Jason looked around in disbelief, hadn’t they just been lost in the forest how could they suddenly be back and the strangest part was it almost seems right that I’m back here like I should be here? What is this feeling? Jason was perplexed however when he looked to his side and saw that Titus wasn’t moving, he didn’t know what to feel he questioned reality. “How?” He simply questioned.
“Help, I need help!” Shouted a desperate Jason
Shit what do I do I was meant to be looking after the young master and now he’s unmoving and I simply have no explanation for what happened out there? Ah shit I’m dead.
“The knights and servants from nearby came running over after hearing the call and some went into the house to further relay the Message.
“It’s the young master, he’s not moving”
Titus slumped to the ground unmoving, but his mind was stirring, coming back to the living all he could see was darkness and text.
Name: Titus Ainsworth
Age: 10
Lv: 0
Circle: 0
Vit:10
Str:11
Bloodline: *ot***h
Skills: swordsmanship lv 2
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While Titus was reading the text that filled his vision the outside world was in a frenzy of panic, Titus’s mother Ophelia was having a panic attack from the sudden disturbing sight all the maids and butlers were trying to help as best they can to support both her and Titus. But then an antique of a man appeared out of nowhere giving everyone around no time to reach to his movements then carried Titus into the mansion to the shock of everyone around.
“Who was that man?”
“I’m not sure I haven’t seen him before”
“I think it’s one of the family ancestors”
“Yeah, he looks familiar the portrait in the grand hall”
The man was Titus’s grandfather Titan Ainsworth, and he had brought Titus to the basement of the mansion.
Hmm I wonder what happened to my grandson. I guess the only way is the break the treaty and then go into hiding for some time. Titan went over to the corner of the basement and picked something out of a box, the shape couldn’t be made out because of the dark but one could hear a dripping sound come from the object that left a red trail as he walked back to Titus the object was about the size of a head and it had visceral tubes clinging all around the object and it appeared to be moving in a rhythmic beating pattern.
“I’m sorry Titus but you’re going through the ritual early, I hope you survive for the sake of our family.”
Titan then proceeded to poor a vile of blood on top of the overly sized heart causing it the wriggle and shiver as if salt had been poured on a slug. Titan then grabbed a knife slicing a piece of heart and then putting it in Titus’s mouth.
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In the present,
The screen enveloping Titus’s vison faded then his body started to twitch, and then twitch slightly more violently, what was once twitches became violent spasms as if his body was rejecting something, his teeth were grinding against each other, his muscles cramping then uncramping, his whole skin felt itchy all over, but he couldn’t move an inch to scratch himself. His vison started to blur again turning his sight to black every single nerve in his whole body screaming in protest his consciousness start giving out he was drowned in a sea of black unable to ensure whatever was happening to him at the moment.
All went dark
“it seems he successfully assimilated with a monsters bloodline at the age of ten, I guess my grandson is more special than we all thought.”
Age: 10
Lv: 0
Circle: 1
Vit:10
Str:11
Bloodline: *ot***h
Skills: swordsmanship lv 2
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The light was flickering in the corner, a dim light revealing his aching body that felt like it had just been pieced back together however, pieced in the wrong order. He was lying going on a cold, hard surface when his mind came back to reality then with each blink his vision gradually unblurred revealing the shadowy confines of the basement. some of his unpleasant memories rushed back to him helping him remember the terrible pain and itching he just endured as well as this he could also still taste the metallic liquid on his tongue but, that wasn't the strangest part, the strangest part was the new energy he could feel within himself an unfamiliar energy raw untamed and terrifying.
What is this feeling? What happened to me, I remember being in the forest now I’m in this strange place? Wasn’t Jason looking after me? And what’s happened to me I can see a screen that looks to be information about myself but what’s confusing is it says I’m in the first circle? Does that mean I went through that knight ritual?
Titus almost threw up thinking about it
No, it can’t be how could I have done the ritual? But the evidence was all around him the blood the basement and the screen in his vision. Nut he just couldn’t come to accept it.
“So, you’re awake?”
“Who?” Titus looked around, puzzled. “Who are you?”
“The person who saved you.”
“Saved me? So, you’re the one who performed the ritual on me?” Titus sounded furious.
“Oh, you knew about the ritual?”
“Yeah, I know you have to eat the heart of a monster that’s purified with virgin blood.”
“I guess you do, then. To answer your question: yes, I performed the ritual on you. However, it seems there was already a bloodline within you, so it only nourished your existing bloodline. I must ask, Titus, how do you already have a bloodline, and what happened before I came to get you?”
What I already have a bloodline, what does that even mean could he be referring to this system that I can see.
“I don know what happened, all I remember is being in the woods with Jason then suddenly I was here? Can you explain how I got here and who you are?”
“Hmm strange indeed, it seems both stories match so unless you’ve planned that, but that’s unlikely, strange, strange” titan started to mutter his thoughts out loud “well young Titus, my name is Titan Ainsworth the current house patriarch and a 5th circle knight Aswell as your grandfather”
Titus stared blankly, he didn’t know what to think never mind what to say, this man was his grandfather, his grandfather fed him monster heart? Why has today been so weird?
“S-s…so I have a bloodline, what is one of those??”
“It seems I’ll have to explain somethings, sit boy”
“let me start at the beginning, our world is ruled by monsters of alien origin and in the beginning the humans and other races had no means to fight against them, that is until in a battle one day the blood of a weak monster was spilled and accidently consumed, but what happened next saved humanity, the blood of monsters give access to the same strength they have and depending on ones compatibility with the blood they can achieve higher circles of power however it comes at a risk if you consume the blood before the age of 18 or if your compatibility is low you will instantly die.”
“Then why am I alive?”
“That I don’t know, I took a gamble in trying to save your already suspected dead body, but it seems that before I found you, you’d already been put through the ritual by someone else. And the heart you were given was one of higher quality than what we have here”
“Then does everyone have to go through the process of the ritual to become a knight?”
“There are different methods the most common and safest is a bloodline potion however you lose out on benefits the ritual gives. With the ritual you advance instantly to the first circle, and you gain some abilities from the monster that you integrated with, in other words you are by far the strongest youth currently but it is also illegal for someone of your age to have integrated yet so you cant let anyone, not even your mother know about this okay.”
“Okay grandfather”