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~Boom!~
Inside the 'training court' in the Darkling's compound; there were loud explosions. Dust covered the area as continuous clash of swords and explosions reverberated inside the building.
A man spectating the spar from a floating platform received a call.
"Hello, sir..." He answered with a tone of respect. After a short pause he replied "Yes sir, I'll inform them immediately".
Using magic he enhanced the volume of his voice enough to be heard by the duelists in the arena.
"That should be enough for today, prepare for the initiation ritual, don't keep your father waiting." He said and turned to leave but remembered something.
"... It's a boy." He added and disappeared.
"Huff, Huff," Panting sounds were heard as the clouds of dust settle to expose two young girls and two robots in the arena. The robots had stopped moving and the girls went to rest.
"A boy? I guess we're even now. I wonder if he'll be as strong as Raphael. I mean, he's too lazy to train." The younger girl said.
Her tracksuit was soaked with sweat and she looks like a copy of Raphael—with two colored eyes, gold and red. Her black hair was tied into a bun.
The other girl she addressed was Olivia, her elder sister–a blonde with red eyes. Olivia's crop top exposed her flat stomach.
Olivia stretched out her hand and a small red portal opened; a bottle of water came out of it and she took it and drank, she looked like a model while drinking .
"Are you going to ignore me Olivia?"
"Raphael's your twin Riley, you should know better." Olivia replied after drinking.
"That aside, your attack has gotten more unpredictable, your coordination with the robots is getting better, but your movements are still slow and clumsy." Olivia added and started walking out of the arena.
"Why are you always cold? You should be a little nicer to our baby brother. You might scare him with this attitude of yours" Riley said as she picks up an eye patch from the table and wore it, covering her golden eye.
"Oh, I know what this is, you're too shy to express yourself right? You should know that I can see through your stone-hearted exterior." Riley said as she ran following Olivia closely behind
"That boy... I pity him. He just arrived in hell," Olivia said, making Riley frown.
"I still don't get why you despise this family so much, what's your deal?" Riley asked in annoyance.
"You're still seven, you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
"Look who's talking, you're just twelve. TWELVE ... YEARS ...OLD." Riley dragged her words before she continued,
"You're right, I don't understand you at all. You have the 'Blood supreme eyes' if anything, I should be the one cursing this family for making me so much half-assed."
"Go and get prepared, we leave immediately," Olivia said completely ignoring Riley's whining and disappearing from sight, leaving behind a droplet of blood.
"So much for the hate speech, but she still flaunts her powers. Why not stop using it if she hates us that much? Tsk I'm so annoyed." Riley complained and looked back at the arena.
"To think that even with the robots, I still couldn't land a hit on her. Just what the heck was she doing in the five years she was born before us?"
"Tsk, I better just focus on my poison improvement."
Ruffling her hair in annoyance, she made her way out of the training room.
....
Sheon awoke in a small plain white room; he was still inside the baby's mana world but it became white instead.
He remembered what happened and immediately looked around for the celestial eyes.
He felt his stomach turn when he looked above him. The celestial eyes stuck to the midnight sky like a pair of moon.
Sheon immediately looked away. He got up and without talking, he tried to find a way to escape.
After several failed attempts, he sat back down, crooked legged as of meditating.
"I'm Sheon, the king of the abyss. I have created my principles of magic and I defeated Azrael and his Generals...well technically, but in the end, here I am, sealed inside a child...with the celestial eyes;;;" he muttered to himself.
Beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.
"How pitiful, how much have I fallen? But how come? A mere human, with the celestial eyes? The last I remember, it was the eyes of Lumia, one of the fallen angels. That cruel fucker killed me with a goddammed smile~* He shivered as he remembered the angel killing him.
'Sigh... this changes things. I thought I could possess a good host but now I'll have to change hosts, because if the kid dies without releasing me I'd cease to exist. I'm being held here by the celestial eyes and the only way to escape is if I possess the kid.
Ahh, that means I'll have to create a scenario where he would have no choice but to give up his body for me, then it'll be the perfect chance to possess him.'
