488 Betrayal.
“With 3 of us, we wouldplete missions easily, get promoted quickly, and be able to ess higher pieces of information.” ke said.
“We have already talked about this before, we don’t want to join the ash corps.” Castiel said.
“At this point, it is not about what you want, it is about what we have to do to get back to Earth.” ke said receiving silence from both Brian and Castiel.
Right from when he had won the magic school entrance exam and was being approached by the ash corps and all the noble families. ke never epted any of their offers because he was against serving anyone but himself.
When life hit him, ke’s view changed; he realized that if he continued as an adventurer, he would be no different from a headless chicken traveling the entire Infinite realm.
Silence filled the room as Brian and Castiel were trying toe up with a reasonable excuse, but this made ke’s eyes widen in shock.
“I see what is going on here, you guys don’t want to leave Infinite realm.” ke said in realization, and further silence from the 2 confirmed his suspicions.
“I can’t believe this…” ke crashed into his king-sized bed andy there feeling betrayed by the 2 people that were the closest things to being family.
“Why?” ke couldn’t help but ask as he didn’t take his eyes away from the white ceiling.
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“How do I put this… There is nothing to go back to for the both of us.” Brian said.
“How do you mean?” ke rose from the bed as he realized that he didn’t know much about their lives on Earth.
“I don’t know how good your family was for you to want to return to them so badly, but ours weren’t good.” Brian said before going ahead to exin.
“For me, I am the 1st child of a poor family of 6. We are so broke to the point of barely being able to avoid 3 square meals let alone afford to further my education.
“So having 1 less mouth to feed would make things easier for my family, and my “death” should get them donations that would improve their condition.” Brian exined from the point of view that they were not returning with their powers.
“I am thest child of a Japanese family of 4. My elder brother recently became a certified doctor, and my parents who only see us as only investments want me to take after him.
“The problem with this was that I wanted to take the path of a pro gamer, and when I made that clear, my parents were obviously against it. They made my life miserable and threatened to disown me.
“Luckily, I mentioned this to them a few days before the Lords of Legend tournament; so I was able to sneak out to the tournament. My aim was to win the tournament to try and convince them that I had a bright future as a pro gamer, but you know how the rest of the story goes.”
“So, tell me would you want to go back to a life like that?” Castiel asked causing ke’s anger to subside.
Their life stories were truly sad, and after putting himself in their shoes, ke realized that he would have done the same thing.
Their lives in Infinite realm were the dream of every gamer. Not only did they notck funds to carry out any project they had in mind, but they could basically take whatever path they wanted and achieve whatever goal they had in mind with the help of magic.
“I must confess, if I was in your shoes I would have done the same thing, but one thing I am sure that I wouldn’t have done is wasted your time or make you all think that we are all working towards a goal.” ke said in a disappointed tone as he stormed out of the room.
Grrrr!
On sensing the negative emotions of its master, Ebony stood from its resting position and growled at Castiel and Brian before following ke with his sister.
“What happened?” Cami couldn’t help but ask when she saw ke’s sad expression as he came down the stairs.
“It’s nothing.” ke said as he and his pets walked past her and went for the door.
“Where are you going?!” Cami asked in a worried tone but the only reply she got was the door banging.
“What the hell is going on?” Cami asked in an utterly confused tone causing Tessie to leave the kitchen.
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ke left the house to take a walk to clear his head.
[What exactly are you bothered about?] The system asked ke who ignored it.
[Your ns are in no way affected by them because they aren’t taking part in your current investigation and most importantly you don’t have a concrete n, yet.]
[As for the feeling of betrayal, I have nothing to say because their actions were shitty. I just want to remind you that even though your goals no longer align, it doesn’t mean you should allow them to slow down or hinder yours.] The system said.
‘Thanks though, but I was thinking about something else. ‘ ke said.
[So much for trying to cheer you up.] The system shook its head, but ke ignored it.
‘I was thinking about something else… My thought all these while is just returning to Earth but I have never thought about the consequences, at least not all of them.’
‘If I am to return to Earth, will I just start over again building wealth?’ The thought was already making ke tired.
Although he had won the tournament, the cash prize wasn’t enough tost him and his mom a lifetime. That meant he had to start all over again to look for ways to increase his wealth
‘I have only been here for 4 years, and I still don’t know how long I will be here, but I am already exhausted. I don’t think I have the strength to start all over again or will everything reset to the moment I won the tournament just like in webnovels.’ ke thought as he held his head.
‘I guess I should stop here.’ ke said as he noticed how people were looking at him as if they were staring at a ghost.
It was when he turned to return to his house that he noticed Ebony and Ivory that had been following him all this while.
“Thank the heaven that you guys were not your original size, if not they would have called the ash corps on me.” ke said as he ruffled their fur and began walking back home.
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