《What Would You Do For Revenge?》 Prologue-Why Do You Want Revenge? A/N: Was writing this yesterday and thought it was pretty good. I tried to use first-person POV, but I don''t think I did it right... Anyways, dont forget to read my other story and follow and rate. Peace. What Would You Do For Revenge? Prologue-Why Do You Want Revenge? Name: Xearos Aveeno Age: 28 Race: Human Appearance: Black hair, blue eyes, six feet two inches tall, slender/muscular physique, incredibly handsome Status: Widowed Reason: Wife murdered Previous occupation: Father of two, ex-mercenary, simple village citizen, married Current occupation: School teacher, father of one, ex-husband Reason: Revenge 2 years before the ''Incident'' and 2 years and 1 day before I acquire my powers... I was standing outside of my room, hearing the screams of my wife in labor, currently giving childbirth. In had my five year-old daughter next me, hugging my leg. I soon hear the screams stop and hear a little baby crying. I rush in with my daughter and see my wife holding our child. My wife looks really pale, it looks like childbirth wasn''t easier the second time around. The midwife assured me she was fine and I sigh in relief, rubbing my wife''s hair. My wife is Human, snow white hair that goes down to her butt, beautiful emerald green eyes that seem to make you never want to look away, the most beautiful and softest face I have ever seen, big, soft breasts that seem to suck your hand right in, a slim figure, enticing enough to catch both males and females. I kiss her on the lips and look at the baby in her arms. It was a cute baby boy, inheriting my black hair and his mom''s green eyes. My wife hands my son over to me and I hold him in my arms, rocking him gently. "What should we name him? I was thinking of Jay. Does that sound weird?" Said my wife. I smiled at her, that name was fantastic. Leave it to my wife to name things, I am terrible at naming things. "No honey, Jay is perfect. I couldn''t ask for a better name. So son, how do you like your new name Jay? Pretty cool huh, and I totally came up with it." I said, smiling at him. My wife laughed and pinched my arm. "Daddy, daddy, can I see?" Said my daughter, Cristina. She looked exactly like her mother, white hair and green eyes, extremely beautiful. She was a little heart breaker already. I won''t give her to any man! She will be my cute little daughter forever! I smiled at Cristina and gave Jay to her. She smiled while holding him and started making funny noises and faces, making Jay laugh. Soon, Jay started crying and Cristina handed Jay back to my wife, Cynthia. She pulled her breast out and fed him. I wish I could be fed too. After he was full, she patted him on the back and he burped, falling asleep. Cynthia put him in his crib in our room and the midwife left, seeing that everything was alright. I put Cristina to bed and to my room. I kissed Jay on the forehead, kissed my wife, and fell asleep next to her. I wake up the next morning to Jay''s crying. I nudge Cynthia awake, and she gets out of bed to change Jay. While she was walking, I groped her butt a little. She gasped and turned around, completely red as a tomato. She may be 25, but she is still so shy and cute. Hehehe, makes me a happy hubby. She picks up Jay and sets him on the floor. I get dressed and go to Cristina''s room to wake her up. I walk in Cristina''s room and see her cute little sleeping face, she is currently wrapped up in a ball of her blanket and all you can see, is her face sticking out, like a caterpillar. My family is so adorable. I walk over to Cristina and jumped on her bed, flinging her in the air. She starts fumbling around in her blanket and gets up, pouting, and I smile wryly at her, so adorable. I pick her up and start swinging her around, she is laughing and I stop after I get dizzy. I get her dressed and we head downstairs. Mmmm~, I can smell my wife''s beautiful cooking. We all sit around the diner table and start eating. Today''s breakfast is a bowl of soup with meat and vegetables in it, with a side of bread. I grab my spoon and take a huge bite, delicious~. Nothing beats Cynthia''s cooking. We finish up our meal and clean the dishes. I kiss my wife and son goodbye, while taking Cristina to school on my way to work. I am currently a guard, working for the village. My job consists of killing wolves and such, patrolling the streets in the village, and standing guard at the gate in the South of the village. The village that I currently live in is called Thorst. It''s a neat little village in the backcountry. Not unknown from the world, we reside in between two major Human cites. One to the North and South. The one to the North is called Oryi, while the one to the South is called Syrinx, and we reside on the Human continent called Frij?les (Pronounced Free-Yoles). Thorst isn''t too big or too small, but we get a lot of commerce. Most villages house 100-200 people, Thorst houses 155 people. I live in a two-story house with three beds, one bath, one kitchen, one dining room, one recreation room, a cellar, and a backyard. My family and I are pretty well-off. My yearly pay is 5 gold coins. 1 gold could feed a family of two for a year and 3 gold could feed a family of four for a year. With my skills with swordsmanship as a mercenary, I easily got a job as a guard in this village when Cynthia and I decided to settle down. A trip down memory lane... 5 years before the ''Incident'' and 5 years and 1 day before I acquire my powers... I met Cynthia on one mission I went on when I was 20, she was 19. The mission was to guard a nobles carriage while they traveled to Syrinx. There were a total of 20 expertly trained mercenaries and 5 royal guards. The guards had an insignia and their left breast that showed a pair of white wings behind a sword stabbed in the ground. I thought this was going to be a simple mission, killing few animals, bandits, boom, done. But when I arrived to guard the carriage, I saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life, everyone was ogling her pretty hard, but I kept my face blank. Not showing my emotions. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. I assumed that with beauty like that, she would hate to be stared at pervertedly, and I should know, I don''t want to toot my own horn or anything, but I was damn handsome. Most women wanted some of this and eventually it got irritating, so I always wore a mask when I became a mercenary. When the woman saw my impassive face, as much as she could anyways, she was shocked. When she got into the carriage, one of the men came to me and said. "Dude, how could you not be staring at that fine piece of ass?" I looked at him and said. "Because I know how to act professional around anyone. Get with the program ladies, we got to move, get in the carriages." And with that said, everyone got into their respective carriages. I was in the very back-most carriage, alert for any danger. One day, when everyone was around a campfire, a man asked me. "Dude, how come you always wear a mask? I have never seen you take it off for anything. Are you hiding something under there perhaps?" And everyone looked at me with expectant faces. "Fine, but don''t regret it later." I sighed and took off my mask, revealing my face. Everyone took in deep breathes and the woman was also watching me, when I took my mask off, she blushed as red as a tomato and looked away. After a minute, I put my mask back in and everyone snapped out of their daze and blushed, looking away, EVEN THE MEN! Jeez, way to increase my ego guys. With that settled, everyone always averted their gaze with me, suddenly finding something on the floor interesting. No one told me directly, but I knew it was because of my face. I told them not to regret it, but now I am starting to regret it, no one wants to talk to me. *Sob* Am I too beautiful to not even be worthy talking too? Much less be around? That might be my ego talking, but I don''t care. I need some friends. *Sob* With that mindset, I sat away from everyone when we stopped traveling to rest. I would grab a stick and poke things with it. It was the most depressing day of my life, but the woman kept spying on me whenever she could, watching me, studying me. It got creepy after a while, so I went over to her and asked her why she was stalking me, much more covertly though. "Oi, why are stalking me? You wanna get beat up?" I said. That sounded a lot less menacing on my head. The woman jumped up, scared, and turned to face me. She was blushing so bad, tomatoes would be put to shame, I kinda feel bad now. No come on, if you start crying, I might really kill myself. To make such a beautiful woman cry, I am worse than the scum of the earth. After that, we talked and got to know each other. I learned her name was Cynthia, and that her father and her were going to see her mother in Syrinx. I told who I was and how I got where I am today. But that''s a story for another time. Most of the way was pretty uneventful, killing mostly wolves and other creatures. But everything changed when the fire nation attacked. We were in the "Forest of a Thousand Eyes", when we get jumped. The carriage was attacked by a group of 30 or so bandits. I went to go kill them, when the royal guards turned on us, and started to attacking the mercenaries. One tried to cut me, but I parried their sword and stabbed them in the chest. They fell to the ground dead, and I looked around. There were 15 mercenaries left, 3 royal guards, and 23 bandits. I snuck up behind a royal guard and cracked his neck, killing him. I took his sword out of his sheathe and threw it at another royal guard, decapitation him. I was trying to kill the guards first, they were better trained than the bandits. By this time, the bandits realized I was here and a few ran over to me. The last guard died and there were 17 bandits and 9 mercenaries left. I started running through the crowd of bandits, killing one, two ,three, five, nine. Soon, all the bandits died. There were only 5 mercenaries left. We all quickly ran back to the carriages. Nothing seemed to be wrong, so we got in the carriages and tried to run away, but before we could, one of the carriages blew up. I looked around and saw a mage chanting explosion spells and fireball spells. I was carrying another sword with me, so I threw it at the mage, cutting his head clean off, not even blood spilled from his neck. That first explosion killed a mercenary, so now there were only four left. They quickly ran away before they died, I grabbed Cynthia and looked for her father, but he was dead. I took Cynthia and ran to the nearest village, Thorst. After the incident, it was said there were no survivors. We later learned that the whole scheme was planned by her younger brother to become the head of his house. After the king found out, he had him executed publicly. Cynthia''s father was quite close to him after all. Soon after all that transpired, we settled down in Thorst, with me being a guard, and later, Cynthia found out that she was pregnant. In later proposed to her and she readily accepted. He bought a bigger house in Thorst before the marriage, when we find out she was pregnant. 4 months later, Cristina was born, looking just like her mother. I was the happiest I have ever been in my life when she was born. 4 years later, Cynthia was pregnant again, and then 9 months later, poof, here we are now. I was walking Cristina to her school, it was currently 9 am. We arrived at her school, I kissed her cheek goodbye, and went to do my daily duties. After it was 3 pm, I went to pick up Cristina and walked her home. She told me all about her day, what she learned, what she did, I was happy. We went home, had dinner, and I fell asleep. Waiting for the next day. Chapter 1-Goodbye My Love What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 1-Goodbye My Love Night of the ''Incident'' and 1 day before I acquire my powers... It was just like any other day. No one could have guessed what happened on ''That'' day. Jay was 2 years old, while Cristina was 7. She was always a caring older sister to Jay, helping him and watching him. Today, she doesn''t have school and she asked me if we could go to the woods today. Since I agreed earlier, I got some rations, my sword, my armor, and Cristina got her leather and a dagger too. I thought she looked adorable like that. I kissed Cynthia goodbye before we left. Little did I know, I would soon come to regret this decision. Cristina and I went into the forest. I showed her how to kill certain animals and had her try. What, she wanted to, and how could I say no to that cute face. She got even cuter over years and now it''s become my Kryptonite. Every time I see her pouting face, I have a mini heart attack from cuteness overload. After trying a few times, she finally killed a rabbit. She picked it up and ran to me, a huge smile on her face. No don''t do that, gah! Cuteness overload. "Look daddy, I caught it. Praise me hehehe~" she said and giggled when I said good job and rubbed her head. We ate some rations and continued. Cristina was getting the hang of this and now she was skinning the rabbits. Totally unladylike, blood all over her, and smile on her face. Eh, whatever. We were almost out of rations, so I said it''s time to head back to the village. Cristina ran to me and grabbed my leg happily, while we were walking home. We got out of the forest and we saw the village on fire. I quickly picked up Cristina and ran so fast, it looked like I was flying. Upon reaching the village, I saw that the entire village was being burned down, and I could see men in gold armor, with an insignia on their left breast, that depicts a pair of wings with a sword behind it, carrying torches around, burning houses. ''Wait, that insignia, it''s the same as the guards from five years ago. Does that mean the current head of Cynthia''s house knows she survived? Not good. They''re even killing people, monsters.'' I quietly ran to my house, seeing that it was on fire, I jumped through a broken window, covering Cristina with my body from the fire. I was carrying Cristina through the house and looked around, noticing that Cynthia and Jay aren''t here. ''Damn, they must be upstairs, I gotta hurry, but the stairs are on fire.'' And with that, I entered the kitchen. I grabbed a bucket and turned on the faucet. Installed the bucket up with water and threw it on the stairs, putting out the fire. ''Please, please be safe, Cynthia, Jay.'' My thoughts were erratic. Still holding Cristina, I bolt upstairs, kicking open every door. Nothing. ''Nonono, don''t do this to me, Cynthia, Jay, where are you?'' With that thought, I ran back downstairs and into the back yard. I went to the side of the house and noticed the cellar door unlocked. ''Please be alright, please be alright.'' I was chanting in my head like a mantra. I kick open the cellar door and fly down the stairs. I look in the rooms in the cellar and I reach the last one. I kick it open and see Cynthia with Jay in her arms. ''Oh, thank you Lord.'' I thought and ran to Cynthia. I went to shake her, but when I did, I felt something sleek on her. Looking at my hand, I immediately knew what it was. Blood. