Chapter 112: Illegitimate Baby
He was born, and he cried.
The younger youngster’s world was very small. Earlier than information collected and his consciousness expanded, there was just one particular person in his universe: his mom.
In a shabby, dust-filled room, his mom breastfed him by a dry cough. She was the only supplier of meals from the world past the door.
In his innocence, younger Envers reveled within the boundless love his mom offered. She was the one particular person on the planet who really cared for him.
As he grew older and commenced to grasp the world, new ideas emerged. And, amongst them, a brand new perspective on the six heat letters.
A mom who’s ignored even by a servant.
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Envers’ mom educated him with books that the servant threw at them. His eyes had been blue, as deep and expansive because the sky. From phrases like that, he discovered.
He was a member of the Duke of Redburn household, born with noble blood.
The nobles had a excessive standing, and the Duke, specifically, was among the many most revered figures on the planet. So, he needed to be a noble particular person worthy of his blood.
He discovered fold garments and do laundry.
He came upon that apple peels had been good for eradicating oil and grime.
The time spent studying together with his mom was enjoyable. His world expanded, and he was launched to much more ideas: standing, energy, authority, bloodline⋯⋯.
Although he had by no means seen his father’s face, Envers had imprecise expectations. The opposite half that made him, his father. What sort of particular person would he be, and the way would he present his like to Envers?
He hoped that, similar to within the storybooks, his father would grow to be a good noble main others.
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Younger Envers additionally had different questions. If Duke Redburn was such a good nobleman, then his spouse, Envers’s mom, must also be a noblewoman.
So why was a servant sporting extra luxurious garments than his mom?
Why did this servant look down on his mom whereas nonetheless addressing her with honorifics? Why would he open his eyes large as if he couldn’t hear something regardless that he did?
These had been questions that Envers had no method of answering on the time.
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The 12 months when Envers turned 10 years previous.
The servant mentioned that it was lastly time to satisfy his father.
Envers first noticed his father in a grand bed room filled with pink mild and shrouded in pink smoke. Nude girls laid scattered on a big mattress, with vacant eyes.
His father was shaking his again with out stopping, even in entrance of his younger son.
It was a scene extra revolting and terrifying than sexual. Nobody felt any pleasure or pleasure; as an alternative, all of them swayed along with stiff, wax-like expressions.
There was neither love nor lust. It was just like a pit of snakes writhing chaotically towards one another.
When Envers requested what he was doing, his father answered briefly with the splashing sound of water, “Mating.” This place was a farm the place infants had been produced. As if an individual was simply an animal.
“Take him and educate him.”
That was all it took. Envers was hauled away together with his arms tightly grabbed.
come to grasp. There was no want for additional shows of affection past feeding chickens and chicks. In spite of everything, they had been merely animals.
Envers and his mom should have been the identical to his father, Duke Redburn.
His mom would have been tossed about like a damaged doll in that mattress. The thought made him really feel sick. He felt that one thing, that a whole lot of issues had been mistaken.
A servant dragged Envers to a mansion full of boys who appeared strikingly comparable. He instinctively knew they had been his brothers.
This was the home of illegitimate youngsters.
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[Redburn Secret Document: Metamorphosis Induction Plan]n n
This process is carried out on rising youngsters whose cognitive improvement will not be but absolutely established.
1) Inflict lasting trauma to regulate development route
2) Implement brainwashing methods to evoke particular feelings
The objective is to induce and artificially manifest Metamorphosis with focused results.
The specified Metamorphosis was as follows: Prioritize these with enhanced skills / killing energy for Darkish Wizards, Succubi, and Wizards.
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Had they been in a traditional family, they may have been good brothers.
However quickly, a harsh winter descended upon the home of the illegitimate youngsters. For the Duke, it was the harvest season. One morning, the teacher introduced:
“You will be taking the ultimate check. Everybody will struggle one another. In the event you win first place within the battle, you may be the wonderful proper hand of Duke Redburn, and different incompetent losers might be⋯⋯”
The teacher’s unfinished assertion sparked a whole lot of creativeness.
Because the competitors grew fiercer, jealousy became hatred. The boys, who had discovered that dedicating themselves to the Redburn household was their sole objective in life, had been decided to not be ‘incompetent losers.
Was it the identical for Roderus, or did he have one other motive?
Sooner or later, he whispered to Envers.
“⋯⋯⋯ Peasant, I’ve found use Mana. I am solely telling you this. However since it is a one-time use solely, by no means use it except completely vital.”
Roderus taught him a flawed technique to harness Mana. Although imperfect, Envers nonetheless believed in him.
Envers thought: If I attain the finals, would not he choose each of us if I draw with Roderus? If he should select just one, concessions might be made.
In spite of everything, Roderus had mentioned he would make him the correct hand’s proper hand.
“Euk, aaaack⋯⋯!!”
Within the long-awaited ultimate check, Envers collapsed, vomiting blood as a result of improper mana utilization.
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He by no means discovered what occurred to Roderus after that. Envers solely knew what occurred to himself.
After a interval of restoration, Envers realized his physique had been ruined. His means to sense and manipulate Mana was distorted. The household physician recognized that ‘this boy won’t ever obtain Tuning or Fill.’
Envers’ expertise had been severely broken.
He was labeled ‘unselected chaff’—a idiot who had ruined his physique by making an attempt to make use of Mana recklessly in pursuit of victory.
The scornful glances that when fell on his mom now additionally turned to Envers.
Nevertheless it was all proper. It was positive. If he tried, he would in some way have the ability to change into a soldier of the household. Or he may research exhausting and commit himself through the use of his mind.
So, even when he was ignored, he was positive so long as he might be together with his mom. He had been separated from her for a 12 months already, in spite of everything.
When Envers was discharged from the hospital, he appeared for his mom. However her room was empty. Grabbing a passing servant, he discovered she had been kicked out.
Saying that the mom who gave beginning to a chaff will not be value being served.
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He stood immobile for practically a day, like a useless man.
The opposite brothers who had been eradicated with him vanished someplace, and when he inquired about them, he acquired the identical monotonous reply, ‘They’re working for the home,’ as if from a machine
Even when he requested the place his mom had gone, they claimed to not know something the second she left the mansion’s fundamental gate.
That they had no intention to spend their effort and time on chaff.
Then.
Then, if he in some way turned robust, reached Metamorphosis, and achieved Sublimation. If he turned fucking ‘helpful’. Then he would have the ability to carry his mom again.
Everybody who had despised Envers would see him once more, and he would have the ability to confront Large Brother Roderus… and ask if he actually had to do this.
When he was sufficiently old, he utilized for admission to the Academy and acquired by.
He grabbed something—swords, spears, daggers, sticks—and skilled relentlessly. He stayed up all evening, pushing himself to exhaustion. He didn’t care whether or not the Loopy Wizard who entered the Academy made a disturbance or not.
He centered solely on turning into stronger.
However on nights with a transparent moon, he usually appeared up on the sky and reminisced concerning the previous. Of Roderus, his brother, sharing cookies with him whereas gazing on the similar moon.
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He was overwhelmed by a combination of hatred, longing, disappointment, betrayal, and every kind of feelings.
Had Roderus change into the correct hand of Duke Redburn, wielding a rapier for the household? Did the lie that deceived him⋯⋯ actually imply that a lot?
How would he be doing?
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“What the⋯⋯?!”
One morning, when Roderus Redburn awakened from an uncomfortable dream…
He realized that he had remodeled into a lovely /genesisforsaken