Two days later
The sun was setting by the time Luis and Sera made it back to the village. On the walk to his house Luis did a big stretch, spreading his arms out wide and taking a big yawn. The journey made his entire body feel sore but the thought of his comfy bed brought him a sense of relaxation. Luis looked over to Sera who would be taking a different path to her house.
Looking straight ahead while walking on the village pathways before they diverged into two different paths. " I won't be dropping you off, you can go back by yourself."
"Won't mom want to know why getting the blessing took longer than a month. She will probably want to talk with you."
"And that's why I am not going to drop you off"
"Oh that makes sense." As the pathway diverged Luis did a slight jog heading to his house turning around and waving. "Bye Aunt Sera."
Sera waved back "bye Luis"
Stopping in front of his house, the familiar sight brought him a sense of relief. Upon opening the door he was greeted by the excited voices of his younger siblings.
"Big Brother!" Kael and Lira yelled,
both were six years old and were born as twins. Kael was chosen by the Phoenix to be the next clan proxy, meaning the next clan leader. No one knew how the Phoenix did it while it was dormant, and since it hadn't spoke to Luis in a long time, it did not look like they could ask it. Kael had taken his looks from their dad, with black hair and dark green eyes. Kael is 3 feet 8 inches tall and has a slim build.
Lira on the other hand resembled their mother more. She had brown hair and brown eyes. She was taller than Kael 4 feet tall and had more of a healthy build not slim or overweight. The Xoliti clan deity when visiting to seal the Phoenix essence from leaking out, saw how Lira had no blessings in her, none that had been passed down to her. The deity attributed this to the Phoenix being born in Luis and choosing Kael as a proxy. It then offered to pass off its blessings to Lira.
The Xoliti clan being a clan who's blessings are not made for battle have a lot of blessings in their lineage that are just meant for supporting and enhancing their main blessing abilities. The main reason for this is because the Xoliti clan like a few other clans is a clan who's blessing is not compatible with any other blessing that is not a support blessing. This means that they need to have perfect support blessings.
Of course as the years went along the clan found better and better creatures to receive support blessings from. This caused their current problem, since everyone is born with 1 blessing from their lineage. It hinders the clan being able to get the perfect blessings which all support each other perfectly. Though it will be slowly possible as people start using the worse blessing less and less, the process is too slow. Within a months time of when they get a new core they will have to get another blessings, so blessings from their lineage don't appear. This gets harder and harder as a person reaches a higher aura tier, because they gain multiple aura cores. The deity wants to see how strong a person with the perfect support blessings would be. This is why it chose Lira when he saw that she had no blessings.
Noah and Elena, unlike the other clan members, did not reject this idea. They believed that having the support of a strong clan deity would make their daughter safer, which led them to agree with the Xoliti clan deity.
Kael and Lira both crashed into Luis, their faces lighting up with excitement.
"Big Brother!" Kael and Lira, both five years old and born as twins, rushed toward him, their small arms outstretched. They crashed into him, their faces lighting up with excitement.
"Did you get the blessing?" Kael asked eagerly, his eyes wide.
"Yeah, what did it look like?" Lira chimed in, bouncing up and down.
Luis couldn't help but smile. "I'll tell you in a second, alright?"
He heard footsteps coming from the house and turned to see his mother, Elena, walking out of the kitchen. She furrowed her brows slightly.
"Your home later than, you were supposed to be, Luis." Elena said crossing her arms. "You were only supposed to be gone for a month. Why did it take so long?"
Luis hesitated, " I actually ended up getting two blessings, Aunt Sera said I should get another blessing."
Elena spoke in a sharper tone "Did she tell you before or after you left because I had to go to uncle Bane and find out why you were so late"
Luis responded in a quick and earnest tone. "Mama, it wasn't my fault she told me after we left, I had no choice it was by force I couldn't do anything"
Elena's tone softened a bit "oh I see, I thought she told you but you didn't tell me," with a bit of frustration in her voice, "I'm not surprised she did that but don't worry you won't have to do something random next time. Well all that matters is your home now, so what blessings did you end up getting." Elena said with a smile on her face.
Before luis could respond, Kael and Lira tugged at his sleeves, their voices filled with excitement.
"Big brother show us your blessings! we wanna see"
"Yeah! What can they do, we wanna see"
Lira added eagerly.
Let's go outside I'll show you, Luis said as he smiled down at them.
Elena watched with a smile, before interrupting them. "Let your older brother have some food before going. Also Luis there's going to be a village event next week. It's a blessings showcase where everyone from the nearing village comes to show their blessings, it will be good chance for you to show off yours and see other cool ones."
Luis froze surprised, "I thought that doesn't happen for another 2 months, they always happen the same time every 2 years."
"Oh that's because after the 2 months the kingdoms having a succession ceremony, so everyone has to get ready to celebrate that"
Luis replied more confused now "what's a succession ceremony what's that"
"Well it's when the king has gotten to old or thinks one of his sons can lead the kingdom better, so that's why he's gonna be the new king"
"Wait, does that mean it's like another village festival? Will there be good food and games when the celebration happens?" Luis responded in a more curious tone.
Kael and Lira chimed in excitedly at the same time "Wait, Mama! You didn't tell us there would also be food?"
"Yes, there's gonna be food and games. But for now, Luis, come get some food, and all your questions can be asked while you're eating."