(A/N: New chapter of today!
I hope you all like this chapter!
And also, I wanna say that:
THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME SUPPORT IN THIS BOOK!!!)
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"I am really really sorry! I did not realise that it was you,
Who is helping me a lot to become the ultimate mage!
I am sorry,
Master!!"
Those were the words he said to make himself sorry and apologize to the voice,
Who is the sole reason for the cheat he got (The Book).
He broke down, crying very much.
His voice reached the ears of Theodore, Theodora and Julie,
Who were inside the house.
They rushed outside,
Only to find Alex already unconscious, his grimoire lying beside him.
"Oh my god! What happened here?" asked the unaware Julie.
But the two had no idea what happened with him.
Theodore rushed,
Picked up Alex,
Went inside with Alex's grimoire,
Laid down Alex on the bed and brought some medicines from the kitchen,
Because their medicines were stored in the kitchen.
Theodora grabbed the water bottle,
And put the medicine and some water in his mouth and made him swallow it.
After few moments,
Alex woke up, completely unaware of what had happened.
He simply stood up, drank some water and went outside.
In the central room, he saw Theodore and Julie sad.
Alex approached them and asked them if something wrong had happened,
To which he got the answer from Julie as:
"Nothing, darling! Just thinking about what would happen to you after you leave me,
Completely alone,
Without any means of company.
I am such an unlucky mother,
Who will be away from her sons for several years!"
"Oh come on, mom," said Alex.
"I will be away for just five to seven years!
And the years will pass by quickly,
Without alarming anyone!
You just need to rest and do not have to stress,
Understand!"
With it, Alex quickly hugged her tightly, kissing her cheeks and her whole face,
Just like a child does after seeing his/her mother or father after a very long time.
Suddenly, he felt something strange,
As if he was being fed with monstrous amount of mana!
When he pushed her a bit,
What he saw;
It was the most heartbreaking turn of events!
He saw her gradually fading away,
Just like the other elderly woman,
ho was begging help for catching the thief who snatched away her jewelry!
Suddenly, Theodore and Theodora both started crying together,
Hugging each other tightly.
Theodora was rubbing her fingers on Theodore's back (Just as Anna was scratching Harley's back in my previous book),
Crying all around,
Not even stopping for a while!
"Oh God! Why are you so unfair?
You separated me from my own brother!
My own blood!"
It was the thing that she was saying non-stop.
Alex didn't know what was going on,
And also,
Why the two were not giving attention to Julie!
However, his thought broke when he heard Julie say,
"My little guinea pig. Please take care of yourself and your brother and sister!
I have no time left to spend it with you.
But I am still proud that you are growing up strong and firm,
Just like your father did!
I promise,
When I die, they both will not be able to even bully you!
Please forgive this worst mother,
My dear guinea pig."
And as soon as the last word fell,
She dropped dead!
Alex, with no idea what had happened,
Gave a shrill scream, crying all over.
He did not see what was going on with Theodore and Theodora,
But he rushed to them, grabbed their collars and said:
"Do you have any idea what happened with mom!!
You f*ckers!
Tell me why.... why did you do this to mom?
WHY?"
Alex had broke down completely, he had no energy to say something.
Suddenly, he heard Theodore muttering something,
But suddenly, he collapsed.
(So here's what had happened:
So basically, Alex's mother was a Phantom.
But you will ask:
What Are Phantoms?
I know I got you! But it is not the time to rejoice!
So basically, Phantoms are one of the entities,
That roam around the world, without any risk of dying.
Now, these phantoms roam around the world, find humans whom they like!
Like that very elderly woman you have read about!
When the phantoms find their specific human,
They reveal themselves in front of them,
Just in the form of the closest person that the very human cared about.
And the phantom give them tasks to complete.
But the task they give and the task the phantom wants to be completed,
Is totally different from each other!
For example:
The phantom who came in front of Alex and asked him to catch the thief,
Wanted him to help her get up,
Not to catch the thief!
One thing to tell you:
There are 2 types of phantoms:
1. Good Phantoms:
These are the phantoms that are friendly to the whole human community.
When their task is complete, they even reward them!
These phantoms help in determining the mana concentration in a specific area or a region!
