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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18 - The Prodigy

Kaiden woke up in his room in a cold sweat. As he did he jumped up and checked his Mage Mind as soon as he was conscious.

'Yes! I did not fail! My Mage Mind is now better than others on my level, or I guess what should be my level!' Kaiden laughed like a maniac seeing his makeshift rune had worked.

Kaiden, now fully conscious, explored what he saw before he passed out from over-exhaustion.

'Let's see, the walls are black with tinges of bloody-red lines through them. It seems this color is my existence.' Kaiden laughed at that thought before focusing on it more.

'My Mage Mind expanded but not in the terms of Leveling-up it seems. Though it does give me more Mystic Water to work with than before. The walls are tougher too, so I am likely able to take on more stress than before which is a massive upside.' He didn't leave a single detail about the wall unnoticed.

'The black sandy beach didn't change, it looks bigger though.' Kaiden was doing his best to see everything his rune had changed, especially since it did more than what he intended for it.

'The Mystic Water is a tad more aggressive with its waves. my thoughts are faster than before because of so, at least I assume that is the reasoning.' He speculated before making his ghostly form float toward the waters.

Kaiden grabbed a handful of the water and made it float for a bit as he examined it. He poked and change its shape often but nothing seemed to point toward a change.

'Was I mistaken, no, I couldn't be, I'm me after all!' Kaiden's pride in his abilities surged to find someone different with the Mystic Water.

More, different, and weird shapes were made with the Mystic Waters, sometimes more water and sometimes less. Yet there was nothing Kaiden could tell was different about the water to make it unique to him.

As this continued he couldn't help but get angered at his creation, but he calmed himself with more tests.

'There has to be something!' A raging and prideful thought shot across his mind

As his anger was rising, the Mystic Waters flicked, and as his thought of rage entered the waters it was consumed!

Surprise filled Kaiden but before he could get that chance to study the event his aunt entered his room, making a heavy pressure fill the room.

Kaiden immediately left the Mage Mind to ask her the reason for entering his room but she was already talking before he could think of his words.

"Young one, you and I have been called by the patriarch. bathe and ready yourself." As she ended her sentence a wooden tub appeared

Once the tub appeared Maria left the room and Kaiden got in the bath and washed himself thoroughly. Once he was done he got out and dried his body then he finally put on the Gremmen robe which was a beautiful golden color.

'This robe is always too bright for my taste,' Kaiden sighed out loud thinking this. 'I guess it is time to meet with that bastard. Though why does he want Maria too?'

Kaiden walked out of his room and saw Maria reading an untitled book. Curiosity filled Kaiden's mind but she closed it and it disappeared before Kaiden's eyes, then she flashed her hand toward his room and the tub disappeared too.

"I've been meaning to ask about that miss Maria, but I've just been busy training with my body, mind, and your regimen. How does some of our family make things appear and disappear?"

A casual smile appeared on Maria's face as she started walking to the patriarch's throne room.

"These, young prodigy." She put her hand out in front of his face while continuing to walk. "These are called Dimensional Rings. They are basically small storage areas and can store a specific amount of items. Some have massive amounts of storage, some are smaller. Of course, the bigger ones cost a lot more since it is a bit difficult to make." She tried to explain in a decent amount of detail for Kaiden.

"Here, put this on and you should be able to see it in your Mage Mind," Maria said with a smile.

So, Kaiden put on the Dimensional Ring and went to his Mage Mind. Once he opened his Mage Eyes he saw a cubed box floating above the Mystic Sea next to the island.

He couldn't hold back and went over to the box immediately and inspected it. It was small, with little inside it, He put his hand in but nothing happened so he stepped inside confirming it didn't hurt him in any way.

He saw many books, vials, containers, and a few more items. He went over to the books since he didn't want to intrude on his aunt's organized personal items. He grabbed a book and left the container with it. Once he did he opened his real eyes to find the book in his hands.

"Good job young one, though it is much faster to use your mind to grab your item and put it back." His aunt chuckled.

Kaiden's eyes flicked with enlightenment at those words and the book suddenly disappeared, reappeared, and disappeared in only a second.

When he went back inside the Mage Mind he saw that it was exactly in the place he imagined it being. So he placed it back where he found it and opened his real eyes once again to give the ring back to his aunt.

