My father summoned me to the great hall after putting on neat clothes and fixing my white hair. I left as soon as possible because it was my sixth birthday and time for the magic test.

While entering the great hall I see 8 persons dressed in different colored robes and hoods standing next to father. Feeling a strong presence from these 8 persons there was only time I felt something similar that was when great grandpa had become serious.

While I was standing waiting for something to happen dad started speaking

“son these 8 persons are mages each of them specializes in one element. They will check if you have a enough energy inside you after confirming you have enough energy the will test one by one what element(s) you have affinity for.”

When dad stopped talking the person next to him takes a step forward let down his hood and revealed a middle-aged face. In a baritone voice “come forward and let me see if you have abundant energy to become a mage.”

I nervously started walking towards the man. Hoping that I have enough energy to pass the test it should be at least size of a chicken egg.

While in front of him the mage placed his hand on my chest and closed his eyes for a moment before exclaiming.

“ You pass the test with energy the size of an goose egg this is commendable for your age.”

“ However in terms of water magic you have only 25% affinity which isn’t at the threshold of 40% to be considered for learning.”

Hearing this I am a bit disappointing but there are still 7 more elements to be tested.

One by one the mages put their hand on my chest to check the affinity with their element.

The first mage to check is the fire mage.

“ You have no affinity for fire it is less then water with only 10%.”

Disappointed in myself for not having an affinity for fire. This is because I always like fire magic from the stories that mom tells me every night and playing with my friends.

The test continued by the end of the 4th mage I still had no magic I had affinity with earth came close with 35% but still not breaking the threshold while with air I only had 20%.

Dad looked worried as by now half of all elements have been checked and most of them not even close to the threshold. I tried to keep up a strong front. It doesn’t mean I can’t practice these elements just that they would be extremely hard for to advance in.

The next element to be tested is ice the mage put his hand on my chest immediately after the mage face turned to shock.

“ we have found you a match Siegfried you seem to have 90% affinity towards ice.”

The sentence echoed through the hall and everybody stood speechless. I know that having an affinity higher than 70 makes it is easy for to learn and raise skills quickly even if you have a small amount of energy. I however had an abundance of energy and an affinity much higher than 70%. My excitement was showing on my face.

Dad is also showing a lot of excitement.

“ My son come here I will get you whatever you want today.”

I walked over to him.

“ Father I wish to continue the testing.”

This didn’t shock the mages or father as it is custom to finish the entire test even if you have found your affinity. However if you have such a high affinity for one element it most likely means that the other elements don’t have enough affinity.

Hearing this dad laughed out loud.

“ If that is what you wish then it will happen, but remember to not be disappointed if you can’t practice any other as you already have an amazing one.”

I nodded to dad that I understood what he meant. the next mage came to test me for the affinity of darkness quickly after testing he told us that there is only 5% affinity.

Then it was the turn for the light mage to check my affinity visibly shocked.

“ Siegfried you have an affinity of 45% to light magic.”

this was quite a shock as this means I was able to become a strong dual mage. Any mage could practice more than one element however if you don’t have enough affinity it would be more wasting time and talent of your other element(s).

finally the last testing as the lightning mage touched me he immediately let go with a bit of pain in his hand and absolute shock on his face. Trying to remain calm and speak clearly he looked to both me and my father.

“M-m-my l-l-lord your son has full affinity for lightning.”

We all heard him say that sentence everybody in the room froze. I did not only have full affinity for lightning but was also able to become a potential triple with ice as nearly full affinity.

While everyone is trying to remember how many people had perfect affinity within the Reich before I dad knocked the mages unconscious before they have regained their posture.

Dad turned to me and explained that in the whole of the continent there are only 10 other mages with full affinity. While there are even less triple mages he only knows of 1 person from this Reich. To have both was thought to be impossible by many before this moment.

He told me to stay here while he would go and get the previous heads of the family.

After only 5 minutes dad came in with great grandfather Dietgard and grandfather Eckhard they are shocked by the scene in front of them.

Dad turned to Dietgard and Eckhard.

“as you know at the age of six it is possible to check if someone is capable of practicing magic.”

Father explained what had happened during the testing and why he had attacked the mages out of nowhere seeing how it is too dangerous for anyone to know about my capabilities besides to most trusted persons. If anyone finds out they would try to steal/brainwash me or worse. I don’t understand what he means with worse but I will ask later.

The two family elders agree with my dad’s judgement. they decided to not kill the mages seeing how Dietgard was specialized in darkness and has the ability to drain people this also meant draining memories. It would also attract attention how all the mages disappear after checking my affinities.

The memory of this incident would be difficult to destroy seeing how this is a once in a lifetime memory. It could not be completely destroyed by great grandpa Dietgard so he altered their mind for the lightning making it unremarkable. The mages would not notice anything even if they feel like something special happened as I was still a duel mage with high affinity.

We still had a problem with training me they could not just hire three mages to train me this would raise suspicion amongst other factions.

After debating for a while my elders have decided that grandpa Eckhard shall be teaching me lightning he is also a mage in that element but we will be keeping this a secret to anyone even the rest of the family to not involve them and increase the risk. It would be better to have as few people to know about my situation they debated if my direct family should be told after a while they came to the conclusion to tell anyone who was directly related to me when they have become adults at 16.

To come up with an excuse why Eckhard would teach me. We would inform the other family members and servants that he will be teaching me history of our family and the continent.

We debated about which two mages in the elements of light and ice will be teaching me who we can trust as being a dual mage is still a big risk.

Father decided to ask Rayner the kaiser’s brother if he would be willing to teach me light magic this was decided quite easily as the entire royal family could practice light magic. Seeing the history between our families he was one we trusted the most and might be willing to teach me as we cannot ask the Kaiser to teach me. With the approval of the former patriarchs he will talk to him later today.