《The Bad Guy Always Wins》Chapter 1: Early Days of Life
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The darkness recedes and gets replaced by light. It seems it’s not just me anymore. I’m getting held by a woman. There seems to be another woman in a bed. That must be my mother. There’s a man on the side of the bed holding her hand tightly. I’m guessing that’s my father.
“It’s a little boy Mistress.” the lady that’s holding me says. Mistress? I must have been born in a very wealthy family.
“Yes!” I hear the man scream. The woman in the bed slaps him on his shoulder.
“Give him to me Sharla. I want to see my first born.” the woman says. The, I assume, maid hands me over to the woman.
“Why isn’t he crying. Aren’t all newborns born into the world crying?” My mother asks worried.
“Maybe it’s a sign of strength Mistress.”
“Of course it is! My son is born a man. He doesn’t cry. He’s part of the esteemed Crow family!” the man finally speaks up.
“Do you think so Xanxus?” The woman asks. So that’s my father’s name, Xanxus.
“ Yes I do Mary. So what should we name him?”
“ I was thinking Xanxus, just like his father.” My mom kisses me on the forehead.
You Have Been Given A Name
Name:Xanxus CrowClass:NoneLevel:1Race:Human
Title:God of DeathFollowers:NoneSpouses:None
Health:100/100Mana:100/100Vitality:10Wisdom:10Strength:5Endurance:3Intelligence:30Dexterity:8
So these are my stats? My intelligence is pretty high. Must be because Chaos granted me Basic Knowledge. I take a good look at my mom. She has blond hair, blue eyes, and a kind smile although she looks tired. My dad has black hair, blue eyes, and is kind of chubby but not fat. After just being born and having whole conversations with gods, I feel tired. I close my eyes and let sleep overtake me.
1 YEAR LATER
It’s been a whole year since I’ve been born. Nothing much have really happened since my date of birth. I can talk in broken sentences now. My vocal cords doesn’t seem to be done developing. Although I can talk I never do. I don’t think my mom and dad even know that I can speak. I haven’t leveled up at all and I’m starting to get worried. I’m supposed to be a king by age 10 and I wasted a whole year doing nothing. So far all I can do is crawl which isn’t going to help me conquer an entire kingdom of soul eating monsters!
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My favorite thing since being born is reading. One day I crawled into my father’s study while he wasn’t in there and there was a book shelf close to the ground. I grabbed a book and started reading. Ever since then I started going to my father’s study a lot more. Because of this me and my father have a strong relationship. On the day I started reading he came into his study a little while later. He found me on the ground with the book. He’s gotten me even more books and put my own bookshelf in my room. Although I have books in my room I still go to my father’s study to read. I don’t even think he knows I can read, he just knows it makes me happy when I have a book. He doesn’t say anything and I don’t say anything.It’s now become a normal thing for me and my father to read together unless he’s working. It turns out that my father is the mayor of a small town. Although he’s the mayor, the taxes are low so the townspeople love him and my mother.
I also love my mother just as much. Once I’m done reading with my father I crawl towards my parents room where my mother always is. Once she see’s me she picks me up and we relax. I would like to do more and train but until I can at least walk that’s out of the question.
2 YEARS LATER
I’m now 3 years of age and today is my birthday. I started walking a couple months before my 2nd birthday. On my 2nd birthday I decided to start my training. Everyday I run around the whole village at sunrise. I take a short break then I go home and when I started I did 10 pushups and 10 sit ups at day break and repeat before I go to sleep. Even though it was a small amount it still tired me out pretty quickly. It’s been a full year now and now I’ve worked my way up to 100 push ups and 100 sit ups at day break and repeat before bead.
My mom and dad caught me training sometime last year and surprisingly took it well. My father now joins me on my training sessions. He’s lost his gut and is now looking better than ever. Everyday when we get back from our run my mom is standing in front of the door with snacks and something to drink. Our running also let us connect with the villagers more. My mother now goes out with the maid and buys groceries with her. She learning to cook and overall she’s doing a good job.
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Right now there’s a big party at our manor and all of the villagers are here. My family barely talks to other nobles, only when necessary. Most nobles we’ve met are snobby and rude. They let their power corrupt their mind and they think they're better than everyone else.
I’m on my father’s lap and right now I’m receiving my presents. I still haven’t said a word in my three years but if the present is something I really like I nod my head. I’ve gotten mostly books but I’m not complaining. I’m actually happy about it. After the party ends my dad speaks up.
“Son, I know you understand me. I can see the maturity in your eyes. Something kids five times your age don’t have. You are truly a Crow son, and you've made us proud. When me and your mother met we were adventures. We traveled the world and met new people, saw great things, and went through great dangers. As per the Crow tradition you will leave us at age ten and become an adventurer.”
He pulls out a box and opens it. It a dagger. As I look closer I notice that something is pulling into the dagger. I follow it to the source with my eyes and notice there’s nothing there but a dark spot where the light can’t reach in the corner of the room. My eyes open in realization. It’s pulling in the shadows. I look back towards the dagger and there’s a blue screen in front of it.
Learned Skill: Observation - Lvl 1Let's you observe something and skill gives you a breif description
of the thing your looking at
I use Observe on the dagger.
Crow Family Heirloom: Dagger of DarknessA dagger that has belonged to the Crow family for generations. It draws in the darkness from your
surroundings making the dagger sharper. While holding the dagger in the shadows it makes you
near invisible.
“ I’m not supposed to give this to you until you leave but I trust you. Train with it. From now on we’ll go into the woods everyday to fight monsters. This will level you up and help you on your future adventures.”
With this I can finally start my real training. I finally open my mouth after three years of silence.
“Thank you father.” Advertisement Previous
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