"You sure are an interesting one…""Hmm?"
"Oh, it"s nothing."
"If you say so."
"So… How much do you remember?"
"Not much. Feelings… words… promises…"
"What feelings?"
"I-I… I don"t want to talk about it…"
"It"s okay, I understand. Then do you want to tell me about "words" and "promises"?"
"… I remember hearing someone say, "Promise me", "Take care", "You"re special", "He"s waiting for you…", and other things that I have yet to understand."
"Hmm… Do you remember who said it?"
"No, it"s just words… and promises…"
"Okay."
"Did my father tell you anything else? Something that"d be good to know?"
"… Now that you mention it… He wrote something about you feeling extreme pain in your head if someone tried to intrude into your mind."
"Just that?"
"According to his words, you get panicked when you feel that kind of pain and then when you panic, you turn violent."
"How did he know?"
"Hahaha, because on your first meeting, you almost killed him by accident."
"How do you almost kill someone by "accident"?"
"According to his words, you weren"t yourself. He triggered you by trying to intrude into your mind."
"Even if that"s the case--"
"I know that you might blame yourself for it even though you don"t remember it, but you weren"t yourself. He said it was like you turned into a completely different person."
"…"
"Well… Let"s switch the topic! How about attending school?"
"It sounds… fun…"
"Great! But you"ll have to go through your awakening first, but that shouldn"t be a problem. According to my brother, you"re already stronger than him and you"re only five years old. You don"t even know any techniques yet! This makes you a genius within geniuses!"
"Am I really that strong?"
"Yes, you are. My brother said that even he couldn"t measure strength, and he was The Golden Dragon! He was the second strongest person on this continent!"
"… Was…"
"Don"t worry about that. He had very high expectations of you."
"I can imagine."
"Well, let"s get back quickly! I"m truly curious about your spirit essence! To be able to make both of my brother"s spirit essences tremble, your spirit essence must also be in the top fifteen, right?"
"I… can"t remember."
"Oh, right! Sorry!"
"Oh, it"s fine."
They flew the rest of the way in silence. Xiao Huoyan really felt that he had to remember his past. He knew that he was more intelligent than most adults. He behaved properly, yet he also knew how to spit poisonous words and insults at the people he despised. He knew that he was different, but he wasn"t sure in what way.
"We"ve arrived!"
"Okay."
"Do you feel tired or do you want to start right now?"
"I"d like to just get it over with."
"That"s not really the answer I had expected, but we can work on your enthusiasm later!"
"Okay."
"I like how obedient you are! Finding a good kid with decent manners nowadays, is like finding a needle in a haystack! Let"s get started now!"
"Okay. What shall I do?"
"You don"t really need to do much. Just stand right where you are and wait for me to finish."
"Okay."
Just as his uncle had began to do some weird handseals, Xiao Huoyan felt as if he was being observed from all directions. He felt as if someone was staring deep into his soul.
Xiao Huoyan"s uncle suddenly stopped and everything went back to normal.
"How… How is this possible?!"
"What?"
"My spirit essence is gone! It felt as if a part o me cracked! What the h.e.l.l happened?!"
"I don"t know."
"Did you do as I told you to?"
"Yes, I did."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Very."
"Then I guess I"ll have to investigate this later."
"I"m very sorry to interrupt you while thinking about your loss, but would you mind telling me about my results?"
"… Nothing…"
"What do you mean "nothing"?"
"I felt nothing! I saw nothing! You have… nothing!"
"I don"t understand..."
"Me neither! My brother praised you without end, yet you have no spirit essence, no talent and no battle-power!"
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"Am I really just… ordinary?"
"Yes, you are! You"re as ordinary as one can be! You have absolutely nothing!"
"But do you think that I"ll still be able to attend school?"
"… Yes, you should be able to. Since your intelligence exceeds even most adults, the school would probably love to welcome you there."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then that"s positive."
"I just don"t understand! How come you have absolutely nothing?! Did you hide it from me on purpose?"
"No, of course not!"
"Really?"
"Yes, I promise. There might be a possibility though…"
"What possibility?!"
"Maybe I"ll regain my spirit essence as soon as I regain my memories?"
"… Maybe… Then, do you have an explanation to what happened with my spirit essence?"
"No. I truly don"t know what happened."
"My brother said that you could even cure a poison without cure. That your knowledge were something that people wouldn"t even dear to dream about. What a joke!"
"Excuse me for losing my memories! Excuse me for not even being able to remember my own name! for not even remembering my father who thought so highly of me ad even gave his life on order to protect me!
Instead of scolding me, how about talking like a normal person? So what if you lost your spirit essence?! Don"t take it out on me just because of your own incompetence!"
"So you really had it in you the whole time, huh…"
"Had what?!"
"Some temper! You were so quiet, I thought you had no emotions."
"I"m just a child!"
"Yeah, but… It was just an honest mistake, sorry!"
"… Fine. So everything you said was a lie?"
"No. I really did lose my spirit essence and you really do have absolutely nothing… for now."
"For now?"
"Yeah, for now. I"ll try to get to the bottom of what the h.e.l.l happened with my spirit essence, and in half a year maybe you won"t have nothing anymore."
"That"s quite a positive way to see things."
"Why be negative when you can be positive?"
"That"s a really nice way to think."
"Yeah! I know, right?"
"Hahahaha!"
"Finally! Some emotions!"
"Why do you sound so chocked?"
"Because I am chocked. Chocked… and happy."
"Why do you care for me?"
"First it was just because of my brother. Then I just liked your personality and decided to take care of you more seriously."
"Okay. Now what?"