Roland let the middle aged man inside the house. His indiferent green eyes wandered around the house. He nodded politely at Elia, who greeted back.
The gaze of the unknown man stayed fixed at Elijah, a frown appeared on his stoic face.
He turned to Roland, "Father, what is the meaning of the headband?"
Roland sighed, "He was born blind...." Answered Roland.
The middle aged man nodded silently without any reaction. Out of nowhere are silver crystal appeared on his palm, shocking Elijah.
He stared at Elijah, "Give me your hand, Elijah Rael Silver." Said with the same indifferent tone.
Elijah turned to his grandmother. She put her hand on his shoulder, "Do it."
He stretched out his right hand, the man took out one of his four knifes on his belt.
Elijah could't follow his swift movements and before he knew it he felt pain on his palm.
A straight wound appeared on his palm. He took back his hand fast.
'WTF was that for?' Cursed Elijah.
He felt the hand of his grandmother who was still on his shoulder tighten up.
It made Elijah frown, 'What is this all about?'
There was a bit of his blood on the knife, the man held if above the silver crystal, letting a few drops of Elijah's blood land on it.
The silver crystal lit up the moment his blood landed on it.
A faint image of a little black furred panther puppy with strange silver stripes on it became visible. It was resting with its eyes closed, beside that nothing else happened.
He felt his grandmother's hand on his shoulder relax.
Even his grandfather looked delighted.
"If the bloodline crystal didn't confirm that he is from our Silver Clan...he didn't inherit either of our clans, Silverfire Tiger Soul Form nor the Silver Flame Bloodline...and he is blind, what a trash!"
It was the first time that the middle aged man showed emotions. His voice was cold and his emotionless green eyes looked at Elijah with disgust.
"STEVEN!" Shouted Elia with anger. A gust of sharp wind assaulted the middle aged man.
He stayed calm, silver flames shot out of his body countering the wind.
He turned around and left.
"Father, it's better if he never shows up in Silver City, I will report it to the Patriarch. He won't be acknowledged to be part of our Silver Clan, his existence brings shame to us!" His cold harsh voice echoed through the house despite the fact that he had already left.
Elijah saw his grandfather's beard shake and veins popping out on his forehead, he was really mad.
"I don't remember raising up such an ungrateful son...his mother corrupted him!"
His grandmother walked over to him, hugging Roland.
"Dear, it's for the better, this way they can't take him back to the Clan." Said Elia softly.
Roland breathed out, "You are right, but how come the Bloodline Crystal didn't detect his Eye Bloodline." Asked Roland confused.
"This..." Elia too was confused.
Suddenly both of them froze, their souls shook.
They turned around to Elijah who had pushed up his headband, revealing his silver colored eyes with slit like pupils it reminded them of dragons, they had the same kind of eyes.
Elijah's sharp mature gaze build a strong contrast to his immature face.
"Motherf*cker!" Elijah was mad, he was never called trash before even in his last life.
He looked at his grandparents who were staring at him in shock.
The phantom of the little black panther puppy appeared behind, it slowly opened its sharp draconic eyes. They were the same as Elijah's.
Roland and Elia felt their Soul Forms tremble. It was as if they wanted to leave their bodies. It was the second time they experienced it and it still shocked them, they felt lucky that they were strong enough to resist it with easy.
Inside Elijah's Soul Space the strange silver stripes on the black panthers puppy lit up, the rainbow colored mana was greedily being sucked inside the body of the panther.
Silver colored light exploded out of its body.
The same light shot out from Elijah's body, dancing around him.
Elijah felt a hot energy rampaging through his body. It filled every part of his body, making him grit his teeth in pain.
He felt the raw power running through him before he fainted.
The silver light around him entered his body and the phantom behind him vanished.
Elia's jaw almost hit the ground. She exchanged shocked gazes with Roland who was just as shocked as her.
He walked over to Elijah, the ring on his finger flashed and a silver crystal appeared on his palm. It was many times bigger than the one Steven used before.
He put Elijah's hand with the fresh wound on its surface.
