“Discrimination in our family is probably the one among those forbidden acts against dignity that is kept the strictest. No matter how a being is or behaves, no matter it’s Origin or its goals, we treat them all the same. Especially if they are part of the family. I am saying this because, if one day, we invite the holy into the family, you should fully understand that they will integrate and become part of the family.

I know enough about your relation and won’t say anything if you discriminate against those not part of the family, as long as you don’t go out of your way to do so. But if you are part of the family, then learn how to behave and ignore everything that makes them what they are, the only important link is that they are part of the family, of your family, so you shall not see them differently. Regardless, even outside the family, try to be as open-minded as possible.

Our families’ Maxim and our punishments towards incompetent parents and their children have made us preserve even in great adversity. I will tell you honestly, we might have a long history, but we are in a bad situation, you will most likely not hear anything about our family at all. The only important thing is that through many generations, even during our fall, we murdered each and any of our enemies, now we are only a blank slate.”

Looking solemn, I take a blank piece of paper, put my hand on it and start reciting in an obscure language “I, Alaric van Violet, hereby declare Onaia, child of Oianon, to be the third head of House Violet! Are you willing, Onaia? Do you accept the name ‘Onaia van Violet, Child of Oianon’? If so, then accept the family Maxim, the Burden and the Origin!”

Onaia took her hand into the air, her eyes shined as she said “I, Onaia, Child of Oianon, accept the Maxim, the Burden and the Origin of House Violet!” She didn’t know why, but she somehow could say these words in the language she didn’t understand. She understood the meaning of what Alaric and she herself said, it was like the language directly conveyed the meaning to her soul and gave her lines to recite that she instantly forgot, only remembering it’s meaning.

“I welcome you, Onaia van Violet into this family dearly! From now on, your suffering shall be ours, my celebration shall be ours, our greatness shall be ours!” A wave of essence spread from his words and the blank piece of paper turned fully purple, it burned somehow without any temperature, neither hot nor cold.

It closed on itself and slowly formed a Violet with five petals. It looked lifelike and smelled like the flower, as if it was freshly picked. I look at it for a second before I give it to Onaia “Since you are now my sister and also the third family head, you naturally will receive a Key of House Violet.

It has many functions, but the one you will probably use the most is communication between all those that have it, no matter the distance, and it claims a part of the soul-space to hold our Violet Council there.”

Onaia was extremely shocked and was about to say something before she was stopped “You can tell your father about it, worry not. If you wish to ask, no, our family had never got anyone to the stage of godhood. There is no need to pry further. I just hope that from on, you will truly see yourself as part of the family, I couldn’t tell you about this beforehand.

I am sure this will be kept among the elders of the Seer Tribe, and your lineage might stem from there, but do not forget your relation to our house either. I will not ask you to tell me about the secrets of the Seer Tribe, but so do I wish that you will cease spreading your Lineage’s matters to the tribe.

It is of course not necessary for me to explain that any and all matters of House Violet that don’t directly concern your third branch, are not allowed to be exposed. No exceptions, this rule exists for every lineage. Or else, House Violet might as well call itself Loose Alliance and not a House.”

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Onaia nodded and said “I have talked with father about it prior to emerging into the world. Should House Violet be earnest in its endeavour with building a third branch, then our contact will be minimal. This might be a large opportunity, but we had similar in the past, and many times it failed.

Most elders have no deep hope and just wish us well, so my father said that as long as we are successful, then our Seer Tribe’s Demonkin will be the children of the Seer Tribe and House Violet, one acting as mother, the other as father. He said that sometimes, children should keep their fathers secrets to themselves and not tell mother, especially if it’s a nice surprise gift, it would ruin the fun of the surprise.”

Smiling, I can’t keep myself from laughing as I say “Truly, a surprise gift is better if it stays as a secret. Actually, I planned to make a ritual that would enable you to assimilate faster, but now I want to give your father a nice surprise.

It is a rather inefficient ritual and although some people know about such rituals, most don’t use it, as it’s very niche. I will make a special affinity-transfer ritual for you! Normally is causes more harm than good, as the person that loses their affinity dies, and the other person will have their connection to the world stretched thin, as it is a very unnatural procedure.

But for you, it will fit perfectly! Ah, you know, right? I am talking about transferring Hinny’s light-affinity to you! Don’t worry, you are proficient in illusion magic, right? Well, the bending of light is a natural way to create illusions. It will probably be eaten up by your illusion-affinity, but that’s also fine, since it strengthens your affinity and gives it some light properties.

With this, it should be even easier to win over the princes’ heart. You can use your illusion magic that has light properties and make some tricks to show him. The king will understand it is not pure light magic, but the amount of affinity will be enough to make him accept you partly. As long as you behave well and show him what a good queen you might be, by assisting the prince, then he would probably let you marry him. As for the prince… right! Here, takes this notebook. I wrote down the likes and dislikes of the prince and a few tips on how you can get his heart.”

Onaia read through everything, and soon, the carriage arrived at the estate. I tell Kendrick to prepare the ritual as I go into my room with Illic. “Here” I say as I open my palm and give him another Key of House Violet “This is the second one I created; the first one is mine. I wanted to give it to you earlier, but in all honesty, it doesn’t change much since you will always be with me. This is more like a way to tell people that you have an owner. Hehehe!”

Illic smiled and wasn’t sure how to wear it, so Alaric took it and pressed it on the back of his hand. The key smelt down and became a purple tattoo of a five-petal violet, looking extremely life-like but obviously still a tattoo.

Then I take out another one and press in on my forehead. It shrinks as it fully forms slightly above my glabella, shining in the same light and looking beautiful. This would be the mark each head of House Violet would wear, but Alaric and Illic would probably be the only ones that wear it openly.

“Oh right, I didn’t tell Onaia how to put it on. Could you go to her and show her? I’ll go down to the ritual chamber and prepare.” Illic nodded and I left after I said lastly “It doesn’t matter where she puts it on, as long as it’s on her body.”

Moving down, I hum a song in my mind. The whole thing with House Violet is all absolutely made up. The only truth is that we do indeed have a long history that spans longer than even this kingdom, but we were never so strong as to be able to claim a part of the Soul Space. It is called so because it’s a higher dimension, everyone is part of it as their souls move with their body, some people can consciously leave their body to move about there.

But, to claim a piece, you need to have reached godhood. Soul Space also functions as the afterlife of many religions, it’s often where the domain of gods lay. The Demon Realm has its very own Soul Space, not connected to the main worlds Soul Space, but even the Devils from there have their domain in the Soul Space. This is because it’s one of the few dimensions that allow a lot of freedom to gods, as they have restrictions placed upon them in the mortal dimension, and many other dimensions.

That is not to say that god don’t have their own space, no, each god theoretically can open up their own realm or join another realm to build their Domain, it’s just that the Soul Space is where all living and death have a presence, and religions normally use their afterlife, their claimed territory in the soul space, as bait to get more believers.