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"Yeah Bellamy. It's been a few years, how was the mage training? I bet you had a lot of fun"

Bellamy looking at him with a smug face "Yeah pretty fun, I've been practicing my flame chain spell now and I also level-up to 4 in these 2 years of hunting in the near forest. Of course, the medicine and beast cores provided by great-grandfather also helped a lot"

Jack smiled at Bellamy but pity the guy because he went straight to lvl 8 and now he is lvl 9.

"That's so cool Bellamy. Oh, by the way, this is my brother Noah. He was my half-brother from my mother. He is a little bit peculiar in nature that is why he is not showing his face"

Bellamy turned his gaze at Noah who was standing a meter behind Jack.

"I am the great fire chain mage Bellamy, nice to meet you Noah"

"It's also nice to meet you great fire chain mage Bellamy"

"uhh… I like this guy. Jack your brother is really peculiar. Ahahahaha"

"Ehehehehehe. Anyway, this is Mystique my soon to be familiar. We found this guy when it was about to hatch from an egg near the great forest of Tob" Jack pointing at mystique who was being carried by Noah.

"Hmm, what kind of beast is this? I cannot detect its level. Are you sure this thing is even suited to be used as familiar instead of a household pet?"

"rawr" a screech was heard from Mystique who was very angry.

The queen's roar was activated completely stunning Bellamy for 5 seconds.

Jack who was watching the scene turned pale.

'Mystique how can you be so bad as to stun my cousin just because of a bad remark'

Mystique who understand Jack's feelings because of the connection of being a familiar turned her head away.

Bellamy who was affected by the roar looked at the small being with fright.

"Jack where did you get this thing? It completely immobilized me. A skill like that was basically very rare"

"like I told you we found it hatching in an egg near the great forest of Tob. You better keep this secret or else we are no longer friends. I plan to take it as a familiar as soon as I finish the ritual of mana point opening"

"Jack sell it to me. I am sure my father will pay you a ton of money"

"Hays, Bellamy the truth is, that this pet voluntarily became my familiar even without mana"

Jack decided that it is best to lie. Bellamy is a spoiled brat, and anything he wants, he gets.

"Eh, that is almost completely impossible. Are you lying Jack?. A beast that voluntarily becomes a familiar will have a freedom of growth unlike a familiar that is forced of submission"

"That's right Bellamy, I do not want to be an object of envy because of that"

"Mystique will become just like the great elder Piero, a familiar that voluntarily became a familiar"

Great elder Piero is a lvl 30 firebird who was a familiar of the clan patriarch who is only lvl 28. The Firebird is of silver quality and has already learned human language due to its age of more than a hundred years old.

"Jack you will someday achieve great achievements in the future because of Mystique and becoming a great elder is very possible. Just imagine our family having 1 more spot as a great elder"

"Yeah right, Bellamy, I will not be riding Mystique's power for fame. I will be powerful on my own"

"I will also not lose out. I will also find a great familiar near the great forest of Tob. I will find someone as powerful or someone more powerful than mystique"

"You basically made me, your younger cousin a rival?"

"What can I do? The others were basically trash. The young miss was the only one who can match me. You, even if you start late I know that you will not be far from my achievements. I am sure that I will only be a bit better than you"

Jack was all smiles but in his heart, his cousin is really an open narcissist.

Jack was even thinking that what if Bellamy found out that he is twice his level.

"Oh yeah, is great-grandfather inside?"

"Yes he is, you plan to take your brother in the family?"

"Yes"

"Ok then, I will be going first, can't let the girls wait too long right"

"Right….."

Bellamy then proceeded on his way while Jack and Noah along with Mystique entered the House.

"Great grandfather Muto, It's me Jack"

"Come in"

Muto the great elder was sitting in a mat absorbing nature energy.

A few moments later he got up and looked at Noah who was covered by a veil.

"Great grandfather I am back"

"I know, and do care to explain what I am seeing?"

"great-grandfather it's a long story, where do you want me to start?"

"start with the biggest surprise that I am currently seeing, I can feel the light elves and dark elves aura at this kid. An impossible abomination"

"I know that you will never believe that he is my brother because of the blood rat. So, I will tell the truth. Great grandfather, this is Noah from the orphanage. He is my adopted brother. He really has both bloodlines, but his mother is also human"

Noah then removed his veil, unveiling his cherry colored lips, white hair, and deep blue eyes.

