9:53 PM
"Click...!"
The sound of the main door opening echoed through the room, gaining everyone's attention, and Aurelia entered the room.
She still looked as beautiful as ever, but exhaustion was etched on her face.
After closing the door behind her, she turned towards the living room and stopped, seeing everyone present there.
As Aurelia went pretty late for today's training, her master was quite harsh on her, causing her to deplete her whole essence reserve and get tired.
And due to tiredness, it was even hard for her to walk. So her master had teleported her directly in front of the main door.
Therefore, her guard was at its lowest, causing her to not sense her family inside the living room.
While Aurelia was standing, Amelia practically ran towards her, hugging her tightly, as though trying to suffocate her, as she started to throw a barrage of questions: "Are you okay? Did something happen? Why weren't you answering my calls?"
Eden and everyone else also stood up, moving towards them, as Grandma Mary separated Amelia from Aurelia.
"At least let her rest first." She spoke as she separated Amelia from Aurelia before adding, "Can't you see how tired she is?"
"Ah, sorry," Amelia uttered, seeing the tiredness etched on her daughter's face.
After their worried greeting, they all settled once again, as Amelia kept asking questions while Aurelia replied.
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EDEN'S POV
After our mother's interrogation, we came to know that her master had increased the timing of the training because she was late, causing her to come home late.
She also told us the reason behind her not picking up the calls was that she was busy in training, and after her training ended, she was directly transported to the front door by her master.
After her interrogation, she left to take a bath before joining us at the dinner table as we ate together.
During the dinner, my eyes kept moving towards my sister, and I could see tiredness in her movements.
And sensing my gaze, she would give a soft smile to me.
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As usual, after our dinner, everyone went to lounge in the living room, while my sister and I moved towards her room, giving everyone the excuse that we just wanted to talk about my training.
Other than Grandma Mary, no one said anything.
"Are you really going to talk only?" She teased.
Hearing her, we just ignored her remarks before moving upstairs, towards my sister's room.
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AURELIA'S ROOM
After entering her room, they settled on her bed before Aurelia spoke up.
"Master said she will give the artifact."
Listening to her, Eden couldn't control his happiness as he grabbed her shoulders and shook her, saying, "Really?"
"Yes," Aurelia replied with a slight smile, seeing his brother happy, before her smile disappeared and she spoke in a low voice, "But."
"But?" Eden asked slowly, seeing the sudden change in her expression.
"She wants to see you first."
"Eh."
'Why would she want to see me?' Eden thought, looking at his sister, as an incredulous expression got etched on her face.
"Is she trying to see if I'm lying? That might be it—after all, who wouldn't want the world to know they're a prodigy?"
Seeing his expression, Aurelia spoke up.
"She said she wants to check your potential."
"Eh."
'Potential?'
"I think this is a good thing. Not only will you get to hide your awakening, but you will also be able to learn from her."
Aurelia spoke again, her voice low, but there was an undertone of excitement in it.
She was really surprised when her master asked that she want to find out her brother's potential first, and then only she would give him the artifact.
But her surprise turned into happiness, as she was sure that her brother would have the potential of becoming a DEMIGOD like her.
The reason behind her being sure was not only that the person was her brother, but also that every prodigy has huge potential.
And knowing all this, she couldn't control her excitement, thinking that she would be able to spend more time with him while training.
But that was not the same case for Eden. He was confused about this potential thing.
He knew people had different potential, but it was said that only high-phaser awakeners, mainly DEMIGOD, could gauge them.
And his sister's master is a literal DEMIGOD. There was no way she couldn't do it.
'But why would she want to check my potential?' Eden thought in confusion.
Before throwing the thought back into his mind, when he saw the excitement in the eyes of his sister.
'Eh, who cares? If she finds me capable and trains me. That's just a plus for me.'
'But wouldn't she find that I am lying?' A thought crossed Eden's mind before he shook off his thoughts.
'But I am not lying. I really don't want people to know that I am a prodigy.' Eden thought, steeling his mind.
He knew that the person he was going to meet was going to be a literal half-god that could kill him in mere seconds if she wanted.
Even if she knew he was lying, she shouldn't literally kill him, because he is her disciple's brother.
Not like he's lying anyway.
"What happened?" Aurelia asked, seeing him in thought, before adding, her tone a little sad.
"Do you not want to meet her?"
"Ah... no, no, I do," Eden replied.
'No risk, no reward.'
If thinking rationally, the profits outweigh the loss. Because if he had high potential, he could get a DEMIGOD master, which would be a huge profit, erasing all his losses, if there were any.
He was also on the plus side, that his potential was high.
And the reason behind this was.
He had 4 elements, well, 2 less than her sister.
Even though he had fewer elements than his sister, having one element was a huge thing.
He was a prodigy too, the rarest, and all prodigies are said to have high potential.
And he was a transmigrator too, plus his system never showed him that he had any limit or anything.
And considering all these things, he had a pretty high chance of having high potential, so there was no reason he shouldn't meet with her master.
Eden was not being arrogant about anything; he was just trying to be positive.
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