Volume 1: Path - [Full Awakening Arc]
Chapter 49: Long Game
"You asked how I revived and how I know; well, let me tell your bitch-ass ugly face."
"From the moment you guys killed my parents I started to feel things that are only in fantasy, before we go deep into that let's do background first. I became hella depressed for a whole week and after a week I decided to kill the person who killed my parents and searched every single criminal, but it was then I knew I was powerless even if I could find the criminal because a criminal who could have done such a huge blast would have already taken over the country I used to live in because my cuountry is that small and unknown that even when I asked someone from the academy doesn't even where my country is properly. That is where it all began, I started having dreams or should I say nightmares a dream that ends in misfortune, a dream of myself dying under someone, or becoming a sacrifice, etc..."
"But those nightmares are forgotten the next day when I wake up, but my mind has gotten sharper and sharper due to it too, and then one day I realized someone is spying on me, and I don't know for sure but my senses are super high due to the nightmares I was having, and I stopped my revenge and focused on my life showing to that unknown person that I gave up on revenge, but then suddenly a girl came into my life. I don't know what type of organization you all are living in. Do you all have fucking brains in your heads?
Because why the fuck would you drop a nuke like that on a coughing baby like me who is poor as hell? Sure, you made it seem like a perfect rom-com start, but buddy, I don't believe in rich people at all; they are hypocrites and curly-haired baboons.
That is why I have been thinking from the beginning that I can only find a love like this in my next life, not in this, and of course illness is one of the reasons too, but thanks to you guys, when I awakened, I got memories of all the nightmares and also how my parents died and how I awakened.
Of course me killing my own parents is an illusion and I got this idea when i had a nightmare of seeing my grandparents dying in front of me yesterday night
That is when I figured out that someone was planning something; otherwise, it would be no coincidence that I would go to the amusement park again on my birthday. It was the day of reopening too, and I wanted to go there to see if something was going to happen to me or not, and my guess was right—something did happen, and that is Uriel died, and I also got half awakened.
And also understood what type of ritual you guys used to awaken me, first step is to have mental strength of a rank 5, second step is to either kill a rank 5 awakener or eat their core. Which I obviously did, as per how I know you are a rank 5, I don't know I just guessed you would be since no rank 4 or less would have abilities to interfere in the academy, and since it was all set up for me to awaken, I know for sure the ingredients would be high quality.
This is when I got a clue to my hypothesis that someone is planning my life and trying to use me.
I don't know why, but I know for sure they are using me. And when I got dragged into that strange space, I acted like I was giving up since I figured from the way things went around me somebody was trying to break my mind, but unfortunately for them, my mind is stronger than they have imagined due to me having those nightmares and dying inside those nightmares all the time, and they couldn't break my mind."
Caelus continued to smash the face of the faceless guy, and the shadow armor that was on his face started to break, and Caelus's fists were covered in the same color as the armor he had made of the butterflies.
"You guys made another mistake, when I was unconscious from half-awakening, there is one thing you didn't realize that is how could a family that hates bring me to the Awakening Association and they can have a good reason to kill me since I am a half-awakened, and using this they can separate me and Uriel but they didn't rather pick me up and sent me to Awakening Association. And also, since they know I am dear to her, then why would the people who know she will lose memories of the dearest person for revival bring me to the Association?
Next mistake is that Michael guy in the Association, he helped me like he is my best friend or my father, and I don't trust strangers mainly nice people because I believe there is no such thing as nice people helping others, everybody needs some kind of benefits in this whether a person trying to be friends with others, and the benefit in this is friendship, the person who wants to be friends with someone doesn't want to be alone and that friendship represents benefit, a kind person donating something to a charity and that person helps because he wants to feel good on outside or maybe he really felt like helping and here both are benefits wanting to keep good image and wanting to feel good from helping others.
And when I learned about the half-awakening and that I can become a demon, it increased the chances of my doubt to 100%. That is when I knew it was the Evernight family, and the Association Michael, or the whole Association, is trying to do something to me, and the last mistake is, of course, the guy named Aiven. He did his acting well, but he can't get an Oscar with that little acting he has.
First he tried to help me and become close like a best friend and made me dependent on him from the moment he met me, like he added some quotes from his knowledge to make me feel comfortable that someone can understand my feelings and help me out who is in a depressed state, and I felt something was wrong, and when he said he was sent by Michael, I felt it—a coincidence that Michael's disciple and I are in the same dorm and have the same classes and even rank number.
The second mistake he made was that his emotions fluctuated when he entered the church and looked at the head bishop in a weird way. Third, he is constantly stuck with me; despite being in different places on one block, he was with me all the time and made decisions and told me this is right and this is wrong, like he is manipulating me. And the last mistake is that he tried to hide me from getting attention because a mid-stage rank 1 can fight against those students who are in the same stage, but he did not, and he even could rival a high-stage rank 1, but he did not fight at that time because he did not want attention.
All his actions are perfectly fine, but there are so many mistakes that make me demote his acting to an F rating. I don't know who taught him how to act like that, but he is so bad at acting.
I didn't think about it that much of these because I felt someone was trying to pry into my mind, and that is why I was constantly trying to control my thoughts, but I can't always.
And when I had a nightmare the previous night, I came to this dream space and found that my thoughts could not be seen. With that, I felt relief and started planning along this mission, and I deliberately told them we should go on a mission cause I don't like being monitored for so long, I want freedom.
Luckily for me, when I saw something strange on Aeren's head, a core popped out of my mouth from my chest. At that time, I got this in my mind that is the thousand faced beast, I ate its core, don't know why cause I wasn't in my right mind at that time, cause despite my sharp mind and strong mental strength I went berserk for revenge when I got clues and it formed into my body. And that core is you. With that, you infiltrated my mind, but you couldn't enter my mind due to its barrier, and from outside, the mind barrier is too strong, but from inside, it is too weak; that is why you all are trying to plan to break my mind emotionally from inside."
"Even though I found out about you not being able to see my thoughts, I had to act like normal, like how I do, since I can feel that I am always being watched; it must be your boss. Doesn't your boss have any shame to watch an underage boy who is only 16? He has been watching me for over a year, if I had to make a guess, and from the way I felt all the time, "This is the reason why Caelus had to act like this all the time; otherwise, he would be cooked since he has no strength in him. And from Aiven, Caelus thought he was stronger than a rank 1 peak stage; that is why he didn't act out of line to expose himself.
But he didn't think that guy Aiven would kill him like that; he had doubts, but he didn't think he would do it, so that is the only problem. But with a lucky opportunity, he got revived with these butterflies' help, so he has to at least treat them well.
[End Of Chapter 49]