Lucif was breathing heavily, he had just sprinted 25 km at full speed and nearly fainted from exhaustion. “Damn, that was too close. Way too close.” As he sneaked back inside the house, he was alarmed when he saw that Aruna and Ambrosia were awake and giving him the evils.

“Where were you? Oh my god.” When they saw he was wearing the guard’s uniform and he was drenched in blood, they immediately stripped him naked and grabbed the first aid.

He quickly covered his privates as they inspected his body, “Not a single scratch anywhere? Then whose is all this blood?”

Lucif decided not to hide anything as he told them the story about what had just transpired. Their mouths opened from shocked, then closed in anger and then opened in shock again.

“I can’t believe it, I’ve been with you your whole life but I still can’t believe how good you are at fighting. Where did these skills even come from anyway? Your martial arts lessons were incredibly insightful too. It was so profound that I had to pinch myself to make sure I was awake. I never asked before because I assumed you would tell me one day. But after all this time, you still haven’t, so….Are you going to tell me where these skills come from?”

Lucif had actually thought this through quite thoroughly but in the end he couldn’t think of anything that would sound believable so he just blurted out the first thing that came to his mind. “Ah, well… You remember when I got sick? Well, I felt like I was in a trance and I was floating through space learning the divine knowledge of heaven. I think it’s because I was so close to death, but I think that’s where it all came from.” He coughed quietly, it wasn’t a very believable story but crazier things have happened. He looked at her in the eyes and he knew that she wasn’t buying it.

Then he suddenly blurted out, “I think Dad may have been a super human and this gift might have been passed down through my blood from him to me.”

Her eyes lit up like something had clicked and she nodded her head, “Hmm that does make sense. We never told you this but Dad was a super human. Mum and I never brought it up because we didn’t show any signs of inheriting his power. It’s quite possible that you awakened those memories because you were so close to death that time. Your mind must have kicked into overdrive in an attempt to survive.”

She leaped forward and pressed her chest against him as she hugged him tightly, “I can’t believe we nearly lost you.” She started to softly cry. He felt a bit awkward because he was currently naked and she was wiping her tears and snot all over his blood covered shoulder.

Then she pulled back and slapped him across the face, “Don’t do anything dangerous like that again.”

His hands reached up to touch his cheek, “Ow!” Without realizing it he had accidentally exposed himself when he reached for his cheek. Ambrosia got an eyeful and her face went red as she quickly turned away.

He had a shower and washed the blood off of his skin. The warm shower calmed him down and settled his heart. “That situation was really dangerous. I’ll try not to do anything like that again.”

As he walked out he grabbed the helmet that he accidentally stole. “Virtual reality huh? I remember them talking about this over a thousand years ago. Why did it take so long to perfect?”

He lay down on the couch and slid the VR system over his head, he was curious to see what it was like in this virtual reality world. It was dark inside and as he blinked he saw words appear on screen.

“No Wi-Fi detected, please connect to Wi-Fi.”

‘Heh, different world but the same damn problems. You can never find a good Wi-Fi signal anywhere.’

He put the headset away and crawled into bed, a sense of ease washed over him as he went to sleep.

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At work everything was festive, today was the day they leave the mines and tomorrow was their first day of school. What did the big wide world hold install for them? There was only one way to find out.

They sat in the cafeteria as more and more food was brought out. It was mainly deserts but there was also BBQ meats and salads. The technique for Barbequing seemed to have been forgotten in time so Lucif had to resurrect it. The charred flavor of the mouthwatering meat as it roasted upon an open flame was absolutely divine.

Quite a lot of people turned up, the 10 northern forest beauties, giant joe, the 650 super human miners and the 45 humans from the smithing department.

But what was a leaving party without a few good speeches?

Ting, ting… Buck tapped a glass cup to get everyone’s attention, but he put too much power into it and the cup broke into a million pieces.

“Umm, whoops… Anyway, I want to be the first one to make a speech for these young whippersnappers’ right here. When I first met Lucif, do you know what my first thought was? I thought to myself, damn this kid is the runt of the litter. But now that I’ve gotten to know him and met his family I can proudly say that not only was he the runt of the litter but he was also the ugly duckling….”

Everyone laughed as they ripped apart their meat.

“Okay, okay but all jokes aside, I think I speak for all of us when I say that we are truly grateful. Even though you are only a kid, you impressed us time and time again with your tenacity. You showed us a new way of doing things and the day we rescue our children isn’t such a far off dream anymore. So thank you young master Akira…”

“Thank you young master Akira…” The entire crowd all said in unison. In their eyes he was now the young master. If he ordered them to do something then they would do it, this was how much they trusted and respected him. It was his own personal army; a battle force of 650 super humans, how scary was that?

They said their farewells as they made their way to the hovercraft that would take them to their new life. A new adventure was waiting for them, just over the horizon.