“Of course your Majesty. I will definitely show caution, and use this only when necessary.”

The old man smiled again, and then his right eye started glowing. He spoke,

“I, Zeus, Chosen King Of the Spirits, shall give this human, Liu Feng my approval. He shall wield the powers of time and space for the first time in the mortal realm.”

Liu Feng’s right eye burned. It was as if it was going to come off. Liu Feng howled with pain. He fell on the ground sprawling with his hands on his eye. After a few minutes, pain subsided, but Liu Feng fainted. Zeus walked up to him, and dropped a ring on him. 

“This could help too”, he said.

Liu Feng opened his eyes, but all was hazy. Then he saw drapes, and sunlight. He saw his attendants cleaning the objects in the room. When he tried to sit awake, the attendant saw him. She shouted,

“The young prince is awake, call the doctor!”. She quickly came to support Liu Feng. Liu Feng struggled to get up, and after a while, he could. A doctor rushed in, and started checking his pulse and put his hand over Liu Feng’s head. Then, a blue glow emerged from his hand, and Liu Feng could feel a chill move through his body and then back up. The doctor then stood up and went to the side. The door opened and Liu Man entered. All the attendants and the doctor kneeled down. Liu Man disregarded them and went directly to Liu Feng. He took his hand and asked,

“Are you okay son? You were asleep for a month. I was afraid I was going to lose you forever. You should rest. I will cancel all your classes for now. Stay with your mother. She was devastated because of this.”. He sat by Liu Feng’s side for an hour asking him how he felt and making sure he was okay. Then he left and Liu Feng’s mother, Mo Daiyu, entered with tears. She accompanied him for the entire day, and slept by his side. 

The next day, Liu Feng was finally left alone after his persistent insistence. He then took out the book that housed Lucas’ soul and called him out. When Lucas appeared, Liu Feng started cursing at him,

“You old man, do you not have the common sense to tell them what to expect? I was thrown into three trials almost immediately without me giving consent. You should have told me what to do at least.”

Lucas looked blankly at Liu Feng and muttered, “Impossible. I can sense a spirit’s mark from you. Why can I sense a spirit’s mark on you? You are just five years old! I thought that the spirits wouldn’t even respond to you, but you even got approved by one?”

Liu Feng was about to tell him what happened but hesitated. He thought to himself, “It is better to keep to myself what happened. I don’t think that I can trust Lucas or anyone for that matter. I should just say that I got a fire spirit’s approval from now on.”

“What happened boy? Tell me. What is your attribute?”, Lucas asked Liu Feng eagerly.

“Ohh sorry, I was somewhere else. My attribute is fire. I was lucky to be chosen by a fire spirit, whose name is… I don’t remember his name..”, Liu Feng replied hastily.

“You don’t remember his name? Did you even do the trials? Do you know how offensive it is not to remember his name? The fire spirit might not even give you his powers. And a majority of the spells require you to ask the spirit by name to use magic.”, Lucas was enraged.

Then, Liu Feng heard a whisper in his ear, “Tell him the spirit’s name is Kyros. He’ll believe it. It’s an alias for me that you can use if you don’t want to reveal that I am your contracted spirit.”