Chương 20: Who did this to you? The Elder's dilemma.

Chapter 20

"What did you find peculiar, elder?"

The others questioned.

He frowned and said, "Two days ago, he was with the 3rd pair of siblings, and they met the 4th son on their way. They got into a fight, and naturally, as you all are aware, the 4th son is a waste, so they did him quite the number. But in the middle of the fight, young Miss Naida intervened…"

"What!? Unbelievable!"

"Impossible!"

The other two expressed surprise.

Nadia!

The most likely future clan head.

Not even the elders dared to be disrespectful to her, even though they were much above her in standing and power. They could, but none of them wanted to be on her bad side.

She was called the dark seedling because of her deadly talent.

Usually, every child born to the clan's direct lineage, to Mistress Ophelia, was highly talented.

But— Oliver was an exception!

He was born just a few weeks after Nadia and was deemed utter trash. He had one of the worst inherent talents, truly not worthy of their clan name.

However, they suddenly felt something odd.

Nadia, who was born just before him, was born with extreme talent, and he was born lacking.

It was as if… she had sucked all of his talents and abilities while they were in the womb of their mother!

This led everyone to make rumors that she was a dark seedling who stole her twin's talents, like a demoness.

Of course, no one dared to say such a thing openly.

"Why would Miss Nadia…?"

One of the elders couldn't help but be curious.

"This is something I am not sure about… apparently she ordered the guards to leave the scene immediately after she made him leave in a somewhat shameful method…"

"Sir, are you suggesting that the second young master sought revenge on her later, resulting in this? Did Miss Nadia really do that…?"

"No way, but it does make sense. Miss Nadia is capable of such actions; she doesn't care about anyone."

Another elder said in a half-complaining, half-helpless tone.

He was really helpless. He could not say anything to Nadia after all. She had the direct backing of the clan head and Ophelia the great witch.

And not to mention, she was a growing monster. Every week, she would progress significantly. Anyone sane won't offend her considering she had a great future ahead.

"Why would the second young master act so recklessly? It's hard to believe he didn't consider the consequences… He's impulsive, but not foolish."

"And why was the fourth son even there in the first place? If I recall correctly, he's not permitted to reside in the central area. This all seems rather perplexing…"

The elders bickered among themselves for some time.

At this moment, the senior-most of them, the one with a profound aura from earlier, spoke, making them all silent.

"It is as you all know… we cannot come to any conclusions like this. We have to get our answers from young master himself."

He paused, looking at all the elders waiting for him.

"Retrieve a healing elixir from the clan resource center. Use my name; I have a few elixirs left."

He said calmly, shocking all the ones present. The medics had eyes filled with envy.

Getting even a single elixir was terrifyingly hard, but the senior elder had a few that he could spare to use!

This showed how influential and powerful the senior elder was.

"I'll fetch it immediately!"

The junior elder left directly. As long as they used a healing elixir, it was only a matter of time before they got to know everything.

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In just about 5 minutes, the elder who had gone to fetch the elixir returned, he was carrying along a bottle containing a pale green liquid with a lot of sparkles in it.

Just looking at it made one want to have a sip of it… after all, it looked delectable and smelled good.

"Feed it to him."

The senior elder said as he glanced at the 2nd young master who was tugging his hair so hard that they might just get uprooted, his eyes were widened and his pupils were dotted as a stream of tears kept going down.

"Young master, please open your mouth…"

The doctor quickly assisted, placing their hands on his chin, they gently pried open his sealed mouth while the nurses held him.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Slowly the contents of the potent healing elixir were delivered in his mouth as everyone watched with patience as the tube carrying elixir slowly emptied.

The doctors and other backed away after finishing the deed, allowing the young master to recover.

They observed slowly as his eyes slowly started to relax, his trembling hands also calmed down as he let go of his iron grip on his hair.

With shallow breaths, he fell back onto his bed, it was as if all strength had left his body.

He could not and did not wanted to get up at all.

"Young master, are you back."

The elder asked in a calm tone as he saw their young master's body jolt at being suddenly called out.

"I-I- where am I? What happened?"

He asked unsure of what was even happening, he opened his eyes and all he could feel his lack of strength and mental exhaustion.

He tried to remember what had happened but all he could feel was fog in his memories, his brain hurt a lot as he tried to recall what happened.

Hiss!

He hissed in pain as he felt a black wall blocking his access to the events that transpired the previous week.

Every time he tried to access the black wall in his memories, he would receive a sharp pain.

"What happened? Why are elders gathered in my courtyard?"

He puzzlingly questioned as he did not understand the situation but looking at the grave expression on their faces, he devised that something was wrong.

"It seems he does not remember what has happened."

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Chương 21: Exorcist Ranks! Visiting Clan Market for the first time.

