"Hey, Alex, do you plan on watching the latest episode of Swords and Sorcery today?" a boy with dark hair asked as he ran towards another boy with black hair and black eyes, who was holding a pair of science books.
"Yeah, maybe, if I'm not too busy, I guess," he replied as he and the other boy walked out of the school hallways.
"Bro, you need to hurry and catch up; you're being left behind," the boy said. Alex turned his head and looked at him with one eyebrow raised in question. "You think you're one to talk? You're literally just in episode 10, and there are like a thousand episodes."
His words made the boy cough awkwardly, which made Alex chuckle at his embarrassed friend. Moments later, they both heard a loud horn. Looking in the direction the horn came from, Alex sighed before saying goodbye to his friend and walking towards a black limousine parked outside the school.
Upon reaching the door, a large burly man stepped out of the limo and opened the door for him. Alex responded by stepping in, and the burly man followed after. The car drove off into the distance.
The limo soon arrived at a large house that outshone the houses beside it by far. "Haah, back to this prison once again!" Alex thought as he stepped out of the limo and walked to the door of the house.
"Welcome home, young master," a servant said, collecting his bag. Alex replied by waving his hands and walking into the house. "Mom, I'm home!" Alex shouted, his voice echoing in the large house as he walked upstairs.
Currently, it was only him, his mother, and a few servants at home. His stupid dad was at work, while his lovely sisters were still in school, all of them being part of the student council.
Alex walked upstairs and reached a large door with his name, "Alex Smith," written at the top. He pushed open the door and stepped in. The room was extremely spacious, like a standard house living room.
It was neat, being cleaned by the workers on a daily basis. There was a large bed at the end of the room, and beside that, a study table with books and a laptop. Opposite the study table was a larger table with a wide-screen television above it and different kinds of snacks on the table.
The room looked like that of a basic male teenager's room, except for the fact that his was more luxurious. He took off his uniform and went to his wardrobe to change into a basic sweatshirt and pants.
He immediately walked to the wide-screen television and turned it on. Alex took his seat after turning it on, grabbed a snack, and used a remote to scan through the files before finally locating a file with the name "Swords and Sorcery".
"Now, I think the last episode I stopped at was when the MC was about to fight that Leviathan level beast," he thought as he scanned through the countless episodes before finally entering one. Keeping the remote, he put on his headphones and was immediately immersed in the episode playing before him.
His eyes widened as he watched the fight scene and the level of destruction being caused. "Yes! Yes! Yes! You're about to win! No, don't use that move... Shit, this leviathan is done for," Alex kept shouting at the screen.
As he watched, he couldn't hear anything around him due to the headphones. He couldn't even hear himself shouting at the top of his voice; all he could hear were the sounds of explosions caused by the anime.
"Phew, best episode ever! Now I understand why this episode was so hyped!" Alex said aloud as he took off the headphones. His voice cracked due to the constant shouting that left him parched.
He grabbed a bottle of water and gulped it down. "Damn, I'm hungry, but I'm too lazy to go downstairs," he said as he sighed. He glanced at the bowl of food a worker had dropped off for him long ago, but he hadn't noticed due to being constantly engrossed in the anime.
He coughed awkwardly before walking over and grabbing the bowl of food. He took a bite and spat it out the next second. "Ugh, this shit is cold! Luckily, there is a microwave here; I need to hurry up and go and continue watching."
He put the food in the microwave and set the timer to one hour before rushing over to his seat and putting on his headphones. After five minutes, the microwave began to make beeping noises, but Alex couldn't hear it.
Thirty minutes passed, and the scent of smoke had already begun to fill the room. Alex was too concentrated on the anime to notice. Soon, the one-hour limit had reached, and Alex took off his headphones.
Smoke had already engulfed the room, and his vision was blurred.
"COUGH! COUGH! Shit, this is why they stopped me from cooking," Alex said as he ran towards the microwave. On reaching the microwave, he immediately opened it. "What the fu...BOOOOOOOM!" Alex's words were cut off by the large explosion that engulfed his room.
"Fuck! Wait, what the fuck? Did I just die?" Alex said as he looked around and could only see darkness. This was not the death he had planned on having; he wanted to die with a beautiful nurse holding his hands as his vision faded. But no, he had to die seeing the ugliest, blackest burnt food he had ever seen in his life.
The worst part was that his last words were "What the fu..." before his face was engulfed by the explosion. What sort of stupid last words were those?
Before he could fully reclaim his thoughts, a bright light suddenly shone in the darkness. He could hear sounds of different people in the background, most likely women, perhaps they were able to save him after all.
Although shaky, he could pick up some words. "It's a boy!" 'The fuck are you talking about? Of course, I'm a boy,' he thought to himself.
"Congratulations, miss! You have gotten your first male child!" 'What the hell is going on? First male child, what does that mean? Hey, what's going on?' Alex thought, trying to speak up, but only found his words sounding in his head.
Instead of those words coming out of his mouth, random rubbish came out instead. His vision began to slowly come back, and the first thing he saw was a bright blue pair of eyes staring at his face.
'A lady! Hey, explain what's going on,' he tried to speak up to the woman, but instead, random rubbish came out of his mouth once more, which caused the woman to smile.
He could see strands of her blue hair beginning to flow down her face like a waterfall. "My son!" she said with a smile on her face.
"The fuck!" Alex said to himself as he stared at the woman's loving gaze, but as usual, instead of words coming out of his mouth, a loud cry filled the room.
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