' How…, How did I lose, who was that man? ' Lucian asked himself but no one was there to answer him, these were questions he had to figure out himself and curiosity was really giving him a good bite.
His eyes slowly returned to normal as his body deflated, saddened by his defeat he sulked, ' Even after everything am still weak ' he said to himself.
A cold hand suddenly touch his shoulder and held it firmly, he didn't need to turn and look as he already knew the owner, " This is why you need me Lucian, I understand your strong but in the face of genius prodigies like Amelia your just a fly " Augustine said.
He kept quiet, " the outside world is full of dangers my boy, dangers far deadly than you can imagine, I have seen those horrors, I know what is coming, you have to trust me, you maybe different but that's what makes you stronger ".
" Rise " he said removing his hand from Lucian's shoulder.
Lucian sat still, the voice came again calmly and gently, reluctantly he stood with his head facing the ground, " I shall return by this time on the seventh day from now, you may have mastered combat to it's peak, you may have trained and tempered your mind, body and soul ".
" But you still have a long way to go in the acts of acquiring power, come with me and I will lead you on your true path…, the path of justice and the path of freedom " he said outstretching his rough hardened palm.
Lucian looking up to the dark grim face of his father, it looked troubled although he was doing a good job at hiding it but Lucian could see through the facade.
" I half mindedly join you " Lucian said his always present frown still visible on his face, from his lackluster expression his words might not have been taken seriously but he had this face due to years of pain.
" Am sorry you couldn't beat Amelia after all those years of training, you see your special, a powerful prodigy, that's in the eyes of we normally magic users but in the eyes of fellow prodigies you are a little weak " he whispered to Lucian.
Lucian looked over at Amelia, she just sat on the ground wiping blood from her blade, he flinched a little as his body was still riddled in holes, stab wounds and gashes, " Do you need help in cleaning your wounds " She asked for a distance.
" Na, am good " he replied walking to the hot spring, it was almost destroyed by the fight as one of the pillars was severely slashed, " Lucy, catch ", a small metallic object shimmered in the settings sun.
He caught it effortlessly without even rasing his hand to high, " Await my return son " Augustine said walking into the house with Amelia and after a few minutes a large banging sound was heard signifying their departure.
' So those motherfuckers appeared out of nowhere beat me up and vanished, stupid bastard thinks he can come up here and subdue me with his new toy, just waiting and see, I will come out the victor nothing will stop my rise ' he mumbled to himself.
He took of his clothes till he was stark naked, luckily it was mid summer and still very warm, " To day was to eventful for me " hé said walking up to the mini hot spring.
He wandering why he hadn't regenerated, immediately he thought about it, the blood loss seized, and his skin slowly rejoined itself repairing his well toned body until he was revitalized.
He submerged himself inside the pool letting the hot water wash away all the outwards impurities making him clean, " I just lost two sets of clothing today, and that reduces it to thirty " he said to himself.
He had somewhat developed a sense of carefulness about the things he owns as he understood he had nothing, he was just a slave to another's will.
Now he would just be shifted into another space for training or it might even be a nasty farm which he would spend the rest of his wretched life and strength working on.
Unbeknownst to him he would never have to need training anymore as he could be considered the most skillful creature in his current world.
Now the night was out and he had peacefully dozed off in the hot spring, he woke up and after realizing himself went into his house, at that point a surprise struck him.
Ever since today he had only been feeling stronger and stronger just as he walked into the darkness his strength increased by bounds and leaps but that wasn't all, looking into the night he could see things accurately clearly.
He thought that it may have been moon light, but now he was course corrected as he could not only see clearly in the dark but vividly as well, now he couldn't even differential between day and night.
Rats and cockroaches scampered about when acknowledging his presence, he was currently in the kitchen as the only way to the garden instead of turning around the house was through the kitchen.
He dove straight for a little mice noticing it's slow movements and he caught it instantly, it was a two tailed mice, they were known for their speed when fully matured.
Before the rat could protest he squished it and it effortlessly gave in to the pressure exploding in a bloody mess, he wiped his hands with a towel and walked to his room.
The night's cold slowly started to bite his naked body so he had to dress up as he really despised the cold due to past trauma, he went to his kitchen and continued his fun exercise of catching two tailed rats.
After he had racked up the kill count of up to twenty rats, he broke a smile in satisfaction to night at least the annoying rat noise would reduce.
He walked out into the garden again it was time for his night training, and indulged himself into three hours of his training schedule, he had actually started to like training as that would make him more powerful.
When he was done he sat under his tree reminiscing about his life and sometimes reading few chapters of his finishing book, he loved the ending as in those parts the hero got to live a peaceful life after so much fight and war.
" I wish I could just have a quiet cabin at side of a scenic forest, where I wouldn't have to worry about fighting or father or anything " he said wishfully.
He as he looked up to the edge of the fence " I MUST ESCAPE " he said in a firm resolve.
[ Ding! ]
[ System Initiation : 25/100% < Determination > ]