The Seven Deadly Child
Tragedies

"Element seed type water, grade 5 quality, with 5th class soul realm as well. Hit as hard as a water element tester over there!"

Up....!!!!

"Score 6 in physical assimilation where the water element!"

"Not bad, you can choose between being a soul Knight or a Meridian Knight because your talent is balanced between these two aspects. However, of course since the score in the physical assimilation exam is slightly higher, I recommend becoming a Meridian Knight."

"Potential B-class Knight, register it to the earth academy!"

An old man in simple clothes was standing in the middle of the main hall of the Alknight House. In front of him, was standing neatly hundreds of young generations from the House of Alknight.

The old man was accompanied by several young men who were busy holding books, noting down every word he said. The man was none other than a necromancer sent by the empire to conduct testing in the Alknight House. Roaney Wilhendrik's Master.

"The next participant just went straight ahead in order, don't wait for my orders" Master Roeney massaged his forehead, from his facial expression looking exhausted and in a bad mood.

'Isn't this too much? the annual House Alknight Test was usually no more than a few tens of people, why was there more than a hundred people this year? if you know this, I'll invite a colleague to help me.' he began to complain inwardly, regretting bringing only a few apprentices.

After the next participant came forward and stood before him, he began to close his eyes then transparent eyes opened on his forehead. He immediately released his heavenly eyes and probed into the realm of the participant's soul.

A while later, the gray jade in his hand started to light up and change color to green, with a faint number 4 appearing in the middle of the jade.

"Element seed type wind grade 4 quality, soul realm grade 4, continue hitting the wind element tester tool over there!"

In the direction pointed at by him, there was an oblong stone-shaped measuring device the size of an adult man with a row of formation images, useful for measuring how large one's physical assimilation with mana was. The higher the score, the better their physical assimilation with mana.

It is commonly used to measure how great their potential is when becoming a Meridian Knight. While the jade held by the master is useful for testing the quality of one's soul realm, to know its potential to become a Soul Knight.

With all his might, the young man struck the device.

Tingg....!!

The number seven appeared on the surface of the oblong rock.

"You have the potential to become a Meridian knight of class B. However, since the quality of your Element seed is somewhat below average, you should train diligently in the future.

"I will consider you entering the earth academy. But you have to promise to work hard and complete many missions in order to get more resources to practice. How's it?"

The young man immediately knelt down, then replied solemnly. "I won't waste the Master's letter of recommendation"

Master Roeney nodded in satisfaction "good, potential Knight grade B, earth academy"

The young man then got up and left the main hall after paying his respects to master Roeney.

"Next!" Master Roeney continues the test.

One by one the youths of the Alknight House came forward and conducted tests. Master Roeney who looked exhausted, several times stopped the test to rest and recover his mana.

Constantly using his heavenly eyes caused his mana stash to dry up, taking a while to recover mana.

After the afternoon all the members of the Alknight house branch finished doing their tests.2 people were accepted in the heaven academy, 87 people of earth academy, and 123 people in the general academy.

This is the best result achieved by the House of Alknight in decades. This sparked excitement throughout the house, now they just have to wait for dessert before doing the celebration. Test results for the nuclear family, the most talented member of their house.

Deliberately storing the best dishes at the end is a family tradition, therefore the nuclear family members always do the last test.

As they expected, the core members of the 5-man family all managed to enter the heaven academy. All that was left now was the third young master of the house of Alknight, Theodoric Alknight. The child who is considered the most talented in his generation.

But the unexpected happened, Theo who was placed last because it was considered the most talented in his generation. Used as the ultimate delicious dessert, to close the party. It turned out to have unexpected test results.

"What the fuck? why is it gray? the quality of the Element seed is also only 1st class quality! moreover, the aura emitted was also weakened over time"

Everyone in the main hall was stunned. The gray color confused them, but what made many people surprised was when they heard the quality of Element seed class 1. The lowest quality possessed by Element seed.

Master Bosweric immediately advanced. "Master Roeney, did something go wrong? Last time we did an outside test a few days ago, Theo's test results were excellent."

"Although we don't have the means and ability to see it directly, from its aura and mana flow, it's clear that it's at least the lowest grade-7 quality seed element."

Master Roeney frowned, "so you want to say this child's seed element weakened from around 7th grade to 1st grade in just a few days? Declining the class element seed is not impossible, and some cases have happened, but it's a maximum of only one level down."

"This occurs due to an error in the provision of resources to maintain the seed element. However, there has never been such an extreme case"

Master Roeney looked curious yet also concerned at the same time. Decreasing the seed element may bs occur, but increasing it again is impossible to do.

In a daze, master Roeney continued. "Eternal element seed interference usually takes several years to appear and make the quality of the element seed decreases. Because the seed element itself has resistance and a natural will to protect itself"

"Seeing from this child's case, I don't see any symptoms of an external disorder. I can say that this child's element seed is weakened by itself from within." Master Roeney stopped his explanation, not proceeding any further.

Then looked at Theo with a concerned look, after which turned to Lord Arduric who had been silent from earlier.

Everyone in the main hall was shocked to hear this, but had no opinion to convey. They could only keep quiet and wait for master Roeney to continue and deduce his opinion on what happened.

