Chapter 03-I'm finally 7 years old
Venhorst Castle.
In a cheerful room, Flowers adorned the vases, the room was majestic, there was a large bed made by the most talented craftsman, the bed rail was inlaid with beautiful sparkling jewels, a bench made of the rarest of white woods. An oil painting was on the wall, which illustrated protected beauty and mountains, books of various contents, were on the mini bookshelf, a cabinet looking like a closet made of a special type of wood, illustrated beautiful dresses.
An elegant woman was dressed in casual clothes that showed off her beautiful figure, a long skirt down to her heels, a mini blouse that revealed her shoulders and navel, her skirt was blue and white, and her mini blouse was ocean blue, her hair was tied in a ponytail , her black eyes shone with joy, on her pretty face a smile that would melt any man's heart.
Of course, this woman was none other than Catarina, John's current mother and Fernando's wife, Catarina Venhorst. She was sitting on the bed with her son in her arms, while talking to Fernando. Fernando was still a little helpless, as it was his first experience as a father. Seeing Catarina, no one believed that in the last few months she looked like a corpse. It had only been three days since Catarina gave birth, her appearance was like a beautiful young woman in her early twenties. This was because she had evolved to the peak of the Middle Kingdom.
Fernando ran from one side to the other, when the surgery was a small complication, Fernando being a superior being, feared and respected throughout the kingdom, at home he was like an inexperienced and very nervous father, there was not much that Fernando could not do at his current level, he could stay awake for a whole month, he could slice a mountain into little pieces, he could even defeat an entire army and still not get tired. But by changing a lie he almost fainted from exhaustion, Catarina laughed and laughed without any sense of decorum.
After all the families were taken care of, Baby John fell asleep, it was time for the couples to have a moment of peace, but the two were far from wanting to have a mommy and daddy moment.
Fernando and Catarina were both sitting on the chair facing each other in the dining room, with solemn looks, Fernando courted silence.
—What was that crimson energy?
Fernando asked with a serious look, he didn't use dear or any other expression of affection, but rather addressed directly.
Catarina replied.
—It must be some kind of soul power,
Fernando frowned, and continued saying in disbelief.
—How is this possible?
—You are not a higher being yet, how can your soul energy be tangible? Even at the peak of the higher realm, it is not completely tangible, what about someone who is an average peak being?
Fernando couldn't believe Catarina's words, even though there was no reason for her to lie to him, it was simply unbelievable, he was there and he saw and felt it with his sonar, there was indeed a fluctuation of soul energy, but then how was he going to explain this to his wife at the peak of the middle realm who could use tangible soul energy, it's simply pathetic, it's like saying that a fish flew through the sky, he thought of something and asked.
—Could the egg we found in the tomb of the primordial sin have had something to do with this?
Catarina thought for a moment and replied.
—I don't really know, I'm confused about something.
As seen in the last adventure of the two, in the tomb of the primordial sin, they faced many dangers and opportunities. Fernando managed to evolve into a superior being in this adventure, while Catarina faced a misfortune, she acquired an egg that absorbed her soul strength as well as her vitality, at the time there was nothing she could do since she was trapped in her own soul.
Fernando, curious, asked.
-What it was ?
Catarina replied.
—He disappeared.
Fernando asked.
—What 's gone? The crimson energy?
Catarina shook her head, and said.
—No... The egg in my soul is gone.
Fernando frowned even more and asked again.
—What the hell happened at the time of birth? I could feel the stirrings of three soul entities at the time, shouldn't there only be two souls?
Catarina looked Fernando seriously in the eyes, and then told him everything that happened in the boundless, landless, and directionless soul sea, she told him from the moment she entered until when the battle of the two babies ended, as well as the emergence of the crimson energy, she didn't hide anything but simply spilled the beans.
Fernando was confused, with the story told, he almost thought that Catarina was delirious with labor pains, that is until he remembered the crimson energy.
Fernando asked once more, the things in the story that didn't make any sense.
—How did the egg in your soul merge with the egg in our son's soul? How can someone enter another person's soul sea? To begin with, how was there another egg in our son's soul besides the one found in the tomb of ancestral sin?
Fernando asked a series of questions, which even Catarina did not know how to answer, she was adept at elementary magic, she did not know much about the soul or sea of the soul, she only knew that she had to create the sea of the soul in short her soul to house a spirit of the soul, in the levels after the middle kingdom.
Catarina spoke confusedly
—I don't know anything about what happened, our son hasn't yet formed his nucleus to have his first evolution, how could he have already formed a soul sea? I only know that it was a soul sea, but it wasn't mine.
—Although my soul sea is water element, I am more on the ice and earth side, there is no way my soul sea is a boundless sea, and more importantly, my soul creature was not there
Fernando decided to leave all this for a later time, he thought he had to do a study on souls, perhaps it would be good to go to the capital in a few years in the future, who knows he might find the answer he so desired.