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. "Nonono, please don''t be your blood. Please." I say and Cynthia notices me. She smiles and then starts crying. I have a confused look and she looked down and at Jay, laying in her arms. He is covered in blood and his chest isn''t moving up and down, tears well up in my eyes. "Nonono, not Jay. Why, why, why." I said while crying. Cynthia just touches my cheek and I remember the blood on her. I turn to look at her and notice a gash down her back. She looks incredibly pale, and more tears well up in my eyes. We both knew that this was the end for her. "I tried to protect Jay, and they cut me. Then they killed him right in front of and left. They threw torches in the house and I barely managed to get in the cellar. I''m so happy that you and Cristina are safe. I thought the worst happened to you." She said, slowly losing the light in her eyes. "Nonono, please, stay with me, I can''t live without you, I love you so much, please don''t leave me." I said, unable to see because of the tears in my eyes. Cynthia just smiled lovingly and said, with the last of her life. "I love you too, please, for me, live happily with Cristina, far away from here, please." I nodded and said. "Okay, I love you so much, Cynthia." "And I, you." And with that, the light faded from her eyes forever. I sat down Cristina, picked up Cynthia and Jay, while leaving the cellar, mentioning Cristina to follow. We walk to our backyard and I hurry and dig two holes. I gently place Cynthia in one and Jay in the other and I fill the hole with dirt. He grabbed two nearby rocks and drew an ''X'' on them both, then under that he wrote: Here lies Cynthia Aveeno, 25 years old. Loving wife and always tried to protect her child until the very end. Wife of Xearos Aveeno. You will be missed. Here lies Jay Aveeno, 2 years old, son of Xearos Aveeno, his mother tried to protect him even until her death. Died without even living. You will be missed. I shed a few more tears and placed the rocks at the head of the graves. I quickly picked up Cristina, and ran into the forest, unnoticed by the enemy. I was skillfully moving through the trees and after a few hours, I thought we were far enough away to rest, so I went into a nearby cave with Cristina in my arms. ''I''m getting kinda worried. She hasn''t said anything ever since we saw the village on fire. I hope she doesn''t have a trauma, but after witnessing that horrible scene, and at a young age especially, are going to be messed up from that. Hopefully it''s not too bad.'' I thought and wrapped my arms around her in the cave. I took off my armor to let her sleep in for extra warmth. Like that, we fell asleep in the cave. But before I could, Cristina crawled from in between the armor and laid down in front of me, pressing her head into my chest, and cried. We sat like this all night and she cried herself to sleep. ''This isn''t good. When she saw the fire, her body automatically shut off her consciousness, leaving her in autopilot, and now that it''s calm, her consciousness is coming back. She will be bombarded with emotions and it will suck.'' I thought, having gone through something similar before, but that''s a story for later. ''I swear, on my life, I will get stronger, and exact revenge on the people who killed Cynthia and Jay.'' I thought and fell asleep. 9 hours before I get my powers... Cristina and I woke up. CHapter 2-The Tear That Never Fell What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 2-The Tear That Never Fell After Cristina and I woke up, we got dressed, and I went to go find a lake to clean ourselves, but when I left, I heard Cristina started screaming. I ran back and saw her on the floor, shivering. "Honey? Honey, what''s wrong?" I said while running to Cristina, when she noticed me, she stopped and hugged my leg. Oh, no. After witnessing her mother and brother die in front of her, she has become dependant on my presence. Should I leave her, she will have a mental breakdown, this isn''t good at all. I sighed and put Cristina on my shoulder. Looks like we have to always be together from now on. If I die, she will surely become a vegetable. I can''t let that happen, I promised Cynthia that Cristina and I would live. After walking around for a while, I heard a waterfall in the distance. Running to the sound of the waterfall, I see two women bathing. I look around for any weapons or dangerous belongings, none, good, and I look around for anymore people, none, good, now to show myself. Just as I was about to jump out of the bushes, one of the women yell at me. "Hey, I can feel your presences over there, come out now you perverts so I can kill you over here or I''ll kill you over there. It''s your choice." She is kinda rude but can''t be picky now. I stand up and out of the bushes. The women are shocked at how handsome I am and Cristina on my shoulder. I just stared at them, waiting for them to do something while also being vigilant of my surroundings. They snap out of their daze and become embarrassed, fumbling to cover themselves. "W-w-who are you?" Said the one on the right. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, wolf ears, and a fluffy blonde tail. Hmmm, it looks soft, I really want to pet it, she has big boobs, and a slim figure. In would think she was hot, if not for my wife and child dying in front of me, while my daughter becomes traumatized. Quite the shitty circumstances I would say. "I am Xearos and this is Cristina, my daughter. Who are you people?" I said, pointing at them. They flinched and said. "Oh, she''s your daughter, does that mean you''re married?" The one on the left said. She has black hair, black eyes, cat ears, a slim cat tail, and small boobs. She looks like an 8 year old. I got mad at that question, that''s a sensitive topic for now, and forever. I start walking towards them, with a menacing stare, and they start shivering, certainly scared right now. "Don''t ever talk about my wife again, or I will rip your throats out and feed them to you. Understand?" I scared them shitless and they nodded their heads so fast. With that settled, I undress Cristina and started washing her with the water, scrubbing the dirt off best I can without proper tools. When she became all clean, I dried her off by laying her in the sun for a little. While she was drying off, I undressed and scrubbed myself to, then laying myself to dry. Cristina finished drying, got dressed and sat next to me. ''At least she didn''t lose her common sense'' I thought. I soon finished drying, and put my clothes back on. With that, we left and started walking forward again, away from the waterfall. "Wait, where are you going? Can I come too?" Said the wolf girl. I glare menacingly at her. "It has nothing to do with you." And walk away. Walking aimlessly around, I stumbled into an old temple. ''What the hell are you?'' I thought, glancing around curiously, and walked in. The entire temple felt creepy, there were strange hieroglyphs on the walls, floor, ceiling, and even on statues. This was crazy. After walking around for a while, I made it to the center of the temple. All that was in this room, was a white pedestal and a gray, floating blob of God knows what, on it. I observe it carefully, looking at it from all angles, touching the floor around it, touching the pedestal. Good, there doesn''t seem to be a trap here. "Daddy, what''s that?" Said Cristina. "I have no idea." I replied. When I was satisfied with observing it, I went to throw a rock at it. The rock bounced off of it. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. ''Hmmm, it looks safe but dangerous at the same time.'' I thought. I went to the blob, took Cristina off of my shoulders and touched the orb. At first, nothing happened, but when I tried to take my hand away, it was stuck. ''Okay, no time to panic, let''s just wait.'' As soon as I thought that, I hear a voice in my head. ''Checking compatibility. Scanning complete, 100 percent compatibility. Synchronizing.'' ''Oh no, that doesn''t sound good.'' I thought and tried to take my hand away again, but when I did, the blob started crawling over my arm, sliding around my body, seeping into my skin and down my throat. ''Argh, what the hell is this? It hurts like hell.'' "Grahhhh!" I yell out in agony. It hurts so much I can cry but tears won''t come out. Soon after, I fainted while hearing the voice again, looking at Cristina''s crying and panicked face. "Synchronizing complete. Successfully merged into host. Commencing bodily changes." An hour later... *Blegh* *cough* *cough* I wake, puking up blood. My body hurts but not as much as before. I feel tingly. I put my hand on the floor to hoist myself up, and I made a giant crack in the floor. ''What happened, I remember touching that blob and then passing out. Wait, where''s Cristina? Oh she''s next to me, eyes like a waterfall and snot all over her face.'' "*hic* *hic* Daddy, I was so worried when you fell on the ground, *hic* I thought you were never gonna wake up. *hic*" She said, and throwing herself on me. Despite every urge in my body, I resisted hugging her, this new strength is deadly. "Hehe, your old man won''t let something like this make him kick the bucket. Now, do you wanna go? You''re hungry right? Come on, let''s get some food." I said, cheering her up and making her embarrassed when her stomach growled. I picked her up and put her on my shoulder as gently as I could. I walked out of the temple and back to the lake, I wanted to see if my appearance changed, but when I moved, I moved incredibly fast, and next thing I knew, I was outside the temple. I made it to the lake and there was no one here. I can now ''feel'' when someone is in a 25 meter radius from me at the epicenter. Who knows what else happened to me. My skin looks like a circuit board, with blue, pulsing lines lining my arms and chest, but the rest of my body is the same, but now I have glowing, blue eyes. I ''feel'' an animal nearby. I run to it and accidentally run into it, sending it into a tree, killing it. It looked like a deer, but with blue fur, it was called and Irth. I drag the Irth back to the lake and make tried to make a fire with a stone and sticks. It didn''t work at all, I kept breaking the tools. Right when I was about to give up, I was thinking how I really want to cook this, and a ball of fire appeared on the Irth and burned it. The flames were blue and turned the Irth into ashes in seconds. "What the? Did I do that? That could be helpful." I said and practiced willing things to burn and they would catch on fire and burn. Sometimes, I would will the fire to burn slower, and it did. I could control how hot the fires temperature was, and the size. "Wait, what am I doing, I need to get food. Ok, I ''feel'' another Irth in the bushes. Let''s do this right.'' I thought and walked over to the bushes and poked my head through. I saw an Irth grazing on the grass. I ran at the Irth and grabbed it by the neck, lifting it up with ease, and cracked its neck. I dragged it back to the lake and skinned it. I set the pelt In the lake to clean it and put it out to dry. I ripped a piece of the Irth off of the body and used my fire to burn it. It was a nice and crispy and I gave the meat to Cristina. I didn''t feel hunger thirst, nor exhaustion in this new body. Neat. After Cristina was done eating, I picked her up and we continued our journey. I vaguely remember where we are and we should be seeing the city Sryinx soon up ahead, maybe we can rest there for awhile. ''With this new power and strength, I could exact my revenge, but I''ll need allies for that. There are some people I have in mind.'' I thought and saw the Sryinx in the distance. I walked out of the forest and to the city. Chapter 3-Arrival What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 3-Arrival Walking to the gates of the the city, it looked as bustling as always, the guards looked shocked seeing me and Cristina. I would be too, with how I look right now and am carrying a young girl. "Halt, state your business traveler." Said a guard. I looked at him, and he flinched. "I am here to rest with my daughter." I said. The guard looked me over once more and motioned me to come inside. I walked in the city and was met with a bunch of stares, some looked confused, others, scared, and some had sparkles in their eyes seeing Cristina. That made me giggle. Some even eyed me lustfully. Cristina hugged my head and buried her face in my hair, obviously shy, and looking cute while doing it. I always carried with me 5 gold in my clothes and a pouch of money on my waist. Some robber tried to snatch my money, but I sidestepped and kicked him through a wall into a store. I spit on the ground and walked away, receiving more scared and lustful stares. I walked to an inn while receiving many different stares. When I walked in, the entire place shut up and everyone looked at me. I just stared forward and walked the attendant, a middle-aged man with black hair and dark brown eyes. He looked me over, then he looked over Cristina, she hid her face again, and he smiled, not pervertedly, but a happy smile. "You are too cute, it should be illegal. Now, what can I do for you today?" Said the man. "I would like a room please." I said. "It''s 10 copper a day, and meals are an extra 5, you can also use the bath for free." He said. "I''ll