Johnny's mind crashed at the sudden relevation that he was the heir to the Burns family. All his life, he had been treated as scum because he was an orphan with nothing to his name. People sneered at him for having the Burns name, but with seemingly no connection to the family. He had encountered many people who implied he had done it to get attention.Now he was suddenly elevated to the status of one of the most powerful and influential people in the world. As the heir to one of the seven great families, doors that had been previously closed to him were now open. No one would able to dare look down on him ever again unless they wanted to suffer humiliation or death. It was too much for him to process.Covering his face with his hands, he vaguely heard the scarred man say, "I understand this news is very unexpected, but it's the truth. Lord Burns and Lady Burns had been desperately searching for you after your disappearance."That was easy for the scarred man to say. Johnny knew nothi

Johnny immediately took back the words he had thought of earlier. They were as ruthless as the media portrayed them to be. At least his father was. His mother hadn't said anything bloddthirsty, but the look in her eyes made him think that she was thinking the same thing as his father. No one seemed to bat an eye at his father's threat.In fact, the scarred man bowed as he said, "Apologies, sir. We were ordered to follow his orders no matter what, and he insisted on coming here.""You should have known better," his mother snapped. "He's a young man who hasn't been raised with us. Of course he doesn't know any better."Feeling the heat coming off her body, Johnny was extremely uncomfortable with where this was going and stepped in. "No, it's my fault. I told them I wanted to meet my parents right away. I'm sorry for not dressing better."The heat that had been coming from his mother suddenly vanished as she said, "You don't have to apologize. It's not your fault. I'm so relieved that yo

Staring at the room filled with people he didn't know outside of what his parents told him, Johnny vaguely thought that his parents had meant it literally when they told him to do nothing. They hadn't let him even try to do anything to contribute to the party. Everything had been handled by the servants. All he had to do was sit and watch everything unfold.Looking away from the scene in front of him, he stared down at his drink before taking a sip. It was pretty good alcohol, but he had to be careful about how much he drank. He didn't want to make a fool of himself or do anything that would ruin his reputation. It wouldn't be good if he was viewed as an embarrassment, as his parents announced he was the heir."Excuse me," a voice said, drawing his attention away from his drink.A beautiful woman stood in front of him. For a moment, he felt captivated by her beauty before remembering that this was a party consisting of family members. That meant she was likely his cousin. Immediately,

At least that was what Johnny had intended when the kid suddenly breathed fire into his face just as he picked the kid up. His immediate reaction was to drop the kid and shield his face from the flames. It was only when the kid hit the ground that he realized the mistake he had made. The kid immediately burst into tears, wailing for everyone to hear."Did he just seriously drop a kid?" a person said."Unbelieveable," another person said. "This is going to be our future head? How could he be scared of a little fire?""Where are the parents? I'm sure they're going to come after him for dropping their kid," someone said.Johnny instantly knew he had been set up. Someone purposely sent the kid his way, knowing this would happen. He couldn't believe someone would put a kid in harm's way just to get to him. No, that wasn't right. He should have known this would have happened. If it were his theory that someone from the family tried to get rid of him as a baby, they would have no problem get

Johnny did just that. "As everyone knows, I just recently became a blessed so there are many things I'm unaware of. One of them being that Anthony was also a blessed and could produce flames already. I'm sure anyone would be shocked if flames were thrown at your face."There was grumbling as a person said, "You still dropped the kid."He tried to lock eyes with the speaker, but he couldn't find them in the crowd. "I already admitted it was my fault. It seems everyone is glossing over how I've had no prior experience with other blessed. I still have the instincts of a regular person. I wonder if this is how you treat all family members who have only recently become a blessed.""Of course not," someone said."So I'm just the exception. I'm quite flattered, but I don't need the special treatment," he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm.Now no one was daring to speak up. If they still tried to blame him for what happened, it would be the same as saying that no one in the family cou