29 Chapter 29 – Flaming barbarian (1/2)

Adam had been filling in the long form for both the girls for quite some time now.

”Done.”

”You are done filling in the forms? Good.” Mrs Bren's voice came from behind him.

Turning around he noticed Mrs Bren peering over his shoulder at the two forms on the paper. He had been too focused on the forms to pay much attention to his surroundings.

He had absolutely no idea when this lady had crept up on him.

”Ah, Mrs Bren… please don't surprise me like that.” He said calmly and handed her the two freshly filled forms.

”I have been standing here for about five minutes now. You really need to pay more attention to your surroundings.” She gave him a light tap on his head. Turning around she made her way to her desk where she deposited the two forms into a drawer.

”Come you three let's go to the celestial enlightenment stone.” She led the way up the stairs to the same room that she had taken Adam to the time before.

'I would've noticed if any normal person would have walked up to me.' He was trying to figure out how Mrs Bren had snuck up on him. It was true that he was not paying his utmost attention to his surroundings but for her to stand behind him for 5 minutes without him even realizing…

Adam's senses were a lot sharper than the ordinary person since he was born. He attributed it to the passive ability of Enhanced Sensory. In combat, this ability would rise significantly but even outside of combat it was not negligible.

'It seems a guild is a place filled with crouching tigers. I shouldn't underestimate anyone here.' He came to the only logical conclusion.

Creak.

Mrs Bren pushed the door open to the room. The insides of the room were the same as they had been when he had gone in.

”So… which one of you two cuties wants to go first?” She asked with a sweet smile.

Both the girls looked toward Adam.

”It doesn't matter which one of you goes first. How about this? Elaine can go first and then Luna. Is that fine with you two?” He said after thinking about it for a bit.

”Alright.” Not saying anything more Elaine strutted into the room as the door closed behind her.

After the initiation, Luna would be confirmed to have the darkness element. In the extra time of Elaine's initiation, Mrs Bren could ask which element she had gotten. Things would get very dicey then.

He did not want to stay too long at the guild after Luna would be confirmed with the darkness element. It was best to shorten that time as much as possible.

Just as he was worrying over this.

”She should be out in a few minutes. It is very rare to see people like little Adam who spend over an hour inside. Oh, I completely forgot to ask. This child next to you. She has a special constitution right?”

Ba Bump!

His heart sank to the floor. He had tried to avoid this conversation at all costs but it had still ended up happening.

Taking a breath he calmed down quickly. He could not show any emotions or say anything that would let the secret slip.

'It's not all bad. She has only asked if Luna has a special constitution.' It was basically impossible to tell a bodies constitution just from their physical attributes.

This could be seen from how the villagers in the girl's tribe had first tested Luna for the light attribute before they exiled them. Tools to test elemental attributes were very expensive magic tools. They must have placed their hopes on her having the light attribute. If she did, the whole village would have seen it as a blessing.

The elder who had taken them in, obviously would not have the funds to test the girl so he had always stayed guarded.

Even professionals like Ungads team hadn't found out about her until they brought her back and interrogated her.

”Yes, I believe she does.” He replied in a calm tone.

”Has she been tested for an element yet?” Mrs Bren was just making casual conversation while they waited for the completion of the initiation.

She did not realize how much stress she was putting Adam through.

However, he was already prepared for this outcome. For her to ask this after the previous question was to be expected. It was what most people would do.

”No. this will be her first time.” He could only do his best to maintain his usual demeanour and pull through this conversation.

”Oh, that's odd. Usually, tribes would jump at the opportunity to test babies with special constitutions. They are very rare after all.” She gave a curious look to the silent Luna. Luna had been told before to let Adam handle the situation if this topic came up. So she only looked back and smiled as if she was completely ignorant of the matter.

This move by her was a stroke of genius as Mrs Bren who had been growing suspicious could not begin to get herself to doubt this ignorant looking child.

”I don't know either. They have had a hard past so I wasn't too keen on pushing them to tell me everything.” Adam could not tell what had just happened so he just continued the conversation.

”I see. That is for the best. We will find out today anyway. There is no rush. I wonder which of the seven elements constitution she has.” Mrs Bren said with expectation.

”Seven elements? I thought only the light and darkness element would give a person a special constitution.” Adam's curiosity was peaked by her words.

”Hmm, what I'm about to tell you is classified information so don't go spreading it okay. You are only allowed to know this because the little one next to you has a special constitution.” It seemed that she had 'let slip' her earlier comment on purpose to create a more intense environment for what she was about to say.

”Okay.” Adam and Luna nodded obediently.

Mrs Bren seemed to be very satisfied with their response. She couldn't help but smile at the two kids in front of her.

”If someone has a high enough affinity with any of the elements they can exhibit special physical characteristics of that specific element. Of course, these physical attributes vary and it is very hard to tell what element they harbour just from it. The guild hides this information to make sure no one with a special constitution ends up exploited. Of course, every coin has two sides but I will not get into it for now.”

Adam did not need her to explain. The two sisters were a good example. The tribe only knew that the light and darkness element had special constitutions so they only checked Luna for the light element then made their assumption.

If they knew that she could also have the other five elements would they have still exiled her? This was a question that did not have an answer as time could not be reversed.