Hello, dear readers! Here's chapter 28!
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If you wish to read a similar type of novel, I'm writing a fanfiction in the world of Marvel with a lot of elents from The Knight's Multiverse.
A quick sum-up here:
Queens, New York City, USA. 2012.
Ben Parker, a forr Special Forces' Team Captain, husband of May Parker and uncle of Peter Parker, was forced to take arms again when the chitauri attacked New York City and threatened the safety of his nephew and friends. Saving them successfully he however ended up heavily injured, prompting him to breakthrough and beco a Supe(Superhuman), all due to one of the three Perks granted by the unknown entity who reincarnated him on this Earth.
Ard with almost all his previous life's mories, his skills as a forr Green Beret, his three Perks and with the help of his loved ones and companions, he would have to face many threats, with so with seemingly impossible odds.
"The world is going batshit crazy. I can deal with normal humans, but how the hell am I supposed to deal with Gods and Universe-Ending Aliens?"
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Damovotsk, Molkovia, Earth.
Demian's P.O.V.
"Alright, but let finish taking care of your injuries. I don't want to be distracted while listening to you." Adeliya instructed while fiddling with his wounds' dressing. "Sure. But didn't you say I would tell you while you dealt with my injuries?" Shaking her head, she replied. "That was before I saw the current state of your body."
Nodding his head at the logic behind her decision, he kept silent while she cleaned the parts that needed to be cleaned before putting on a new compress. Once she was done with the dressing, which took a lot less ti than the previous day, she proposed to move the 'eting' back to the living room where they were previously.
The four family mbers then proceeded to move to the dining room table where they all sat. Once everyone sat down, Adeliya gestured for Demian to speak. "So, what happened a month ago was..." He then went on with the story he already shared with Seraphine until he arrived at the Soul Perk part, where he hesitated slightly.
That was when he heard a giggle from his Soul mate. "Dem, we've already used your perk, so it's useless to hide it. Plus, I don't want to keep those kinds of things from Big Sis and Mom." Sitting beside him, she reached her hand toward his on the table, and noticing that she struggled to find it, he moved his to grab it. He felt her squeeze it lightly, giving him so strength for what he was about to share with the other two closest people in his life.
'Since I chose to go ahead with my relationship with Sera, I might as well own it, taboo or not.' He thought while taking a deep breath and starting his explanation. "Aunty and Big Sis. My Love Perk works by linking my soul to soone I share my love and trust with. It gives access for that person to my other two Perks permanently. But the degree depends on the close interaction I've had with that person. At least for now."
At his words, Adeliya's gaze moved from his face to her daughter's and then to their intertwined hands, before she stated. "And I'm guessing that by close interaction you an having sex?" Her words made him choke on his next words from embarrassnt and judging by the red hue appearing on Sera's cheeks, he was not the only one.
As for Bryn, she looked at her mother with her mouth open wide before twisting her head toward them and asking with disbelief. "Did you too have sex?!" Shaking his head vehently, Demian denied it. "No! Of course not!" However, when he received the disappointed feelings from his lover through the bond, he added. "Yet."
"But you guys are blood-related!" The tall woman yelled in anger, mixed with an emotion that he had trouble deciphering. "So what?!" Sera yelled back. "So what? You'll endanger any child you'll have together, that's what!" Shaking his head slightly, Demian responded to her accusation.
"Actually, the Perk allows to control completely the chance of pregnancy, so as long as I or Sera don't want for her to get pregnant, she won't. Also, with my physiology perk, my DNA is getting optimized every second. That ans that there'll probably be a point when we would be considered as non-blood relatives. So, there'll be no possibility of birth defects."
The three won looked at him with surprise painting their faces. Not only that, but he noticed the joy from his lover at his words. He could guess that she previously worried about the subject as well, so the fact that the problem was removed freed her from a big weight.
Squeezing her hand softly, he focused on sending his love through the bond, which drew a happy smile on her face and a hand squeeze from her. Turning his gaze back in Bryn's direction, he spotted her fists tightening on the table and the frustrated look on her face, as she muttered. "But it's not right!"
Shaking his head gently, he responded to her while gazing at her face. "Why isn't it right? We're consensual adults and we're not hurting anybody." "But.." She tried to protest, but he cut her off with a wave of his hand and his next words. "Big Sis! Do you want to know why I don't care if it's right or not?" His words seed to calm her protest, as she relaxed her fists and started to listen to him.
Gazing at the three won he loved more than anything in this world, he started explaining. "The reason is simple. In my previous life, I've always done what was 'right'. I finished high school, went to university, and then found an okay job. During that ti, I got into a few relationships which all failed quickly." His vision lost focus as he started reminiscing.
"I had a great mother and two amazing siblings and I only rarely spent ti with them, always having excuses for it. 'I've got so work to do', or 'I've got sothing else planned'. They were all excuses I told others and myself to justify the fact that I was afraid of having aningful relationships, whether it was familial, friendly, or romantic relationships. They were all the sa."
Pausing for a few seconds to gather his thoughts, he then continued. "Everything was because I let my fears control until... Until I t that woman with her daughter." "Your neighbor?" Sera asked. He nodded and said. "Sofia, yes." As if sothing ca to his mind, he gazed at Adeliya and comnted with a smile.
