"You… Sebastian… Are you really blessed with Gale element?" Tasco stammered.
"What is Gale element?" the fat man replied stupidly, "I don't know about that. I just swing my sword continuously until I can use wind
breaker…"
The old knight didn't know whether this fat customer of him was lucky or not. He believed Sebastion didn't realize how many people were looking for this very rare element. When most people thought it had been already extinct, a person with this specific element suddenly popped out of
nowhere. At once, Tasco didn't have any intention to speak or train the fat man
anymore. He grabbed him easily before entering his personal room. Once everyone
was inside, Baston shuddered because he thought the old knight wanted to catch him because of Gale element inside his body.
"I'm sorry, Sebastian. I have to do this because I'm afraid your life might be in danger from now on."
"What? What do you mean?" Baston was dumbfounded.
"That Gale element of yours is very rare in this world. I heard a rumor that only a few people have this blessing yet everyone doesn't know where are they. Because this element is very precious, many seek it in
order to gain enormous wealth and power. In the black market, the price of someone who have this element is already in hundred of millions. It keeps increasing but since no one has seen it, people thought this element already disappears from this world. The last one comes from Xavierius family, but the
heritage of Gale element never appears again afterwards."
"Xavierius family?" Baston remembered Alicia, "What kind of family is them?"
"They are a noble family with deep heritage. In their old glory, they secure Gale element as their precious inheritance. Just like
Versance with Ice element and Herbiens with Flare element, this Xavierius is famous for Gale element. Alas, there's hardly talented young generation among them for many years until suddenly, the Gale element never appears again…"
Baston obviously knew about Xavierius family because he already visited them. There was even a curious classmate who always pondered about the cult. Alicia looked perfect and beautiful from the outside but once she heard about the matter of the cult, her curiosity would reach the peak. If
she could, she might always stay with him just in order to get better information about the cult. Fortunately, he warned her not to mention the cult to anyone so she could keep her attitude in public and no one would suspect anything. Back at Tasco, the old knight still explained what the advantage and
disadvantage of having Gale element in this world.
"If nobles caught this news, they would soon flock into you. For sure, they will try their best to seduce you to become part of their family. You might no need to worry about money in all your life, but you better get ready to become a stallion for breeding. Many women will come to your bedroom with one purpose which is to have a baby. You are important but the newborn baby is also very important for them. Once the child has a talent of
having Gale element, they will become another hero in this world. By then, whoever can make you stay in one family will be the winner."
"That's really bad…"
"Of course. Right now, either you hide your talent forever or pick one of noble families, the choice is yours. But if I may suggest
something, it's better to go to Xavierius family."
"Why is that?"
"Because they have a secret knowledge regarding the utilization of Gale element. Whether you want to maximize your Gale attribute to become a wizard or comprehending much about Gale aura to become a knight, the Xavierius family has all of them. However, in order to learn it, you have to enter the family. Compared with others, Xavierius family has a good reputation. They won't push you so hard like other nobles. You will have a good wife and
your freedom will be guaranteed."
"In the end, I still need to give a descendant?"
"Well, that's to be sure…" Tasco chuckled, "At least, you won't be treated like a stallion."
"Are you going to spread the news about me?"
"Of course not!" Tasco shook his head, "It will be very troublesome if the whole city come to my place. Truth to be told, I don't want every noble in this world make a trouble for me. Once I spread the news and the
nobles don't find you, I will be questioned relentlessly. If the royalty hears about it, thing can be much worse."
The old knight seemed afraid, making Baston in disguised puppet frowned. It seemed having Gale element was very risky since it was nearly extinct. At first, he thought there would be a certain family who
monopolized this rare element. Just like Versance and Herbiens, there should be one noble family who hoarded the talent. However, his thinking was a mistake since Gale element could be said to be very rare. He also didn't expect Xavierius family should be the holder of Gale element but unfortunately, it already disappeared from recent generation. No wonder there were only wind holders in the family. The fat boy at first thought the Xavierius family was an ordinary noble family, but according to the old knight, they were special in previous
times.
The fact that Xavierius family housed several talented people before this made Baston questioned something. When he was in the
library, he didn't find anything about Gale element for being their past glory. There might be a little clue if he looked for specific book, but for sure, it couldn't be categorized as general knowledge then. Because of this, Baston felt the family tried to hide the fact about Gale element. Since the promising
youngsters never awaken this rare attribute for their profession, it was kind of shame to tell the world at the moment. Different from Versance and Herbiens who could boast their strengths, Xavierius couldn't do it. The Gale element had been disappearing for many years so they didn't want to face the humiliation of society for failing to preserve the rare magic attribute.
