Chapter 41
"I knew it! I knew you would awaken it by this time but I didn't know it will be so soon!" Clara said excitedly as she stared at Grey excitedly.
"What!!??!!" Grey shouted in shock and then all the elements got dispelled at once.
"What do you mean by that mum?" He asked as approached his mum in shock.
Clara just sighed and patted the seat where Grey sat down earlier signalling for him to come sit.
"You see, when I married your father, I had heard of a particular prophecy that was revealed in this family. Not sure who saw the prophecy." Clara said.
"What prophecy?" Grey asked.
"That a special child would be born into the Dawn family. A kid who would become a great mage that no one would ever be able to compete with him."
"So how does that correlate with me unlocking my affinities?" Grey asked.
"I'm getting to that, just chillax." Clara said as she chuckled at Grey's impatience.
"You see, when the prophecy was unveiled, they were told that the child would be a male but there's one catch. He won't be able to unlock his affinities at the proper age he should unlock it, it will be at a later time." Clara explained.
'Was the prophecy talking about me?' He wondered in his mind.
"So when your father was born, and he didn't unlock his affinities at the age he was supposed to, everyone thought he was the one the prophecy was talking about.
But they waited for some more years and still nothing and when your father turned an adult, he was shunned by everyone and he was called a cripple as he couldn't perform magic.
Everybody bullied him, called him weak and he was even thrown out of the family house to go fend for himself. But there was one person who didn't treat your father bad." Clara said.
"Who was that?" Grey asked.
"It was your uncle; Jimmy Dawn. When everyone were treating your father bad, he always tried his best to shield and even defend him. Sometimes having to go against the other family members.
When your father was even about to be kicked out, Jimmy protested to know avail. So he decided to help in his own way. With the little money he had, he purchased this small house for your father to live in."
"So where is he now?" Grey asked. "Where is uncle Jimmy?"
"After some years, he became a well known mage and therefore, he was offered a high position. Not really sure what it was, but he was taken away from his family and wasn't able to come back at all. But he still managed to send some money whenever he was allowed to." Clara said.
'I wonder what position he was offered and how I can find him.' Grey thought.
"So when you were born, we thought you would not awaken any affinity just like your dad. Since your dad didn't have any affinities and magic was hereditary, we thought you wouldn't have any. So we always tried to protect and shield you from bullies but you still ended up getting bullied anyway." Clara shook her head in sadness.
"Enough about that, how did you awaken your affinities and how are you able to wield three elements together? And why is your hair red?" Clara questioned.
"It's kind of a long story." Grey said scratching his head nervously and then he took a deep breath.
"When I was training in the woods one day, I encountered a beast that was trying to attack me. I fought hard but I was losing and also getting injured until all of a sudden, I felt dizzy and it felt like something was pulling out of me outwardly.
Until all of a sudden, something slammed into the beast killing it on the spot while also burning it to ashes. And I fell unconscious on the spot.
When I woke up, I saw that my hair had changed colour to red. No idea why but I had a suspicion that it was due to me unlocking the fire element. All these happened while you were away." Grey explained.
"Wow! What a brilliant liar!" Noir couldn't help but say in Grey's mind.
"You were attacked by a beast? Are you okay? Are you alright?" Clara asked looking over Grey's body from top to bottom which made his cheek heat up in embarrassment.
"Mum, I'm fine, no need to worry." Grey said and his mum let him go.
"So how did you also become a 2 star mage so fast. Per my knowledge, it takes at least a year to advance to a 2 star rank. So how did you advance so soon?" Clara asked.
"That… it was due to repeated cultivation and training. I kept on using my elemental powers repeatedly until one day, I reached a breaking point and then advanced to the next star." Grey said.
He decided to lie because he didn't know how he would tell his mum that he encountered the first ever mage in human history who helped him discover his affinities when he was on the verge of dying.
Then he was given skill and spell books that taught him how to use his magic and also travel to other worlds where he finally advanced into a 2 star mage without sounding crazy.
So he decided to lie while sprinkling a teeny tiny bit of truth to his lie.
"Alright, I presume you must be tired, go up to your room and rest. I will call you down when dinner is ready." Clara smiled and Grey happily stood up, took his bag and went into his room.
Immediately he got into his room, he quickly shut it and breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was a close one." He said as he sat on his bed and threw his bag aside which caused it to make a thud sound then he remembered something.
"Huh? Right, I forgot about Randin's parting gift." Grey said as he quickly went towards where he threw his bag then he picked it up and slowly opened it up.
"I wonder what is in this chest." Grey said as he excitedly opened it up when his eyes finally laid on what was inside.
"This… this… this is so generous and thoughtful!" Grey said as a tear rolled down his eyes.