When Jenny heard that, she panicked and hurriedly nodded her head.
"I will not tell anybody about magic."
Adam smiled and walked out of his room.
Downstairs, he saw his mother talking on the phone and loudly asking his father to return home.
As he walked down, he saw nothing had truly changed. The living room was the same, the kitchen was the same, but there was a bit of clutter.
Normally, with his mother in his house, that shouldn't happen.
'It seems like my disappearance caused a lot of pain to her.'
"Adam, are you hungry? I will get you some freshly baked cookies."
Alice put down the phone and walked towards the kitchen.
On the other hand, Adam walked up to the sofa and sat down.
He placed Jenny on the side and asked.
"Want to see a magic?"
Jenny excitedly nodded her head.
Adam raised his palm, and a large amount of purple energy gathered in his palm, slowly turning into a doll that was half the size of Jenny.
"Doll!"
When Jenny saw it, her eyes twinkled. She almost wanted to grab it.
But Adam stopped her and said.
"Uh-uh, this is for cleaning."
"Doll, clean out the trash from the house."
This wasn't truly a magic but his own creation, using the powers of Kurama. But he didn't mind showing off in front of his sister.
Doll nodded its head and walked around the room.
Whenever it saw dust, it would raise its palm that would suck out dust. Then, it would put trash on the side.
"Wow! Brother, what else can it do? Can it play with me?" Jenny asked, showing a little bit of longing in her eyes.
Adam caught it immediately and frowned.
"Don't you have friends, Jenny?"
Jenny placed her arms around her legs, raising them on the sofa as she said.
"But my friends do not play with me. They say my brother is an evil person. How can my brother be an evil person? I didn't accept that."
"So, I stopped playing with them."
"Is that so?"
Adam nodded his head and patted her head.
"You don't need to play with this. I will take you to play with something even more exciting."
As his sister, she was bound to have a crazy life.
Not only was he a Dimensional Lord, he was also a mutant.
It was better to keep her by his side.
He was going to meet Tony Stark soon. Although he had already become Iron Man, it didn't stop them from meeting.
Once they got close, he could let Jarvis teach his sister.
Although he could turn her into a powerful being instantly, he also wanted her to gain more knowledge.
In this world, knowledge was one of the most powerful weapons.
Reed Richards once created a device that helped him meet the writer of the story, Jack Kirby.
Although it sounded ridiculous, this also proved Reed's genius intellect and science's ability to transcend powerful beings.
Since she was his sister, he would hope she could achieve a genius intellect like that.
Even if that wasn't possible.
"What are you two discussing? And, is that your doing?"
Alice returned in front of them, placing a tray full of cookies, tea cups as she sat on a sofa next to them and asked.
"Yeah, I noticed the house was not as clean as before."
Adam replied as he picked up a cookie.
"I forgot to clean." Alice shook her head and replied as she sipped some tea.
On the other hand, Jenny picked up her cup that had hot chocolate.
"Adam.....Are you fine?"
Alice stared at her son for a moment and asked.
She didn't know, but she could feel that her son was hiding some kind of pain. And, she knew exactly why.
Adam showed a bright smile and said.
"Mom, I have gained something that can change our lives forever. But let's wait till dad returns. Then, I will not have to repeat."
.........…
"What? You have become herald of a devil?" His father, Joey, jumped from his sofa and shouted in shock.
Adam stared at his father with a dumbfounded expression and said.
"Dad, although he takes souls, he is not a devil. He is a fox with nine tails."
Jenny excitedly raised her hand and shouted.
"Brother, I want to meet the fox. Is it cute?"
Adam shook his head.
"He is several times bigger than our house. Though he should be able to change his size."
"Whoa! So big!"
Stars appeared in her eyes as Jenny contained her excitement to meet this fox.
She didn't know it was just an illusion that Adam used to fool others.
"I still don't understand the part where you said you will be involved with taking the souls of the dead people to… the underworld?"
Joey asked.
He had returned half an hour ago. It took him quite a while to recover. After all, just like Alice, he was also depressed when he lost his son.
After that, they started talking.
Adam didn't talk about the experiments he went through. He just said he was kept in a small room.
He kept praying gods to help him escape. And by chance, his prayers were heard.
Except for a Dimensional Lord, who ruled over a pocket universe.
He didn't explain what they were. His parents weren't uneducated, and Jenny didn't need to know all of this.
He simply told them he had a strange soul kind of affinity to this lord, and he was made this lord's herald.
Now, he was given a task to collect the souls of the dead people.
Adam nodded his head and said.
"Lord Kurama said Earth will go through major changes. You should've heard about Tony Stark's announcement as Iron Man, right?"
Joey and Alice nodded.
"My Lord told me that Earth will face many dangers in the upcoming years. So, my appearance is to collect souls."
"But I am not allowed to harm anyone on my own unless I am forced to."
Hearing that, they looked at each other.
They understood his job, but it felt unreal. Her son was only nineteen, and he had become an agent of the Devil.
Yes, they still didn't take the concept of Dimensional Lord well.
They only believed those who forcefully take the souls of others would be a Devil.
"It's kinda hard to digest. We only know about Iron Man, and he is a genius, you know. We know mutants exist, but we haven't seen much out of them."
Joey spoke.
Hearing that, Adam chuckled.
"It's okay, Dad. You will slowly learn these things. And, don't worry about our family. With my Lord's power, I can protect our family."
Those words brought a smile to the couple, and the mood only brightened when Jenny shouted.
"I will also become the most powerful magician and protect our family."
"Hahahaha!"
Three of them joyfully laughed.
Soon, they started talking about other things. Although a few things were depressing, like how Jenny lost her friends due to his status.
Although his father didn't lose his job, he wasn't having a good time.
His mother stopped talking to any of her friends altogether.
This caused quite a lot of depression in the family, but Adam's arrival only made them laugh with joy.
Soon, it was nighttime, and everyone was ready to eat their food when they heard a loud noise.
It sounded like an explosion.
Adam narrowed his eyes. He turned towards his family, releasing a large amount of purple energy, surrounding his house in a protection spell.
"Was that an explosion?"
Unlike Adam, other family members didn't hear the noise clearly. So, they were a bit hesitant.
If Adam hadn't reminded them about dangers earlier, they wouldn't even have thought about it.
"Yeah! It seems like there is a problem. Wait a minute!"
'Harlem! We live in Harlem. Shit! This is the place where Abomination dukes it out with Hulk.'
He realized it and spoke.
"Mom, Dad, stay inside the house, okay? Do not leave the house! I will return soon."
When Alice heard that, she wanted to stop him.
But she thought about the Great Devil who could punish her son and chose not to speak.
Jenny looked a bit confused as she asked.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"Brother is going to do his job, Jenny. Now, stay at home!"
Adam smiled at her, patting her head, and left the house.
He didn't change his clothes or put on a mask. He simply left in the direction where the most noise was coming from.
While moving, he immediately used his telepathy to connect with the four mutants.
"Boris, Illena, Josh, Monti, release some of the energy into the air so I can locate you!"
Four of them heard his voice and immediately followed his instructions.
When he sensed those energies, he immediately closed his eyes, letting his senses feel the position of the energy, and instantly opened the portal next to them.
Fortunately, Boris, Illena, and Monti were together while Josh was in a different place.
All of them arrived in his position through the portal.