Bab 44: FUTURE DECISIONS AND FUTURE MISUNDERSTANDINGS..
Seflim had a long discussion with her mother about a lot of things. She would need a tailored mana cultivation technique for her tri-pathways since she have broken through and she would also need a steady supply of the best grades of mana cores and her martial courses would have to evolve to suit her.
There is of course multitudes of very high grade Cultivation techniques for every pathway made available to members of the Imperial family but each cultivator that is good enough would re-size and re-shape these techniques specially to their own constitutions and their own benefits.
Some very rare geniuses have been able to modify and increase the efficiency of the already high grade technique in themselves by up to three times!. Having three pathways, Seflim would have to cultivate three different techniques meaning that she would need to cultivate three times as more than the average cultivators to keep up with advancement.
While this is one of the biggest disadvantage in having more than one pathways it's advantages comes in the diversity having multiple pathways bring and having up to six times a more mana and nine times as much skill level than the normal cultivators- that's if she can move at the same pace as those normal cultivators.
Throughout her cultivation path, she would have to worry about collision between her pathways as well as extreme periods of cultivation stagnation.
Having more than one pathways comes with its benefits but not everybody is talented enough or has enough resources to reap these benefits luckily, Seflim believes she has both.
"We'll be leaving in one week to find your shadow..", Tamara informs her daughter who's currently by her side at the highest balcony in the Palace as they watched over the Imperial Ground's noble brilliance.
Before, Tamara's has been very cautious about leaving their untouchable safety net on a long search for her daughter's shadow but it seems now that waiting any longer would bring more harm than good on the long run.
Most of Tamara's worries has been set when she's learnt that Saint ranked Cultivators couldn't move around without some sort of detection so the fear of an unstoppable Saint levelled ambush is almost non-existent. Adding the fact that no legal Saint isn't under the powerful and watchful eye of the Emperor, Tamara's worries of this level of attack refused to zero.
As for high Ranked attack, she's confident that herself and the Knights she would bring with her are beyond capable of burning down any plans.
Of course, all of this is just preventions from her own over-thinking as no body would dare openly think of spilling direct Imperial blood talk-less of the blood of a True Imperial princess because then, even death wouldn't be a good enough escape to any who could dreams of attempting this.
"Are we in danger?..", Seflim suddenly asks her mother in a calm tone as her brows furrows a little. The young princess is obviously not afraid to drop her noble act in front of Tamara.
"We are..", Tamara answers shortly not wanting to go into details.
"I was asking about us, I'm asking about the Continent and my people..", Princess Seflim says calmly as she keeps her gaze on the brilliance of the Imperial Grounds under the setting sun. This is the first time she's ever addressed the citizens of 'Eclipse of the Oceans' as - my people but with instincts from her bloodline, it comes so naturally for her.
"What do you mean?..", Tamara asks with a small frown as she looks at her daughters face as if trying to read her mind.
"I don't really know but the wind feels weird, the shadows and the sky too. It feels like a storm is coming, a powerful storm both from inside and from outside our lands. it is a bit scary because it feels like I'm heading to the centre of it all when I should just remain still.", Seflim says calmly while her hand trembles a little but this little movement couldn't escape her mother's eagle gaze.
"Then control the storm..", Tamara's says calmly while responding with only four words causing Seflim to look up at her mother with confusion in her blue eyes.
"You know, you are my miracle. Someone as talented and extra-ordinary as you are being my daughter males me a very, very lucky mother.
"When you father first held you in his arms knowing you have identical star readings, he gave you the name you bear and the ring you wear. You were one of his own and so on that day he marked you as someone worthy to put a shot at the throne but it all comes with a catch.
"He said you don't have a chance. You father never lies and to my very face, he told me that he would indeed give you a chance but you still don't stand a chance at actually sitting on the throne..", Tamara says with her eyes on Seflim who swallows hard as she digests her mother's words.
"I got mad,.. really mad and I can almost remember breathing steam in my lungs as I yelled at him. At that moment of rage, seeing the look in his eyes I knew that he is very satisfied with my reaction. He wanted me to be angry beyond limits so as to push my limits, he wanted me to turn that anger into fuels of passion to prove him wrong..
*Chuckle*,"It worked. Infact, I'm grateful for that moment cause whenever I'm down it fills me with fiery anger which gets converted into passion which in turn keeps me going.
..On that day he also told me two more things,..
"The first one is that –'Not having a chance doesn't mean you can't make one'- and the second one is that –'if you would want to sit on the throne, you would have to consider hell itself nothing but a warm fireplace.'.
"We obviously haven't gotten to that state yet but you would need to make a choice before we start to cross the fiery bridges.
"I AM SELFISH..", Tamara says boldly and slowly.
"I have come at peace with this in the past years but I AM also your mother. I would love to make the hard choice for you but I.. I love you so I will put the ball entirely in your court..
"Without the race to the crown, I can one hundred percent assure you a very bright future filled with joy, luxury and power but racing to the crown would bring with it all its darkest sides. There would be loss, battles, temptations, regret and other poison filled thorns along the way. I will fully give you the choice to choose your path and I would walk through whichever you chose by your side. whether to the middle of a storm outside our control, to the very lakes of hell or into paradise itself..", Tamara says as she strokes a few strands of stray blue hair off her daughters face with a small smile tugging her lips.
Seflim looks into her mother's sincere eyes for a while and then pulls off her gaze back to the stellar view of the Imperial Grounds in silence though a barely noticeable change occurs in her gaze.
"You shouldn't consider such things for now and you should only give an answer when you have found something you want to fight and die for, right now.. just focus on training. Have a bit of fun and think about simple things like clothes, jewellery and games.. I will keep the doors to the throne always open and you are to live at your own pace but without regrets", Tamara concludes her speech before planting a kiss on her daughter's blue hair.
"Mom!..", An excited voice calls out as A beautiful young woman of age eighteen storms into the balcony with a big smile on her pretty face.
"I broke through!!!..", The young woman squeals in excitement as she runs towards her mother who's looking at her with a raised brow from amusement and a small smile.
Imperial Princess Monet, Seflim's elder sister by six years and the Emperor's 43rd daughter. She is mostly average in cultivation potential by Imperial standards so breaking into the First Rank at eighteen instead of expected twenty years is a big win for her.
Without any form of noble courtesy, Monet throws herself at her mother who easily supports her without any surprise at her behaviour.
"That's good, I'm so proud of you..", Tamara indulges her eldest daughter with a smile as Monet squeals even more in joy.
"Now I'm finally the elder sister in everything including cultivation..", Monet says while looking as Seflim with a funny gaze as she has obviously not heard the news of her sister's breakthrough.
Seflim smiles a little back at her sister before turning her gaze back to the horizon in silence. Since her mother hasn't said anything she has figured it's better not to ruin her sister's joy by telling her news of her own breakthrough.
Little did she know how much her sister would misunderstand her silence and how much pain this misunderstanding would bring them both in the distant future.
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