'haaa, it's been 5 years since his birth.'
Leonard sighed inwardly, whenever he thought about him, he couldn't help but slight frown.
Jayce's thought of his uncle, Leo being the easiest handle is the furthest from the truth. In fact, ever since Leo knew about his nephew's sudden strange behaviour from his wife, Samantha, every time he visited him, he made sure to check Jayce's soul for any oddities. But, he was never able to find one.
Soul possession is not an uncommon phenomenon in this world. Where people on or above grand master level could possess another person.
'But, for one to do so. They have to pay a price which leaves them completely vulnerable for a while. Afterall, not only they want to tame and destroy the original owner of the body. They also had to tame and control the body afterwards'
'Also, I severely doubt that anyone would be foolish enough to do an illegal soul possession over a Roderick family's child. Not to mention under the presence of Clara Roderick.'
'Unlese, a Transcendent made a move personally, there's just no other way. But, if so, what could be the reason for his sudden behavioural change.'
'Haa...anyway, I should buy a good gift. Otherwise, Samantha and Joey would eat me alive.'
When he thought about his wife and daughter, a slight smile formed on in his face as he continued on his journey.
....
In Roderick household,
The entire palace seems to be getting ready for a celebration with flowers handing around the door jambs and windows. More workers were employed to cook and other menial jobs for the celebration that to be held tomorrow.
In a room at the first floor of the palace, a boy is sitting there, intently studying a book. His face looked so serious that if not for his age, one could mistake him for doing some serious research.
That boy had fair skin adorned in a blue full handed t-shirt and a white trouser. His black hair reached till his eyebrows, clearly had been cut recently. His grey eyes completely ignored everything and solely focused on the book infront of him.
Sure enough, it's Jayce Roderick. It's been nearly 5 years since his birth and 4.5 years since his awakening.
And the celebration preparation are for his birthday tomorrow. Jayce Roderick is going to make his first public appearance. It's a thing among the graded families. There are total of four grades, these families are seperated in the human domain.
With grade 4 being the lowest, followed by grade 3, grade 2, grade 1 and finally the paramount rank being the highest. Though royal family is the one at the peak of power scale, it's still, after all decided by the human federation.
[Human federation is the sole sovereign of all human ruled states. It's typically lead by the Transcendants. A powerhouse with absolute authority which oversees the entirety of human race.]
So, yeah, in short it's a big event that is of absolute importance to Jayce and Rodericks. And people from all over the world are coming to attend it.
But, Jayce couldn't care less about all this. If anything, he just want to be left alone. He gives the appearance of someone that hates social gatherings quite a bit. It's a trait that seemed to have been inherited from the memories. But for his family, they think he resembles his grandmother, Clara.
Jayce closed the book, went to the balcony to take a look at the scenary outside.
'As trees and leaves rustle,
A squrile and a snake wrestle.
People moving like their legs were poured with hot water,
Ah! I see Joey stealing the cake's.... batter?
The sun is gleaming like it's mad,
Oh god, all this shit are just too bad.'
'hehe...a masterpiece, if I have say so myself.'
It's one of the hobbies of Jayce ever since was able to speak fluently. Torturing.... Ahem, Telling his family about poems he wrote.
'Mm... I'm getting better at it for sure.'
He thought.
'Anyway, from tomorrow I'm five years old. I couldn't care less about that celebration, honestly, I feel like this celebration seems similar to a zoo or a circus, showcasing me infront of every one.'
'Well, whatever, I just have to pass through this. I can start to learn more about magic and other things there after.'
During all this time, since he awakened his sense of self. He had done various trial and errors to dwell deep into the memories to get more knowledge out of it. And the results were sumptuous.
He now sure he digested more than 90% of those memories and gained the respective amount of knowledge.
Jayce could also sense that as he kept absorbing more knowledge, he also changed mentally to a certain extent. He felt like stopping it but he just couldn't, even he didn't, those memories automatically assimilated, though at a slower phase.
But, if he's certain of one thing that would be, he didn't lose his sense of self, no matter how much knowledge got assimilated to his mind. Rather it influenced his way of thinking, it didn't change who he is but impacted how he thinks and behaves.
So, basically, it shaped his character.
'After all these years, I've made several conjuctures on could've been the behind these memories.'
'First, A concept from the knowledge of these memories itself, Reincarnation or Transmigration.'
'Second, Possession. This is also possible considering this is a magical world. But it's very unlikely since the world in my knowledge is different and also can someone even possess me, while under all these people's eyes? I'm not sure. It's second least likely option.'
'Third, Sabotage. Someone tried to sabotage me or my family by tampering my mind with these wierd memories. This is also unlikely for the same reason as the second option.'
'Four, I am the honourable one.... I know it sounds narcissistic but hey come on, what if it's the truth?'
'I feel the first option is the only thing that sounds convincing. But, what if it's because of the influence of the memories itself. Can't be so sure.'
'I also don't have any knowledge on the death of the person, to whom this memories belonged to either.'
'There's also another logic of how my soul and the soul of the person in the memories have been combined or some sort of 'battle of souls' happened and I won. Thus that soul got assimilated into mine.'
'Well, I might be able to figure it as I grow up, maybe?'
Jayce had read and heard alot about the history, geography, social hierarchy and most importantly magical realms.
'In this world there are a total of 8 realms. Starting from Novice who all are the ones training to become a mage, knight or a martial artist.'
'But the real deal starts after that. The seven great realms Star/Elite, Adept, Master, Grandmaster, King, Monarch, Transcendent.'
'My father and grandfather are grandmaster rank and King rank respectively and my mother and uncle are masters. My Aunt seems to be an Adept and Joey had already became an Elite, two years back. And the strongest one in my family is my grandma, She's actually a Monarch!'
'No wonder that young looking old man behaves like a tamed beast infront of her, despite being born in a monarchy where polygamy is a common occurrence.'
Even to this day, Jayce is forbidden from learning anything even remotely concerning on how to become a awakener. That's the name given to these powerful people.
'It seems an awakening process needs to be done before once could become an awakener. It's what those apprentice or novice realm for, to help with that awakening process.'
'To think I actually tried to sense mana so that, I could absorb it and then form my mana core at age 2 shocking everyone by becoming the heaven defying talent. Then become invinsible in the same realm and able to fight a realm above because of the snow balling effect. Finally, achieving a realm that no one under heaven ever achieved and rule this world as the sole sovereign... sigh.'
'Another example of why I shouldn't trust this knowledge blindly.'
Honestly, there's no problem with the knowledge, it's him being unable to comprehend the difference between fictional novels Edward had read and his real life due to them being vague. Those issues were later cleared little by little as he assimilated more knowledge.
But nevertheless it's an embarrassing story. He called it as another example, because it's just one of the many embarrassing stories that had happened.
Well, those stories are for another day.
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