Chapter 42: Chapter 36: MC Template
The boys got out of the car and entered the junkyard. Seeing piles of junk all around them, Cass nodded and stopped walking. He took out two sledgehammers and two pairs of safety glasses from his space ring.
He handed one of each to Zeke. Zeke wore the glasses and looked at Cass because he was unsure as to how he should proceed. Seeing that Zeke wasn’t doing anything and just looking at him, Cass decided that he had to take the lead.
He wore his glasses and walked towards a wasted car. He held the sledgehammer above his head and brought it down with all of his strength. The already rusted car couldn’t handle the force and was crushed.
He looked at Zeke and said, "You try it too."
Zeke walked towards a pile near him and brought down the sledgehammer. Just as he was to continue, Cass interrupted him and said, "Don’t just break stuff. Remember why we are here. Imagine everything that is frustrating you and let it all out."
Zeke took a deep breath. And then he let everything out. Unbeknownst to even himself, he had been under a lot of stress and anger. Now that he was finally dealing with his emotions, he felt light. As if he had been freed from a burden.
Three hours and a lot of wrecking later, he finally felt happy. Seeing him like this, Cass smiled and felt that he had accomplished his goal. He even dealt with his own emotions. He too had been angry.
Angry at the world, the System, their enemies, and even himself. His weakness and helplessness to be precise. Although he never showed it, it broke him, seeing his little brother suffocating under the weight of responsibilities and obligations that he felt was his to carry.
Zeke was just twelve for god sake, regressed soul be damned. No twelve year old should have to worry about the safety of an entire Faction. Not to mention the System. He knew that the System was a guide and a teacher of sorts and that it wasn’t exactly targeting them but it still angered him.
Getting it all off his chest felt pretty damned good. Of course, that didn’t mean that their mission to ensure that their victory had magically disappeared. It just meant that they felt mentally healthy.
Zeke looked at Cass and said, "Is it only me or does the flow of mana within us feel a lot freer?"
Cass replied, "It does. It probably has to do something with the Demonic ancestry of our bloodline. After all, almost every type of Demon has something to do with emotions.
Dealing with these emotions and letting them all out instead of just holding them inside probably gave us a small boost due to the Racial Trait: Emotional Dominance."
After another hour of decimating shit, they decided that it was enough and time to return home. They got in the car and returned home. By the time they reached home, it was already time for dinner.
They washed up and went down to the dining room. At the table, Katherine looked at them and said, "Did something happen today? You guys look...cheerful."
The boys looked at each other and wondered, ’How does she always know these things?’
Seeing that she was waiting for a reply, Zeke said, "You could say that we had a fun experience today."
Katherine said, "It’s good that you boys are doing something other than train and life threatening experiments. Like boys, your age should be. Did you guys hang out with some friends?"
Hearing her question, the boys nearly choked. Friends? They didn’t have any friends. At least not ones that they could hang out with. Cass did have some friends but all of them were already at the War Academy.
Zeke on the other hand, had only one person that could be considered his friend and that was Rosaria, but she too was at the War Academy. So basically, the boys were loners. Zeke replied, "Cough...yes we were with some friends."
Hearing his words, Leonel who knew the truth, almost laughed. Katherine looked at him and asked, "Is everything alright, Uncle Leo?"
Leonel replied, "Everything is fine. The food is so good that I took a bigger bite than I could handle."
Katherine replied, "Thanks for the compliment."
As they were about to finish, Leonel got a call. It must have been someone important because his expression suddenly changed. He said, "Excuse me, I have to take this call."
He returned a few minutes later. Alexi looked and asked, "Everything alright?"
Leonel replied, "Yeah. It was the current Matriarch of House Vitali. She was just asking me when I will return."
Cass looked confused and asked, "Aren’t you the Patriarch?"
Leonel laughed and replied, "No. I retired a long time ago to give the younger generation a chance. Although I am still the strongest among them and have even greater authority than the Patriarch or Matriarch. But I don’t like meddling too much."
Zeke said with a cough, "Cou-you are not the strongest anymore-gh"
Leonel smiled and replied, "I know. But if I asked the current Matriarch to kick your ass, she would do so without any hesitation. Oh and just a reminder, she is an S Grade."