"What a magnificent creature, Jack, you brought this kid in the hopes of hiding him here right?"

"yes, great grandfather"

"They say that dark and light elves are the 2 most powerful race in the elven race. Kid, our clan do not have the power to protect you… Jack alone has made it very hard for me to hide from the clan"

Jack immediately kowtowed in front of Muto "Great-grandfather, I will not be asking you to hide him forever. I only ask you to help me hide him till he turns 10. After his ritual of mana points awakening, I will take a journey to hone my skills. I promise that I will change my name and never reveal my connection to the clan"

"Fine, what can I say more? I can see that you are already level 9 at the age of 8. Not only were you having a great talent, you were also an aberrant"

"An aberrant?"

"I guessed you still do not know about that thing. An aberrant was a mage that opened its mana point on its own without the help of the usual ritual. This situation was called an aberrant, It is usually caused by near-death experience. The chance of it happening was only 1 in a hundred thousand"

"Yes, I almost died that time"

"And about the Fusha cub? Mind to explain why it is not bound yet? Don't tell me that it voluntarily submitted to you?"

"Uhhh, yes…?"

"I cannot believe your luck. This Fusha is completely white unlike the one in the great forest of Tob"

"Great-grandfather, you know this kind of beast?"

"Yes, I do know the one that looks like it. That one was brown in color with black stripes. It's called Fusha beast and has a very sharp claw and teeth. Its size was varying but the one I saw was about the size of a grown Rigler. Those were platinum on quality. They are a ferocious pack of predators. Their level ranges from 20 to 30 but it is said that deeper within the great forest of Tob were level 60 Fusha"

"I have never seen a white one before with such beautiful features. I am not even sure if the one I know, and this beast was related"

"Great-grandfather, do you think that he will be recognized by anyone else"

"I am not entirely sure, I only recognized her features because we once found a cub similar the size. The cubs usually stay deep in the forest and were almost unlike the grown Fusha. The cubs were as delicate as this one, but they do not have the long sharp teeth and claws. They are also brown in color without stripes of black unlike this one with white color and pink stripes"

"Great-grandfather, do you have any items that can change Noah's appearance and hide his bloodline?"

"Kid, do you think that the items you are asking can be grown like vegetables in the garden. I only have something that hides the bloodline as it is my work as the head bloodline keeper of the clan."

"It is also fine."

Old man Muto retrieved an eyeball from his storage ring "This is Muso's eyeball, its baleful aura seeps into the body hiding the bloodline but it will give you nightmares every night. Even if you hide it away at night the baleful aura that stayed in your body is the cause of the nightmare. This is a bronze tier one cursed item of our family. Made from the eyes of the beast Muso"

"That's the effect from just keeping it, but using it is a different matter. But I do not suggest that thing because it's a cursed item that causes its user to be replaced by the soul of the deceased Muso"

"On behalf of Noah, I thank you very much, great grandfather"

"Right, you will also need this bracer of secrecy. It will help you hide your level to 1 from level 30 mages and tier 3 detection spells if you do not level up to 11. That thing is a gold quality tier one bracer made by me. You better return that after use. You must not level up to 11 and enter tier 2 until your friend does not finish his ritual of mana point opening"

The bracer was made of rose gold metal with intricate designs of flames. The bracer started from the wrist all the way to the elbows. This was an amazing item just by the looks of what kind of metal it was made. This metal was the special product of their family. A strong malleable gold tempered by their family.

"Yes, great grandfather"

"You better go see your uncle, he is really in a bad situation right now"

"Right, Thank you for everything great grandfather"

Jack and Noah were ready to leave when they were stopped "Stop, he cannot be seen by anyone in the clan looking like that, use this black oar ink, dye his hair black. This is betel nut its husk produces a brownish color liquid that he can use to dye his lips"

"Big brother, I know these things. It's usually orange in my country. Noel and I… we usually use this just like Americans use tobacco…"

"Oh, the elven country also has these?" old man Muto asked.

"Uhmm… yea?"

"Ok both of you should go now, I still have to meet with the 3rd elder"

"Then we bid great grandfather for now"

"we bid great elder"

The two went on their way back home first to change Noah's hair and use the betel nut juice for his lips.

Surprisingly Noah was chewing the betel nut fruit hard nut inside.

"It still tastes the same. I miss my real mother and father especially Noel…" Noah said sadly.

Jack patted him "Have hope, you still have me, right? You can always have more of these if you like"

"umm," he nodded.