Odyssey of the Blind God

"I am just telling you that your Mole Familiar will evolve, or actually that it is already evolving and restricting itself in order to protect you. It is your fault for not being strong enough to endure the Mole Familiar's Soul Share after its' evolution would be completed. I don't even want to imagine how much pain the Mole Familiar feels right now, or how long it is in pain already."

"..."

"While the Familiar is powerful and loyal, the Summoner seems like he is nothing but empty talk."

Nial couldn't help but feel angered. Nobody had noticed the Mole Familiar's pain, not even his Summoner. His opinion of Dave hit rock bottom, which could be seen clearly in Nial's eyes.

The scorn in his eyes was real and so was the contempt.

He turned around to his aunt, who immediately noticed the coldness in his eyes.

"Wha–..." She was just about to ask what was going on with her nephew when the ice-cold gaze in Nial's eyes intensified.

"Is this place just a facade, or do you seriously want to tell me that this place is housing the strongest Summoners of the Lacardia Empyrean Void? If the Summoners here cannot even sense their Familiars' pain and suffering, I don't think that I need to be here anymore. Staying here seems to be a waste of time."

No matter what he could learn in the Silver Eye Clan if they weren't even capable Summoners, Nial would want to learn from them, nothing at all.

The disappointment on Nial's face was clear to read. It was not something a seven-year-old child should feel in regard to the current situation.

However, it was not as if Nial should have been able to retort the words of adults at the Mythician rank. His words were sharp like blades and they dug deep into the hearts and guts of the Summoners around them.

"Milo said that he injured himself the last time we visited the Monster Dimension…" Dave could only say, unable to hide his blank expression.

The shock he was going through was clear to see in his eyes, just like his disbelief. Yet, at the same time, Milo, the Mole Familiar, revealed the bitter truth to his Summoner.

It was the first time that the Mole Familiar exposed his current condition, and had it not been for Nial, Milo would have continued to lie to his Summoner, telling him that the pain originated from an injury he sustained in the Monster Dimension.

Ayase felt her neck turning red. Her own members humiliated her in front of her sister's beloved child. She clearly recalled her sister's praises and the worry she felt whenever she looked at Nial, and Ayase could finally understand why the Empress thought like this.

Nial didn't really feel like a seven-year-old child. If she didn't know better, Ayase would have believed that Nial was the patriarch of the Silver Eye Clan, or possibly an old wandering man with boundless potential.

"Are you really only seven years old?" She thus asked, ignoring the disappointment and trace of anger in her nephew's eyes.

"Hm?... Yes, I am. Though, I feel really old sometimes. It is a little weird, and I cannot really explain it either," Nial responded, though he was not really feeling it.

He didn't really want to talk about the memories that surfaced in his head every now and then. In fact, even if he would talk about them, it was not as if anyone else could help him. To boot, he could hardly open his mouth and remember the memories whenever he wanted to talk about them.

That was also a little weird because it made him feel that something or someone was restricting him from sharing his secrets. It might be for the better, but he was still a little annoyed about that.

None of that was important right now, to begin with. He was contemplating whether he should stay in the Silver Eye Clan, or if it might be the better decision to leave behind the clan.

Goldy was the most important to him, so he couldn't understand Summoners who treated their Familiars like tools.

Dave made a bad impression on him and it made him feel as if the entire clan was either filled with ignorant fools or the trash he wanted to avoid.

"It's not normal for us to miss an evolving Familiar. Milo, the Mole Familiar, you spoke about before, was examined to have reached the peak of his potential. Never would we have imagined that Milo could still evolve. He must have eaten something when Dave was focused on binding his newest Familiar to his Soul Space," Ayase said, scratching the back of her head.

"It's not normal for us to miss something like that. Thanks for your help. You saved Dave's life," She added.

Nial looked at his aunt for a while before he nodded his head.

"I think you should reassess your Familiar's potential once every few months. Or I will do it once to tell you how much dormant potential they've left," He mumbled, trying to console his aunt, though he was not sure if that was necessary.

He didn't really like the current situation, which included that the Silver Eye Clan missed out on something as important as the evolution of a Familiar.

However, he knew that his mother would be sad if they were to fall out. It was not as if the situation was too grave either.

The Mole Familiar had returned to the surface where he was hugged by the teary-eyed Dave. He first hugged his Familiar before he scolded it for hiding his severe condition.

That showed quite clearly how important Milo was to Dave. Nial was glad that he had been wrong with his assessment.

That made things a lot easier.

"Your golden eye is not like your father's, right?" Ayase asked all of a sudden. The Emperor's golden eye was said to be able to see into the future. Even if it was only one second, it was a crucial power that could change the tide of a battle immediately.

Nial was not in possession of such a power.

"No, but I think my powers are better."