take the room for 5 days and a meal please." I handed him 55 copper and he gave me a key. He told me my room number and I went upstairs. I unlocked my room and looked around, it was quite nice. I locked the door back up, and went to the bath. I undressed Cristina and myself and started washing her. Soon, we were all clean, and we went upstairs to sleep. Since I don''t feel exhaustion, I don''t need to sleep. Cristina laid down next to me and fell fast asleep. I sat awake and was feeling quite hot, so I was wishing that I would cool down, when a gust of a wind blew across my face. ''No way, don''t tell me...'' I think and will some air to swirl above my palm, and a few minutes later, a ball of swirling, compressed air, floated above my palm. ''Don''t tell me I get increased physical abilities, a ''radar'', a body that can''t get tired, and I can manipulate elements?'' I thought. To test this theory, I willed water to appear in my hand. Soon, a rotating ball of water was swirling above my palm. I also will a ball of earth in my and, soon enough, it appeared. Suddenly, I had an idea, I made a ball of fire in my hand and started swirling the air around and in it, trying to fuse the two together. It worked, and I had a blue fire with white streams surrounding it. With this, my fire can''t be put out with water alone. I did this the entire night, finding different ways to fuse and use my four elements. My fusions so far: I fused fire-wind and created an invincible fire I fused wind-water and made lightning I fused earth-earth and created the ability to control wood and plants I fused water-water and created the ability to control blood It''s not much, but I created a new element and made two variants while also increasing my fires potential. I can also use the water to act as a catalyst for the lightning, increasing its power. Using this too much made me really tired and I actually passed out. I think this session was rewarding. I woke up with the sun shining on my face and went downstairs to wash myself. When I walked in, all the women blushed and looked away, while the men eyed me with envy. I was cleaning myself, when I ''felt'' a man walk up to me, irritation all over his face. ''So he''s looking for a fight huh? Just don''t disappoint me.'' I thought. "Hey you,new guy, I want to have a word with you." He said. I ignored him and continued washing myself. Everyone knew what this man was going to do and sent him death stares. "Hey, don''t ignore me!" He yelled and grabbed my shoulder. I grabbed his hand, squeezing hard and heard a few cracks, and let him go. The man fell on his knees, holding his hand. "Dont you dare touch me." I said, only putting a little menace in it and everyone shivered and looked away. I finish cleaning myself and went back to my room. Cristina woke up and we went downstairs to eat. Everyone looked at us again while we ate, soon after they continued what they were doing and we left. I took Cristina to a clothing store and bought a black cloak, and a set of clothes for Cristina. With that settled, we took a tour of the city. We went to famous landmarks and statues of heroes past, eating food at nearby stalls and I bought her two emerald earrings. They were in the shape of a star and she thanked me when I gave them to her, tears of happiness in her eyes. I put the earrings on her and we continued our tour. It was nice and in a flash, it turned into night. To get to the inn faster, I decided to go into an alleyway. It was creepy and Cristina was holding my leg. I ''felt'' three people behind us and two in front. One of them walked up to us made a very rude request. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source."Oi, hand over the girl and you get live, sounds like a good deal huh?" I got pissed at this and quickly closed Cristina''s eyes with one hand, stood in front of the man and ripped out his throat with the other. He clasped his hands over his throat to stop the bleeding and fell to the floor. "I will never hand her over. You guys should leave, or do you want to do this the hard way?" I said, pointing to their buddy on the floor, still bleeding out. "You bastard! Rahhh!" One of them said and rushed at me, sword drawn. I just stood there, still covering Cristina''s eyes, wanting to test something. The man eventually reached me and thrusted his sword at me. It surprisingly shattered upon piercing my armor reaching my skin. I just noticed I put on my armor in the woods, how did I not notice this? My sword is missing, hmm. The man stared wide eyed and I grabbed him, thrusting him up against a wall by his neck. "You see, I am really not in the mood for this right now. So if you would just die, that''d be great." I said with a frown on my face. He was clawing at my hands and struggling to breathe, when his friends finally saw me as a threat and all rushed at me. I tightened my grip, crushing his throat and cracking his neck, killing him, and threw him at his friends. I hit one of them and they fell backwards, and the remaining two slashed at me, forgetting the fact that they can''t cut me, and shattered their swords against my skin too. Wanting to test something else, I willed the first man''s blood into a sword, and stabbed one in the chest, and thrusted my hand into the other guys chest, holding his heart in my hand on the other side. I dropped his heart and retracted my hand, making him cough out blood and fall limp on the floor. The last remaining guy got his friend off him, just in time to see what happened. He got up and tried to run away, and I used the grass to wrap around his ankles, tripping him. "Daddy, what''s happening?" Cristina said. "Nothing, just playing around with some people, it''s a secret game so I can''t show you." I said and Cristina pouted, aww, she looks so cute. I had enough of this and left leaving the other guy praying that I''m leaving. I turn into another alleyway, only to get stopped by another man. ''This is getting ridiculous, why won''t they give up already?'' I thought and stood still. The man in front of me looked to be old and had white hair with a long, white beard as well. He had a staff in his hand, and was wearing a blue, embroidered, robe. "Well, after seeing that, would you like to be a teacher at my academy?" The old man said. I stared confused at him. "No thanks, I''m busy." I said, and the old man smiled. Cristina looked excited and looked up at me with puppy dog eyes, tears building up on the corners of her eyes. No, my one weakness, gah! Fine, I yield. "Hahh, alright I will teach, but you have to let my daughter join to, if not, then I''m out. Why do even want me to teach anyways, I have no experience, and who are you?" I said, the man looked confused. This man felt much more powerful than me. "Your daughter can attend, I want you to teach because I saw you use plant magic against that man, that is a very rare variant of earth magic, mind you, and kill these people like they were nothing. I am very interested in you and think it would be better to have you close to me, in case you try to use that power for evil, and as for who I am well, I am the headmaster of Rork Academy, Bob Pennyworth. You have such unique skills that I could care less if have experience or not." Said the man. I knew about Rork Academy, it was the greatest academy on the planet. I planned on having Cristina attend before everything happened, she had excellent magic potential. ''Wait, he said I used Plant Magic, but I have no magic potential, my wife had excellent magic potential and Cristina got hers from her mother.'' I thought. ''It must have been the gray blob. After I touched the blob, I could control magic, maybe it increased my mana pool and affinities. Interesting.'' I thought, I look back at Bob and ask the most important question. "What were you doing here Bob?" And Bob smiled at me. "In this city, we don''t tolerate slavery, so when this slaver group started to appear in the city, the king tasked me with bringing them down. These men here, were part of this group and my only lead. I was tailing them when you suddenly showed up, and I was about to jump down there and save you, when you ripped that guys throat out, quite gruesomely I might add. Good thing you kept one alive, I need answers." Said Bob and he walked over to the last man alive, tangled in grass and was fumbling around everywhere. When he saw Bob, he paled and started crying, like a little girl might I add. "Ha, so these wanted to put my little angel in slavery, you people disgust me. But that is better than what I thought, I thought they were child molesters." I said and spit on the floor. I stayed for a while, while Bob tortured the man to the brink of death a few times, then healed him. It was extremely brutal and I had to put Cristina to bed in our room at the inn. The man endured unspeakable pain so many times and yet never told Bob anything. Quite a little iron tongued man we have here. If only he wasn''t a criminal, I would respect this top-level of camaraderie, quite impressive, and I am sure I would''ve broke when Bob started ripping off his fingers and reattaching them, only to rip them off again. Bob cast a noise-cancellation spell so no one heard what was going on in this alley, and an illusion spell so no one saw either. He broke soon enough and told Bob what he wanted, bloodied and battered. Bob put him out of his misery and acted like nothing happened, blood all over him, staining his skin and hair red. ''This man is scary, mental note: Never cross him.'' I thought. "So, in a few days, I will have someone pick you two up and take you to Rork Academy. Until then, ta-ta." He said and waved me goodbye. What have I got myself into? Chapter 4-Knowledge Is Power What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 4-Knowledge Is Power I stood in the alleyway, dumbfounded. ''That man did all that and he walked it off like it was nothing, a truly scary individual.'' I thought and returned the inn. I was walking up to my room, when I realized something important, I know nothing about magic, only sword techniques. This is karma coming to get me because I never paid attention in my magic studies classes. Shit. I went to my room and fell next to Cristina on the bed, wondering what I already know about magic. I was done fast, all I know about magic is that you have a mana pool and affinities for an element or two. I really need to go to the library tomorrow and look this stuff up. I''m pretty sure Cristina knows more than I do. I practiced magic? all night long and fell asleep again. ''Why do I keep feeling fatigued when I use my power too much? No matter, I will find out when I research this stuff.'' I thought and fell asleep. Tonight, I learned to control my own blood and make it into shapes, a knife, sword, and I can sharpen droplets to pierce things. Neat. But I must be wary of bloodloss, oh, I can absorb people''s blood and merge it with my own so I can''t die from bloodloss. Neat. I learned this from back at the alley. The next morning, I awoke to Cristina jumping up and down on me, it didn''t hurt, but the force was rocking me back and forth. ''She is also gonna be quite scary when she grows up, and even cuter and prettier, but I won''t let any man have her! She is my little girl you hear you bastards? You can''t have her, unless you prove your strength to me in battle, then I might acknowledge you.'' I thought "Come on daddy, let''s go outside today again too." She said, with a smile on her face, no, gah! If you use that face, I''ll really die one day. "Okay, but first, let''s get you cleaned and fed." I said and she dragged me downstairs, quite literally, my face was dragging along the floor and I kept hitting my face against the steps of the stairs. It didn''t hurt but still, it''s the thought that counts right? Everyone was laughing at when I was dragged along the floor, scraping my fingernails against the floor for dramatic effect, while I was also screaming, and like that, we entered the bath. Everyone was either scared of me or lusted after me, but after that, they thought I was an average man, being held under rule of a female. Quite literally, she bossed me around, telling me to get in a crawling position and she sat on me while she cleaned herself. ''What''s with this sudden personality change?'' I thought and cried while she sat on me. Again, everyone laughed at me, but they weren''t mocking laughs, but genuine, happy laughs. We finished up in the bath and I got her some food. She ate in silence and she kept looking at me. "How come you never eat daddy?" She said and I smiled at her. "Daddy isn''t hungry right now, all the food I ate yesterday is still in me." I said and she smiled and kept eating. She finished up, and I took her to the library. She was depressed but stayed with me nonetheless, no, if pout like that, gah! My heart stopped for a second. "Okay honey, I need to read some books, you don''t have to read too, but stay near me okay?" I said and she nodded her head. I can ''feel'' if anyone walks in and out of this building and the immediate vicinity. She should be safe if she stays inside the store. She walked away from me and started looking around, she is getting better at overcoming her trauma, I''m trying to create happy memories to overwrite the bad ones, that''s why I toured the city the other day. It''s working really well, but I can''t rush this. Hopefully this school thing will be good for her too. Reading some books about magic and such, I learned exactly what a mana pool was. It is the energy you draw from, when you use your magic. Everyone is born with a set mana pool, some higher than others, and by expending their mana fully, can increase their mana pool by a little. It''s not much at first, but you can drastically increase your mana pool after a few years of expending your mana pool once a day. If you expend your mana too much a day, you can die. If you expend it too fast, you pass out. That must what is happening to me. Magic is the outcome of drawing from your mana pool. Your affinities determine what your mana pool consists of. Most people have two elements and one is a higher affinity than the other, but some have equal affinities. No one has one element, but can have weak affinities for both elements. Some can have two strong affinities, and some can have three elements of varying affinities, and some people can develop variants of affinities like my plant magic, a variant of earth or ice magic, a variant of water, with varying affinity. There is fire, water, earth, wind, illusion, death, and void magic, and their different variants. Death magic is considered a taboo and looked down upon because people who had death magic, only have known spells for raising the dead and creating different creatures like skeletons and zombies, and stealing the life force of livings things and the like. Illusion magic is not a taboo, but looked down upon because there are no practical uses for it. Void magic was lost to the ages of time and no one has it anymore, but it was said to only have one use: Destruction. To use magic, you have to use something like a catalyst, so most people use staffs or chant spells. Some people can voiceless chant, which is what I do, I will the magic into existence with my mind as the catalyst. People can learn to do this, but it takes a lot of practice so most people don''t try to learn. People can be born with this ability, it''s rare, but not too rare. There are rankings for mages and spells. For mages, it goes elementalist, practitioner, mage, magus, archmagus, and vijik, it''s an eleven word that roughly translates to ''master of magic''. An elementalist is someone who can actually use magic, even just a tiny bit, and gets more powerful through the ranks. Increasing your rank can actually increase your lifespan a little. Like 10 to 50 years a rank. The oldest someone is able to be is 400 years old for humans. