Everyone was exited to see the result of awakening ceremony. The ceremony is usually taken care by butler Mors and sixth elder but as someone from main line was taking his awakening ceremony, the patriarch himself was present their.
Then a guard came and stood behind patriarch and first elder, no one can see his face or any body part as he was covered in armor from toe to neck and even worn a helmet. The guard then took a small breath and said in loud voice, "Vin Rosehart from balote town come forward."
The child name Vin soon stepped forward, his whole body was stiff and he looked extremely nervous and was profusely sweating, even though Jonathan and Dexter had a smile on their face the child Vin was still scared of those two powerhouses present in front of him. Vin was wearing a shirt and pants with an oversized blue coat and formal shoe, anyone can tell from an glance that he was a country bumpkin and it was his first time inside the main estate. Vin had short black hair and blue eye and looked little skinny.
Soon he was in front of Jonathan then he bowed again for a second time.
Jonathan let the purely white orb float in mid air and asked Vin in a gentle voice, "Boy place your hand on the orb firmly for four seconds."
Vin weakly nodded and placed his hand on the orb, soon the white light coming from the orb intensified and became stinging to the naked eye. The light then started fading away and the result were out.
Jonathan and Dexter took the orb near their eye and where seeing the result.
"Congratulation Vin you have talent in Spearman ship."
After hearing Jonathan words tears welled inside Vin's eye, He tried his best to not cry but couldn't stop himself from tearing up and started murmuring, "It finally paid off, my training paid off, my hard work paid off."
The guard went near the boy and said in a soft voice, "You did well, now can you please go back and stand there so that others can continue with the ceremony."
Vin nodded by vigorously shaking his head up and down and soon made his way back. While he was moving back to original position and crossed Caesar, Vin could hear Caesar say, "Country bumpkin dork."
Hearing this words Vin's emotion took 180 degree turn and anger welled inside his heart, he clenched his teeth and clutched his hand. He knew he was being looked down but couldn't do anything as he was told by his parents that in any case he must not fight with Caesar or any member from main line. Soon he calmed himself down and stood in his previous spot but he was left with bitter taste in his mouth as his hard work, his sweat, his talent was being mocked by Caesar.
The guard started calling other kids. 'Calo Neemla' from vassal family was second child to be called, he had talent in magic archery while the next individual was Setery Rosehart. Sadly she didn't have any talent and after hearing this her face became very pale, and it seems she was on verge of mental breakdown. After going back to her place she stood their like a stone the entire time, disregarding every one present their she continued solving the turmoil her mind and heart were going through.
The guard call the next person, "Fin from Qudran town please come froward."
And just like Fin was said to be talented in Farming.
The next one was Liam Rosehart he was the most eye catching kid, for a 12- year old he had bulging muscles and a height that of a 16- year old child with tan skin and short hair. Moreover he was wearing formal cloths and his face still had lot of baby fat which made him look a baby orc. If Liam had blue skin and a bald head then no one can tell that he is a human child or an orc's.
Liam soon placed his hand on the orb, after seeing his talent Jonathan nand Dexter started smiling and proudly announced, "Liam you have talent in blacksmithing and talent in martial arts."
Hearing this Liam let out low scream as he couldn't contain his excitement, After few minutes he calmed down and was soon standing back with the kids.
The next person was Selifer Rosehart she had blue hair and blue eye and an emotionless face with sharp eye. a slim sword was also hanging on her waist. She came from a well know branch family situated in city of Luca.
She soon placed her hand on the orb and her result were announced an talent in swordman ship and short sword. An excellent result which made patriarch and first elder beaming in smile and laughter.
The last person from branch family to take part in was Diyes Rosehart and his result were also satisfactory, talent in fire magic.
Now it was only Caesar who was left. The guard soon called for Caesar, "Caesar Von Rosehart please come forward and place your hand on the orb."
And as said, Caesar went in front of his grandfather's with a confident look. Dexter even let out warm smile but patriarch had a cold look on his face, he said in a low voice which sounded sarcastic, "you better be talented or life is going to be very hard for you in future."
Hearing this Caesar gave Jonathan a cold look not even faltering a single step and all of this was due to grandpa Dexter present their which fueled Caesar's wits to directly look into eyes of a powerhouse.
He soon placed his hand on the orb and just like previous seven time the orb shone in white light which soon faded. Jonathan and Dexter soon saw his talent and for the first time Caesar saw bafflement on Jonathan face, he couldn't believe that his usually cold and strict patriarch could make such face.
Both old men were silent for a few seconds and this few seconds we're eating Caesar inside out, then finally first elder Dexter spoke with a small smile. "Caesar my boy you have both passive and active talent."
Hearing this Caesar started beaming with smile while the expression of rest of children and the guards faltered, many of them wished for Caesar to became a talentless moron and a laughing stock but their dream could never be true.
The seven children before all had only active talent and none had a passive talent.
Dexter spoke again, "Your passive talent are."
1) HIGH COMPREHENSION
2) PERFECT MEMORY
Hearing this the kids started murmuring "two passive talent", "he is blessed" the other 12-year old kids were baffled as it was considered genius to have a single passive skill but here Caesar had two of them but Dexter was not finished talking he continued,
"As for active skills, they are swordsmanship and mind power."
