บท 323: The Awakening Ceremony (II)
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The existence of an Onmyou Mage brought much happiness to the commoners' side. However, the nobles just sneered and ignored these people.
After the first mage appeared from the commoner, the older man began to call some noble's name to begin the ceremony.
"Onmyou Mage, defensive Shikigami, gold attribute."
"Onmyou Mage, healing Shikigami, wood attribute."
"Onmyou Mage, attack Shikigami, variation ice attribute."
Finally, one of the royal family members got called: a tall and muscular young man. Although he was also fifteen years old, with his height and physique, people would think he was an adult if it was not for his young fame.
He placed his hand on the crystal with remarkable calmness before manifesting a beautiful all-black katana with red marks all over the blade.
"Samurai, legendary weapon: Muramasa Curse Blade, Variation Curse Attribute. You are worthy of the Musashi's family name."
"Thank you," replied Kinji Musashi calmly before bowing and lining up in the Samurai Class.
"Next is Yuji Seimei."
Another noble youth dressed in luxurious clothes walked to the older man to begin his awakening. Then, a humanoid creature with a long nose and red face appeared next to him.
'A Tengu as a Shikigami?' thought Yuji, knowing he had awakened something special. But he still controlled his excitement and remained relatively calm and indifferent.
"Onmyou Mage, Special-type Shikigami, Spatial Attribute. Not bad lad, you have not brought shame to the Shogun."
"Thank you," replied Yuji before joining the line.
"Next is Matsumoto Yamato."
As soon as that name was called, everyone paid attention to the little girl who exuded a noble aura beyond even the other royal families. After all, every citizen knew the name of the [Yamato Clan] by now.
Matsumoto seemed used to people always gazing at her wherever she went, so she was not bothered. She slowly walked in front of the older man and saluted him before placing her hands on the crystal.
A few seconds later, a beautiful woman appeared next to Matsumoto. She had two fox ears and five white tails.
"A fox spirit," muttered Matsumoto with slight excitement.
"Onmyou Mage, All Purpose Shikigami, all five natural elements."
Everyone was shocked after hearing this: the princess could easily use wood, water, earth, fire, and gold elements. In the end, people had to sigh that she was worthy of being from the Yamato Clan.
Then, the older man called the last member of the royal family: Gojo Tsuchimikado. This man awakened a Shikigami, who was a tortoise more than 6 meters tall and had a snake for a tail. He was classified as a special-type Shikigami with fire and water as attributes.
After the last royal family member finished their awakening, the older man left to replace by a younger staff, who continued the ceremony. Most commoners who went through the awakening did not pass the test, but because of the sheer number, there were many Samurais and Onmyou Mages.
However, Edward noticed that they mostly awakened Shikigami that looked like animals, mostly attack or defensive type with attributes in the standard five elements, with a few variations here and there.
As for Samurai, no one awakens a legendary weapon. Only one other noble acquired the legendary Totsuka Blade with sealing attributes during the entire ceremony. And many people were surprised after his awakening.
Another accident occurred when a commoner awakened a special-type Shikigami with Divination attribute. Edward could see many people secretly paying attention to that young girl.
Finally, near the end of the ceremony, it was Edward's turn. Although he had tattered clothes on, Edward seemed to naturally draw attention to himself as he calmly walked in front of the crystal and placed his hand on it.
Then, he found himself floating in a white space with countless white lights in the distance. And the moment he appeared, he discovered many of these lights seemed to be calling to him.
'A dimension full of spirits? But how could there be so many?'
He had long speculated that the Shikigamis were a type of spirits similar to Undine or Slyph. However, he did not expect the eastern continent to have an entire dimension full of them.
Although most of the spirits he sensed seemed to be low-level ones, he could tell the number of them on par with Undine, Salamander, and Slyph was abnormally high. So, he concluded that this dimension contained some mystery.
Then, Edward concentrated on which spirit to choose. Although most people were incapable of choosing, he was not most people. Additionally, he guessed the royal families have some method to allow their children to awaken the Shikigami most suited to them, and the key to this method was probably the older man who first began the ceremony.
Edward quickly checked this Spirit Dimension. He quickly noticed it was divided into two sections: the lower sections contained weapons, while the higher ones had spirits.
He guessed the samurais got accessed to the lower section. As for the requirements needed to become a Samurai or Onmyou Mage, he theorized it was based on an individual's spirit energy or mana, soul, and physique.
The higher the mana, the higher the chances of becoming an Onmyou Mage. However, with a moderate amount of mana and a physique with strong potential, then a higher chance of becoming a Samurai.
Of course, there is an exception to this. Some people have a strong body and high spirit energy, and these people awakened legendary weapons, which are also located in the higher section of the Spiritual World.
After summarizing his thought, Edward focused on finding a Shikigami. He first wanted a spirit with space-time attributes but could not find one. In the end, he chose the one most suited to him.
After making his choice and binding with the spirit, he felt a slight disturbance in his connection with his Grimoire. Fortunately, he had sealed it completely with Secre's Sealing magic.
