"We know who you are… Don't be scared, we just want to talk to you… There's a lot we need to discuss about things that you don't even know about yourself…"

Moby's eyes grew wide, tightly clenching the paper as he found it difficult to continue reading…

Did they figure him out? If so then how? Do they know he's a demon? If so then for how long? What do they know about him that he doesn't? Does this somehow have to do with his parents?

At this point, he had absolutely no idea in his mind that had been in turmoil for too long now.

He was completely trapped with no escape. For all he knew, he might have some military spies on him all the time now. Escaping Earth was almost impossible. But even if he could, where would he go? Join the shalkers that he so adamantly hated? Get lucky to find some random habitable planet out of millions that could not sustain any life?

'Read the rest of the paper!'

He heard a soothing voice in his head, trying to calm him down.

'Avilia?'

If he thought anyone would be distraught at such news, it would probably be Avilia, but she seemed to be completely calm and composed.

'Don't worry and don't act too rashly, even if they did figure you out, depending on what they know they will just value you more or something. After all, they did just give you a medal and good publicity instead of keeping your identity a secret and taking you out. If they out you as a demon to the public or kill you it wouldn't be too good for them. So, as long as they don't leak your identity to the rest of the cosmos then you should be fine. But, that is the worst scenario. This might just have to do with your parents, maybe they aren't who you thought they were… I mean, anyone that can control demon energy is definitely not normal. Oh! And I haven't sensed any spies near you at any point today, so I think you should be fine there too,'

Avilia's words did indeed calm Moby down and hardened his sweating soul as he took a deep breath and continued reading.

"On behalf of the entire worldwide military, we would like to bestow upon you one of the highest honours: The Adamantite Medal of Bravery for your incredible self-sacrifice…"

The rest of the letter read as he expected, praising him for his actions and complimenting him in the usual way.

However, what once again caught his attention was the last part of the letter that read:

"We would like to meet you in the country Z main military bureau on December 18th once we have sorted out everything with the shalkers. We expect to see you then Kane! Young hero!

Signed, Supreme General Cade on behalf of the entire military,"

Moby let the paper fall on his lap, before it and the medal was stored in his inventory as he fell down on his bed and stared blankly at the ceiling.

There was literally nothing he could do, unless of course, he was able to overthrow the entire military in the coming weeks before he was called upon, something completely impossible.

For now, all he could do was leave his fate to destiny and see where that would lead him…

Hopefully one step closer to finding the truth about his parents…

'Hey, nice to see that you're not too bummed out! Are you gonna share this with Jayden?'

He heard a small chuckle in his head, making him inwardly smile.

'No, I bet this stuff is meant to be top secret since they went through all the trouble of keeping it locked. Plus, I don't really want to worry her because she might start begging her father to do the impossible again…'

'Hmmm, I see, anyways! I think you wanted to talk to me about something right?'

'Yeah, a few things,' Moby inwardly nodded.

'Firstly, explain "mute" to me,'

'Oh! That's just a simple mute spell, I wasn't really able to cast any other more powerful spells since your body is so weak and your energy reserves are so low. Pretty much, it is simply a move that blocks the target from any sort of communication. The more they try and have the urge to talk or yell, the stronger the spell will become. If you know about the spell and how it works, it's fairly easy to break, just the simple matter of clearing your mind. But, I'm sure that's not the case for him. With him being constantly tortured, I'm sure he really wants to talk. And, if he gave up hope on talking ever again, he might not even try to talk to break the spell. Pretty much, I doubt he'll be talking again anytime soon so don't worry about him. And, with the military torture, I'm sure he's suffering a fate far worse than death…'

Avilia took a pause before she continued.

'So, do you have any other questions?'

'Yes, what were those hand signs you were using?'

'Well, those are simple hand signs that allow me to cast some of my spells. Normally, I would be able to cast them silently, but in your body, I needed the hand signs for support; that will be the next part of your training,'

Moby inwardly nodded before continuing what he had to say.

'So, this is the biggest question I have… How the hell were you able to use everyone's powers all at once? Even Natalia, Alex and even Jason who were supposed to be dead…'

Avilia took a while to ponder before she responded with a deep sigh.

'To be honest, not even I'm sure how it happened. Normally, that kind of thing is reserved to when you become a greater demon and assign your sins. And, in an evolved sin mode, you would then be able to call upon the power of those sins to aid you in battle, even if they were dead, with of course a maximum of 7 powers at a time. I think it might be part of that dark form you got probably from your dragon side that not even I'm completely sure of…'

'Do you know how I can tap into it again? Does someone have to die every time I do it?'

'I honestly have no clue; anything dragon-related I am no more useful than a goldfish,'

'So, that immense power I used… I'm sure it took a lot out of me and came at a price… My body had been feeling weird and weak all day, so I'm sure it's a side effect right? When I checked my stats they seemed to all be fine though, so what's going on?'

'Oh! Don't worry! There were no real consequences to doing what you did, but maybe try to avoid doing it again. Don't put yourself in those situations anymore,'

Answering that question, Moby felt Avilia's tone slightly shift into something more sombre which he found off at first but then disregarded as he thought deeply about her words that he had already contemplated and made up his mind to well before since he had learned his lesson...

He took a small pause and a deep breath before thinking of the last thing he wanted to say with a smile on his face.

'Even if I was barely conscious during the fight, I still managed to pick up on something… Something like "Me and Avilia are actually already in love with one another! Once I get her a new body, we will get married and rule over the 3 realms together!" I thought lying in sin mode wasn't allowed… So? Do you want to explain yourself?'

Although Moby could not see it, he imagined Avilia's face redden up before she spoke.

'Don't get too ahead of yourself! I said that to save us! Once you get to my level, you can make yourself believe anything even in the moment!'

'So does that mean for that split second you actually convinced yourself that you were in love with me? You know I'm with Jayden right?'

'Shut up! It's nothing like that!'

She yelled back, only for them both to inwardly burst out into laughter, only Avilia's laughter carried a slightly different tone. It was the only time in seemingly weeks that Moby ever remembered having so much fun.

It was not like he didn't care about everything around him, but even once in a while laughing things away is a good thing, as he stared up blankly at the ceiling above, ready to go to sleep.

'Hey, Moby, can you go see that Abby girl again soon? I need to talk to someone very important…'

Moby thought about it slightly before the sudden realization hit him…

'I was planning on going again tomorrow. Is it about this Alucard person. The undead spirit that took over Alex's body?'

'Yes, I need to talk to him. I was going to do it last time but it was hard since communications were off in that room and I didn't want to disturb you in your moment. I'm sure it will be easier tomorrow when you're feeling better,'

Moby nodded back to Avilia's words with his eyes closed.

'Of course, I don't mind… I'm sure he might know a lot of things about your people you want to know… Seeing that he's here, his old master is probably no more… And I assume he is someone you cared about right?'

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, the sound of the heavy wind hitting the windows before she finally responded with three words that held so many emotions that dug deeply into Moby's heart before they both decided to go to sleep...

'Yeah…He is...'