April 29th, Sunday Morning
A lone carriage had been traveling down the main road towards the capital. Though the symbol on the carriage was of a foreign family the crests on the knights armor say otherwise.
Inside that carriage a young boy had been steadily walking with both hands grabbing onto close by furniture. He was a little shaky as he put weight on his left foot before finally taking a step, after a week of being healed by Kaylee he was finally able to walk a little!
"See aren't I awesome? I can even heal a wound like this, go on praise me Ryder!"
The little girl had her head held up high giggling to herself after finally reconnecting his tendons finalizing his treatments. Now came the rehabilitation, with him not used to using his left leg after a week his walking was a little shaky.
Though the laughing stopped after a little bit as a small yelp came out of the little girl after Sirius leaned over to chop her on the head for her arrogance.
"Quiet down Kaylee, it wouldn't have taken a week if you had actually focused on your training!"
"Wah!? Nooo! I am amazing, who else besides our family could heal a wound like that? It doesn't matter how long it took isn't that right Ryder?"
Over the week he had seen many of these scenes. Kaylee always seemed to be happy go lucky but when she show cased her abilities she would always have an arrogant look in her eyes as if she was the best in the world before Sirius gave her a rude wake up call.
So instead of replying he stayed silent and focused on his full recovery.
As the other two bickered about training and their amazing abilities Celestia was beside Ryder one hand held out ready to catch him if he drops.
"Master, maybe you should rest for now. You have been spending your whole morning walking like that… how about we get something to eat and start again afterwords?"
When Ryder looked at Celestia he felt like he was looking at a completely different person. The maid he know who worked for the Vagabond family and this maid who is taking care of him felt so different!
One was always quiet, she seemed to have a neutral look on her face each time Ryder saw her. She didn't look like she cared about anyone or anything.
However this version of her was very caring, she seemed to always have a look of determination in her eyes as well. The women had long black hair and green eyes, she had a very athletic figure though it was hidden under he maid outfit.
"I'm fine Celestia… I need to get better soon so these injuries don't affect my training under Master Sirius"
"Speaking of training it's time I gave you a lesson Ryder. Come sit down besides me"
Sirius had begun to ignore his granddaughters tantrum as he pats the seat next to him.
Ryder immediately began to move closer, he bit his lip at the pain before taking a breath and with one big step he finally got to the other side before climbing up into the seat beside Sirius.
"For now I'll be testing your Soul Realm. If you sit up straight and follow my instructions I will start inspecting your Soul Realm to find your Soul Force, Soul Form, and Soul Attribute."
Upon hearing his master speak he quickly sat up straight waiting for instruction.
"Good, now take nice deep breaths. First I'll help you sense your Soul Realm, just relax and close your eyes. Think about nothing, just focus on feeling the Soul Force and follow it till you sense your Soul Realm"
Sirius placed his hand on the boys head, he began to release a gentle blue energy out of his palm as it entered through Ryder's pores and gathered trying to make it easier for Ryder to sense.
It had taken Ryder a minute to calm down completely and relax. When he started to look for the energy he was shocked, the moment the energy started making its way into his body he could sense it clearly.
'What's going on? Isn't it supposed to be hard to sense Soul Force…?'
"I… think I sense it but… Master is it a good thing or a bad thing that I could feel and sense the Soul Force the moment I came in contact with it…?"
The old man was a little stunned, he expected to be sitting here funneling his energy into the boy for half the day before he could sense it. At least when Sirius was training he couldn't sense it for almost a full day!
'What a monster… I just started and we are already moving on huh? Looks like I found quite the gem'
"Master you are amazing! It took me 3 days of constant practice before I was able to sense Soul Force!"
The boy blushed a little bit, he hadn't been praised in a long time. Which made him feel embarrassed a little from all the attention he was getting.
"Don't let it get to your head young man, we are only just getting started! Now follow the energy"
He began to spread the energy out going deeper into Ryder's head as he searched for the boys Soul Realm.
