The next morning, Teacher Ayla entered her classroom and informed the children.
- Good morning children, as you know, the element test will be held today. I just spoke with your teachers responsible for the test. It will take a while to prepare the device. That is why they have moved the element test to the afternoon.
For now, you are free until the test. I will go to the test room to help your teachers. Don't make any noise while I am gone.
When Teacher Ayla left the classroom, everyone started talking about the element test and the device. Time passed quickly as all the ideas were flying around…
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In the afternoon, Teacher Ayla took her students waiting in the classroom and brought them to a very large and high-ceiling room with where the test would be held. There was a square platform in the middle of the room, accessed by a few steps. On the platform was an oval-shaped milky white glass globe and next to it was a device that looked like a control panel.
When Eiderd saw the test device from a distance, he informed the people around him that he was right...
- Didn't I tell you that it is different from the test devices you know? See, it turned out differently. Compared to my vast knowledge, you commoners seem so ignorant. Improve yourself a little…
The other three were focused on the glass globe so they didn't hear Eiderd's continuing speech. As they all together came closer to the platform, the test room became even more crowded. Almost all the academy staff were here. Teacher Ayla turned to the children,
- Children, you wait here, I'll go and check if the device is ready. If it is, I'll call you to come. But you can't all come together. Line up and come one by one.
When the class lined up, Teacher Ayla also went to the platform. After talking to the teacher in charge of the device and receiving information that the device was ready, she back came to the top of the stairs and called out,
- Tauriel, come if you're ready.
Tauriel stepped onto the platform. When she approached the device, two employees in white coats welcomed her and made sure there was no metal on it. The door of the milky white oval shaped device opened. When Tauriel entered the device and sat down, the employees were doing their final checks before the test. Demir turned to Durualp because he didn't see any sensors attached to Tauriel,
- You said there were two sticky sensors, but look, there are no sensors...
- I don't know either. I've never seen a device like this before. Maybe Eiderd has.
When they both turned to Eiderd,
- !?... Is this something too? You don't even need to enter the device in our kingdom...
Unable to continue his speech, Eiderd's words were not convincing at all. He had certainly never seen such a device on Eiderd before. When no one spoke from the trio, who were looking at each other silently, they turned and started looking at the test device...
When the officers finished setting up the device, the teacher in charge started the test. The device started working, after the lid closed and it tilted back slightly. After about a minute, the entire surface of the milky white device turned light gray. After, the gray color of the device disappeared and returned to its milky white color, then it turned colorful again.
This time, the entire surface glowed pale gold. After the gold color disappeared, the device returned to its own color and immediately after began to glow light blue. After glowing light blue for a while, the device returned to its milky white color and the lid was opened.
While the officers were removing Tauriel from the device, the teacher in charge of the test came to the end of the platform and reported the results she received from the control panel.
- Tauriel Arkuene, Water Element, compatibility 74%, Air Element, compatibility 61%, and Earth Element, compatibility 54%
When the results were announced, the academy staff watching the test applauded together to support the children... While the applause continued, a hologram suddenly appeared a little above the platform. It had a list layout showing the test results. Tauriel's name and elements were written first on this slowly rotating hologram...
When Tauriel got off the platform, Durualp went up to the platform. At that moment, Demir and Eiderd surrounded Tauriel who came to them,
- Don't ask anything. Teacher Ayla said that the experience was personal and should not be shared with others…
When the expectant looks could not find what they were looking for in Tauriel, they turned to Durualp's test. After a while, the device turned pale gold. After the gold color disappeared and turned to milky white, it started to glow light gray. While everyone was looking at the device with curious eyes, the device finished working and opened its cover. The teacher in charge of the test also announced the result.
- Durualp Kuyan, Earth Element, compatibility 71%, also Air Element, compatibility 58%
Duralp's name was written second on the hologram list. When Durualp came to his friends, Eiderd stepped onto the platform. After a while, the device started to glow fiery red... The result,
- Eiderd Euon Erkay, Fire Element, compatibility 90%, also Air Element, compatibility 52%
Teacher Ayla greeted Eiderd with a big smile. It was certain that a beautiful future awaited Eiderd. Having such a high compatibility degree would make Eiderd the head of his family in the future. Also, if he worked hard and internalized the information he received from the academy well, he could increase his compatibility rate by three or four points. In this way, he could even have a say in the imperial administration.