'It appears that a person cannot have a Grimoire and a Spirit. Well, at least not now.'
Edward opened his eyes to the outside world before raising his head. He looked at a more than 35 meters azure dragon; it was an eastern dragon with a long snake-like body and deer horns.
Thunder flashed across the dragon's body, and as he gazed at the people in the venue, everyone felt a terrifying pressure enveloping them. Everyone–both commoners and nobles–looked at him and the dragon in shock.
"A divine dragon? Is he related to the late Emperor?"
"But, he's a commoner."
"That's right."
"I remember the Emperor's dragon was yellow, plus it was not this big."
Countless murmurs echoed in the venue while Edward remained calm. He could feel the awe and the killing desire of a few people around him–mostly the nobles. However, after the dragon gazed at these people, they had no choice but to quickly hide their intentions.
"Can you please announce my result," said Edward with a smile, finally waking up the man in charge of the ceremony.
"O-O-Onmyou Mage, All Purpose Shikigamu, lightning attribute."
Edward nodded his head and prepared to go to the proper line. However, before he even moved, an older woman with gray hair, a petite frame, and wearing a green kimono walked in his direction with many people behind her.
She looked at the dragon in the sky before looking at Edward with a smile; no hint of surprise or wonder appeared in her eyes.
"I am Hirano Miyo; you can call me Headmaster Hirano."
'This woman is not simple,' thought Edward. The Hirano family was just a normal noble family, and yet, she managed to become the headmaster of the Onmyou Royal Academy.
The royal families would never allow someone else to control such an institution with that much tremendous power. So, Hirano Miyo must be a competent individual.
"My name is Kozuki Akimitsu. You can refer to me as Akimitsu."
"Well, young Akimitsu. For safety purposes, please follow me to the Academy in advance."
Edward nodded before waving his hand. Then, the dragon dispersed into motes of light before entering his body; to be precise, it turned into a tattoo on his wrist.
Headmaster Hirano finally showed a slight surprise. High-level Shikigamis have intelligence on par with humans and are incredibly arrogant. In many cases, they will not obey their masters and will only protect them if they are in danger.
So, all Onmyou Mages must learn to cultivate their connection with their Shikigamis and learn to control them better. Yet, this young commoner could so easily control a dragon.
And there seems to be no resistance.
'This youngster is not simple,' thought the headmaster before leading Edward away.
บท 324: Onmyou Royal Academy's Classes (I)
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Seimei Arata held a piece of paper in his hand, reading about the commoner named Kozuki Akimitsu. He had records of everything from the person's childhood to the moment he attended the Awakening Ceremony.
'I can't believe a commoner can awaken a deity-level Shikigami,' he thought as he placed the document away, a deep pondering look on his face.
Shikigami have different classifications. The ones with high intelligence, who can communicate, or are in humanoid shape are considered the highest level Shikigami. In contrast, the others are classified as low, middle, and high-level Shikigami based on their powers.
However, above this level are deity-class Shikigami. For many years, this level of Shikigami was believed to be nothing but a legend. Until a few decades ago, the former Emperor–Yamato Yakou–awakened a dragon that was a deity-class Shikigami.
And with this power, he became one of the greatest Onmyou Mage this continent has ever seen. He proved his strength by conquering the entire continent and establishing the Yamato Dynasty.
Unfortunately, the Emperor seemed to have passed away suddenly without any explanation or indication of what was wrong with him.
"Moreover, his Shikigami seemed even more powerful than Yakou," muttered Arata, as his eyes lit up. "No matter what, I need to get him on my side."
Arata knew the appearance of this Shikigami was probably the significant change the Divine Maiden warned him about, so he was determined to place this commoner under his control.
However, he also knew that all the royal and nobles clans had the same ideas as him. So, it would depend on he went about it.
'Should I ask for her advice?' thought Arata briefly before shaking his head. Then, he took another document with a picture of a young girl and information about her.
"Miko Satoru, Age: 14, Shikigami: Three-eyes Raven, Attribute: Divination."
"As long as I can get her in my side, I no longer need to rely on the Divine Maiden. However, I must find a way to prevent her from getting to Miko before me."
After pondering for a while, Arata called his subordinates to order them' he wanted to prepare beforehand, and as the Shogun, he still had the superiority in resources and manpower.
In the Onmyou Royal Academy, after the headmaster brought Edward to his dormitory and told him not to leave the school's premises and to be careful, the old lady left without saying anything else.
The next day, someone brought his school uniform and a book introducing the school's map, curriculum, and teachers; the book essentially served as an orientation.
And the following day was the first day of class. Edward looked himself in the mirror and was surprised by the designs of this uniform; it looked like one of those dresses from modern anime where magic exists.
He had black pants and a white vest with long sleeves. The vest looked like a long coat from the back with a silver and gold Yin-Yang on his right pectoral muscles. And as a finishing touch, there was a five points star symbol on both his shoulders. Finally, he had many pockets in both his vest and his pants.
'This design looked too much like a school uniform from [The Irregular At Magic High School]. Not just that, the entire design seemed abnormal for the current culture of this world. Could another person from Primordial Earth once reincarnated in this place?' thought Edward briefly before deciding to investigate later.
