73 Partial Truth Cattleya''s ability to read the traces of residualw essence allowed her to deduce whatws were used in a certain area recently.


    This was how she discovered she was being protected by thew of causality when she was pregnant with Arthur.


    Arthur stared at his mother with serene eyes, she looked back at him with a simr gaze.


    He was her son, and he had a simr thought process to hers, that''s why he was sure.


    She was not going to let him off until she got the answer she wanted, no matter how long it took.


    Running away was also futile. Still, he decided to try his luck.


    "Lute could have made some new advancements, just because you don''t have an affinity doesn''t mean you can''t use it.


    Besides, I''m sure he reported to you that he ended Zach himself."


    "As if such a sloppy report can fool me, besides, I already scanned Lute.


    There were no traces or any of the usedws in his body."


    She walked over to the couch and took a seat before continuing.


    "There were so many high-definition videos of your fight taken, you know?


    Others may not notice but I noticed the domes of darkness.


    I said ''domes'' in plural because there was more than one cast. One of them was obviously by Lute, the other was you."


    "It could have been La?"


    "I admit that she''s quite talented, however, she does not have the energy to create a veil capable of blocking out Epic realms."


    Arthur stared at his mother who seemed to have prepared an answer for every possible question he could have asked to make her think he was not the one responsible.


    Sighing in defeat, he decided to tell her part of the truth.


    ''Definitely not telling her I''m a progenitor.''


    "Fine, yes I can use the power of thews, however, I don''t do it consciously. It''s only when I make some sort of breakthrough or master a technique that I do it involuntarily."


    He stood up and walked over to his bags on the table, picking out a bottle of water, he drank half of it before continuing.


    "The day I first fought against La, that was when I noticed it. It happened when I perfected uncle Creusery''s technique.


    The academy entrance exams, when I reached the peak of the superior stage of the master realm.


    Lastly, against Zach, when I knocked on the door of the grandmaster realm.


    None of them has been voluntarily, it just happened."


    Of course, this was a lie, it was only the first time that was involuntary. Back then he didn''t even realize he used the power of aw, and it was only a little. Too little for anyone to take note of unless they had the power of time.


    None of the spectators there did, so none of them noticed.


    Cattleya still found it suspicious, however, it was slightly more believable.


    "Does it have to do with that woman?"


    "Yes, she''s the one who made me realize what I used was the power of aw, she also told me about my affinity for the powers of time."


    ''That woman'', was, of course, the candidate of time, Alexia.


    Arthur''s affinity for time can be said to be a result of his grandfather. The ''Titan of time'', Kronos. Kronos was a high-tier deity who was proficient in thew of time and ruled the then-universe of Orthys, now Olympus, for tens of thousands of years.


    Cattleya also thought this was why Arthur possessed an affinity for time as Arthur was naturally Kronos'' descendant.


    "Then your ''Annihtion'', what is it?"


    Annihtion.


    It was the name the Devilian royal family called their bloodline ability.


    It was a special ability that manifested in them at young ages and bloomed fully when theyprehended thews of Destruction or Annihtion.


    Each of their Annihtions was different, and the conditions to awaken them were also different.


    As Arthur did not have the ability to use his energy, or so Cattleya thought, she believed that he would not manifest his Annihtion yet.


    However, she was quite surprised when she sensed traces of Annihtion coupled with the power of thew of destruction at the scene of the battle.


    Arthur had manifested his Annihtion, and he could tap into its power already.


    Thinking about how more than half of the estate waspletely destroyed as a result of Arthur''s Extreme Nothingness, Cattleya figured that his ability might be simr to her pure unrestrained destruction.


    "I don''t know what it is, I only got a feel for it after uncle Creusery showed it to me multiple times. It feels like... destroying thingspletely?"


    Of course, the true nature of Arthur''s Annihtion was far more powerful and more dangerous than that but he would only discover thister in the future.


    If Diablo had gone to check the scene in person, he may have recognized Arthur''s Annihtion, but he did not.


    While thinking she was going to test out her new martial art on her brother, Cattleya asked thest question she had.


    "Since when could you use your energy?"


    Of course, using his Annihtion or the power of thews was not possible without being able to use his energy in the first ce. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Arthur had four energies in his body, Magic, aura, Divinity and some other negative energy which he felt was at odds with his divinity.


    So far, he could only use his magic and his aura. He mostly used his aura when attacking with weapons durable enough to withstand it.


    "About 3 years ago, not long after I met Alexia. It started with my energy flow slowly returning and it eventually became faster."


    Cattleya sighed and looked at the ring on Arthur''s finger.


    ''That''s Creusery''s concealment ring, no wonder I didn''t notice it.'' Arthur did not always wear the ring, only wearing it asionally when he wanted to hide his energy.


    Today, he wore it because of one simple reason. He didn''t want anyone to know he was a half-step grandmaster yet, until he could hide it like he always did.


    Cattleya, however, had other thoughts.


    "You said you knocked on the door of the grandmaster realm right, that means you''re ready to advance. However, it seems to have been stalled, most likely by the fact that your energy isn''t flowing currently."


    "Yep"


    "Good, take off the ring and circte your energy, I''m gonna guide your breakthrough. I''m guessing that your wings seem to act as the conduit for the energy cirction so open them up."


    Arthur stared at his mother for a few moments before finally deciding to tell her thest thing he did not say.


    "Um…if I use my energy, my body-"


    "Won''t be able to take it right?


    I guessed that was the case, I''m gonna prevent that so breakthrough as fast as you can so your body can be stronger and can hold more of the ridiculous amount of energy that can make even Legendries jealous."


    Arthurughed at his mother''s words before agreeing with her. He had absolute confidence that she would help him and prevent his energy from going berserk and destroying his body.


    He took off the ring and shrugged his shoulders, revealing his ck with a tinge of silver-colored wings.


    His wingspan had grown slightly to nearly 4 meters now and he had to move to a more spacious part of the room to let them out fully.


    Seeing the chaotic state of her son''s energies made Cattleya frown.


    ''Excessive energy built up so he could advance, if he held it back any longer it might have had adverse effects given his situation.''


    Arthur''s body was currently a walking energy bomb, and he didn''t even know it.If he was forced to release his energy in a dire situation, he might as well have just exploded altogether. He nned to fight against the mastermind of the incident tomorrow. If he did so while in this state, he would have undoubtedly lost as most of his focus would be on calming his energy as it would have been rampaging as he was in a fight.


    Shaking her head at the ridiculous situation, Cattleya began using her own magic and aura to help Arthur move his energy through his energy circuits in a way that would calm them down temporarily.


    ''Shouldst long enough for him to break through before they start overflowing.''


    "All right, follow my lead, you don''t need all your energies to break through, just your magic and aura are enough.


    Try to hold back your divinity that seems like it wants to eat me up and that other weird energy you have."


    "It''s a lot harder than it sounds okay?!"


    "Better start now or you''d implode very soon."


    Hearing that, Arthur looked up and stared at Cattleya with watery eyes.


    "You won''t let that happen right?"


    "If you don''t start now, I might actually begin to consider it." Her reply shocked him to the core, he even let his hold on his energy slip a bit which earned him a knock alongside a light scolding from Cattleya.


    Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!


    Creation is hard, cheer me up!