Ves did not specifically invent Carmine chs for the sake of his children.
Yet they benefited from his works regardless.
Many future children owed a lot of gratitude to Ves.
Plenty of adults felt grateful to him as well due to giving them a chance to pilot chs in their lifetis.
His speech was aid at all of these people. He wanted to remind them who was responsible for tearing down the genetic aptitude tyranny and how much better their lives had beco now that a single attribute of theirs no longer dictated their ability to pilot chs.
Of course, this birthday party was supposed to center around his daughter, so he did not linger too long on this subject.
He reached out with his arm and lightly guided Aurelia to take a few steps forward.
The projected view shifted their focus from the forr patriarch of the Larkinson Clan to his firstborn child.
Aurelia looked resplendent in the light that perfectly accented her blue dress.
With a pair of lovely cats by her side, the young lady presented an ideal visage of elegance and youth.
She looked cute but in a classy way, just as Gloriana had intended.
"Like many parents, I worry about my daughter." Ves spoke in an emotional tone. "I look at red humanity’s place in the new frontier and see how the other alien races have tried their best to eradicate us and take away our living space. Even now, many soldiers are fighting and dying at the frontlines just to be able to secure a stable future for children like mine. Their bravery and willingness to do their duty should be honored. Their sacrifice gives our future generation a chance to grow up in this hostile dwarf galaxy without fearing total extinction for themselves, their parents and the people that make up our society."
The mood grew solemn at the crystal pyramid. Each of them were able to sit here in total comfort and peace because many ch pilots, spacers and other servicen chose to put their lives at risk for a goal that was greater than themselves.
These troops exemplified the collective spirit of red humanity.
While there were plenty of soldiers among them who had to be drafted into service, that did not change the fact that they ultimately complied and confronted death in the eyes to buy a chance to secure the future of the children of red humanity.
"We must all do our part." Ves said in a sincere tone. "People like myself and many others are not soldiers, but we can still do plenty of work that can give our soldiers a better chance to repel enemy invaders. From researching new technologies to designing better chs, we owe it to our protectors to provide them with war materiel that can give them an edge over their opponents. The more we contribute, the less our children have to suffer for our decision to immigrate to the Red Ocean."
Many people actually regretted their decision to pack up their bags and move to the Red Ocean.
If they stayed in the Milky Way, then they would never have put their lives and the lives of their families at risk of extinction!
What most people did not know was that the Milky Way was not a pleasant place to be in anymore. Humans had once again turned into their own worst enemies and began to tear apart the rules and stable order that persisted for over 4 centuries.
What made this situation even more outrageous was that Ves bore pri responsibility for upending the old galaxy!
Of course, there was no reason for Ves to share this particular piece of information.
After speaking for another minute, Ves proceeded to the next phase of this ceremony.
A simple birthday cake floated over. Ten candles haphazardly stuck out of the cake. While it looked rather ssy, it made the cake look personal.
Ves reached out with his finger and activated a small spell that caused a fla to spurt from the tip.
He lit up every candle one by one.
"Today, we have gathered to celebrate the birthday of one child among many that we are fighting to protect. Aurelia is not a ch pilot. She is not a spacer, or a ch designer, or a scientist or even a humble ch technician. She is greater than all of them. She is a child, an infant who possesses infinite possibilities. Whether she can beco another cog in the machine or the savior of red humanity in the distant future, nobody can say for certain. Yet it is through children like her that we are securing the continuation of our race and civilization. Without enough children, red humanity is effectively dead, just on a delay. It is therefore vitally important that we protect their lives and give them a chance to enjoy a proper childhood."
He turned and gazed down at Aurelia with pure love in his eyes. "Dear, would you like to make a wish?"
She nodded. She had been preparing for this for multiple weeks. The girl recognized the value of this opportunity and beca determined to make an unforgettable first impression to this crowd of distinguished guests.
"My fellow humans. I am honored that you have co to join this celebration." She spoke with much more refined cadence and dictation. "Not every child that turns 10 years old today and in the future is able to host a birthday party as elaborate as this, but I hope that I can represent them in how grateful we feel for being able to grow up far away from a warzone where missiles and broken debris can fall down on our heads at any point."
She was very cognizant how lucky she was for being born as the child of Ves and Gloriana. She could hardly pick better parents among all of the ones available in the Red Ocean. Each day that went by, she felt grateful for being showered with love from all sides.