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. For spells, it goes rookie, basic, intermediate, advanced, master, and God. Rookie, is just being able to use magic and the spells get more powerful and complex through the ranks. Dwarves have the smallest amounts of magic affinity, Humans and beastmen have an average affinity, Elves, Angels, and Demons have high affinity, and Dragons have the highest affinity, pretty much a living, breathing, walking element. That doesn''t sound healthy. I was having a blast reading and learning this new information, when trouble brewed in the form of a molester. God dammit. I closed my book and walked over to where Cristina was and right when I turn the corners of a bookshelf, I see a man''s hand going straight for Cristina''s butt, oh look, she''s reading, how sweet. God dammit, don''t be fooled by her cuteness right now, she needs saving. I run over to her and grab the man''s wrist, then I run around a bookshelf, out of sight from Cristina. I will try to keep her as ignorant of the crudeness of this world as long as I can, for her sake. "What do you think you''re doing with this, hmm?" I say and squeeze his wrist, hearing cracks and then I let him go. He falls to the floor, clutching his wrist. I pick him up by his hair so he is looking at me, terrified, he should be. "Don''t ever touch my daughter or let me see your face again. Should I see your face, I will hand you over to someone who knows how to torment a man better than I. He likes to play with his food first though. Hahaha." I say that and start laughing like a crazed man. The man is visibly afraid and I laugh harder. I hear Cristina coming around the corner and throw the man out of a library window, quickly picking a book from a bookshelf and flipping to a random page, looking interested. Cristina comes around the corner and sees me and smiles while holding my leg. Such a cute and innocent face, I wish it could last forever but I know better. "Daddy, I learned so much cool stuff. Thanks for taking me here, it was fun. Hehehe~" She looked at me and said, such a cute smile, and I pat her head, making her giggle. I think I learned enough and we leave the library. ''It is already night outside, how long were we in there? Cristina is probably hungry, why didn''t she tell me?'' I thought and we walked back to the inn, her telling me all the things she read about. I got her dinner, cleaned her and we went to bed. Tonight''s training bore no fruit, but I practiced basic level spells, increasing my knowledge of magic. I woke up and Cristina was drooling on me, how cute. I nudge her awake and we go to the baths to clean ourselves, this time she didn''t sit on me. Hmmm, was that one time thing or something? Not like I liked being sat on but whatever. If she likes sitting on me then that''s fine. I''ll endure anything for her happiness! We cleaned ourselves and got something to eat. Afterwards, we took another trip around the city. Still as beautiful as ever. While we were walking around, some lady came and slapped my ass and Cristina got mad and glared at her, squeezing my leg tighter. Weird. I went back to the library after eating some lunch and read more about magic, can''t have my soon to be students trying to one up me, my pride won''t allow it. Cristina went to read fairy tales about heroes and such while I got my hands on some spell book. I need to know some spells, I can''t just wing everything. I was reading and practicing the spells, when I ''felt'' something in the basement of the library. How can ''feel'' a thing? It has to be living unless...never mind, I disregarded the thing in the basement and continued reading. I learned some basic elemental ball spells and elemental arrow spells, I learned how to make an elemental shield, and how to use intermediate levels spells to like a fire one called ''Searing Migraine'', it''s just a giant wave of fire. It''s sounds pretty badass though. I also learned how to use a spell called ''Augmentation''. You send magic through your body, enhancing it, it sounds nice. I was reading happily, when I ''felt'' Cristina running towards me. She looked excited when she found me and had a huge smile on her face, you could start wars with that face. She jumped on my lap, book in hand, and wanted me to read it to her. Finally relying on your old man eh? I read the book to her and she fell asleep after awhile. The book was about a hero, one who grew up an orphan, got adopted, got his parents killed by demons, and swore vengeance on them, eventually becoming a hero and killing a demon lord, ultimately becoming king and persecuted that demon clan. This is definitely not a children''s book. There are no happy parts in this entire book, aside from when he gets adopted. There are multiple ''demon lords'' on the demon continent. The demons have a sort of clan thing going on, and are only a certain race in each clan, and the strongest is the ''demon lord'' of that clan. There are occasionally land and power disputes, causing that country to constantly be in turmoil. The demons aren''t discriminated against and in fact, no ''intelligent'' creature is allowed to be forced into slavery or anything of the sort, so slavery is illegal everywhere on the Human continent, but that doesn''t stop people. It was dark outside, so I put the book back and carried Cristina in a princess carry to the inn. I put her to bed and went to the baths to clean myself, afterwards I laid down in bed and practiced magic until I passed out. I don''t actually feel refreshed when I wake up since I never feel fatigued, other than exhausting my mana. And with that, I fell asleep, prepared to start another day. Today bore no fruit, but increased the spells I know and control over my magic. Chapter 5-Bloodsucker What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 5-Bloodsucker I woke up to Cristina on top of me, punching and smacking me, I don''t feel anything but again, it''s the thought that counts. A sudden realization hit me, has she hit the rebellious faze now? Ah, how could let it come to this, I''m sorry Cynthia, Cristina hates me now. As I was crying in my mind, Cristina said, with a huge smile. "The man is here to pick us up, hurry and get dressed, we need to leave. Silly papa." And she got off me. I went to the baths with Cristina and got ourselves cleaned. I got Cristina dressed and she ate breakfast. She finished and we went outside to see a lovely looking carriage waiting for us, and a man in the front seat, smiling and waving at us. I smiled at him and got in the carriage with Cristina. To my surprise, Bob was here too. He sat across from us, a smile on his face and Cristina hid herself behind my arm, so adorable and shy, hehehe~ "Here will be your daughter''s school uniform and here is the school''s badge. It shows that you''re a student of our school. Upon reaching the school, I will give your daughter an aptitude test and give her another badge that will show what class she will be in, and also her magic potential. This is also the perfect time to enroll as a new year is starting and the entrance ceremony is starting soon." Said Bob and handed me a black, frilly dress with white trimmings. There were sleeves and had two patches, one on each arm, for her badges to go. I stuck the first badge on the right sleeve. The badge had an image on it that looked like a rising sun. "For certain reasons, she has to be in my class. It will be bad for her if she doesn''t, and if you could let hs room together, that''d be great too." I said and Bob raised his eyebrows. He was obviously holding back every urge in his body to pry, but refrained, I salute you Bob, that''s a sensitive topic, for now and forever. I might have tried to kill you if you tried to pry. The travel to the academy was very comfortable. The academy was quite a ways from the city itself, we were attacked by monsters a few times, but the driver took care of them, he''s so capable. Soon, we arrived at the academy and, might I add, that it was needlessly huge. Why would you need 19 buildings anyways? And this gate is just, why? Bob, like he was reading my mind, he might have been actually, and told me about the academy. Cristina, when she saw the campus, forgot to breathe for a second, it looked so beautiful. Gardens here and there, trees over there, bushes over here. It was magnificent. "There are 7 dorms for each gender of student, a lunch room, the classrooms, the training ground, the principal''s office, and the dorm for specials. They are the problemed and troubled students. The dorms are separated by year and you''re daughter will be living in the first year dorm." He said and he walked us to the principal''s office to have Cristina take the aptitude test. We reached the office and it was very nice. Bob walked over to his desk and pulled out a crystal ball from a drawer. "Now, place your hand upon this." Said Bob and Cristina complied. It shone red and then blue, with a faint green. Bob had raised eyebrows. "Looks like your daughter has three elements. A very high affinity for fire, and average affinity for water, and a low affinity for wind. Her water element is a variant, ice. How magnificent, such magic prowess." Said Bob and Cristina looked at me confused then I told her what this means and she had a huge smile on her face and hugged my leg. "Daddy, are you proud of me?" She said, tears in the corners of her eyes, what''s with that face. Now you''re trying to give me heart attacks to lower my lifespan. Such a cute daughter, I can''t believe she thought I wasn''t proud of her, how ridiculous. I will always hold my head high and say that I am happy to be your father. I patted her head and assured that I always was and always will be proud of her, for now and forever. "Okay, with that settled she can be in your class. Now, tomorrow you will start teaching and she will enroll in this academy. Here is her room key and number and her student identification card. It shows who you are, your name and such, and your rank. Here is her rank badge and class schedule." He said and handed me a black star. I put it on the left sleeve of Cristina''s uniform, took the schedule and took Cristina to her room. Apparently, she will have a female roommate. Since I will be living with Cristina also, she could make a friend and be with me. This is good, I need these good memories, I can feel it working. Her schedule is alright, her classes are like this: Intro to Fire Magic: 8:00 am-9:00 am Magic Studies: 9:30 am-10:30 am Intro to Water Magic: 11:00 am-12:00 am World History: 12:30 pm-1:30 pm Intro to Wind Magic: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Battle Training: 3:30 pm-4:30 pm Also, while I''m here, I can look for some powerful allies, taking on an entire country alone would be stupid. Cynthia wasn''t royalty herself, but a new king came into power a few years ago that was from her family, making her royalty now I guess. Taking revenge for her, would be killing the king pretty much and that requires allies. I have already been researching in the library about the info on a certain person I want to join me. He was from a race of demons that were masters with magic and developed a secret and forbidden technique. This man stole that technique and it made him immortal. Now he roams the land and the last seen location of him is in a forest, not too far from here. This is also why I decided to teach here. His name, is Magaki Hoshino and ally number one on my list. He also has a bad history with Sryinx as well, persecution and such. That hero in that book I read Cristina, the demons who killed his parents were from his clan, then that hero became king and persecuted his clan. I assume he would hold quite the grudge. