Arthur was a silent kid. He is the type of person who keeps things to himself. This habit made him a good observer and better listener, but it also made him easy to bully and push around. Arthur's mother, Amanda, passed away just a few years after Arthur was born. Thus, from childhood, he was a lone guy with no one present to care for him.His father, Reynold Ashborn, is a strong leader of the Ashborn clan who believes power is the only thing that matters, even when it comes to familial relations.The Wellingtons, from where Amanda is from, were a strong clan in their own right. They mostly focused on the business side of things rather than military might, which unfortunately is one of the reasons for their demise.Reynold, at the start, used to take care of Arthur quite well when Amanda was still alive, but after her death and the subsequent demise of the Wellington family, Reynold started neglecting Arthur, believing he didn't have any worth for the clan.Reynold's second wife, Sabrina Wornstar, was from a very powerful clan. The Clan of Wornstars was an administrative type of clan that came from a long line of ministers in the royal court. They have connections with a wide range of people and also have businesses in a wide range of ventures. This made them one of the clans that no one wants to have enmity with.Sabrina's son, William, was born just a few months after Arthur was born. This made them be compared from childhood, which also prompted William to bully Arthur. Anytime Arthur tried to fight back, William used to complain to his mother, Sabrina, immediately, and Sabrina used to twist the facts and ask Reynolds to punish Arthur even when it was not Arthur's mistake.Arthur, having no one to stand up for him, was thus always bullied. Realizing he was the one getting more punished even when it was not his mistake, Arthur stopped fighting back and started avoiding them as much as possible.Reynolds is not an idiot to believe everything Sabrina says. He has many eyes in the manor and also knows it was always William who bullied Arthur. But because Arthur does not have any clan supporting him from his maternal side and also because Sabrina's clan is very powerful, he used to always punish Arthur to appease Sabrina and her maternal family. Using this, William would always go scot-free from any mistake he committed.This does not imply Arthur was a weak-minded or low-willed person. He was a calculating person who uses his mind when he knows physical might is not going to help.One day, when they were eight years old, Arthur set a trap for William. He timed the moment when Reynolds passed through the corridor and made William attack him. And when Arthur made sure Reynolds could see them, Arthur acted scared, retreated nearby a luxurious cauldron, and intentionally made William step on a small round rock, which made him stumble onto the cauldron, thereby destroying it.This is the time when Arthur still believed that Reynolds was a fair and just person who only punished Arthur because Reynolds thought Arthur had made a mistake.On seeing the cauldron destroyed, William pushed the blame onto Arthur.That day, Arthur thought that' since Reynolds saw the whole ordeal, he would punish William. But contrarily, Reynolds acted as if he did not see the whole fiasco and even punished Arthur, taking William's words as proof. That was the day Arthur realized that even his own father would not stand by his side when needed. From that day on, Arthur started avoiding William and his gang of bullies, acted in a meek manner, and also reduced his presence as much as possible to avoid getting into trouble.But this type of behavior only reduced Arthur's worth in his father's eyes. Reynolds, a person who is the head of a clan famous for its military might, felt that Arthur was humiliating him and Ashborn name by acting this way. Thus, he fully stopped caring about Arthur and believed he would never amount to anything big in his life.Back to the church:"Hey Arthur, are you nervous?" asked William.Looking at that smiling face, Arthur controlled his urge to punch it with all his might and stood there as if he hadn't heard a thing.Seeing that he was ignored, William got angry and got ready to punch Arthur. Every time William beat Arthur, Arthur used to not retaliate. William believed this time would also be the same. He thought that the guy in front of him was the same guy who used to get bullied under him with no other option. But Arthur is now a person who used to fight mighty creatures for a few coins and a person who danced on the edge of his blade for years. Just as Arthur was planning to break that hand, the door opened, and a priest came in, telling that it was time for awakening.William, not knowing he would have lost his hand if he went on with the punch, just put his hand down and said, "You just escaped, you lucky bastard."Arthur, realizing what he was about to do, scolded himself, 'It's not time yet, you idiot'.He also slowly made his way to the awakening ground. The awakening ground is a huge space where, on one side, a good number of youngsters stood. On the opposite side, there are many ladies holding a large number of bottles, and in front of them stands a bishop wearing a luxurious-looking white dress with gold borders.Those bottles are the infamous mana elixirs that help a person awaken their element.Looking at those bottles, Arthur thought back to the words spoken by Seraph. "The bottle you drank was a poison, that affected your mana core, which also prevented you from awakening."