"For my birthday wish, I do not want to make a wish on behalf of myself, because I already have more than I could ever want from my parents." Aurelia calmly spoke. "There are many more children and adults who possessed needs that are far greater than mine. I would like to make a wish on their behalf. I do not ask for much. I only wish for people to recognize that even if they are moving further apart from each other, they still rember that they are brothers and sisters of the sa race. Please be more generous in lending each other a hand. The survival of one is tied to the survival of all. If the mutated voribugs devour the Rubarthans wholesale, all of us will be next. I hope that it will not co to that. Please let children like us live without fear of getting eaten by voribugs."
This was a political plea disguised as a birthday wish, but few people had a problem with that. Aurelia demonstrated keen political instincts and did not voice anything that would make her sound selfish or arrogant.
Of course, just because she made an appeal to the collective did not an she had instantly won over everyone’s respect. She was just a child. Her parents could have easily written her speech on her behalf.
Aurelia proceeded to blow out her candles with one vigorous breath.
Fireworks began to shoot up from below and explode in dazzling displays!
Many people stood up and clapped for the occasion. If nothing else, Aurelia expressed a very noble sentint. During this celebratory mont, she represented the best of red humanity.
After the excitent died down, a doctor erged with a helt contraption in his hands.
This was the most high-end version of a genetic aptitude testing device that the Red Association had available.
It was one of the latest models and it received refinents that could not only asure a child’s genetic aptitude with a greater degree of precision and certainty than other devices, but could also collect other relevant data such as E energy affinities.
Of course, there was little need to asure this data because Aurelia already knew what she and her companion spirit were good at. The helt only needed to asure the young lady’s genetic aptitude.
The air grew heavy with expectation as the white-robed figure stepped forward and held up the helt.
"Do you consent to letting us asure your genetic aptitude and announce the results to the galaxy?"
"I do." Aurelia solemnly said.
Not every child was eager to reveal their genetic aptitude to the public, but the problem was that this vital piece of information could never be hidden.
There was a strong taboo against falsely claiming to possess the right genetic aptitude to pilot chs.
This was why there was a tradition that essentially turned a person’s genetic aptitude into a matter of public record.
The doctor proceeded to place the helt onto Aurelia’s head. It was a perfect fit as it had already been modified to accommodate the dinsions of her cranium.
The device began to light up. Multiple orange lights ca to life. It even began to produce interesting noises that did not have much purpose besides telling everyone that it was still active.
Soon, a single orange light turned green.
Then another.
And another.
Once all of the lights turned green, the helt produced one more beep before automatically shutting down.
The white-robed doctor gently removed the helt from Aurelia’s head and solemnly read the data readings it had produced.
"The genetic aptitude testing device has successfully taken the asure of Aurelia Wodin-Larkinson of the Larkinson Clan. I am pleased to announce that this device has asured with 99.66666 percent confidence level that her genetic aptitude is rated at E ! I repeat, her genetic aptitude is asured at E , almost falling into D-!"
Everyone remained silent as they processed this result.
Many people either expected Aurelia to fit into one extre or another.
Possessing no valid genetic aptitude was the norm. There was nothing wrong with not possessing the right genetic aptitude to pilot chs, especially in this new age where the existence of Carmine chs had made this deficiency a much less serious concern.
There were many people that actually expected more from Aurelia. She was the first among a new generation of exceptional children that had grown up in an environnt that was filled with exotic radiation.
E energy radiation had a definite influence on the growth and developnt of children. This influence beca even more pronounced when they practiced very simple qi cultivation thods.
Aurelia excelled in this area. Her family facilitated her spiritual developnt in many different ways to the point where everyone who t the girl in person could imdiately tell that she was far more special than other children of her age.
The fact that she was born with a companion spirit only made her spirituality even more remarkable!
Yet whether her abnormally strong and developed spirit had any influence on her genetic aptitude was not quite clear.
If the genetic aptitude testing device found out that her score reached as high as A , then that was definitely not a coincidence!
Alas, the hopes of all of those people were dashed.
Her genetic aptitude fell into a very awkward range between E- and D .
In the past, this was often considered as one of the most miserable places a child could fall into. This was because they possessed enough genetic aptitude to pilot a ch, but possessed such poor talents that they were unable to control most machines well enough to be useful on the battlefield!
This was why these were the most miserable potentates in existence. Most ch academies did not even bother to train them as the graduates often struggled to get hired.
Those with D-grade genetic aptitudes at least had a chance to pilot cheap and disposable frontline chs.
As for those with E-grade genetic aptitudes, their restrictions were so great that all they could do with their ager talent was to pilot display chs, industrial chs and other civilian machines!
A genetic aptitude score of E should have caused many people to sympathize with Aurelia’s misfortune, but the rules had changed!
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