Chapter 21

"Should we wait for some more time for him to stabilize?"

"We can, but looking at him, I doubt there would be any difference. I can sense his body and mind have healed perfectly…"

"Then what should we do? We have already used an elixir, but if we don't dig out the source of this all then we could not prevent such events in the future?"

"Hmm. For now, tighten the security of the young master's courtyard. Order the guards to be vigilant at all times and not leave him alone even if he asks so. Dispatch a team of investigators to find clues, and one of you go and check the barrier to see if there's something wrong with it."

The elder paused, looking at the 2nd young master, he further added, "Explain what happened to him and see if there's any reaction."

With that, he left in a hurry, confusing the others.

After coming out of the room, he stroked his chin as he looked at the surroundings.

He wondered to himself in a somewhat serious manner.

'What's going on…? A healing elixir is something that can bring back a person from the brink of death, but why was he not able to remember what happened? How can an elixir be ineffective…'

The elder pondered for some time, he had a bad premonition about something, some days ago, the clan elites sensed a strange and ominous phenomena.

It was so disturbing that the respected clan guardian personally went to check on it which clearly meant that it was dangerous enough to be harmful to them…

But then a few minutes later, the strange phenomena suddenly vanished as if it never existed in the first place.

The clan guardian also did not say anything much on the topic and asked everyone to ignore it.

Many of the clan members were unsettled by this and wanted to investigate it further.

However, no one wanted to oppose the guardian.

After the clan head and their wife, the clan guardian held the highest authority.

She has been overseeing the clan since ancient times, she's powerful and has incomprehensible powers.

They did not doubt that she could not handle the strange phenomenon but for her to not discuss a word about it with any of them made the elites restless.

And now this happened with the 2nd young master, something that cannot even be healed with a healing elixir!

"This is making me feel stressed…"

He muttered, as he pondered his actions, now that someone from the clan was affected by something unknown, he can probably no longer obey the clan guardian.

"I would need to discuss it with others and do something, the clan guardian must not know about this otherwise it would be a direct challenge to her."

He had to do it, a power that can even defy the effects of elixir was not something one would see commonly… it was a sign of something big happening.

His eyes shone and with a flick of his finger, he disappeared from the courtyard.

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A few weeks later

Oliver was in his courtyard lifting weights, not only that, in the back of his house, there were many equipment machines for physical exercise and strength training.

He had requested the clan to provide him with these, they were just ordinary gym equipment he could think of from his previous world.

This new world and his last world were quite similar in many things, this world was advanced in some aspects as well backward in other aspects compared to his last world.

He was holding the weights in one hand while in his other hand, he was carrying a notebook with some notes scribbled on its neat white pages.

"The power ranking system in this world is exactly as I remember it to be from the novel."

He flipped a page as he scanned through the contents.

"Exorcists are majorly categorized based on some crucial factors such as their espera level, combat skills, and purification techniques. Apart from that, there are factors like formal training and field experience that are given in specialized academies."

Oliver put the weights in his hand down as he read further.

"Exorcists could also be broadly classified into 3 categories, first are those who rely on their espera, second are the ones who rely on their physical powers, and third are the ones who rely on artifacts and tools."

He closed the notebook as he changed his clothes.

"For now, I need to quickly rise through the ranks…"

The exorcists are ranked into 7 levels.

Rank 1 to Rank 7

Rank 1 being considered the newcomers to the exorcist world, just beginning their training and having a basic amount of knowledge about spiritual combat and purification techniques.

These exorcists have no particular exorcism style and typically work under the high-ranking exorcists.

Rank 2 being the next step as they solidify their foundations on purification techniques and combat styles, they usually undergo rigorous training and this stage has always been considered tough for beginners. They can handle minor demons.

Rank 3 exorcists are one step ahead, able to operate independently without the supervision of a high-ranking exorcist and handle low to mid-level demons.

Rank 4 exorcists are even more advanced, capable of dealing with high-ranking demons.

Rank 5 level exorcists are in charge of leading other exorcists in wars, missions, and dealing with catastrophic demons.

The later level exorcists are legendary beings.

It was rumored that the clan heads of the 5 clans belong to these stages… of course, it's unknown how these levels operate and how many of such exorcists exist.

Creak!

"Zippy, I am going out to the market… I will bring you some meat."

"Meow!"

Oliver announced and left the courtyard, he had some things he wanted to purchase from the clan's market.

His goal was quite simple.

It was to use his special eyes to cheat through the market; in the novels he used to read, he was always fascinated by the protagonists who had special abilities to distinguish treasures among trash.

Now that he had such means himself, there was no way he was going to be passing on such an opportunity.

It was a great opportunity to collect some rare artifact to further ensure his future and if possible, look for something to fasten Nadia's growth as well.

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