"So… why are we here?" I asked as I found myself standing in front of a big mansion entrance. This place did not exist in the time where Leeway had died. Looks like I need to check a little on how much the world has changed.
"Don't tell me you forgot about my house, too?" He asked, really surprised, and I just gave him a small smile as I answered,
"You did not have any house at all in my timeline here. You live in the hostel with me, remember?"
Hearing my words, he recalled bits of his 'new' memories as he nodded. He made a slight flabbergasted face as he looked at me,"all this must be pretty amusing to you, wouldn't it?"
I chuckled as I nodded,"it sure is."
Then his face turned serious as he continued,"let's go in. There is a lot that you need to know."
I then saw him walking into the house as the gate opened up by itself, and behind him I walked as I carefully observed the entire area.
It was a lush green forest before we reached the wide plain garden that was intricately decorated. It felt as if I had entered a medieval kingdom's castle, as the mansion was shaped like one. Previously, it wasn't visible due to the forest, but now it was pretty much clear in front of me.
Walking towards the mansion, we reached near the gate where a couple of butlers were standing as they observed Leeway with respect and spoke,"you have returned, master? I thought you were not going to come for another week or so."
"Change of plans, Gabriel. Come with me, we have a certain situation," Leeway spoke as he walked in and I followed behind Leeway. The butler, a bit confused, also walked behind Leeway, but he did not ask any further questions.
The inside of the castle was lavish, nonetheless. A wide hall, big enough to host a party, circular stairs that covered a quarter of the circumference before they reached the first floor. It looked as if I was in a fantasy world of queens and kings. It was a one of a kind experience.
"Brother. I thought you were gone," spoke a man as he was surprised to look at Leeway. He was Adriel, the first cousin of Leeway. He is here too?
"Adriel," Leeway spoke with a stern voice as he observed Adriel looking at him with the same surprised face as before. Looking at how Leeway was observing Adriel, it didn't seem like there was any friendly bonding between them.
And the reason was,
"Why are you living with such low lives as him? You are above them. Helping these objects will only slow us down… all the more since the Dawn of the Vampire King is upon us," he tried persuading Leeway as he started spitting nonsense, waiting no time.
"Vampire King?" I grew 'surprised' and 'confused' as I looked at the exchange between the two brothers. It was one of a kind experience. Even in my previous life, I didn't see Leeway getting this serious.
"I will explain everything later," Leeway hushed me before turning to Adriel,"it has been the 7th time this month that you have told me this nonsense. Michael is a very powerful asset, and he has proved himself many times. I don't have the energy to explain this to you anymore if you are not gonna understand even that much."
I looked at Adriel's Status and I was surprised… he was pathetic. Hmmm… is it just Leeway who is special here? Let's wait and see. Maybe his parents might surprise me?
"But brother-" Adriel wanted to almost grab me, but Leeway stepped in between as he glared at Adriel, making him step back a little.
"Don't. Even. Dare." Leeway spoke as his eyes turned golden and Adriel fell on his butt, shivering as he wet his pants immediately. Looking at things escalating, the butler, Gabriel, stepped in between as he spoke,"there was something important you wanted to discuss, master?"
Leeway understood the hidden meaning and sighed before speaking,"yeah. Let's go to the Testing Room… I want to test something."
Nodding, Gabriel took the lead while Leeway turned at me as his eyes signaled me to follow him. With a small sigh, he ignored Adriel and started walking behind Gabriel. Me too, ignored that guy and walked behind the duo.
Walking, taking multiple lefts and rights, we reached a certain gate that was much larger than others. Gabriel took out a bunch of keys and, after looking through the keys, he then found the key to the door. Pressing the key inside the door lock, he then opened it without much effort.
"Wow!" The inside of the room was filled with a strange golden light that covered the entire area. I could see a bunch of golden butterflies flying around in the room and a golden sphere at the center of the room.
Walking inside the room, I noticed that the room was quite big. The fact that it was all empty made it look even bigger than it already was. Leeway then walked towards the center, to the sphere and placed his hands on the sphere as he pressed a little.
I did not see what happened, but I could feel his energy being passed down into the sphere at a rapid rate. And not long after, I saw a certain number appearing on the top of the sphere as a massive amount of butterflies flew around Leeway.
| 2,321,918 |
That was the number that was present on the top as Leeway removed his hand from the sphere.
"You always surprise me, young master. You have gotten strong once again. Your parents will be proud of you when they hear of this news," Gabriel spoke as he looked at Leeway with a bright look.
"No. Don't tell them yet… I feel there are more forces in the dark that are playing with us…. For now, I would like to keep this a secret. Even from my parents," Leeway spoke as he gave a threatening look to Gabriel. Gabriel wiped his sweat as he chuckled before speaking,"as you wish, young master."
"Michael… try pouring your energy into it," Leeway then spoke as he looked at me. This time with a contemplating look. It was as if he was praying for something to occur… or something to not occur.
I nodded without any question, as I kind of understood what was going on. It was a sort of energy measuring device, wasn't it? Though I wonder if it can read my energy… I doubt it.
Moving towards the sphere, I touched it with my hand
[You are in contact with the Holy Energy Amplifier!!]
[Congratulations to the User for finding another one of the Fundamental Forms of Elemental Energy: Divine Energy]
[Compatibility Ratio: 2%]
[Would you like to allow the [Holy Energy Amplifier!] to assess the user's Divine Energy?]
'Divine Energy, huh? Seems powerful… Now that I think about it, there was Ether too… I wonder if I should master both of them…' I gave it a thought before passing it to the back of my mind.
We will cross the bridge when that time comes. For now…
I then pressed [Yes] as I flowed in my Divine Energy into the sphere… and the result was..
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