3 Family Responsibility (1/2)
McArthur family pavilion was a beautiful pavilion located in one of the busiest streets in Redwood. There were several buildings on it. Trevon followed his father entering the pavilion.
”Father, whom we will meet?” Trevon walked into the lobby area of the pavilion. There were lots of people came and went into the building. Most of them visited the receptionist and wrote something on the reception desk.
”Welcome to McArthur Redwood pavilion, Elder Alvaro!” A middle-aged man accepted their entourage. From his clothes, he wore a better robe than other employees in the pavilion. Clearly, the robe showed his higher position.
”Uncle Darvis, is my brother here?”
”Yes. Elder Charles is in the Moon Pavilion.” Darvis answered Alvaro while guided them into a garden behind the reception area. They were walking through the garden when a beautiful girl appeared.
”Stay and accept your beating!” The girl screamed.
”Ugh..., Elder Sister Raina.” It was Trevon's turn to get 1 shade darker. There were very few people that Trevon was afraid of, and this girl, Raina, was included in that list. Trevon quickly turned his body and started to run.
”Dragon Moonlight Claw!” She screamed. An illusion of a green dragon appeared before finally pinned Trevon down.
”I surrender! I surrender! Spare me Sis Raina!” Trevon screamed while being pinned by the green dragon. It took some seconds before the energy disappeared, but presently the girl was near their group.
”Raina greets Uncle Alvaro!” Compared to when she started to appear and suddenly attacked Trevon. Presently she acted as a beautiful lady. ”Father was waiting for you. In the meantime, let me accompany Trevon. I promised he won't be able to create any trouble in my presence.” She smiled evilly to Trevon.
[It is not that I can't create trouble, but I don't dare to make any trouble in front of you.] Trevon could only grumble in his heart.
”Fine, I have to trouble you, Raina.”
”It is my pleasure to help you, Uncle Alvaro.”
[Yes, it is your pleasure to torture me.] Trevon said in his heart.
”Uncle Cyde follow me! The rest can rest in the pavilion.” Alvaro disbanded their group. This was not the first time they came to this family branch, so they knew where the location of their rest area. The group separated into 3 smaller groups. The first was Jerry and the others. They went to the rest area. The second was Alvaro, Cyde, and Darvis who went into the Moon Pavilion. The last group was Trevon and his nemesis, Raina.
”Aih, Sister Raina, I feel lots of shake during our journey. I want to go to my room to rest my weary body. Sorry for not entertaining you, Sis!” Trevon quickly stood up and showed a fist and hand salute. He started to look for a maid to ask.
”Oh, so your body feels tired? Let your elder sister massage you!” She started to grab Trevon's robe and squeezed her petite hand.
”Aw... I have already felt refreshed Sis!” Trevon screamed.
”Don't you feel tired? I haven't done anything and you already feel refreshed? It is not good not to circulate your blood when your body feels weary. You may get a blood clot.” She started to punch and kick Trevon body.
”I am sorry Sis! Stop it! Stop it!”
”Why are you sorry my dear cousin? You should thank me.” She still kicked and punched Trevon.
”Thank you, Sis! Thank you, Sis!”
”Why do I feel some resentments in it?”
”I won't dare Sis. I am truly thankful for your help, Sis.” Trevon was squatting while getting pummeled. Both his hands were protecting his face.
”Ok, so now tell me! What did you do to make you came to Redwood?”
”What I did?” Trevon tried to remember, but there is nothing particular that he can remember. [Was is because I tried to cook Mr. Penny thunder cat? Wait, that is impossible, nobody knows about that.]
”I don't know sis, recently I just visited the usual place and gambled a bit.”
”Usual place? What is that?”
”The usual place, where I hang with my friend, Sis. There was nothing particular about that place.”
”Eternal Night?” Raina asked.
”What Eternal Night?” Trevon showed an afraid expression. He was especially afraid that his father heard it. ”Anyway, that is not a good place to get out of a lady's mouth. Hahaha.”
”Then, why are you there every time. The last time I visited Bluestar you were there. The previous visit you were also there.”
[It is because being there are better than getting pummeled by you.] Trevon could only speak in his heart.
”What? You seem to talk about something.”
”No. Sis, it's just that my friend liked that place so much that I accompanied them.”
”Do you think I know nothing, Trevon? What about the word Golden Hand Trevon?”
”What is Golden Hand Tevon? I truly know nothing about that, Sis.”
Raina only clutched her hand.
”Wait... I surrender. Don't hit me, Sis! Aw. I have an appointment with a lady this night, please spare my face. Spare my face, Sis!” Trevon got another pummel.
Since they were kids, Trevon always lost to Raina. While at some time Trevon was a genius, Raina was also one of the family geniuses. In this world, a tiger father bred a dog son rarely appeared. Unless when that father was still a dog when he made the child.
An example was Alvaro and Charles's eldest brother, Robert McArthur. He was born when Trevon's grandfather was still a Peak Rank 1 warrior from a marriage with a Peak Rank 1 lady warrior. Robert, until his death, at 180 years old only managed to reach to reach Middle Rank 1. Alvaro and Charles didn't have the chance to meet their eldest brother.
Children's talents were depending on their genes. By ranking up, cultivators tempered their body and at the same time their genes. There was a 25 % chance of one talent came from one's father. The other 25% came from one's mother. There was 6.25% chance came from each one's grandfathers and grandmothers. 1.5625% chance came from each one's great-grandfather, and so on.
This was not a fixed thing because there were people who inherited parts, all, or better talents than the ancestor. This was most likely just 1 Rank higher or lower. The last was the example of Robert. Both Peak Rank 1 couple had a Middle Rank 1 son. The chance to inherit a better talent was the reason why there was a better descendant on later generations. This was the reason why sometimes a non-cultivator family gave birth to a Rank 1 cultivator. This possibility was called God's Blessing.
Since both Trevon's paternal grandfather and grandmother were top cultivators at the time they gave birth to Alvaro. There was at least 12.5% chance of Trevon born a Rank 3 genius from them. Added by Alvaro Rank at that time, that was a 25% extra chance for Trevon to become a Rank 2 warrior at last. It was a decent rank for an elder in the family.
Unfortunately, he failed the family. After he reached 8 years old, the genius Trevon turned into the useless Trevon. This was one of the unfortunate things that were happened in McArthur family. Each Rank 3 was the backbone of the family.
The family at the beginning thought that Trevon was the 12.5% genius based on his cultivation speed. Unfortunately, he was not. Some people consider that Trevon got the talent from his mother's side and happened to receive a God's Blessing. Therefore, he could only be a Peak Rank 1 warrior at most. The way he stuck on Beginner Rank 1 proved that. Beginner Rank 1 was thought to be his limit.
Raina got the gene from her father's family, most likely her grandfather since Charles was not considered a talented person. Her mother was one of Charles' concubines. She was a non-cultivator woman. Raina and Trevon's grandfather was the same, Grand Elder Douglas McArthur. The difference was that Charles was born earlier from Douglas with one of his concubines. There was about 300 years difference between Charles and Alvaro.
Cultivators lived a far longer time than normal people. Rank 0 cultivator even had an additional 20 years compared to the non-cultivator. Primary Rank 1 cultivator could have an additional 50 years. Most non-cultivator humans could only live until 100 years maximum. This number would increase while a cultivator raised their cultivation.