Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 770

In some regions, a childling's fate was also referred to as a childling's calamity. But in mysticism, a childling's calamity typically referred to misfortunes and disasters.

Simply put, a childling's fate could cause chronic illness, but a childling's calamity was the underlying cause of early death for those with a childling's fate.

Trying to bear the misfortune on behalf of someone with a childling's fate as the substitute childling was a way of obscuring destiny's natural order.

"In mysticism, there are proper ways to ward off calamity. But if you've used a substitute childling to ward off the calamity, you won't be able to use it again for other misfortunes even if it worked and helped avoid an early death," Shannon explained.

There was a simple reason behind why. Once a substitute childling was used to ward off a calamity, the Divine Power would become aware of the person's childling's fate.

Any further attempts to use a substitute would no longer work and might provoke the Divine Power.

It was clear that whoever had helped Zane ward off his calamity was far from professional.

"Who helped you ward off the calamity as a substitute childling?"

Zane remained silent, and Alex couldn't help but urge him, "Answer! Who helped you?"

The rest of the Jensens had equally solemn faces. They were certain the family had never hired any mystic masters.

Before Shannon's return to the family, they had never believed in mystic arts, not to mention hiring mystic masters to work on Zane's childling's fate.

As for Zane, he was frail and unable to speak, so he'd either been at home or in a santorum. He hadn't even attended a proper school or encountered anyone from the outside world, so who could have helped him?

Under the weight of the family's questioning gazes, Zane took a long time to type a few words. "It was me."

His response shocked everyone, including Shannon.

Before anyone could press him further, Zane continued typing. "I'd long suspected I had a childling's fate, so I sought someone to teach me how I could ward off the calamity.

Before Alex could act, he was stopped by George's stern shout. "Just try touching him!"

George rarely got mad. He glared at Alex and bellowed, "Is that how you behave as a father?"

Hearing that Zane had secretly sought to change his fate, George was filled with a mixture of shock and deep sorrow.

If the Jensens had provided him with enough attention and trust, he might not have been forced to handle everything on his own without telling any of them. Yet Alex reacted by trying to hit him.

Alex hadn't intended to hit Zane, but his anger had just gotten the better of him. George's reprimand stopped him, but he still felt indignant.

"Dad! Everyone coddles him just because he's been sick since childhood, and now he's bold enough to hide such an important matter from the family!"

George responded with a mere snort.