Under the night in a small village, lost in the long mountains, Rubeos kept walking around the house and looking to the door, his dear wife was giving birth inside. He had wanted to be with her, but he wasn't allowed.
-Waaaaa- a scream interrupted the noiseless night. It was over finally the labor was successful. He didn't wait any longer and run into the small cabin.
Inside what waited for him was de cruel reality, he finally understood why he wasn't allowed inside. Sitting in a special was his wife, blood could be still heard dripping under the chair. She was smiling in his hands was a bundle of cloth. From the corner, the medic looked at them with a face of defeat.
Rubeos walked towards his wife, who looked at him and smile. When he was close enough she handed the bundle of cloth with the baby inside.
-His name will be Lith-sounded her soft and almost inaudible voice.
Rubeos lifted his head to see that his wife was no longer alive. He took some seconds to look at his dead wife, while a silent tear fell. Turning around, the medic who was still with a defeated look let a long sigh.
-Oh Rubeos, I, I.- he wanted to talk but no words were coming out.
-I know, you did everything you could, and I know why this happened- Rubeos took some air and continue- The curse that her family has, is not something we could prevent or know, if only she had told us before she got pregnant.
-You know exactly why Trisa didn't tell us before, she always wanted to be a mother- said Mark while straightening his back- come on we need to continue with the rest of the plan. Nobody can know what happened here.
Rubeos hug the bundle and nod. There was no time to lose, tonight was the last night in this small village. It was time to move.
An hour later, from clear in the ladder of the mountain, they could see how the village continues to burn. While two figures observe before disappearing into the night.
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14 years later
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-Lith come here- a tired voice sounded from inside a little house in the desert, a boy ran from shadow to shadow approaching it- Come inside, today is an important day.
The blue eyes of Lith shine with innocence and emotion. Today was his fourteenth birthday. He remembered both his fathers telling him that today was important. If only Lith knew that today's decision would change the world.
Lith run through the door, only to stop in front of the table where both his fathers waited for him.
-Take a seat- gesture Mark- We need to talk.
'oh, no crap, what did I do?' Lith's head was going at full speed trying to know what had they found out about 'I didn't do anything bad... or did I he didn't recall, maybe, should I apologize' Lith didn't move. One, two seconds pass. 'I will apologize, no I didn't do anything bad?'. Another second flew by the seconds seem to be minutes to poor Lith 'I will apologize!'
- I-
-Come Lith seat down, your father and I want to talk to you about- Lith heart race, they found out! but what did they found out?!- your future, you are fourteen now and becoming a man. As we try to teach you magic exist in this world and at the age of fifteen everybody receives a blessing.
-Sighh- Lith breath out and relax.
-Did you thought you were in trouble eh?-tease from the side, Mark.
Blessings as his father called them, were the source of power in this world where magic exists. The blessing could be powerful weak, with or without rapid growth, with or without some kind of limit, and everything in between. Legend told of a blessing so powerful that the owner had died of boredom after a lifetime of winning every battle with a punch. Others talked about people that became rulers never to lose their positions. While the process of receiving a blessing was not completely random, it was never a certainty how powerful the blessing was.
Limits on blessing were fairly common but limits referred to as to how much the blessing could help, a blessing related to water may be limited to the liquid state of water or not. None the less with enough effort the host could learn to use fire.
-Lith, your mother-Lith focus again, it was rare for his father to talk about her mother-has grant you a unique opportunity. Or you can wait until next year and receive a blessing, or you can receive the Unlimited blessing this year.
Silence, return to the room.
-What Rubeos is missing to say is that we don't have information of this Unlimited blessing and you have greater possibilities to get a powerful blessing than the great majority, even more, you are almost sure in the one percent that receives the most powerful blessings. But one year extra with your blessing is an advantage nobody will have.
-Sadly enough we can't give you much time to think, we need your answer by tonight.-
Lith nodded and left to think. But in his heart his decision was already taken, he would take the Unlimited. Not because of his mother, after all, his father's stories about her may be great but he didn't know her. He was choosing like this because of how much it seems to mean to his fathers. While they tried to hide it, the reality was that they were not good at it.