5 Chapter 5 (1/2)

”Alright Lance, just put your sword back where it belongs, and you are free to head back in to get ready for dinner soon. As for me, I am going to start heading back to help my wife pack our belongings.” Kong told Lance as he stood up to make his way out of the training grounds.

Hearing that his training was finally over for the day, Lance felt a sense of accomplishment, while some fatigue was still present. He was only ten years old, but he was still training for many hours during the day in order to become stronger.

Usually noble families would rather their youngest generation use different herbs and such in order to build their strength while waiting until they became ten years old to start allowing them to try to follow the path of an expert. It was unfortunate, but the Sacred Ember clan did not have such resources at their disposal to give to their youngest generation.

It did not matter much to Lance, since over the years, it was clear that he was making quite a bit of progress, even compared to some of the older generation clan members who were considered the core of the Sacred Ember clan's strength and pillars that held the sky.

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Lance after putting away his equipment realized that he was full of dirt and so he made his way into the Sacred Ember clan's mansion. The mansion was indeed massive and able to fit over one hundred rooms for the pure blooded members of the clan. As for Lance's room, it had a personal bathroom attached to it.

Asking a maid to fill the tub with water, Lance quickly undressed and grabbed a soft towel before making his way inside. After taking a quick bath and putting on a regular and comfortable blue robe, Lance started to make his way down to his clan's dining hall.

The dining hall of the Sacred Ember clan was rather large, but there were barely any treasures within to give it a sense of nobility. It couldn't be helped, since Lance's father needed to make ends meet on occasion, these treasures would be sold to merchants and collectors over the years.

It was even to the point where the Sacred Ember clan did not even have any extra items in their treasury other than decorative heirlooms passed down for generations of their ancestors. Not a single person within the clan was willing to argue against this, because it went towards prolonging their survival.

”Well son, it looks like you had a good day. Did you learn a new sword technique?” Lance's father asked him as their family sat down for dinner. Lance's father being the Patriarch of the clan was able to sit on the throne while his immediate family sat beside him along with Lance's uncle and grandfather who assisted him.

This throne was made of very simple wood, but was covered in cracks after decaying for so many years. There was no reason to swap this throne out for a newer and more expensive one, because there just wasn't enough money to make such arrangements. However, every Patriarch continued sitting on this throne which gave it a sense of glory and love for the clan rather than one's self.

There were roughly only thirty clansmen present in this dining hall and only a handful of maids and servants who helped serve food and drinks to everyone before sitting down to eat themselves. It was rather common for even nobles to not spend too much of their wealth on feeding their members during ordinary dinners. Therefore, the Sacred Ember clan wasn't criticised by anyone for following that route.

The Sacred Ember clan's numbers have slowly dwindled over the years, and only recently, have they decided to possibly recruit some citizens within Granite Town to add to their numbers as a branch type family. However, they would only begin this process when Kong officially moved in and was ready to train others. Not too many people knew this transition except for those who held some type of decision making position within the clan.

This was not an uncommon practice for clans, rather it was indeed extremely common whether a clan was a noble one or otherwise. As long as the pure blooded members remained in charge and continued to have more children, it was still good to find potential outside experts to take in as well.