Who else could it be besides Erza? Normally, one would lose his consciousness when he came out from the samsara world. However, Erza was actually walking out from the space hole. Everyone was dumbfounded.
Victoria mouth was wide opened. Reynold did not even blink. Marc was trying to recall if there was a similar phenomenon in the past. Violet was rushing forward to welcome the girl.
"Welcome back Erza, are you okay?" Violet asked the girl with some worries in her words. Even though Erza looked fine on the outside, Violet still wanted a confirmation from the girl herself.
"Third Auntie, I am fine but I would like some rest now. Please excuse me." Erza looked at the third lady and replied. The third lady agreed and asked Grandpa Qing to accompany Erza back.
To be honest, her condition was great. She felt her body was full of power, ready to explode. However, she needed some time alone because her mind was in a mess. There were currently many fuzzy things in her mind.
Most children would forget what they encountered inside the samsara world, but Erza could still remember few things. She could recall the first meeting with the mysterious goddess, as well as small pieces of her life inside the samsara world.
What bothered her mind the most was before coming out, she remembered that she met with the goddess again. She forgot most of the things they talked about besides one question from the Goddess. That was actually the same question she received on their first meeting.
"What kind of ruler are you? Will you become a benevolent empress or will you rule the world by force?" She had her answer at that time but now she could not remember what was it.
"Ah whatever, I will find my answer again in this life." Erza thought as she walked out from the clan hall. She matured up a bit given her pieces by pieces memories of the samsara world. However, before she reached the gate, she was blocked by Loki. "Where are you going, bitch?"
"Yes, you better give us a clear explanation of what was happening." Felicia added.
"Watch your mouth!" Grandpa Qing glared at Loki.
"A servant trying to bite the master. I would like to see what you could do to my son in front me." Reynold made his stance clear. The atmosphere became heavy. As the patriarch was planning to interfere, a statement coming from Erza brought chill to one's nerve.
"Know your place, peasant. Kneel!"
Suddenly a heavy pressure decended upon Loki causing his knees to bent and touch the floor! Everyone was stupefied. Loki was kneeling to Erza!
Loki tried to fight back the pressure but to no avail. "What do you think you are doing?!" Reynold launched an attack. It was 'Wind Cutter', a wind elemental magic. It was a low tier magic but it was released by a King realm expert toward a child.
Violet panicked. She hurriedly tried to cast Ice Wall to block but clearly Reynold attack would arrive first. She did not imagine that someone of Reynold status would attack a junior in front of everyone.
As everyone believed that Erza would suffer a heavy blow, the attack suddenly stopped for one second before continuing onward. However, by that time, the Ice Wall casted by Violet was already up. The clash generated loud sound but no one bothered with it. The shocks to their minds were even more.
"Time Stop!" Some experienced elders came to realization.
"It's the Eyes of Chronos! Erza has the Eyes of Chronos!" Few people who noticed the change in Erza's eyes cried out. This news jolted everyone else causing them to turn their focus into Erza's eyes. They could see red pupils contained magical double triangle symbols inside!
"Those are truly the legendary Eyes of Chronos. It was supposed to be lost after the fall of Eastern Sage Imperial Clan. Human Realm is fortunate that such a great inheritance can still be preserved." A clan elder from the fourth household spoke.
"But how could Erza have the Eyes of Chronos? It was known that only those with Eastern Sage Imperial bloodline could inherit the power. In fact, even in the past Eastern Sage Imperial Clan, for each generation the amount of people who awakened the Eyes of Chronos could be counted in one hand." One of the affiliated clans head questioned.
Then everyone suddenly came into realization, her mother was Lin Qingzhu, surnamed Lin! Lin was also the surname of Eastern Sage Imperial Clan.
As a matter of fact, no one aside from the Empress knew the true background of Lin Qingzhu. Assuming she was truly originated from that clan, then it all made sense.
After that, everyone started to view Erza differently. Some were worried, some were regretting their past decisions, some were still doubtful, while most people were excited.
