"It's quite a smart wish you made for the others, but why do you need a workshop? "Sir Nicholas asked after a long stretch of silence as they made their way. Ash gave him a glance that showed nothing like an emotion, just very similar to nonchalance. He didn't want to explain, but he had to since technically he was under his roof, and he was the one basically in charge.
"if you have most definitely heard I can't accumulate mana and use it like other people which means I can't call out my class and I'm completely useless unless I'm using artifacts and mana objects which I'm pretty good at creating " Ash replied calmly watching the man's face almost missing the slight frown on sir Nicholas's faces, it was within his expectations that he was going to react like that but it did hurt a little, a tiny bit.
His problem was the beginning of how everything turned upside down, showing the true colors of every member of the Hargreaves household which at that time was unexpected, his status in the house to king current head was that of a cousin to an uncle, his parents went missing when he was still a kid with little to no option he was taken in by his uncle who was meant to take care of him.
While growing up Ash found out that that he had one major problem that he had which was the fact that he couldn't accumulate mana at all into his heart which is the stomach for the mana, not exactly in the heart but the sub space present inside of it but Ash couldn't since the subspace wasn't present in his heart, but this condition came with an advantage that he quickly took notice of which was that it allowed him to focus mainly on control instead of absorption that others rely on.
When one reaches a certain threshold, they would be able to awaken a class, which is a division of the body mana's function with each of the different classes being different from each other while some being very similar there are seven basic classes which are: blades, lancers, casters, berserker, archers, riders, and assassins.
Each of the basic classes branches out into much more wider subclasses when they reach a certain threshold in strength or certain condition are met, not being able to absorb and accumulate mana is the beginning of failure which Ash found himself among of but he didn't take it to mind using his increased mana control and the limited amount of information he could get from the family library but it didn't help him find anything to help himself although he find something it was what took him to the Bastion in the first place.
"Although it's not in my place to say this …. It is quite stupid to throw someone away because of their weaknesses. Everyone has something their good at; that diversity in strength is what makes the Bastion powerful and still standing till today .... If I were to give you an advice it's that you should find where your strength lies and weaponize it because a half loaf of bread is better than none "Nichlas said before pausing looking at Ash whose eyes gave a subtle glint which was by all means meant he was surprised .he turned his eyes back to the tunnel which was already showing signs of light which was drawing closer meaning there were getting closer to the end before releasing a calm sigh "the Bastion is not for the weak son the faster you adapt the better for you because we see a lot of death in here every day try not to be one of them .... Welcome to the Bastion. "
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Sir Nicholas sat in his office with a grey expression. The new prisoner he got was supposed to be something or someone he disliked very much, but he ended up taking a liking to the kid, which was odd due to how different his ways of thinking were, which by a long margin were different from those of a child.
"so what are your instruction ?" a voice called out to Sir Nicholas drawing his already drifting attention back to reality, he turned to look at the person who no other was one of the loyal commanders under him whose name happened to be Kane, he was the one who happened to the person who welcomed Ash and the imperial princess into the bastion and from what he could tell it was obvious that he had also taken a liking to the boy even when the two of them never even had any conversation.
"It's going to be difficult for him to settle down among the others, mainly because of his age and what he is convicted for ... murder .... That kid is dangerous, yes .... But the case report and everything here are false. I'm not that dumb to fall for such, "Sir Nicholaas said, rubbing his forehead, trying to find a way around this situation since he was being convicted for such a crime at such an early age, he would no doubt be the subject of bullying from both instructors, soldiers, and fellow inmates.
"I'm sure the kid would be fine …... if we do our part well there is a high probability that he would survive and by the way he isn't hitting the field until six months we can always hold back his deployment "Kane said in a reassuring tone which made him think for a little while before pushing Ash file towards Kane.
"You heard what he wanted ..... sort them out for him and I need the best and tell the old man in the smith to help him with the beast forging room while for his training ... hand him over to the Kruger " Nicholas said with a smile at the end while Kane gave him a worried glance as he knew that that name wasn't the kind to be used lightly when it came to training newbies only on cases when the subject is extremely stubborn or truly exceptional and most of them either become elites in six months or breaks and is discarded.
Giving out a tired sigh Kane didn't want to say but still had to chip in what he had in mind "are you sure about giving him to Kruger ... that kid might not survive " Kane had to voice his concern since he knew for sure how evil he could be "if he can survive that trial then I wouldn't have to worry about a thing " Nicholas said calmly leaving Kane to his duties.
He turned his attention to the glass pane looking outside where the rift was located, having a grim expression, "Now, if you may …. Show me something fun. "