"Welco ho bud" the projection of my father continued, after a fit of laughter..
I smiled, sothing about the way he’d worded that felt nice....
"If you’re indeed unfortunate enough to have received the key to this place from that stuck up guy, then it ans I’d failed to truly escape my past, I can only hope that you and your mother made it out safely"
"Honey, I told you to stop saying such depressing things, you’re starting all over, I’m sure we’ll be fine"
"Hahaha.. yes, you’re right, it’s after all, even if they do co, I’ll just send them packing, hahahahaha.."
"Jeeez"...
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"Father..." my gut twisted at the conversation going on..
It seems my father sohow knew that his past wasn’t going to let him live a normal life..
"Unfortunately, neither of you did, but worry not.. I shall make sure those who did this to us, pay the ultimate price" I vowed quietly, aunt v squeezing my palm gently..
I looked at her and smiled, "WE, will make them pay" I corrected myself..
"So, how do you like the place? I wanted it to be a bit shinier, but your mother couldn’t stop complaining about ssing up the ambience of nature or whatever, you can bla her for not getting a mansion that lit up like a globe during the day" the man pouted like a child that had been denied toys to play with..
"This video wasn’t made to leave behind any profound wisdom or knowledge, I’m bad at things like that, I’m making this to congratulate you on finally stepping foot on the big leagues, you’re now entering the true world, you’ll see things that’ll make you doubt the world, experience things that’ll test your character"
"My one advice? Do not be a loner. I do not for once doubt your genius my son, you’re the most talented person I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen and fought with monsters beyond your imagination, yet none of them can compare to your talent my son"
An unexplainable feeling of pride swelled within ..
The fact that my old man had been so proud and sure of my exceptional qualities, despite having already been told so by my aunt, hearing it from the man himself made it all the more better..
"But, do not let that overwhelming talent, overshadow your ability to connect with people, no one man is an island my child, no one pair of hands can stop four, surround yourself with those whom you trust to carry the burden of progress, do not discriminate, do not hate on any one race, we’re all terrans, yes, even the demons, we’re all one" that made pause..
My eyes turning red, the ntion of demons dredging up painful mories..
I don’t know what made him trust those filthy creatures, I don’t know what he saw.
But it was that sa trust that got him killed, that sa trust that made the sches of snakes more successful..
Hearing the words "do not hate demons" coming from my father’s mouth, only made my hate toward that disgusting race bubble forth harder..
"If you knew what they’d do to you, to mom, would you still have the face to say this to ? Hate no demons? Discriminate against no one? Until the demon race draws its last breath, until the Draken family and whosoever it is that was involved in your deaths draw their last breath, then I shall not rest, and if I should take on this burden alone? So. Be. It.."
"I know what I’m asking might seem too much, but believe ,just as there are bad souls among every race, there are good souls out there as well, all you need to do, is open up your heart and you will see"..
I kept quiet, my eyes rely focused on the display, my father’s eyes had gone distant, likely rembering sothing..
"Anyhoo, enough of this sappy stuff, ti for the fun things.."
"What fun things? Regulus Avalon Von Draken, just what the hell did you do" my mother’s voice was threatening now..
"Hehehe.. hey, the photograph on the fire place, right beneath it, I’ll place sothing special for you there, use it to your hearts content, however you see fit, just consider it a gift from your old man, a handing over of sorts, after all, my son can’t go around building his legend without sothing legendary to identify him by, now can he?" hearing that my eyebrow rose, my gaze moving back toward the photo above the fire place..
"Hmm, I wonder what he left?" I was curious now..
"Don’t worry, you’ll love it, trust " his voice sounded out, almost as if in reply..
I turned my attention back to the projection..
"Well, I think that’s all, I don’t believe this is a farewell video, you might never even see it, since I have all intentions of bringing you to the central continent myself and showing you off to those stuck up families and their so called "geniuses" , but you never know, besides, I enjoy when your mother is stressed out, so it’s a win-win situation regardless"..
"I hate you, Reggie.."
"Ack.. don’t call that.."
"And what are you going to do about it.. REGGIE!!"
"That’s it, woman, get over here....."
"Hehehehe.. catch if you can...."
The cara suddenly turned, my mother’s beautiful face filling the display, her eyes seemingly seeing through the cara itself and looking directly at ..
"Mother..."...
"My baby boy.. don’t listen to anything your dumb dad just said, especially the fireplace, make sure to ignore that..."
"Seraaaaaa!!!!"
"Hahahahaha....."
.......
The feed cut off after that....
My old man had said it wasn’t a farewell, he’d had plans to show everything himself..
Yet, cowards decided to make sure the video was exactly what it wasn’t intended...
Another tear slid down my face before I could stop it..
"Dante... are you... are you alright?" Aunt V’s soft voice brought back to the present..
Her worried face was right in front of , jewel black eyes holding nothing but worry and care..
I smiled, cupped her cheeks then gave her a soft, tender kiss, the feeling of her soft lips grounding ..
"I’m fine, aunt v, don’t worry" I separated from her, hands still cupping her cheeks..
"Are you sure?" She asked once more, placing her hands over mine as she searched my gaze for any deceit..
"One hundred percent" I replied, punctuating it with another soft peck..
"Now, let’s go see what my old man left for , shall we" I grabbed her hand as we returned to the fireplace..
Inspecting the area below the photograph, I found what looked like a secret locking chanism, clicking on it, a compartnt opened up softly..
I grabbed the handle and pulled, a massive weapon being drawn out of the deceptively large compartnt..
It was a weapon, Laid beautifully upon a rectangular display panel..
My eyes glittered like stars the mont I laid eyes on what was to be my own weapon..
"Heh.. seems my days of punching things like a caveman are finally over"...
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A/N: alright, it’s ti for our boy’s weapon attainnt, a poll Wu be created in discord, a vote will be held on which weapon you guys feel suits him best..
The vote will last until the next day, when it will be revealed in the next Chapter..
So head over to discord and vote, if you’re not yet in the TR33 House, the link is in the synopsis and and my bio, go join....
Voting starts now..
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Thanks for reading...
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