"This is the only thing I wish for god please give me a summon strong enough," said a boy wearing a black robe, nothing about his face was visible except his mouth, and a robe that ran over his head hid his eyes.
Five gods are present in the world 1) the god of destroyer of guilt. 2) god of love. 3) god of creation. 4)the destroyer god. The young boy at the age of sixteen to seventeen years was present at the altar of 5) World's fifth god, the god of mana.
It's a ritual every young man must go through the day after the second moon shows its presence. On the night of that certain day, every young man between the ages of 14 and 17 goes to the altar of the fifth god of mana and asks the god to bless them with a familiar at the altar. They need to spend the night at the temple without eating or drinking and on the next day, the head priest opens the sacred gate to the altar of the god.
The altar is a concrete circle on a plain pleasant field of grass with a divine star engraved on it, zodiac signs were present at every corner of the stars, and at the center of the star, there was a mighty eye engraved in it. It was a peaceful place it had green grass with trees located at a certain distance from each other the temple of the fifth god was just near the altar. When the day of mighty summoning occurs mysteriously all the engravings around the pillars of the altar light up.
When someone summons their familiar the engravings of the altars come to life and start to coil around the summoner and a beam of mana befalls upon the summoner, depending upon how dense the beam is and the color of the beam the element and strength of the familiar are decided upon.
Kakatsu and Kakazoku the twins who lived at the temple with the priest were also there at the summoning event. They had never seen their parents and were orphans except both of them had a locket containing a picture of their mom and dad. The priest had looked after the twins from their birth and had named them kakatsu and kakazoku.
"with the blessing of the fifth god, I kakatsu summon ",
a huge explosion hit the temple located in the deep forest near a blue-flowing river and the summoning ritual ended for kakatsu. The people around him and his twin brother kakazoku were surprised to see that no summon had arrived. The altar lit up and engravings did coil around the young man kakatsu but there was no mana beam and he got blasted away from the altar hitting the tree. Dust was all over the place and the population there covered their face with their hands to protect themselves from the strong wind due to the explosion.
Everyone had a look of disgust on their face towards kakatsu as he was unable to summon any familiar, it's rumored that only slaves, demons, and the people despised by god are the ones unable to summon their familiar. The mana flower near the altars also evaporated to the heavens. What an ominous site it is.
"hurry and clear up the place let other participants also summon the familiar dumbass"
"I can't believe someone could be this incompetent to not being able to summon a familiar"
"it might be because they are orphans nobody knows who their father and mother are they might be descendants of slaves" were the words echoing around the temple,
The head priest came and picked up kakatsu who had fainted, and with the help of his brother kakazoku, rested him on the chair near the statue of the god while having a look of absolute disgust against the people of the temple.
"SILENCE EVERYONE" the priest ordered while stabbing his staff in the green ground.
It seemed the priest was angry, why wouldn't he be he had raised the children on his own as his blood. To the priest, these children were a gift from god to help him overcome the misery of losing his wife and unborn children to the altstar.
"Okay kakazoku, it's your turn now go to the altar and ask for the summon to god"
kakazoku rushed to the altar and offered his prayer, a bright red light fell upon the altar guiding a fire elemental summon, a snake-like creature with small wings, its eyes were crystal white like a diamond, and it had no arms or legs it was just like a body of serpent with bright red colors, none the less his size was no laughing matter the snake stood at a length of 50 meter its shadow almost covered all the people around the altar and the people watching from afar were also shook then shrunk to a few inches long and wrapped around his neck.
The initial appearance of the summon is only visible to the owner during the first summoning.
kakazoku smiled at the serpent while it embraced him around his neck.
The small chunni snake was visible to the people floating around Kakazoku and they started with the ritual.
If the summoning process is successful people chant to the god while bowing down to the summoner as it's believed the familiar is a gift from god and the population should respect the will of god.
"congratulations kakazoku on ur summon it seems that yours is a fire elemental, what a wonder it is," said the head priest.
" hea..head priest is kakatsu okay he seems pretty sick" (kakazoku)
'hey you can call me Papa and kakatsu is fine he is just resting it seems he wasn't successful in summoning his familiar" (head priest)
"it seems people vary of him being a slave, but it's, not the case papa is it"
"yeah, I still remember promising ur mother to take care of you and kakatsu, .... hey kakazoku I am sorry I wasn't strong enough to defend your mother will you forgive me for it. " said the priest barely being able to hold his tears and holding on to hands of young kakazoku while remembering the guilt of his past
"n..no priest sir there was nothing you could have done against him even the capital knights weren't able to eliminate him and only drive him away, it's not you fault priest sir" (kakazoku) though kakazoku hadn't really seen the altstar.
"haha such good kids are you both, I pray to the fifth god for blessing you both I shall go and guide other children for the summoning ritual" (head priest) holding a staff he got up and
"Hey Kakazoku the altar had lit up before your brother fainted I don't know why no familiar had appeared but the altar had surely lit up anyways " Saying this to kakazoku head priest marched to the altar.
kakazoku nodded his head and said "Yes papa"
"we will go to the royal palace today kakazoku, inform your brother when he wakes up" (head priest)
"yes" (kakazoku) with a gentle smile.
'such cute kids are these gods thank you for blessing me and saving me from the loneliness aww I wish I could revisit the good old past with them and spend the golden days' aga..' thought the priest while vice pries signaled to him to come to the altar
'ah yeah I have to complete guiding the rest of the kids I believe kakazoku can handle kakatsu'
kakazoku is a shy kid who only holds conversations with an open heart with the priest and his brother. He went to his brother's side and sat on the chair next to him watching the summoning event under the shade of the tree, after all, It's a once-in-a-lifetime event to watch. people who have got their familiar are prohibited from entering the altar once again.
"Oye Kakatsu wake up already you only get to see this once in your life how long will u sleep for"slapping Kakatsu's cheeks gently trying to wake him up
"Hah Kakazoku what happened did u see my familiar he is amazing ain't he "(kakatsu)
"huh, did u hit ur head somewhere there was no familiar of yours..."(kakkazoku)
"no way I had summoned him he was total dark being with...with" (kakatsu)
"shut up kakatsu, papa said the altar lit up but that was the only thing that might be that ur familiar hates u and ran away"
(kakazoku)
"well that can't be I am not that stupid face as yours that it would hate me that much" (kakatsu)
"We look almost the same except the hair color you moron"(kakzoku)
"now shut up and let me watch the summons, are you able to move now?"
"uh yeah but it seems like my body is all out of magic power I cant cast spells " (kakatsu) while holding his hand in air sitting straight on the bench and glancing at the blue sky
"What!, how can that be everyone gets their magic almost replenished at the altar,"kakatsu exclaimed "And what do u mean u tried to cast a spell" glaring at kakatsu
"no..nothing zoku haha"(kakatsu)
"Wanna see my familiar tho katsu?" (kakazoku)
"no, I don't feel too good I will see it later" (kakatsu)