Many years passed and great changes took place within the family, the heir went to the capital to study and the illegitimate child continued to spend his days with the guards training himself and honing his skills.
Upon reaching an age where he no longer need the support of the family, he requested to move out and build a life of his own.
The family head put forward the condition that if he leaves then he must not come back asking for additional support once he fails and to not bring shame upon the family any further.
He had kept his head low and behaved over the years but there was still some fiction between himself and the members of the household which favoured the heir and wished to target him to please the heir who also hated him.
Since he was able to escape many peoples influence and cut off his relationship with the family, he accepted and left.
He started up a group that trains and provides professional guards for the nobility and merchant groups offering protection and security to those who have the money to pay for their services.
At first he started small with the guards that he had a relationship with, some already had completed their contracts with the family years ago while some chose to follow him after their own contract ends with the family since they had to complete their task first to receive their final payments.
So long as they completed their tasks honourably there would not be any damage to the reputation of the group that they were building.
Since they had worked hard for thee family and had no accidents over the many years of employment, they would become known quickly as capable and dependable guards.
More years passed and the group grew on its own due to the growing popularity and the groups overall professional work ethic.
Many combat experiences and growing wealth helped to purchase some qi boosting medicines to increase the main members of the groups strength even further.
The leader of the group was the illegitimate child of the family and upon reaching his twenties he was already a transcendent, many years later the heir returned from the capital but unlike the prideful scholarly family had boasted about and had high hopes for…
The heir had wasted his time within the capital and got very low scores compared to most others that he was studying alongside.
The family expected him to come back and bring news of him achieving a top twenty place among his age group at least, however he came back with a ranking of eighty seven and barely even passing the basic requirements needed to achieve a position within the capitals law, strategy or resources departments.
However with so many above himself, he would have a difficult time even getting the most basic and lowest position due to the families lack of connections within the capital and there were many others better than him who could fill that position.
The families dreams of their heir being the key to them entering the capital and their family mixing in with the official duties and politics of the central lands was ruined.
All their boasting was thrown back in their faces by those who had grown tired with them.
All their promises made with others over the years involving what happens when the family move to the capital were now empty promises in many others eyes.
Any favours or deals that they had asked for over the years were asked to be returned or upheld resulting in them facing pressure from many sides.
When the family was at its worst, the family head had to remove his pride and ask the illegitimate child he had essentially ignored and abandoned to help them during their time of need.
Since his father had come and lowered his head personally, even if it was in secret out of the eyes of the others within the family, the leader of the security group extended his hand to quell the flames and negotiate with the upset families.
In doing so, he had settled many others problems and gained more reputation for himself and his group so it was not much of a loss.
For a small time, it was questioned what his connections to the family were since his details had often been suppressed by the family to maintain their honour but it did not take long for the family head and the elders of the family to act to stop those rumours from developing.
Although the family were ashamed after being helped during their time of need by an illegitimate child of the family who they chose to abandon for the sake of the heir, they were quick to push it aside so that they could recover what had been lost.
The heir developed further loathing of his illegitimate bloodline of a brother after finding out the who had assisted the family.
The family were always strict on him as the heir and put heavy responsibilities on his head.
After entering the capital, he was out of their influence and finally free to do as he pleases resulting in the decline of his studies.
Mixing with the wrong crowds, drinking and spending time within entertainment halls with those he considered friends had also played a role in his declining grades and his lack of focus.
He was lucky enough to barely pass the tests after panicking and rushing his studies during the final couple of days where he could study before the tests.
After returning home and not being able to be receive any recommendations from his teachers, his future was not one that the family had planned for him resulting in their disappointment and their talking behind his back which he overheard once or twice.
With the family head position to inherit, he was put under the stricter management of the family from then on and after hearing about his illegitimate brother and his deeds, his resentment only continued to grow.