《Happy Endings Are Lies》 1 Chapter 1-Why? In a little room of an average apartment, a 15 year old looking boy sat in the corner with tears flowing down his face.He stared at the ceiling full of despair and pain, he repeated a question over and over again.... "Why" He silently said this in the small dark room as tears kept flowing. "Why?Why?Why?Why?Why?Why?" He repeated, his voice sounded like it had so much emotions of sadness as he repeated them.. He continued until he could speak no more. Then he just silently said it in his aching heart. His tears stopped flowing..... Well,to be exact, there weren''t any tears left to flow. He closed his eyes, trying to remember what he had gone through... What pain he felt.... What grief he bore... And finally........What memories he wanted to forget....... As he recalled everything....He wanted to end it all and forget... In his right hand, he held a knife to his throat. "I''m sorry.." He said tightly shutting his eyes.....As he was about to bury it deep in his throat, ----BUZZZZ----BUZZZZ---- It was his phone which was vibrating next to him. His face went pale at the sight of the caller ID. He cautiously answered the phone with sweat on his fore-head. HIM="Y-Y-Yes?" CALLER="I need you to come to the Sky tower in the city immediately or else...." HIM="O-O-Or e-else w-w-w-what?" He heard a familiar voice on the other side of the phone, his face went paler than before. His eyes showed panic as he shouted "DON''T YOU DARE TOUCH...!!!!" He was interrupted with an evil laughter on the the other side of the call. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Look whose actually getting angry!!" "Please...let.....her....go" He said whilst sobbing... "You better hurry boy.....or else someones corpse will be on tomorrows news." The call ended He quickly drove his motorbike to Sky tower, without stopping for anything whether it was a red light, a traffic jam or even polices. He just drove at top speed on the streets. 2 Chapter 2-The End Is Only Just The Beginning As he arrived at the tower, sweating and panting heavily. He called the caller from before, still trying to catch his breath.. When finally, after a few seconds, someone picked up. "Good, I take it you are in the building? If so then go to the roof....we will be waiting there." The call ended He quickly dashed to the elevator and rapidly pressing the button to make the elevator come quickly. (NOTE: Even though that doesn''t usually work, so don''t do that, it might break the elevator.) As soon as the elevator doors opened, he ran as fast as he could to the door leading to the roof. As he opened the door, the sun was almost setting so the beam of light blinded him for a second, but when his vision became clearer, he saw...... Blood spilled everywhere as the three men shot a girl who was tied up to a chair. She had black hair which was tied into a ponytail on both sides. A cloth covered her mouth as it silenced her screams........however it couldn''t hide her painful expression as she was shot. Her dark black eyes looked liked you could see her soul screaming in agony. One of the men uncovered the cloth from her mouth, but she was no longer screaming in agony...instead, she was smiling with a calm expression as tears slowly rolled down her cheek....... Her final words were............. "Sorry little brother but....big sis couldn''t protect you from this cruel world." As she said this, wore a big smile on her face as she took her last breath............ Their leader said,"Too bad you were late, but at least you arrived at the finale. I told you didn''t I? What would happen if you were late." The boy who was standing there in place who was in shock of what just happened. Then something... Clicked In his head many emotions had appeared....However he ignored them all and listened to what his heart was telling him......which was TO KILL THEM ALL!!!! 3 Chapter 3-Family reunion As he stood there looking at the three men, with a cold expression..He didn''t scream or cry, he askedone simple, "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.....FATHER!?" "Oh..For the first time you actually called me father..I''m so happy" The man said with a grin on his face. "But now that your sister is out of the way, you can come back home, son" He said, opening his arms..... "BUT WHY FATHER!!! SHE WAS MY BIG SISTER!!!!...SHE WAS YOUR DAUGHTER!!!!.....SHE WAS FAMILY!!!!" He said this, now screaming and shouting in anger, terror and agony. His father''s expression went cold.... "Yeah, so what? She was family but she took you away from me... I no longer considered her family..... Cause she took you, brainwashed you.....You are the last heir to the company. You are my precious son....BUT she took you away!!!!" "SHE WAS PROTECTING ME!!!...." He said, now tears falling from his eyes... "SHE WAS PROTECTING ME...FROM YOU!!!!!..." His black eyes now turned blood red, and his black hair turned white as snow, he walked slowly towards his father, shouting... "I''LL KILL YOU ALL!!!" "Son, don''t do this!! I''m doing this to help you!!! This is all for you!!" His father said.....but it was too late... He was full of anger and rage.... His father sighed and raised up his gun to pull the trigger, but he was too slow.. His son was already holding his neck, griping it tightly...He look tried to look around, to see....companions dead on the ground with bloody hole in the middle of their chest as their heart was ripped from their chest. "His son, was going to kill him." He thought. As he stood there, holding his father''s throat.... He couldn''t kill him..... He didn''t have the guts to kill him.... But then his father said something. "Hahaha! *cough* [He coughed out blood] You''ve fi-finally accepted it........Your finally a monster...." As he heard this, his hand moved on his own , and ripped his father heart out.... Blood spilled everywhere... His hair was stained with so much blood... He dropped his fathers corpse onto the ground and slowly walked toward his sister''s corpse... His hair had now turned to normal and he said while tears rolled down his face... "I''m sorry big sis for being so useless....." "I''m sorry things turned out this way....." "I''m sorry for breaking our promise....." "And i''m sorry for being born....." 4 Chapter 4-The Unknown He turned round to see his fathers corpse and whispered to himself, "I will never accept it..." He looked towards the setting sun and started taking deep breaths. "I''m not the monster here.....This whole country....NO, this whole planet is at fault....This whole society is the true monster.....And i''m sick of it always finding me, controlling me, always causing me and the ones close to me pain...." He was tired.... Tired of pain..... Tired of regret... Tired of living.... And tired of himself..... He slowly walked and stood at the edge of the roof, looked down and saw a small park which was blossoming with beautiful flowers and trees...so full of joy and life. At the center of the park lay a beautiful pond....so peaceful with no worries at all, no trouble or hate, no envy or sadness.....It stayed calm, so relaxed.....and so happy... Oh how he envied it all!! As he was about to jump, he to one last look at his sister and said, "I''m coming to join you big sis....Just wait, okay?" He said it with a pitiful smile on his face, as he said his goodbye........... Then he jumped. As he fell..... He thought about his regrets, he thought about his choices, he thought about his existence. "Did his life even matter?" "What was the reason for his existence....." He didn''t know... nether did it matter... He didn''t hit the ground yet but began to lose his consciousness, he didn''t know why? His eyes began to shut and couldn''t open them anymore. But then he couldn''t breath anymore...His whole body felt like it was submerged into water...It felt cold and calm.....He knew he would die and was fully prepared.... His body felt so heavy, his lungs felt like it was burning, it felt like it was cracking open.... For a few minutes he felt his heart stop... "This is it..." He thought, and peacefully fell into and endless sleep.....without any resistance.....He let all his pain out, all his anguish out, and all his regrets...As he fell deeper into the dark cold water. But something warm shone from his body. It lit his entire body, from head to toe. It was so bright that it lit the dark water which was seen to be the pond from the park. The light began to shrink and so the did the body.. It kept on shrinking....and...shrinking.....and....shrinking until there was nothing left. There was no more light and there was no more a body. As if nothing had happened....everything just disappeared into the unknown..... ********************************** He suddenly felt his consciousness come back. "He was still alive!?" He opened his eyes to see that he was sitting on a chair with golden linings and edges , in a room, in a middle of a large round table with 12 unknown people sitting on chairs around him. They stared at him intensely. They seemed like they were waiting for him to wake up.. They had really weird clothing though. "What the HECK IS GOING ON!!" He screamed in his mind. 5 Chapter 5- The 12 Gods He looked around, more confused on what was going on. "Didn''t he just fall off a building and committed suicide." He thought to himself. "We are sorry for taking you unexpectedly." Said an old looking guy with a white beard. The guys face had some wrinkles on it. His hair was the color of the sun, however it wasn''t as bright as it.. He wore a white robe with a golden medallion around his neck. It looked so pretty. After he finally came back to his senses, he asked, with a cold expression, "What do you want with me?" His eyes looked around the entire room with a deadly stare. The 12 people felt shivers down their spines as his stares locked onto them. It reminded them of someone who was more powerful and much more scarier than them. It silenced them for a bit. "I will ask this again. Who are you!? And what do you want with me!" He said with a stern voice. "Sorry for not introducing ourselves earlier." Said the old man, gesturing the person next to him to start their introduction. --sigh-- "My name is Helux. I''m the God of war and destruction." The mans physical appearance certainly did look liked he had fought in countless bloody battles. His grey hair a small stain of red. The stain looked kinda weird, and it smelled weird... "Let me not think about it too much." He thought, however he knew that was not dye or paint. "I''m Jokester. I''m the God of tricks and medicine!!" He said looking very proud of himself. The guy had orange hair and kinda looked like a clown but with out the make-up. His clothes looked like those ancient squires in those old movies. He also wore one of those doctor coats. A guy with tons of wine bottle which surrounded him started his introduction,"I''m Dabus. The God of wine." The drunk guy saw the look on the kids face as he stared intensely. His expression full of disgust. "Awww!!! Come on now kid. Don''t be jealous. You can''t have any! This is all for me...." He began to feel drowsy until he finally collapsed on the table, snoring like a pig. (AUTHOR: Do pigs even snore. I think they do, right? or was it snort. Ah whatever.) "Disgusting" Said a beautiful young lady sitting across him. She had sparkling light blue hair which would look so beautiful under the moonlight. If not for the terrible experience he had felt in the past, he would have fallen for her. "My name is Ulene. Goddess of beauty and success. And here next to me is Gina, she is the Goddess of death and chaos." She pointed at a little child which was sitting next to her. "This is a joke, right?" He said, as he looked at the little girl. "Her cute little expression would make any crazy!! Her pink hair, her pink clothing, her cute smile!! How the HECK can this be the Goddess of DEATH!!" His head was now filled with "unusual" thoughts. They saw that he was very shocked and decided to wait until he calmed down to finish each of their introductions. He calmed down after a few minutes, and then they continued their introductions. They all took turns with their short introductions." "I''m Uxaris, the Goddess of marriage and youth." "I''m Zastus, God of animals and hunting." "I''m Embris, God of pleasure and luck." "I''m Edea, Goddess of judgement and law." "I''m Iris, the Goddess of wisdom and logic." "I''m Venos, God of the elements." "I''m Sizxex, God of time and prophesies." They all finished with their introduction except that old looking guy. Then he finally spoke.... "I''m Hexros, God of creation and life. And i''m here to inform you, that we will be taking you back to your original world." "My original, WHAT!?" He was dumbfounded....... 6 Chapter 6-Disappeared feelings "Your original world."Hexros said. "Did you not hear what I just said?" "I could hear you, dammit!" He said in an angry voice which frightened the other Gods with his sudden burst of anger. "But what the hell do you mean, another world." His voice a little calmer. "Well..." Hexros said. "Something happened which cause you to be accidentally sent to the world you were in.....But enough of that, we will now reincarnate you to your original world but since you''re body disintegrated..........." Woah!!Woah!! Wait a minute, WHAT did you just say!? Disintegrated!? I could feel my body just fine! My legs, my eyelids, my arms and my........ He paused, and raised his hand to inspect it. When he couldn''t see his flesh his mind went blank. His body was shining a bright light...or to be exact! It was his SOUL!! (Author: Who new souls would shine, wait a minute, they don''t right!? I have always wanted to a soul though. Its kinda creepy of me.) The other Gods seemed to notice his shock. Dabus, the God of wine had just woken up and was all sober, knowing nothing about the situation, he said,"Hey.....boy why do you look so upset? Don''t tell me you were sad at the fact that you couldn''t taste this delicious wine." He said, with a smug look on his face, while holding a bottle of wine. The tension in the air disappeared..... *sigh* "I have never cared anyways so why should I care now that i''m a dead." He said with a relaxed expression on his face. "So just reincarnate me already!" The Gods nodded their heads in agreement, including Hexros. "We will reincarnate you but before you go, the world you will be going to will have magic and it will be lurking with some monsters." After he finish explaining about the world he would live in, he said, "As a token from the us, we will give you each of our blessings." Each of the stood up and touch his fore-head. Every time a God touched his fore-head, a surge of energy would rush through his entire body, giving him a warm feeling. Finally it was time to send him to his new or to say, his original world. Everything around him started to spin as he saw the 12 Gods looking at him with bright smiles. Everything went very blurry until everything went dark. He felt his consciousness fade away till he fell into a deep sleep. "Wake up dear!" "Awww!! He looks so cute." "You''re very lucky Milady." "Voices!? Who''s voices?" He thought to himself. But then there was another noise which irritated him the most. It was the sound of a babies cry. "Who''s cry is that? It sounds so close. Wait a minute!.......IS THAT ME!? As he opened his eyes, he saw the kind faces of a loving couple which looked at him with such joy and happiness. The lady who was carrying him, was this his new MOM! And that handsome looking young man was his new FATHER! He cried even more louder than before. To be honest, he hadn''t accepted it yet, he hadn''t accepted them yet. But the lady who was carrying him, surprisingly hugged him. "There, there." She said, gently patting him on the back."Daddy and mommy are right here." She had tears of joy flowing from her eyes as well as a bright smile. This reminded him of a feeling which he had forgotten long ago. The feeling of being embraced by someone...... The feeling of having a family........... The feeling of belonging somewhere.......... And finally..... The feeling of being loved............ 7 Chapter 7-The start of a new life He ended up falling asleep in the loving arms of his mother. It was such a beautiful and heart-warming scene that they couldn''t help but be on the verge of tears. "Madame." The doctor spoke in a professional manner. "What will be his name?" The handsome young man, the father, looked at his loving wife, signalling her to be the one to choose a name for their child. The mother understood the look on her husbands face and thought for a while, until her face suddenly lit up as her smile became brighter than ever as she looked at the baby quietly sleeping in her arms. "His name will be Denear Lorenzo Cornelius." A few hours later, he woke up from my deep sleep to find my self in a crib, in a large room. The room was beautifully decorated with all kinds of baby toys and others things most children would like. However, for our MC to who was already 15 years old in personality didn''t like it that he was treated like this. He tried to stand up many times but did not prevail. I mean, who could blame his body, he was just born. After a few more tries, he decided to give up and focus on something else. He concentrated and took deep breaths and said in his mind,"Status" A large wide screen appeared in front of his face. It showed, Name: Denear Lorenzo Cornelius Age: 2hr old Level: 1 Job: None Rank: None Exp:0/900 Title: The Chosen one ....more HP-200,000/200,000 MP-1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000 Strength-395,000 Agility-109,273,600 Luck-1,090,989 Wisdom-10,302,387/10,302,387 Skills/Abilities Elemental Possession Lv 10 Creation Magic Lv10 Book of Troy Lv10 Mana Regeneration Lv10 Space time magic Lv10 Control Magic Lv10 Animal Calling Lv10 Eagles Eye Lv10 Luck of the universe Lv11 Blood Bash Lv10 Medicine Lv10 Tricks for clown Lv10 Beauty for eternity Lv10 Dark ages Lv10 Foresight Lv10 Time gain Lv10 The Judge of the universe Lv10 Blessings The 12 Gods [valid for eternity] "Wha..."His mouth almost ripped and dropped on the floor.... 8 Chapter 8- I hate all those love stuff! A month has passed since the time I was born which was absolutely BORING! My new parents would not let me out of my crib at all. They keep treating like a child! Well to be honest, I still am 1 month old, but this is absolutely killing me! I mean, I am 15 years old, mentally. But I did find some ways to kill my boredom. Every time my parents would leave for work, I would crawl myself to the library. At first I would get lost but the more I explored, the more I got the gist of this place. Oh did I forget to mention that I live in a freaking mansion and the only son born to the Cornelius family, it is an esteemed family recognized by the King Nehphen himself. My family is the first strongest noble in the world, he is the king''s friend as well his right hand man. One of the reasons, is that because my father is the head general of the entire country, serving the nation whole-hardheartedly with extremely great leadership skill. None could match his skills in the combat all except one person. That person was MY MOM! Yes, you heard right. MY MOM! She told me one night about how she had met my father. My father, before, was rather boastful about his strength and skills with the sword, and ended up challenging my mother to a duel. he kept on saying things like,"Make sure not to cry when you lose." and "I hope you won''t regret dueling me." It was a fierce battle against my mother, a magician, and my father, a swordsman. It was such a fearsome battle that some elders came to put a Legendary-level barrier around the arena they were fighting in. In the end, my mom reigned victorious from the battle, which greatly shocked everyone. She giggled thinking about the shocked face my father had on his face after he lost. But a win was a win no matter what. A week after their battle, my dad followed my mom (Stalker Alert! Stalker Alert!) and ended up falling for her. He kept proposing to her everyday until she finally said yes. Don''t get it wrong, she didn''t marry him out of pity or annoyance. She actually fell in love with him first, so when he challenged her to a duel she was so happy that he finally noticed her but was embarrassed at the same time. When he finally started stalking her, she was actually overjoyed but didn''t know how to approach him. Then when he proposed, she felt like she was gonna die of too much joy. She wasn''t mentally ready and declined for the meantime. When she finally prepared herself, she accepted. Then wedding bell happened and blahblahblahblahblah more things which I don''t really care about. I hate all those lovy-dovey crap! Who believes in that! Love at first sight, what a lie! There are no such things as that! 9 Chapter 9- Different body, Different world, Same soul 4 years has passed and Denear is about to be celebrating his birthday. He''s learned a lot these past few years. Like how this world operates, the currency they use. Right now, he is currently in the library. ''This world is like a an RPG game.'' He thought, as he kept on reading a book about guilds and monsters and magic.''The is all too interesting......." A sly look appeared on his face. On the day when he was born, he noticed his stats were incredibly high. Not like normal high, I mean like super-duper HIGH! For the first year since he was born, he actually finished all the books in the entire library and is still reading them over and over again. And to inform you, the library was BIG! It contained all the books from all around the world! So basically, he is a super genius. Though it probably has something to do with the blessings from The 12 Gods. He gained 1,203,097 points to his wisdom stat. Which was a lot, LOT. On the second year, he practiced martial arts secretly when no-one was looking. This only added 100,000 points to his strength stat. 100,000!!! (Does not even compare to his wisdom stat) At first he was shocked, but he guessed that it had something with that Helux God since he received his blessing. He is (emphasis on "is") the God of war and destruction. On the third year, he practiced his magic and focused on some meditation. He could meditate anywhere and no-one would bother him. I mean, he was still 3 years old, so its kinda natural for him to get tired easily, that was what they thought. He now had 1900 mana points added to his stats. Every time he practiced his wind magic on "practice dummies", the maids would wonder why a strong gush of wind would suddenly appear and coincidentally lift up their skirts, showing their soft, beautiful tender legs. To make it even better, some were wearing some stockings or knee socks with a gap of bear skin showing. Most people would say this gap is called," Absolute Territory." while drooling. Every time he did this.....er.......I mean, every time he practiced on the so-called "practice dummies", his skill, [Luck of the universe] would increase exponentially. He had no idea why. I mean, he wasn''t a pervert or anything, it was just some payback for the times when they changed his diapers.......... Those were some dark times........ But anyways........Back to the present. A maid walked up to him and politely but nervously said,"Young master, it''s almost time for your birthday ceremony in the Great Hall." She had one of those olden time maid outfit. She looked so realistic, I mean, she was the Real Deal. It would sometimes remind him about the the maid cos-players from his old world. Though he hadn''t gotten used to the fact that he was reincarnated in another world and would sometimes think it''s all a dream, he would just go with the flow. When he heard what the maid said, he gently put down his book on the table and left the the library without saying a single word. As soon as he exited the library, the maid fell down on her knees as if she was just coming from a marathon. "Young master sure is scary and intimidating, and so quiet and distant." She said, while wiping some sweat which just appeared on her fore-head. "No wonder most of the maids are scared to go near young master now." ... In the great hall, many visitors sat together and chatted, Denear''s father and mother, Lian Cornelius and Hein Cornelius, was welcoming all the visitors with a big smile, everyone suddenly stopped what they were doing a looked towards a small little boy which just entered the room. It was Denear. His blonde hair was practically shining and his overly cute handsome face made the women in the entire room scream "So cute!!" in their minds. However he had an intimidating and distant aura around him, which made their hairs stand on end. He looked through the entire crowd of people, and when he confirmed that they had no ill intentions, he relaxed a bit. His intimidating aura disappeared without a trace. He looked toward everyone and smiled casually and said," Thank you all for coming today.I, Denear Lorenzo Cornelius, welcome you all" He said in a sweet polite way. However, in this new body of his, his smile was so cute and charming and in addition to the way he talked, it could easily make girls fall in love with him. "HE''S SO CUTE!!" "I WANNA KEEP HIM!!" "WHY COULDN''T HE BE MY CHILD!!!" These were the thoughts of all the women in the room. Even the little girls started blushing. As for the men, "WHAT THE HELL! HOW IS HE SO HANDSOME AND CUTE!" "WHY AM I SO UNLUCKY!?" "STAY AWAY FROM DAUGHTER YOU PLAYBOY!" "IS HE REALLY STILL 4 YEARS OLD?!!" Some of the little boys noticed the girls blushing and started to inwardly curse him, and as for the rest, they just stood there with looks of envy and jealousy. 10 Chapter 10-Monster Most people were looking at him with eyes of envy and jealousy, while others had eyes of longing and some other emotions. Denear''s father noticed them looking at his son and decided to try change the topic. "Thank you all for attending my sons fourth birthday. I''ve prepared something as a small token of appreciation." He then gently clapped his hand and shouted, "Bring them in!" A line of servants entered through the door as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and gave out tiny silver boxes to everyone in the entire room. After they finished handing all the families one box each, they all left in an orderly fashion. "In these boxes, you will find a metal rose. These roses are enchanted by a very famous enchanter and blacksmith called, Ignon The Shadow Craftsmen." "Ignon!" People were surprised. Ignon is a very famous enchanter and blacksmith that hasn''t show himself for about 4 years. Rumors said he lives in the mountains creating destructive weapons then enchanting them to make them even more powerful. Being an enchanter is already considered rare because enchanting a weapon drains a lot of mana and contains a huge risks. One mistake and you could get paralyzed for life, and that''s already considered LUCKY! In the worst case scenario, you lose your life. However a guy called Ignon enchanted weapons perfectly without making a single mistake, that is why he became so famous. It caused an uproar in the enchanting community. To make it more amazing, he is a blacksmith as well! The art of blacksmithing may not be as dangerous as enchanting, but it drains a lot of your energy so there are only a few successful blacksmiths in the entire world. Since being a blacksmith reqiures strength, it''s mostly the dwarf race. With their strength, they could easily become blacksmiths even if they are stinking short. But if a human tries, they aleast have to be strong like the famous Ignon. Denear has read a lot of books about blacksmithing and enchanting, so he knew how hard it would have been for inexperienced people. He was quite interested at it but because he didn''t have the necessary tools and equipment. Not to mention the materials to make the weapons out of. So he decided to just read about it and when he has a chance, he will try it out. At that moment, everyone wondered the same thing,''HE HAS MET THE SHADOW CREATOR!'' Your probably wondering why he is called The Shadow Creator. Its because no-one has ever seen his face, EVER! Even his own family, as a rumors said. The only time he accepts requests for new weapons is under a full moon. And when the weapon is being delivered to the client, they would have to wait at a certain location. They would only see the outline of a shadow at midnight, and the weapon would magically appear in front of them. The only infomation there is about him is that he is human and that his name is Ignon. Nothing else. ''So mysterious.....'' Denear thought, while rubbing his chin. He was lost in thought. When suddenly there was a large CRASH! He turned to see where the sound was coming from and saw the maid which had spoken to him in the library on the ground with a silver tray and some broken glass. Her black hair covered her face. But one could tell that her faced looked like she had just made the mistake of her life. "You trash!!" Shouted a hot-blooded looking fellow with blonde hair. He had brown brown eyes and a muscular figure, including a disgusted and angry look on his face. His black suit had stains of some liquid. Denear guessed that it was wine and that the maid must have accidentally spilled on his expensive looking clothing. Which would have caused him to get mad. "This cost more than your pitiful life." The blonde guy shouted with a more angry look on his eyes. Due to his anger, he grabbed a glass and hit her with it. Glass shattered onto the floor, along with some of the maid''s blood. She dared not to retaliate. ''This guy is so cruel and short-tempered'' He couldn''t stand the sight of him. Seeing him made his blood boil. Denear''s father walked up to him and said, "Sir Finias, could you please calm down and not make a scene at my son''s birthday. I''m sorry for the mistake one of my servants made." He said this with a stern voice. Sir Finias did his best to control his anger and said, "This servant has ruined my day. I apologize for causing a scene, however instead of me apologizing, you should be thanking me. I just helped you correct your servant for free, maybe if you taught your servants well then this wouldn''t have happened." He looked at the servant that had her head looking at the down with shame. You could clearly see some tears on the floor. His words were clearly an indirect insult. He was basically saying that he (Heins Cornelius) incompetent at teaching his servants. To top it all, he''s was justifying his wrong doing and was even asking for a THANK YOU INSTEAD OF A SORRY!! ''Is this guy an idiot!'' The other guest seemed like they were agitated about what was going on and was readying themselves for a bloodbath. ''Sir Finias, you have just made an eternal enemy!'' Denear''s eyes showed so much hate towards Sir Finias. Heins realised what he had just said and tried to maintain his composure, and kindly smiled and said, "Sir Finias, may you kindly please find you way to the door." His smile was full of pressure and killing intent that everyone else in the crowd felt like they were about to faint. Sir Finias had no choice. "I-I was gonna leave anyways." As a man, his pride was everything. As he was about to walk out the door, he suddenly dropped on the floor on both of his knees while sweating and panting like crazy. He tightly held the door handle for support. He suddenly felt chills run down his throat, when suddenly his heart stated to get incredibly painful. It felt like an invisible force had just ripped his heart from his chest, it felt like his lungs had just exploded and was no longer able to breath. Everyone was watching him leave when he suddenly collapsed on both of his knees. This made everyone very confused. Sir Finias then had a sudden dream or vision. He felt like was drowning in water. NO, it wasn''t water. When he opened his eyes in the vision, he wasn''t drowning in water.........he was drowning in blood. His own blood! His body had deep cuts all over. He kept falling and falling deeper and was slowly devoured by the darkness. He was trying to scream for help, but no sounds came out. He suddenly felt a huge pressure. He couldn''t move anymore. He could feel every bone in his body being torn into pieces. His throat felt like it was on fire. He could feel his head being twisted to a not-normal-position. All this pain, yet he did not die. He finally regained his senses and was screaming like a mad man. Clutching his head and screaming, "NO DON''T!!!! IT HURTS!!!! WHAT''S HAPPENING!!! I DON''T WANT TO DIE!!!" His face showed a combination of pain and confusion. Some guests were rushing towards him, however it was already to late. Due to the shock and extreme sense of pain and fear was too much for him to handle and was about to go to the afterlife. While on the floor, he took one last glimpse and saw someone. It was a little boy calmly sitting on a chair with his legs crossed. A cold and extremely evil smile appeared on his face. The moment he saw him he knew that it was all because of him. He only had one word to describe him before he would die....... "Monster................" 11 Chapter 11-Secre ''Wow, I can''t believe he actually died because of that! But didn''t I only release some of my killing intent. Well whatever, I guess I won''t used my killing intent until I can control it properly.'' While everyone was in a panic of what just happened, the maid which was crying on the ground left without noticing her. That is except, Denear. He carefully followed her through a dark hallway. When she suddenly stopped and looked at the moon through an enormous glass window as she slid down a wall on the opposite side, still looking at the moon. In the dark hallway, the moon was its only source of light. She held both legs close to her as tears silently rolled down her cheek. She had taken off the pom-pom that tied her black hair into a ponytail. It was a sight for the eyes, and Denear just considered himself to be able to see this beautiful yet heart breaking scene. She started to whisper to herself. "Mom...." She sobbed. "Its too hard without you here.... I hate humans, I hate nobles......So why am I here?" She whispered a chant and her ears suddenly started to glow and transform its shape into........ ''ELF EARS???!!!!'' Denear had always wanted to see an elf and other species in this world, but never got a chance. To tell you honestly, HE IS A MAJOR OTAKU!!! Even though he had always been on the run at his old world, he took part-time jobs to help him and his sister but as for the extra money, he bought anime and manga merchandise and hid them in a secret location. But anyways, back to reality. He was shocked at the sudden revelation. ''AN ELF WAS RIGHT UNDER ME!!! How could I have missed it! But maybe its because I didn''t really pay much attention to the maids anyways." After her transformation, she went deep into thought. Starting to cry again, closing her eyes and fell asleep in the dark moonlighted hallway. "Mom.......Mom......." She would whisper. ''I guess I have no choice.....'' He sighed as he silently carried her to his room and gently placed her onto his bed. After a while. The black haired girl opened her eyes to find herself in a strange but familiar room. She sat up straight, still rubbing her eyes. She looked around the room. Its furnishings were quite extravagant The bed itself could fit like 8 people. By her estimation, the entire room would cost more than 1000 gold. Which was A LOT, and that''s only her estimation. The room was carpeted with some fine carpets and some nicely decorated curtains. This entire room was so big that you could have a party in it. On one side there were some sofas and a coffee table. On the other side, there were tons of shelves that were stacked with books, layer after layer. Next to it was an exquisite and fancy looking table and chair. There was someone on the chair. The person turned around and said, "Oh, your awake. Looks like you''ve stopped bleeding. That''s good." With a gentle smile on his face. ''IT''S THE YOUNG MASTER!!'' She was shocked that the young master of an esteemed family was helping a mere servant such as herself. ''Wait a minute! I''m in my elf form!'' She had just realized that she was no longer in the fake human form that she had made. ''Oh no! He''s seen my true form! He is probably tell everyone!'' The real reason she was afraid was because elves and humans have been at a disagreement for such a long time. They weren''t at war but they weren''t friends either. Some humans would mistreat or torture elves in the name of FUN. The elves decided to seclude themselves in the Mystic Forest where no humans could enter. They made it a rule to destroy all ties and connections to the outside world. Which made it impossible for them to leave Some elves of the younger were very adventurous even with the elders warning, they would sneak out into the human world, thinking they were free from seclusion and would try to blend in. But they soon learned that reality can be cruel. Ever since the day they sneaked out, they would never be seen again by their loved ones. 12 Chapter 12-Never Free Denear smiled as gentle as possible to the newly awakened maid and said,"Don''t worry. I won''t tell anyone." The young maid sighed in relief. ''The young master is actually a good person. Wait a minute...'' The maid touched the side of her forehead to feel that her cut was gone. She had gotten a cut from Sir Finias when he smashed a glass at her. It not that severe but she had lost a lot of blood from that cut. ''Young master did this?My wound wasn''t supposed to heal this quick. So how...'' She turned to face her young master. He smiled again and said,"Your wondering how your wound healed so fast, right?" The maid slowly nodded. "I used magic...." ''MAGIC!? But he''s only four years old. There''s no way he can already use magic at such a young age. He hasn''t even gone to the temple yet.'' She wanted to ask him a question, when he suddenly put his finger on her mouth."Shhhhh. Since i''m gonna kept your secret. Will you promise to keep mine?" She really wanted to as,k but decided to give up. "Yes master..." She said. "Hey!" He stood up. "Call me by my name." "Sorry but I can''t show that much disrespect to the young master of this household." She said, trying to object. "Weren''t you busy saying that you hated humans?" This question made her a little bit scared. ''Will he hate me? How did he hear me!? I even used magic to check the surrounding area and no one was close to me for more than 10 meters.'' She shamefully nodded her head, slightly looking down. After a few moments of silence, he finally spoke up. "Why are you shamefully bowing your head!?" His tone suddenly changed. It had a trace of disappointment. This statement made her raise up her head to see his expression. His voice sounded like he was a little angry and disappointed but his expression showed a calm yet cold face. While smiling he said, "I hate humans too." This statement made her thinking stop. She couldn''t say anything and just had a black expression as she looked at Denear. Her mouth moved to speak but no words came out.''WHY WOULD HE HATE HUMANS!?'' "I know what you''re thinking. You''re asking yourself, how I possibly hate humans when i''m a human myself. The answer is, humans are worst than monsters, no, worst than devils. They trample over the weak and cower in fear from the strong. They destroy people''s hopes and dreams. And lastly.....They take whats precious to you and hurt those you care about. If I had a choice, i''d rather be a demon. That''s why I hate humans. What about you?" After his explanation, she had a very shocked expression but forced herself to speak. "M-My parents were taken into slavery and killed right in front of me. Then a rich noble took me in before your father. He made me work and work and work. Sometimes he would even torture me and whip me. And after he was done using me, he sold me to other nobles. This happened for a long time. Until I couldn''t take it anymore, so I ran away. I ran and ran until I bumped into your father who was returning from a trip. I had used transformation magic to hide my true identity. At first I was scared of him. But I didn''t have any place to go. Besides, being under the protection of your father is the most rare privilege in the entire world.You know, your father is very kind. He didn''t even ask questions and took me in and tended to my wounds. However, up to this day, he still doesn''t know i''m a real elf. But no matter how kind he is, he is still human and a noble." By now some tears were falling from her cheek. She said with a firm resolution,"I will never forgive them..." She realized what she had just said.''Wasn''t this being ungrateful? Wait, didn''t I just indirectly say that I hate him?'' "Then we are the same... I have my reasons for hating humans and you have yours. If we both suffered and hate the same thing, then doesn''t that mean we are fated to be friends. Two people are better then one. Suffering together is better than suffering alone. Facing the cruelties of the world together is better than facing them alone." He walked towards the gigantic window, staring at the moonlit sky he said," I have a poem to tell you..." (AUTHOR: This is an original poem made by me. I''m not that good in making poems though. Im a beginner) Your tears may fall The sun might set What else is there to do Other than regret Reality can destroy Destiny can be cruel No-one can truly be free That is this worlds number one rule All the pain All the sadness Its driving me insane I just want to break those holding me back I just want to be free, from the chains that are holding me back, The chains holding me back to reality. "This poem is called, NEVER FREE." (AUTHOR: Not to ruin the mood but for those who think store prices are too expensive. Well everything is NEVER FREE) 13 Chapter 13- New Goals ''That poem sounds so sad...never free? How is he not free? He is the son of the wealthiest and most powerful noble on earth, so how could he be unhappy?'' Looking at the expression less little boy staring out the window made her realize something. ''He is interesting'' She smiled. "I think you should go to your room now." Denear said escorting her out the door. "Goodnight." "Night" She walked down the hallway and went inside the servants quarters. She was deep in thought as she took a bath. This was the very first time she had opened up to someone. The young master may sometimes be cold or too quiet, but he is actually quite sweet. She had this feeling in her chest, which by the way is as flat as a chopping board, that she just couldn''t explain. "Huh...What is this?" ..... The next day The party was over. It lasted an entire night. Of course, Denear was there, but ended up going to his room to relieve some boredom. He was researching about dungeons and fell asleep. When he woke up he remembered his encounter with that elf girl. He wasn''t able to let her call him by his name. "*sigh* Maybe next time." He had actually taken a look at her status and had actually done some research on her. Name: Freya Greenwood Age: 50yrs Level: 79 Job: Maid Rank: Silver Exp: 4755/5000 Title: XXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX [System: To low level] Relationship: 1-40% [Secret buddies] HP: 43,000/43,000 MP:99,000/99,000 (-78,000=21,000) Strength: 11,000 Agility: 24,000 Luck: 100 Wisdom: 10,000 Accuracy: 21,000 Defence: 15,283 Skills/Abilities Summoning Lv3 Stealth Lv2 Archery Lv4 Ice Magic Lv3 Wind Magic Lv5 Cooking Lv2 Cleaning Lv2 Eye of spirits Lv4 Curses/ Debuffs [Reapers Curse] Blessings Elemental God=Wind & Ice [valid for one year until new sacrifice is made at temple] Background [System: Option unavailable yet] Her stats look SO weak compared to mine, AND SHE IS ALREADY LEVEL 79!!! I''m still at level 1 and my stats are WAY higher than hers. And what''s with the "Reapers Curse"? Them me see..... >>>>[Reapers Curse]<<<< A curse that is created with a large number of sacrifice. It damages the soul and magic flow of the target bit by bit making them to slowly unable to use magic. The longer it is in effect the more damage it causes. Slowly by slowly it will take over the targets mind and body making them go on a rampage. Duration: Unknown Cure: Unknown After seeing her status, he came to a decision. "I''ll help her no matter what." He said, with a rock hard resolution. [System: Goal option is now available on status screen===1st goal >>"Break the curse!"