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. As I was walking Cristina to her room, we got a lot of stares, there was literally a crowd of people following us. I overheard some of their hushed whispers. "Who is that girl, so beautiful." "Ha, in your dreams, who could get someone like her." "Look at that man behind her, he is so handsome. I wonder is he''s single." "That''s probably her boyfriend or something, we should give up." "You idiots, she probably 7 or 8 years old, are you guys pedophiles or something, and that man behind her is most likely her father, see how they resemble each other? God, I''m surrounded by idiots." One of them said and I looked at them. They might be a good friend to Cristina to make such observations on sight, and thanks for diffusing that situation, I salute you, but if you''re male, I''m gonna lynch you, now where are you... "But I wish he was my father too, so handsome." The person said, a female it looks like, good, if you were a male, I would lynch you if tried to get close to my angel, and I retract my salute, you added fuel to the fire. Now all the females were eyeing me and the men were eyeing Cristina, she looked behind us and saw the stares and hid her face in my leg, no,gah! I''ll never get used to this adorableness. The men fainted and the women drooled. Cheese and rice, she could start wars if she wanted to, not good, I must set her on right path beforehand. We arrived at the dorm and the men cried and the women ran in with us. Cristina was scared of all these people, so I told her the room number and gave her the key, kissed her cheek goodbye and she bolted up the stairs. I turned around and got bombarded with questions. This was kinda irritating but I am never rude to children, so I sat down to answer their questions. "One at a time or I''ll never come back." As soon as I said that, everyone shut up. One women can up to me and asked a question. "Who are you mister?" She said, she''s cute too, are all children adorable? "My name is Xearos and I am a new teacher here." I said and everyone started screaming. "Who was that girl with you?" Someone else said. "That was my daughter, Cristina, she is enrolling in the academy tomorrow, and I will start teaching tomorrow too." In said and everyone was excited and depressed at the same time. Don''t you dare pry into my status younglings. Good, no one did and I answered the rest of their questions, where we came from, what I like, what she likes and such. Afterwards, I said I was living in this dorm, and all the women fainted. With that, I went to Cristina''s room to see if she''s doing well. Apparently, the ranks in this school go by year and what badge you have. The badge rankings are, from lowest to highest, a red star, a green star, a blue star, a purple star, a black star, a white star, and a gold star. A first year getting a blue star is rare and only Cristina has ever got a black star as a first year. Makes me happy. You can increase your rank by taking tests throughout the year to see if you grew or not. By their second year, most people are green and by their fourth are blue and by graduating are purple. Some people come out black or white, but only the monsters come out with gold, the people who are peerless in magical prowess. I walked upstairs and through the bedroom door, to find Cristina on the floor, being hugged by another female, she is quite pretty as well but I only go after mature beauties, not children. She had blue hair that went to her waist, green eyes, white skin that looks like crystal, and two sharp canines sticking from her mouth. A vampire huh, those are rare to see. She must be from a royal bloodline. Oh, she has a blue star, she must be strong. Cristina looked at me and gave me those puppy eyes, reaching her hand out to me, aww, so cute. I walk over and pick up the little vampire, she looked confused and then sees me and gasps, punching and kicking me. I can kinda feel it, but it''s, again, the thought that counts. "Eek, pervert, let me go, you''ll never take my chastity you rapist." She said, flailing and realized that she wasn''t budging me. "Why won''t let me go," she struggled a bit more, dropping her shoulders, "Can you please let me go?" She said, twirling her thumbs, aww, so adorable, I set her down and she ran to her bed and covered herself in blankets, embarrassed. Cristina ran up to me and hugged my leg. "She''s scary daddy, she jumped and me and started hugging me, rubbing her face on me, and saying how cute I was, and that she will be the luckiest older sister ever." She said, crying, aww, so cute. I pat her head and pick her up, setting her on her bed and give her her uniform. "Remember, you always have to wear this at school okay?" I said and she nodded, smiling at the beautiful dress. I smiled and went over to my bed, laying down. Today was quite hectic. I told the vampire who I am and what I am doing here, told her about Cristina and then she told is about herself. Her name is Veronica, and she is from a royal bloodline of vampires. Her family has excellent magic power, son when her parents found out about hers, they sent her here to cultivate her magic. She is also a first year, same age as Cristina. Neat. We all chatted until it was dark outside and the two girls went to sleep while I got out of bed and started making my way to the forest near here. Determined to start my revenge. Chapter 6-Nothings Fair In Love And War What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 6-Nothing''s Fair In Love And War It only took me a few minutes to reach the forest with my speed and ''Augmentation''. The forest was really creepy, you couldn''t see 5 feet in front of you, there was sometimes screeching in the darkness, and I kept running into trees. I was thinking about his to solve this problem, when I used my fire to create light around me and it worked, now I can see 20 feet around me. Neat. I was walking around the forest, when I ''felt'' somebody near me, smiling, I walk in the direction of it. I reached the presence and found a black skinned demon, with black hair, red eyes, black horns that protrude out of his head vertically, black tail like a lizard, and a giant sword next to him, sitting on a tree branch. "Well, what do we have here, a Human, how nice." He said in a raspy voice, eyeing me from head to toe. "Are you Magaki Hoshino?" I said. He smiled at me and got off his branch, landing on the ground with a thud. "The one and only, but I am quite curious as to why a Human sought me out, very curious indeed." He said, walking around me, looking at me from l sides. "I sought you because I want revenge against the Sryinx empire for murdering my wife and child." I said and Magaki looked at me with absolute seriousness. "You sought me out so I could help you with revenge? Petty, you came to me thinking I would have a grudge against Sryinx no doubt. Let me tell you my friend, revenge is pointless, it only will give birth to more revenge. If you kill the king, people will come after you and if you have family left, they will find them too. " Said Magaki. "I should know, I killed the king of Sryinx because he persecuted my own people for his petty revenge. Afterwards, I traveled back to what remained of my homeland, only to be seen as an object of scorn by my own people. Soon, some people who loved the king, found my clan and started killing everyone." He said, turning around. "We repelled them, but we couldn''t save everyone, I knew our clan was going to become extinct soon, if they found us, more will, so I stole my clan''s secret immortality technique and made myself immortal, forced to be an outcast from my own tribe, so I could continue our clan. Do you know how I felt, when my own family threw me out of my own clan, because they didn''t understand my intentions? I was destroyed, forced to live an eternity in self pity and regret, thinking I could have done something different. But I found something to live for and you need to too. For your own sake or you will be destroyed, what lies after you finished your revenge is not salvation, only damnation." He said and got back on his branch. "What did you find to live for, your entire clan is dead." I said. He looked at me again. "Love." Was all he said and disappeared. I stared where he was sitting, a storm came and it started raining. I sat there, looking at the sky, tears welling up in my eyes. ''He''s right, how could I have been so blind. I need to live for Cristina, Cynthia never wanted me to get revenge for her, but, but, I don''t know what to do. I want to be there for Cristina but I want revenge for Cynthia and Jay. If I kill the king, I will become a fugitive, never able to live safely again, always looking over my shoulder, I can''t have Cristina live like that.'' I thought and made my choice. I will be the best father I can for Cristina. As I was thinking this, my shoulders felt lighter, weird. I started walking back to the academy, a new goal in my mind, and my fire in hand. I arrived back at the academy and it was dawn, Cristina should be waking up soon. I snuck back into the dorm and back into my room, sliding under the cover and practiced magic until I fell asleep, lately it''s been taking longer than the first time I did this, I must be increasing my mana pool. It was a blissful morning when I awoke, Cristina and Veronica were both jumping on me, yelling at me to get up. I got up and chased Cristina and Veronica around the dorm, catching them and taking them to the bath to wash them, Veronica didn''t mind and I let it be. The women around the dorm were wearing nightgowns and when they saw me, got more embarrassed than Cynthia would get sometimes, desperately covering themselves and running back to their rooms to change. I was in the bath with Cristina and Veronica, washing them and when the women saw me, they looked at my crotch and fainted, oh no, I can''t let these young maidens see me, and I covered myself with a towel. I kept tickling the two and we finally got cleaned. We went up to our room and I helped them get dressed. They both had the black and white school uniforms, a badge on their left arm and a blue and black suns on their respective arms. They looked really pretty and Veronica blushed and Cristina giggled when I said they looked beautiful. I put on my white suit with black trimmings and a black tie, white shoes, and started fidgeting like a schoolgirl when the two said I looked so handsome, aww shucks. We got ready and exited the dorm, getting stares from everyone. I walked Cristina to the entrance ceremony with Veronica. There were at least a hundred first-year students here. Cristina and Veronica sat in the crowd, getting stares from men and I sat on stage, getting stares from women. Bob got on stage and made a speech which I fell asleep through, figuratively, I just wasn''t paying attention, and then he finished and everyone clapped, then went to their classes. I got up and went to my classroom. I teach a fire magic class, which Cristina and Veronica are in. They have every class together which is neat, but the Intro to Wind Magic, Veronica has a math class then. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. I walk in the class with Cristina and Veronica and all the students shut up. Cristina and Veronica take a seat and I introduce myself. "Alright, listen up you poop nobblers, I don''t want no screwing around, from you batch of meat tossers. If you all think you can take it easy in my class well, this is a wake up call, I will push you all until you''re spitting blood you hear me? This next year will be hell." I said the students started whispering and shivering. "Why did we get a crazy teacher? I mean he''s hot but crazy." Someone said and Cristina pouted. "Daddy, stop putting up a tough front and teach already, you always embarrass me like this." And everyone looked shocked. They were looking at me then at her, seeing the resemblance. "I''m sorry sweetie, alright let''s start with introductions, my name is Xearos Aveeno, call me what you want. Now you first, tell us your name and one thing you like." I said and pointed to a female in the front row. The seats were in five columns and three rows. She got up and started fidgeting, a shy girl eh? "My name Is Mary Tinder and I like sweets." She said quietly and sat back down, fidgeting. Then we went through the entire class. When it was Cristina and Veronica''s turn, everyone fell silent. "My name Is Cristina Aveeno and I like daddy the most in the entire world." She said and I almost cried from happiness. Everyone was trying to remember her name and then it was Veronica''s turn. "My name Is Veronica Drac, a vampire and my favorite thing is blood." She said, looking at everyone and licking her lips, we practiced this all night, and everyone started shivering, and I laughed hard. After introductions were done, I had them show me what they could already do. Most could only hold a simple fireball spell for a minute or two and said an incredibly long chant, it was sad and some only used a shortened chant. This is to be expected from 7 year olds I guess. "First order of business, increasing your mana pool. I will be giving you homework everyday, you must exhaust your mana completely everyday, no exceptions and by the end of graduation, you all will have monster mana pools. Is this understood?" I said and everyone nodded. "Next order of business, voiceless chants." I said and everyone had a depressed face. Then I created a blue fireball from thin air without chanting and threw it out the window, creating a huge explosion. Everyone saw me do that and looked excited. "To voiceless chant, the books are all wrong, you don''t have to memorize and chant in your head. All you have to do, is will the magic into existence. It''s simple, you just have to want to create something. Okay, everybody try it, will the magic to create a fireball above your hands." I said and everyone tried and two thirds of the class got it on their first try, and in a few minutes, everyone did it. I then had them practice until it was as easy as breathing. Some kids ran out of mana, so I gave them some of mine. Class ended and everyone went to their next classes, excited. I might be pretty good at this teaching thing. I had a break so I walked around the school and got asked out by a lot of the female teachers and students. I declined all of them and continued my journey. Along the way, I ''felt'' someone throw a water ball at my back, so slammed my hands on the ground, and created and earth wall. I looked around and found the culprit. It was a boy, probably in his 6th year here, quite the pretty boy if I say so myself and he had a white star on his right arm. I walked over to him and he smiled, he had two kids behind him too, probably his lackeys. "Oh, look, it''s Braddock, the best student at this school." Someone said. "Kyaaaa, he''s so handsome." A female said. So he is the topmost student here hmmm? How exciting. "So you''re the new teacher huh? You''re pretty good, but let''s see how good you really are." He said and stuck my feet to the ground using earth magic and shot an earth spike at my stomach. I used my blood magic and made a shield around where it struck. I pretended to get