Cass replied, "Say what?"
S Grades weren’t exactly common and he had never heard of an S Grade with the surname Vitali.
Leonel simply said, "Don’t be so shocked. We are practically Royalty in the Central Region, on the same level as the Imperial families of the four Empires. So, it only makes sense that we have at least an S Grade as the head.
Remember, there are a lot of hidden powerhouses in the Federation. Never judge someone just because of how they look or feel. Even a beggar on the road could turn out to be an S Grade in disguise."
The boys took his advice very seriously. After they were done eating, they moved to the living room. Katherine and Alexi left to put the babies to sleep. Leonel said, "We’ll leave for the capital in a month. Dean said that he would drop us."
Zeke asked, "Is it really alright to treat the Supreme Commander of the Federation as our personal taxi?"
Leonel replied, "It’s fine. Besides, he was the one who offered. I also wanted to talk about the thing that you requested."
Zeke asked, "Is it ready? That was fast."
Leonel took out a chip from his space ring and put it on the table. He said, "It has everything that you asked for and then some. We decided that your request for particular Affinities was too much of a hassle so this little thing contains the complete database of all techniques in the Federation."
Zeke said, "Thanks."
Just as he was about to pick it up, Leonel stopped him and said, "Not so fast. Before I give this to you, you need to tell me why you want it. And I don’t want your cryptic answers like before."
Zeke sighed and replied, "I want these techniques in case I die here and am reincarnated in a different world. I know it sounds farfetched but if you really think about it, I’ve already regressed once. Also, I fit the MC template a bit too well."
Leonel asked, "MC template?"
Zeke said, "It’s a list of characteristics that a protagonist of a web novel usually has."
Leonel was still confused. Seeing this, Zeke began explaining the MC template to Leonel, "You see, the protagonists in most web novels share a list characteristics. I’m not saying that every MC follows this template but a majority of them do. The list goes like this:
1. Dead Parents- check
2. Hidden Bloodline- check
3. Strong Ancestors- check
4. Reincarnation/Transmigration/Regression- Check
5. Unique Cultivation Technique- check
Now you see what I mean. I’ve been thinking about it a lot and it wouldn’t be strange if I was reincarnated in another world in case I die here.
So, I want to be ready if it happens."
Leonel just gave the chip to Zeke. Zeke said, "I’ll give the info to you tomorrow."
After saying that, he went to his room and started recording all of the info he had about the future. After he was done doing that, he started memorising the techniques that he had just received. He had decided to memorise the entire database before they left for the capital.
The next morning, he handed a chip to Leonel and said, "This has the names of all known traitors and spies as well as the incidents that they will cause, surprise tactics used by other Factions on the battlefield, and a list of all the known high level members of all Factions with descriptions.
With this, you can purge the Federation of all threats but if I were you, I wouldn’t do that. Cause even if you purge them, new ones will take their place. So, it’s better to use them instead. You can kill the lower level ones and give the illusion that you have killed all of the traitors and spies in the Federation.
Although it is a risky move, if you succeed, you can feed the traitors and spies wrong information, at least for some time until they realize that they have been made."
Leonel nodded as he took the chip and called Dean right away. Zeke on the other hand, returned to his room and continued with the techniques.
Two weeks later, Cass was having a snack in the kitchen when he saw a haggard Zeke walk in. He said, "When was the last time you ate? Or slept? Or took a shower?"
Zeke just said, "Shut up."
Then he took out a whole lot of snacks from the pantry, mostly consisting of jerky of various kinds and went back to his room.
Another two weeks passed. Zeke once again came out of his room. Seeing him, Cass was about to say something but Zeke interrupted him by saying, "Do not talk to me."
Then he took a bath and went straight to bed after that. Before going to sleep, he pasted a sticky note on his door saying, ’Don’t wake me up until we have to leave."
Three days later, Cass woke Zeke up. He said, "Wake up, Uncle Dean’s here. We have to leave today."
Zeke freshened himself up and was about to go downstairs with Cass when his expression suddenly changed. Cass asked, "What happened?"
Zeke didn’t reply and simply said, "Fuck my life."
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