It lit up, showing them the image of the black puppy. It was resting again with its eyes closed. But this time silver light was dancing around it. The moment they saw the light, cracks ran all over the crystal before it turned into ashes.
Roland's eyes bulged, "Dual Bloodline!?"
"Dear, that is a High Bloodline on pair with your clans Silver Flame Bloodline..." Exclaimed Elia shocked.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Roland started to laugh heartily.
He looked up, "Carl, Lara your son is incredible he has two bloodlines!" Tears ran down his cheeks.
Elia had tears on her eyes too, she picked Elijah up and carried him to his bed.
Elijah woke up in the next morning with a headache.
"Urgh..."
He started to curse inwardly when he recalled what happened last night.
He stood up, changing his clothes before heading down to eat something, he was starving.
Elijah met Roland inside the kitchen. Both stared at each other, making the scene awkward.
"Errr sorry about last night....." Said Elijah meekly.
"Hahahahaha it's alright, it's alright said Roland while slapping Elijah's back who could swear he heard cracking sounds coming from his body.
He had rarely seen his grandfather this happy, it made him suspicious.
"Grandpa, you owe me an explanation, what was last night about?"
Roland still smiled brightly, it seemed like nothing in the world could change his good mood.
"Ah yes that was your Second Uncle Steven Rael Silver, he came from our Silver Clan to test your aptitude. The Bloodline Crystal would have turned into ashes if you had inherited our clans Silver Flame Bloodline. Normally our clan members Soul Form takes the form of the Silverfire Tiger, but you...."
Elijah understood, "I don't have either of those, I get it now."
'No wonder that uncle of mine was pissed off. He thinks I'm blind, no bloodline and even my Soul Form is different from all the other clan members...but to call me trash...motherf*cker!' Cursed Elijah.
Roland slapped Elijah's back again, "But it doesn't matter you have a Dual Bloodline hahahaha!"
"Dual Bloodline?" Asked Elijah excited.
"Yes they are just as rare as Eye Bloodlines. Yours are a unknown Eye Bloodline and the second one is your...lets call it Silver Light which I think is a mutated form from our clans Silver Flame Bloodline. Mutated Bloodlines take more time to awaken, that is the only logical explanation. I guess that's why it couldn't detect your Dual Bloodline." Explained Roland while laughing.
'What bothers me is that even my Bloodline Crystal shattered before it could reveal your Eye Bloodline...'
"Grandpa tell me about the Silver Clan."
Roland stared at Elijah for a bit before sighning.
"I guess I can tell you a bit. As you know we live on the Flower Island that belongs to the Evergreen Empire. Well there exist 3 Great Clans that have the biggest influence in the Empire beside the Guild Alliance and the War God Temple. First is the Royal Family, the Mason Clan that rules over the Empire ever since is has been established 2557 years ago. The other two are the Silver and Ince Clan. They are the only clans that are similar powerful as the Royal Family. There were once 4 Great Clans but the Gold Clan betrayed the Evergreen Empire and deflected over to the Lionheart Dynasty...." The last sentence was spoken with killing intent.
Elijah frowned, 'Silver and Gold Clan...Jesus I'm curious about what happened...nothing of it was inside the books that I read. The Royal Family was mentioned but nothing about the other two clans....strange.'
"Our Silver Clans history reaches back over 3000 years ago. It started with our Sacred Ancestor Rael Silver, he established our clan and created our Secret Art, Silver Stream that I will start teaching you from today for 7 years." Said Roland.
"Rael? Isn't that my second forename? And why for 7 years grandpa?" Asked Elijah.
"Yes every male descendant from our clan has our Sacred Ancestors first name as his second forename, the female descendants second forename is also Raela, it's our pride. But...your second name will be taken away if the Patriarch really banishes your...And yes only for 7 years because you will join the Green Academy for 2 years when you turn 14."
Elijah's eyes lit up behind his headband, 'The most prestigious Academy in Evergreen Empire... I read that it was the first Emperor who founded it!'