Ch 7: Divine Awakening Ceremony (1)

It was cloud filled gloomy day but still the city was in a festive mood. That was because on this day all the 10 year old children would be going through their Divine Awakening ceremony in the temple of the city.

Even without the ceremony, a person would still awaken after turning 13. But awakening three years earlier was much more useful as in that case, people would get extra time to master their powers.

For that reason almost no one waited for natural awakening and went through the Divine Awakening ceremony. This was the most important day of a person's life, so the mood of the city was very festive.

This year's Divine Awakening ceremony was a bit more special as two sons of the baron ruling this city would also take part in the ceremony.

Someone with the bloodline of a noble had a higher chance of awakening powerful abilities so the general population was looking forward to seeing an exciting show.

Normally for a Divine Awakening ceremony, the only people who gathered in the temple were the relatives of the children who would be taking part in the ceremony.

But this year, that was not the case as the children of the lord baron would be taking part in it. So large crowd had gathered their to watch the show.

Two old men who had been through many such ceremonies were talking among themselves.

"So this year, the two remaining sons of the lord baron is going to awaken, right ?"

"Yes and from what I have heard, one of them had scored 65 in the bloodline test. So there is a high chance that he might be able to awaken a powerful ability."

"Oh, that's amazing. And what about the other one."

After one of the old men asked about the other son of the baron, the knowledgeable old man shook his head and said -

"From what I have heard, he did not have pure noble blood and was born from a commoner. So even though it is not impossible for him to awaken a powerful ability, the chance of that happening is very low. And his score in the bloodline test was also very bad. But that is natural as half of his blood is form a commoner."

This old man was not really looking down on the unfortunate son. He himself was also a commoner and he was feeling sad about their own potential.

The reason why the nobles always thought highly of themselves and ruled over the commoners was for a very simple reason. Most of the time, they were comparatively stronger.

Nobles were very picky with their bloodline and most of the time, a strong bloodline would usually give birth to people with strong abilities.

There were actually many cases where someone from a completely ordinary bloodline had managed to awaken strong abilities but that was very rare. So bloodline was still valued highly in the human society.

As many people were having discussions like this, a carriage came out from the Baron's estate. The carriage was more decorative than other carriage which could be seen on the roads, which displayed the high status of the baron.

As the temple was located very close to the mansion, in no time, the carriage reached there and the gate opened. Then from the carriage a pompous looking boy came out.

He was wearing very extravagant clothes. He had a somewhat cute face with golden hair but the annoying smirk plastered on his face destroyed any charm that he had. He was also a little plump. His name was Corris.

Behind the boy, a woman in her thirties came out. She was covered in make up from head to toe and just like the little boy, she also had an unpleasant arrogant look on her face.

This woman was lady Annavet, one of the three main wives of baron Lapis. Her son had scored the highest in the bloodline test among all the other heirs of the family, so she was looking forward to what magnificent abilities her son would be able to awaken.

The last person who came out of the carriage was the baron himself. Having a powerful heir was important for a noble. Without that his prestige in the high society would go down.

As this son of his had managed to get a high score in the bloodline test, he was looking forward to seeing his potential. His last son had awakened terrible abilities which was very humiliating for him, so this time he was expecting a better result.

Seeing the noble lord, all the people present in the temple kneeled in fear. In this city, the power of the noble was absolute. So if any of them showed any disrespect, their heads would go down by a single order from the baron.

Baron Lapis did not even look at the kneeling commoners and walked straight toward the temple. The gates of the carriage closed and the guards around the carriage followed behind the baron.

This surprised everyone as the baron was supposed to have two of his sons going through the Divine Awakening ceremony this time. But the baron came to the temple with only one.

As the people were getting curious about this, suddenly some of the people noticed a pair of person and became stunned. Soon more and more people started to notice this pair and almost everyone was suprised.

That was because of the beauty of the pair. One of them was a lady in her mid to late twenties. She had long black hair that reached down to her waist. She had not used any makeup but her natural beauty was so great that it was blinding everyone.

And beside her was a little boy. Even though he was still small, his face was nothing like that of an innocent boy. Instead his eyes were filled with wisdom and experience.

His body was also very well build. Even through his clothing, people were able to see how well toned his body was. And his hair was also black like the lady and his face was also extremely handsome, even overpowering the super beautiful face of the lady beside him.

The people of the city had never seen this lady and this boy. Someone as good looking as them were hard to forget. So the citizen were curious about their identity.

Feeling the sudden commotion behind them, the baron and his wife looked back. Immediately after that his eyes widened as he recognised the people who had appeared.

The baron had not seen them in years so he was extremely suprised with the changes but still he did not failed to recognise them as his thrown away concubine and rejected son.

When the baron had thrown this commoner concubine to the outer house, he was sure that she was not as beautiful as her current self.

As for the son, the baron had no idea how he looked as the only time he had seen him was at the time of his birth when the bloodline test was performed on him.

Now the baron was feeling extremely regretful that he had missed out on such a beauty for so many years. If he had known about it, he would definitely have made her to shake her hips on him everyday.

But still, it was not too late. The baron though. He decided to have fun with this neglected concubine of his this same night. With many lewd thoughts in mind, the baron suddenly went toward the pair which surprised all the people present in the temple.

So what was the baron planning to do now ?