"Actually, she was very similar to you, Aunty. Not physically, of course. But she had that special aura if you believe in that..." A coughing sound coming from his left side reminded him that he should watch his words more and he thus went back to his previous point.
"Anyway, when I t that woman, I felt like she was the right person. It's a feeling that's hard to describe. It's like with Sera here. Once I confird my feelings, I just knew. In any case, I kept pushing back the decision to ask her out. And then what I told you earlier happened where I killed that guy to protect Sofia and her daughter and died right after. In the end, I missed my chance with her."
Letting out a sigh, he continued. "I've kept living my life while accumulating regrets and now I got reincarnated in this world with three incredible won as family mbers that I love very much. I also got superpowers and one of the three won in my life loves back and can accept as I am."
Staring firmly in Bryn's eyes, he resud. "So, tell , Big Sis. Why should I care about what other people think of my relationships? I've died once, so I've decided to live my life without any regret this ti while only caring for my loved ones. In this case, the three of you."
She looked shaken at his declaration and thus lowered her face silently. On Bryn's side was her mother who after pondering for a second, looked like she just made a decision, which was proven by her following words. "You're right, sweety. I wasn't sure earlier, but you convinced ."
She paused for a brief mont to let out a sigh before continuing. "We've only got each other in this world and if the two of you wish to beco lovers, then so be it. As you said earlier, the two of you are adults and can make your own decisions. I'll love the two of you whatever you decide about it, even if you're weird."
Feeling both relieved at her declaration and amused at how she phrased it, Demian smiled at her, a smile mirrored by her and Sera, the latter being obviously as reassured as him. "Thank you, Aunty. I was a bit worried you'd be against our relationship, but now I feel much better." After those words, Bryn stood up suddenly and exclaid. "I need to get so fresh air." Before she moved to the balcony, leaving the three of them flabbergasted.
Tilting his head slightly, Demian muttered. "Why is she so against it? Even Aunty's okay with it..." "If I'm not wrong, that's because she likes you too and feels disappointed at the fact that Sera was the one you chose instead of her." Adeliya said in a helpless tone.
"She what?" He asked, feeling like she was just ssing with him. However, Sera confird her words. "I think she doesn't even understand it herself." He could feel the guilt she experienced from the bond and realized that the two were serious. He thus questioned. "Since when? I never noticed anything."
Shaking her head, Sera scored a critical hit with her following playful words. "You also never noticed my feelings, so I'd say you're not exactly a specialist at figuring out who likes you, are you?" Feeling defeated by her statent, he replied. "Fair enough. I could be better at noticing things."
His joking remark made the two won giggle before Sera responded. "It's normal that you didn't notice." "Why is that?" He asked. "It's because it's only since you started to change a month ago that she began to notice you as soone who could be by her side and not soone she'd need to protect all his life."
Scratching his chin in confusion, he exclaid. "The more I talk with you Love and the more I feel like I'm the blind one." Shaking her head while snickering, she responded. "It's only because I'm not distracted by what I see. Instead, I focus on what I hear and that tells a lot about a person."
With a loving smile and a tone of voice revealing his feelings for her, he stated. "You're really amazing, Love, I hope you're aware of that." With a similar smile and tone, she flirted back. "You're not so bad yourself, you know?" Rolling her eyes at the two displays of affection, Adeliya cut them off by declaring.
"I'm still here, you know? Keep that kind of PDA when there's no one around." They both felt embarrassed at her words and they were about to apologize but they were prevented by the mature woman's next words. "We've got completely sidetracked by you two, so why don't we resu the previous conversation?"
Realizing she was right, he nodded and said. "You're right, Aunty. I'm sorry about that." Waving his apology away, she retorted. "Don't worry about it. We had to get that conversation out of the way sooner or later anyway. So, might as well be now." She paused for a second before continuing.
"You told us about your previous mories and superpowers, but I've still got one question." "Shoot." He claid, curious. Tapping her chin in thought, she responded after a few monts. "Since you got reincarnated with your three powers, how co they didn't get activated before? I an... You've been alive for 18 years and nothing happened before a month ago? What's different about it?"
"Could it be because he lost consciousness?" Sera proposed before her idea was shut down by her mother. "Not likely. I rember he got knocked out by Bryn when he was younger and nothing happened then." Tilting her head, the young woman asked. "When was that?" "It was when he started middle school and got bullied by a few kids in school. He asked Bryn to teach him how to fight and during the first training session, she failed to control her strength and knocked him out for a few minutes."
Chuckling at his Aunt's description, he remarked. "I was really weak by then. If I rember correctly, I gave up on training afterward, right?" Nodding her head with a beautiful smile on her face, his Aunt responded. "That's right." Shaking his head, he added. "That still doesn't tell us why I awakened my mories and powers..."
The three then racked their brains to find the answer until Sera's mutters made them jolt out of their pensive state. "Sothing different from around a month ago... The only thing I rembered was that old ring we bought from that street vendor..."
"That ring!!!" The other two exclaid, turning their gazes toward the young man's right hand wearing a plain old ring. Only now did all of them beco aware of its existence, including the one sporting the said silver band.
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