Ch 1: The Oath
“I Eldrian Koen Faerun hereby swear to uncover the hidden the truths of the world and I ask of your guidance in fulfilling my path”
The actual Oath was rather short considering the amount of thought I put into it, I didn't want a long one though since then there is a higher chance my words might get misunderstood by the guide. Now all I had to do was wait for their response, it shouldn't take more than a few seconds… unless I was rejected again…
‘Notice’ Entity Eldrian’s oath has been accepted
YES, IT WORKED! Now I won't have to go back to my parents with another news of failure. And I finally get access to more of my guides! Okay, calm down and let's see what I get.
‘Notice’ You have acquired the path of the ‘Seer’
Umm… okay, I thought I would get a scholar path, the seer path should not be much different though. After all, my oath is still about learning the world's truths, and a path is never too different from the oath. yea let's skip this and check the more interesting parts.
Before I could interpret the rest of the messages Jeroff coughs next to me.
“Cough, seeing your joy I assume you've acquired your path young one”
“Ahh, yes, s-sorry for my rudeness, it is the path of the seer”
He looks at me quizzically and writes down the result down in a scroll before facing the crowd below us and saying
“Eldrian Koen Faerun has started on the path of the seer, let us welcome him amongst us as a adult”
A polite applause reaches my ears as I thank the priest and start heading down the stairs. I see my parents waving at me and smiling from their seats on the left side of the cathedral. I wave back as I head towards them and take my seat.
“Look at you, my little book stealer! A full fledged adult now, I'm so proud!”
My mom says as she squeezes me into a hug that threatens to break my ribs.
“Honey, were in the middle of the ceremony wait until after”
“Fine! But once we were done you got to tell me all about your skills! I'm so exited!”
Even while crushed by mom's hug I can tell he’s proud, though the massive grin on his face might have given it away. once mom lets go of me enough for me to breathe again I return my attention to the remaining notifications
‘Notice’ Intelligence stat unlocked
‘Notice’ Wisdom stat unlocked
‘Notice’ Flow stat unlocked
‘Notice’ Patience stat unlocked
‘Notice’ Spirit stat unlocked
‘Notice’ Skill ‘True sight’ acquired
‘Notice’ Skill ‘Prediction’ acquired
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‘Notice’ Skill ‘Flow of Time’
Yes! Three skills! That's really good, I mean not in the league of a true genius that has 7-9 skills but still better than the two skills that most get. and I even have FIVE stats, most only have two to three for their first vow. Hope they have good skills or I might end up like Jarved, poor him and his six useless skills.
Name
Eldrian Koen Faerun
Tier
0:0/10
Sworn Path
The Seer
Oath
* To the find the hidden truths of the world
Stats
Intelligence - 0
Wisdom - 0
Flow - 0
Patience - 0
Spirit - 0
Skills
True Sight(0 : 0/10)
See past that which would seek to blind you.
Prediction(0 : 0/10)
Feel the future posibilities.
Flow of Time(0 : 0/10)
Only when the light of lies is taken can the truth be seen.
Achievements
N/A
N/A
T-that is super cool! Although I don't quite get the last one, but the first two more than make up for it, with this I could easily get a position in the order. I would be able to predict the results of risky experiments with ‘Prediction’ and ‘True Sight’ could become a great appraising skill if I level it up a bit. On top of that I have FIVE different stats, and all of them are mental as well! If I fail to get in the order with all of this I don't know what I'll do.
Okay calm down, no need to freak out. I raise my head and turn my eyes to the Swearing Stand and watch the next kid go up the stairs, the last one it seems. Once he’s done with his oath and is announced as a carpenter Jeroff walks to the middle of the platform and addresses the crowd.
“Now that the ceremony is almost over I wish to thank you all for attending us in the presence of Serr’la. We are glad to announce the number of paths granted this year as more than last year, I say we thank Serr’la for this great fortune and…”
At that point I, as well as most of the crowd, tuned the rest of the speech out. It has been repeated almost exactly the same for the last couple decades as far as I've been told and most of us know it by heart at this point. Instead I think about what I will do once I get home and how my parents will react to my skills.
* * * * *
By the time the high priest finishes his speech I'm sure at least a pace of time has passed or even two since I almost dozed off somewhere in the middle before dad mom noticed and pinched me awake, traitor.
We had barely sat ourselves in our carriage when mom and dad start their relentless flurry of questions, dad's calm façade dropped in an instant as I'm swamped with questions. How many skills? What stats did I get? What skills did I get? Can I see their path now that I am a seer? Whoa, hold on! I didn't even know that the last one was a thing!
“Wait, let me speak!”
“Fine come on, don't keep us hanging, we want to know everything”
I smile as I look my dad straight in the eye and raise three fingers. his eyes widen in joy as he asks.
“Three stats! That's great! with that you could really do something”
I shake my head as I wave my hand in front of me.
“Wait, you mean you got three skills!?”
Mom exclaims in joy, at this point my grin gives it away and dad also realizes what it means. Both of them restart their rigorous questioning and when I reveal my five stats as well dad almost faints from joy. It seems they were equally if not more nervous than me about my result after last year's failure, it’s not until we pull up to our house that they finally start calming down.
I didn't even eat anything before I crashed in my bed and started sleeping, dreaming of curling lines and skills.