Chapter 5 Testing Ceremony
Erica carefully picked up the newborn and placed it in the formation. The wizard in charge of the ceremony waved his staff, and invisible detection waves instantly emanated from the formation, slowly sweeping across the newborn's body.
But when it entered the spiritual space of the newborn, it encountered a special obstacle - the strange energy that carried Xia Yuan through.
The detection wave slid away directly from the surface of the energy layer, as if it was in two different time and space. As a result, Xia Yuan's consciousness was also unaware of it.
On the other side, the two rune rings in the magic circle changed instantly. The ten special runes in the rings, starting from the top, gradually turned blood red one by one.
The Duke couldn't help but hold his breath slightly, his gaze following the slow movement of the runes, his blue eyes unblinking.
As time went by, the changes gradually stopped. The number of blood-colored runes in the two small rings finally stopped at nine at the same time, and the last rune was still flashing a faint blue light.
"Both blood concentrations have reached level nine, Your Excellency the Duke!"
The ritual master stared at the changes in the magic circle and said in amazement.
"Um--"
The Duke simply agreed, his voice expressing no emotion, but a barely perceptible smile spread across the corners of his mouth.
At this moment, he was staring at the rune on the other side of the magic circle without blinking, which had a strange three-dimensional sense.
The blood test results have come out, but the rune remains unchanged.
Looking at the runes that had not responded for a long time, the Duke couldn't help but frown.
This made the mage who was paying attention to the Duke's reaction nervous, secretly worrying whether he had made a mistake in one of the lines.
In Xia Yuan's mind, the strange energy seemed to sense something, and the surface began to ripple like ripples.
A slightly illusory spiritual fragment gradually pushed away the surrounding energy and "floated" out from the energy layer.
When the detection wave touched the spiritual fragment, the rune immediately emitted a dazzling white glow. The Duke let out a long breath, and an unconcealable smile finally spread across his face.
"The soul synchronization rate is one hundred percent, Your Excellency the Duke."
The spellcaster who presided over the ceremony finally relaxed at this point and hurried to report.
"Hahahaha—good! Very good!"
The Duke laughed so hard that his voice rose half a degree in pitch.
"Leonard! Inform the chief of the Mage Corps to prepare for the registration ceremony. Submit invitations to the royal family and major families, inviting them to attend on the next full moon night! In addition, pass on my order to prepare for a festival celebration! Starting from the day of the registration ceremony, all mines, farms, and manors will be closed, and taxes for all citizens of Carlas will be reduced by half this year! I want the entire province of Carlas to celebrate for three days!"
"As you command, Your Excellency the Duke!"
Butler Leonard bowed and accepted the order, then turned to the Duke and backed out of the room.
………
Unlike ordinary people, the higher the level of a professional, the smaller the chance of producing offspring.
If the difficulty for an ordinary couple to have offspring is set as one, then the difficulty for a pair of first-level professionals is two, for a pair of second-level professionals it is four, for third-level it is eight, for fourth-level it is sixteen... and so on.
Moreover, if there is a large gap in the rank of the husband and wife, the difficulty of having offspring will double.
As the Duke is a rare ninth-rank blood sorcerer on the continent, one can imagine how difficult it is for him to have offspring.
In this situation, if high-level professionals want to have offspring, they either have to use some rare treasures that can increase the probability, or... increase the number of efforts.
The energetic and wealthy Grand Duke of Karlas chose to take a two-pronged approach.
Therefore, whenever a new offspring was born, the Duke would hold a grand celebration, during which all slaves would be given a three-day holiday.
During these three days, the City Lord's Mansion and the major chambers of commerce will provide unlimited free bread and beer. Most importantly, the tax revenue for that year will be halved.
For ordinary people, a tax reduction of 50% means new clothes for their children and a smile on the face of their tired wives.
For the poorer people, a halving of taxes means that the cold winter can be spent safely with the whole family.
So, when the news that the lord had a son spread, the atmosphere of celebration immediately filled the city of Karlas.
With the help of magic, this atmosphere quickly spread to the entire province of Karlas.
"Praise the Duke!"
People spread the word.
"The generous and kind Duke and his kind lady have once again received the gift from heaven! May the gods bless them."
………
The year of Univar is also divided into twelve months, the length of which is divided by the phases of the silver moon Severn. It is the fifteenth day of the fifth month of the year 2442 of the Glorious Calendar.
Breathing in the air with the faint fragrance of calming flowers, Xia Yuan was held in the arms of a pink-haired girl. He quietly looked at the gorgeous platinum-colored carriage ceiling that was half blocked by something, and questioned his life.
About a month had passed since the time travel, and during this time, he had obtained more memory fragments.
He was born in the Yar continent of this world, and the continent was divided into three major superpowers. From large to small, they are: [Saint Messiah Empire], [Gloria Empire], [Itel Kingdom Federation].
As introduced in the game information, the background of this world is the Middle Ages of sword and magic.
Those powerful professionals are enough to form an army by themselves, easily flattening the towering mountains, overturning the unfathomable oceans, and even causing the stars in the sky to fall.
The owner of the memory fragment is a noble boy named Anvis - to make it easier to distinguish them, Xia Yuan calls him Little Anvis.
The time period of the memory scenes ranges from childhood to adolescence. To put it simply, he is a direct descendant of the Olivendi family, one of the four ducal families in Gloria.
A nobleman who inherited legendary blood and possessed extraordinary talent.
It's a pity that he is an unlucky child who was born at the wrong time.
At this critical juncture of transition from the old to the new era, this noble and magnificent background is not a protective umbrella, but a death warrant.
In the decades after little Anvis was born, the old nobility gradually declined and the new nobility rose strongly.
As one of the representatives of the old nobility, the Olivendi family has been completely labeled as villains and suffered an almost devastating blow.
In the second expansion pack of the previous game, 'The Changing of Times', it was already in name only, and could only form an alliance with the other three major families to survive.
As a player, he even took on the task of clearing out the alliance forces...
………
But where do these memory fragments come from?
Xia Yuan closed his eyes gently and fell into deep thought.
It's not like he had never read a novel before, and he knew that reincarnation would give him the memories of his original owner, but he was reincarnated as a newborn, so where did the memories of his original owner come from? After a while, Xia Yuan gave up thinking.
Even time travel has happened, so having an extra memory of unknown origin doesn't seem to be a big deal.
When the story is over——
Compared with these, he was more interested in a new discovery:
In a scene from a certain memory, a figure resembling a player suddenly appeared!
Indeed, apart from the ability to be resurrected, players' appearance is basically no different from that of NPCs.
But it was hard for two people jumping and walking without attracting Xia Yuan's attention.
(End of this chapter)
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