The first house that went up was a house called An’ Thuran, they had 19 Leza hatchlings, only three of them were coloured. The first of them to go up was a dark green male Leza.
“Fated for glory and death on the battlefield. Dain, may the heavens bless you with a glorious and noble death.”
The patriarch announced the name of the Dark green Leza loudly and proudly. What is with this description? It seems awful, but the mother of the dark green Leza seemed genuinely proud. Weird, who would be proud of one destined to die? Before I could think further into this issue, the patriarch then continued the naming procedure and picked a pale grey Leza.
“Child of the house An’ Thuran, Hiso.”
The difference between the two speeches shocked me, why are they so different? I listened on and paid attention to the names of others. After listening to the naming of the Leza from An’ Thuran and a few other houses, I found out that most Leza do not have a description about their futures. So it can be assumed that they tend to have better futures. I also noticed that most of the Leza who got a description from the patriarch were coloured Leza and a very small number of them were pale grey Leza. Still, not all coloured Leza got this special treatment. So it does seem like the first Leza, Dain, should be proud eh?
There were five houses that were named before my house, and by the time it was time for our house to go up, I was already trembling in excitement. I could smell the incoming glory that awaits me. He beckoned one of my brothers forward continued with the ceremony.
“Child of the house Di’ An, Kel.”
Looks like my fellow green brother was nothing special. Only a few of my siblings had notable descriptions. Finally, it was my turn. He took my right hand into his left palm and placed his right hand onto my forehead. Suddenly, I caught multiple glimpses of what seems like my future. Me slaying a dragon, me evolving multiple times, me fighting hundreds of men all by myself. And finally, what is this? Ascension?
The patriarch looked at me and smiled, shouting “ Slayer of the mighty, beast of unrivalled force. Kain, may the heavens allow you to join the ranks of immortals.” Whoa… I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. I am so overpowered. ALL HAIL ME, ALL HAIL ME AND ALL HAIL ME. Even mother is looking at me with a proud face. I was busy gloating over my luck, then my thoughts of glory and fame were cut short by the following words of the patriarch.
“Predator of the seas, tyrannical might of a hundred kings. Aria, you will reign over the kings of this realm.
WAIT. IS THAT A THREAT TO MY POSITION? STOP, MY GOLDEN SISTER. I DESERVE ALL THE POWER, WHO ARE YOU TO ROB ME OF MY GLORY? I was outraged with my sister but I tried to calm down and think logically. Where is heaven? What is heaven? Is it in this realm? If they have immortals, they should be powerful right? Is heaven better than this realm? But if heaven is so powerful, why grant a glorious death to Dain if they are capable of producing immortals? Crap, I’m not sure about this, but I can’t let her be more powerful than me. I have to keep on eye on her, that pesky little Leza. I glared at her while my mother hugged her with happiness, Wait. Mum didn’t even hug me. Grrr. She could be a major threat to me in the future. Grrr. I don’t like threats.
I didn’t really pay attention to the rest of the naming ceremony, but to be fair, it wasn’t very eventful anyways. Every house had at least one Leza that had a brief description of their future, except the house of Kal-El. Such a pitiful house, they didn’t even get any coloured Lezas. When I thought the ceremony was over I stood up and prepared to leave, but my mother whacked me with her tail and forced me to sit down. Owww… why does she always have to hurt me. (Insert sad lizard face). The patriarch stood there and announced, “And finally, the ancient house of Rex’ Sar. Descendants of the thunderclap draconians (A type of draconians). The royals of this tribe!”
5 black male hatchlings entered from the back, with all of them slightly bigger than us. Just from looking at them, I knew that they belong on my list of rivals along with my sister. Grrr. I repeat myself, I do not like threats. The patriarch continues with his speech about the royal family while I was carefully inspecting each of them. What so great about them? The fact that they all are coloured? I bet that they can’t get anything more powerful than my blood stone. I should reign supreme. The patriarch finally finished glorifying the royal house of Rex’ Sar after quite a while and proceeded with the naming of their hatchlings.
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The first had a stature that was huge considering he is 2 days old. I mean, he is twice the size of me! What the hell!
“Child of the storm, howls of thunder. King of all. Porun, your name will reverberate through the halls of heaven!” the patriarch smiled and shouted even louder than he did before. I immediately felt intimidated by the pressure the patriarch was emitting. What is he doing? Is he already crowning him as a king? That isn’t fair, I should be king. I grumbled at the grand and description he got, maybe the rest won’t be that big of a deal. Yeah. Maybe he is the only strong one. I grinned thinking about how weak the others should be as compensation.
God. I couldn’t have been more wrong. They all got a grand description rivalling my sister’s and mine. None of them were as great as the first black Leza, but how does that family produce so many Leza of such godly calibre. I looked at them carefully, and tried to find the difference between them and me, what is the thing that makes them so different? As I was observing them, I noticed that there was actually one more Leza, a female one in fact. Oh, I didn’t notice her earlier. In fact, it would have been a wonder if I did notice her. That was because she was incredibly small! She looked unremarkable in comparison to her siblings, scrawny and not even with glossy skin! But for some reason, she still piqued my interest.
“Daughter of God, half of the ascended. Ques, you will delve into the depths of danger and thrive.” This one confused me. Hmmm… they didn’t specifically say that she will be powerful, but if she thrives in danger shouldn’t she be strong? So do I put her on my list of rivals? But no matter how I look at it, she still looks unremarkable. I don’t believe this. Hmph. They cant be this powerful. Wait a second, all of this could be rigged. Yeah. Makes sense. The royals trying to suppress the stronger folk. Wait. What they are doing is morally wrong. Very worong.
I immediately stood up and opened my mouth to protest. A SCANDAL LIKE THIS MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. NO, JUSTICE SHALL PREVAIL. MOTHER, LET ME TALK. DON’T TELL ME YOU ARE PART OF THIS CONSPIRACY TOO? WHY ARE YOU COVERING MY MOUTH? LET ME SPEAK WOMAN!
*gulp*
Crap, she is looking at me with the scary face. I guess she is going to ‘teach’ me about the hierarchy of this tribe later. Such unfairness. Sheesh, even a two-day old Leza would be punished by stating the obvious. Such tyranny.
I didn’t get to see much of our surroundings as mother dragged us home. I was busy worrying about where I was going to sleep tonight, I hope she is lenient on me. When we got home, I was thrown into my room and got the ‘teaching’ I expected.
*sigh*
Stupid royals and their conspiracies. Mark my words, I will uncover this plot and show your oppressive tyranny to all of …
*yawn*
… this…tribe. Dammit, I’m too tired. Stupid. Royals. Gah…
*snores*
Notes-
Hello, sorry for the long wait. I was busy thinking about stuff and i was hovering the word choices of mine. I tried to make this longer, but i'm having a bit of a problem doing that. I'll work on making my chapters longer. Just as a reminder, we are reading from the MC's POV. Whatever he says are his own opinions, they might or might not be true, but they definitely are biased. Please do not take all of his words seriously.
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