Three years past since Ray's birth and he was already training at 5 in the morning.
He was 3 and his hair was full and golden. He was quite tall for a 3 year old being 3' 1", he had a decent muscular build for being 3. His eyes were bright yellow like the sun.
The first year after Ray's birth he had better control over his body and better strength.
He started training his body constantly with Arthur's guidance through different training methods.
Having two minds also allowed one to rest while the other trained, although this didn't offset the body's fatigue and being so young stopped him from overexerting.
Starting training at the ripe age of 1, would definitely help build a strong foundation.
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Today was an exciting day for Ray which is why he started earlier then usual.
He had anticipated this day since learning he has siblings. That's because today is the day he meets his siblings for the first time.
He had six other direct siblings of his branch: two brothers and the rest were sisters. He learned about them from his mother Emily.
His brother's names were Ren and Roy they were respectively 8 and 9. Roy was one year away from possibly awakening a element.
The four sisters were named Rachael, Raven, Rose and Rebecca.
Their Rachael was the youngest being 12. She was the innocent child opting to blame everything on the other siblings.
Then Raven being 13. She had the bad habit of being reckless and thoughtless some would mistake her for being a boy by how she acted.
Rose was 16 and she was the wanderer of the family. She always wanted to go on adventure after adventure.
last was the oldest Rebecca who was 18. As the eldest sibling she was tasked with being the pseudo mother for the children.
{It should be known that at the age of 10 is when an awakener will awaken an element and potential.
Potential is the rate at which an awakener absorbs mana, meaning the higher the potential the faster they will grow.
The potential had the rating of low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, extreme-grade, and ascension-grade.
Like ranks these grew more rare as they went up with the last ascension-grade potential being 1000 years ago.}
Although The main elements earth, air, fire, and water were the most common, but there are also sub-elements that could be awakened such as ice, lightning, flora, etc.
Rachael was awakened with a lava element which was a powerful sub-element of fire and she had mid-grade potential.
Raven was awakened with a earth element which was a common sub-element of earth and she had high-grade potential.
Rose was awakened with a lightning element a mildly rare sub-element of fire and she had mid-grade potential.
Rebecca was awakened with a star-fire element which was an extremely rare and powerful sub-element of fire and light which light itself was a rare main element and to top it off she had extreme-grade potential.
It was known that she was one of the powerhouses of the 8th family and one of the two Solaris with the star-fire element.
She wasn't one of the only power houses each of the sisters are power houses not many branches dare to mess with.
Rachael was a [rank-E]{advanced-stage} already, which was powerful for her age.
Raven was a step above her being [rank-D]{basic-stage} this was considered the start of an awakeners journey.
Rose was the same rank and stage as Raven since she wasn't able to grow stronger as fast.
Rebecca of course was the strongest being [rank-C]{advanced} and already having 4 years of actual combat experience. She has won the first place in the child's division of the Solaris battle at 15.
She was one of the most popular Solaris family members.
He was meant to meet them in the afternoon, so Ray finished up his workout and went to eat the breakfast his personal chef made.
He then went back outside to see the first light of the sun.
Since he had the Sun King Arthur in his head so he knew many ways to gather solar energy without a mana core.
The sunrise was one of those ways, since it was the first wave of the purest energy so you could collect it, and strengthen the body with it.
Afterwards he started helping his mother in the garden.
Emily is a [rank-C] and because of her low potential it's taken a while for her power to grow. She loved plants and she was a flora awakener, so she spend a good amount of time in the garden.
She spent the time there quickened the growth process for the fruits and vegetables and increased the nutrients they contained.
She allows Ray to eat the fruits to his hearts content, and always giggles at the "mmm" "mmm" he makes after he's done.
Today however she had her little helper Ray fetch honey gold apples from the tree she spent a month cultivating to perfection.
These were special apples that contained high amounts of mana so she decided to turn the into an apple pie with high mana flour to make the crust.
Although mana doesn't make everything taste better it does help with feeling full especially for those who are highly active.
The finished up and went home to start the cooking process. Emily enjoyed goofing around with her lovely son so it took a while for them to finally make the apple pies.
"Do you think they will like them?" Ray asked his mother with an adorable grin.
"Yes I believe so." She answered back.
"But I need to tell you, I know you are young now but your siblings all despise you." Emily said while looking down.
"After you were born I neglected and left them with your father to focus solely on you. Your father is a ruthless and heartless man who cares only about power." His mother wore a sorrowful look as a few tears rolled down her eyes.
"The reason they are coming here today is because your father requested them to judge you and report back to him." His mom whimpered as she looked up you could see the last tear fall.
She grabbed Ray by the shoulders and stared into his eyes as she said.
"If you wish to stay with me you must show them you are not going to be pushed around. I know your young and it's asking a lot but I will let you go with that man after I've put so much care into you."
Ray was lost in thought as he looked into her eyes.
'I'm already ahead of you mother, I will show them how great we are' Arthur's mind spoke.
"Of course mother, I won't let you down." Ray consoled her with a big hug.
With that Ray headed off towards the meeting hall.
His mother worried but turned and went to grab the pie, trusting her son would do well.