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Chapter 7 - Bloodline Awakening

As Drake opened his eyes after finishing awakening he notice a blue flame was burning around his body, albeit a very faint flame. Almost as if it could be snuffed out at any second, though Drake felt as if this fire would never be snuffed out as long as he lived.

A few minutes after Drake had absorbed the last of the dense mana the old man who guided him and explained everything to him came in through the door. As the old man looked at Drake he stood there frozen in shock. A look of disbelief etched on his face, his jaw slack to the point Drake thought some one might be able to fit an apple inside of it.

A few minutes pass as the old man stood in shock until Drake had enough and rather exasperatedly said "Are you done staring? I would like to know why there is a blue fire burning on top of my body when I have not even learned any magic to cast such a thing."

Hearing Drake speak snapped the old man back into reality. As he regained control of his body, and coughed to hide his embarrassment, he asked "What did you feel just before you opened your eyes and saw the fire? And how did it feel during your awakening?"

"I felt like an explosion of heat erupted from a place in my body so deep I didn't even know it existed. As for how I felt during my awakening I felt like my blood was boiling inside of my body." Drake replied as he wiped the blood from his mouth and asked "Do you have a bowl and some water? I bit down so hard that my gums were bleeding."

The old man finally took notice of Drakes bloody teeth when he spoke as he was wiping the blood off of his face and said "Follow me while I get you some water and a bowl. After that I have to go to the library to look up some information. Just don't touch anything except the bowl and water cup until I found out what's happening to you. I have a couple ideas, I just need to confirm which it is before I tell you."

Drake followed the old man into the library as he went to search for info on the current situation regarding the blue flames enveloping his body. As he was waiting he realized he never heard the old man's name and decided to ask him what his name was.

"This is rather late, but I just realized that I don't know what your name is sir. Would you mind informing of your name?" Drake said with a rather bashful look on his face as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

The old man looked at Drake with a look of realization as he said "You know your right. I never did introduce myself, did I? My name is Cyrus Hamilton. You can just call me Cyrus." The old man, Cyrus, introduced himself with a slight bow of his head.

Drake nodded as he said "You said you had some idea of what is going on with this fire. Is it just one thing in mind? Or is it a few ideas?"

"It is one of two possibilities. I only need to confirm it as I have never seen it in person before. The first possibility is an extremely high talent in fire elemental manipulation being subconsciously manifested. The other possibility is a bloodline awakening. I believe it to be the later of the two as I have read some documents that record a similar phenomenon, but I have never read anything on the former as it is so rare that the records are only held in regional headquarters of the association. There is a book here that describes what it looks like, but it is very old and I have never read it ever since I was stationed here. 

"Aha. Here is the book. Let's see here." Cyrus mumbled towards the end as he found the book he was looking for. After perusing the book for a few minutes to find what he was looking for before finally finding it.

"What is written here does not fit your situation at all for elemental manipulation. That leaves just the possibility of a bloodline awakening. As for what that entails I will explain in a few minutes as I have to grab a few books to make sure that I am explaining things properly." Cyrus said as he closed the book and put it back on the shelf before grabbing a few books from a nearby shelf.

After grabbing the books Cyrus opened them on a table just a few feet from Drake and started explaining things to him.

"To start off with, do you know what a bloodline signifies for you young man?"

"No I do not know what it means aside from having something to do with this blue fire around me."

"Okay then. I will start with explaining that first then. Humans cannot inherently possess a bloodline. Instead we can obtain bloodlines through fortuitous encounter's. For example a human can get a bloodline from, let's say a dragon, by saving their life or just being there at the end of it's life without any offspring. The other way to obtain a bloodline, and the far more common method, is to obtain one from the ruins of an ancient civilization or race.

Each bloodline has unique characteristics when they awaken and have been recorded down for future generations. Your bloodline comes from an extinct race. The Aeonians. They were well known to be able to manipulate any of the known elements depending on their innate affinity. In your case you posses the bloodline of the flame Aeonians who manifest a different fire depending on their life experiences. Some of the recorded flames have been gold, black, a blood red, and various other colors. Your blue fire is one of the flames that is recorded here in this book. Now as for what you bloodline gives and takes from you is very simple. In exchange for an unparalleled ability to manipulate and control fire you cannot use any other elements. Your extreme affinity for fire grant's you a near invincibility against all sorts of flames. Sadly that means that some of the spells I gave you are of absolutely no use to you.

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