20-10-2023, 04:24 AM
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This round of testing is only gauging the strength and agility. The tests are not so different from that of normal people. Although it can be a crude way to gauge the abilities of martial artists, for the beginner level this one suffices. And this one here is an under-18 competition. And they even invited the mayor of the city Wang chun here. He is of chinese origin, and considering that Taxila is at crossroads there's sizable population of every civilization here. Wang Chun was a renowned trader in his heydays and now he left it to his family after he took over the reins of the city. He is currently co-ordinating with the Federation {it is the organisation representing the normal people} regarding cure for the plague. In the absence of particular cure, the population was relying on alchemy products that improve the physique which indirectly boosts immunity also. But the cost of raw materials of the product is high, not to forget the services of Alchemists, even though even a Rank-1 alchmeist too can produce such a product. But in normal person's standards that is still high and only the richer sections of the population were able to afford it. As a result, a search for cheaper version of the product is ongoing until a vaccine targeting the plague is invented. The plague has considerable mortality rate among the normal population and even martial artists who haven't awakened also seem to get affected.
The family head has sincerely thanked the mayor for sparing time out of his busy schedule. Ordinarily, the martial competition of Mehta family is not as heavenly as that of Gupta family who solely rely on their brute physical abilities. But considering the significant commerce connections of the Mehta family, the mayor has to show some face. And he even occassionally gave a surprised look at some of the results. Ashok Mehta is irritated at what he felt is an exaggerated reaction, he is definitely not in a proper state of mind these days. Not to mention the competition from Sun family, the Elders were also talking behind his back regarding his son. And add to that the rather mediocre performance of this generation too. The family hasn't produced any outstanding martial artist talent over the past 2-3 decades. When he was a youngster, the city were all talks about him, about how the Mehta family has produced a talent that rivals even the Gupta family and has even outshined many of their top talents.
Ashok Mehta wanted to dibble in Martial Arts fulltime but the responsibility has squarely fallen on him. The erstwhile family head didn't find anyone close to him in terms of talent and the council of elders has squarely decided on him to pick up the reins and his martial arts journey has stagnated based on his standards. By normal standards it still can be considered a notable achievement for he reached the Early ranks of Platinum tier from the peaks of Silver realm when he took up reins 2 decades back, but it is still not to his satisfaction. The family head has to deal with so much of bureaucratic work that there is little time left to sharpen his martial arts skills let alone care for his personal family and especially his son. That is also one of the reason why he didn't place additional burden on his son for he didn't take care of his son as much as he is ought to be. Not to forget his sweetheart Anjali Mehta has passed away while giving birth to his son. These kind of pregnancy related complications are very rare in martial artists who usually have strong physiques. And the whole family as a result looked at Avinash Mehta as some kind of demon for he sapped all the energy out of his mother while being born. The people were very much afraid of what kind of demon he would become once he grow up, but contrary to their expectations he turned out to be quite the opposite for he has so low talent and performed well below average standards.
While there is some sort of resentment even in Ashok Mehta for he lost his childhood sweetheart and his dear wife for this son of his, he reminds him of his long lost love, especially those deep blue eyes and curly dark red hair. Amongst all this monotony of work occassional one look at his son is all that is needed to remind him of his sweet nothings of the past. She was a bomb literally not just talking about her curves, but her sheer strength and loud mouth. No person could stand against her and she was a talent on her own league. They can be considered to be poles apart considering the fact that she was from the Sun family who were their competitors, but they also had a distinct foreign culture. Despite all the centuries since they settled here, they stayed true to their roots and still follow distinctive Japanese culture. Their cuisine is meat heavy, while all the martial artists too revel on meat considering their strenous physical needs, the Sun family were on a level of their own, while the Mehta family were conservative in their meat intake only consuming that is what is being demanded by the body.
The main reason why Ashok Mehta even took up the family head position can also boil down to the fact that the erstwhile family head put it up as a condition for matchmaking, and that he would help in making the elders of the two families agree if only he agrees to take up the position. And for all the bombshell of a character Anjali is, she never agreed to elope, adamantly sticking to the position that they would only marry if their family agrees. And that is how, Ashok Mehta gave up on his MArtial Arts dreams to take up family responsibility. And the sudden shout of the name "Avinash Mehta" from the stage brought him back to the reality.
The family head has sincerely thanked the mayor for sparing time out of his busy schedule. Ordinarily, the martial competition of Mehta family is not as heavenly as that of Gupta family who solely rely on their brute physical abilities. But considering the significant commerce connections of the Mehta family, the mayor has to show some face. And he even occassionally gave a surprised look at some of the results. Ashok Mehta is irritated at what he felt is an exaggerated reaction, he is definitely not in a proper state of mind these days. Not to mention the competition from Sun family, the Elders were also talking behind his back regarding his son. And add to that the rather mediocre performance of this generation too. The family hasn't produced any outstanding martial artist talent over the past 2-3 decades. When he was a youngster, the city were all talks about him, about how the Mehta family has produced a talent that rivals even the Gupta family and has even outshined many of their top talents.
Ashok Mehta wanted to dibble in Martial Arts fulltime but the responsibility has squarely fallen on him. The erstwhile family head didn't find anyone close to him in terms of talent and the council of elders has squarely decided on him to pick up the reins and his martial arts journey has stagnated based on his standards. By normal standards it still can be considered a notable achievement for he reached the Early ranks of Platinum tier from the peaks of Silver realm when he took up reins 2 decades back, but it is still not to his satisfaction. The family head has to deal with so much of bureaucratic work that there is little time left to sharpen his martial arts skills let alone care for his personal family and especially his son. That is also one of the reason why he didn't place additional burden on his son for he didn't take care of his son as much as he is ought to be. Not to forget his sweetheart Anjali Mehta has passed away while giving birth to his son. These kind of pregnancy related complications are very rare in martial artists who usually have strong physiques. And the whole family as a result looked at Avinash Mehta as some kind of demon for he sapped all the energy out of his mother while being born. The people were very much afraid of what kind of demon he would become once he grow up, but contrary to their expectations he turned out to be quite the opposite for he has so low talent and performed well below average standards.
While there is some sort of resentment even in Ashok Mehta for he lost his childhood sweetheart and his dear wife for this son of his, he reminds him of his long lost love, especially those deep blue eyes and curly dark red hair. Amongst all this monotony of work occassional one look at his son is all that is needed to remind him of his sweet nothings of the past. She was a bomb literally not just talking about her curves, but her sheer strength and loud mouth. No person could stand against her and she was a talent on her own league. They can be considered to be poles apart considering the fact that she was from the Sun family who were their competitors, but they also had a distinct foreign culture. Despite all the centuries since they settled here, they stayed true to their roots and still follow distinctive Japanese culture. Their cuisine is meat heavy, while all the martial artists too revel on meat considering their strenous physical needs, the Sun family were on a level of their own, while the Mehta family were conservative in their meat intake only consuming that is what is being demanded by the body.
The main reason why Ashok Mehta even took up the family head position can also boil down to the fact that the erstwhile family head put it up as a condition for matchmaking, and that he would help in making the elders of the two families agree if only he agrees to take up the position. And for all the bombshell of a character Anjali is, she never agreed to elope, adamantly sticking to the position that they would only marry if their family agrees. And that is how, Ashok Mehta gave up on his MArtial Arts dreams to take up family responsibility. And the sudden shout of the name "Avinash Mehta" from the stage brought him back to the reality.
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