Chapter 30 - The Sudden Enlightenment (2/2)

Even though he had not broken through the 5th class mage, he was not far from it. Currently, he was at the peak of 4th class mage, only a tiny step away from the 5th class.

Shad already knew that his mana pool and his way of cultivation was unique and completely different from the others. As such, the amount of mana or magic energy he needed to move on to the next class or rank was two times greater than the others.

As he moved and stretched his body, a crisp sounds of cracking could be heard. From the sound of it, Shad must have been in that position for a long time.

Nonetheless, Shad really liked this kind of feelings. It was really marvelous and his body felt more comfortable.

” Little brat, you finally woke up.” A voice drifted over, Shad quickly looked down and to see his Great-grandfather lazily lying down on the floor, yawning and covering his mouth as though he was there for quite some time and was bored.

The old man's voice was very gentle. His face had a smile as gentle as a light breeze. He slowly stood up and sat next to Shad. This old man was an easy going person.

This old man looked like an ordinary person and Shad could not feel the aura that an expert would normally emit from him. However, Shad clearly knew how powerful and ruthless this old man was.

” What are you doing in my room old man?.” Asked Shad with a perplexed look on his face. This old man was in his room, yet he did not feel his presence until he talked to him. If he was an assassin, he would have died without knowing who his killer was.

” Hehe, one day this old man will beat you to a pulp until you call me great-grandfather. ” said the old man with a mocking smile on his face.

” You just caused a ruckus within the palace. Almost all the magic energy surrounding the Imperial Palace was wildly coming straight towards your room. After two hours, I knew that you had accidentally entered a state of enlightenment, so I've ordered the Imperial knights not to let anyone entered your room, not even your father emperor. ”

” If you did not wake up just now, I am afraid you would have missed your own coming of age ceremony. That would have been so funny, hahaha.....”

Listening to the old man rigid laughter, Shad quickly looked out the window and found that the sun had already set, which means he had spent all the day in that trance.

” Good, it seemed like the barrier of the 5th class mage is as thin as a paper. If you practice those 5th class spells I've given you, you might break through that barrier.” Said the old man with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Deep down the old man was frightened because of Shad's heaven-defying cultivation speed. Not too long ago he was just an early 4th class mage, now he was at the peak of 4th class. Just how much of freak this great-grandson of his was, he truly had underestimated this little monster.

Anyway, it was a very good news because Shad would probably be strong enough to participate in that contest next year. Just thinking about that, made the old man had a look of anticipation on his face.

” Anyway get ready, the ceremony is about to start.” Said the old man before patting Shad's head and left the room.

After his great-grandfather had left, Shad released a long sigh of relief. Even though he knew that the old man means him no harm, he was still not used to this old man being too close to him because he felt as though this old man could pry into his deepest secret which frightened him.

He finally had a loving family, he did not want to be abandoned again. His new family was like a bright light in his ocean of darkness. If they ever find out about his secret, he could not dare to imagine their reactions. Would they abandon him? love him less or continue to love him like before? This was something that Shad did want to know as he was still afraid of the answer because deep down, he already knew the answer to that question.

After his great-grandfather left, Shad shifted his gaze towards the Book on the small table next to his bed. This book was none other than Henry's Diary that his sister had bought for him from the auction for an astronomical price.

Last night after he got home, he was really impatient to read that book. However, he did not. He just skimmed through it, made sure it was really in English before he put it on the table, and the reason for that was simple, as soon he got home preparing to read that book, Shad felt two strong spiritual force locked on to him.

One belonged to his father while the other belonged to his great-grandfather, as such Shad did dare to read that book and pretended that he did not understand it. This book was something that the imperial family was aware off, they even tried to decipher it themselves once, especially his great-grandfather, yet they could not. Because of that, Shad did dare to go on as they would find out about his secret.

After a minute of contemplation, Shad put the book back into his magic pouch and went on downstairs to prepare for his coming of age ceremony.