6 A Reason (2/2)
I gulped as she stared at me. She was hesitant but finally gave out.
”You're the only remaining survivor of the Cursed Children of Laxxo... I'll only reveal that, the rest is up to you whether you believe it or not.”
Then the reason my father had betrayed the kingdom was because he loved a woman from the Children of Laxxo? did my mother die because she was killed in the war? So much questions popped through my head, Why had he kept so much? didn't he trust me? was it because I was dangerous that he had kept me inside our home all along?
”H-how could that be? weren't they eradicated in the Great cleansing of Gaia?”
”Indeed they were but here you are... All you have to know is that you have unparalleled ability of the magical arts.”
I realized that I needed to confront my father about all of this, How come he kept this hidden. I needed to strive, become stronger so I could save him. So the next day I prepared myself in the morning, as Madame Cordelia told me that before the first light of dawn I must be present at the Training field as to formally join the Liberators. I couldn't just shy away after all that has happened, nothing good will come from doing sulking; I had to fight. A housekeeper of the fortress came last night and gave me proper clothing to use during training, Madame Cordelia had sent her. I went off as my room was apart of the keep, I passed through the bailey and saw recruits coming out of the small barracks on the far western wall. Soon enough I reached the drawbridge and saw the moat beneath. Most of the recruits started pouring out towards the open field by the eastern side of the fortress. I arrived and there I saw at least fifty people gathering, In the crowd I saw Higime. I went towards her direction and greeted her good morning.
”how are you feeling?” I asked.
”Better, how about you?”
”Much better.” I muttered lying to myself.
As the sun rose, a man of average height with blonde hair and blue eyes stood in the middle of the crowd.
”GOOD MORNING RECRUITS! I am Nolan Bardel! each and everyone of you will refer to me as Instructor Bardel!”
”Each and everyone of you will have to prove their worth! Form a line!”
Everybody lined up, from afar I could see one person that didn't follow and had sat by a tree. Instructor Bardel came towards this person.
”I see that you're the Rebellious type!”
”I don't see the point to all of this” The guy replied.
Bardel pulled the guy towards him and pushed him in front of the line.
”Since you wanted to see the point in all of this, I'll show it to you! show me what you got!”
As he raised his hand challenging the newcomer, The man ran towards him, he was immediately blown to the ground.
”Now you see? we might be a Rebellion but we still need to work as a whole, serving as Knights of the Liberators!”
Soon groups of men came carrying weapons and their respective weapon racks, they placed them finely in a line near us.
”Pick and choose a weapon of your choice, come at me!” As his eyes burned with passion.
Recruits fell down one by one. completely overpowered by sheer skill and strength until finally, a goofy looking character with a loud mouth was next in line.
”Oh no! I don't want to fight! I don't like it when I bruise myself!” He squealed.
”You're next! come here! grab any weapon!” Instructor Bardel said.
”I don't want any weapon... They're too heavy for me.”
Now that I was looking at him, he was too clean and He moved too feminine for a man.
”Well?! are you engaging or not?”
”I don't really want to fight...” He said in a low voice.
”I see...”
Instructor Bardel dashed towards him as he struck, my eyes couldn't keep up but then surprisingly the person had blocked his attack. He had wings that had sprouted wide open from his back.
”Most Impressive and an Elgan too! your name recruit!” he praised him.
”DeWitts, Ambrose sir!”
After him everybody resulted the same and was completely dominated by Instructor Bardel. Except for a few people that gained praise from him, along them was Higime as a Faustian she was naturally stronger than that of a human. She chose a weapon twice her size, a Battle hammer and lasted the longest against him but she always hesitated. Soon followed a female Deimos with her swift and precise movements with the dagger, then lastly was another male near my age that wielded the bow as if it were an extension of himself. After the whole physical training, he transitioned to Magical ability. He had one of his men pull out crystal from the Keep and out came with them was Madame Cordelia.
”Do each and every single one of you know about this?”
He held out his hand with the glowing crystal on his palm. One of the recruits answered.
”It's a Vistone sir!”
”That's right! otherwise known as Viscorr!”
”This crystals have been growing under the world since before the time of living beings!” said Bardel.
”It is said that this was Gaia's gift to all the living beings of the world, Blessing us with her power. The very origination of magic.”
”Each stone has unstable and powerful magic, capable of mowing down Thousands of men. But cannot be harnessed. It is only here to provide us beings of magic.” said Madame Cordelia.
”A medium! if you will, that connects us to the power of Gaia. Thus allowing us to perform various magical spells but will depend on your Corr capacity.” she continued.
”Now! every single one of you will have to hold the crystal, the brighter it is the higher your Corr capacity will be and Madame Cordelia here will appoint your specialty judging from the color that the crystal shows.”
As I saw the crystal and it reminded me of a bad time, I was afraid. I might cause a commotion like before. I was drawn to the crystal like before but this time it was different. After a while it was my turn--I hesitated to touch it and then I realized that before I held it with both hands. I wonder what would happen if I just poke it.
”Come on kid! we haven't got all day.” said Bardel.
As I poked it, it glowed dimly...
”Well looks like you haven't much tal--”
It's dim light grew brighter and stronger by the second, soon it had covered everything forcing everyone to cover their eyes while averting away their gaze. I felt my eyes burning again in a split second and saw nothing except glowing orbs inside silhouette figures of people. When the light calmed down so did my eyes, every single person was awestruck. Then the crystal showed every single color before it turned to clear and translucent. Madame Cordelia was confused, she knew that I was different but not to this extent. She couldn't figure out what specialty I would be placed in, as people tend to lean onto one kind of magic type in their life and at most was three. Madame told me that we'll figure out the situation at a later date. Finally the day had ended, I laid in bed exhausted and stomach full of a hearty meal.