Then, he went to class. As he walked in the hallways, many people watched him while muttering to themselves. He ignored them as he headed for his class.
As he entered the class, he noticed it was similar to an auditorium with rows of seats. The front rows were lowered than the back rows. Additionally, the class seemed divided into two.
Ignoring the people's gaze, Edward saw a seat in the middle of rows on the left side of the room with his name on it, so he sat down. A few minutes later, everyone arrived.
Then, a middle-aged man dressed in a priest outfit walked into the class with a cane. Everyone could feel the serious aura emanating from his body when he walked, so they stopped talking and paid attention.
The man waved his hand, and a piece of chalk floated in the air to write on the blackboard:
"Kisuke Byakuya, Spiriti Energy Control and Analysis."
"You can refer to me as Kisuke-sensei, and in this class, I will teach you the very basics of being an Onmyou Mage: spirit energy."
Kisuke paused for a moment before looking at all the students, pausing slightly on Edward before continuing: "As you already know, every individual has spirit energy inside their bodies. However, the amount of spirit energy and how it is used determine the innate difference of every individual.
"Samurai can mostly use their spirit energy to enhance their bodies, while Onmyou Mages can use them to control the elements."
Kisuke waved his hand to manifest a small flame, a drop of water, a piece of dirt, a small plant, and a piece of metal. Immediately, Edward squinted his eyes after seeing this.
'So, the Onmyou System can use all the elements without being restricted by the innate attributes. So, what's the point of having an innate attribute? A boost?'
Despite his thought, he did not ask any questions.
"We will discuss the elements at another time," continued Kisuke. "For now, we will begin with the basics. First, control the spirit energy to leave your body. Upon success, it will look something like this."
He raised his hand before a blue ball manifested in his hand.
"This is the most basic control of spirit energy. The next step is to control it like another limb."
The blue ball in Kisuke's arm began to change shape: it first turned into a square, circle, or rectangle, along with other geometric shapes. Then, he turned it into a thread as thin as sewing string. Finally, Kisuke turned his spirit energy into various animal forms like wolves, tigers, lions, etc.
"Now, how about a demonstration?" said Kisuke before looking at the right side of the room, which is where all the nobles and royal families sat.
"Prince Yuji, how about you?"
Yuji then stood up before the blue ball of spirit energy appeared in his hand. Then, he followed Kisuke's examples to mold them into the exact shapes as the latter.
"Excellent," said Kisuke before calling the other royal families and a few other nobles. Then, he gazed at the left side. He called one of the commoners, making the latter tremble.
The poor girl stood up and raised her hand, trying to create a blue ball. Unfortunately, nothing happened even after an entire minute. Kisuke shook his head in disappointment, with even a hint of sneer deep in his eyes. Then, he called a bunch of other commoners, and no one succeeded.
A few had a few blue sparks appearing in their hands, but they never fully manifested. Finally, Kisuke called Edward.
"Student Kozuki, it's your turn."
Edward looked at Kisuke in his eyes before saying: "How am I supposed to know how to control spirit energy?"
"Excuse me?"
"You've been in this class for less than 5 minutes, barely said 10 sentences, but you expect me to be able to control reach such standard in control spirit energy."
"But the nobles students can," replied Kisuke.
"So what? It's obvious that they have some knowledge of spirit energy and have spent 5 or more years training, giving them an advantage over us, commoners."
"No excuses."
"Excuse? Why don't you make this knowledge publicly available for us commoners? Then, you can say we are making excuses."
Kisuke frowned, anger displaying in his eyes. "Using your sharp tongue to hide your incompetence will not get you far as an Onmyou Mage, Mr. Kozuki."
"Incompetence? No, I just wanted to point out the unfairness and hypocrisy of your actions." After saying that, Edward raised his hand to create a blue ball. Then, he morphed it into all the shapes Kisuke and the noble children did. But he did not stop there.
He created a replica of Kisuse with his spirit energy; it was so lifelike and detailed you could see the slight wrinkles on the corner of the sensei's eyes. However, Edward did not stop there.
He recreated the entire classroom with all the students; he created their clothes, facial features, and demeanors to the smallest detail. All the students were shocked by his level of control–especially since he had just awakened three days ago.
And a commoner, he should not have advanced knowledge of spirit energy.
Veins started appearing on Kisuke's head before he snorted very loud. Then, he ignored Edward and continued his lessons. Once he was done, he did not say anything else but quickly walked out of the classroom.
Meanwhile, Edward stood up and said: "To all my fellow commoner students, I will hold a Tutoring Session after classes. If you feel behind and need some extra help to catch up, you can attend, and I will be more than happy to help you."
The commoners immediately became excited after hearing this. In today's class, they understood the difference between themselves and the nobles. So, it would be fantastic if they could have such a genius tutoring them.
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For the people saying this arc feels like a cultivation sect. The entire Onmyou System was inspired by the anime Tokyo Ravens, with me adding a few spins to it based on the Black Clover's lore.
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