3. Bloodline lineage

The many giant eagles were constantly flying towards the designated landing area on the ship, offloading different people and their luggage, and it wasn't long before the eagle Aiden was standing on started heading in that direction as well.

The giant eagle soon perched on the edge of the ship, allowing Aiden and the two soldiers to easily step onto the Voidship.

After dismounting, the two soldiers quickly greeted another man in similar armor. If Aiden had to pick a difference, it would be that this man's armor shined with a more golden glow, and combined with the more respectful attitude, it was clear that this man was their superior.

After a brief word, the two soldiers came back to Aiden with a smile and handed him a wooden token.

"Everything's good on our end, feel free to head to your room. It's on the token."

"So, what will you two be getting up to?"

"Us? We'll be picking up other students. It's gonna be a long night."

Laughing, the two men headed back to the landing area and disappeared on the back of a giant wooden eagle down to the world of mortals below.

Aiden looked down at his token.

"Room 202..."

Knowing his destination, Aiden didn't waste any time and quickly found his way around.

Although the ship was enormous, the symbols were pretty simple.

Entering his room, Aiden noted that there wasn't much to note; it was just a plain old wooden cabin with a single bed and a small desk.

Aiden's body was still buzzing with the excitement of setting off on this mystical and mysterious journey. Even though he hadn't arrived at his destination yet, if he continued to stay in this small room, it would be no different than suffocating him.

So, after quickly organizing all of his luggage, Aiden quickly opened his room and rushed out towards the deck.

But Aiden barely made it a few steps before he brutally crashed into an unsuspecting figure.

Aiden and the poor young man both tumbled on the floor, a little dazed.

Aiden, realizing what happened, was quickly embarrassed and immediately apologized.

"Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going."

Fortunately, the victim wasn't too hard on Aiden and responded,

"No worries, man, it's not all on you. I should have been paying attention as well."

Aiden got to his feet and stretched out his hand, helping the unfortunate victim onto his feet. It was at that time that Aiden got a clear look at the man.

He was a handsome youth, a few inches taller than Aiden, with dark, messy ginger hair with faint freckles on his face.

Given the ridiculousness of the current situation, Aiden eventually ended up introducing himself.

"Aiden Evans, and what about you?"

"Oliver McKinley," replied the young man.

Aiden and Oliver got talking and quickly hit it off. Maybe it was because of Aiden's nature.

"So, are you headed to Olympus Academy as well?" asked Oliver.

"Aren't we all?" replied Aiden, confused.

"Of course not! How don't you know this already?"

"Well, am I supposed to know this?"

"Huh? But everyone knows this!"

It was only now that Oliver took a proper look at Aiden with a shocked expression.

"Wait, don't tell me that you're a true mortal!"

"True mortal?"

Oliver saw Aiden's confusion and explained.

"Although we are all descendants of gods, the blood of gods is too powerful for most mortals to handle and exists in a suppressed state. Only Olympus Academy has the way to safely awaken the blood of the gods in their descendants.

But despite the blood being suppressed, there are families that have regularly gone to Olympus Academy, allowing their bloodline to be awakened and maintain a strong bloodline lineage of considerable purity.

A true mortal is, as the name suggests, a person whose ancestors lost their bloodline lineage, and in doing so, their bloodline's purity fell to that of a mortal. At that point, even if you head to Olympus Academy, they won't be able to awaken your blood.

In cases such as your own, there are people who experience something called bloodline regression. Despite being no different from mortals, due to a recessive mutation, your divine blood is revived, allowing you to regain the chance of awakening your divine heritage.

Unfortunately, divine descendants awakened in this way tend to be weaker than those of other divine descendants at the same level who have maintained a bloodline lineage. Because of this, even if your family passes on for hundreds of years, without a divine lineage, you won't be taken seriously and will be looked down on."

Oliver looked at Aiden and couldn't help but feel a sense of pity.

After speaking with Aiden for a while, he found that he really got on with him, and he could clearly sense his pure eagerness and happiness to go to the Academy. He couldn't imagine how much of a blow this would be.

"So, do you care about bloodline lineage?" asked Aiden cautiously.

"Me? Fuck no. In my opinion, it's all kind of stupid and cringe. Most matters about bloodline lineage are just a group of grumpy old men huffing and puffing at a table. It's not worth my sanity caring about such a thing. Besides, my lineage isn't even that outstanding. If it was, we wouldn't be on Earth but on Olympus itself."

Hearing this, Aiden internally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't care too much about this so-called bloodline lineage and the weakness it brought, Aiden wasn't stupid. If the discrimination was enough to get rid of the friend he had just made, Aiden's approach to his life at Olympus Academy would have to change very quickly.

Oliver looked at Aiden and spoke up.

"I might not look it, but my family says I'm very talented. I might not be the best, but I can guarantee that no one will be picking on you."

Aiden was quite touched by Oliver's gesture, but as for being weaker due to his lack of bloodline lineage? Aiden simply didn't care at all!