Chapter 52 - Questions Of Medivh (4)

After Medivh and his twin sister entered the hall, he went to where his older brother was standing and stood next to him, waiting for their father to speak. They had entered this hall several times before that day and knew that this hall was opened when the family would talk about private matters, arrange sumptuous dinners, or receive important statements from their father, who was the leader of their family. Knowing that there were no dinners or private meetings this time, they naturally understood that their father would make a statement and waited quietly for him to speak.

Their wait didn't last very long, and their father had a brief conversation, starting speaking soon after. During this conversation, he introduced Medivh and his twin sister to the elders in the hall and told them that the day had finally come when they had a profound power. A sphere was brought to the center of the hall after their father's speech, and the purpose of this sphere was to show the clan elders by measuring their profound power potential.

At the behest of their father, Medivh's elder brother had first come before the sphere, and when he cut his palm slightly, it began to bleed, he put it in the sphere, and there had been some changes on the sphere. After Medivh's brother's action, three red stars were formed in the previously transparent sphere. When these three red stars came out, everyone's faces were filled with contented expressions. Then Medivh's father began to speak, and in his speech, he said that even the founder of their clan, the most talented person since the history of their clan, had four Red Stars and that the result of his eldest son was excellent.

After his eldest son's test result, the leader of the family had asked all his children a question and asked them to give the answer that really came from their hearts. When he asked that question, that question didn't really matter much to him. Because he thought that his eldest son, who he thought would not come out of someone more capable than him, would be the future leader of his clans, and that his eldest son would raise his clans much higher, he wondered only what would answer that question.

But things didn't go the way he or the other people who were there that day expected. After their father's question, Medivh, his twin brother, and older brother gave their answers. As a result of these answers, the audience was pleased with the answers of Medivh's brother and Medivh's twin sister, but Medivh's response was childish to them and very absurd. After that reply, they despised him and said many hurtful things to him. But since no one thought of a future clan leader other than the eldest son of the current clan leader, they had no great reaction to Medivh's response.

After his children's answers, Medivh and his brother's father called Medivh's twin sister to take the test. Medivh's twin sister, like her older brother, cut off her palm and put her slightly bleeding palm into the sphere, and then there were changes in the sphere again. Medivh's twin sister was happy at first that she made more stars than her older brother, but then when she saw that the colors of the stars were different from her older brother's and that there was no great satisfaction on the faces of the audience, she realized that she was not as successful as her older brother.

Medivh's twin sister had ten blue stars formed as a result of the test, and although this result was high enough to scare many, it was an achievement that remained uninspiring compared to her older brother's result.

After Medivh's sister had returned to her place, her father had summoned Medivh, and Medivh had proceeded to the sphere with slow steps. Among the three children of the clan leaders who watched, they simply disliked Medivh's character and did not expect any results from him. To them, it was impossible for Medivh, who had no ambition for power, to have a high potential, or to have a power that could raise the clan high in the future.

Medivh came in front of the sphere with gazes that were focused on him, and like his older brother and twin sister, had cut his palm and put his bleeding palm into the sphere, unaware that from that point on his life would change completely. When Medivh withdrew his hand from the sphere, stars were beginning to appear on the sphere, as in his older brother's and twin sister's tests. But soon the facial expressions of both Medivh and everyone watching the test in the hall, including his father, had changed drastically. There had been expressions of disbelief on everyone's faces, and many had rubbed their eyes to make sure they were seeing it right.

People's reactions were exacerbated by the explosion that took place soon after, and after the explosion, everyone started to look at Medivh much differently than before.

Naturally, the reason for this change was the result of Medivh's test. His test, like his older brother and twin sister, had begun smoothly. In fact, in his test, the stars that appeared on the sphere appeared more slowly than their other siblings. The first stars that formed were green and after the tenth green star, all the green stars merged and formed a blue star. And then blue stars kept forming, a while after, the number of blue stars reached to ten. After the tenth blue stars, the people around thought that the test would end here. But when the ten blue stars on the sphere merged to form one red star, they realized it wasn't what they thought it was.

When the Red Star appeared, viewers thought the test was over again, but Medivh's result surprised people around again. The second Red Star appeared on the sphere under the looks of the audience, and the appearance of the Red Stars did not stop here either.

A few seconds later, a third red star appeared on the sphere, and so Medivh's result caught up with his older brother's. But it was not possible for those watching to go any further than that. Among his thoughts, another movement began on the sphere, and a fourth red star appeared on the sphere. From then on, everyone was watching the orb with their eyes full of disbelief, holding their breath, and making no noise, trying to make sure the test was over.

But what was expected never happened again, and the fifth Red Star formed on Medivh's test, setting a record in the history of the clan. And his record wasn't just limited to five stars either. As time progressed, new red stars continued to form and soon the numbers of the red stars on the sphere unexpectedly became exactly ten. Then, shortly afterward, as the audience looked at the sphere without making a sound, there was something on it that did not even exist in the historical records of their clans. What happened was that ten Red Stars started to merge. When the ten red stars merged, the sphere had been shattered with the sound of a bang after emitting green, blue, and red lights into the environment.

After this miraculous event, which did not even take place in the history of their clan, everyone understood that the person who would raise their clan in the future was Medivh, not the eldest son of the clan leader. At that point, efforts to manipulate him and try to grow him as they wanted had also begun, since Medivh's character was weak to them.

As a result, that day his father asked him, "What Is Power ?" and this question was important to Medivh, and upon hearing the answer to this question from the Asil, whom he had just met and thought to be an interesting one, he hoped that he would give an answer like himself.

Asil stayed silent for a while,  ignoring the echoing voice of Sirius in his mind, "Brat, what do you think? Power is the means to destroy everything. Power is what makes you look down on others and get what you want by force. It's the thing that makes sure no one changes the rules you make. What else could it be? Why do you think so much to answer this simple question?" regardless of these words from Sirius, Asil was thinking about what to answer Medivh's question.

According to him, this question meant something to Medivh, and he knew that since his answer to this question concerned the future of senior bias, he had to think carefully and give a good answer.

After a while of thought, Asil finally found his answer and looked at Medivh and answered: "Young Master, I think power is what is necessary to ensure that the people around someone live happily and to protect them from the tyranny of the people who are higher than them. Of course, I'm not naive enough to think that someone can protect everyone and make everyone live happily ever after. It doesn't exist in our world, and to me, it is impossible. Bu at least, in order for someone to protect the ones and make them live happily in his reach, power is necessary for different things people desired for different purposes. I don't know what the others think, but to me, power is something that depends on who uses it. It can be good and bad.. That is my answer."