<<] 14 Chapter 14-Again to the room After his encounter with the elf girl, Freya Greeenwood, he finally had someone to talk to and ask opinions on his studies and research. His system had announced [System: Goal option is now available on status screen===1st goal >>"Break the curse!"<<] After that announcement, he found out that a new option had shown up in the bottom right corner of his status screen. He clicked the new option and a different screen showed up on his right. [>>"Break the curse!"<<] Progress: 0% Time limit: Unknown [System: Due to the curse''s characteristics the time limit is unknown] Freya Greenwood, due to you sneaking a peek at her status without permission, you found out about her curse. Also because you promised an oath to yourself, you are to now obliged help cure her. [System: Congratulations!! Because you looked at her status without permission, you have been given the title, >>>Status Pervert<<<] ''How am I a pervert'' Denear screamed in his heart, he felt like he could cry. ... One year later He was now 5 years old. It was finally time for him to go to the temple. Going to the temple means that you will be able to see your status screen and what type of magic you can cast. It''s basically a ritual to see how powerful so that you can then find a teacher that is appropriate for your magic or skills. The temple was located at the center of the city of Duestoon. It was the first time Denear would go out into the city and was really excited. His father had given him a void ring that stores items in it. Its capacity only had 5-10m. It was very expensive. Normal void rings that is 1-3m costs about 100 gold coins. This much gold coins could make normal people live a happy life without worrying about money. So how much more is the 5-10m void ring? No clue, but it definitely ain''t small. The money system in this world works like this, 50 bronze= 1 silver 1 gold= 50 silver 1 platinum= 50 gold And the coin higher than platinum is the "kings coin". Of course, only rich people can have this coin. One kings coin is equal to 100 platinum coins! One kings coin for commoners can make their hearts explode from joy. Well anyway, back to the present. A young priest walked up to them and said, "Welcome young master Denear. Did you have a pleasant ride here?" Denear kept silent, his face didn''t even flinch. This made the young priest a little mad to be ignored, but what could he do! He got over it and said,"Follow me" Denear followed him through a hallway and into a room. The room was decorated with some angel and demons statues with some unknown engravings on the wall. However, a system notification appeared in front of him. [System: >>>Translation of sacred engravings<<<] Yes or No He pressed yes. [Translation: The 12 Gods has blessed the people of the land to be able to measure their power. This is the time the Gods choose a few lucky people to give their blessings and a few skills. For those who are blessed by all the Gods, will have the chance to be able to enter the XXX XXXXX] Again!? What''s up with these X''s. Chance to be able to to enter the what? Oh whatever. "Young master please step onto this magic circle." Said the young priest, pointing to a circle engraving on the ground. ''A magic circle huh?'' Denear became really excited and tried his best to keep a straight face. This was the first time he has seen a real magic circle, other than the ones he made. He stepped onto the the magic and a bright light started to surround him. A water like substance engulfed him while the light grew brighter. Until he was finally inside afamiliar room...again. "*sigh* What is it you want?" He looked around to still see the exact same people sitting down in their usual places. However, this time he noticed something he hadn''t noticed before. There was a 14th chair. The other one was likely that Hexros guy, but weren''t there 12 Gods, not 13 or 14? Hexros probably does not count himself as a God since he is the God of creation and life for the entire universe. There must be a bunch of other Gods. He is more like the over seer of the Gods but not a God himself. ''What could that be about? Ah whatever. I''ll think about it later.'' "A-A we just want to congratulate you for turning 5 years old." Said Gina the Goddess of Death and Chaos. "Yeah congrats" Everyone in the room did a round of applause. "Thank you all" He was kinda touched. He really hadn''t forgiven them for "ACCIDENTALLY" sending him to the wrong world. Which doesn''t make sense, cause why do all of them seem familiar, and why do they say that they accidentally sent him to the wrong world. 15 Chapter 15- Outstanding my foot! He decided not to think to much about it. "Well, why am I here? I know you wouldn''t just bring me here to congratulate me." The Gods looked at each other. "Well...as you know...your status is a bit..."The Jokester said wryly. "too powerful" "Yeah I can tell." Denear said coming to a realization. '' The highest level in that world is Lv100 but their stats are so low, and my stats are soooo high even though i''m Lv1. Since my stats are so over-powered, if other people found out, then it will cause some chaos and some people will try to take advantage of me.'' Hexros stood up. "So we decided to help hide your status. I bet you''ve noticed that your status screen is kinda different than others." "Yeah..." Denear, said slowly. "Well, we call it, THE AGAIN LIFE SYSTEM." ''The again life system, huh.....'' "We shouldn''t talk to much, so i''m just gonna give you a skill to hide your status." Hexros stood up and touched Denears forehead. [System: Congratulations for receiving the skill >>Status changer<<] Smiling, he said,"This will actually be a big help. After all, I just want to live peacefully. So thank you." Everyone nodded, except Dabus the God of wine. He was still asleep on the table for God knows how long. Never mind, let me re-phrase that, He was still asleep on the table for WHO FREAKING KNOWS HOW LONG!" But who cares! He stared at him for a second and said his goodbyes to all the other Gods. Everything became blurry until he finally regained his consciousness. He was back in the room with the light surrounding him dispersing. He quickly activated the status changer skill and did a complete status make over. The priest then shouted "All done!" and a medium sized screen popped up in mid air. Judging at the direction everyone in the room was staring at, everyone could probably see it and not only Denear. Name: Denear Lorenzo Cornelius Age: 5yrs Level: 1 Job: None Rank: None Exp: 0/20 Title: None HP: 220/220 MP: 500/500 Strength: 100 Agility: 130 Luck: 150 Wisdom: 1000 Skills/Abilities Control Magic Lv2 Foresight Lv2 Eagles Eye Lv2 Elemental Possession Lv2 Blessings None At this time, Denear was already disappointed with himself. It is to be expected. Compared to his real stats, this is not even 1/100th. However, if he wanted to live a normal life, he had to do this. He was already prepared to face the embarrassment when he suddenly saw the smiling and excited expressions of everyone''s faces ''HUH!?'', even the priest seemed to look at him like he is genius or something between those lines. They even started to clap at a slow tempo but it increased the longer they continued. ''What!? But the stats are so weak!?" The guards that came with him started to jump up and down hugging each other while celebrating as if they had just survived a bloody war. Some screamed "Young master is the a prodigy!!!" some others "Long live the Cornelius household!!" ''WHAT THE HELL!!! WHY IS EVERYONE SO HAPPY?!!! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE YOU JUST WON A TROPHY!?" He was unsure of what to do. The priest finally regained his senses and came up to him. "Congratulation Young master Denear! Out of all the children I have seen, you are the most outstanding by far!" ''Outstanding.........OUTSTANDING!!???'' He was at a loss of whether to laugh or cry. ''I changed my stats to such a poor state and your calling it outstanding!? Outstanding my foot! This isn''t what I wanted!'' He just decided to go with the flow. "Thank you so much." He said, while smiling an unnatural forced smile. But no-one noticed since they were too busy celebrating while others were in shock. The guards were so excited they ask him if they could go on ahead to report the good news to his father. Denear decided not to stop them. This was his chance to explore the city on his own. The temple was situated in a big city named Sendora. Let me just tell you its origins. Sendora was founded by a man whose name is unknown. Everyone in the entire world knew the man. "The Last Olympian" was what people called him. He is called that because he was the last descendant from the last Roman from Rome. Denear researched about him since in his old world there was also a country called Rome in his old world. It was not the largest empire in the world, but it was still a very good country. The Ancient Romans fought many battles and wars in order to expand and protect their empire. There were also civil wars where Romans fought Romans in order to gain power. There were a lot of major battles and wars that the Romans fought. The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. Rome was not as peaceful as you would think but there is no real peace in any world anyways. The Romans were natural born warriors since ancient times. So the question is......... How did the Rome in this world, who were warriors in my old world, fall? How did the last descendant of Rome just disappear, never to be seen again? Those are the questions of everyone who hears his story. His great tale of slaying dragons, saving villages, towns, cities and countries. Especially saving damsels in distress. He was pretty well known for also being called "The Oblivious Playboy". But anyways, he fought with strong comrades who stood by his side. Also disappearing from the world. Unknown to people if they still exist since that was over 400 years ago. The legendary party which consists of 5 members. They were known as " THE SHADOW HEROES" since throughout history, their real names, faces, powers, age, and identities, except their genders, have not been discovered. What people know is that his last quest was to challenge......................The Gods. 16 Chapter 16-Sweet tooth A small boy with a petite figure, walked through the streets humming. His eyes looked stern but his mouth curled up into a smile as he walked down the street humming. This boy was obviously Denear. ''Hmm.....This place is so bright.'' He wasn''t talking about the sun or something like that. He meant that the streets were full to the brim. There was hardly any space to walk. Luckily for Denear, his small body comes with its own advantages. A lot of people were staring at him due to his appearance but he paid no attention to their stares and just continued walking. He looked through a bunch of stalls but none of them interested him. Except the sweets shop though. There was sign in front of the shop with a cake picture on it. The shop had two medium sized windows in the front. Cakes, sweets, muffins, cupcakes and cookies of all sizes and flavors were displayed at the window. He entered. The shop employees were surprised to see a very young boy enter their shop. They saw the young boy go up to the counter. The lady was especially surprised but she still smiled at the boy in front of her. "Hello young lad. Welcome to Little Mama''s Sweet shop. What would you like?" "Hmmm...." He couldn''t decided what to get. He has a MASSIVE SWEET TOOTH! After a few seconds he finally decided. "4 of each please." For a moment, the lady and everyone who heard him say that was a little bit stunned. ''He wants 4 of everything!?'' was what everyone thought. They examined his face to see if he was serious. And guess what, he still had a straight face. ''This kid is serious'' "OK" The lady gathered all the sweets he ordered with the help of some employees. "This is for you, 4 of each right? That will be 10 gold coins. The lady wasn''t really expecting him to pay (cause 10 gold ain''t no small price)and thought he was really just joking, but when he took out 10 gold coins, she was a little bit surprised but was glad he was really serious. They gave him boxes and boxes that were full to the brim with sweets. At that same time, Denears guards came into the shop. "We finally found you!" "Good timing! I need you all to carry this for me. Make sure not to drop any of them." He said with an unchanging expression. Although his voice was a little scary. The guards didn''t really pay attention to what he said but how he said it. To them, it seemed like he was saying, "Drop it and I will drop you to Hell!" They did not say anything and had no choice but to pick them up. As they left the shop, everyone was very curious as to who that young boy was. No-one knew his identity but they could tell he was pretty high class. 17 Chapter 17-Big sister Walking out of the shop with his guards trying the best they could to carry the sweets he had just bought. People looked at the guards feeling pity. The guards were practically bending their legs holding 10 boxes each piled up on top of each other. The muscular looking guards were actually struggling, while sweat rolled down their faces. ''I can''t believe they are struggling just to carry boxes of sweets. So disappointing! I need to ''re-educate'' them when I have time.'' In his arms was a box full of donuts. He kept taking one after another and chowing it like crazy. One is taken out while another disappears into his mouth.....I just kidding though, no one can eat THAT fast, unless you are some freakish weirdo or some sweet loving monster. But too bad! Our MC falls into both of those categories! Anyways, while they were walking down the street, Denear noticed a large crowd by a huge fountain.''What is going on?'' He walked ahead of his guards without them noticing, trying to squeeze himself through the crowd. Finally arriving to the clearing he saw a black haired girl being threatened by two muscular guys and a very FAT looking kid who seems like he was giving out orders to the big guys. She had brown eyes, looking closely even though she kept a strong face, you could tell she was on the verge of tears. She was about the same age of him. Denear, still eating his donuts, waited to see what would happen..,.............''Huh? . Did you think I was gonna rushed towards the damsel in distresses''s aid. NO WAYS! Typical isekai MCs fight the bad guys, save the day and then get the princess or whatever blahblahblah. NOT HAPPENING! Why should I save her? Why should I be the typical good,kind, princely MC? Whether in this world or my old, why should I waste my time for someone I don''t know? That''s just common sense. Reality can be cruel! Reality can be a monster! It is survival of the fittest not the weak.'' [System message: You scumbag] The system typed coldly for the first time. ''What the hell! Who do you think you are talking to!'' Denears face was being stuffed with a bunch of donuts when he got this message. It was like he was being shot by a gun through his heart. He was confused as to why the system responded like this, but still he responded as soon as he read it. [System message: I am talking to a piece of filth that has a personality like garbage. Just go dig a hole and die] Was the systems response. By this, he was enraged. He felt like punching something as hard as he could. Meanwhile, the young girl and the 2 guys (AUTHOR: Didn''t mention the fat kid cause he looks more like a marshmallow than a person.) were still arguing with each other, more like the fat kid was yelling at the poor girl. At that same time, a boy appeared from the crowd and rushed toward the girl while shouting at the fat kid. "What are you doing to my big sister!!" He held the girl by the hand supporting her because he could tell that her lags were shaking and was about to faint or something. The moment Denear heard the words "Big sister" his eyes dropped some tears. He remembered his older sister trying to protect him from his psycho father. He remembered her expression when she took her last breath. He remembered how he couldn''t protect her and that she carried all the burden and had to suffer because of him. At that moment the big guys were about to hurt the young girl and boy with his sword when a fist came flying straight to his face. BAM!! He flew across and the fountain leaving only a SWOOOSH sound. No-one could see what had happened. Only until they saw a small blonde hair boy holding his hands into a fist with some blood on it, did they realize that it was cause of him. 18 AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENTS!! @@ Sup guys! I just wanted to tell you that today I just realized that there are some people who can hardly understand English. So what I wanted to say is that, if you want me to translate this novel into different languages to make it easier for other non-English readers to understand. Just leave a comment down below to tell me which languages you guys want me to translate it in. After you you comment, just wait for me to respond telling you where to get the translations. I''ll translate it to the best of my abilities in any language (If I know the language), so don''t hold back on your request. I want all my readers to be comfortable and full understand the novel and to be completely relaxed. Until then, I''ll keep on checking the comment section if anyone has a request.@@ 19 Chapter 18-Do you believe in love at first sight? Everyone froze in their movements, shocked of what just happened. ''Who the hell is that!?'' With his small height, his blonde hair, his bloody knuckles, and his cold emotionless expression, everybody was dumbfounded. The brother and sister duo looked at the young man who stood up for them with admiration and relief in their eyes. If you are so stupid and still can''t figure out this book, then go HOME and work on your IQ. If you know who this is, then you are either a police or detective. [Just kidding, everyone is welcome....but if you really don''t know, then just stop reading ..