stabbed and slumped my shoulders and everyone gasped, thinking he killed me. He retracted the spells and was about to walk away, when I used plant magic on his feet and walked to him. He looked dumbfounded and I took off my shirt, revealing no injury. "So my lovely little boy, what did you want to accomplish by doing this hmm?" I said and he shivered and started talking. "I wanted to know who stole Cristina''s heart and embarrass him so she would fall for me eventually." He said and I grabbed him by the neck, lifting him off his feet. "Let me tell you something, she is my daughter and you can never have her, scum like you don''t deserve happiness or my daughter. Don''t ever come near my daughter again, or so help me god, I will kill you." I said and I dropped him, releasing my magic and he stood up. "You think you can talk to the Prince of this country like that? I will have your daughter and I will kill you for this, don''t forget." He said and I used wind magic to throw him against a wall. "You can try, but not you, or anyone else, can touch me. To you, I am a God, remember that." I whispered in his ear and walked away, leaving him cowering along with his possy. Chapter 7-When Death Comes Knocking What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 7-When Death Comes Knocking I was walking around and I ''felt'' Cristina and Veronica and they was surrounded by a group of people. Curious, I walked over to them and spotted them surrounded by boys, all with a bunch of grins on their faces. Come on, they''re only 7 years old. I went up to the closest boy and tapped him on the shoulder, he looked around, irritated and then saw me and paled. Then, everyone turned around and saw me. They all readied an earth spell to trap me, how adorable, they think they can win. They used their spells and I stomped on the earth, cancelling them out with a more powerful spell of my own and everyone was frozen in place and couldn''t move. I used an advanced level water spell ''Deep Freeze''. I walked over to the two girls and they hugged my leg, crying and I took them to their next class. Cristina POV... _________________________________________________ I was walking with Veronica to my next class, when these boys appeared in front of us. One of them stepped forward and had a creepy grin on his face. "Hey there ladies, why don''t you come with us for awhile. Hehehe." He said and started giggling. Daddy said to never go anywhere with strangers so I declined and they got mad. One of them came and grabbed my hand, pulling me along. "I am the crown Prince of the kingdom, you can''t say no to me and you should feel honored that I even talked to you. You''re lucky you''re pretty, I want to two to become mine forever." He said and tried to pull me with him, but I channeled fire magic into my skin, and I burned his hand so he let go. "You bitch, it looks like I''ll need to discipline you first, boys, let''s have fun with them." The boy said and everyone started walking towards us, Veronica and I were so scared and then daddy came and got rid of them, he is so strong. We ran up to him and started crying while holding his legs, he patted our heads and took us to our next class. I wish he would stay with me forever. My next classes had Veronica in them so it was very fun and everyone kept swarming around us and asking questions. It got really hectic, so I said I had to leave and left with Veronica. She''s so nice, pretty, and my best friend. She would tell me stories of her life and her race when we were going to and from classes, it was exciting. My second class, Magic Studies, was interesting. The teacher was an old lady and she talked funny. She had white hair and blue eyes and wrinkles over her face, she was hunched over so she was as tall as me. She taught me all kinds of things today, what we think magic is, where it came from, blah blah. For some reason, I was restless in my seat, I kept moving and rustling around so I couldn''t listen to her talking. My third class, Intro to Water Magic, was harder than daddy''s class, must be because he''s the best teacher ever hehehe~. The teacher was a woman that looked like child, she talked in high pitched voice and had two twintails, her hair was pink and she had pink eyes, so pretty, I was as tall as her, she looked like a doll, I really wanted to dress and cuddle her so I didn''t pay attention to what she taught. I saw her in the halls and a student gave her a piece of candy and she devoured it, I think she loves sweets. My fourth class, World History, was also fun, I learned about how the lands formed and the history of certain races. The teacher was a middle aged man and he had big glasses that made it so you couldn''t see his eyes. He had brown hair and was as tall as daddy. I spent half the class time trying to see his eyes with Veronica. My fifth class, Intro to Wind Magic, was really hard. I was having trouble with using a spell, maybe I''ll have daddy teach me. My last class, Battle Training, was exciting. We were put into a battle against each other and my team won. I like daddy''s class the most, then my Intro to Water Magic. The teacher was a really mean and scary looking man. He had scars all over him and talked in a really deep voice, he scared me really bad and Veronica was hiding behind me. "Alright, I don''t want no screwing around, last group thought it''d be funny to shove a corncob up a trainees butthole! And you know what happened? They were asked to leave politely, and it was awkward for everybody!" He walked up to a blonde kid and yelled at him and everyone else shivered. "Alright arian coconut, what''s your name?" He said and the kid started stuttering. "O-o-o-" "Well sweet mother Teresa on the hood of a Mercedes Benz, you sound like a majestic fucking eagle, do you sing?" "I-I-I-" "Harmonize with me maggot!" "OOOOOOOOOO!" He yelled and the kid started yelling too. "AAAAAAAAAAAA!" After they were done, he walked over to a boy with a mushroom haircut. He just stood in front of him and stared at him until he finally said. "What about you muffin top, what''s your story?" The kid was full of confidence and smiled. "Oh, well my name''s John Stone from Sryinx, and when I graduate from the top of this academy, I''m going to become a royal mage." He said and the man looked surprised. "Wow, looks like you have a good head on your shoulders there." He said and the kid smiled. "Why thank you so mu-" the said, but got headbutted by the teacher midway through his sentence and fell to his knees, clutching his forehead. "Now listen up, you double deckered pig fart. You don''t get to be a royal mage until after, you pull your head, out of your hamster hole!" He yelled and walked to a kid with freckles. "What about you freckles, where do you see yourself in 7 years?" The teacher said and the kid smiled full of confidence. "I plan on giving my body and service to the king, sir!" The kid said and the teacher smiled at this. "Oh, so you think this is harem of the dead, you shrimp dick fuck nugget? Boy, you shouldn''t even bother trying to be with the king." And he walked to a another kid and grabbed the side of his head and lifted him up. "Well sweet jolly fucking ranchers, I bet your mom wishes she had swallowed you." He said and noticed a kid eating in class. He walked in front of the kid and stared at them, we all silently prayed for them. "So, what''s going on in this neck of the woods? You got something to eat there?" He said and the kid continued eating. "Yeah just, eating some candy." The kid said. "Oh, candy huh, you uh, you like some candy?" "Mhm." "You know, those are actually quite high in calories, you know what''s a real good way at burning of calories?" If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "What?" And the teacher made the child run until the class ended. Eventually, the last class ended and daddy came to pick us up and we went back to our dorms, I told him about my day and so did Veronica, daddy just smiled and patted our heads, hehehe~ it feels nice when he does that. We got to the dorm and we fell asleep or so daddy thought, I crawled into daddy''s bed tonight, so did Veronica, and we slept happily like that. Xearos POV... 1 year later _________________________________________________ I exhausted my mana like usual and fell asleep, only to wake to two beautiful women next to me, God, thank you, oh wait, it''s the younglings. I woke them up and we got ready, I took them to the bath and cleaned them, I got them dressed, I got them breakfast and we set out for the day. It has been a year since we first came to this school. Cristina and Veronica are 8 years old. I got a lot of battle requests from men, it looks like that I captured all the hearts of the women and the men are jealous. They don''t even care that I''m a teacher and fight me. One time, every male student in the school came at me at once. I didn''t fight them thanks to my two girls beside me, they scolded the men and they walked away with slumped shoulders. Hahaha! I''ll never give you people my daughter. Once, even a male teacher tried to fight me, but Cristina punched him in the leg and it was so cute that he fainted. Every male in the school has come to respect me now, and women came to worship me. There something like party system in this school. There is a board in the main courtyard for requests, you complete these requests and you get money and points. Points determine your parties ranking. Anyone can join a party, so Cristina and Veronica were invited to a lot of parties, so they made their own, with Cristina as the leader, and I even joined too. I didn''t actually do anything for the party though, teachers could join, but can''t complete requests, only help on the quests. Leaders of another party can challenge another leader for their points. The challenged can decided on what the challenge will be. Cristina got a lot of party duels, she didn''t accept them though. Everything was going well and it seems Cristina is pretty much over her trauma, excellent. My students got the hang of voiceless chanting and increased their mana pools. They were now able to cast basic level fire spells with ease and Veronica and Cristina were taught on the side as per their request and can cast intermediate levels spells a few times. Makes me so proud, over this year, Veronica has become like my third child and a sister to Cristina. She regards me as a father because hers wasn''t around much. Everything was nice and now is the graduation ceremony. The principal said a few words and dismissed everyone. We get a 3 month break from school and the kids are excited. They wanted me to take them to Oryi, they said they wanted explore the world. I can''t refuse with those eyes. Lately, they both have been using those puppy eyes a lot. Cristina taught Veronica how to do it and it''s just as cute and adorable as Cristina. I walked them from the academy and we went to the inn Cristina and I previously lived. We were gonna spend a night here, then go to Oryi. It only takes a week to get to Oryi from Syrinx. I rented a room for a night and I took them to the baths and cleaned them, afterwards they crawled in my bed and laid next to me and we fell asleep. When they fell asleep, I got out of bed and put on my clothes. It''s time for mister sneaky. I got out of the inn and infiltrated the library, this has been bugging me ever since I came here, what is in this basement. I started creeping around the library, looking for an entrance to the basement, time to go Sherlock Holmes up in this bitch, I eventually found a passage hidden under floorboards. I ripped the boards from the ground and found a trap door and opened it, revealing a staircase leading down. Over this past year, I have refined and upgraded my ''radar'' and its now able to pick up any irregularities in something or on something in a 55 meter radius and I can now focus on where to send my ''radar'' in a particular direction, being able to ''feel'' a 100 meter pathway, so I sent my ''rader'' down the stairs and didn''t feel anything wrong. I steeled myself and went downstairs. It was a long, dark, and dreary staircase and I swear something was watching me, but I never picked anything up on my ''radar'', quite peculiar. I finally reached the bottom and found a black book on a pedestal, and let me tell you, I could feel some bad juju coming from it, but fuck it, I reached for the book and it started secreting a black mist. You know what, I think I can live without knowing what this book contains, so I turned around and prepared to leave, when I ''felt'' more bad juju coming from the stairs. Shit, I start looking around for something to hide in, but the room was bare, so I jumped and clung to the ceiling, like a ninja. I hide my presence as much as I can and lie in wait. Soon, a woman wearing a black robe with a hood came in and started looking around. Finding nothing, she grabs the book and opens it. The pages shine purple and she starts screaming in pain, dropping the book and holding her head. I can see blood coming from her eyes, nose and ears. If that''s normal then I''m glad I didn''t touch the book, I dodged a bullet here. She stops screaming suddenly and starts laughing, and I''m not talking happy laughter, no, this is that evil and crazed laughter villains get. She picks the book up and leaves, I hope she never comes back. I wait awhile and and ''feel'' her presence disappear, so I drop for the ceiling, landing like cat, perfectly. This entire experience was enough forever and I was about to walk upstairs, when the woman appears in front of me and shoves a hand at my chest. I barely had enough time to augment my chest and I fly back into a wall. How did I not notice her with my ''rader''? I swear she left. I got up and she looked at me, eyeing me curiously. "Who are you? I didn''t feel your presence until I touched the book." She said, God dammit, but don''t fret, I got this, confident aura, check, lady killing smile, check, slicked back hair, check, okay, I got this. "I am the demon that was trapped in that horrid book for centuries. Humans saw me as a terrible threat in my time and sealed me away. I was a simple demon lord, for a simple race and the Humans attacked us out of nowhere and sealed me in that book for no reason. I was quite angry