Chapter 113 Rio's Fragmented Dreams...
"Come on sleepyhead! Wakey wakey~ How long are you gonna sleep! It's time for school!"
The warm hands of a woman caressed the small forehead of a seven-year-old boy with love and care. The woman patted and messed up the black hairs on the boy's head.
As if disturbed in the middle of a sweet dream, the boy lazily opened his eyes and his pitch-black pupils shined like gems.
"mm, let me sleep a little bit more~" (Rio, 7 years old.)
"No sweetie! You will be late~"
"Come down for breakfast after washing up..."
After the woman said that, she left Rio's room and went downstairs.
The boy got up lazily, his blurred vision cleared up slowly after he rubbed his eyes for a few seconds.
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(The scene changed to the breakfast.)
Rio sat on the chair and started to nibble on the toast that was placed in front of him, he wore a school uniform and seemed to be ready for school.
Suddenly he noticed an unfamiliar man sitting beside him, Rio was shocked that the man appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
"Mom! Ghost!" (Rio)
Rio screamed with a look of horror on his face. The woman who had woken him up before came running from the kitchen with a glass of water in her hand. This content has its origins in n0v£lbin★
"What!?"
The woman had the same pitch-black hair and pupils similar to Rio's, her face was full of panic, and she seemed to have been surprised by the screams of her kid.
The man who appeared out of nowhere had red hair and pupils with a blackish tint in them. The man looked at Rio with a complicated expression and then looked at the women and said:
"It's been a while Alicia." (???)
The glass of water in the hands of Alicia slipped from her hands and fell to the ground. The water got spilled on the ground everywhere. But Alicia didn't pay it any mind, instead, a shocked expression appeared on her face.
"K-Kevin... is that you!?" (Alicia)
The man nodded his head in approval.
"Yeah, it's me, I am back..." (Kevin)
While the two adults were busy in their happy reunion, the little Rio looked at all this and was shocked beyond belief.
'My mother is having an affair!? She said my father was dead, so this man must be her past lover!' (Rio) (Yeah, the original little Rio was a dumb kid.)
Kevin got up from the chair and just when he was about to give Alicia a reunion hug, Rio hurriedly defended his mother and stopped Kevin from approaching.
"No! You can't have Mom! She's my Mom!" (Rio)
Kevin looked at his son who didn't even recognize him and rubbed his forehead.
"It seems there is a survivor, his parents are likely not alive anymore, send him to a healer and inform a nearby orphanage..." (James, Lia's father)
James handed the unconscious Rio to his subordinates and flew away somewhere else. (At that time, James didn't recognize Rio as Kevin's son.)
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(The scene changes to the orphanage.)
27 May 4345.
"Here, this is your ID card and this is your uniform. If you have any questions please contact the help center using the smart-watch issued by the academy."
After saying that the man in the black suit got up and left hurriedly, as if he was in a hurry to leave and didn't want to waste his time here.
Rio didn't pay it any mind and looked at the uniform with a complicated expression on his face.
'So, this is my uniform...' (Rio, 15 year old)
Rio got the enrollment invitation from the Great Freya academy, because of his background. (The government had announced that the survivors of the Drift City massacre would get special benefits in the future, to appease the anger of the common folks.)
Rio got the special benefit of getting an invitation from the greatest academy of the human empire, this already solidified his future to be bright and good.
With mixed emotions, Rio packed his luggage. He had to move to the boy's dormitory of the academy the very next day.
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13 August 4346. (Present Day.)
Rio got up from his bed, looked at his hands, and tilted his head in confusion.
"These memories again..." (Rio)
This was not the first time Rio had experienced these memories. Every once in a while these memories appear in Rio's mind while he is sleeping.
Rio has seen this same dream many times now.
Rio shook his head and left his bed to wash up.
He had to go and steal some chances.
'At the end of it all, your strength is the most reliable thing in the world...' (Rio)
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Author's Notes.
Yo! Your beloved author is here.
This chapter sheds some light on the events that happened in the memories of the original Rio. I hope you guys will have a better understanding of the timeline with this chapter.
Question of the day.
What do you think, how much of a deadbeat is Kevin?
(Tell me in the comments)
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