Chapter :-9 Ten Years in a Blink of an Eye

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Sounds of footsteps could be heard clearly while the Sun illuminated the day, burning with everlasting brilliance. A figure wearing a gray cloak with a hood over his head was kneeling on the ground.

His left hand held a basket with various plants and herbs inside it. The cloak was well-made and beautiful. The word 'M' was etched on it's back.

The hooded figure outstretched his right hand and grasped a plant before plucking it out and keeping it inside his basket.

The footsteps stopped near him and a voice was heard.

"Brother Henrik, can you check on mother's health...? She isn't eating much these days, I fear for her health....."

A young man with white hair and yellow eyes could be seen standing behind the cloaked figure, he wore a golden robe and a slight smile on his face, his tone laced with worry.

The cloaked figure didn't immediately reply but first stood up and removed his hood, the sunshine reflected on his face and he faced the sun.

Beautiful white hair just like the other, extremely attractive features and ocean blue eyes which added to his overall handsomeness.

A purple-colored crystal pendant around the neck along with a black mark on his neck, a three tomoe mark.

(Naruto:-Curse mark)

"She is only 34 years old Albus, along with my checkups I am sure she is as healthy as she can be....stop worrying about her after all she is a grown woman and your mother."

Henrik had stopped aging now that he reached the age of 22. His face held his young features and his physique had achieved the peak of humanity. Being reborn as an immortal made him balanced in every way.

During all this time his powers have grown beyond limits and have reached the point where he can shake mountains with his telekinesis alone.

Most of the materials required to unbind his siblings, he had already collected but some are still missing even after such a long time.

Henrik had learned everything he needed to know about this new world and its magic system. The atmosphere was filled with abundant amounts of magic but the people living in this world couldn't utilize it.

The magic used the inhabitants of this world is self-generated, unlike Henrik's magic which can effectively draw power from the surroundings.

The thoughts or intentions of individuals take the form of magic they cast meaning that they are self-dependant when it comes to casting magic.

The Witch magic is more of channeling the power around them or in them through a medium and cast powerful spells. The body of a witch can hold only a limited amount of power so they borrow strength from their surroundings to cast a spell.

But the inhabitants of this world have a much larger reserve for the use of magic but they can't draw strength from their surroundings meaning that they wouldn't be able to cast spells after exhausting their reserves.

Henrik opted to use his Witchcraft instead of the traditional magic practiced by the people. For casting a spell, many ingredients are required so that a witch could channel the special properties of the object to achieve the desired effect also a medium is required for the process since their body can't hold more than a limited amount of magic.

But due to the special conditions of this world along with the seemingly inexhaustible magic in the surrounding, it allows Henrik to bypass the material requirement if he had seen the material once, he could directly project the special properties of the object to cast the spell even without the ingredients.

This discovery made Henrik happy beyond belief...after all if a witch had correct ingredients then he/she could do anything as long as they have the required power.

Henrik had also found that his telekinesis had become much more powerful. A mysterious force had been strengthening his powers, he called it [The Force].

The Force was a mysterious energy field that bound the galaxy together. It had two parts so to say.

The Living Force, that is fueled by the energies of all lifeforms and, in turn, fed into the Cosmic Force—the Force that bound everything together.

Harnessing the Force gave Henrik extraordinary abilities, such as telekinesis, mind control, and the power to see the future a bit. In addition, he possessed quick reflexes due to his inherent ability to see things before they happen.

His physical strength could also be augmented by the Force, allowing his to crush objects with their hands or jump across great distances, overall it enhanced his powers as an Original.

It provided him with a variety of powers and abilities, but what he couldn't understand was why only he could connect with this mysterious power which was different from the magic in the surroundings or what he himself generated.

Thus...to get answers he started researching it. After 5 years he made a breakthrough and understood that the power had something to do with his Esther bloodline. He couldn't understand why but he knew for a fact that only his family, the Mikaelson clan would be able to use this power.

It was certainly good news to him, his siblings couldn't use Witch-magic other than Freya and learning the magic of this world was too much for them, but they could use The Force.

This power seemed to have infinite potential for strength and knowledge also the variants it provided were something that Henrik loved the most.

The only unfortunate news was that even this powerful energy couldn't break the seal put by the spirits on his siblings.

Thus after mastering his newfound strength, Henrik focused on finding clues about the missing ingredients that he required to unseal his siblings.

His has also mastered his vampire powers along with the horrible hunger for blood, he feeds on the prisoner held captive by the knights to maintain his strength, even so, the hunger is too strong to completely control unlike Elijah, Henrik didn't have such strong control over his hunger given that it has been only a decade since he turned.

But he could control himself well enough not to jump on people to quench his thirst by sinking his teeth in their necks though sometimes he did compel some maids to offer him a drink or two.

His magic had grown stronger but even then he could only unseal one of his siblings and after that, it would take him a really long time before he would be able to break another seal.

Caroline had provided Henrik with all the assistance she could and in return, he had been helping her with all kinds of problems ranging from healing people to killing corrupted nobles and officials.

The Dukedom had prospered and was well protected, there were some questions asked concerning Henrik's identity but Caroline came up with a fake story that the Mikaelson clan protecting the dukedom was a clan of mages and they had connections with her late husband.

This story worked wonders as the Duke had been an extremely strong mage with an unknown origin so people thought that the Duke must have belonged to this Mikaelson clan and now this clan was protecting their daughter-in-law and her Dukedom from the shadows.

Henrik averted his eyes from the sun and turned towards Albus with a small smile. Even though he said that Caroline was healthy and didn't need a daily checkup, he still started walking towards the throne room to do what Albus had requested him to do.

Albus followed behind with a smile as he said in a soft tone "Mother has found the location of the last ingredients you need..."

Henrik paused for a second before he resumed walking towards the throne room but the smile on his face had widened to some degrees.

"I am one step closer to my goal....." he whispered to himself as he pushed the golden door open and entered the throne room with Albus following behind.