes shining bright with joy and delight, she was an adorable sight, everyone could see that she would grow up to be an absolutely stunning young lady; not that there was any doubt both her mother and father were renowned for their good looks, her mother was considered the number one beauty in Lower Realm and Jayde was showing signs that she would definitely take after her mother, her father's amber eyes added a touch of outworldism[1] to her face. Amber eyes were rare in all the realms, the Freehold clan boasted that they had dragon blood running through their veins, and it was rumored that those family members who had amber eyes had stronger dragon blood. Jayde and her father were the only members of the Freehold clan alive who had amber eyes, but Jayde eyes were circled with a dark line around the iris, making her amber eyes even more striking.

After giving a speech, High Mage Saunders started the reading, holding a magical crystal in front of the young Jayde, he directed her to place her hands onto the crystal, he then injects his spiritual qi into the crystal, but no matter how much qi he injected, the crystal refused to change color, even after changing crystals as he honestly believed that somehow the first crystal was faulty, the new crystal still did not change.

High Mage Saunders stared at Jayde with disbelieving eyes, never would he have imagined in his life that something like this could have happened. With cold sweat dripping down his back he didn't know how he could announce his findings. A small part of him though was filled with glee, after his announcement the Freehold clan wouldn't be able to hold their heads up again in public. High Mage Saunders had quite a sadistic streak, and he enjoyed nothing more than bringing pain and embarrassment to those around him.

"This is going to be quite a good show," he thought to himself.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, High Mage Saunders cleared his throat.

"She's a Null" he announced loudly.

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[1] I know it's made up word – forgive me.




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