Hello! Author here. Just wanted to say that these bonus chapters are really tiring me out with consistent achievements of the power stones we set so now I would like to say that a bonus chapter would only be released with every 50 power stones of the novel. Thank you for your cooperation :) :>
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Now that 3 years had passed, Arthur was 10 years old, a week away from his heir ceremony, and one month away from his Blade's Exodus. But before these two events, Arthur had received the word from his father that someone special was coming for a visit and he had to be formally dressed for the occasion. When Arthur had asked the person's name, his father told him that it was forbidden to mention his name unless in his presence and even Christopher did not comment on this remark which made Arthur frown as to who was this person. What was more strange, was that the same day Christopher had left for Masglow giving the reason that he had some matters to settle with the Imperius.
Deciding to see for himself when the person would come, Arthur let the matter go and right now, he was standing in front of the mirror, formally dressed in a suit with a white trench coat which highly complemented with his white hair and flawless skin. Checking himself in the mirror for the last time, Arthur started leaving before confirming with a certain god as to if he was there,
'You there?'
A moment later, the voice came, reassuring and with a teasing tone but the words made his mouth twitch with regret on asking him.
[Yeah, let's go Arty.]
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In front of the pristine flawless white Blade manor, a figure arrived. The figure was a man, who was seemingly in his mid 20's, he wore a black formal suit which was covered by a cloak around his body, on his eyes was a white blindfold, restricting his vision or so everyone thought. This was the same man who was present in the white tower, but what was he doing here? Nobody knew but if one could notice there was an eerie silence around him with no guards or maids.
It was not that they were at leave or been ordered to go somewhere, no, but contrary to a person's thoughts, they were going around and hustling and bustling right here a minute ago. But as soon as the man had arrived, upon seeing him everyone's face contorted with fear and they scattered in a minute, avoiding the man like he was a plague.
Even the guards, although they would not leave if they hadn't been informed of the person's arrival beforehand so they knew to let him go, couldn't control themselves and hurried away from their posts like afraid puppies.
The man didn't seem to notice or mind it though, but rather it was as if he expected it to happen so he completely ignored them and looked at the manor and the area around it. For a moment, even though the man was wearing a blindfold, one could see and feel a glint of longing and pain in his voice before it quickly went away just as quickly. The man with a small smile on his face mumbled in a quiet voice, that no one could hear.
"This brings back memories."
Before he moved forward towards the manor.
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Arthur had met up with his parents and together, they went to the entrance of the manor to finally meet the visitor, whos arrival had been informed to them by a guard. Again, Arthur noticed, that the guard did not use the visitor's name but rather referred to him as 'the visitor'. He was quite curious at to who this visitor was, and so he finally moved with his parents to meet the person whos name was forbidden to be spoken even by a Zenith, Christopher Blade.
When they arrived at the entrance, Arthur saw the man coming towards them as well but instantly a frown etched itself upon his face as questions started to pop up in his mind. Why was the man wearing a blindfold? Was he blind, if so then his other senses were truly on an other level as the man moved without any difficulty and if not blind, then what was the use of the blindfold? and except the blindfold, Arthur thought that the man in front of him wasn't quite special, so why was it forbidden not to speak his name except in his presence? Moreover, the man didn't seem to be quite special as well.
The man finally arrived in front of his parents and had a small eerie smile printed upon his face as he stopped. For the first time Hades decided to interrupt him in his thoughts, because he would never speak when Arthur was on an important occasion or speaking to someone.
[That man.....]
But the voice of Hades quickly faded away into his brain, as an even more shocking thing happened that Arthur could not quite literally believe what had just happened, for the first time in his 10 years in this life, except Christopher but even then it was more of a respectful and loving one, but for the first time in this life Arthur saw his parents bow to a man. What was shocking was that this was not a respectful bow or a friendly bow, it was a bow laced with fear and uncertainty, and that too to a blind man!
"We both greet Omar Ravencrest, the last surviving member of Ravencrest family."
Arthur's eyes widened upon the realization that the man standing in front of him was actually the last surviving member of a destroyed household but still feared to this day, the Ravencrest Family. In addition to this, Arthur had actually heard the name of Omar Ravencrest before.
He was the the strongest Zenith in the whole human continent but also the only Zenith who wasn't included in the Menhirs due to the fact that humanity still didn't know where his motives lied because of the destruction of his house. Moreover, it was said that the strength of him still couldn't be estimated fully and thus the Imperius could only bestow him with their highest rank but it was believed that the man could actually not only beat but kill all the 6 Zeniths of Caelum with his full strength!
Omar raised a hand as to indicate that was not needed and also spoke out his thoughts, and his voice was an elegant and melodious one.
"Please Nolan and Alice, you know that there is no need for the honorifics. We know each other and our families were also closely related so please there is no need to embarrass yourself like this."
After hearing his voice, Arthur's parents straightened themselves and Omar moved his gaze from them to Arthur. It was that then, for the first time in his existence, in both his previous and current life, Arthur felt pure and unbridled fear as he locked his trembling eyes with the blindfold of Omar. But what was more shocking was that, in that moment it felt like all that Arthur had to hide was laid bare in front of Omar in a second, like his eyes behind that blindfold were searching through his existence and were even aware of Hades.
Even Hades, a literal god, the God of Death in that moment felt a shiver course throughout his soul as if the man was a being that far transcended the realms of what he knew and the power he held. But just as his gaze landed upon Arthur, he moved it away with a polite smile like nothing had happened, But it was far from the truth, as even Hades spoke out at the gaze,
[That man..... Arthur never get on the wrong side of that man, this will be my first and hopefully last warning to you that to never ever get on the bad side of that man because if you do, then not only you but it might be the end for the both of us.]
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After exchanging pleasantries with his parents, Arthur along with his parents and Omar had moved inside to discuss the purpose of his visit. Now, they were sitting in the living room of the manor ready to discuss the matter of his visit. And immediately, Omar took out a black token and slid it across a table with his two fingers. The token was the size of a watch faze and completely black with the Blade emblem carved on both sides.
Arthur recognized the token at once, after all he had seen it many times in the books of the library. The token was called a Sacra, and it was given to a person by a Blade heir or Patriarch as a sign of their gratitude. This token was only given when a Blade owned a person their life and by giving this token to the person, the Blade was basically giving a promise to the person.
A promise that no matter what was happening to person, even if the whole world was against the person, if they would ever ask for the Blades help then instantly it would be given without a moments hesitation and no questions asked for why they needed it. Without wasting time, Omar got straight to the point of his visit, telling the help he needed,
"I would like to request an assassination."
Nolan nodded immediately but of course he knew that this was not the request because after all, this small of a request could even be request at MASS and why would they deny the strongest Zenith after all.
"But, I would like to specify the person for the assassination."
Nolan nodded again indicating for Omar to continue and specify the person he wanted for the assassination.
"Who do you want?"
Instantly, without any hesitation or wait, Omar replied.
"Arthur Blade."