In Human Sector 10 District 20
The ringing sound of an alarm woke up a young man. His eyes felt heavy from exhaustion as he did not get any sleep the night before since he was celebrating his birthday with all the children in the orphanage. He dragged his body out of the bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Feeling the cool water on his skin, he felt more refreshed. After taking the shower, he got out of the bathroom and change into the nicest clothes that he owned. He looked into the mirror and was happy with how good he looked in these clothes.
He had short scarlet red hair, eyes as gold as shimmering coins, a model-like face. His height was 6'3 feet tall and was slightly muscled from the exercise that he does every morning. He wore a black shirt, black skinny jeans and a red jacket with black stripes.
"Looking good Keith," he complimented himself.
The reason he picked his nicest clothes today was because today was going to be day, he awakens a talent.
In the year 2019 a great cataclysm occurred plunging the world into chaos. Mysterious portals known as rifts released monsters in to this world. The monsters brought laid waste to every major country on earth cutting the population by half. When all hope seemed lost and humanity was on the brink of extinction, the dragons and onis emerged from the shadows and helped the humans in their fight against the monsters.
With their help the humans were able to win against the war against these monsters but the help from the dragons and onis came with a price. The humans were sign a treaty which stated that when a human came of age, they are to be married off to either a dragon or oni.
The dragons and oni also brought in technology that helps humans to awaken abilities known as Soul arts. Every human being once they turn sixteen years old have to attend an awakening ceremony. If a human awakens a talent, doors of opportunity will be open for them. They could join a guild and earn a good amount of money.
If Keith awakened, he could earn a substantial income and have enough money to send to the orphanage he grew up in. He had an excited expression on his face but it soon disappeared. "Even though I will awaken a talent, I'll still have to marry a dragon or oni once I am eighteen. I don't even have the right to choose the person I'll grow old with and have kids together," he said as he sighed.
He got out of his bedroom and went to wake up the other kids in the orphanage. "Wakey, wakey rise and shine!!" he shouted at the top of his lungs so that everyone would hear his voice and they would all wake up. Soon after, multiple children got out of their bedrooms with tired expression on their faces. If you focused hard enough you could see the dark circles under their eyes.
"All you go wash your faces and I expect to see you all at the table in five minutes," his voice carrying the authority of drill sergeant.
"Alright big brother Keith," the kids replied as they went to go wash their faces.
"Good morning, Keith," said a feminine voice. Keith looked back and smiled. The origin of the feminine voice was a woman who had long purple hair, pale white complexion, beautiful black eyes, pink lips and long black eyelashes. She was 5'6 and had a curvaceous body. She wore a black t-shirt and blue jeans. The person that he was looking at was one of his childhood friends and his crush.
"Good morning, Kayla," Keith replied in a cheerful manner. "You excited for your awakening"
"Why would I be excited when I am going to end up a dog bought by some rich dragon bastard," She replied, her voice dripping with anger and bitterness.
Keith sensing the rage emitting from Kayla he decided to divert to the conversation. "Is that koala still asleep," Keith said in a sarcastic tone.
"I am right behind you," Keith heard a menacing deep voice from behind, he could sense bloodlust radiating from this person's voice. 'I'm dead,' Keith thought to himself.
The person behind put him in a headlock and choked Keith with all of his strength. Keith was desperately gasping for breath. His vision was getting blurry and he was moments away from passing out that when the person behind him let him go.
Keith stood up and took in a few deep breaths before he looked at the man who choked him. The man' complexion was a pale white, long hair as white as snow, crimson red eyes. His height was 6'2 and had the build of a model. The young man's name was Suguru Merlin.
"I am going kill you one day," Keith declared, his voice dripping with anger. He glared at him, fury radiating from his golden eyes.
"Keep dreaming," he said mockingly before going to the kitchen to help the caregiver and dishing out the food for the kids. Keith and Kayla joined him and helped out a little. The kids came to the table and ate their breakfast. After the kids were done eating, Kayla collected the plates and Keith washed them.
When they finished their chores, they decided it was time for them to go the nearest church and awaken their Soul arts. They boarded a train and reached their destination in less than a minute. They then got of the train and walked towards the nearest church.
Keith went forward and knocked on the door of the church twice. Soon after the giant wooden door opened. The interior was splendid and beautiful. The floor, walls and pillars were carved from marble. The glass windows in the church had different inscriptions on them in words that Keith couldn't understand but he felt slight connection with these inscriptions. He later dismissed these thoughts and walked towards the nun who was sitting in the middle of room.
The nun had raven black hair, wore a blindfold so her eyes were no visible. Two horns protruded from her forehead revealing that she was a dragon or rather a dragon hybrid which was a mix-breed between a dragon and a human. The dragon nun had a pair of protruding from her back. She wore a nun outfit and wore a neckless that resembled the sun.
In her hands she held a transparent orb that was used to initiate the awakening process
"All of you must touch the orb and you'll awaken a talent," the said in indifferent tone that seemed devoid of any emotion.
The three of them touched the orb and two different types of energies entered their bodies and only one energy assimilated with their bodies. The nun told them to remove their hands. The orb then announced the results.
[Keith, you have acquired the Class Mirror of All Creation]
[Suguru, you have acquired the Class Harbinger of Death]
[Kayla, you have acquired the Class Stellar Sorceress]
As soon as they heard the names of their classes, memories of the past flooded their heads. The memories felt so familiar yet alien to them. A few seconds passed and most of the memories already filled their brain. They all felt a splitting headache which soon subsided.
Keith suddenly felt bloodlust targeted at him and his friends.
"Suguru and Kayla, let's get out of here," Keith shouted in an urgent voice.
The trio bolted toward the exit but it was already too late…