It didn't take long for the energy to come in contact with his realm however something felt off about it. When Sirius came into contact with it, immediately the energy touching the realm had suddenly disappeared! Almost like his realm had opened its mouth and devoured the energy the moment it made contact.
'That's odd… why did I suddenly lose control of my energy?'
It didn't take long for Ryder to follow the trail of energy before finding his realm. However something was weird about it, the closer he got with his consciousness the more fear he started to feel. He didn't understand why his body started shaking in fear just from feeling his own Soul Realm!
That was until he saw it, there in the center of his Soul Realm laid a Golden Wolf Pup. It's eyes had been shut but just the sight of the creature made him feel a deep seeded fear of a prey seeing a true predator for the first time up close and personal.
His body screamed to run away however he couldn't move. When he examined the area of his Soul Realm he noticed traces of Soul Force from the air around his body had slowly gotten sucked in and devoured by the pup.
'What is going on… what is that thing… why is it inside of my Soul Realm…'
After awhile of examining the pup he finally got pulled out as a powerful energy suddenly entered his realm before forcing him to come out.
When he finally opened his eyes again all of them had still been sitting in the same position however Sirius had released his avatar! This time the image of Canis Major appeared behind him.
'That's odd… I couldn't get past that absorption until I activated my avatar? Also why is it that the only constellation that worked was Canis Major? Somethings different about this boy…'
Ryder broke out into a cold sweat after what he saw, it was terrifying to him to see a beast inside his body let alone one that made his body shake just from a mere look at it.
"I-I… saw something master… something I can't explain…"
"We will talk about it later in private, however let's finish the last bit before we get to the capital. This time I'll be going into your realm to see the form and attribute"
The man didn't give the boy much time to react as he sent his consciousness inside the boy.
'I see… this is troublesome… now how did you get in here?'
After seeing the wolf pup laying there Sirius couldn't help but sigh. He had looked around the Soul Realm for a couple seconds before finally coming back out.
"Your soul form is the Heavily Devouring Golden Wolf, while you have no Soul Attribute. Finding both in a person is incredibly rare, especially with the wolf's history. Nevertheless when we get to the castle I'll bring you to our technique library and you will pick out a technique suited for you.
However I have one final test for you, it's a test of talent. What I want you to do is place your hand on this crystal and focus on placing as much Soul Force as you can into it"
After taking a couple minutes to calm down he finally took a deep breath before reaching out to grab the crystal. Immediately upon touching it the crystal began to light up, inside of it was about 5 points worth of Soul Force however the energy took on a green color making Sirius smile a little more then he did before.
"Looks like you really do have talent boy! Thought it's not as good as Kaylee's results it's still amazing!"
"B-but master what does it mean to have green soul force?"
"Let me explain, there are 7 colors in total. Each person is unique in their own way. The colors going from weakest to strongest are as followed. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Azure, and Indigo. Depending on the color of your Soul Force during the talent test dictates your talent for cultivating"
"That's wonderful Master Ryder! It's somewhat rare to get a talent rating above Yellow! It should be a 1 in 100 chance a Green talent is born!"
As he listened to their praises and looked at their smiles he couldn't help but feel a little warm inside. His chest burnt up even more when Kaylee looked over at him with a big smile.
"You may not have Cyan talent like me but Green is still a lot better then most! Also with your drive to protect me I'm sure you'll be one of the strongest in the Dynasty! Hehe I'll be counting on you to take care of me in the future Ryder!"
"Of course Princess! I'll try my best to keep you safe"
As the carriage came to a complete stop a voice could be heard coming from the guards outside.
"Open the gate! Master Sirius and her Majesty Kaylee have returned from their trip to Elmwood!"
As they presented their identification the gate began to open up more allowing the carriage enough room to go inside.
"Welcome back your majesty!"
Guards lined up on the side of the streets holding back people who had begun to gather after hearing the legendary Sword Saint and his granddaughter Kaylee had returned!
'It's time Ryder… once you go through this gate your life will change forever!'
Ryder was thinking to himself as he looked out the window as they finally pass through the doors and head into the capital city known as Thousand Star City.
'Now my journey will finally begin!'