ARCHDEUS

BORN OF THE DARKNESS (5)

"Jared, did you learn anything new?" ask Liana

Liana, the birth mother of Jared and Hazel. He has red hair. But the color of his hair did not go down to his son. Black became the hereditary hair color of the Fertiphile Family.

"Yes Mother, I've successfully learned the Art of Helios technique" Jared replied.

The Art of Helios is a sword technique associated with fire magic. This technique will use mana. Generally, the technique does not consume mana, but will consume stamina. While all magic will use mana and consume a small part of stamina.

Liana did not understand that. From the beginning the goal was only to give the impression of added value to Jared. Since she officially became a wife and no longer a concubine, she seemed to have the upper hand. At first he shivered when he heard the birth of Harol's first child from another concubine who was his rival, Clara. But now what to fear, even that first child was trash.

"When did you master it?"

Harol is interested in Jared's development.

"Five days ago, Dad."

Harol was satisfied. Seeing that, Liana could not hide her winning smile. He even continued.

"I'm sure Jared will be one of the most genius people in the kingdom. He would definitely be a pride for the Fertiphile region."

"Mother, you praise me too much."

"Hohoho .. no, no, you even taught Hazel more than others. You are a very proud child. I'm sure you'll be of great use to our kingdom."

Liana suppressed the word 'useful' as she glanced at one of the other family members, Alex.

"Curtain!"

With a small push, he threw away his face. As for Alex, don't care about it.

"Hazel, did you learn something too?"

Hazel sat next to Jared. Just nod.

"really? Is that Hazel baby?"

Liana raised her voice. As if that was important.

"Hazel can already sense the aura."

Harol stood up from his chair. He poked his body forward and immediately exclaimed in shock.

"What?! When is Hazel?!"

"Eeee .. about two days ago, Dad."

"Hahahahahha .. great! It's great! That's incredible!"

Harol laughed with satisfaction. He sat back. Having talented kids is the best. For a boy who was only 12 years old and could see the undeniable aura that the boy was a genius.

Aura is a form of energy produced only by non-magician fighters. It is the third form of energy source after mana and stamina. Surely the more aura a person has, the more skilled he is in using martial arts. In his stages, to become an aura expert he must be able to sense, produce, and control the aura. With Hazel already able to sense the aura, she only needed two more stages before becoming an aura user. That makes Harol very happy.

Liana had the upper hand. Looking at the developments, he could not wait for how Harol would react when he was about to execute.

"Well, Alex, did you also get something new. Like the sword skills, for example?"

The room immediately experienced silence. It was as if the warm conversation never happened.

"No."

Alex replied in a flat tone. He didn't even see his interlocutor. He only focused on chewing the food on his plate.

"Ooh that? But at least you can learn, right? I don't think it's good for a man to not be able to master swordsmanship."

"No way."

The room was quiet again. Harol's face began to sour. He looked at Alex with glaring eyes. Clara was worried, she hoped that this development would not cause meaningless commotion. As for Liana, she seemed to be enjoying it.

Liana poured the oil back on the burning fire.

"Why don't you, Alex?" tanyakanya.

Alex finally looked at Liana. With an emotionless face, Alex stood up.

"Not interested."

"Eh? Not interested?" liana asked confusedly.

Alex doesn't care about the eyes of everyone who sees him. He moved away from the dining table.

"I'm done, thanks for the food" Alex said.

Harol hit the table.

Well, here it is, Liana thought.

Finally Harol's anger was at its peak. He clenched his teeth and glared at Alex with his eyes starting to red.

"Alex! Meet me in my room!"

"All right."

Alex just nodded while waving his hand. He doesn't seem to care. Alex leaves the dining room with Justin following her.

"What the fuck is that kid!"

Harol shouted in annoyance. He never expected Alex's growth to be this bad.

"Darling, he's just embarrassed. You know, our Alex is shy."

Clara tried to calm him down. But it didn't work at all

"The shy?! The kid who even looks at his parents like they're strangers, you say shy!"

"Darling ...."

Harol can no longer hold all this. He's already pretty embarrassed to have a kid like Alex. He must immediately fix the child or the child must be destroyed for the good of the family.