For example, if a region is highly concentrated with mana,
Then more and more phantoms will appear on the place and vice-versa.
2. Evil Phantoms:
Basically the whole opposite of the good ones.
They give the task and when that is complete,
They give the person a curse!
These phantoms appear just few days earlier when a Portal appears.
In those few days, these phantoms hunt humans,
Absorb their mana by giving them curses and transferring to the Demonic Realm,
Such that more and more monsters could invade the Human Realm.
Let me tell you one secret:
Evil Phantoms>Good Phantoms
Well, you will again ask question that:
When Alex's mother is a phantom, then how did she gave birth to a human child?
So the answer is that this ability is extremely rare among phantoms,
Because in order to do that,
They need to sacrifice their half life-force.
And when they sacrifice half of their life-force,
They turn into Demi-Human,
Half phantom, half human!
This is applicable for every monsters!
It means that human realm is significantly weaker than the demonic realm!
But due to the interference of the d
Dragon God,
This was reduced to the extreme low.
It means that before the interference,
If 10000 monsters including phantoms could become Demi-Human,
After the interference, or simply God's Order,
Only a dozen or even lower than that could become!
And who could become:
The ones who grow some feelings for humans and want to live with them,
Making a family!
Now you will ask:
Then how she became a child of a family?
The reason is that the phantom or whom we call as Julie,
Sacrificed her whole life-force and absorbed the life force of a very strong human,
And when that happens,
Phantoms reincarnate as human child!
The next question you will ask:
Then why did she die?
That is what I wanted to explain after explaining you the things that happens beforehand!
So basically, she was a phantom.
And reincarnated as a human child in the form of the very first ancestors of the Sawyer Family!
That's because in her phantom form,
She had found the Altar (That I wanted to tell you in the previous book)
And in that,
She found the life force of the strongest human alive!
That human's name was: Harley Sawyer,
The strongest person alive along with his wife:
Cassie Thorne!
Julie had selected that Harley guy's life-force and injected inside her.
And that's how she became a full fledged human child!
And like humans,
She grew, became matured, married,
Had s*x and gave birth to two children: Theodore Sawyer and Theodora Sawyer!
Theodora was exchanged as I had told earlier!
And today, while she was eating snacks while sitting with her original children,
A roaming phantom injected its life-force inside her,
Making her suffer as she turned into a phantom!
And because she was originally a phantom and transformed into a human,
That sudden change made her die!
And that is the ultimate weakness of the phantoms who transform into demi-human or a full-fledged human:
Just inject a small portion of phantomic life-force and that demi-human or the full-fledged human,
Will die miserably!
And before Alex had came outside,
She had revealed everything,
About the child exchange,
About her phantomic origin and so on.
Ans made them swear on God that they would never reveal the secrets that Julie shared to them.)
Suddenly, the two started crying miserably,
Apologizing to him for everything that happened.
Suddenly, Alex noticed Julie's dead body fading quickly.
Before Alex could touch her,
The body vanished into thin air.
Now, filled with sadness,
He cried the whole day,
Shut him down in his room,
Leaving Theodore and Theodora in a single room.
At Night:
Alex came out, sat on a chair and said:
"You left me alone, mom!
Now, who will call me as 'My Little Guinea Pig'?
I miss you very much, mom!
Please come to me.
Suddenly, he felt someone strange in his body.
As if a large amount of pressure had fell on his shoulders.
That feeling stayed for about 20 seconds after fully disappearing!
Suddenly he heard the voice say:
{You have absorbed the life-force of the strongest man alive}
{Your mana capacity has increased by 15 times}
{Your current mana rivals that of sleeping Theodore}
{The affinity of your elements have increased significantly}
{Your mastery on your spells has been maxed out}
{Congratulations for achieving it}
And that's how Alexander Count'de Goldstein got his first power up!
Let us see,
What Alex does after going school?
What awaits him,
Is it glory?
Or is it hardships?
Let us find out in the upcoming days!
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(A/N: Hey guys,
Im really really sorry for being late.
I hope you find some similarities with a popular anime!
Hint:
1. A Hole Is Still A Hole Even Without A Soul!
I hope you have understand! I will not take the name of that anime!
Love you all, have a nice day and lastly,
Stay safe, stay healthy!)