CHAPTER 77: There Is One More Thing

Two days later, Saphira was called to the building where the heads are.

She already knew they would look for her and she had been waiting.

But it seems that they still wanted her to rest so they waited for two days before calling for her.

Though her grandfather had been trying to ask her about it and it was truly scary because Asherton had some discerning eyes, he can tell if she was lying.

At the end he sighed, "I think your reason is the half truth but you are still holding back some information. But I will accept it for now. I think the rest will do as well."

"Thank you grandfather," she replied.

"Still, just like what happened with the crown prince. Sometimes it worries us more that you have to keep everything to yourself."

"I know and all I can do is apologize," she said.

"Don't apologize, you have always been like this, keeping quiet of things you think would hurt the people or things that would hurt you."

Silence enveloped them after that and Asherton let her sleep telling her of the audience she will have with the Emperor and the rest of the heads.

"As you already know, we have questions regarding this event especially towards your actions and knowledge."

Saphira bowed, "I am aware, your majesty."

"Then is it possible for you to tell me first and foremost as to how you knew about the secret of Virescent family," Reginald asked without delay.

"It seems something has changed with my perception after what had happened 8 years ago."

They tilted their heads waiting for her explanation.

"When I perceive mana, I can't only feel the mana of the people but I can somehow see it as well."

They were no longer shock about this for even they could do it. The stronger you become with your ability the more things you are capable of doing.

"But I didn't only have such instead I can see clearly the connections between the mana of those who I am looking at. Such as family. There are some thin bordering on each person's mana and it was those that showed me the connection between the families."

She had noticed this when she was sixteen, whenever she see the people's mana she could see that thin line surrounding it.

Some have the same ones, somehow resonating with one another.

At first she didn't realize what it was until she would see family of ability users.

Realizing that this is just like what was on the blood, the DNA that matches between family members.

"You are saying that just like matching bloods, this border of the manas are acting in the same way," Reginald confirmed.

"Yes, your majesty."

'Though this is the only explanation I could give. I apologize I couldn't elaborate,' she added in her mind.

"Well, we can only accept this explanation right now. After all there is no other way of knowing that secret other than the blood ties between them."

Saphira bowed her head.

"Well then, there is one more thing," Reginald moved on to the main topic.

"We are thinking of handing you an accompanying beast," he then said.

Saphira's head snapped up.

"We have captured a phoenix a few years back and had been in dicussion that it shall be given to you once you return and proven your strength."

An accompanying beast is a beast that was not born but is strong enough to be connected to a host.

The process of which was very delicate and a single mistake could lead to the death of the beast.

The magical power of the chosen host should be strong enough for it will support the spirituality of the beast during the process of incorporation.

The beast will be critically wounded and the blood will then be drank by the chosen host.

This critical wound is a wound closest to the heart because most of the spirituality of a beast is contained within its heart.

Once the blood was drank, the spirituality within the blood will then combine with the magical mana of the host.

From this point on, it will be up to the capability of the host in combining these two different types of mana into their body.

If successful the body of the beast will dissipate, if not, the beast will simply die due to the critical wound.

Chosen beasts should have strong spirituality in order to really survive this process. Because after the combination , if the magical power and the spirituality aren't strong enough to sustain the contrasting powers within them, then it will still fail.

During this kind of ceremony, it was the beast who will suffer and the chosen host will just weaken a bit but will recover soon.

As compared to the ceremony that Esther was studying, this one is not a taboo for the people at all.

But of course, most beasts have hated humans because of this process.

Their freedom will be gone.

Not just that, after this process they are to become but another inborn beasts no longer capable of being reborn as beasts with their own bodies.

This is unless they are to die first before their hosts.

Still when they are reborn after that, they are far weaker as if all their strengths were reset to zero.

That is why they can only protect their hosts no matter how much they hated them because some humans would use them as shield once they are in a dire situation.

Among them, who would want to lose all your power and make a reset to begin again?

Not even knowing if they will gain the same strength as before they became accompanying beasts.

This is how the mythological beasts came to be as well.

They have hated humans back then, it took thousands of years before they are finally able to accept their life and started accepting the humans.

Though the ceremony of them being forced to be passed is something they hated to the core.