The day today is sunday, the 6th day of the 9th month of the year. I woke up early like I always do and like always nobody greeted me. Actually I am pretty used to this already but… today is my 16th birthday. I don’t know if dad anyone remembered it but I will. Though they never celebrated it, this day was called the cursed day since today is when I was born.

Everyone even the maids didn’t care about me, but since I am still the first son of the Bauer family they didn’t throw me out, yet.

In every knight family the rule of the kingdom is for the title to be inherited by the first son, but if the son is deemed useless or incapable the rights would be transferred to the next in line. And that would be my brother, Bernhardt, in one word he hates me.

Though I never did anything to him he looks at me in ridicule, each day when he see’s me. I have two other siblings both sisters, they are what you could call spoiled brats. But though they look cute and kind, to me they are monsters. I might be older than the three of them but they are far stronger than me.

And all that is because of one thing…

“Burn Urs!”

The voice of my brother resounded in my ears, and the words he uttered can only mean… before thinking anything else I leaped forward trying to dodge the incoming wave of heat. Rolling on the ground to cushion my fall I looked at the place I was before and it was charred.

“Good reflexes!”

The sound of my brothers voice resounded as it mixed with the laughter of my two sisters. Normally I should get mad at them, my brother is 12 years old this year and my two sisters are both 10 years old. I should have the rights to get mad and scold them but that is if it were a normal situation. But my brother and sisters they all had one thing I didn’t.

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Familiars…

Partners that are born together with every sentient being. These familiars form spiritual bonds with the person while in their spirit form and thus a mark would appear on every being's body.

My brother was partnered with a giant flame bear, a magical beast that’s body and magic come from another world. My sisters both have twin beast Jaguar of light and jaguar of darkness. In terms of familiars my sisters have better ones than my brother but when it comes to experience and battle power my brother far surpasses the two of them.

Though my siblings all have high potential and a passing baron when he saw my siblings said that they had the potential to become royal knights my parents were ecstatic. But compared to them I am but a mere failure. Since I don’t have one a familiar. Though many people are born like me without a familiar those people at least have marks on their body. A mark is the connection of a familiar and with the person but… I have not any mark on my body.

Though I should have been twisted and may have gone mad from the living environment that I am in, there is a reason that I can cope up with this. It is a secret that only I know of.

Not minding the jeers of my siblings I took my bag and proceed to exit the manor. This may sound funny but I was kicked out yesterday. They said that on my 16th birthday when I am allowed to be independent that a failure like me should just leave the house. Of course I knew that it was all planned by my brother but I didn’t mind.

That is because I still have this.

After leaving the manor the sun was seating and the day was ending, I took up camp deep inside the forest one or two kilometers away from the manor. I may not have a familiar but I can still use magic.

Piling up sticks and dried leaves then surrounding it with stones, I light up the pile and after a few seconds it started to burn. I then went into the tent and took out some of the hunted game that I caught on the road.

They were two birds the size of a duck I think it was called Quirk Birds but I don’t mind. After all the only poisonous things in the wild are magic beast, some plants and other dangerous stuff.

After only less than an hour the roasted bird smelled delicious. Though it is lonely but it’s better than when I was at home.

“Happy birthday to me”

After eating my dinner I used earth magic to lift my tent up a few inches above the ground. I entered the tent and made a mud wall surrounding it, though wild and magic beast rarely appear in these woods it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Finishing the walls I lay comfortable on my hard rock bed and fell asleep.