(O-O)..Still waiting for you to leave........] "WHO ARE YOU!?" shouted the fat kid. "CAN''T YOU JUST MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!! I''LL KILL YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY IF YOU DARE GET IN MY WAY!!" Denear looked coldly at the boy, then looked towards the crowd surrounding them, pointing at them, he shouted for the whole crowd to hear him,"ARE YOU ALL REALLY THAT BAD!? DID SOMEONE STEP ON YOUR MORALES OR SOMETHING!!? ALL MEN HERE, CAN YOU REALLY CALL YOURSELF A MAN." He completely ignored him. [System: ........] Putting down his hand, he said calmly but with an expression like an ice-berg. It was cold as hell. [I think I said/typed it wrong, Hell can''t be cold, right?] He clicked his mouth,"Tch!, People these days, so useless...." "What the HELL!! What the f*ck are you even saying you damn kid! How the hell would you know what''s it like to be a man you f*ucking twerp!!" A man came forward from the crowd with a sack on his bag. A sword was attached his waist. He wore expensive looking armor, which sparkled. He wasn''t that good looking with his short beard and brown hair, he looked a little bit furry. ''That''s probably just in my head.''Anyways, he was buff, and had a scar which was a straight line on his right eye to his cheek. It looked like it already healed though. His most unique feature was his teeth. It was sharped edged on every tooth, almost like a shark. Suddenly, a faint sound of someone chanting could be heard and then chains with a yellow glow appeared from no-where and restrained the buff guy. A person with a cloak appeared and stood next to the restrained guy. Their sounded like a girl,"I told you a 100 times not to cause a seen, and look what happened now! Didn''t I warn you not to speak vulgar words on this trip!" It seemed like they new each other. The buff guy responded, "I know, I know, but didn''t you hear what that brat said. How does he know what''s it like to be a man! Besides, he just deeply offended me!" "He is not wrong though, you are useless!" "What!? Who''s side are you on!!" "When you saw the crowd and took a look, you even said petty fights you have no relation to are just useless and need not bother yourself with." "HEY!!!! DON''T TALK ABOUT THAT!!! A true man should not join in useless fights!!" "What type of nonsense are you saying! True man this! True man that! I don''t see a man here! SO stop acting like you are one! Besides if we will get into trouble if we are late when the most esteemed................" She was cut off when Denears guards came rushing through the crowd. "Young master Cornelius!! Young Master Cornelius!! We finally found you!!" They shouted rushing towards him, still carrying the boxes of sweets. Everyone''s head faced towards them, then to the person they were calling. Once again, everyone froze. The fat kid, the fat kid''s guards (Note: Probably just guard since the other one is knocked out cold), the arguing duo, the 2 young kids, and the entire crowd''s mouth dropped open. (not literally) The fat kid shook non stop, I mean, who could blame him. He had shouted at the young master of the Cornelius family! He even threatened him saying that he would kill his entire family! What dog shit luck did he even have!!?? "Cornelius...?" The girl on the floor whispered softly to herself. Her brother was also shocked. Even the lady with a cloak whispered to herself with shock, "Wait a minute!!! So he''s......!!" Everyone in the entire crowd did not move a single hair. Then instinctively fell on one of their knees. The fat kid, Mike, and his body guards were even worse. They were literally on all fours with their head touching the ground! They did not have any room left to worry for their injured companion. "Please......have......mercy...... me........" Said Mike unwillingly, however his voice had a hint of anger and helplessness. Denear did not even look at him and said to his guards, "This girl.......help her with her injuries......" She had some minor bruises from before he had arrived to see what happened. "And as for them....." He looked towards Mike and his body guard. He paused for a second before finally coming to a decision. "Leave them be, I don''t have time to bother myself with such people. ( Even though you basically have nothing else to do) Don''t let this happen again." The guards helped lift the girl onto her feet, while some used healing magic on her injuries, until they were complete gone. After they finished healing her, they went straight back to Denear''s side. Denear walked through the crowd, naturally the crowd splits into two to make way for him. After he walked quiet a distance he heard a voice calling out to him. He stopped and tilted his head to the side just enough for him to see who the voice was from. It was the black haired girl from before. "Um....I know this is rude of me but my name is Bailey Nemrec.............Could you please give me the honor of knowing you name?" She was a little bit shy but that made her all the more cuter. "It''s Denear. Denear Lorenzo Cornelius." He said with an unchanging expression. "Thank you so much!" She bowed a full 90 degrees, then raised her head showing a bright smile. He nodded his head a little and continued on his way to the carriage. He got in and left for the Cornelius Family Estate. ---------------------------- After he left, Bailey stood there watching the carriage leave. "Big sister!!" called a little boy. "I''ve been looking everywhere for you!!" He saw that she was looking at the carriage leaving and guessed it belonged to the one which saved them. "What was he? How was he so strong?" Looking at his sis, he asked, "Do you think I can be that strong someday?" Without hearing her younger brother''s question she said, "Hey Marten, do you believe in love at first sight?" 20 Chapter 19-Legacy of a hero? @@ *sigh* In a carriage riding along the dusty road, Denear sat in the soft cushion which covered the whole seat. ''What an eventful day!'' It was his first time in the city of Duestoon and he had already met some people and done something with no benefits at all. Huh? Are you guys wondering something? Ah! I see, you guys are probably wondering why I mentioned the names Sendora and Duestoon (Sendora found in chapter 15 and Duestoon in chapter 14). Well, this is the reason. In the city that I was currently in, no-one and I mean NO-ONE knows its original name. When "The last Olympian" and his party founded the country and were going to name it, 2 names were given out. One from "The last Olympian" and one from an unknown source. Ever since, people called it either Duestoon or Sendora. Well, many scholars and researchers have been researching on it for a couple 200 years and still couldn''t figure out anything. Except engravings that was left by "The Last Olympian" which wrote: Every second, the truth shall unfold Every beginning comes with its end Every end joins with its beginning A brother from the past A rival in the present And a secret for the future And when the time comes Only then will the moon not shine Only then will the truth be set in stone Only then will the truth finally told Only then will the world know the unknown In the end I have no regret No sorrow no pain This is my legacy This is why I came This is why I chose to be free All so that we can once again, be family@@ 21 Chapter 20-A not-so-good guide All of it doesn''t concern me anyways, so I don''t really care about this hero or his party. To be honest, I find his job to be completely and utterly tiresome. Working almost 24/7 to save people you don''t even know. Even if you do have a heart of justice or something like that, I find it very stupid and unrewarding. But who cares, I''m not the one doing it anyways. They wasted their whole life on doing charity. Denear decided to keep this topic at the back of his mind. He had just remembered something much more important. He loudly shouted in his mind, ''Come out right now! A voice rang through his head. "What is it? Why are you screaming?" This time, a system screen did not appear in front of him but was directly in his head, talking to him. ''Who are you?'' He said, toning down his voice. ''Why can I hear you directly in my head?'' "Well.." The voice answered, "I actually your guide basically your system." My guide!? ''Why haven''t I heard you talk to me before?'' "That''s because I was taking a nap. Every girl needs their beauty sleep." A NAP!? BEAUTY SLEEP!!? Denear''s face could not help but break turn mad. ''So.....you''re telling me that...for all those 5yrs when you did not show up...YOU WERE TAKING A NAP!!? Some guide you are! Do you even deserve to be a guide!?'' "Well.."She tried to explain but was interrupted by Denear''s outburst. ''You did not even help me for those 5 years and yet the first words I hear from you is "You scumbag." and when I ''''kindly'''' asked if you knew who you were talking to, you responded with, "I am talking to a piece of filth that has a personality like garbage. Just go dig a hole and die." Don''t you even have any manners! Is that how a lady should be like! In my opinion, if every lady was like you, who would insult the person they should help and to top it all off, you even made that person wait for 5 fricking years, than this world with dragons and monsters would have already been destroyed.'' Denear was talking or to be exact thinking at a very fast rate. Not even leaving room for her to speak. He stopped. There was silence. *Sob*....*Sob*.... She was crying!? "I''m so sorry...*Sob*.....It''s just that...." She stopped crying. "Back then, when I woke up and I saw the girl in need of help and was expecting you to help but did not, for a second I thought that you were just completely useless and is worse than human garbage. I said them to you just so that your pride would get damaged and end up helping the girl but did not even move a muscle all you did was get angry." "However, when you heard that little boy say some words, you immediately punched that guy without a second thought. You even started to cry?....You could''ve killed him with that punch...but did not even care. Why is that? " She asked out of sheer curiosity. When Denear heard this, surprisingly, his anger did not rise but decreased. ''Never mention or speak about it ever again.'' Denear brought himself back to reality. He opened his stat screen. A new option showed up. "Guide". He opened the icon and a button on the side appeared. Disable Guide option? Yes/No He picked yes. After his talk with the girl in his head, he lost all interest and found it quite annoying so he disable it. Putting his elbow on the window of the carriage with his palm against his chin, he let out a deep sigh. "So tiresome....." 22 Chapter 21-Too Godamn Godly 3 days passed, Midday Being on a carriage for many hours, just taking breaks when passing through small towns or villages, eating sweets as they go along the road,and camping, doing that for so long can make anyone feel motion sickness. But that was not the case for Denear. In his past world, him and his sister would always be on the run from his psycho father. They would always go in and out of countries, towns, cites, on a road trip for more than a week. So this was nothing to him. The guards with him was a different story. Being on their horses the whole day under the burning sun, envying their young master enjoying himself in the carriage. ''Dang it! Why couldn''t I be like that'' was what they thought. Denear noticing their tired expressions on the corner of his eye, said," Alright! Let''s find a place to stop and rest for now and continue later." The guards couldn''t hide their thankful expressions. "Okay let''s find a spot to rest for a while." said the head guard on his horse. They stopped by some grass plains next to a river with some trees. Themoment the guards reached the shade, they immediately collapsed and fell into a deep sleep. Denear looking at how tired they are was kinda disappointed. I mean, he can''t blame them for being tired but seriously. How are you elite guards of the Cornelius family if you can''t even survive this. Across the plains was the Forest of Jara. It is where most adventurers find monsters and complete quest from the guild. It mostly has monsters in the low-level. In this world they group monsters into different categories based on how strong they are. Low-level Threat level Monster level King level Disaster level Dragon level Heavenly level God level ????? level You will mostly find Low-level monsters in the Forest of Jara but there are rare occurrences when a Threat level monster appears. However, that hasn''t happened in nearly 50 years. People become adventurer either for money, fame, or due to their circumstances. If you''re lucky enough, you might even be promoted to a small-time noble or soldier if you do something great for the country. Even some nobles (only a few) become adventurers simply for the sake of increasing their reputation and influence over the people. Well, enough of that. ''Maybe I should go for a stroll. I could even test my powers.'' Walking towards the entrance of the forest which was a little bit far away, he carefully observed his surroundings. Seeing that the guards were fast asleep, smiled a little and decided not to worry about them. ''I''m pretty sure they''ll be alright.....right?'' He looked at them again. ''*sigh* Let me just make sure that they will be alright without me here.'' He then thought in his head, ''Luck of the universe..Activate!'' While holding both his hands pressed together in the direction the guards. An invisible gold light surrounded the group of guards and covered each and every inch of their bodies. >>>[Luck of the universe]<<< Current level: 21 Category: {God Magic} Use count: Unlimited MP Cost: 100 Description: Allows the target of spell to have a unlimited amount of luck which is decided by the caster. The category of luck will also be decided by the caster. This spell can also be cast on self. This will not affect the casters luck nor will it affect the caster in any way. The duration of this spell is also decided by the caster. The range of this spell does not have a limit. [Categories] Love Protection Work Family IQ Friendship ????? ????? [Have not met requirements] ???????? [Have not met requirements] ?????? [Have not met requirements] ?????? [Have not met requirements] This spell is just too Godamn Godly. 23 Chapter 22-Yousre the devil! After making sure that the so-called elite guards were safe, he hurriedly ran towards the forest entrance. Bang! Denear fell to the ground confused. He looked up and saw a tree. ''Isn''t this the forest of Jara. Wasn''t it like a kilometer away?'' Let me remind you that his agility, which covers speed and other aspects, are over 100 million. So a kilometer is nothing. Even if it was a 100 kilometers or even 1 million, it would not make a difference. "I need to get used to this." Denear clutched his stomach. He was feeling like he was about to vomit, he had just broken the sound barrier. On the tree he had bump was a figure of him. He turned around to be utterly shocked. Trees left in splinters, rocks cut in half and plants uprooted. ''I give up.'' He stood up, dusted himself, and walked with a not caring look while whistling. Without a care in the world, he walked quite far into the forest. The scenery as pretty nice. The trees, the sky, the weird looking animals, even those screams. Wait! Screams??!!!! That''s not good!! He looked around, trying to find out where the screams were coming from. ''That way!'' Since he was not sure of how to adjust his speed, he just walked in a rather fast pace. Voices? Screams? Growling? They were all getting closer and closer. He hid in a nearby bush by a small slope near the end of the mountain. It was a group of men surrounding 2 unusual figures. Unknown voice 1: "Heh..... Looks like we found a huge catch today!" Unknown voice 2: "We''re gonna be rich!!" Unknown 3: "Let''s get them boys!" They took out their weapons, showing all types of swords. Some even had bows with deadly arrows behind their back. Denear didn''t really want to get involved since it would be rather troublesome and pointless. Since he was just taking a stroll, it wouldn''t be a problem if he just watched right? Staying in the bush while not making a sound. He watched the group of men. He wanted to get a clearer view so he used his skill [Eagle''s Eye]. Immediately after activating it, everything in his head was like surveillance monitors. A lot of different screens appeared in his head showing different angles. He could even change where the screen was looking and could zoom in and out if he wanted too. This was basically like a virtual reality (VR) although what he was seeing was not some game program but real life scenes that are taking place. On one screen he could see them from 5m high up so he got clear views of their faces and weapons. He saw the other screen that had the 2 unusual figures in it. They looked like children, both female, but they had dog-like ears which were both grey. They looked like the same age as him. One of the older looking figures had long silver hair while the other had short. Both of them were dirty and dull and it was obvious that they ran tried to run away from these guys and fell a lot. Both of them were hugging each other tightly, tears flowing down violently while they were hoping for someone to save them. Both: "SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE US!!" "This is so cool!" He was starting to get excited to see how well this skill worked and wanted to watch the "fun" and sit back and relax in the bush. He was sad for them a little but he would not change his principles. However, that all changed.....Because of a single passing thought, the group of men did not know that they would be facing their doom and that it would be the last time they would ever see daylight. Unknown 5: "Hey guys!" Everyone looked towards him. "While I just scouted the area, there are some guards in the plains and they are sleeping undefended. I figured it was someone rich because of all the guards. But anyways, when I used my scope to see the flag banner on the carriage guess what I found out!" Unknown 4: "Spill it already!" Unknown 5: "The carriage belonged to the esteemed Cornelius Family!! This is our chance to get revenge no? To pay back the lives of our countless brethren being killed throughout the years! What are we waiting for! Let''s wrap up here quickly and go avenge our bandit brothers!!" He raised his sword in the air. Everyone else did the same while showing so many different emotions. However, this was it. In a split second, everyone felt a sudden pain. They had not time to react. Something was being thrown by someone, and it just broke the sound barrier. BAM!! BAM!! BAM!! One by one, each of their heads were penetrated by a blunt object, killing them in an instant, leaving no room for screams. Each of them fell to the floor and the only one left alive was the man who had just explained about revenge or something. Seeing his comrades dead in an instant without even getting the chance to scream terrified him to the very bone. His legs were shaking so much that it would look like it was about to break any second. The sword he was holding a was furiously shaking as well. What had he done to provoke such a monster to appear? "W-W-W-What d-do you w-want from m-me?" He said almost pissing himself. "W-Why w-was I t-t-the o-only one s-s-spared?" He shaking like crazy and forced himself to speak. His face was filled with fear, one that surpassed anything you can ever imagine. His ruined and scared face would make him very displeasing to look at. Denear looked at him with deadly cold eyes and with an expressionless face. He was thinking if he should answer him but decided he should just for the sake of it. "Nothing, but the moment you talked about revenge on my family I couldn''t just let you go. And why did I spare you for now? Well, that''s cause I wanted to see what face......." Denear looked totally like a bad guy right now. Denear stood in front of him walking closer and closer until their faces were about 3 inches apart. Denear''s lips curled upwards and broke into what you could say was the most evilest smile in all historyand continued to finish his sentence, ".......you would make if your comrades, whom you trusted and fought along side with, are killed by a mere kid in a very despicable way. Besides...." Denear retracted his face from the endlessly shaking guy (bandit) and stood up straight. "I wanted to experiment on you so that this whole trip won''t be pointless." After he said that, the ground shook in the entire forest. The ground where the man stood began to crack and open. Even the places where his comrades dead bodies were started to crack and open up to a seemingly endless pit. Black arms which were coming from the pit grabbed them and pulled them into the pit. As for him, the arms did not pull him immediately but instead just held him in mid-air at the center if the pit. The radius of the pit was 5 meters so it was not really that big. The poor guy wanted to scream but couldn''t because the black see through arms that were like mist, was covering his mouth. Denear just stood by the pit as he thought. ''This looks endless. I wanna experiment more!'' Denear then tried spells on the guy. He froze half of his body using ice. Then he made lava fill up the entire pit, almost touching the restrain guy. He found out the lava he had just summoned from the ground was the same heat, or even stronger, than the ones found in a volcano which is like 1,300 to 2,200 F. The guy was screaming and crying his eyes out. Too bad his tears didn''t last long enough because the lava was there. Next, Denear wanted to see if he''d survive if he was dipped in lava while at the same time drowning, so Denear commanded the black arms to lower him from his neck down into the lava. He then summoned a ball of water floating in mid-air and commanded it to be placed on the guy''s head (His head is inside the water). His neck down was burning hot lava while neck up was freezing cold drowning water. Denear constantly used his [Heal] skill (He only used a very weak version he made-up), which he got as a sub skill from [Medicine] when it got high enough, to make sure he would not die quickly but would still feel the pain.1....2....3....4....5....6....9....15...18....20...24....28.....30. Th guy lasted 30 seconds which was kinda disappointing since a child could probably do that, but considering the circumstances, it was pretty good he supposed. He then dispelled the water and lifted him out of the lava with his magic. The man was trying hard to breathe through his nose. Tsk....Tsk....Tsk...Poor guy, it would have been better if he was already dead. Fortunately for him, only one more tortu.....er..... experiment to go! Void magic was what Denear wanted to try last since it would probably kill him. Void magic fell under the skill [Elemental Possession] and was not a sub skill. Though [Elemental Possession] is mainly about the main 4 elements, the sub skills consisted of other elements that originated from the 4 elements or came from some where else entirely. Anyways, void magic is what Denear wanted to try the most. Removing the black arms from the man''s mouth with his magic, he said, "Any last words?" The man with little bit of strength he had, said, "You''re the devil!" In the man''s mind, this kid in front of him was simply the DEVIL!! A DEMON SENT FROM HELL!! he envied his comrades who actually died quickly and painlessly. Denear was not surprised at all and finished chanting (though he''s chantless). A black hole appear on the man''s stomach and immediately sucked him in with leaving a trace. Denear then closed the hole he had made with the lava in it, never for it to be seen. It was as if the lava/never-ending pit never existed. Denear sighed but smiled a very achieving smile........ Stroll Complete 24 Chapter 23- The rich? Turning around, he saw the two girls with wolf-like ears holding each others hand. "Who are you?" said the older with cautious eyes. Denear was surprised to see them because he assumed that they would have ran away already. He then replied to them, " No one great." He walked away feeling very pleased with himself. He had finally tested his magic freely, although not to its full capacity but at least he was able to relieve some of his boredom for the past few days. "Wait!" shouted the oldest one. Denear looked back to see both of them doing a full 90 degree bow. Both of them said sincerely at the same time, "Thank you. Someday we will pay this debt that we owe to you." Walking a few steps ahead before coming to a full stop, he turned around seeing them still doing a bow. "Raise your heads." At this sentence, both of the girls with the dog-like ears stood up straight. A small bag flew towards them. The eldest caught the bag in her hands and found it rather heavy, confused, she looked towards Denear. "Inside this bag is 20 gold coins, use it to get food and clothing. Also, you should try to get back to the Beastmen Continent and find some help. You should try not to wander in the Human Continent to much at this time of war, it is really dangerous for you two. Oh and try to hide you ears and tail for safety." With his back facing them, he waved without smiling. "This is all I can do for you two.....And one last thing...I didn''t kill those men for you got that, it was all for my benefit." He walked off. The color of his eyes, his shining blonde hair and his kind face even though it was cold and lifeless...All of it was encrypted deep into their memories. They would never forget their encounter with this man. Even though he was scary when fighting and was ruthless, he was nice enough to help them. Though they didn''t know his full name, they would remember him for the rest of their lives.......And hope someday that they would be able to pay him back for his kindness. "Cornelius huh?........" ... Back at the carriage "Wake up!" Denear saw the guards still fast asleep. "Wake up!" He shook them slightly and they woke up yawning. "It''s time already...." "Well, let''s go men!" All of them forced themselves to wake up and got onto their horses. ''On the road again.'' Was what all of them thought with very unenthusiastic faces. ''At least we''re almost there.'' Denear took a long comfy nap inside the carriage. The seats were covered with cushions and silk which made it really soft. "This the benefit of being rich..." Denear thought rich people were really lucky. With enough power and wealth, you could do whatever you want to do. Even if people hate you, what could they do. However, money can also destroy people from the inside. Though there are people who still remain good, there are many who are lead astray. A lot of people who give to charity are only for show. In my previous world, you could see in the newspapers, TV''s and radios of people give money to charity. So and so did this, so and so did that, it''s really sickening. Even idols do it for a boost in their popularity and for more support from their fans. Idols, superstars, rich and famous people are more or less the same. They all want praise. People on the internet would even research "charity". Like "10 reasons why people give and 5 why they don''t" or "Poor, Middle Class, and Rich: Who gives and who doesn''t?". I hated stuff like that. Why do people need reasons to give? Everyone has to have a scheme to give? You''re even doing statistics of who gives and who doesn''t? So the more you give the better your personality is? Money was even ruining religions in my old world. Though money is important, you won''t die without it. People even changed the saying "Love makes the world go round" into "Money makes the world go round" oh well I say screw it! Well I think it''s supposed to say "Gravity makes the world go round" so what the hell are people male cow pooing for! (think real hard on the past sentence "male cow poo/pooing" if you don''t get it) Well anyways, the point is, I hate people who give not because of their kindness but instead of their desire for praise and and increase in popularity. I think people who give without getting anything back are the true saints. But it''s only my opinion. ''Now let me continue my nap.'' 25 Chapter 24-I promise Reaching the gate of the city of Avalon, which is the main city under the rule of my father, the bustling streets were busy with street vendors and children were busy running around. Moving his arm that was blocking his eyes from the sun rays coming from the window while lying down on the seat cushion, "It''s so lively out there." There were noises of people chit-chating with each other all around. It was especially noising for Denear because his hearing was very good and he could ear things clearly even a kilometer away, so as prevention he created a magic tool to reduce his hearing by a lot. The magical tool was like contact lenses but are sticky and comes in pair. You just stick them to the side of your ear and viola! Just a little bit of adjusting to make your hearing that of a normal person. It is more like hearing aids but like on a more higher level. However, if a normal person were to wear the "hearing aids", it would make them completely deaf unless they take them off. Taking them off is not as easy as it sounds but more on the difficult side, a certain amount of magic power has to be inserted. Also, it''s disadvantage is that only it''s creator can freely take them off or put them on. So it''s not something you can make money out of. "Hey stop the carriage!" Denear said to the carriage driver. The carriage came to a full stop in the center of the road. He had just smelled something very familiar. He came out of the carriage and went inside a shop. "This please, oh and this!" It was another sweet shop. "OK kid!" Said the shop owner. He had just eaten a bunch of sweets along the whole trip so his sweet tooth was satisfied. Though he could still eat a mountain of sweets whether he''s full or not. After feeling great and filling his stomach with sweets, he went back inside the carriage. The guards were very patient with Denear and waited till he finished before setting out for the Cornelius Estate which was just straight ahead. When the carriage reached the Cornelius Estates''s front gate, a line of maids waited for them on the main door. There were more or less 20 maids lining up on each side of a red carpet which led to the inside of the mansion.The carriage stopped exactly at the center of the red carpet like the ones in those rich kid genre anime that seems like it was practiced over and over again. The carriage door was opened by the coachman in a very professional manner. Denear stepped out of the carriage and walked on the red carpet with the guards walking behind him. He just walked in a very casual manner while the maids greeted him at the same time. "Welcome home young master Denear!" They all wore bright smiles while greeting him. Denear just gave a slight bow with his head and continued on walking inside. ... Inside More maids greeted him while a man stood on the top of a staircase which was in the middle of the entire room. A nice glass chandelier was hanging at the center of the room which practically made the entire room sparkle bright gold. The man on the top staircase walked down step by step with a beautiful lady clinging to his arms, both had bright smiles on their faces. When they reached the bottom, the beautiful lady said, " Welcome home son!!" "Congratulations! I''m so proud to be the father of a prodigy like you!" Denear knelt down, he was being so formal even though he was talking to his parents. "I am honored to be called your son and am very grateful." He said in a very sincere way. His parents were taken back by his actions and his father lifted him by the arms. "Why are you being so formal, you''re still 5 years old! I know it''s good to have proper manners and etiquette but that''s to much. Relax a bit and enjoy you congratulatory party." "Thank you father." He broke into a smile thinking about how lucky he was to have such a nice family. For some reason, the maids who saw him smile were shocked a little. Maybe it is because he rarely smiles, like never. The happy family made their way to the dining hall. To Denear''s surprise, the dining hall table was filled to the brim with all types of food. Denears personal favourite was the "Fish filet". It was his favourite in his old world and taught the chef to make it while he was exploring the kitchen. >>>[Fish fillet]<<< A fish fillet, from the French word filet /fil?/ meaning a thread or strip, is the flesh of a fish which has been cut or sliced away from the bone by cutting lengthwise along one side of the fish parallel to the backbone. In preparation for filleting, any scales on the fish should be removed. The contents of the stomach also need careful detaching from the fillet. Because fish fillets do not contain the larger bones running along the vertebrae, they are often said to be "boneless". However, some species, such as the common carp, have smaller intramuscular bones called pins within the fillet. The skin present on one side may or may not be stripped from the fillet. Butterfly fillets can be produced by cutting the fillets on each side in such a way that they are held together by the flesh and skin of the belly. Fish fillets can be contrasted with fish steaks (also known as fish cutlets), which are cut perpendicular to the spine and include the larger bones. The french are awesome people. To be able to make something this good is just brilliant! Genius! They have my utmost respect! I salut all the french! Sorry I just love food though french is so hard. I fell asleep during my french professors lectures back in school. Anyways, there''s another reason for me teaching the chef. I found out that people who eat fish filet, their physical health improves by +10 on their status screen for like 3 minutes. I''m still experimenting on others food from my world. Apparently, there are some ingredients that have the same names from my previous world but for some reason, they taste way better! (most ingredients have the same names) I envy the people in this world to be able to taste such delicious food. Even plain bread taste nice! Though people in this world seem to not like it that much. They are fools! But I can''t blame them. In the dining hall, the happy family ate the delicious food quietly with smiles on the faces. Heins Cornelius sat at the center chair with his loving wife on his right-hand side and his beloved son on the left. It was a joyous celebration. He just found out a day ago from one of the guards that went ahead to report to him that his son was a genius among his peers! When he found out, he immediately sent messengers to call for the best well-known tutors and are expecting them to arrive tomorrow at noon. Somewhere in the middle of their dinner, his father asked him to show his stat screen. He activated the skill [Status Changer] and the his stat screen (Again life system) appeared in front of him. He modified it so that the options in his stat screen would be hidden. Both his parents leaned over to see his stat screen. "My son is a genius!" Exclaimed his mother. "With wisdom at 1,000 you could become an apprentice scholar! You could be the youngest ever!!" "More importantly..." Said his father, calmly. "You have four skills, which is very hard to obtain or practically impossible to obtain. Normal humans can only receive 1-2 skills at birth and if they are lucky enough, will obtain at least 1 more skill which is obtained through hard and treacherous training. So promise me that you won''t show anyone else your status screen unless they can be trusted. I won''t allow you to be used for others personal gain." Denear was touched to hear his father so worried about him. "I promise father." 26 Chapter 25-Past secrets The next day in the afternoon, inside Heins study Knock knock "Come in." A large buff man with a beard entered the study while standing next to a good looking woman with glossy green hair. She was holding a wooden staff while the buff man was carrying a long sword by the waist. They stood in front of Heins and knelt down. The green haired lady said, "Thank you for inviting us. It is such an honor to be able to help guide your son." "Raise your head." Said Heins, leaning back into the chair while breaking into a smile. "How could I let my former comrades bow their heads to me? Make yourself feel at home." As soon as he said that, the buff man stood up straight stretching. "You are a big shot now, but don''t forget that I will still be able to beat you in a duel." The man broke into a smirk. "The good ol''days, looking back seems hilarious. You couldn''t even touched me with both my hands behind my back! HAHAHAH!" He mockingly laughed. Heins, annoyed said, "Oh you want a duel eh....hmmm.....How about I call my wife and we''ll go to the arena right now?" "Y-Your w-w-wife?" He seemed a little shaken up. " T-The one y-you fought with t-that time?" "Yes" Heins said, now being the one smiling. "Lilian hasn''t had a chance to fight an opponent who won''t run away in a very long time." (changed the name Lian into Lilian since the last name didn''t sound feminine to me) Waving his hands. "Uh...I may have seen a through a bunch of bloody battles and though my battle is "No retreat", that is not a battle I would want to fight." Scratching his head with a defeated look. "....I haven''t lived long enough...." *giggle* His companion on the side giggled and said, "Seems like "The ferocious tiger" has turned into a pussy cat." "I give up!" He said, raising both his hands. "Hm! I liked it better when you were cowering in fear on the battle field." He murmured to himself. A few moments of silence passed... "hahahahaha" all of them laughed at the same time. "Still the same old grumpy old man!" Said Heins. "Still the same old unwilling stubborn rookie!" Said the buff man. "Still the same old annoying loud duo!" Said the green haired lady. "Anyways," Said Heins seriously, "Let''s get back to business." He clapped twice and a maid came in. "What would you like me to do master?" "Go get Denear and bring him here." "Yes master." The maid bowed and left heading towards Denear''s bedroom. "You''ve got a nice life here." The buff man said, sitting on the nearest chair. "Seems like you''ve settled down crow." "At least i''m not in hiding for years and don''t call me that." "We''re not hiding" Said the green haired lady. " It''s just that, I don''t think we''re needed anymore so what''s the point in doing what we used to do...Besides, after what happened, I don''t think we could continue. " She stood up, and bowed 90 degrees. "We''re really sorry for not helping you get back and for what happened back then." "Stop with all the sentimental stuff." Heins said, feeling touched. "The past is the past. So don''t apologies for no reason." "Yeah don''t feel sorry, it was all our fault."The buff man said, crossing his arms. "We just need to say sorry to the future generations for what we did if we don''t do anything fast." Both of them looked dumbfounded at him with shocked expressions. "What?" He said looking pretty annoyed with the looks on their faces. Finishing each others sentences, they said, Green haired lady: "For the first time...." Heins: "You actually said....." Both: "Something smart!" Both of them exclaimed at the same time with horrified looks. The busty man: "....." Their fun was interrupted with a knock on the door. "May I come in." said a voice from the outside. "Come in." Both of the busty man and the green haired lady stood up. When the door opened, both parties were shocked. Denear''s expressions was still the same and the green haired lady was already expecting it. The only really shocked person was the buff man. He pointed at the boy standing in front of him. "IT''S YOU!? YOU''RE THAT TWERP!" Denear looked at him and smiled. "And who are you?" 27 Chapter 26-Picnic "You really don''t remember me!?" The man was shocked because he didn''t expect that his former comrade''s son would be the kid he called a twerp. The kid broke into a mocking smile. "Of course I remember you. I can remember that much." It would be impossible for him to forgot him. His wisdom stat covered memory as well. He could basically remember every detail and every movement that happened. "Hello Denear, its''s a pleasure to finally meet you properly." Denear tilted his body about 45 degrees and bowed at the green haired lady. With his left arm on his back and his right hand on his left shoulder he bowed and said, "It''s my pleasure to meet you.....teacher." "So you already know each other, well that just makes things easier." He looked at Denear then at the other two. "They will teach you some important things in this world, they''ll also teach you some fighting techniques and some magic." Heins stood up and introduced them to each other. "This is Tinro, he''ll be teaching you how to fight and how to survive in this world." He then introduced his partner. "This is Audrey, she''ll be your magic teacher as well as you tutor." Denear looked at them, though he did not smile, he kindly said to them, "Welcome teachers. I''m.."He had a cute aura around him that made him look irresistible. Audrey could not help but just squeeze his cheeks while saying, "So cute." Heins smiled and said, "Seems like you two will get along well." He was feeling very happy to see his former serious comrade is fawning over his son and is showing her hidden side that he hasn''t seen for a long time. Denear was a little bit annoyed with how the lady in front of him was squeezing his cheeks, he decided not to think about it. "Um.....Teacher Audrey?" "Yes?" "Can you please let go if that''s not too much to ask for." "Oh sorry." Letting go, she then realized how she had just acted and felt quite embarrassed at how she did not act teacher like. ''I just couldn''t help it!'' She thought. Tinro just stood by the side and watched his own comrade fawn over the so-called twerp. "When are we going to start father?" Denear asked, looking at his father. "You can start tomorrow morning but for now let your teachers settle in and relax. Oh and can you please take them to their rooms?" "Yes father, as you wish." Denear gave a look to the other two and opened the study door. "Follow me please." They followed Denear down many long hallways until he finally stopped by two doors. He pointed by one door. "This is your bedroom Mister Tinro," He then pointed to the other. "And this is your bedroom Teacher Audrey." Denear held out two keys in front of them. Tinro grabbed his keys and opened the door. "Well, I''m gonna hit the sack." He went inside and closed the door. A faint thump could be heard from the inside, which probably meant he went to bed. ("Hit the sack" mean going to bed in order to sleep) Denear looked at Audrey and asked, "Are you going to bed to?" "Nah"Audrey replied. "I''m kinda hungry and fatigued from the long travel." "If that''s the case.."Denear thought and came up with a good idea. "Then would Teacher Audrey like to accompany me for a picnic? I know a great spot." "If it''s not to much trouble then i''d gladly accompany you." .... Few minutes later Denear carried the food and sheet up a hill in the garden in their backyard. The spot overlooked the town and the nice