Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 112: The child blessed by light

Zhang Liao Bao

Liao Bao was almost at the end of his two weeks of training for the new technique.

Today, he once again reverse the flow of his internal energy. The two weeks' time is almost at its end.

In the meantime, he kept moving around and exploring the secret passages below the city. Today, he was spying on some noble named Claudio one of the son of an influential noble in the capital,

He breathed slowly as he listened in on Claudio's conversation with the Knight Master, Orval Valais.

The two men discussed in a private room at the noble's residence.

They spoke in hushed tones, a lowly candle illuminating the room. From what Liao Bao could decipher, they were plotting something.

"The boy?" Claudio asked.

"He is fine, Claudio," the Knight Master said.

"Are you sure?"

"Of all the Blood, he seems to have the most resemblance to Him."

"The One Blessed by Light?"

"Yes, Claudio." The lord seems beside himself

Liao Bao focused on the men.

In their fingers were rings with the same design. A seven-pointed star. And on their shirt was a badge in the form of an arrow surrounded by a rose.

"Who would have thought!" Claudio seemed beside himself. "And the secret?"josei

"It remains safe'

'Life is filled with secrets." The Knight spoke

"And those who will bury the light!' Claudio reply. And the men sit in the chair looking at each other.

'If this is true…."

"It is."

"If this is true, then maybe…."

"Not yet, Claudio."

"How about the rest of our brothers?"

"They are all still maintaining their duty."

Claudio sighed.

"Finally, one day, maybe soon, the secret can be revealed to the world. The tales of treachery and betrayal… Our true history which the mass of the population has been shielded from. We have been very careful, and for a thousand years we have waited. Our brothers are all over the continent. Our secret remains safe, obscured from the uninitiated mind and the persecution of the Church, yet we survive."

"As guardians, protectors of the Secret of the Blood," the Knight Master added.

"Yes, indeed," Claudio continued.

"We are the Enlightened Ones, those who know the real story. And if your claims are true, then without a doubt the time to reveal the secret is not long. As long as we guard the secret, we will rise again and our oath of honor will finally be fulfilled."

Claudio said his heart swelled with pride. He has already risen from his chair, apparently very in joy in listening to his brother report.

Liao Bao was confused. What were they talking about? They were not the Blood Brotherhood, that much was certain to him.

Considering both of them are Caelum not Eastian, they are not the Blood Brotherhood. Liao Bao focused back on the conversation.

Claudio spoke again. "Do we have brothers in Alan?"

The Knight Master shook his head.

"I am the only one. We didn't expect that the child would grow up to be an important figure. After all, we tried so hard to make the family invisible to the eyes of the Church."

"Yet, destiny intervened." Claudio said happily.

"When I heard the circumstances of their family, I too thought we should wait, but now with the child being so influential, and strong enough, then maybe, just maybe, we can finally tell everyone how the Church has lied to the world. Propagating blind ignorance and false faith." Claudio said, with vehemence and tone of anger in his voice

The Knight Master sighed. "Your hate of the Church is showing, dear brother."

"You may have a softer heart about the Church, Orval but my hatred is within reason."

"This is not the sin of today's Church," the Knight Master replied.

Claudio smiled a wicked smile.

"Like I said, you have a softer heart for the Church. I do not. They have hunted our brothers through the centuries, subjugated women and burned non-believers. The Child of Light believed in the right to worship any god or goddess and respect each other's beliefs."

"It was a long time ago. Nowadays, are our brothers still hunted, forced to live in misery?"

Liao Bao peeked at them, his curiosity is rising of what they were talking about, lost in translation. They are speaking about something which he do not understand.

But he knew this is important. Even the Church is mentioned.

"That is only because we hide so deep in the darkness, shrouding ourselves in secrecy, speaking in symbols and codes. How can they hunt what they believe has disappeared?"

The Knight was now frustrated with Claudio.

"Brother…the church now, is not the same church a thousand years ago. They promote peace and kindness. Harry the Confessor advised the Church during his reign to be tolerant and there is even a time during the reign of George the Wise that the church was forbidden from such savagery. That church is no longer. And the truth of the Pillars and the Great Spear is, and I maintain my faith, is a secret not to be shared with the whole world"

"To each his own then."

"To each his own, brother."

The tension between them disappeared.

"So how long will you be here?" Claudio asked.

"Until the war is over and as long as you permit me."

"You know my door is always open for you, Orval." Claudio hugged him.

Liao Bao slowly retreated into the darkness, careful not to make a sound.

He felt that he had heard something important, but at the same time he could not say that he understood the conversation.

He made his way back to his room, making a mental note to check the Hall of Literature in the morning and maybe find a book that would allow him to gain some insight into what he had just heard.

Pillars? Great Spear? Shaking his head, he tries to forget about things he doesn't understand. Better think of something else.

He lay in bed juggling the Enochian knife, he recently learned that Enochians was highly rare and precious, a metal for famous heroes… or infamous villains.

I must raise my standing here in the Forbidden City, he thought to himself. He had to learn the secrets of the nobles in order to use that knowledge against them.

Who are the adulterers? Who are the plotters? Who are the murderers? I must know it all, he thought again.

This and more, embarrassing secret, dangerous secret.

All precious information. All can save him if he is in a pinch. But how to use it to increase his standing?

He already heard some strange rumor; Arianna the Princess from the Dark Lands had already returned to Arakath.

But the rumor from the inner chamber of the Emperor, said that the man actually fell in love with the beautiful Princess.

Even though he already had an Empress, he couldn't care less.

Of course, the emperor didn't dare to act on his feelings; that would mean war with the Dark Lands.

He sighed a bit

Maybe I should use the secret of Lord Rakaia to gain a better job position instead of being a simple scribe.

He knew of a secret affair between that lord and Lady Ingrid, daughter of Lord Doug. And the man is known to be spineless, he thought with a smile.

And with that final thought, he slowly drifted to sleep.

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Anyone can guess who is the children and what secret they are protecting? hehehe. Anyway, hope you like the story and leave some comments and reviews