Me, 10 years old! I'm Metis.
"Life is too fast and short."
as the old people say.
Every morning in the open field behind the house, where you can see dad Uranus, whether it's sunny or rainy, you can see him there, but now,
'Today is a different day; why am I here? '
Dad and I were facing each other and holding the sword; I don't know why I was included in his training. A few moments ago,
"Metis, son, wait, let's go to the back of the house."
'I have a bad feeling about this; every time he calls me his son, something trouble will happen.' I turned to Mom behind her. Wait, she seemed to have talked. Wait... that expression of hers. While I looked at my father to answer his question, 'If this father of mine creates a problem... No, his existence is an issue. probably... Take care, Metis; if this person is really a concern, put laxatives in his food. You're the one who cooks the dish.'
When I came to the open field behind the house,
"Why?"
"Take the wooden sword."
I took the sword hanging from the wall of the house.
"Do you know that our ancestor on my side was a martial artist and from..."
"Why?"
"No. Next time you'll know, when you're a little older, stand up and imitate me, even holding a sword."
"Like this?"
Smack.
'What's going on? I'm facing Dad; why am I on my knees, and my eyes are darkening? I'm going to die.'
"(#$^#!!!$%&^#."
'I can't understand what you're saying, Mom.'
"AGU@#$%^&WA."
I can't see well, but there is a light in Mom's hand. I can't see it. 'I'm sleepy.' It's up to me to wake up.
but today! I make my body stronger than this bald father of mine.
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Gaea Point of View
The night before a martial artist family's ritual happened In the room of Gaea and Uranus, the two couples are already in bed, almost past midnight.
'I can't sleep; it's the day of my husband's ceremony for my son Metis, and as a mother, I'm afraid of what could happen. It's very dangerous, but Metis needs to prove that he's one of the family...'
"Why, honey, go to sleep."
Gaea almost cried at the thought of what will happen tomorrow because, in the 10th year of childhood, everyone from the noble to the royal needs this ritual to open their skills related to their weapon, sword, mind, shield, and many others. Because of this, the Baldoza Empire is the most physically strong human race in the entire galaxy, except for the Astra Empire, which can use magic to strengthen their physical abilities. Instead, they can't fight body-to-body, and if the Fiddle Empire, they use robots to become armor suits or clothes made of nanomachines.
"Are you sure? What you're doing might kill your son! Are you thinking?"
Uranus answered with a serious face,
"I have to do this for him as well, and I hope I can see that he has the same ability as me. Sometimes I think I wish I didn't come from that family. I didn't regret what I did for you, for us, honey."
"Da...rling..." kiss*
And it happened. I wish Metis had a brother.
The next morning, I didn't talk to Uranus or even Metis.
'I don't want to know about my father and son. In male matters, the father should be the one to teach, but when I see that there is hope to be with Metis, my heart hurts.'
"Metis, son, wait, let's go to the back of the house."
He called Metis to start the ceremony, but he looked at me.
'I hope it's over.' I sigh because I just listened to the priest.
While Gaea holds a stone that gives MANA, Gaea is ready to use all the healing skills she knows about bad possibilities.
"Why?"
"Take the wooden sword."
While I saw them face-to-face,
"Do you know that our ancestor on my side was a martial artist and from..."
"Why?"
"No. Next time you'll know, when you're a little older, stand up and imitate me, even holding a sword."
"Like this?"
Thud. Metis fell with a cut on his forehead that looked like Uranus.
"MEEETISSSS!"
holy magic explosion skill by his mother, and she passed out.
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GAEA POV
on the living room, after Metis and his mother passed out.
Gaea sleeping talk while lying on the couch...
"But my husband stopped me, and I waited to see what would happen in the situation, whether there was skill or not."
She and Uranus are waiting for Metis to wake up.
Ten minutes passed, and nothing happened, and we brought Metis to the room to lay down properly. I hugged him and saw that his face had a strange magic circle on his forehead. "This is!!!!!!" Have tea. I was surprised by what I saw, and I did not expect to see it. This magic circle is only seen in books and on the internet because it is a symbol of...
"The prophet is true!"
I screamed uncontrollably, but if what I read in the library was true,
'Meris... Metis...'
I almost cry when I think that Metis is...
"Prophet?"
Asked my husband when he opened the door and came in, he was carrying the tray with food... Metis has not woken up since five days ago.
"Why, honey? How do you feel about me taking care of Metis? It's sad, but Metis doesn't meet requirements to activate his power, just like his grandmother and grandfather. He didn't inherit your power either? Or what about him? No, he has no MANA, or even any flow, uuuuhhh. Wahhhh."
When Metis was a baby, he was examined by the appraiser, and he was no mana. So the two couples never show the magic to their son, but looking at his skill, which is high and strong but can't be performed, they feel so bad for him.
'Why is this? My son is unlucky for us. If his parents are different, maybe he has... He has the power to at least have one ability. I don't think he can take a chance in the place we come from. It's right that we're here in the Fiddle Empire.' "Honey, don't cry anymore." If I look at my husband, Uranus, I can feel that he is also sad about the situation with our son... My baby, my Metis, wake up; you are worrying me.
'But it's a week,' said Uranus because he inherited the wooden sword, but let's say it's a bit, not as cruel as the ritual that Uranus got from his parents, who was a real sword, and his three brothers died, and they are the only two left.
"Do you see this, darling?"
I pointed to the symbol on his forehead.
"Sorry, honey, if he has a bump and wound on his forehead, if I don't do the ritual on him, if my family sees him, I won't be ashamed to introduce my son, who went through the customary ritual. You know they don't want to as a weak person."
Uranus almost cried, but he couldn't see, but it's better that only I know this. [Secret of the Soul-Concept].
'He needs existence concealment so that even if he is used for appraisal, the clue that he is...' will not be seen.
"What's the concealment magic for?"
Uranus asked, but I hugged him. "
As long as, no matter what happens, even if Metis becomes the enemy of the world, we will be on his side."
He returned my hug loosely, but I could feel his love.
"Of course, my love, when did I leave you? I even went with you, didn't I?"
'This is my husband, who sometimes says nonsense and is immature, but sometimes he is so mature that you wouldn't think he would talk like this.'
And I saw that Metis' finger moved.
"He'll wake up, honey; later I'll hear him complain, but why did he wake up in the morning? When I was a month before I woke up?...
"My husband said; I was so happy I cried."
....He didn't inherit any of my family traits except handsomeness."
"So, you mean I'm ugly?"
"Do you think the girl I choose is ugly?"
"You!"
'It's a good tease! At any corner there is a rebate.' The next day, Metis woke up without any problems, except for the worse. He doesn't know what happened to him, and his father is the prime suspect. But he is a suspect, so I let them go, and I can't blame Metis for why he put laxatives in when his father was eating with Metis.
'But I couldn't see the hidden laxative bottle in the cabinet in the kitchen. Where did it go?
In the next few hours, Uranus is in the toilet.