They continued to walk until they reached the patriarch's throne room door. Kaiden waited for his aunt to make a move which didn't take long as she opened the doors to enter with Kaiden following behind.

He saw that there were other powerful people near the throne with different colored robes than the usual Gremmen robes. He was curious about who they were and his aunt answered as if reading his mind.

"Those are ambassadors from two of the big Rulers of the continent. If you read your book you should know we stand between two of the big Five Rulers. do you know who they are?" Maria asked quietly while walking.

"The Royals a human-ruled domain, The Divine a human-ruled domain, Horns a dwarf-ruled domain, Elfton an Elf-ruled domain, and The Empire a Human-ruled domain. There is a sixth group but they are too small to be considered a country, the domain of the Beast People, Aboss."

'These groups are the most powerful because of their number of soldiers and their leaders are at the peak of humanity, Level 6. Our patriarch is also Level 6, but it doesn't explain why we haven't been subjugated under one of their rules. Is he that powerful? I mean, a Level 6 is considered a natural disaster times fifty in my world. just their casual attacks can shape and change the terrain for years and create a whole new landscape in this world.' As Kaiden's thoughts wondered on how they we're not under a banner of one of the three human territories.

"Good job, these men are from both sides, The Royals and The Empire. Don't worry, they are not direct descendants, they are just from a family under their domain. They are here to try to get some of our family married into theirs, Since the patriarch called you here, he might want to have a certain family merge into ours." Maria shared honestly.

Kaiden did appreciate his aunt's honesty but he did not want to be some marriage tool for more power for his family.

'I want to test more with runes. Using the Mystic Water was good but combing it with the Elemental Air was golden! I need to test more!" Kaiden desired to leave for his own personal gain, unfortunately, his patriarch was law here.

As they were finally close enough to the throne, they bowed toward the patriarch on one knee.

"Now, Kaiden, I hope you are in top shape?" The patriarch asked.

"Yes, I am well rested after creating and using my first rune."

His words surprised everyone in the room except for the patriarch who knew of what he did. Even Maria couldn't help but show her surprise at the Elemental Organless Kaiden.

"Good, Good, would you mind telling me what you have created? Since even I do not know of anything without an Elemental Organ." The patriarch asked causing more surprise among the guests.

"I created a rune specific to me, using the blood and hide of the wolves I killed, my own blood and muscle, and the Mystic Sea in my Mage Mind. Although it only temporarily reinforced my Mage mind it seemed to have left it slightly stronger."

'I will leave out many parts to keep my creations special and not allow others to copy or use my ways.' Kaiden didn't want his knowledge to leave him so early.

"I see! You created your own rune not known to anyone but you." excitement from the patriarch could be felt, after all, it is rare for people to create such specific runes.

Everyone in the room was interested in the boy who had his Mage Mind two years early and created a specific rune!

'If I had known that it would get this reaction, I would have said I copied something from the book.' Kaiden hid his annoyance and kept his respectful look.

"Is that all you need of me, my patriarch? I would like to ready myself for my next few hunts and prepare for the ending of my unorthodox body training method." Kaiden decided to reveal his use of an unorthodox body method since that would make his patriarch let him leave faster by impressing the guests.

As he thought, the guests seemed more interested in the youngest member of the Gremmen family. Which made the patriarch smile and impressed by Kaiden.

"Of course, my great-grandson, I need my prodigy to Level up fast after all. You may leave for your hunts." He smiled saying this allowing Kaiden to leave.

As Kaiden left Maria stood up and started to leave while listening to the families talk.

"You have quite the prodigy, Great Tempester! You know, my family has quite a strong daughter." one of the 5 families started.

"So what? The Empire is said to have strong underling families everywhere! While I'm from the Royals territory, my daughters are in the Royal Academy studying the best of every subject!" Another from the Royals side butted in.

"Please, we all know those who enter that academy are already going to be focused into the Royal Army." The second and last person from the Empire's side retorted.

The bickering continued even as Maria left the room. She just sighed and walked away toward the training area.

'Both sides are going to desire him in the future, we stayed out of the wars through marriage and sending family as soldiers, yet something tells me he might change that as he grows older and better.' Maria sighed again as she entered her quarters of the training area.

While all of this was happening Kaiden was already outside of the castle on his way to look for Mythical Beasts with ideas in his head and a crazed smile on his face.