17 Ceremony [IV]

>>>Returning to Mara...

Mara didn't know what was going through her Guardian's mind, but even if she did, she couldn't help, because she herself didn't fully understand what was going on, the aura she released, was something she did out of instinct, nothing else.

The Elder came back to his senses, and told her with some apprehension, "Little Clan Leader, come this way…" leading her towards the door.

Mara didn't notice his careful and polite way to speak, but that doesn't mean that the others don't.

Mara looked at the Elder who has water in his back, and asked, "Elder, why is your back wet?"

Stiffing his body the Elder didn't want to answer, but had to, "Oh, this? It is water I pour on myself, I felt that the weather is rather hot."

"Is that so? I don't feel it that way." Say with doubts on her face.

"Oh, yes, please don't call me Elder." Say the old vampire trying to change the topic.

"Yes? Then how can I call you?" asked Mara.

"Oh, I really don't remember my name…"

"!!!"

"…"

"…"

"Can I give you one?" Says Mara with a cheerful voice.

Mara was excited to name the Elder 'Bearer'.

'Please don't let it be anything funny...' prayed the Elder.

"Little Clan Leader, it is quite a pleasure to be able to receive a name from you," replied the Elder in a respectable and thoughtful manner.

"Alright... let me think it over..."

"..."

'!!!'

It was unbelievable for the rest of those present to witness how the Elder who possesses more power than all those present united, gives deserved respect to the little girl, but... anyone would do so, after witnessing the power that came out of her. The presence that she displayed, was terrifying.

And that gave rise to many thoughts with mixed feelings.

Those in the neutral faction; those who want to use her for their own means; and those who had reason to get rid of it; were the ones who were suffering the most.

Many looks directed towards Little Mara were mixed feelings.

'And to think we wanted to make use of it...'

'Uh, good thing I didn't take the first step and take some faction...'

'Oh no! We'll have to make plan changes if we want to get rid of her and put our pawns...'

'It's better to be on the side of the Little Leader, so we can get some profit.'

Many schemes, many future problems, and many allies were born at that moment... but to all this... the Small Leader Mara, did not take the slightest attention.

They were in their own worlds, and she was still thinking seriously.

"Oh, I found one! TAROS!... do you like it?" asked Mara with a look full of expectation and thirst for praise.

"..." The Elder now has a name that he does not know what it means... but what can you expect from a little seven-year-old girl, 'Maybe in the future, I can change my name?' wondered the Elder to himself.

"Yes, little Leader, it's a good name, thank you for bestowing upon me said name." Expressing honest thanks towards Mara, who was smiling so happily after hearing his answer. What the Elder now called Taros didn't realize is, that... this is just the beginning of his headaches in the future.

"Yes, Taros the 'Divine Protector' will be your nickname." Mara decided immediately.

Taros, didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she mentioned 'Divine Protector', but one thing is for sure, the Nickname is better than the one they knew him by.

With difficulty accepting such a name and Nickname, he said, "Thank you, Little Clan Leader, I accept the name bestowed upon my individual."

"Okay!" Mara's smile couldn't be erased with anything right now, it felt great to name someone, plus deep inside she had a feeling of wanting to see others of less or at least at her level, speaking of the height of course. But she did not know how to identify it very well, because, at such a young age, she needs to experience many things to be able to understand it.

But neither she, nor Taros, nor those around her, could imagine that the seven-year-old girl would become a being feared by all.

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"Now Little Clan Leader, let's get on with the ceremony, we have wasted a lot of time," Taros expressed his concerns.

As she listened to Taros, Little Mara remembered where she was, and what she's supposed to do, "Okay, let's get started," as she declared her stand and agreement to begin, her voice changed from the cheerful and charismatic Little Mara to the serious, and stern one, to the Little Clan Leader Mara.

All negative, positive, in disarray feelings, were removed and replaced with a deeper and more somber one, and the moment Taros drew the dagger again, this time he did it a little faster, knowing that there would no longer be any interruptions of any kind, but not so fast, because he needed to respect the solemn act.

The dagger with a length of 1.97 x 3.15 x 1.97 inches, made of what appeared to be stainless steel, also had slightly strange carvings, the tip of the dagger was gold, the body red, and the handle black.

The golden tip of the dagger all over the surface of little Mara's index finger, and she frowned, not because of the pain, if it was just a touch she didn't feel pain, but the reason that makes her frown is that the sensation it gave her after the touch.

A sinister sensation that gave her chills ran through her entire body, it was as if her body became colder with every moment, being lost in the sensation, she did not notice what was happening around her, much less the changes in the dagger.

The golden tip of the dagger turned crimson red, a darker shade of the dagger's body; all the present noticed at a glance how the drops of blood came out of little Mara's finger as if they were being attracted by something inside the dagger itself.

One by one the drops of blood came out, slowly and symmetrically, each drop coming out perfectly in the shape of a star.

It amazed the others that the blood took the shape of a star, something that had not happened with the previous Leader. But they were sure of only one thing, the new Clan Leader, she might be small, but she is not someone simple, not someone to be trifled with.

When the dagger absorbed the fifth drop, something incredible happened, Mara who in an unknown moment had closed her eyes to lose herself in the strange and somber sensation she had opened her eyes abruptly, and an aura full of Magnificence surrounded her, making her look like a dazzling goddess with an enthralling beauty that can make anyone surrender with just her looks, even though it doesn't belong to a seven-year-old girl; so sublime that they could prostrate to worship her at any moment with her purity, and a noble aura showing her high-rank birth.