at them for awhile, then I was like, screw it, and now I don''t really care anymore. So, thanks for freeing me now, ta-ta." I said, lying out of my my ass and waved her goodbye. I almost reached the stairs, when she stopped me. "What clan are you from?" She said, shit, stop asking questions, but do not fret, I got this too. "I am from the Hoshino clan, but I am a product of a Human and Hoshino, so I''m a half. But they treated me all the same." I said and was about to walk upstairs, when she stopped me again, motherfucker. She asked me one last question. "What is your name?" She said and I said, "Kijiro Hoshino." And walked away, but she thrusted her hand through my chest this time, even faster than before and I had no time to dodge it this time. I cough up blood and fall to my knees, she ripped out her hand and wiped the blood off. "There was only one man ever named Kijiro in the Hoshino clan, my father." She said and peeled back her hood, she looked the same as Magaki, but feminised. I cursed my luck and she walked up the stairs, leaving my half dead self on the floor. Chapter 8-Gonna Need A Painkiller What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 8-Gonna Need A Painkiller "Guu, gaa, ahhh!" I lay on the floor, bleeding out with a first sized hole in my chest, I keep spitting out incomprehensible gibberish. I can''t die yet, Cristina, Veronica, and can''t leave you yet, I need to honor Cynthia''s final wishes. I was thinking this and a man walks down the stairs in a black robe and has a scythe, I can''t see his face. "Hahaha, that was funny, I''ve been waiting for this moment forever. Now, let''s just get your soul and we''ll be done here." He said and he reached into me and pulled out a blue orb. It was painful and he was about to rip it completely out, when I grabbed his hand. Looking at his face, it was just a skull, this must be the God of Death huh. Sucks for you, but I''m not ready to die yet. I willed the blue thing to come back to me, like it was a part of me and it started shaking. "What? You''re still alive? How can you still be this powerful when I ripped out your soul? Shit, stop, I need this, you can''t keep it from me. IT''S YOUR TIME TO DIE! GIVE UP ALREADY! He yelled and I didn''t care, I was focused on that orb, entranced by it. The orb shook more and started coming back into me, it felt nice and soothing, meanwhile, the God of Death was freaking out. "How can this be possible? You''re ripping the soul from my hands? But I''m the God of Death, you can''t cheat death, it comes for everything." He said and started pulling the orb back, but I wasn''t ready to give up yet and I used the last of my energy and one final pull, pulled it into me. The God of Death looked pissed and shocked, as much as he can be anyways. "To actually take your soul back from me, your willpower is nothing to scoff at, fine, keep it, but I am greatly interested in you, I will give you my blessing. Have fun living, hahaha!" He said and the space around him warped until he disappeared. I looked around, yup, still dying, I use blood magic to stop the bleeding and soak up the nearby blood to increase my own, I use ''Augmentation'' and earth magic to get myself up and start walking up the stairs, leaning on the walls and occasionally falling over, coughing up more blood and soak it back up. I finally made it up the stairs and a man saw me, it''s already daytime? I was down there for awhile and he panicked. He rushed over to me, seeing a hole in my chest, and paled. He knew how bad this was, it''s a miracle how I''m even alive right now. He set me down on the floor and started using healing magic on me, it felt nice and warm, but it hurt like hell, destroying and recreating cells and organs. In was writhing in pain, he had people who saw me, hold me down and cover my mouth so I can quiet down and they did just that, holding down my limbs and covered my mouth, muffling my screams. It was finally over and I fainted. I opened my eyes and I was in a white space, and there was a man that was all white and only had a mouth, he was wearing a black suit with a monocle and cane. I was startled and looked around, the man walked up to me and smiled. "I''ve been waiting for you, you weren''t supposed to go down in the basement. Your whole life is out of my hands now, not even my omnipotence can see your future. I can see you''re confused, let me tell you who I am, I am all, I am one, I am nothing, yet I am everything, which means, I am also, you. This is your inner world, this is who you are, this is, in essence, you. This pure whiteness, is you, your lovingness and kind nature, you don''t see much of these inner worlds anymore, greed corrupts and turns them black." He said and I was still confused, and looked around, I noticed a patch of black on the floor, and I looked at him confused. "That is your corruption, your thirst for revenge for your wife and child still linger in your mind, down to the very core, it stays there, waiting, waiting for you to lose control and take over your mind, spreading like a plague, I am here to prevent that from happening. The God of Death saw the corruption in your soul, and asked me to stay in your psyche to stop your corruption. He is greatly interested in you and would hate to see you die you see, you have attracted the attention of dangerous beings that want your soul, your fate is stronger than anyone else''s I have ever seen before. They will come for your soul and consume it, getting stronger, these beings eat souls with strong fate and get more powerful." He said and I was starting to panic, if I''m in danger than the two girls are in danger too, shit, Cynthia, this is going all kinds of wrong. "Your fate has been warped ever since you went into that temple, you were supposed to leave the forest and go to Sryinx to live a happy life, everything was going to work out in the end, that temple, was meant for someone else, and the world was going to be plunged into darkness, such was the fate of this world, but you were the one who took the orb and now, the world might live to see another day." He said and the floor started shaking. He started flickering and was about to disappear, when he said something. "We are running out of time, listen, you must get stronger, these beings are coming for you, I can''t keep you in here any longer. You must take your family to Oryi and look for a man named Felix, he can help you, you must never give up." He said and a black mist started leaking in here. "Hehehe, I found you, you were quite slippery, your soul looks so tasty~" A being surrounded in black mist said. The man in black turned around and looked at me. "I will hold him off, you must leave here, now." He said and pulled a sword from his cane like a badass, and the black mist formed a sword as well. "Well well, what are you doing here? No matter, after I take his soul, not even you can stop me anymore." The being said and lunged at the man in black. They clashed swords and they were at a stalemate. "How do I leave?" I said and the man in black looked back at me. "You must want to leave, want to be in the real world, want to wake up, wake up! Wait, I need to tell you something, I have your wife''s sou-" He said and everything started turning black. *Hissssss~* "Damn you, dieeee!" The thing yelled and threw his sword at me and everything turned black, then I opened my eyes, looking around and noticed I was back at my room at the inn, with the two girls next to me. They woke up to my rustling and then started crying, hugging and hitting me. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "I thought you were dead daddy, you looked really bad, I woke up and saw you were gone, so Veronica and I started looking everywhere for you and saw a bunch of people in the library. We went in and saw you on the floor with a huge hole in your chest. *hic* Please don''t ever die, promise me." Cristina said and Veronica nodded. I patted them on the head and promised. It looks like I slept for an entire day. I got up and there was a man in black coat walking into the door. He walked over me and sat down in a chair, he pulled out a notepad and pulled out a pen. Another man walked in and sat next to him, pulling out a sketched and a pen. They must detectives. "Alright, I''m gonna ask some questions, is that alright?" He said and I nodded. "Okay, first question, who are you?" "Xearos Aveeno." "Second question, how did you get that wound on your chest?" "I was in the libraries basement and someone came down and punched a hole through my chest." "Why were you in the basement?" "I felt something ominous down there when I was reading a book there once, but I dismissed it. Then I came back after a year and decided to investigate it." "Where were you for that year?" "I am a teacher at Rork Academy." "Third question, who was in the basement with you?" "A member of the Hoshino clan. They were looking for a book that was in the basement." "What book in the basement?" "When I went downstairs, there was only a pedestal and a black book on the pedestal. I was going to touch it, when it started secreting a black mist, so when I was going to go back upstairs, I heard someone coming down, so I jumped on the ceiling. The person grabbed the book and started screaming, after awhile they grabbed the book and left. Soon after, I fell from the ceiling and the person came back and hit me in the chest. I played it off, saying I was a demon sealed in the book, and when she asked me what clan I belonged to, I said Hoshino." The man was surprised at this but kept his calm face. "She then asked me what my name was, but the made up name I used happened to be her father''s so she knew I was lying and thrusted her hand through my chest and left. I used water magic to keep my blood from spilling out and used augmentation to climb up the stairs and then the man saw me and I fainted." I finished my story and the man finished writing. "Okay, what did this person look like?" "Black skin, black hair that went to her waist, red eyes, a black lizard tail, and two black horns sticking out of her head, female." I said and the man with the sketch pad finished and showed me the picture. It was really well done. "Yes, that''s her." "Alright, let''s go." The man said and left. I looked at my chest and saw a bloody bandage around it. I got up and took it off, my chest looked good as new but my entire body is extremely sore. I think I''m going to take it easy today. Cristina and Veronica were excited, they were telling each other how now they can finally take care of me. Are they supposed to be this excited? Meh. The rest of the day, Cristina and Veronica brought me food and cleaned me, I was so sore, I couldn''t move. I was so embarrassed, I felt like a newborn baby, luckily, they didn''t try to breast feed me. At night, they slept with me again and I was reviewing what happened today, I wonder if that man is okay. Current objectives: Get better Get stronger Go to Oryi Meet a man named Felix Get his help Check back with man in black I got a pretty solid list here, hopefully I can complete the last one. Okay, I will rest and practice magic first and then we''ll go to Oryi. When we woke up, they cleaned themselves, cleaned me, fed themselves, fed me, and I asked them to get me all the spell books they can. They nodded and left, they soon came back with a mountain of books and a few people carrying them for the girls, how sweet. The men put the books down and left, I picked up a book and started reading, the girls did their own thing and helped me with things. It took me three days to get better and I read all the books too. Most of them were just a spell and what it does, in had to figure out how to use them on my own. It was quite easy when you know what it does, so you can just will that into existence. The only problem was mana, I had a lot, but not an infinite amount. Most people have a rock sized ball of mana inside them, but I have a boulder sized mana ball. It says that if you have too much mana, you can literally go insane. Scary. I took the girls to the baths and cleaned them, they can clean themselves, but they never object to having me do it, no, they would force me to, weird. I got them some food, got them dressed and I used wind magic to pick up the books and I carried them to the library. I deposited the books and I got back to the inn. I made sure they were ready and we started making our way to Oryi, I put them on my shoulders and augmented my legs, and with that, we left the city. Chapter 9-One Too Many Is Never Enough What Would You Do For Revenge? Chapter 9-One Too Many Is Never Enough When The One That Kills You Is The One That You Love When I was running to Oryi, the girls were laughing and giggling, they thought this was fun. While I was running, we eventually made it to a forest. To get to Oryi the fastest, you have to go through this forest. There are obviously a lot of bandits and monsters. But don''t worry, I got this, this is not gonna turn out like the time in the basement. 