“Food...I need food...Someone...Food...”

I will die if I don’t get any food.

I am losing consciousness...I might not make it...

“Hey Sam, take him to Sister Feel!”

That voice, why is it so familiar?

“Don’t worry, I got you little one! How did he get injured so badly?!”

“I don’t know Sister, we just found him lying near the dead village.”

Who are those people talking?

“Well, he doesn’t seem like a boy who was raised in a village...He looks like royalty to me.”

“WHAT?!”

“So why was he such a bad shape?!”

Everyone is talking...I don’t know who is talking to whom, I can just unconsciously listen to them.

“Amy, Sam, if anything were to happen to this young one, let’s forget we ever saw him.”

“HUH?!”

“We don’t want anything to happen to our little orphan, right?”

“Understood sister...”

What are they talking about? Why can’t I understand any of it?

“You don’t understand any of it because you still haven’t discovered the truth yet.”

That voice again...I can always hear you in my mind. Who are you? What do you want?

“What I want isn’t something I can achieve. What I want can only be achieved when you want it. That means finding out the truth will only help me achieve what I want.”

Can I ask you something?

“You can go ahead and ask anything you want, Dan.”

Are you Amy Schzen?

“Why don’t you find that out by yourself? I mean, you are supposed to be the one who is supposed to find out the truth, aren’t you?”

I don’t even know what the truth is, how will I find it?

“You will eventually find it even if you don’t want to because the spell is going to break soon.”

What spell?

“You will come to know when the truth is out.”

What the hell is even the truth?!

“I don’t know, more like, I am not supposed to tell you about the truth because you will just be a complete mess when you come to know about it.”

Are you telling me that I can’t handle the truth?

“I don’t know about that too, we will just have to see about that.”

Are you seriously messing with me or what?!

“Maybe or maybe not or maybe you are already a mess.”

What does that even me?

“My time to go has come again but we will meet again, Dan ThunderField. *Chuckles*”

That woman really is messing me up in my dreams...

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I open my eyes to sunlight popping right into my eyes, “Morning Sir Dan.” Izumi smiles as she stands in front of the curtain.

“Morning everyone.” Horrell greets her morning as she wakes up next to me.

“Papa Dan, let me sleep a little more.” Shirogane hugs close to my stomach.

“Yeah, yeah, that’s fine, you can sleep.” I say.

*Yawn*

I make my way down the stairs and Shirogane is still attached to my stomach. Her grip on me is real tight.

I brush my teeth in a sleepy mood then make my way to the kitchen to make some food but...

“Oh hey Sir Dan, breakfast’s ready!” Izumi smiles.

“You didn’t need to make breakfast-“

“Oh come on Sir Dan, at least, if I am staying here until the tournament, I can make some food for you.” Izumi says as she makes some more breakfast for everyone.

“I told her the same thing but she wouldn’t listen to me.” Big brother says.

I see that Big Sis Brake isn’t around, “Where is big sis Brake?” I ask.

“What do you mean?” Big brother asks me.

“Last night I heard heavy moans coming from your room when I came home-“

“NOTHING HAPPENED! FORGET WHAT YOU HEARD!” Seems like big brother didn’t realize that because he was busy doing some naughty stuff with Big Sis Brake.

*Yawn*

“Morning everyone.” Big Sis Brake comes in the kitchen.

“Yo, how was last night?” I ask Big Sis Brake.

Big Sis Brake’s face turns all red from embarrassment.

“Did something happen last night?” Izumi asks.

“I TOLD YOU TO FORGET ABOUT IT DAN!” Big brother screams at me.

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We are at our table eating food and I just keep on thinking about the dream.

“Big brother...”

Big brother looks at me, “If it’s about last night I will tell you again-“

“Amy Schzen, who is she?!” I ask.

Big brother and even Big Sis Brake both their eyes seem to give me the impression that they both are surprised.

“I told you the other day, didn’t I? I don’t know.” Big brother is straight-up denying it but it’s very clear to me that he is lying.

“I see, so was Sister Feel really a Sister, big brother?” I ask.

Again there was a surprise in both their eyes, “Of course she was...What are you even trying to say, Dan?!” Big brother seems to be angry.

“Big brother, you know when I went to Carliva, I met a witch.” I say.

“WHAT?!” Big brother seems to be surprised and trembling.

“Her name was Serena. I called her Mama Serena. She was like a mother to me. Unfortunately, she died before I got there this year. I couldn’t save her...”

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Both Horrell and Izumi kept quite. They knew that what Dan had been through and they even know that Dan has lost one of his eyes for him. If his brother knew this, he would go on a rampage and never let him out in danger again.

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“Dan, your eye wound, how did you get it? Did you get it by trying to save that witch or something?” Big brother asks me.

“Maybe...Maybe not...The fact of the matter is, just like you are hiding things from me, I am also hiding things from you.” I say as I get up.

“We should leave for the tournament. We don’t want to be late.” I say.

“Understood!” Izumi and Horrell quickly follow after I leave.

XXXXXX

“Papa Dan won’t say it but...He is in pain.” Shirogane says.

“I know but he can’t know the truth little one.” Sam says to Shirogane.

Shirogane sighs in disappointment, “This is why I don’t like shitty adults like you.” Shirogane says.

“Eh?!” Both Brake and Sam look confused.

“They are selfish and always think about how to keep things hidden from their little ones. They always burden themselves to a point where they turn on their little ones.” Shirogane says as she folds her hand.

“What happened to the sweet little girl that was here?!” Sam questions.

“Sweet little girl my ass, I am Papa Dan’s sweet little girl. No one else can earn my respect as he can. After all, there was no one else that understands what I have been through and no one else who can understand what he is going through.” Shirogane says as she looks angrily at Sam.

“This girl is a little too much to handle...” Brake says as she looks to be quite surprised.

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“Sir Dan, I hope you are okay?” Izumi asks as we walk down the road to our Academy.

“I am, don’t worry. It’s just sometimes I feel like big brother should open up to me and tell me things that I don’t know.” I say.

“I see.” Both Horrell and Izumi silently walk with me to the stadium.

We reach our locker room and we didn’t have much of a conversation until everyone else entered.

Everyone else arrives shortly.

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“We will be fighting students from 1-B of our academy in this semi-finals, I hope you guys are ready.”

Everyone nods.

“After this fight, there will only be one other fight that we need to worry about.” I say.

Everyone nods.

“Let’s win this one and be sure to move on to the next stage without any casualties just like all the other rounds.” I say.

I put my hand in front, “For everyone else of our class.”

“For everyone else from our class, we will win.” Luke joins in.

Next Izumi joins, even Elena, Horrell and Jack put their hands on top of mine, “Let’s win!”

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