When Eiderd stepped down from the platform with calm and majestic steps, Demir stepped onto the platform. When all eyes turned to the platform, the adjustments were made and the device started working…
Demir's curious eyes followed every movement of the device. The door closed and the whole place went dark. He looked left and right in the darkness in hopes of seeing something but he couldn't see anything. Then, when all the hairs on his body started to stand on end, he found himself in a huge void.
He looked around curiously, it wasn't very dark here. Moreover, it didn't seem to have an end. He felt like he had been here before. With a little research, he saw a slight brightness ahead. When he approached it, he was surprised. What were the shiny water drops he had seen in his dream doing here?
Demir, who was surprised for a moment, got angry with himself, "I'm sleeping again, right?" After thinking for a while, he said, "No, I'm at the test area, I can't be asleep." When he turned his attention back to the drops, he thought, "Then these shiny water drops are real."
He had tried to catch these drops before but couldn't. He could catch the drop now, right? When he reached out and caught the drop, a lot of conversations echoed in his ears...
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"My dear baby, don't be sad. The doctors said there is nothing wrong with our bodies. There is no obstacle for us to have a child. Please keep your spirits up. Starting tomorrow, we will try the old methods. In fact, there is a famous herbalist in this nearby town. Let's ask him, okay?..."
"(in a tearful voice) Okay..."
"My dear, this is chaste tree tea, we should drink it morning, noon, and night..."
"My beauty, I just found a new recipe. Lady's mantle, yarrow, and shepherd's purse..."
"My darling, look, this is eighty-year-old ginseng. It is a cure for everything, it will meet our body's needs..."
"…I brought angelica, let's try that too..."
"I am tired now. We have been trying for years, we have tried many things, but nothing works..."
"But my darling, don't talk like that. Keep our spirits up and don't lose hope. He is our child and he will be our fruit. That is to say, we haven't reached the point of bearing fruit yet. Let's not give up, please. I definitely believe that we will have a child. I love you so much…"
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The longing for his mother and father came out of Demir's heart and flowed from his eyes to his cheek. Demir was deeply affected by his mother and father's support for each other and increasing his hopes and beliefs. When he finally came to, he said with determination, "I will never lose my faith and hope like you and I will work hard..."
At the same time, the milky white bowl also started to emit a very bright light. Esin Hanım in the audience was surprised when she saw the bright light.
- How could it be? Wasn't the child's enlightenment related to water, how could there be light now?
The device returned to its former milky white color after emitting a bright light for a while. Those who knew that Demir was a water element owner expected the device to glow light blue, but their expectations were in vain.
The device, which maintained its milky white color for a while, finally started to color. The elemental colors that started to emerge from the bottom of the device, waving gently like grass, started to intertwine and form a vortex when they reached the middle of the device.
The vortices multiplied, multiplied and covering the entire surface of the oval-shaped milky white device. When it took its place in the last vortex, a light green color began to gush out from each vortex. After a while, when the entire surface of the device turned light green, only one person among the audience was very happy.
Celest, the only nature element owner of the academy.
Celest, looked at the bright green in front of him and started applauding involuntarily as if the result had been announced. When all eyes turned to the sound of applause, they met Celest, whom they had forgotten in a corner of the academy, again.
When the process was completed and the bowl lid was opened, the teacher in charge of the test checked the results. Instead of coming forward to announce the results like the previous ones, he got together with his other colleagues and had a short meeting.
While the audience was evaluating this strange situation among themselves, the meeting ended and the teacher in charge came to the edge of the platform and announced the results.
- Demir Han, Light Element and Nature Element owner. We will announce the compatibility degrees after our detailed checks. We would like to thank everyone who participated in our test and watched the process. Our element test is over here...