"Darling, we better give Alex a chance to change."

This time Liana gave a suggestion. He did not expect any meaningful change for Alex. But seeing how the boy spoke and behaved, it was clear this was an opportunity to bring him down even more.

"We have to give him a chance" Liana continued.

Clara looked at Liana with a moved expression. Clara was grateful from the bottom of her heart to see how Liana defended Alex. Although Alex is not Liana's biological child, Clara sees Liana treating Alex like her own child. That's why Clara has so much respect for Liana.

Harol took a breath to calm his frustration. He then spoke.

"No Liana. He had been given a chance to think for too long. It's time we had to force it."

Harol looked at Clara. The woman just nodded. Previously, the two men had discussed Alex and his future. They finally came to the conclusion that this was the only way.

As for Jared, he looked at this conversation as if uninterested. After all, his position was already strong enough to inherit his father's position so he wasn't worried. While Hazel was, she just looked at all of this with a confused look.

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Alex goes to Harol's study. He began to think, what would Harol say.

Hah ... heard the talk of the lowly men .. Really, how despicable this is all.

Alex took a breath. He has to be patient. Anyway it's a vacation.

Do I have to kill him? Hmm... No, no. That's not a good plan.

He admitted, successfully can live as a lazy man is none other than because of the existence of Harol. With the power and wealth that Harol has, it is the factor that supports Alex's trash life. He can't ruin it. Even if he wanted to kill her, Alex wasn't sure if he could kill Harol with this human body.

This body is not a body to fight.

He saw both of his palms. Both are white clean and smooth. There was no trace of struggle and heavy training.

"Sir, please don't worry."

Justin was behind Alex. He was worried that his master might be nervous or scared.

Heh ... This child, no matter how much I scold him, he is not angry. Is he stupid or what?

Alex sees Justin as if he is a loyal little dog. While Justin was confused, why Alex kept seeing him.

"Justin."

"Yes, sir."

"Good job."

"I'm sorry?"

Justin was confused as to what Alex was saying. While Alex did the update on Justin.

All right, I don't think he's a human being anymore. Hmm...maybe he is more suitable as a slightly stupid but useful human being.

Alex's impression of Justin went up one level.

Now they were at Harol's door. Justin moved forward and knocked on the door.

"Master, Young Master Alex has arrived."

"Bring him in!" harol said firmly.

Justin opens the door and lets Alex in. After Alex entered, Justin closed the door again and stood beside the door as if he were a guard.

"Dad, nice to meet you" said Alex.

"You! Are you still unwilling to practice the sword?"

Harol doesn't want to talk. He has already harbored his anger.

"Yes Dad."

Alex answered well. He was not at all intimidated by his father's anger.

"Why don't you want to?"

"Not interested."

"Did?!"

The same answer. Harol really doesn't know what this kid wants. He can't let this boy go on.

"I understand. Starting next week you should go to the training of our soldiers. You will be trained there at least until you can use some techniques."

"Not interested" said Alex tightly.

Harol stood up suddenly making his chair fall. He then shouted at Alex.

"It's an order!"

"...."

Alex looked at Harol as if he didn't care. The veins were already prominent on Harol's head and neck. He rubbed his head and tried to suppress his anger.

"Look! I've tolerated you too much. I didn't force you into the Military Academy. I just want you to be able to at least swing a sword."

Alex and Harol looked at each other. It lasted for a while before Alex opened his voice.

"Not interested."

Harol this time threw the table.

Harol is at the highest point of anger. He used pure physical exertion to throw his desk. The sound of the table that then fell down made Justin open the door in panic. He was afraid that something bad might happen.

"Master?"

"Close door!" shout Harol.

"Good!"

Justin shivered in fear when he heard and felt the aura coming out of Harol. He then looked at Alex, hoping to help his master at a time like this. But he can't. The door is back closed.

"If you don't want to, get out of this house! I won't let you use the name Fertiphile! And don't expect you to get pocket money!"

"What?"

Alex thinks, if he gets kicked out of the house, then there's no place for him to sleep and laze around. If there is no pocket money, then he has no money. If he doesn't have money, he has to work to eat. Working means living a difficult life and away from the word lazy.

Damnit damnit!