—We must keep a close eye on our son. If anything goes wrong, we must not leave him alone under any circumstances. Things have been calm lately here on the border. If things remain as they are, it would be the most appropriate thing to do. I will reinforce security throughout the territory.
Fernando continued saying
—I will announce that I have also been promoted to a higher being...
Catarina intervened saying.
—Won't this cause a commotion throughout the kingdom?
—Doesn't this cause chaos in the territory?
Fernando smiled slightly and said.
—You are underestimating the battle prowess of a superior being, as well as the fear people have of him, I think it will be quite peaceful in the next 8 or 9 years, It is not wise to offend a superior being, since superior beings are the foundation of a kingdom, even the royal family has to treat me with respect now.
Fernando sighed and leaned back in his chair. Catarina nodded in agreement and spoke with a smile.
—This is the best scenario for raising our son.
When the word son left Catarina's mouth, bitterness could be seen in her beautiful eyes, Fernando noticed, he stood up and gave his wife a strong hug to cut her off.
—You will see them again, perhaps even reunite with our son in the future.
Fernando spoke softly.
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7 years later
A long, long time has passed since John came into this new world. In this passing of time, a lot has happened, not very surprising. Two weeks after his birth, John received a name. He received a name that he didn't like very much. To tell the truth, he hated it. The name that Fernando chose for him. He couldn't stand being called F. Junior, it was pathetic.
When John remembered the vow he had made when he was not yet born, he had no choice but to accept the name.
Over time, John finally learned to speak at the age of 2 and learned to walk when he was one year and nine months old.
When John turned five years old, he began to try to find out about this world he was in.
John knew from a very early age that it was another world, based on the previous events since the undetermined time that John was tortured by the darkness, he knew that the time he spent in the darkness was not days, weeks, years, but centuries or perhaps millennia, well that was what John speculated he could be wrong, he could have spent only minutes or even seconds, John decided not to think too much about it.
Every time John completed another year of life, Catarina and Fernando would throw a banquet, guests came from all over, after all Fernando was a superior being, strengthening relationships was a great opportunity, John was touched by this, in his past life John was an orphan from a very young age he could only count on his younger sister, but now he had parents who took care of him.
In this passage of time, as Fernando predicted, there were no incidents on the border, just a few skirmishes here and there, but the primary warriors and magicians could deal with that.
In the course of time, a lot happened, John learned a lot, without even leaving the castle, John learned to read, he learned all the mannerisms of the nobility from chivalry, etiquette, literature, culture and so on.
As time went by, what excited John the most were the basic truths of the world that he learned. He discovered that his family was not the only semi-human species, that there was a great diversity of species in this world. And of course, in this world there was something extraordinary called spiritual energy, which allowed the use of magic.
Over time, Catarina and Fernando practically drowned John with love, pampering and countless books.
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John was very happy because he was now old enough to walk on his own, now adults would listen to him. In the last few years, John has been feeling bad for two reasons. First, he has been very worried about his sister on earth. At the time John crossed over to this world, his sister was only 16 years old. She was still in high school. He also missed his friends and coworkers. John's second concern was that he was an adult playing and acting like a child. It was frustrating and boring. Worst of all, he felt like he was deceiving his parents. In the last year, John has tried to tell them the whole truth about his situation, but he was too afraid.
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Venhorst Castle.
At Venhorst Castle, in the dining room, Ferdinand, Catherine and John were having dinner as a family.
At the table, the maids served a rich, hearty dinner, there were several delicacies, at the time John was already accustomed to the gastronomy of this new world, there was not much difference between this world and earth when it came to gastronomy, of course this was compared to earth in medieval times, not in modern earth.
John had his fork suspended in the air. Since dinner was served, John had not taken a bite of his food. He clearly wanted to say something to his parents, but he had no way. And of course, Fernando and Catarina had noticed his behavior for some time, but they did not give their son any freedom.
After some time, Fernando broke the silence.
—What 's wrong F Junior? Didn't you like the food? Want something else?
John responded apathetically.
—No... The food is good
—Then why don't you eat? Instead, you're wearing this funeral car?
This time it was Catarina who spoke.
John decided to spill the beans, tell everyone once and for all, after all they were his parents, they had the right to know.
When John was about to open his mouth to tell the whole story, Fernando stopped him with a wave of his hand and said.
—Let's have dinner first, whatever it is can wait a bit, I also believe that your mother won't want to hear it, it must be March talk.—
When John heard this, he was stunned, clearly Fernando misunderstood him, but before John could resolve the misunderstanding , Fernando continued speaking.
-Don't worry.
Fernando was proud of himself, for understanding his son so well, on the other side Catarina looked slightly, she knew that it was nothing like that, what Fernando was thinking.
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After dinner, Fernando and John sat in the dining room. John then asked for his mother's presence, as the matter concerned the whole family.