Chapter 15

A few weeks later, Isabel von Holle went into a special room where the spiritual node of House Holle was hidden. When she entered, she sat down on a bed in the middle and begun to gather the spiritual power into her body.

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Outside, Isabel's husband Ludwig von Trugbild was also present. He looked expectant at the door. On the side, elder of House Holle, Friedrich von Holle, also looked at the door of his daughter. This was his only child whom he got when he was over four hundred years old. His wife had already died of old age, and this was the last family remaining.

They were still looking and about to leave when the door suddenly opened. Isabel came out and when they saw her, both men were surprised. Friedrich was the first to ask "Is everything okay? Did you forget anything? Why did you come out so early?"

Isabel looked at the worried Ludwig on the side. She took his hand into hers and looked at her father as she said "There is no need to go into seclusion… at least not now. Ludwig, Father… I'm pregnant!"

She said the last sentence very excited, and the two men felt like they heard wrong. When they saw tears of joy in her eyes, they knew this was the truth. Ludwig hugged her deeply, before letting go, only for her to be directly hugged by her father once again.

Extraordinary people only get a few children in their lifetime, and the chance of giving birth would be reduced the longer one walked the path of strength. After all, their bloodline was extremely strong and wilful, the combination of two different bloodlines is always difficult, and as they become stronger, the separate more and more from the river of reincarnation, making it even more difficult for them to give birth.

As for two similar bloodlines… it has long been figured out that closely related people will never give birth, regardless of how much they try. The resistance jumps to an extreme level where nothing is born, and when something is born, it'll become a monster.

This isn't a question only for the women, men have the same issue. Only with concentrated effort is it possible to give birth. And oftentimes, after giving birth, the river of reincarnation will have even more resistance towards both people.

They are the underlaying laws of the spiritual world. After all, if there are too many extraordinary beings, then more spiritual power is consumed than created. This can naturally not happen, so even if two young people are full of vitality, they might never give birth.

It's not uncommon to never have children for those in high stages, which is why they all marry young before becoming thirty. Don't think this is late, in fact, only a fifth of their life passed. For the previous earth, this is equivalent to marrying at fifteen.

"Isabel, how did you find out?"

Isabel touched her belly lovingly "When I was absorbing spiritual power… this little thing took a part too."

Friedrich was surprised "Is this the case?!"

Ludwig was even more happy "My child has the talent of her mother!"

The early one was able to absorb spiritual power, the better it is. But besides that, there was one more important thing. The spiritual power in the room was specifically changed.

It is extremely compatible with the bloodline of Frau Holle. Frau Holle is an ancient spiritual creature that had existed thousands of years before the spiritual world set foot in this world. She is a goddess figure who is able to see through the circle of life and death as well as perceive destiny.

Not only is she able to perceive destiny, she is also a figure with the right to intervene into fate. Unlike other prophetic mythical figures in the past, such as the Norns, she is even able to go even as far as warning those that are affected by their destiny directly.

That is not to say she is stronger than then Norns, after all, she perceives fate and can be said to be a custodian, while the Norns spun the fate of every being in the world. In the end, it can be said that they are somewhat equally strong. When one knows their fate through the Norns, then their fate will be sealed.

The price one has to pay Frau Holle instead is that seals are placed upon them for eternity. Although one could say both are gruesome, the second has at least a chance to fight against fate. Naturally whether it's Frau Holle or the Norns, they are mythical beings who transcend mortal life, mortals, regardless which level they are at, have to pay an additional price for seeing fate.

For Isabel, spiritual power compatible with Frau Holle is like liquid gold. But, for anyone else, that kind of spiritual power is extremely vicious and can even be said to be poisonous. After all, foreign spiritual power that doesn't fit you is dangerous to your power.

If you were to make a mistake and even be infected by the spiritual power of a being like Holle, then the cost for your spells might change, their effect and attributes might mutate even. Although that might sound tempting, such a level of experimentation will end the life of numerous extraordinary people, and even then, results are unknown.

Isabel, Friedrich and Ludwig would be happy if she just was able to harness spiritual power. There are cases where children between extraordinary people can't do so. Fortunately, fate doesn't punish them for this, and their reproductivity doesn't decline. But who is happy to have a child they won't be able to care for? They can't be said to be cruel. After all, their lifespan is much higher than that of their child.

As for inheriting the bloodline, this was a truly rare thing. After all, this is the core of every family, and only those that inherit the bloodline will become important in the family. This is the reason why Friedrich, even though he's only an eight-circle wizard, is allowed to become the branch head in the capital, the most important branch of the family.

After all, his daughter has inherited the bloodline. She is even more talented than him and is very likely to achieve the ninth circle by the five hundred mark. It was also for this reason why she married so late at the age of fifty. At first the family was against any marriage, but her talent was immense after all, so the Trugbild family wanted to ally themselves even deeper. Although Ludwig was only thirty at that time, his talent was extremely great and he is only slightly worse than Isabel's. From this, it's obvious how much investment the Trugbild family put into it.