She was a lone survivor from the past years Eastern Sage Imperial Clan. She had even awakened her special bloodline power at the age of six. Erza immediately became the jewel in a lot of people eyes.
"How could you, a Magic King, attack a junior? Do you still have any shame?" Violet anger flared up.
Realizing he was wrong and the fact that Erza performance would make a lot of people to start stand up for her, Reynold could only grit his teeth and kept silent. He even wanted to befriend her but his pride got the better of him.
He believed that Erza did not deserve his apology. She had great potential but that's all. There were not few geniuses who perished before they could reach their full potential.
"Enough. You guys make our clan become the joke in everyone eyes." The patriarch decided to interfere. "Reynold, you can leave. Bring out all of your people." Even though Reynold was unwilling, it was a direct order from the patriarch. Thus, Reynold quickly left the hall bringing a shaken Loki and his people. It was truly a big contrast to the style when they entered the hall.
Seeing his son performance, the patriarch sighed. It was partly his fault. When Reynold was just born, the patriarch was very close to a breakthrough. Therefore, the patriarch decided to focus on his practice first and entered a closed seclusion.
He left the weak madame alone. As someone who just gave a birth, madame condition was very weak. Things got worse and she eventually passed away.
When the patriach came out from his seclusion, he found out that his wife had passed away. The patriarch then blamed himself and decided to focus all his love to Reynold. Therefore, when Reynold was still young, the patriarch spoilt him too much.
Reynold then grew up as a failure and could only rely on his status as the son of the patriarch to get what he wanted. Even though he was just an acting head, people saw him as a head of a household. Interestingly, he was actually the weakest household head in Valentine clan.
"Victoria, although Erza did not obtain any rainbow colours, I believe we are all clear who is better between her and Felicia. In fact, I could not even recall if there was such phenomenon in the past when someone went out from the samsara world." The patriarch continued.
The expression of everyone from the second household were horrible, especially Victoria. She regretted her impulse to bet the Heavenly Flame Sword. Nevertheless, she was not a sore loser. Victoria might be explosive by her nature but she was not a bad woman. She rarely schemed, and often stayed true to her heart.
"No worries patriarch, as I said in the beginning, I won't go back on my words" Victoria said before continued "I will personally bring the sword tomorrow."
"Erza, you girl really hide deep. You have the Eyes of Chronos! Why did you not tell auntie beforehand? I was so worried. No wonder you dared to participate this time" Violet approached and checked on the girl, making sure the girl was alright.
"I'm sorry for making you worried, Third Auntie. I was planning to surprise everyone so I did not tell anyone about it beforehand." Erza apologized on the outside, but inside she was bewildered.
Today was actually the first time she awakened the Eyes of Chronos. She did not even know what was the Eyes of Chronos, however from what she heard, it was something amazing and might be related to her mother.
Previously she was confidence and calm because she followed her dream. After all, her 'dream' was never wrong.
"Hahaha.. It's okay, well done. One needs to keep her trump card hidden after all." Marc suddenly spoke.
"Erza, I'm not sure if you are aware that your performance was subject to a bet between your second and third aunties. Moreover, it involved two great weapons!" Marc laughed while explaining the matter of the bet.
Erza finally knew the matter of the bet. Hearing that it was the sword of late Emperor Lin, she was very interested with the sword.
Erza went back to take rest with Grandpa Qing, whereas everyone else continued discussing clan matters for a little while. The patriarch personally ordered the utmost care for Erza and Lance, especially regarding their cultivation resources and protections.
Floating above the empty testing ground, a beautiful woman with silver hair was smiling. She wore a golden imperial robe and there was a majestic aura coming from her.
She looked toward the direction of Erza departure with a complicated expression on her face. The woman then vanished from the hall. No one was aware of her presence, not even the patriarch. She came and left without anyone noticed.
In another place, the mysterious boy who obtained seven colours mark, regained his consciousness. He then started to organize his thoughts bit by bit.
After a while, he said to the Supreme Elder "Elder, I will go back to the Demon Realm to practice. Please help to arrange my enrollment in Black Snow Royal Academy four years later. Thank you."