Baston then excused himself, telling Tasco that he needed to reorganize many information from before. The old knight agreed with the fat man and before he sent his customer outside, he went back to his room for a while and there was a beep sound before everything went silent. Baston knew it was kind of alert when doing the transaction regarding the Luminos card. The old knight came back happily and told the fat man that the money he paid before had been successfully refunded. If what Tasco said was true, then the balance of his card right now should be around 249,000 pounds.
"Why?" Baston was confused, "Don't you want money for training fee?"
"I just feel bad for taking the money from the last person with Gale element. Considering what the hardship you will face; I think you
need the money more. Don't worry about me. I'm not going to spread the news to
everyone. It won't do anything good to me. Still…" Tasco hesitated before taking a deep breath, "I want to ask a permission from you. Regarding your Gale element, could I inform Xavierius family about it? The reason why I'm doing this because I have good relationship with them. Not only they help me to maximize the use of my wind aura, they even help me with the money sometimes. I really feel bad if I don't do something for them."
Noticing the fat man named Sebastian didn't comment, Tasco continued, "You might worry what will happen to you once I tell this
information to other. In this place, I can assure you that I don't have any bad
intention on the first place. If you are still wary about me, then I will pay you 300,000 pounds. Just consider it as my punishment to whatever will happen to you. I can also give you the deeds to my store so if Xavierius family is going to harm you, then you will own this store and I will become your worker from now on. I won't complain and if I try to harm you, my life is yours. This can be written into the magic contract."
"It seems he really wants to inform Xavierius family, even at the cost of his own wealth and life. Judging by his behavior, this old knight can be trusted. Still, I also need to take care of myself…" Baston thought.
Regarding Tasco's request, Baston didn't mind. Just from his interaction with Alicia and Angus, he could say the family was united and there was no bad intention from the start. When he played the drama of getting assassinated, the family also took care of him to the best they could do. Even
though so, he wondered what would happen inside Xavierius family once Tasco told that he found someone with Gale element. In his head, he could imagine there would be an uproar. This disguised fat man surely must become an honorable guest by then.
"Too bad this man named Sebastian only needs to appear for the quest. After this, I won't use this identity again. At least, in a long time…"
Baston was thinking, deciding to hide the Gale element on his body once the quest finished. Even people wanted to look for him, they surely could find nothing in the future. With the time, everything would be forgotten
until he decided for Sebastian to appear once more. Because of this reason, he
didn't find it troublesome to let someone knew his identity. By the time he left the place, he treated himself with several snacks with the cost around 1,000 pounds. There was still 248,000 pounds left and he felt pity not to buy anything from it. Since Tasco refunded the money, Baston sensed he became a rich man once again.
In the meantime, Tasco quickly called someone he knew from Xavierius family. After getting the permission from Sebastian, he sighed in relief before telling what the information he got confidently. Nevertheless, he actually could just do it silently but his conscience wouldn't allow it. Unlike certain people, he had the pride as a knight. After exchanging the greetings, he then talked about the Gale element on Sebastian. There were a few seconds of silence before the other side shouted abruptly.
"ARE YOU SURE ABOUT IT? DON'T TRY TO FOOL ME!"
"When I try to fool you?" Tasco chuckled happily, "This matter is still secret. Besides me, I only tell this to you. This is the payback after your family helped me many years ago."
"Ah, I see…" the other side was still shocked, "Thank you very much, Tasco. Our family will forever be indebted to you."
"Don't say that… I'm the one who is indebted to your family. Anyway, just get hurry before someone picks this news. Once this matter gets leaked, even the royalty will act personally."
"Yes, yes. Thank you. I will treat you a drink later…"
"It's alright… It's alright…"
With that, the connection was cut off and Tasco slumped into the couch. Today, he was exhausted mentally. After watching Sebastian easily learned Wind Breaker, he wondered how could such fat man easily reached this level from nothing. Not until he saw a very rare element, the old knight
realized Sebastian was indeed blessed in many ways. Just with his talent, he could enjoy prosperity until his old age. But since he decides to work hard to learn his advanced skill, Tasco believed the future of Sebastian would be limitless. Right at the moment, the fat man only needed an opportunity to complete his path. That was why he informed Xavierius family at the first time. He hoped that not only Sebastian could have an abundant resource to develop, the protection from the noble family could cover him so his life wouldn't fall
into dangerous event.
"I hope you can achieve better than me, Sebastian. Having your own family and influence, spreading to every part of the kingdom. Unlike me who is alone and have nothing…"