All of a sudden I felt something within me and I know this feeling for it is the same as what is in Dustin's memory.
If I'm not mistaken, this is mana, and what a genius this kid is. No wonder he was poisoned—how can he possibly do this. And while I'm not saying this to boost my ego, it's unusual for someone to be able to absorb mana, much less feel it, until they are under the age of seven.
Saying that he is a genius, one out of a billion, is not an exaggeration. Unfortunately, he was poisoned—or, at least, he was until I felt mana pulsing through my body. This merely indicated that I can still wield magic, proving that I still had my power root.
Although not as much as before, it still exists in a very small amount, which is problematic.
Like I stated, I am a genius and the only person in our family—not even my brothers or our ancestors—who can sense mana at the age of three. I would be in trouble if they discovered that I had reclaimed my powers, therefore the only thing I can do for now is conceal this information.
"But how did this happen?"
From what I recall the poison was so potent that it can destroy any root and sometimes kill the target. Does this mean my roots are strong enough that it to survived? "Hmm anyway let's try using mana."
"Breeze"
Following what is in my memory I cast the spell Breeze because other elements because it is harmless. As I cast it I suddenly felt weak, good thing it is a rank 0 magic spell any high rank spells I would definitely collapsed from higher ones.
Thud
"Haaa I need to rest."
Kneeling I suddenly heard the door open
Creak
Then Miss Kiara comes in. but when she saw me she panicked.
"Your highness! Are you okay, what happened?"
"Nothing I just want to move my body a little"
"You know you can't do that, please just rest."
"Okay"
Hearing that she helped me up in bed to recover from the aftermath of what I just did. Well hearing her saying that I can only think that she is exasperated of what I did. After all, she doesn't want to be my maid. Not only was I branded as a defect by my family but she must want to serve someone else.
After what happened I slept and the day after that I felt better. And after carefully analyzing my roots I noticed something.
It's growing though slowly it is slowly taking shape like a newborn. So maybe I could get back my roots. Though it would take a long time, it can still happen.
But I mustn't let others find out so even though it is growing back I still can't train and use it.
Well even if I did train it I still need permission to look at the manuals of the royal family. So I need a substitute for me instead of ranking up.
And if possible I need something to hide my rank if I ever train. So I need to look at the library first, well I still need to wait for a month for the doctor's permission to get out of my room though.
After a month the doctor came and took a look at me.
"Hmm"
"How is it doctor Laberte"
"All I can say is as expected of me those people who look after you before were useless"
"You mean?"
"Yes you are healthy"
"Though I say that that doesn't mean you are completely fine. So for a week before you are able to leave this place okay?"
"Yes doctor thank you"
Nodding he left, so only a week left huh that's good. I already have learned my current situation and I already know what I need to do.
I may have said that I can't touch the secret manual but that doesn't mean I can't look at low ranking ones.
Luckily I can look at what they have and create my own manual. After everything all starts from zero I will need to start.
Not to mention I can experiment with my body no matter how many times I want.
After all I have something that can make that possible and it is my Bloodline Ability.
It all started a week ago when Kiara was slicing fruits for me which look like an apple. I learned that she has some problems which are also the reason she became my maid. She has a disability that often occurs when she least expects it.
So as she was slicing the fruit she stopped with a momentum enough to make the knife fly. I suddenly move my hand by reflex to block the knife from hitting me. Then it stabs my hand, shaking it by reflex. I was bleeding hard.
Snapping out of it she hurriedly gets the first aid, but as she left I look at my hand. And it stopped bleeding. I was surprised it shouldn't be this fast. Then Kiara returned back in a short while, to apply first aid to it not noticing anything from my wound.
And this leads me to think why it happened then it occurred to me, that I have awakened my bloodline ability.
Bloodline abilities are special skills that are provided to the humans from the god of origins Root. It is also from him that we humans are able to harness the power of mana. But it wasn't him who taught the humans it was another god.
His blood that runs to our veins might make you think of it as having the power to become god but no it's impossible. Though there is a chance there was no concrete proof for it, and it only became a myth that many are chasing.
But it wasn't like they were chasing a fake tale for those who reach a high mastery of magic are able to live long. And he was the latest to reach the age of over 400 and this person was one of the ten pillars of the Empire. And the oldest recorded was 274 years old and no still knows how long he will live for.
So even if it was said to be a hoax it can't be dismissed for it holds some truth.
"Your highness, I apologize for the blunder I have caused. I will accept any punishment so please."
Snapping out of my thoughts I replied in a tone that I remembered.
"As much as I like to punish you I have no other attendant than you. So tell me why that happened, I'll listen and I might forgive you depending on what you say."
"Okay."
From what I heard from here it is a disability that came from one of her missions. She was once part of a battalion after her graduation. But their superior was an arrogant person who charges on every opportunity without thinking. And it caused many lives and injuries that became scars to them.
They only survived thanks to the swift response from a different group and thanks to them more than half survived. But her injuries was grave and because there weren't expert at that healers her wounds became scars to her face and body. Also leaving her with a disability that occurs for certain moments.
Which helps me understand the reason why she became a maid and the reason why she was assigned to me. Not only was she unappealing to the outsider, she also has a disability that can create problems like destroying glass wares in the castle.
"I see, I understand so I won't punish you. But for now I want to be left alone, so go rest. You might be tired from after me the whole day."
"Yes, thank you for your benevolence, your highness."
After she left I pricked my finger and from what I saw in just a matter of seconds it healed. It wasn't instantaneous but it was indeed fast to say the least.
This just proved my thoughts to be right. I awakened my bloodline ability. An ability which was said to only activate when one's own root is completely formed and a mutated version at that.
From what I remember the royal family is a descendant of the first hero and his bloodline ability was limit break and was passed down to his descendants. And my mother's ability is to cure other people and it was understandable because her family was descendants of the saint.
So it mutated and changed to what I have right now. So what I felt back then and the reason I was healed was because of my bloodline ability. And it must have awakened during the time of my transmigration or before that.
And it might also be the reason why I still have my power root. So even if it gets severed it will grow up thanks to my bloodline ability.
And this got me thinking, what if I practiced and combine many manuals into one. This might sound crazy for it might overload one's power root and destroy it but thanks to my bloodline ability it might be possible.
Alright this could work so I only need an artifact that can hide my secrets.
Well it is not. I can just do these things all at once so I'll just do things little by little so I'll start my plans after I am free to go out.