At that time, Rudd Dravik, who saw his son receive the blessing, looked happy and pleased while looking down on the other nobles.
On the other hand, Ashen heard the words and also saw the child who received blessings from the divine.
He seemed to be grinning like someone who saw easy prey.
And at the same time, in his mind, Ashen said with a smirk,
"Haha, that's really stupid."
"They think I'm an untalented child?!"
"Huh, that's funny to hear."
Then, suddenly, Ashen's eyes seemed to turn into a golden glow, but everyone didn't notice it.
Because at that time, only Ashen was aware of what was happening.
"Ugh, what's wrong with my eyes…?!"
"Why do I feel like I see something on the ancient stone, near the boy who received the blessing?!"
Ashen said with a shocked and confused expression on his face.
He became even more curious about what he saw now.
Then, Ashen tried to focus his vision on the ancient stone.
Suddenly, Ashen seemed to see a dark purple aura within the ancient stone.
Soon, the dark purple aura came out of the ancient stone and quickly moved towards the direction Ashen was.
"Boom!"
A sound like an explosion was heard in the area where Ashen was, and it turned out that the sound was due to a dark purple aura entering Ashen's body.
Because of that aura too, Ashen seemed to feel a little strange in his body and felt so sore all over his body.
"THUMP!"
"Ugh!...."
"Arrgh!..."
"Dad… Mom… my body hurts!..."Ashen said in his mind, because Ashen was currently only a one-year-old child who was not yet fluent in speaking.
Ashen fell to the ground, feeling quite intense pain.
Shortly after, he fainted.
Both of his parents immediately brought Ashen back home to heal Ashen.
Time continued to pass as Ashen's condition was near death, and fortunately, Ashen's parents managed to stop the pain in Ashen's body.
However, Ashen was unconscious for a whole week.
Ashen's parents looked worried and sad seeing their child unconscious, but they still tried to find a healer and a doctor who could cure their child.
"My husband… why is our child still unconscious?"Silvana said to Roland with worry.
Silvana was very worried about Ashen's unconscious condition.
Even healers have a hard time healing Ashen.
Therefore, the Healers were a little worried because they seemed to have found something inside Ashen's body, and it looked like dark mana was continuously eating away at Ashen's body.
Eight years later….
At that time, the weather looked beautiful, although a little hot.
Because it has entered summe,r which makes the atmosphere seem warm.
The view is so beautiful that it can be seen from above the building of a fairly luxurious house, and it also looks like a slightly developed city.
At that moment, Ashen, who was unconscious, slowly opened his eyes.
Both of his hands also seemed to move slightly as a sign that he had regained consciousness from the previous incident.
Then, Ashen tried to say something, a little confused,
"Where is this?..."
"What happened to me?!..."
Then, Ashen's parents, who were taking care of him, also looked surprised.
They were surprised not because Ashen had regained consciousness.
But, because his child could suddenly speak fluently.
However, they actually consider this to be a blessing for their child.
Because he could speak fluently, at that time Ashen was still one year old.
So when he realized that it should take time for him to be able to speak fluently.
However, for Ashen, this was normal because Ashen had actually been able to speak for a long time, even if only in his mind.
Not only that, this incident caused a great stir in the Duskreign region.
One day after Ashen regained consciousness, at night, they held a celebration for Ashen who had regained consciousness from his long sleep.
….
That very night, Ashen was very surprised to see that the Duskreign region, which was once a village, had now progressed into a city.
Even though it's only a small town, at least this development is quite great for Ashen.
Because his parents had been taking care of him, they did not forget to take care of the Duskreign family territory and the residents within it as well.
"I… I am so lucky to be in this family." Said Ashen, who was crying a little.
He cried because he saw that his family's love for him was very big.
Shortly after the celebration ended.
Roland and Silvana told Ashen that in the next year, Ashen would be entering the academy.
This immediately shocked Ashen; he felt like he had just come to his senses and that he only had one more year to enter the academic world.
Ashen felt that this one year seemed too short a time for him to learn about this world.
However, he will still do it, for the sake of his parents, who want to see their child enter the academy.
However, Roland and Silvana suggested that when Ashen entered the academy, he should enroll in the Theory and History classes.
Hearing this, Ashen questioned his parents about the request.
"Why do I have to take the Theory and History class?"Said Ashen, who looked confused by his parents' request.
Then Silvana answered with doubt and worry,
"That's because…"
"Your body is currently experiencing a kind of End Stage Etheric Atrophy disease.."
At that time, Silvana explained that Ashen had a disease. Etheric Atrophy Stadium Akhir.
This disease is rare, even considered a curse for this world.
Because this disease has a cause, namely the mana in the body appears dark and will continue to eat away at the user's organs.
Ashen also remembered that when he was performing a ritual at the age of one, he saw a dark aura enter his body.
And perhaps because of that, the healers thought that the dark and dirty mana was eating away at Ashen's body from within.
To stop this, Ashen had to receive extensive treatment with continuous healing and medication for eight years.
Therefore, doctors and medical experts advised that Ashen should be prohibited from using the mana in his body.
Because, at the age of five, children should start to be trained in how to use the mana core and aura core in their bodies.
However, Ashen is not allowed to use either of them at all.
That would cause Ashen's body to deteriorate more quickly and also hasten his death.
Doctors and experts said that Ashen could only survive until the age of twenty.
That's why his parents forbade Ashen and asked him to enter the academy by choosing Theory and History classes.
Hearing that, Ashen smiled happily.
He finally followed his parents' instructions to choose Theory and History classes when he entered the academy.
However, before entering the academy, Ashen will try to study according to his desired needs.
With the help of his parents, Ashen began to study well and looked serious.