'Hahaha! I shall make his world mine, I'll turn everything against him. I will manipulate the human greed .' Sheon laughs in a villain-like manner...then suddenly stops.
'Sigh... this is just great, being sealed together with the celestial eyes.' Sheon sighs but something caught his interest.
"Well hello. I've got lady luck with me." He with a smirk.
....
They reached the hospital and as Mr. Darkling navigated towards his wife's ward, nurses, patients or visitors who saw him bowed their heads in respect.
Mr. Darkling entered the ward and walked to his wife. Following behind was Olivia, Riley and Raphael they all stood at each sides of the door, Olivia on the left and the twins on the right.
They wore corporate and looked like a Mafia group.
Mr. Darkling walked towards his sleeping wife and checked on her. Seeing that she was completely ok, he heaved a sigh of relief.
His cold-heart has found love and a weakness. But fortunately, his weakness isn't so weak.
Mr. Darkling approached the baby's cot and looked at the sleeping child, carefully carried him, and stood before his sleeping wife then he lifts the child up. His eyes glowed red as he became able to see the child's mana flow. A very feint and strange mixture of gold and black mana exuded from the baby's body
He had never seen such a color of mana, nor had he seen an aura of such small quantity. Even plants had a larger aura compared to what he was seeing.
He was surprised at such a small amount of mana; thinking that maybe it's because the child's energy gate hasn't been widened. He then placed his palm on the boy's abdomen and sent some of his mana into the child to widen his energy gate. It was very dangerous for just anyone to do, for this you must have absolute control over mana or you'll end up hurting the child.
Surprisingly, it was as if the baby sucked the mana he was pouring into him, "How much more can you take?" He whispered as he kept pouring more mana into the kid.
When he felt that it was going to be too much for the child, he stopped, only to notice that the mana was the same quantity as it was earlier.
This child although disappointed him, also has caught his attention. He immediately thought that his mana was stored in one part of his body, other than the usual core. How potential will only be noticed when he grows up.
~Clears throat~ Clearing his throat he turned to the kids, raising his child before them.
"I name him Henry according to your mother's wishes. Welcome your baby brother, Henry." His deep voice announced.
His siblings bow to their baby brother, "Welcome Henry." They all chorused.
"Henry here unfortunately, has no mana. I shall take him in but until he's able to show prowess in mana, enough to impress me, he shall not inherit the Darkling name." He said coldly.
The children were surprised at what their father said, but for some reason, Olivia smiled. 'So he's a lucky one. I'm kind of jealous.' Olivia thought to herself.
'Geez why is dad so mean? Look at my cute little brother, how sad.' Riley thought while giggling inwardly.
'Sigh... at least I won't have to take care of a him although he looks calm, and I was kinda hoping that I would get to spend time with a little brother. Well, the old man already said it, no one can do anything about it now.' Raphael shrugs.
Mr. Darkling drops the baby back to his cot and turns to leave, a voice echoed in their head
"How dare you turn your back on me" accompanying the voice was a sudden pressure on everyone in the room except the sleeping woman. Doors and windows immediately closed, the bulbs all exploded leaving the one in the middle blinking.
Mr. Darkling was surprised, he at first thought it was an attack, but even the strongest person didn't have this kind of aura. It was something he had never felt.
"Aargh!"
"Ugh"
The children screamed. It was strong enough to get Riley and Raphael to their kneels.
But the force was much more on Mr. Darkling. Olivia was struggling to keep to her feet.
'What is this presence?' he thought as he turned back. As he turns, the force increased on where he was standing and the concrete beneath him cracked. Luckily they were on the ground floor, if not it would have been disastrous.
Olivia reached her limits and fell on her knee, her siblings were already lying down flat on the floor, coughing roughly, struggling to breathe as the air became thick with heavy foul smell.
Upon turning , Mr. Darkling saw Henry, his son, floating mid air. He was covered in golden black aura and his eyes were glowing red.
"How dare you humans turn your back on me!"