30 minutes later... Damn it, I got a hole in my chest. This sucks, the man who did this to me is a monster, crazy powerful. My wife, son, now I can finally join you in heaven. Hah, I''m sorry my daughter, I can''t see you again. I see a man in black robes and had a skull for a face. He came over to me and pulled something from my chest, it hurt and it looks blue. This man looks important but that orb, I really want it, I''m entranced by it. I start trying to pull the orb back to me but it''s no use. He is stronger than me, and he took the orb away and disappeared. Man, this hurts, I''m on my last leg. I take my final breath and then all I see is the dark. 30 minutes earlier... This forest has a lot of nice animals. A wolf came up to me and I was about to kill it, when it rubbed itself on my leg, so cute. I pet it and started to walk away and it followed me, looks like it likes me, I wonder if I can keep it as a pet, it''s kinda badass. I look at the girls for confirmation and they had sparkles in their eyes, looks they wanted to ask me too, and I took their silence as a yes and we traveled with the wolf. It had gray fur that felt like metal and the fur was black running down its spine. He had blue eyes and he looked liked a puppy, it was so adorable, like an over sized dog. We were walking for awhile and Fenrir started barking. Fenrir is what we named the wolf, badass huh. Soon enough, bandits jumped from the forest and surrounded us. The girls weren''t worried and I smiled. Seeing our confidence, the bandits started getting confused and the leader came forward. He looked completely average and everything about him screamed average, "Umm, could you please hand over the two women and please back away, umm, or I might kill you, umm, I''m sorry." This man had no confidence, what the hell. I just shrugged and thrusted my hand through his chest. He fell to the ground and started whispering stuff about his family and the Death God. He saw him too huh. But that stuff about his family makes me feel guilty about killing him. The rest of the bandits panicked and started fumbling around, running into each other. What the hell is this? "Holy shit, he killed the boss, he was the strongest one here, no one in your squad ever got close to beating him and this guy killed him trash. Everyone panic! We''re all gonna die!" Someone shouted and everyone panicked. I just walked away and left them, Fenrir was, I assume, laughing and the girls were definitely laughing, as hard as they could actually, it made me smile. Later on we found actual bandit group, they looked like real ruffians and I smiled. The boss came out and I didn''t wait for his demands and thrusted my hand into his chest, using the momentum to push him back, stop my feet, and his body goes flying, leaving his heart in my hand, I drop the heart and look around. Everyone didn''t even look fazed, now this is what I was looking for. They all charged at me at once and I used blood magic to explode their bodies, or course I covered the girls eyes and got away before I removed my hands. We were walking through the forest, when I saw a ball of white fall from the sky and create an explosion where it landed. I started heading in that direction and soon, it was nightfall. I found a cave and laid the girls to rest. I was gonna check out that explosion tomorrow. Soon, more balls fell from the sky and more explosions were heard. I was anxious, so I used my magic and fell asleep. I woke up and went into the forest to get breakfast and I found two rabbits with the help of Fenrir. I skinned them and cooked the meat, then I woke up the girls and washed them with water magic, after they were done, I gave them the meat and they ate it and we left with Fenrir, he would get his own food, so reliable. Soon, we arrived where the explosion happened and there was a crater with a man with golden wings was surrounded by people with silver wings. This doesn''t look good, the man was all bloodied and was barely managing to stand, panting heavily. "Haha, gonna have to do more than that if you want me to kick the bucket, but how it looks right now, I might kick it any minute. Well then, don''t let this old man keep you all waiting with his rant, come at me." He said and everyone started rushing at them but suddenly stopped. The man confused and looked to his left, seeing me. I used mind manipulation magic to control them, now they''ll do whatever I want. It was an illusion spell. "Who are you?" I said and he looked confused. "I don''t know who you are or what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don''t have money, but what I do have, are a very particular set of skills, skills that I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let me go now, that will be the end of it, I will not look for you, and I will not pursue you, but if you don''t, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you." He said and I was confused, the end of his speech didn''t make any sense. "I''m Xearos and this is my daughter Cristina and her friend Veronica. Who are you again?" I said and he was about to say something, but passed out from bloodloss, ha, I don''t have to worry about that. I replaced the other people''s memory showing that they found this man and killed him and I made them go back to where they came from, time to make this man disappear. I picked up the man and I took him back to the cave. I soaked up the nearby blood from that scene and shoved it into him and he woke up soon. He looked around, startled and then looked at me and relaxed a little but remained vigilant. He was gonna attack until Cristina and Veronica got off my shoulders and stood behind my legs, staring at him, how to they manage to be so cute? He looked at them and his eyes glazed over, not good, I hit him and he looked around again, and then saw the girls and the cycle repeated until nightfall. I put the girls to bed and sat on the floor with Fenrir next me and the man tied up in earth while he was sleeping. He eventually woke up and he looked around the cave and at the two sleeping, he relaxed a little then saw that he was trapped in earth and panicked again. Then he saw me and Fenrir in the corner with shadows covering my face and I say in a deep and menacing voice. "Who are you?" I say and stay in the shadows with it covering my face and with Fenrir next to me, giving a menacing glare, we worked on this before he woke up and the man was visually afraid, but composed himself nonetheless. Neat "I am Veg Vera, ex leader and strongest of the Angels in my current time period." He said and I was shocked, but didn''t show it. "Why are down here on the ground then, shouldn''t you be up on your clouds?" I said and he became angry. Maybe that''s a sensitive topic right now. I have experience with sensitive topics too. "Before I can tell you my story, we have to start back at the founding of the Angels capital. In an era of never-ending death and destruction. Countries pillaged for more rights, more land, usual reasons for war. Back then, military might was not in the countries, but individual clans, they rented their military might to the highest bidder. Amongst these clans, there were only two that were declared as the strongest. The Vera, with a visual technique, capable of predicting an opponent''s next bodily move and the ability to absorb any magic thrown at them, they were so gifted in combat that we became considered as an army." He said and I paid close attention, this wasn''t in any history book. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. "Within this clan, there was a man named Dred Vera. He was born with better use of the visual technique and a lot of mana. He spent every waking hour in battle, in a time where power was everything, he exhausted everything he could to get more, his family, his friends, everything. But, because of this, he became the most powerful member and leader of his clan. With this power at his disposal, he often found himself battling against the Creos, and it was inevitable that he would one day face it''s leader, Jey. The first leader of the Angels, the strongest of his time and the only man he ever respected." He said, this story was amazing. "The first man to hold the title as leader of the Angels, Jey Creos. He and his clan, the Creos, was respected by every other clan as being the strongest, both respected and feared. When they moved, we moved, the Vera were the only clan capable of standing against them. If one country hired the Creos, their enemies hired the Vera. Through Dred''s fight with Jey, he became pretty famous himself. He used his family and friends as a stepping stone, but not for this fame, no, he did it to protect his clan. As the Vera''s fame and reputation spread, their enemies increased. In a time of never-ending death and destruction, he obtained this power to protect his clan from outside sources, like the Creos. It was never about the fame, his family and friends knew this and let him use them willingly." He said and took a deep breath, now it''s getting serious. "One day, the Creos proposed a truce, and the Vera accepted. Both sides were fed up with the constant fighting, everyone had had enough. Dred, ended up becoming the lone voice of dissension. What happened to the hatred the Vera had for them? What did his family sacrifice themselves for? The Creos and Vera were like oil and water, the truce changed nothing. Dred was adamant that the Creos would destroy them all, but no one took his side, everyone wanted peace and as the leader, he had to follow their will. After this newly formed alliance, the country where the capital soon to be was, employed them to stabilize their borders and like that, the first Angel country was erected." He said and I shifted my position. "Other cities copied the system and slowly but surely, the violence stopped. For once, there was real peace. But the Angel capital was thrust into chaos, because of one incident, choosing the new leader. The honor fell onto Jey and everyone supported him all over the country. It was clear to Dred that he would eventually take away the Vera''s rights and power, he knew, as their leader, that the only way to protect his clan, was to stand up to Jey, but no one stood with him, they claimed that he wanted war and turned their backs on him. They came to despise him, portraying him as a greedy opportunist, they said that he was only motivated by lust for power, and that he used his family and friends to save his own life. What kind of monster would hurt their loved ones? He only wanted to protect the Vera." He said. "Betrayed by everyone, he turned his back on the Vera. He took on a new role, an avenger, and he challenged the leader of the Angels by himself, and he lost. His place of defeat became known as "Waterfall of Peace". He died there, everyone believed it and he faded from everyone''s memories and history itself. To stop anyone else from doing what he did, the second leader gave the Vera special roles in the city as a sign of good faith. They were made into a peacekeeping force, but even this was a means to keep the Vera out of government affairs, they were simply being grouped together to keep an eye on them better. When some of the Vera noticed this, they planned to stage a coup, like Dred had, but by then, it was too late. As the years passed, the Creos came to control everything, the once great Vera, were now nothing more than a shell of what they used to be." This was getting interesting. "Everything Dred had warned them about, came true, and finally, the last straw, the event that sealed the Vera''s fate. A demon''s appearance years ago. Only the Vera were capable of controlling the demon, so the upper brass of the Creos, thought it was a Vera behind the attack, but it was a natural disaster, a one in a million occurrence, the Vera were blameless, but the seeds of doubt were long since planted, the Creos believed the Vera were trying to take over the city. The surveillance would require more than a few spies, and the Vera were moved to a corner of city, perfectly quarantined. Only the third leader of the Angels voiced any disapproval, but the other higher ups overruled him, in the end, no one trusted the Vera and discrimination began. Being treated poorly led to a lot of bad blood, and the Creos'' fears, finally came into effect." "The Vera came together and started organizing a coup, so the Creos, knew it was time to act, and killed the entire Vera clan. Only a few were left alive because they weren''t in the city at the time. When they came back and learned what happened, we tried to blend into society and it worked, no one told us apart. We lived in secrecy for years, until I was born. I had incredible control over the visual technique and a huge amount of mana. The Vera thought that I could finally make the Vera what it once was. They were right, I became the leader of the Angels, but then, everyone found out my heritage and turned against me." He said, a deep sadness in his eyes. "I was up in my cloud, when my own race led a revolt against me. I was the ideal king, everyone adored me, I was democratically elected for God''s sake. But my wife, an arranged marriage by the way, she was never happy, she always wanted to be the leader of the Angels. I took the position and she''s always hated me since, she would send assassins after me and tried to poison my food, but she would act like nothing happened. I knew it was her but never let her know. I kept her around thinking she would eventually give up, but how wrong I was. The attacks kept getting more and more frequent. I was about to kill my wife for treason, but she got my entire race against me, saying that because I was the most powerful angel that the power would get to my head eventually and I would become unstable like Dred Vera, my ancestor. " He said and scoffed, I was entranced by his story, sounds like Magaki''s. "So when all the Angels eventually believed her and lead a coup against me, I couldn''t do anything to my own people and my wife knew this, she used my weakness against me and my entire race tried to kill me. I escaped by coming down to the ground but they followed me and it resulted as you saw it. What did you do to them anyways?" He said. "I used illusion magic to take over their minds and imprinted a memory of your death in all their minds, now you are officially dead to the Angels knowing. We are going to get you ready and take back your race with a bang, imagine, a man comes back from the dead and takes his rightful place on the throne again. Sounds nice huh?" I said and the man nodded. "My race turned on me and my wife tried to kill me, of course I want revenge, but not an extermination. If some happen to die during this process then so be it, I will be killing my wife as well, no doubt she took the throne and got a new lover that she most likely had behind my back. But I would like to know the man I am working with." He said and grinned and I walked out of the shadows. "My name, is Xearos Aveeno, pleasure to meet you. That is my daughter and her friend, we were on our way to Oryi when I saw you fall from the sky and here we are. But to be an Angel, and the king at that, I''m excited. I''m going to get you ready to take your race back, but we can''t rush this, revenge only births more revenge, we have to win them with words, not violence, but a few can be casualties if you want. If you use violence, your revenge won''t end with salvation, only damnation." I said and the man nodded. Looks like we will be meeting the Angels soon, hehehe