Obsidians' Legends! & Duchess Emberly

As she descended the stairs, the woman's gaze never strayed from her kids, especially Pyris, her final blessing. He seemed especially handsome, she had to admit. 

He was no longer cold, and she was so happy about it—the Awakening had truly changed him. 

She approached them with poise and elegance, the only sound interrupting the unexpected quiet in the space being her heels clicking.

All of Duchess Emberly's children had white hair, except for Aurelia, who had changed her hair and had eyes similar to Pyris's.

Sophisticatedly crafted from rare stones, a white circle adorned her head, accompanied by small blue jewels and white flowers.

The surprise was her face, her youthful face; she could pass for a seventeen-year-old if not for her authoritative dress style.

In terms of physical characteristics, Emberly and Aurelia resembled sisters, although Emberly's figure was somewhat more voluptuous.

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"Greetings Mother Obsidian!" They greeted formally as per the customs of House Obsidian.

"My my, don't be too formal on my baby's day!" Walking to Pyris, her long royal dress sweeping the ground, she held his face in her hands.

'So cold, her soft hands are so cold and she smells good!' Pyris said in his thoughts.

[She's probably an Ice user, look at the way she's dressed and the icy aura emanating from her.

"Mother~" He experienced an unfathomable pull from his soul to his mother, which he could feel drawing him to her. The person he loved so much in this life.

"Come here, my baby, I am so happy today—after all, it is your day!" Her arms encircled him tightly.

Pyris could not resist closing his eyes and melting into her warm yet icy embrace. She gave his short hair a tender pat.

"Congratulations! It is obvious you are happy." Pyris gave a nod, refusing to break free from her embrace.

"Feed us dog food!" Anastasia retorted.

"Hmmph!" Their self-centered embrace did not sit well with Aurelia either.

"Fancy a family hug darlings?" They were drawn to Emberly before they could accept her suggestion.

"Aww, my darlings~" If the dragons saw the Duchess like this, smiling warmly, they would have the shock of their lives. She had a reputation for being aloof.

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"So where were you, anhh... The Obsidians' ancient punishment!" Emberly reopened the discussion after they had a seat.

" Ancient Punishment?" Pyris asked, bewildered. "So I was the only ignorant one?" he asked, receiving nods of agreement from his mother and sisters. Still, he was not upset.

"Apologies for keeping you in the dark, but now that you are going to awaken things are different!" Anastasia apologized.

"No, I am not upset; I understand that you all had your reasons." Pyris dismissed her apology.

"We can not tell unawakened pest about the punishment; the reason is more of a rule!" Aurelia said coldly.

"Aurelia!" Emberly wasn't happy with how her daughter was acting. "You once were like him too! Dear, like Ar said, the punishment can't be indulged to anyone of House Obsidian until the day of their coming to age!"

"Alright, so tell me about this ancient punishment and how it relates to our awakening of more than three elements?" He was discussing with Lia earlier but the latter didn't have any idea of what they were talking about.

Her knowledge of the ancient era was unsurpassed, even though she was unaware of it as well.

"I shall refer to it as a curse rather than sugarcoating it! Our Bloodline is cursed with an ancient curse; we can't awaken more than three elements as Obsidians!" Anastasia disclosed.

"It doesn't make any sense! Who and why would they put a curse on our Bloodline?" He was aware that, as the ancient era came to an end, it had become exceedingly difficult for anyone to awaken more than three elements. The maximum was six elements, but only a small percentage of people—five out of ten billion—were able to do so.

It was, therefore, understandable if neither his mother nor his sisters had more than the three elements that she currently possessed.

Why did a curse have to be involved?

"You do realize that there are things about ancient times?" Pyris gave a nod, and Emberly went on, "Well, that was caused by us Obsidians—the end of the ancient era and the fact that no one can awaken more than six elements!"

He was shocked by his mother's remarks; he noticed his sisters' serious expressions.

He exclaimed, "How?!"

"A god known as Elemental Deity, the god who rules over all elements, waged war on House Obsidian back then! To preserve his dignity, he desired that our family's head of that era submit to him." Emberly chuckled.

"A god!!!??" Pyris was astounded.

"So? What's the reason behind all this?" It piqued Pyris' interest mostly because of a god's involvement and the said god wagging a war on his family, why?

[Elemental Deity?!! My God, what did your family do to incur his wrath? Lia exclaimed.

'You know the Elemental Deity?' Lia's acquaintance with him would provide Pyris with additional detailed information.

[Obviously, everybody does! He is one of the most ancient gods in the God Realms, and additionally... He is one of the most powerful gods in the God Realm, and no one wants to confront him or end up on his bad side. Oh my, what did your family do to such a formidable individual?]

"You will be disappointed, I assure you!" It sometimes irritated Emberly when she thought about it: "You are well aware of our family's matriarchy, right?"

It was not hyperbole; Pyris knew, "Yes, so the leader of our family by then was a woman one of the two most beautiful women at that time in all realms!" Anastasia started the legendary tale.

In addition to being stunning, Lucy possessed such immense strength that no one could match her throughout the entire mortal and immortal realms. She was unmatched! Only gods could fight her!

"When her influence and strength increased, gods became aware of her and made an effort to destroy her before she could turn into an immortal and ultimately god. They were afraid that if she grew stronger than she already was, she would try to usurp their positions and become their ruler." Emberly took a deep breath and went on. 

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