Volume 1: Awakening- [Full Awakening Arc]
Chapter 49: Long Game
"You bitch-ass ugly-face suckers—because of you guys, I had to suffer my teen years, which should have been the most enjoyable years to live for any teens." Caelus was feeling angry as he smashed the face of Envy; he was so angry that each punch was causing holes to appear, only to bepatched up again with butterflies by Caelus.
Caelus looked at Envy, whose bottom body was gone for good after he cut the body in half. Caelus didn't see the face of Envy as he was angry and punched with his fists just like that. As he looked at the dead-eyed Envy, he said. "From the very moment you guys killed my parents, I started to feel things that can only happen in fantasy."
"I became hella depressed for a whole week after my parents died and after a week I decided to take revenge on the person who killed my parents and so searched every single criminal, but it was then I knew I was powerless even if I could find the criminal I can't do shit to them because I am just a normal kid, a human who can't even protect my family, a person like me can't take revenge on no shit and so I thought until I analyzed every single information on that day, despite my memories being hazy, and understood one thing a criminal who could have done such a huge blast would have already taken over the country I used to live in because my country is that small and unknown that even when I said what my country was to someone from the academy, she doesn't even where my country is properly.
After my parents were killed, everything began. I started having dreams, or should I say nightmares, a nightmare that ends in misfortune, a nightmare of myself dying under someone, or becoming a sacrifice, etc..."
"But those nightmares are forgotten the next day when I wake up. I don't know how that works, but my mind gets sharper and sharper due to it too; it is like a blessing in disguise to me. It gave me intelligence I needed to a powerless person like me and also nightmares that caused my lifespan to be gone (he is talking about the disease he has; I am not going to go deep into that just yet), and then one day I realized someone is spying on me, and I don't know for sure, but my mind was giving me hints, which was also due to the nightmares I was having, and I stopped my revenge and focused on my life, showing 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? (It may be an exaggeration in the real world, but in a fantasy world it is possible, and as I mentioned, he got super intelligence. Like, a super rank 5 level intelligence means super high, like 10 to 100 times more than an average human.)
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 man, I don't believe in rich people at all; they are hypocrites and curly-haired baboons. And also you suddenly dropped a beautiful girl like that; it made no sense, like she spawned in my world as if someone snapped their fingers and brought her.
And I acted like a normal teenager who was depressed from my parents' death and slowly acted as if I developed emotions, and due to all this, I have been thinking from the beginning that I can only find a love like this in my next life, not in this life, since the path I chose was revenge. All my family were dead; what can I do as a single person who is living in a house? But thanks to you guys, I went from a powerless human to a person who can grow powerful, and when I awakened, I got memories of all the nightmares and also the memories of how my parents died.
After getting my memories, that is when I figured out every single thing that has been concerning me for a long ass time, and that is also when I confirmed that someone was planning something for me; otherwise, it would be no coincidence that the park was reopened right on my birthday and also the correct age for me to awaken, 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 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.
I understood at that moment why you guys have been trying to plan all these things. You guys are trying to break me into pieces so that you or someone can enter my mind, but for you, I was all along just acting.
Wait... Now that I think about it, the Sad Day and Happy Day are also caused by you guys, since you are a thousand beasts, and from the looks of it, the whole body of the thousand-faced beast was formed from the souls of the humans or the flesh of humans, and their resentment and your envy being mixed up is what is causing people to feel sad and happy on both days. Also, that's why people who are born and raised can't go outside the city, since the envy emotion doesn't want to let others go and let them enjoy themselves."
"You guys also made another mistake. When I was unconscious from half-awakening, there was one thing you didn't realize: 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 half-awakened, and using this, they can separate me and Uriel, but they didn't; rather, they picked me up and sent me to the 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? (About how they knew he was half awakened, it will be known in the future, not now.)
The 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 benefit in this, whether it is a person trying to be friends with others, and the benefit in this is friendship. My grandfather always used to say this, and lucky me to have such a great grandfather.
And when I learned about the half-awakening and that I can become a demon if I don't awaken by that time, 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. And I know this because he fought a literal rank 1 peak monster before I fell into the abyss.
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 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 mind 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 him we should go on a mission because I don't like being monitored for so long; I want freedom.
Luckily for me, when I saw a strange thread or something on Aeren's head, a core popped out of my mouth from my chest. At that time, I got this in my mind that the core is that of the thousand-faced beast. I ate its core; I don't know why, because I wasn't in my right mind at that time due to coming close to revenge and because of emotions fluctuating due to intense rage, so I forgot what acting I had to do. 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. If that core was still in my body, I would have lost today, since the core, from the looks of it, is the main power for you; otherwise, you wouldn't be this weak, and also it's the reason you can't replicate the butterflies I have to even .00001%, because you are trash. Next is with that core, you tried to infiltrate 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 two years, 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]