beautiful sight could be seen from where they were. While they were going up the mountain, Teacher Audrey offered Denear a hand to carry some of the things but Denear refused. Audrey: "Would you like me to help you?" Denear: "It''s fine. You should just relax Teacher Audrey." He did not smile and had a cold expression. Audrey: "Oh okay...." Audrey was thinking how nice and sweet this kid was even though he had a cold expression. When they reach the place, she admired the beautiful view in front of her. She couldn''t help but say ''wow'' in her mind. She saw the little boy setting up the sheet on the ground and placed food on it that came from a medium sized grass basket. The boy sat down, took out plates and other utensils and set them up. The food taken and placed were: Tuna sandwiches, Creamy Kale Caesar pasta salad, brownies, cookies and some fresh raspberry lemonade. "Please dig in teacher" Denear gave her a glass plate and some utensils for eating. "Why thank you." She was astonished by the food and how the young boy thought so much for this picnic and was touched. She was thankful that he would be her student. The food was incredibly delicious and the drink had a nice taste to it that she hadn''t tasted before. "Who made all this?" She asked curious. "Oh, I was the one who made all of these." "Wow! You''re really talented huh? Who taught you?" Denear was about to answer when a past scene flashed in his mind. .... In an apartment Sitting on the sofa, moving a lot with his excited expression while at the same time, having an impatient look. The sizzling smell was coming from the kitchen which made his stomach grumble uncontrollably. He sat at the couch and a voice was heard from the kitchen. "It''s ready!" The smell got closer and a lady with her black hair tied in ponytails arrived in the living room where Denear was sitting down. She placed the a jar of raspberry lemonade on a large table in front of him and some other dishes as well, each looked more and more appetizing than the last. The lady sat next to him on the sofa. She wore a dazzling smile that made everything in the world seem bright. She may not have any make-up on but she could make anything melt with the radiant aura that she was excluding. She had this feeling that would make you feel secure near her presence. She had a strong but at the same time delicate personality. He couldn''t help but be proud of this person. "Hey big sis? Do you think you could teach me how to cook like you?" She lifted her arms and patted his head, while smiling a heart warming smile. "Sure, i''ll teach you....." ..... With that, the scene disappeared from his mind. He looked towards his new teacher and could see that she had a very concerned expression. ''Huh? What''s going on? Why does my face feel wet?'' He touched his face and realized he was crying. He quickly wiped his tears with his hands and arms. He looked towards his teacher again and let out a light sigh. A sorrowful smile appeared on his face and answered. "Someone really important to me..." 28 Chapter 27-The point is what? ''This boy...'' Audrey was currently confused while at the same time concerned. ''Why is he crying?....Why does he have such a sorrowful look even though he''s smiling? And his eyes....'' When she heard his answer, she knew that she had just touched an emotional topic. His sorrowful smile just broke her heart. She clenched her hands tightly. ''Why do they show so much suffering....'' Question piled up in her mind. Then suddenly, and feeling came over her. She leaned over and held the crying boy in her arms whose was now covering his eyes to not show his tears. "It''s okay.....it''s okay....." She gently patted him on the back. "I don''t know what happened to you but please don''t cry." Denear fell silent. He stopped crying but still kept his head down and asked. "Teacher?" "Yes?" She replied. "Can I....."He paused for a few seconds and look up to meet her eyes. "....call you big sister?" She was momentarily shocked but broke into a bright smile. "Of course....." Denear stood up and gazed at the setting sun and said, "Thank you" His facial expression had gone back to it''s cold look, however, Audrey could still feel the sincerity of his words and the happiness he felt at that very moment. They both sat on a rock, just watching the sunset and disappear over the city. They just watched it in silence and when the lights in the city started to pop out one by one to prepare for the night, it created a breath taking scene. Only then did Audrey break the silence. Audrey: "What do you think of this world? Isn''t it just beautiful..." Denear''s reply kinda shocked Audrey for she was not expecting it. Denear: "I do............but at the same time, I also think it''s quite ugly....." Audrey: "What makes you say that?" Denear looked at the bright city and also looked at the distance which could only become darker and darker as he looked. He answered, If I were an eagle I''d soar through the sky Aiming to be the top If I were a lion I roar for the whole world to tell them what I think If I was a rhino I''d carve my own path I''d break down anything in my way But once I''ve already achieve my goal I then start to ask myself What''s the point? Through my efforts The world won''t change People won''t change their way of life Nor will they change their unrighteous deeds No matter how many people you save No matter how happy you become There''ll always be death in the end There''ll always be sadness that follows No matter how long a diamond shines It would someday have to fade No matter how good a sword is It would someday have to rust and be replaced The beauty you see Is only just temporary So in the end, I can only ask again... What''s the point of beauty If it only brings you pain................ 29 Chapter 28-In the dining hall In her room, leaning by the window sill, she thought about what happened on the hill today. She walked toward her bed and laid down sighing. *sigh* ''What happened?...." She thought about his answer which made her think...."He does have a point..." She whispered to herself. ''I should just stop thinking about it.'' She looked out the large window across the room which showed the bright moon hanging in the dark sky. ''Tomorrow''s a new day...." She thought, falling asleep. ... The next morning Audrey was woken up to the sound of a knock coming from the door. The door opened to see a young blonde boy coming in. "Teacher, my father told me to come wake you up for breakfast." "Okay, i''ll be there...." She sat up on her bed, yawing. *yaawwwn.....* "Have you woken up Tinro?" "Yes, but he didn''t welcome me into his room without his permission and closed the door on me." "That guy!....I need to have a little talk with him." She paused and looked at Denear. " Oh and before I forget....Good morning!" Denear slightly bowed his head and and left the bedroom without saying a word. Audrey got up and got dressed in her usual clothing. She wore a black cape with a hood and an animal tooth necklace which hung from her neck. Her long leather knee high boots which illustrated her long legs, covered with something like grey skinny jeans, was a to-die-for scene. She also wore a belt which had a small pouch attached to it on one side and a sword on the other, as well as a magic staff of her back. She looked at herself in a full-body mirror. "Perfect." She smiled and walked out of the room. ..... In the dining hall She walked in and saw that Tinro had already arrived and was stuffing his face with no manners or etiquette at all. He was just like a wild animal or more like a pig smiling while across him, a kid way younger than him ate with proper table manners but did not smile one bit. It was only the three of them inside the dining hall except some of the butlers and maids of course. She sat next to Tinro when suddenly he said while holding a drumstick in his hand, "Hey kid! Why do you eat like that?". Denear: "What do you mean?" He said, putting down his spoon and fork. Tinro: "Why don''t you live a little and go wild! You always have that cold boring look!" Audrey pinched him. "Ouch! Why''d''cha do that? I just asked him!" Audrey: "You''re being so rude!" Denear stood up and wiped his mouth using a linen napkin and placed it neatly on the table after using it. He walked towards the door and stopped, looked back, and said, " As for why I eat like this, it''s because I don''t want to eat like wild pig like you." He opened the door while saying, "You''ve ruined my appetite and about my "cold boring look" it is none of your damn business." His cold eyes, you could see a great deal of annoyance. The door shut with a loud bang! Audrey eating her food quietly said, "Why do you have to be like that! Why do you have to keep fighting him." She was taken back by his answer. "That''s not a kid I really want to fight in a real battle..." "Because...." He paused. "He gives me the feeling I haven''t felt in a long time.............He makes me feel like..." He looked at his companion.... She could clearly see him sweating and panting a little bit.... "I''m staring death in the eyes" 30 Chapter 29- The different races ~In a room the Denear''s father allocated for his classes~ "So Denear, tell me what you''ve learnt so far in this book." Audrey was standing in front of Denear who was sitting down on a chair with a table in front of him. She was holding a book entitled "The different races". "I know most of it I guess...." Denear answered. He basically knew every single detail in the entire book word-for-word but didn''t want to mention it cause it might shock her. "Okay then explain what you read in the book." "Okay" He took a few breaths before starting. "The different races include: 1. The Human race 2. The Beastmen race 3. The Elf race 4. The Dragon race 5. The Dwarf race 6. The Giant race 7. The Fairy race And finally 8. The Demon race" He paused a few seconds before continuing. "The Human race- A race that is on unfriendly terms with almost all the races and solely depends on their ability to adapt to survive. They have the 2 largest population between all the races but the weakest in power. Some humans can use magic but to a certain limit which can be easily surpassed by the Demon race or other races though there are exceptions. The human race is divided into 4 kingdoms. Each one in the North, South, West and East. Each kingdom is separated by either the sea or a border. The Kingdoms formed an alliance with each other which caused them to split into two alliances. The North and East alliance, "The Tredeo Alliance, and the West and South alliance, The Entenion Alliance." "The Beastmen race- it consist of different tribes that depends on each of their species. Most of them are not on friendly terms. The Beastmen tribe mostly depend on the unfathomable strength to survive. They are the natural born fighters between all the races. They are are not on good terms with the elf race since they mostly get criticized by them for using their having bronze but no brain since the elf race is mostly intellectual. They have very good terms with the dwarfs since they are the one''s who help supply them with weapons while they supply them with food and other necessities." Denear continued for about 1 hour and 30 minutes talking about the races, their relationship with each other, any alliances they made, the power struggle in each race and he also told his understanding with their choices of making alliances with each other. He also started describing each other their appearances. natural skills, their estimated power if they fought the human race. He also mentioned possible weaknesses in their skills, how they fight and weaknesses in each of their special traits. He even went onto talking about which skill in each race could counter each other and continued to talk about "The Great War" that happened which involved all the races. He talked about the one-in-a-lifetime alliance with some of the races which were in the legendary party, "The Shadow group", who''s races were discovered over time,to fight against the revived Demon King. As Denear talked about all of this, Audrey just listened to him in terror and amazement. She could hardly hold the book in her hands and looked inside while he was talking. Denear was basically lost in all this information spewing from his mouth. Though he could understand all of it and could give a detailed report on it, he was confused why he was actually enjoying it. ''I guess this is what you mean by knowledge is power.'' He thought, while saying something else aloud. Audrey was basically sweating when thinking about how this kid in front of her would be like when he grows up. Even though she knew all this information, but for a child to say this is really. She opened the book and looked through the pages while Denear was talking. When he finally stopped, he noticed Teacher Audrey''s hands trembling as she held the open book. Looking through the book with her eyes, line by line. She looked up and saw that he was done talking. Then she said, while sweating profusely and swearing... "WHAT THE F**K!! IT''S ALL WORD FOR WORD!!" 31 Chapter 30-Friendly duel ~Few months later, outside in the mansion''s courtyard, afternoon~ "Okay come at me! And show me what I''ve taught you. I''ll hold back for your sake." "Okay." For the past few months, Tinro taught Denear how to fight and put him through harsh training a 5 year old would cry and go on an insane meltdown if they went through it. Audrey would sometimes watch Denear''s training from her bedroom balcony and would give Tinro a one-on-one lecture afterwards. Right now, Denear and Tinro were having a friendly match. Well, if you would think about it logically, a prodigy 5 year old noble who went through intense training vs a war veteran who hasn''t practiced in years. Denear was standing 5 meters away from Tinro, and had gone into an offensive stance that he had shown him. He adjusted his speed and strength to make sure that Tinro won''t get hurt and notice that his stat screen information is fake. The duel began Denear ran, almost flying, and swung his sword at Tinro, aiming for his neck. Tinro managed to dodge the side in time and found an opening. He did a round-house kick at Denears waist. Denear took the hit and flew a few meters backwards to stabilized himself. Denear continued advancing and sliced at Tinro with his sword. Tinro blocked and both of their swords collided, but Denear wasn''t finished. He loosened his grip of the sword and let it go. In a split second, Denear twisted his body and struck at Tinro''s head with his elbow. Tinro wasn''t able to block in time and lean to the opposite side of the incoming elbow to lessen Denear''s attack. Both of them were sweating and excitement filled Tinro''s eyes. ''This kid is pretty good for his age!'' While Denear was in the air attacking Tinro, he was able to grab his sword which was falling to the ground in a split second and immediately retreated 2 meters to rethink his strategy. Tinro, who seemed to be enjoying himself, threw his wooden sword to the ground and did went into the "Tiger stance". This stance was created and especially meant for him in hand-to-hand combat. Denear went into the same stance. Tinro had taught him this stance and other personal combat stances during his training. Tinro''s eyebrows raised. ''He wants to use the same stance and combat style? Is he even capable? This combat style is pretty hard.'' Tinro attacked first. Denear also attacked and faced Tinro''s attack head-on. This combat style was more on the offensive and disregarded all defense. It was an all loose brawl that only relied on ones strength and speed and in ones fists. Tinro did a back fist punch. Denear grabbed his arm and ducked underneath it to dodge, jumped and did a right-uppercut to Tinro''s chin. Tinro maneuvered backwards to a safe distance and said, "Wow!! I wasn''t expecting you to be this good!" "You know what they say: "Never underestimate your opponents." Denear answered. "You are a genius among your peers! He he he.." "Flattery won''t get you anywhere with me so just stop." Denear went over to pick up his wooden sword. "Should we stop here teacher?" "Sure kid!!" Tinro said putting his arm around Denear. "That was good practice! For you to get to this level, I guess I really am a great teacher!! Hahahaha!" "Please don''t get to buddy-buddy with me." "Why what''s wrong? Oh and I forgot to ask you for some nice vintage wine your dad keeps." Denear went out of his arm and stared back and shouted, "I knew it!" and walked back into the mansion. Inside, in the dining hall, everyone was there. This time, compared to months before, Tinro actually ate like a decent person and not like a wild pig. Everyone ate with proper etiquette and table manners. Heins: Looking at Denear. "I''ve been told that you''re doing very well in your studies and training." Audrey: "He more than doing well, he''s a genius!" Tinro: "Yup, he''s pretty good...but his personality needs a little adjusting." Denear: "Oh really..... says the guy who goes everyday into the wine cellar for my dad''s vintage wine.." Tinro: "Damn you! You traitor!" Heins looking at Tinro very amused, said, "What''s this I hear about my vintage wine?" Tinro: "*fake coughs*..It has none of your concern. You probably just heard wrong..." Heins: "Oh? Then come to my study later and let'' discuss whether "it is" none of my concern." Tinro: Laughing a pitiful laugh. "He he he.....okay." Lilian: "Seeing you all like this makes me feel so happy." She said, smiling. Denear: "I wouldn''t want to disappoint you or make you feel sad mother." Heins: "Which academy do you wanna go to when you come of age?" Denear: "Why are you bringing that up father? I don''t really think i''m that smart to be picky about it." Audrey objected. "I think you could get into any academy you want!" Lilian: "You can just say and mom and dad will arrange it for you." Tinro: "Of course you can get into any school! I was your teacher after all." Everyone else : "That has nothing to do with it...." Tinro: "Why are you all ganging up on me today?" They all burst into laughter except Denear who made no noise. But one could clearly tell that his eyes were laughing the loudest and was treasuring this moment in his heart. He was excited on going to school for the first time in both of his lifetimes. He was mostly home-schooled by his big sister to avoid him from getting spotted from their psycho father. He had always wished to go to school and live the normal school life. "I can''t wait for that day.." 32 Chapter 31-The letter Outside, on a hill, a tall handsome boy sat on the grass staring at the vast skies. His eyes showed a feeling of peace and happiness. He laid down on the plain green grass and hummed a very lively tune. "Denear!!" A green haired lady ran up the hill looking really happy. Denear sat up and looked at her. "You know big sis Audrey, no matter how many years have pasted, you still look the same." Audrey looked back at him excitedly. "Why thank you! But look at you! You''ve grown up so much and now you''re finally able to go to the Sword and Magic Academy that we talked about years ago!" Denear replied, "You know the moment I said I wanted to go to that academy, both my parents just sent an envoy out with a letter and said that I would be admitted without going for the entrance test. How would they know! They had just sent the letter!" ..... ~Years back, at the Sword and Magic Academy, in the South kingdom of Cesea~ An old man with a long white beard sat in a dark room with light peeping through the window curtains. A knock was heard from the door "Come in." The man''s voice was soft but it could still clearly be heard from the outside. "Head Master!" A scholar looking man entered the room. He had long glasses on and it accompanied with a very distressed look. "I got a very important letter for you!" The old man received the latter from his hands and said, without looking at the letter. "What''s so important that it could make you look this distressed vice principal?" "This letter is from the most powerful and influential noble family, The Cornelius Family!" The vice principal exclaimed. "I see... Well, let me read it first and see what they want with our school." The old man opened the envelope and took out the letter. He read the letter a loud. "Dear Head Master, since I hate putting on airs, i''ll just get to the point. The Cornelius family would want to admit my one and only son into the Sword and Magic Academy. I don''t really want him to take the entrance exam which could separate him from us for a few days or weeks just to travel and be exposed to unknown dangers especially because i''ll miss him terribly. If you do not comply with this request, i''ll make sure to tell the world of your feti...