Theo seemed to put on a confused and desperate face. He doesn't know what's going on, but seeing the expressions of the people around him, he knows it's not a good thing. Although a slacker, basically Theo is a smart kid. He could catch the situation and feel the heavy air inside the main hall room.

Looking at master Roeney's gesture gaze and looking at his son who was putting on such a desperate expression, Lord Arduric then gave the order.

"Chairman seven, please escort Theo back to his room!"

"I will do it immediately, my lord"

The seventh elder was an old man who looked to be in retirement, the most senior among all the elders. Due to his experience, he understood the situation that was occurring and immediately came forward to take Theo out of the main hall without asking any unnecessary questions.

"But dad…"

"Theo, this time listen to your father's orders! he will definitely give you an explanation after this." the seventh elder cut Theo off.

Heavy and slightly unaccepting Theo obeyed and followed the seventh elder out of the main hall.

"Alright, my son is out of the room, please Master Roeney tell me honestly what really happened" seeing that his son was already out, Lord Arduric immediately asked without delay.

Master Roeney sighed then replied. "Before forgive me, my lord, in my decades of experience in this field, I myself do not fully know what happened to the young master. I can guarantee this is the first case in the history of the Glaire empire. No, maybe all over the world". Master Roeney stopped and looked thoughtful.

After hesitating for a moment, master Roeney then continued. "In this case, there are two strange cases that happened to the young master."

"The first strange case is the gray seed element. This was the first time that a gray seed element appeared, an attributeless seed element. This can be good and can also be bad, need to do further research because this is the first case. But there is still a possibility of being good."

Master Roeney's fingers tapped on the table, then continued. "The second weird case, and that's bad news. The fact that the young master's element seed looked weakened over time, and according to the statement of the Bosweric master who said that the aura of the element seed from the young master a few days ago was still fine, was still fine, I can say this is the most extreme case of decline in the quality of element seed in history."

"And the worst news is that the seed element is experiencing a decline in quality, impossible to raise again. There is no method that can be used to do so at this point, so in this case…". Master Roeney looked hesitant again to continue.

"Master please continue, I want to hear all the details. It's something that concerns my son, so I need to know everything." Lord Arduric immediately gave a boost.

Master Roeney's fingers were still knocking on the table, then he nodded and continued.

"Enhancing the quality of the seed element is impossible, but there are still methods to stop the decline. However, this method requires a lot of resources, and the keyword is this method just stops the decline."

"In that case, the young master will forever only have Element Seed quality 1 in the rest of his life."

Master Roeney closes his explanation, and hopes the words he chooses and arranges with much consideration are not too cruel.

Hearing that, Lord Arduric clasped the arm of his chair hard. "so you want to say, even though it consumes a lot of resources even my son will still only have a quality seed element one? and it wouldn't be much different from ordinary people? Can't be a Knight?"

Master Roeney let out a long sigh, "In fact it is like that my master, very dear indeed, Glaire Empire must lose its young talent even before such talent can grow." master Roeney sighed again, truly sincerely regret the situation that occurred.

Thud....!

The Bosweric Master who was pensive from earlier suddenly fell to his knees.

"My lord, forgive me for being this useless! a few days ago I had already noticed there was something strange in the flow of mana young master, but due to his lack of experience, it was not, I can't analyze it any deeper and just think it's a fluctuation in which flow of the growing element seed."

"If we had taken care of him early, something like this shouldn't have happened. It should be that the quality of the young master's element seed doesn't fall too far, forgive me! forgive me!"

Dukk…….! dukkk……! dukkk…!

The Bosweric Master who felt responsible and regretful fell prostrate and continuously banged his head on his floor while apologizing.

The elders who were startled at first, then immediately approached Master Bosweric, trying to make him stop. But whatever they did, it didn't stop Master Bosweric. He was constantly banging his head on his floor while prostrating.

Lord Arduric immediately rose from his seat and walked over to his sister, stopping his sister from acting any further to blame herself.

"Sister, stop it! stand up!"

Lord Arduric tried to make his sister stand up from a prostrating position.

"No, my lord, it's my fault! it's my fault!" master Bosweric replied in frustration.

"Sister, it's not entirely your fault. A few days ago you told me this strange thing, and I did nothing myself, if the guilty one was me. As the Lord of the family and also as the father."

"So please don't do this, wake up! don't make me worse by feeling like a bad brother too, seeing you makes my heart hurt!"

Lord Arduric immediately saw his sister standing up, saw her brother's frustrated face he couldn't calm down, then he continued.

"Sister, there must be a way, nothing is impossible in this world, there must be a way! it's just the way it hasn't been found, I'm not giving up, no matter how many resources you need, I'm not giving up."

"The first thing we have to do is stop the decline in quality, so that Theo still has element seed. After that, just look for ways to increase it again"

"Sir….." Master Bosweric was speechless, seeing the firmness in his brother's eyes.

He suddenly went back to his knees then solemnly promised. "My lord rest assured, I won't give up either! I'm going around and looking for the best healer to be able to heal the young master"

Master Roeney from earlier saw the situation that occurred could only shake his head and let out a long sigh. After seeing the condition become calmer, she decided to leave to return to her room to rest, and went home the next day.