Every one was silent after hearing Dexter. The guards expression could not be seen as all of them were wearing helmet but Rebourn had his mouth opened albeit a little and his eyes opened wide. While the kids were severely confused except for Setery who was lost in her own grief for being a talentless while Calo, Fin, Liam and Diyes had bafflement on their face and could not believe their ears for hearing this, The composed of all children was Selifer who still had no emotion on her face. The one named Vin who was talented in spearman ship had a defeated look on his face. He was called a country bumpkin by Caesar and now hearing the talents of Caesar had made severe effect on his mental condition.
In between their bafflement and surprise no one had noticed that the two old men exchanging eye signals.
Jonathan then spoke, "Now that every one's talent is appraised I Jonathan Von Rosehart declare the end of awakening ceremony for this year. "Everyone was still in dazed state but after hearing Jonathan words they all bowed while Dexter calmly said to Caesar to follow him. Caesar too without asking any question followed the patriarch and first elder.
After leaving the training ground Caesar could spot many of his family member waiting for him, he could see his brother Max, his sister Juli, his big sister Mune, his two uncle Danis and Derek and mother of Max and Juli (wife of Derek) his aunt Cynthia. Nearly everyone was present but Caesar still could not see his own parent which made him sad and angry.
As soon as they reach the end of training ground all the family member were just going to ask them for Caesar's result but were soon stopped by patriarch.
"Hmm! Why don't you all wait for dinner and we can discuss about Caesar's result then. For now we still have to confirm something." Saying such patriarch walked away without waiting for any reply from any of them and Dexter too followed him while flashing a smile to rest of family member but it was not such case with Caesar because he was confused and baffled
'what, they want to conform something, weren't they the one to announce the result.' Such thought were going through Caesar's head.
And before he could think anymore or understand the situation, Caesar was floating 1 inch above the ground, it must be work of his grandfather seeing that he was lost in his own thought, his grandfather levitated him to bring Caesar with them.
Soon the trio reached the patriarch castle and now they were sitting inside a room. The room was made for meeting purpose, it had an round table in center of room probably made of expensive wood and it had beautifully carved angel and was inlaid with rubies and diamonds. Many chairs were placed around the table, the room itself was quiet ordinary with white walls and some picture hanging on the wall.
Jonathan spoke, "Caesar take a sit."
Caesar quietly took a sit, seeing their expression Caesar didn't let his imagination run wild like he had done so a few minutes earlier when they were surrounded by family members.
"There are some complication with your result" Dexter spoke. Hearing him say this Caesar's heart sank but he still composed himself and asked in low voice,
"W-what complication."
"Well before that let me tell you, you have another active talent," Caesar chimed in and said with a loud voice, "Another talent."
"Calm yourself kid, yes yes you have another talent and i-its just that we don't know what it is."
Hearing this Caesar was silent for few second then asked in bewildered voice "What's that"
Dexter spoke, "Well its just that the orb failed to identify the talent you have and just showed question marks."
"Huh, you are joking right now grandpa."
Now Jonathan chimed in, "Joking my foot brat, do you even know what does this entails, We don't know what skill you have whether it's special skill or normal but seeing that it's question marked it must be special. And if you are not able to control that skill you may harm people beside you or even yourself." Said Jonathan with a defeated expression.
"SHUSH, Jonathan you should not say something like this in front of him."
"Huh and what should I say, I knew this kid always gave me quiet a headache but this, its too much and even you know it Dexter."
"Its not that kids fault that he has such talents and about the question marks, we probably have check in the past documents and find up something."
"Fine fine but--"
The two old men started bickering between themselves leaving the poor Caesar out of the loop. Soon a knock sounded on the door and Dexter and patriarch said at same time, "Come in"
The person to enter was Butler Mors and he had an 'orb of zengis' in his hand. Patriarch took the orb from Mors and soon dismissed him, after he left patriarch threw the orb toward Caesar but instead of failing down the orb floated in air and soon reached Caesar's hand, "This is a new orb, place your hand on it like you did it on training ground and tell us the result."
Caesar too didn't ask any question and did what patriarch told him to do as he too has to quench his curiosity about the situation he was in. And soon just like what happened in training ground, the orb spewed out large amount of large white light which soon faded now Caesar could see his talent written on the orb.
PASSIVE TALENT_
1) HIGH COMPREHENSION
2) PERFECT MEMORY
ACTIVE TALENT_
1) ???#$???#?
2)SWORDMAN SHIP
3)MIND POWER
Seeing the talent Caesar felt his heartbeat rising and he was feeling exited that all of this was true. "Did you see the anomaly Caesar."
"Then what should I do."
"Well, we want to ask the same thing you are asking cause we too don't know what's happening." Patriarch said.
"So what now, what are we going to do now." Caesar asked.
"Ahh, you are not going to do anything kid, it is us who are going to find the answer's to the question about your talent, we just called you hear to tell you about this problem and to tell you that under no circumstances or condition you are to tell anyone that you have unidentified talent and if you feel something wrong with your body, mind or anything start calling for dextar's name a guard will escort you to us. Is that clear Caesar Von Rosehart."
Caesar was silent for three second, he knew patriarch never call him by his full name until Caesar had messed up real bad or his grandpa is absolutely serious about something. So he just nodded his head and said, "Yes grandpa."
Well then you may go and rest and wait until we find the answer to your situation.
Caesar too didn't waited in the room and took his leave. After Caesar took his leave patriarch soon made a deep frown "That brat didn't bowed before leaving."
"Leave that Jonathan, we had more serious problem to deal with, his unidentified talent, this is the first time I saw such a case.
"Guess you are really taking this matter seriously, lets find out some answer" Jonathan said.
Soon the rooms light dimmed for a second and the two brother disappeared from the room.