:::[Adam's POV]:::
My reunion with my parents made me feel a lot of complex emotions, and it made me reflect about a lot of things.
However, I could see that my parents had a hard time trying to figure how they should act with me.
I knew that they had a lot of thing that they had to ask and a lot of things that they wanted to say, but after seeing me, both of them just smiled.
I would never know what they felt at that moment, but I could tell that they cared about me.
There were a few people who were present there, and I didn't exactly know if they were welcoming or whatever their goal was, but the airfield was quite crowded.
Apart from the Lord to whom I just expressed my gratitude, there were other individuals wearing fancy clothes and looked at me with curious eyes.
Despite that, it was not like I cared about them, so as soon as I finished expressing my gratitude, I returned next to my parent.
However, my father asked me to take him a little bit away from the crowd. Then, he looked at me in the eyes, and took a deep breath.
"Look ahead. Don't turn back," he said, and I didn't know what he was trying to say. "I am already happy to have you back, to have wonderful friends, and to have a loving family. You were always more thoughtful than you appeared to be, so you must have already known what my conditions implies. So continue forward, because our people needs you. I am sorry…"
I knew that my father was putting up a tough attitude in front of my mother and everyone else. I didn't know why, but even though I just came back, he decided to show his weak self in front of me.
Of course, I understood that he was talking about the future of the people who lived on the planet under his jurisdiction. At that moment, I knew that he didn't have much time left.
I clenched my fist tightly and gritted my teeth. I just swore that I would never let my parents die, but my father's words made me realize once again that I was still weak.
How much did he have? A year? A month? I couldn't tell, but I knew that I had to do something.
"I see, you are really smart," my father remarked. "Why are you making that face? I am going to enjoy my remaining time as much as I can. I had already accomplished a lot of things in my life, even though they went up in in smoke just like that, but my only regret is leaving your mother and sister behind when they need me. I am sorry, but it looks like you will be busy soon hahaha…"
I didn't expect to hear that I had now a sister, but still, my father talked like he was at the of the road.
It looked like he was more worried about what would happen to my mother and my sister than anything else, and after knowing that I was alive, he couldn't help but say these words.
Cristal had already went to retrieve the data that the suits that I built for my parents recorded so I would know everything that had happened.
However, that didn't change the fact that I was angry, and the most irritating fact about it was that I didn't know where to direct this anger. At the gigantic monster? But did that monster even know what it was doing?
Thus, the only responsible for this was the one who created the monsters, and such a being would be similar to God. So, would that mean that I needed to consider this God as my enemy? Would that make all of the monsters disappear?
I didn't know the answers to these questions. I was still weak and ignorant, and I was certain of that, because once I thought about the monsters and their creators, it always lead to more complex issues that could involve countless universes.
'Am I thinking too much about this? Maybe I can't just simplify things that is already complex… Even at times like this, these are the thoughts that cross my mind. I have really changed… If this continue, what kind of person am I going to turn into,' I thought to myself.
It was not like I could feel any emotions at all, but somehow, I had hard times grasping the seriousness of certain situations and always ended up thinking about them as trivial matters.
I ended thinking that what I was dealing with was more bigger and complex, so everything else didn't look that hard. I was already thinking about a lot of things that would only happen in future, thinking that everything that I had now would be lost if I didn't plan ahead.
I wasn't wrong. However, my father didn't see the world from my point of view, so he was more concerned about the present.
"Adam, if I tell you this, it is not because your my son and you are obliged to do what I am telling you to do. However, to love is to protect, and to protect is to sacrifice, and to sacrifice is to lose something important for the sake of your loved ones. You can't escape this cycle, as you can see. I learned something j this life, and it is 'doing is good is always harder that committing evil deeds' because you need to take the responsibility for every one of your actions. In other words, if you care for someone, you will have to take the responsibility of the feeling that this person would develop for you," my father said.
He talked for quite a bit but I didn't interrupt him. I knew that this might be the last time we had a conversation like this.
*****
"Her name is Mishaela?" I said, looking at the cute baby girl in my mother's arms.
"Yes, it was your father's idea," my mother explained.
"I didn't expect to look at my sister this soon," I said in a genuinely surprised tone.
I knew that almost a hear had passed while I was beyond the portal, but to think that my mother would be pregnant during that time. No wonder my father said what he said.
The baby held my finger and I felt her warmth. She was just two months old, but she was cuter than how other I remembered other babies looked.
Looking at her, I felt a little bit sad, but I couldn't let such emotion show on my face. After all, it was supposed to a festive day.
The Lord Tylliard, my father's friend, prepared a party to welcome me, and as soon as I arrived, we immediately headed to the most luxurious building of the entire planet.
The Lord said that he considered me and my family as very important guests, so I shouldn't feel indebted to him. He was indeed a good guy, and my father was lucky to have a friend like him. Honestly, I believed that there were only ten people like him within the Empire.
"Your sister would grow up fine here," Lord Tylliard said. "You are going to attend the Holy Academy, right?"
The other nobles were not hostile towards my family, but they were not great friend with my father, unlike Tylliard, thus, only him talked a lot with us during the party.
"Yes, I am planning to do that," I answered.
"My daughter Amelia will be going with you too. Do you remember her?" Lord Tylliard, asked.
"Unfortunately, a lot happened and I forgot certain things, but I am sure we will meet often from now."
"Hahaha, my daughter would be shocked if he she heard that. Unfortunately, she's been acting odd lately because she reached that age. I am surprised that you have a very mature attitude despite your age," Tylliard continued.
If his daughter heard what he just said, I bet she would be more upset, but I knew that he did mean to talk about her badly. He appeared to be worried about her more than anything, and he was certainly trying to hook her up with me.
I didn't know why he did such a thing even though he just met me, but I guess he had good eyes. After all, he chose someone such as my father to be his friend despite their differences. Most of the time, low ranked nobles would become minions of high ranked nobles, so there was not much of a trust in their relation.
The low ranked nobles would wait for opportunities to take advantage of the high level nobles, and the high ranked nobles would continue to exploit the low ranked.
"Well, I learned from my father. It's thanks to my family that I became like this," I said.
Really, I couldn't even imagine what would have become of me if I was born somewhere else.
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