Ignas has made a huge discovery of his life that not only is he the son of of the major noble house, he is also the son of Lady Ray who was well known for her beauty but now she has become unrecognizable and this is the second view of his own mother he has seen and now she was struggling with the guilt of abandoning her only child.
'No this can not….this can not be real…'
Another memory was took place In this an underground chamber where she was with an middle aged man who happened to struck her on the back with a whip, blood painted her skin red as the fresh opened wounds with each whip struck, her screams and cries echoed through out the chamber even the prisoners there yearned to take hold of her crimes onto they own flesh just so they can stop hearing her voice.
"Master please master let us bear her crimes please we…we had enough of hearing her cries!!!"
And yet the master never listened to their pleads nor stopped whipping her with out a slight of remorse, this was the punishment she had to bear for having another man's child nevertheless he also performed a surgical treatment to remove her womb never to allow her to have children ever again thus explains her broken minds.
"You wretched woman why why would you dishonor me to such a scale of no return? What was the reason do tell why go to such length instead of pleading me like any other of my concubines? You just had to insult me to such degree?! How dare you!!!"
The screams and cries got louder as the memory disappeared, Ignas could not believe his what he just witnessed. The third memory he saw was cruel and that cruelty was beyond human nature for him. The anger within him surged like a tide of destruction as his killing intent was led out with out realization, the trial area which was painted in pure blackness got even darker making it much more abyssal than before.
"Young successor c-calm yourself if you do not, the trial will fail…you have to bear with it in order to grow!"
The fourth memory was about to take place but his anger never subsided nor the slight, In this memory his mother was in her room again but now she seemed off again or one might say dissociative with herself but ate and lived like she used to before the incident. She seemed to be undressing for a bath but she still had the scars from the torturous torment she went through as if years have past and her like was back to normal again, her missing hair had grown again to it's natural state, her face was scarred from the scratching she did in her unstable state but the beauty never disappear but remained as it was as if she was meant for it regardless of the amount of the scars that covered it like a net of disaster.
Michelle who slightly bowed and took out a note book to write her lady's needs.
"Lady Ray what would you like to eat for lunch?"
Ray looked at her after sitting in her tub then looked out the window before looking at Michelle again, remains silent for a few minutes before she answered in a calm tone,
"Do you think the child i abandoned will hate me for his whole life? Is he eating well? I heard he was adopted by a slaver wait ah it was not adoption but slavery and now that business is the number one slave company in the empire, all thanks to my boy….you do not have to answer cause i already the answered those questions years ago and so just get me some fruits and wine including boiled potatoes with a side pieces of boiled eggs please."
Michelle bows again and leaves as Ray whispered under her breath"I know he hates me what could be stopping him from doing so? This is the sin i should bear for the rest of my miserable life but please….can i just meet him once, that would be…what am i even saying he would never…"
The memory distorted into golden like before it went inside his body. Tears fell from his cheeks like a stream which made him break the second rule but now that did not matter cause he knew that the trial has ended.
[You have completed your first trial.
Reward: Random would you like to use the card?….no response, card has been used…you have received an S grade lightning magic.
Do you wish to convert it into an S+ grade black lightning?
No response….Conversion complete.]
"Young successor it seems your path would not be an easy one so i will grant you one favor, do tell me what you wish for…."
"Can you give me an S grade skill?"
"Yes i can but it depends on what you want do-"
"If so then can you make me a complete formed azure dragon like you?"
"…It will be an honor to serve you shadow's successor.
Walks to Ignas and touched his shoulder with a wide smile,
YES…young successor from starting today i Gandalf will serve you for eternity."
And with that Gandalf disappeared same goes for the trial room, he finds himself out at the entrance of the death forest with his body that was once covered with scars has become scar-less but more darker due to the the effects of the shadow's clothes.
He led out a sigh causing the shadows to slightly move then [Shadow warp] back to the hospital room which made him fall on top of an empty bed, stood up with a height of 239 cm and longer hair length than before.He warps to the streets and roamed among the humans…yes he was no longer a human but a young adult azure dragon, he then warps one more time to the Lionhart's family instate where Ray, his mother was kept…no one seemed to see or sense him due the one of the Gandalf had[unseen] made him invisible at will which is also why no one was able to see him on the streets, he walks inside and headed straight to her room nevertheless he wasted no time and walked in after Michelle.
"Lady Ray your food has arrived."
"thank you…it looks delicious, do you want to eat with me again?"
with a smile" i do not mind keeping you company."
They sat down and started to eat quietly but Ignas decided it was best time to take a piece of meat too in order to eat along with them since he was already in the room, in shock the two ladies dropped their forks as they watched a large piece of meat disappear in one bit. Under the influence of the shock they remained still with no slight movement before Ignas decided to deactivate [unseen].
"Hello mother, i have come as you requested…it is me Ignas Lionhart the son you abandoned but do not take it personal, it was an understandable act so i for-…", without wasting time Ray hugged her son for the first time even when he was 239 cm but in this situation he was on his knees to properly enjoy the moment. Michelle was so shocked that she past out but this is not about her…Ray wept on Ignas's shoulder as she kept asking for forgiveness….A mother was reunited with her only son after eighteen years of separation and eighteen years of sorrow was being washed away by one simple long hug, A son whom has yearned to receive pure love for eighteen years had been blessed with what he always wanted…the love of a mother but not just any mother but the one who abandoned him once, a mother whom he has seen struggle for the past eighteen years in the trial room.
One hug was all they needed in order for one to forgive and the other to heal from her scars, the unbearable scars she received from her husband faded away in Ignas's touch then he proceeded to touch her face but his mother stopped him by holding his hands just to prevent her last prove of bad decisions to faded…
"Mother i forgive you so please…"
"No….it is not like i became hideous or something but my s-son…thank you for forgiving me…." She passed out in his arms with the first smile after eighteen years of emotionless chapter, full of nothing but regrets and endless sorrow.
Ray Lionhart was now happy again but one obstacle still stood in her way and that obstacles was none other than her husband, the very man who will probably want Ignas dead if he saw him, he then proceeded to take them to bed before he went out to visit his stepfather…..John Vic Lionhart the supposed strongest man in family but that was probably about to change or not. As he arrived at his office he respectfully knocked on the door…by kicking it out from the door frame which startled John a bit before a dagger appeared out of the blue and stabbed his chest effortlessly so,
'eh that was too simple…' John coughed out blood then attempted to pull out the dagger,
"I would not do that if i was you stepfather or should i say John Vic Lionhart, i Ray's child have come for the pain you inflicted on mother…so prep-
[You have killed the patriarch of the Lionhart family]
WHAT DID HE PULL THE DAGGER! Damn it mother will know i killed this bastard at this point….i messed up with one strike?
So weak or am i too strong?
[….]
[Congratulations on reaching the nascent soul realm.Reward: Shadow intermediate cultivation method
Do you…"yes"
You have learned the cultivation method…you have broken through to the 2nd stage of nascent soul realm.SHADOW WORLD WELCOMES YOU.]