"Wake up, why wouldn't you wake up my brother."
What?
"Who, I am not sleeping. I am studying for exam." Aryan's immediate reaction was to deny any accusation of having slept because he used to get scolded for sleeping which time he could have used for learning toward world record.
'Um, pff…"
It was as if someone had tried to control their laughter but poor efforts have failed to conceal it.
When he looked to the side, he saw a face of dad up close which had a look that he usually have before punishing him for slacking on in studying.
This sent a shiver throughout his body and cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Reaction that Aryan have experienced was akin to what prey when seeing a predator animal. It couldn't be controlled.
On the side bed was hiding a girl who saw this, she was expecting some terrifying expression from her brother but this sheer terror filled eyes was just way above what she could have imagined. It may have given her a momentary satisfaction but longer she looked, a new feeling started to arise in her. It was guilt.
Some seconds passed and no movement was seen from Aryan and seeing more clearly, his body have frozen in place as did his expressions.
[ Ding! High danger level mental activities have been detected. ]
[ Ding! Using the 'Origin Override Protocol' to shut off mental activities to shield host from facing any irreversible damage or trauma. ]
Aryan eyes went blank as his body loosened from that tense muscles. He have been sent into a unconscious state.
Suddenly a mental image of Aryan appeared into a black place where no end was in sight except a transparent blue screen which was right in front of him.
[ Ding! Connecting with host through subconscious mental space. ]
[ Ding! Initiating transfer of memories to let host catch up with life of Vessel. ]
A DNA's 3d model like string came from the screen which connected to forehead of Aryan's mental image and began twinkling with glow which represented transfer of memories.
Outside, that figure of father that Aryan saw vanished into thin and in it's place was a cat sized white furry ball with cute expressions.
"Rico, come back." Girl said as that furr ball floated few inches off bed and made its way toward her.
She looked at the Aryan who seemed to have passed out.
"What did he saw when I activated Rico's skill to scare him? But I can't let mom find this out because other wise I would be in deep troubles." She looked at Aryan while muttering this to herself. Her calm demeanour was long gone and now it was replaced with worried expressions.
Just then, she heard sound of someone walking over steps, meaning someone is coming upstairs. She instantly knew who it was because they only tree people live there, her mom, her brother and her own self while her dad is working overseas due to a company's contract.
"Sam, have your brother woke up? Tell him to wash up and come down for breakfast? You know what I will come up myself and wake him." Mom said while climbing the stairs.
Each sound of steps filled heart of Sam with trepidation.
She quickly moved the blanket and covered him with it as to disguise it as him sleeping.
*CREEK*
Door creaked open but Sam have barely managed to cover Aryan with blanketing then.
"Look this lazy boy is still sleeping." A lady whose face seem tired from doing too much work and have a hint of being little ill.
His words may sounds if someone read them but her voice suggested a affectionate tone with some comment on mischievous nature of her kids.
"Mom, I think we should let brother rest a bit, he seem quite tired."
Sister whispered slowly to try and sell presentation of brother sleeping.
"You know you both are weird. Sometimes, you guys keep fighting with each other and then you act like there wasn't any fight at all." Mom mentioned how peculiar there behaviour is all along.
'He always bullied me when we were kids so now it's my turn when he didn't show any talent of becoming a Arcane beast master.' These thoughts flashed through head of Sam and when outside she acted like an innocent and responsible child.
While this happened, Aryan was absorbing the memories and door to knowledge of whole new world was opened to him which wasn't boring like knowledge he used to learn. It was something much more complex but it's essence is full of things that raised his interest to peak.
[ Ding! Soul have been restructured according to this world. ]
Many changed happened inside soul of Aryan which occurred when he was deep immersed in that state.
Outside Sam had managed to get mom to go down and organize food on table with what she will help as well.
Both of them went down while Aryan absorbed information on whose body he have gotten into and what his personality was like.
'This person's personality is just clearly, I mean there are fights among siblings but this guy acts to petty when he was child and now he is just lazy when he discovered that he does not have what it takes to become a Arcane beast tamer.
[ Ding! Transfer of initial data have been been successful. ]
That string connecting screen and Aryan's mental figure finally disconnected. His mental figure was kicked out of that space like his own mental power isn't enough to sustain staying there.
His eyes opened, he felt in control of the body whose whole life he have just experienced in that mental space. Getting up from bed, he looked at his body which seem little small and young.
Looking in the room, he found that there is a mirror in one corner. He quickly went toward it have full view of himself.
Seeing full figure of his body, it was clear that his hunch of being a young boy was not wrong. His steps have made sound and below sitting mother and sister heard it.
"Aryan come down and have food with us. Come later and it will be cold." Mother let these words out for his son to hear.
Sam sitting in the side secretly sighed a breath of relief.