(The principal went quiet but read with anxious eyes).....oh and if anything happens to my son while he is admitted in your academy, my beloved wife and I would personally come and handle the matter along with the wrath of the whole family. Well, that''s about it. Don''t worry about his studies, he is quiet smart. I hope you make the right choice and admit my son without any questions....but I doubt you''re that stupid." The old man''s hands were trembling a little bit. "What the HECK! He doesn''t even give me a chance to decline! Why do you have to threaten me just because you just LOVE YOUR SON TOO MUCH! Andis he talking about that lady he fought with all those years ago!! Why do you have to trouble this Old Man?!! Why can''t you just pick another school?!" The old guy was shouting hysterically. The vice principal listening to him while reading the letter and was really scared at what would happen if they did not do as requested. He had no idea whether to join the Head Master in his shouting session or go back to his office and start calculating their losses and potential problems. He also started to consider whether Denear should be placed in his own room or let him share with other people. But if people were to offend him and he tells his parents! That would be the signature of our total inhalation if those couple arrive! ''This is too hard to decide!'' The vice principal was scratching his head. Maybe he should just wait and let him decide what he wants to do and just comply with his wishes. ''Yeah, that''s the only thing I can do... I just need to make sure he does not get angered by anything.'' 33 Chapter 32-Journey South ~Inside the Main Hall~ Tinro patted Denear''s back. "You really gonna go! Ha! Good riddance!" "Thank you for you touching farewell!" Denear said being sarcastic. *Sob* *sob* Audrey was sobbing while saying. "Mwy cute wittle stuwdent is weaving mwi! Mwaaaaaa.." She hugged Denear tightly. She wiped her tears. "You''re all grown up now! Make sure not to do anything that''ll hurt you okay...Promise me not to hurt people without any reason." "I promise." Denear had his luggage with him and his guards were putting them onto the carriage. Freya, the maid who is actually an elf, came up to Denear to also send her regards. During the years, she was kinda like Denear''s research partner. She would tell him about the outside, the elves, rumors, gossips and would tell him stories and legends. They had really gotten close and on her status screen, it showed that their relationship is [Close Friends]. Denear felt really bad leaving her without figuring out her curse. He had done so much research about it secretly. However, when he researched about "The Shadow Heroes" party and this secret organization they were fighting at that time, a witch which happened to be the best at curses and magic was present during that time, the progress on the goal option rose by 1%. Which means it has something to do with them somehow. Still got a long way before I get to completely heal her and I need to do it as fast as possible even while i''m there in the Kingdom of Cesea. Witches are sort of hated by the world. Even though a few human beings have magic power, witches are born with demonic energy which they use for magic. They are outsiders to both the demons and humans and they are dislike by the other races and are sometimes hunted and tortured. ~Back to reality~ "Goodbye everyone!" Denear waved goodbye as he stood by the carriage door. "Just know that we''ll always be by your side!" Shouted LIlian waving back with Heins standing next to her "If anyone dares make you mad just call for your big sis Audrey!!" Audrey had stopped sobbing. She and Tinro were waving goodbye with bright smiles as they looked at their only student who they were very proud of. The carriage started to move while Denear was holding the carriage''s door frame and smiled radiantly. This was the most heart warming smile they had ever seen him make in their entire lives and was touched because he mostly also had a distant personality. Seeing the the carriage drive away into the distance until it was out of sight, a loud cry could be heard. "AAAAAHHHHH!! I CAN''T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! WHY DOES HE HAVE TO GO!!" Everyone else sighed. Lilian then said, "Calm down dear! He''ll be alright, he can manage himself!" Tinro: Scratching his head. "Has he always been like this?" Audrey: "I don''t think so....It only started when Denear was born..." Lilian: "Dear, you got to calm down. I know you already miss him a lot." Yes, the person who was screaming was Denear''s father, Heins Cornelius. Everyone else in the entire mansion knew except for Denear that Heins Cornelius is obsessed and over protective of his son. He mostly has a serious and cold personality when it comes to work, his family and about everything else with only one exception.....Denear. Though he sometimes smiles, when it comes to his son, he just can''t help but go super soft. He''s so over protective that when Denear was born, he covered all the stair''s sharp edges and moved all weapons out of the house underground and made sure the the kitchen knives were blunt for years. Those were some dark times for the mansion''s chefs. His angel, his life, his entire world. Nothing could compare to his vast love for his son. (second place is Lilian, wife.) He screamed..."Waaahhh!!! I don''t want him to go!! But he said he wanted to go there so father will do everything in my power to make sure you get it!! Even if my heart breaks a thousand time to watch you leave, i''ll do it if it''s what you want!! My fatherly love for you is the most dangerous thing this world dares to provoke!....I''ll kill anyone who dares harm you, my angel who was bestowed upon me from the Gods! I''ll cut off their family bloodline starting from 8 generations back. I''ll make sure to give you everything you want just to hear you call me daddy!!!...." ..... Denear who was inside the carriage, heard faint screams from the distance and couldn''t make out what they were saying. But Denear just couldn''t help but feel slight chills run down his spine. "Probably just in my head....." 34 Chapter 33-Wait, its you!? The travel from the North Kingdom to the South Kingdom would take at least a month. Denear was bored to death. From reading books to eating sweets and sleeping, he just sat in the carriage for a about a month. A month passed and they finally reached their destination. They had no casualties throughout the entire trip. Well, that''s cause of the the skill, [Luck of the universe]. The city''s gates were made out of iron with 4 guards on watch. They had glittering silver armor with spears and sword attached to their waist and back. A long line had formed by the gate. Before entering the city, there was a table placed outside with a person who would check each and every person who enters. Kinda like a steward at the airport who checks your passports to make sure its valid. No one would want criminals inside their territory. Denear''s carriage was getting closer to the gate. The guards in the front shouted from their horses and the whole line heard them as the carriage was approaching. "Make way! The Young Master from the Cornelius family is passing!" Everyone who heard them immediately made way without any complaints.Denear, who was in the carriage, was a little bit embarrassed with how his guards acted. As a kid in his old world, older people would also cut in line in front of him just because he was younger than them. He always disliked people who just can''t wait their turn. Now it was him doing it, which made him feel like there would be people who would think he was spoiled and would feel how he felt when people would cut in front of him. As they were reaching the gate, Denear could hear someone arguing with the ''steward'' at the table along with some guards. There were about 3 people but only 1 person was arguing with the guards while the other 2 only tried to stop her. They seemed like one family. He got closer and stopped by the desk. Everyone stopped their arguing and bowed down from where they were standing. "What''s with all the noise about?" Denear said, from inside the carriage. The curtains in the carriage were closed and no one could see Denear from the outside. "Sorry to disturb the Young Master''s peace and quite. This lowly servant is truly sorry. There were just some problems with this country bumpkins entry. No need to concern yourself."The steward said. ''This guy is call himself a lowly servant? Wow! I guess power and influence really is everything.'' Denear thought. "What did you call us!? Are you only treating us like this because you have some sort of discrimination against us!? We''ve entered this city before and we didn''t have to go through this! This is so unfair!" Argued the girl. "Keep quite we''re in the presence of the Young Master! Guards! Guards!" The ''steward'' shouted. Denear could sense that the guards had surrounded the girl and her family. "Big sis, it''s fine!" Said a voice. Denear could hear a sword being unsheathed. The girl was already in a fighting stance. They were about to attack each other when they heard a loud voice. "Stop what you''re doing right now!" The voice was full of authority and they had no choice butto freeze in their tracks without thinking. "Open the door." The guards did as they were told and opened the carriage door. A young teenage boy with blonde hair, which glittered in the sun, came out. He had an elegant look with some stylish expensive clothing. Just like those handsome princes in those otome love games. Though a cold and distant aura was being emitted from him. Denear''s eyes looked at the girl and said, "Bailey Nemrec, right?" "Wait, it''s you!?" Bailey was shocked. She didn''t know that it was him, The Cornelius'' Family''s Young Master, in the carriage because she couldn''t hear the when his guards were shouting for people to move away while she and the guards were arguing. She felt her heart break down from overload. ''HE REMEMBERED MY NAME!'' "Does the Young Master know this person?" Asked the ''steward''. "Yes, I do." Denear replied. "And I would kindly appreciate it if you would let them enter at once." "Then I am deeply sorry for inconveniencing your ''acquaintance''." The steward immediately apologized. They quickly went straight to the check-up without asking any more questions. "Please place your hands on top of it." They did as they were told and one-by-one put their hands on the sphere looking object. The sphere glowed bright blue for a few seconds and faded back into it''s dark color. "Pass."The steward kindly said but sneered inside his heart. The sphere was for checking whether you have a criminal record. Innocent=Bright blue Attempted kill=Faint red Killer=Dark red Assassin=Gold Rogue=Grey "You can come in." Denear gestured for them to join him inside the carriage. Everyone around them was shocked. ''He is actually letting them inside the carriage to join him?! The strongest noble''s son is actually letting 3 commoners join him inside his own carriage when most of the 2nd and below ranked families treat commoners as nothing more than useless trash or garbage?'' Denear just wanted to be nice seeing that she was a very good big sister to the boy who was holding her hand. The boy looked a little younger than them. ''But she''ll never compare to my big sister.'' "Thank you young sir, but we wouldn''t dare." Replied Bailey''s mom, who was trembling a little bit but held her ground to not show disrespect, scared if something might happen to them. Bailey followed her mom''s lead, though she really wanted to get into the carriage with him. "How could we commoners join you? Please don''t take it as an offence..." Every word she said made her stomach tighten. ''Dang it!!'' Though she did think that she was not worthy of him. No one would actually believe this sight even if they saw it with their eyes. Then they all stared at the girl and thought. ''Hmmm....She is pretty...Has all the right curves and a beautiful face....And her legs are just....'' While Bailey, seeing her first love appear in front of her after a long time, unexpected, her heart began racing and her face turned faint red. She just wanted to hide in a hole for how she argued and shouted at the guards. ''Nooooo! I actually raised my voice in front of him!! And my clothes!! Oh nooo! This is not how a lady should dress! What will he think of me now!? I really want to go inside with him!'' Everyone was thinking,''There''s probably a reason why he''s being so nice....'' After analyzing the situation, everyone had one question and possible reason in mind: ''Is this guy trying to woo her?'' 35 Chapter 34-The Candy Crate ~Inside the carriage~ All of them fit perfectly inside the carriage with enough room to spare for 2 more people. They really couldn''t disagree with Denear because it might show disrespect and they don''t have enough lives to anger the Young Master of the Cornelius family. Bailey on the other hand, was celebrating inside her mind as a mission accomplished. The carriage was in full silence, Denear was quietly sipping his tea and the fragrant smell made their mouths water. Breaking the silence. "Would you like some?" He started to pour for them tea on the side table next to them. "No please...How can we let you pour tea for us?" Bailey''s mom objected. "Ummm...." Said the young boy sitting next to Bailey. "Why are you doing this?" Denear stopped pouring tea. "MARTEN!" Shouted his mother. She turned to Denear and said, "I''m sorry for his question." "It fine, no need to worry." He looked at Marten. "As for why i''m doing this.....Would you have preferred that I did not interfere and just go in the city by myself?" "Well...no..."Marten replied, knowing that Denear had just countered his question with a question without answering at all. "Besides..." Denear continued. "I need someone to act as a guide and show me all the sweet shops in this entire city. So I thought, who better than someone who is already grateful to me and won''t try to assassinate me." He said it all so casually, as if he didn''t care whether an assassin or assassins attack him. Bailey turned red and pretended to stare out the window while trying to cover Denear''s view of her face. ''He trusts me enough to risk being in danger!? I think I might die just thinking about me touring him around the city!'' A train of thoughts and scenes raced through her mind which made her face redden even more. Denear noticed her trying to cover her face which was turning red. "Huh?" He poured water in a glass cup. He held the glass up to her. "What''s wrong? Do you feel motion sickness? Are you going to vomit? Should we stop the carriage?" Denear asked nonstop but at the same time thought. ''I need to go to the bathroom. I can use this as an excuse to stop the carriage.'' She took the glass from his hand. "No, i''m fine thank you..." Denears thoughts: ''DANG IT!'' Marten and his mother just stared at Bailey in shock. ''This is not how she usually acts...'' Denear sat back in his seat. "I''m really tired from the travel, do you know where the nearest sweet shop is located?" "Uh yes, just go down that street and turn to the left." She pointed at the street to the right. "Did you get that?" He said to the carriage driver. "Yes sir!" The driver replied from the outside. The 10 guards on their horses followed the carriage. Two on the sides, three at the back and three in the front. People moved out of their way seeing that a noble was probably passing by. They wondered who it was but decided not to created any trouble. "I don''t know if this place will be good enough for the Young Master." Bailey said, looking concerned. "There''s enough delicious sweets, right?" "Yes?" Bailey she said but at the same time thought, ''He really has a sweet tooth? Noted...'' They got down the carriage and a lot of people, mostly women, stared at them and the handsome blonde boy with them. The guards got off their horses and tied them to something and entered with Denear. Everyone saw them enter a pink colored shop and go towards the counter. The lady at the reception didn''t even look up and just said in a casual tone, "Hello, welcome to The Candy Crate table for how many?...." The guards felt really disrespected by her behavior and just couldn''t help but get mad. One guard went up to the counter and banged his hand on the table. "How dare you show this much disrespect to our Young Master! The workers and the customers all looked in their direction. "Who?" The receptionist asked, confused. The guards burst into anger. "He is the only son of the Cornelius Family, Denear Lorenzo Cornelius, and you dare to say who he is!? Is this how you should act in front of him!? You should just be happy that the Young Master has graced you with his presence." Denear who was half asleep, listened to their boring useless was literally close to the point of snoring.. ''I need sweets!'' Bailey and her family just stood on the side trying not to get involved. Bailey was on the verge of drawing her sword out of anger. ''He came to you shop to eat sweats and you don''t even great him properly!! How dare you show that much disrespect to him..my beloved!!UGH! You should be bowing your head till they reach the ground! So infuriating! I just wanna chop you up and leave your remains for the birds to eat!! But.....right now I need to behave..'' But then the receptionist said something extremely unforgivable. "Again who? Who is this guy? I don''t know him, well, should I?" Everyone in the store froze in horror at her words. Within a split second, a sword was unsheathed and was an inch away from the receptionists neck but a hand had stopped it by the tip. Yes, the sword was Bailey''s and yes, the hand was Denear''s. Denear sighed as he said, "No need to be so rash....." 36 Chapter 35-Martens oath Bailey immediately withdrew her sword. "I''m so sorry, are you hurt in any way?" She held Denear''s hand to check if there was any injuring and found nothing, which made her feel relieved. "I''m okay no need to worry, but next time don''t be too rash." Denear looked calm but in his head, ''You really should have just cut off her head. I mean I wouldn''t mind since it''s none of my business nor will it be my fault but I just can''t allow you to do that cause...I need sweets now and I''m in no mood to be thrown out and find another one when we''re right here." A man came up to them and said, "I''m so sorry for our disrespect to the Young Master from the Cornelius Family. My name is Josiah Bemonde, the owner of this store, and she is Alia Angelli She''s new here and doesn''t know people well and common knowledge." The man gestured for them to sit down on one of the tables. "Please, let us make it up to the Young Master somehow." Everyone in the restaurant was dead quiet and dared not to move an inch. They were preparing for the worst. If he decides to refuse and tell his parents, then that wouldn''t be a so good ending for this shop. Denear shrugged as he sat down and crossed his arms. "Okay." "Will you be eating alone?" Asked Josiah. "What do you mean eating alone? Can''t you see i''m with people?" Denear asked with raised eyebrows. "Oh, I mean...Sorry for my assumption.." He turned to Alia and the rest of the employees. "Go get more chairs and connect these tables." He turned towards Denear again. "What would you like?" "I''ll just order everything..." Josiah''s face twitched. "E-Everything?" "Why not?" Denear said while fiddling with his finger. "Oh okay..." He walked away dragging Alia to the back room to probably give her some "piece of advice" in life. THe employees brought back more chairs, placed them by the table, and connected about 3 tables together. The guards and Bailey''s family were still standing not knowing of what to do when they heard Denear say, "Why are you still standing around for? Go on and sit down." "Really?" Everyone said in unison. "But Young Master, our job is just to protect you, we certainly couldn''t eat with you on the same table." The captain of the guards tried to argue with Denear and the rest of the guards agreed with him. "Then I, as the Young Master of the Cornelius Family, I order you to all take your seat. If any disagrees with me will be beheaded right here, right now." Denear coldly said with a voice full of authority as Young Master. They just couldn''t resist with his threat. They each took their seats. Bailey''s family followed them and sat in their places. Bailey obviously sat next to Denear with eyes of admiration. ''He is sooo kind and dreamy.....What is he thinking right now?'' Denears thoughts: ''I need to go to the bathroom immediately...I''ve been holding it in since the carriage ride...but there are so many people staring at us right now, it''s making me uncomfortable. I hate crowded places.....but then again, what don''t I hate? Except sweets of course, what else?hmmmmmmmm'' Denear started to ponder about his likes and dislikes but he couldn''t concentrate with everyone staring at them so he frowned at stared back at them and said, "What are you all looking at?" Everyone immediately turned their heads and started eating their sweets again as if they saw nothing. ~A few minutes later~ Plates and plates of sweets were placed on the table. Denear started to eat and everyone else on the table followed suit. "This is sooo delicious." Said Marten joyfully (Bailey''s brother). "We''re very lucky your big sis got to catch the Young Master''s eye." Whispered his mother. "What do you mean?" He whispered back, confused. "We''ll be very lucky if the Young Master would take your big sis as his wife or at least his concubine. He is a very nice kid....he he he" She replied. "Never!" Marten stood up from his chair as he shouted.It caught everyone''s attention. "What wrong Marten?" Asked Denear who was disturbed from his "Sweet time". "Um..I''ve never...um...uh....Such delicious sweets! Yeah, that''s right." "Yeah, I understand, but you shouldn''t be screaming Marten." Said Bailey looking a little embarrassed for her brother. "I thank your review." Said Josiah who was standing near-by. Marten sat down and everyone went back to their sweets. Marten glanced at Denear with resolute eyes and made an oath under his breath... "I''ll protect my sister.....I''ll never let you touch her you filthy nobles.." 