Family meeting (2)
"Child, you have some talent, for being born of a whore is not bad, so you will be given the opportunity to be a subordinate to one of my sons" Alisa said.
There was total silence, even the other women looked incredulously at that "sister" of hers, believing that something had happened to her.
I guess she said something that shouldn't be said in front of Magnus or me, plus my mother would swear if looks could kill, she'd be dead many times over.
After all, I was not aware of my mother's past, and I never asked her anything, although I saw that sometimes she was treated worse than one should have expected, she was my mother, and whatever her past or origin, she's talented enough.
However, I simply told her, "if I did, the gods would laugh at my naivety, someone with his talent is not worthy of having me under him."
Again there was silence, however, if the previous one was more concern and even fun, this one was disbelief and curiosity about me.
After all, I, being someone with a worse background, was supposed to beg them, it was totally out of the script for me to respond like that.
Alisa was going to continue saying despicable things, however, Magnus interrupted her, "Axel, you may have more talent, but that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." When he saw that everyone had their attention, he continued, "let's leave this talk alone" , now pay attention to what's important and don't make a fool of us tomorrow".
"At the beginning of the celebration, it will be a normal banquet, and at a certain point you will be called for affinity awakening and job change, then there will be an important announcement, and lastly a ball. During that time, you will socialize with various noble houses and you'll have to put our name up high" he said solemnly.
To this, most of those who were sitting snorted in amusement, thinking that I was nothing special.
"Father, I think there may be a problem in the ceremony since I have awakened my affinities, and I think it would be better not to reveal them to the nobles, how should I proceed tomorrow?" I said with an innocent smile, and so quickly that they barely processed what I said.
However, at the moment they thought about it, everyone looked at me as if I were a monster, if it was already said that I had more talent, this only confirmed it, in addition to thinking for the family by hiding certain things from them for the moment, my father was also surprised.
"Are you saying that you haven't awakened an affinity, but affinities? You know what will happen to you if you're lying, right?", my father said looking at me seriously.
At this I just laughed in amusement and created three small spheres of ice, blood and darkness, as well as casting a small void slash, trying to make it look like space.
Everyone was amazed, since they did not believe that I had really achieved it, but the most important thing was that all my affinities were of a rare and higher level, or at least they believed that when they confused the void with space.
I could see various reactions, but the most abundant were of course anger and envy for being the last child, the least important, and the one that everyone wanted to despise.
At least I suppose I'll have room to grow or something since I doubt they'll divulge much about me knowing they're worse than me... or so I thought.
"HAHAHAHA very good, Axel, your affinities will not be hidden from others, this can make some powerhouse with even more connections and it could also get you a position in the best academy in the southern continent, which will provide more resources to the family" said my father laughing as he saw in me someone for whom he would achieve many things.
"Magnus! How dare you, that position would be for my son, not that bitch's!" Alisa exclaimed, obviously not happy that her own son was denied that entrance.
To put ourselves in context, being such large continents, there was an abundance of talented students, so over the years, an institution was divided into three, one per continent, and they provided the same conditions to grow equally, in addition that you could find students from any of the three Continents.
This was the Abyss Academy, it was so important also because, excepting certain occult forces, they were known to have 6 peak demigods behind it, the maximum existence in the Lower Realm.
So why was Alisa so angry? Simple, the academy accepted a maximum of 100.000 students, up to the age of 25, who would then be inside for 10 years.
The problem was that her son had little talent for that academy, and the only way was to pay to enter.
He was 15 years old, and the academy would recruit people again in 10 years, which was basically when the previous generation dropped out.
That's why she was so angry, because she knew that I had much more talent, and if for some reason she couldn't just get by with it, she would pay me instead of her son, since the older of the two was 30 , she had no chance unless he had more children, but that would mean she couldn't increase his strength.
Other than him, Alan, only the son of the second concubine, Est, aged 14, and the motherless girl, Violet, aged 12, had qualifications in this family to introduce themselves.
"I don't care Alisa, you know perfectly well what's important, if you want it to happen, pray that he can pass simply because of his talent, the same goes for the other two that can pass besides Axel, if not, just settle for it." a lower grade academy," Magnus said.
At that point I was worried, while it is true that it was better for me, knowing the existences behind the academy or just in the empire, I was afraid that they would find out the truth about my 'space' element.
"Then Axel, going back to the topic, it will simply go to the job choice, but you will do a small demonstration as you have done here to show the affinities you have, I will pull contacts to see if I get the attention of someone important related to the academy, if you have enough talent they might accept you even before the recruitment period is over, which would be beneficial for you."
As he said that he then continued, "Also normally this would be given to you after tomorrow's celebration, but I'll make an exception" at that moment, a girl with fox ears and tail appeared from the door.
Unbelievable, even though I had seen other species, I hadn't seen anyone of the fox race yet, I mean, I'm from Earth, who hasn't ever wanted to see one of hers and pet her ears.
"This is for you, her contract will be given to you and you can treat her however you want, normally they are bred to be your personal maids, but I am aware that you already have so you can just treat her as someone to have fun or train with" after he said that , her slave contract was given to me as well as the collar, and I noted her personal information.
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|| INFORMATION ||
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[Name]: Ori
[Age]: 9 years
[Condition]: scared
[Titles]: -
[Race]: Demon-fox
[Bloodline]: Blue-Fire fox
[Affinity]: Fire
[Favorability: 0 / 10 ]
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|| STATS ||
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[ LVL: 11 / 30 [ 650 / 11.000 EXP ]
[ Rank E ( E ) ]
[ HP: 2.000 / 2.000 ]
[ MP: 4.000 / 4.000 ]
[ Strength: F++ ] [ Agility: E- ]
[ Defense: E- ] [ Resistance: E++ ]
[ Soul: - ] [ Charm: 110 ]
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Hoh, not bad at all, although she doesn't have much special, and still not being able to bind her to the system I can't see her abilities or blessings, but it doesn't matter much either.
High resistance, even more than me, which is already something, so I suppose that she has not been treated very well; a high charm, and being of the race that she is, if I imagine correctly, she could even surpass me despite all the improvements that I have; also seeing her affinity and bloodline, the blue fire is interesting.
Hmmm, it's not a bad addiction, so I thanked for her, honestly, although she's cute, I have a mature mind, I don't see anything in her except expectations for the future, she had black hair and red eyes, and she was that, cute , I was still a girl.
As usual, I heard complaints again, but I was focused on the little girl who looked me straight in the eye and although she was scared she didn't show it, she was interesting, so I passed on from the rest.
Ending all this farce, I did what was expected when I got to my room, made her my slave through the system, and saw what I suspected, [Pain Resistance (B)] at max level, she seems to have been treated bad. I guess that's why she didn't yell too much when I told her she'd think about betraying me so she'd know the consequences, well that was a bit sadistic of me hehe.
Other than that, she didn't have any other skills other than the miscellaneous expected of any servant.
I just lay down, waiting for tomorrow, surely it was going to be exhausting and there will be some problem...
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