37 Chapter 36-The Sword and Magic Academy "Thank you Young Master for coming to our shop. I promise this will never happen again." Said Josiah while bowing in front of Denear. Denear just slightly bowed and got in the carriage with Bailey and her family. The guards mounted on their horses and continued their way through town. "Where are you heading?" Denear asked Bailey. "Oh, i''m heading to the Sword and Magic Academy." She looked a very proud of her self. "I''m going to be staying there in their dorms." Denear was very shocked. He hadn''t expected her to get admitted to the school. The Sword and Magic Academy is mostly enrolled by nobles but 1 out of 3 of the students are commoners but you''ve got to either be really talented or extremely lucky. "What a coincidence. I''m also going to be attending the Sword and Magic Academy." "Really!?" Bailey''s eyes were sparkling with excitement. "Yes." Denear said while looking out the window. ''How am I supposed to protect my big sister if they''ll be going to the same Academy? How should I get them apart?'' Marten was very gloomy while his mother was busy thinking of ways to get them closer. "Since we''re both going to the same place, why don''t we both go to the academy together and i''ll get my guards to accompany your family to where ever you''re staying. Is that okay?" "Of course! It more than okay but we don''t deserve it.." Said Mrs. Nemrec. ''I''m going with him to the academy!? With him....with him.....him....'' Bailey was on overload. She couldn''t think straight and squealed in her head like a normal teenage girl.....Oh wait she! but not a "normal" teenage girl. She is a girl but compared to other girls who like flowers and rainbows, she likes swords and is much, much stronger than some men. "You sure?" Bailey forced herself to speak. "We''re going to the same place anyways, the quicker we get there the better.."Denear crossed his arms and re-adjusted his sitting position. ''We need to get there sooner or else I might just break! This way, it''ll save a lot of time..'' The Academy was a little far from the city on a mountain next to a huge waterfall. When they built it, they choice that location because rookies practicing magic and the city don''t go well together. I hear last time there was a mage who accidentally made an explosion near the castle and everyone thought there was an attack and raised a red flag which made the entire city freak. So they vacated the academy to the mountains which caused no further problems for the city. And that''s how they chose the location. ~A few minutes on a dirt road heading towards the academy~ Denear was sweating buckets. He couldn''t hold it in anymore. He kept telling himself. ''We''re almost there....We''re almost there....We''re almost there..We''re almost there!?...WHY AREN''T WE THERE!?'' He was quiet stubborn and was ashamed to stop the carriage and take a leak which would ruin his cold image. "Is something wrong?" Asked Bailey. "No,...i''m fine.." Denear said as if he was holding his breath. "You sure?" "Yes..." Denear shouted out the carriage to the driver. "Are we almost there?" "Yes sir!" He replied. ''Well we better get there soon!'' Denear screamed to himself. In the distance, stood a blacki-ish and grey-ish iron gate. There was a big golden sign that said "Welcome to The Sword and Magic!" As the carriage approached, it was stopped by some guards. "Who are you?" The guards kindly asked. Denear peaked out the window and answered, "My name is Denear Lorenzo Cornelius from the Cornelius family and with me here is Bailey Nemrec. We are both attending this academy. Please let us through." When they heard he was from the Cornelius Family, they opened the iron gate without any hesitation. The carriage drove into this long beautiful garden which led to this HUGE castle! ''WOOOAHH!'' was what anyone could think even Denear. I mean, the Cornelius Family has a lot of Estates and Mansions and they''re quite as big as this, but for an academy, this is awesome! ''I''m soooo excited!!!'' Denear was jumping up and down inside his head. ''BUT I NEED THE BATHROOM!!!!!!'' 38 Chapter 37-Finally........ After they passed their stunning garden in the front, they reach the academy''s main entrance. Their front door was like the size of 4 modern apartments together with them put in like a square shape. The carriage stopped, Denear and Bailey both got out of the carriage. Denear ordered his guards to drop Bailey''s family to wherever they are staying. The guards nodded and went on their way with the carriage. "Bye Big Sis!" Marten put half his body out the window and waved to his sister but sneered at Denear while he was looking at him. "What was that about?" Denear whispered to himself but decided not to think about it too much. "Let''s go." He said to Bailey while walking towards the main entrance. Bailey followed suit. They went up a few steps and found someone waiting for them at the main entrance. It was a girl. ''Who could she be?'' The girl smiled at them and waved. "Welcome to The Sword and Magic Academy! I''m Lynne Garcia,a member of the student council and the only daughter of the Garcia family. Thank you for enrolling here Young Master Denear from the Cornelius family." She looked at Bailey and kindly asked. "And you are?" "I''m Bailey Nemrec, nice to meet you." Lynne: "You two know each other? I mean, don''t take this as rude but.....you''re a commoner." Denear: "I met her at the entrance, so I got her to guide me to a certain shop. Could you please continue." He started to get impatient. "Oh okay..." Bailey smiled to Denear as if to say "thank you" but Denear did not notice because he was busy trying not to explode. ''Even though the Gods gave me godly powers and super human strength, they never even thought of giving me a strong bladder....Dang it!'' Denear couldn''t help it any longer and just decided to ask Lynne for directions to the bathroom. "Could you please show me where the restroom is." Denear kindly asked her. "Well of course. Please follow me then." She led them inside the the academy. They went up some staircases and down a long white hallway with one side were classrooms and the other side were huge glass windows which watch over the the training grounds. "Down there is also the fighting arena where people fight for school rankings. They''ll explain it further in your orientation ceremony with other new students." Lynne explained when she saw them looking out the windows. She looked forward. "This is where the bathroom is." She said pointing forward. They all walked towards it and saw a student bullying a girl? He was about to hit her when a hand grabbed his. "What the fuck! Let my hand go! Whoever this is, imma kill you!" He shouted while making his other hand into a fist and swung towards Denear''s head. Denear blocked the hand which was an inch away from face. Denear was in no mood to "play" with this guy. He was in a rush. He tightly gripped the man''s hand and continued to grip tighter and tighter and tighter. The man held his scream in and was turning a different color. His knees finally touched the ground and was kneeling on both knees and the pain in his hands and wrists were ass painful as hell. He then managed say to say some words. "I-I''ll....fucking...kill.....you...pig." A blade appeared, less than a millimeter from his throat. "I dare you to try and insult him again...." Bailey had blood lust being emitted from her. He looked to Denear and saw a cold and emotionless person who would kill him for just getting in his way. His eyes showed death which brought him deeper and deeper into a black abyss. This...This was killing intent but on a whole other level. Everything was dark. "Where am I?" He looked around and saw three familiar figures. "Mom! Dad! Brother!" He ran towards them but by the time he reached them they had collapsed. He pick up his sibling. "Brother! Brother! What''s wrong!?" His brother started to corrode and turn to black dust. "WAIT! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" By the time his brother turned to dust, it started to turn blood red and a gush of wind made it disappear. Blood dripped from out of no-where into his face. "WHAT IS HAPPENING!?" He was losing his mind. He started to see light and realized he was on the floor with foam coming from his mouth and heard someone say, "Take him to the nurse''s office!" It was Lynne. White men in robes arrived and carried him on a stretcher. The girl he was harassing was in shock of what just happened. "Uh Thank you so much for helping me. I know this isn''t enough coming from a commoner but can I please ask for your names?" Lynne stepped in and introduced them. "This is Bailey Nemrec, she is a commoner like you." "Nice to meet you Bailey. I''m Selina Slade, also a commoner." She smiled at Bailey but Bailey seemed indifferent. Like she was not trying to be friendly. "Nice to meet you Selina.." She stood beside Denear sheathing her sword by her waist. "And this is.." Said Lynne in a different tone. "Denear Lorenzo Cornelius." "What!" Selina was shocked. "I''m so sorry for troubling you! I''m not worthy of your time!" She bowed hoping he would not get mad at her for wasting his time. "It''s fine. That guy was kinda annoying and he was blocking my way." He said it with no remorse at all. He walked towards the men''s bathroom. "Now if you''ll excuse me, I need the restroom." Selina moved out of the way. "Oh sorry." He went in and relieved himself from the long torturous curse called a full bladder. ''Finally,..." 39 Chapter 38-Head Master Selina: "Is he always that scary?" Bailey: "What do you mean scary?" Selina: "His eyes are just so...." Bailey: "Beautiful? Lovely? Dazzling? Magnificent?" Selina: "Terrifying....I could feel his killing intent...it was like he was not human" She said shivering a little bit. She was just recalling what she felt but it scared her so much. Lynne: "I felt it too.....and I gotta admit it was scary....." Bailey: "Why couldn''t I feel it?" Selina: "That''s cause you were emitting killing intent as well!" Bailey: "Really? I didn''t know." Lynne: "You two are just terrifying." Selina: "Lucky we''re not that guy." She looked towards the direction to where the foaming mouth guy was taken. Denear finished doing his business and joined them in the hallway. "What were you talking about?" "No need for your concern." Lynne avoided his question and went down the hallway. "Shall we continue with our tour?" Denear nodded his head. "Well, bye I got to go." She bowed again to Denear and went on her way waving as they left. When they were out of sight, Selina walked a few meters before trembling down to her knees. ''Wow, my legs are still shaking crazily! He is freaking scary!'' ... They toured around the whole school, which was freaking huge! It would take days before normal people cold navigate easily. However, Denear could memorize every single detail in the entire academy. Only the places they were brought to though. Bailey didn''t even listen to Lynne talking the whole time and would focus on trying to catch a glance of Denear. She would just nod her head with anything Lynne would say. Finally they were brought to the Head Master''s office. *knock knock* "Come in" Lynne opened the door. "Head Master, I''ve brought them." She looked around the room. "Vice Principal, it''s rare to see you both together in the same place. You''re usually busy." "Well, I took the time to meet our new student." He looked at Denear and Bailey. He stood up and held out his hand. "I''m Admon Chandler, the Vie Principal of this school. Nice to meet you, Young Master Denear." Denear shook his hand. "Nice to meet you." He spoke to Bailey next. "Hello, you must be Bailey Nemrec right?" "Yes, nice to meet you." She answered. "Lynne."He called out. Lynne stepped forward and asked. "You need me for something?" "Why yes. Could you please take Bailey to her dorm and help her settle down while we have a nice chat with Denear?" "Of course. Come with me." Before they left, Lynne bowed to the Head Master who was sitting by his desk, not saying anything. The Head Master responded by slightly bowing his head. When they finally left the room, the Head Master said to Denear, "Young Master Denear, it''s an honor to meet you. Please sit down." "I''ll take my leave now Head Master." Said Admon leaving the room. Denear sat down on a big brown chair which was amazingly comfortable and almost fell asleep while listening to the Head Master talking. "As the Head Master of The Sword and Magic Academy, I welcome you. I hope you will have a good time while being in this academy. I also really ''hope'' you will be able to get along well with the other students and try not to make any trouble." Denear interrupted. "I don''t plan to anyways..." "Don''t plan to cause any trouble? or get along well with other students?" "Both" Said Denear with a bored tone. "Oh really now?" The Head Master was getting concerned for his school. ''This kid seems nice and all but he has this really dangerous aura around him. My school will become ruble if someone pisses him off. I doubt he is even smart or strong at all! Why else would his father send me that letter to immediately admit him to my academy! Yes, that''s gotta be it!'' "So do you want to dorm with other students or do you want to be on your own?" The Head Master was basically praying in his heart. ''Please pick being alone, please pick being alone, please pick being alone! Pick being alone! PLEASEEEEE!'' Denear could see that the Head Master was hoping for him to pick a certain choice and went deep into thought. I wonder if he thinks i''m too lonely? Cause like, I''ve been home schooled for practically both my lives. And my response was kinda dull. Does he want me to socialize with other students? "I want to dorm with other students." BOOM! The Head Master brain exploded. "W-What makes you want to dorm with other students?" "Isn''t this what you wanted?" The Head Master screamed in head. ''What makes you think that!?'' "Y-Yes, I''m glad you picked the r-right choice." "There was a wrong choice?" Denear''s eyebrows raised. "Well, no. Both were right either way." The Head Master was trying to calm himself down and added to the end of his question. "But didn''t you just say you don''t plan to get along well with other students?" "I did" Denear didn''t deny not wanting to be friends and get in useless drama. "T-Then why?"The Head Master said, stuttering. "I plan to enjoy myself in this school...." "Oh okay..." The Head Master''s eyes widened as he thought. ''Enjoy? He doesn''t mean that right? If he does...I need to protect the female population in my school!!'' 40 Chapter 39-Roommate "I will be taking my leave now Head Master." Denear said, rising from the comfortable chair. "Hope you have a wonderful sleep and don''t forget that the orientation ceremony is going to be held tomorrow morning." Denear walked towards the door and before leaving, he turned around and looked at the Head Master again. The Head Master smiled and very gentle smile and said. "Have a nice afternoon Young Master Denear." Denear nodded in response and headed towards his dorm. While entering his dorm, he heard a group of nobles crowded together. They were probably also staying in this dorm and had already made a group of themselves. Denear could see that some students were avoiding their group. ''Seems like they are commoners'' Denear tried to walk past them when an unknown voice called up to him. "Hello there! You seem like a noble. Please, come join and introduce yourself." A boy with a bright and pretty face put his hand on Denear''s shoulder while acting all friendly but Denear could clearly see that he was one of those popular kids in who everyone follows and adores. Those type of people have a lot of pride and would get rid of anyone who makes them feel insecure. Or rather, they always feel insecure and need people to tell them that they are special or something. People like that are dangerous to make an enemy out of, that is unless.....if you''re me. I know and have been studying human nature my whole life, and I can see that this guy has a hidden dark side.....Just like me. Denear raised his eyebrows as he looked back at the group and politely declined. And by politely, I mean coldly walking away without answering him back. The rest of the group looked at Denear with contempt in their eyes. He could hear them say. "What''s up with that guy!" "So rude!" "I''m gonna beat him up for disrespecting us later" Said a guy raising his fists. "Me too!" Said another guy. "Wow really!" The girls were admiring the guys. "Now, now. Let''s not do anything rash." Said another. "Ugh Fine! He''s not worth our time anyways if he wanna act like that." "Doesn''t he know who we are! Hmmph!" There were 6 people in the group including the guy who put his hand on Denear''s shoulders. 3 were girls and the rest were boys. Denear put his hands inside his pockets and walked up the stairs leading to the rooms while mumbling something under his breath. His mouth turned to a grin as he mumbled. "Daughter of Marquess Hugo Bancroft-Chloe Bancroft, Daughter of Prince Kade Davenport-Ruby Davenport, Daughter of Countess Eleanor Knight-Luna Knight" "Sons of Viscount Alexander Dixon-Edgar Dixon and Rowan Dixon, Son f Baron Francis Easton-Caleb Easton and finally Son of King Xavier-Prince Landon Hendrix" "I know you all to well....." .... Denear used the keys Lynne gave to him during their tour, to open his room door. The room was enormous and was very well decorated. The temperature in the room was just perfect. It was neither to hot or cold. In the room were two beds, but for some reason, one of the beds looked more......rugged while the other looked so luxurious and new. ''Am I going to be paired with a commoner?'' Denear didn''t bring his bags with him because they were in the carriage. It''s the guards job to bring and carry his belongings so Denear left the job to them. He rested on the more luxurious bed and propped himself for an afternoon nap. .... Minutes passed and the door locked could be heard being unlocked and pushed opened. "This is my room huh?" Denear could hear someone entering the room bags being dragged inside. Denear stayed still and pretended to stay asleep. The the footstep were close enough to Denear for someone to notice he was there, the voice started to talk in a low voice. "Seems like a noble will be my roommate....*sigh* Hope he will be nice but I guess I shouldn''t get my hopes up." The voice moved to the other bed. "This is my bed? Guess this is what a commoner deserves. Well, this is better than my other bed." Denear could sense him sitting on the rugged bed then standing up and walking towards his bed. "Who is he I wonder?" Said the voice very close to Denear''s face. "I don''t think he''s from the South Kingdom. Maybe the North Kingdom?" His face was really close to Denear''s face and Denear couldn''t take it anymore. He suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the person in front of him. "I know you''re my roommate but I need my personal space." "Aah!" Denear''s roommate jumped backwards. "You were awake!?" "I am now....." Denear sat up straight and yawned a little bit. "I''m so sorry! Please forgive me!" Denear got out of bed and stood in front of his new roommate. "It''s fine, no need to worry about it." "Thank you so much for not punishing me..." Denear was confused by his sentence. "What do you mean ''punishing me''. " "Well, since I can tell you''re a noble, I thought you''d punish or get mad at me for waking you up...." "No need to worry about that." "Oh! Let me introduce myself, my name is Chandler Griffin." Denear''s eyebrows raised in question. "As in, the magical creature Griffin?" "Yeah.." Chandler''s face turned red a little bit but at the same time, he looked a little sad. "People always bully me cause of that...." He paused. "Especially nobles." "Where are your parents?" "I don''t know....I was abandoned as a baby..... and...nevermind" "What were going to say?" Denear asked getting curious. "*sigh* I know you won''t believe me but.....I was raised by a griffin. That''s how I got my surname." "I believe you." Denear said without any hesitation. "I know it''s unbel-- what? How can you believe me so easily?" Chandler asked. "That''s a secret." Denear had used the skill [The Judge of the universe] to determine whether he was lying about anything. "What about you? What''s your name?" Chandler asked curiously. "You''ll find out sooner or later." "Oh...okay"