'Oh? He looks brave. Is he the oldest?' Ian was thinking that maybe the kids were in better shape than he thought. But his thoughts only lasted a moments as he noticed the kid clenching his fist tightly to stop shaking in fear. 'Can't believe I just thought that. Damnit.' Ian was mad at himself for his thoughtless comment. Maybe he wanted to deny to truth, the truth about these kids and their past, just to ease his mind. He was being cruel and he hated that. "Sit. I'll show you." They all sat around him in a half-circle as they wondered what Ian was going to do. First he took a flexible flower branch from beside him and wrapped the two ends to make a circle. Then he added some pretty looking grass around the circle. After that he took 3 or 4 types of wild flowers each time and attached it to the circle. Within a few minutes, it turned into a beautiful flower crown made by many types of wild flowers. With each steps he took making the crown, the kids eyes sparkled more and mor

"Fu-Ow ow ow!" Ian almost swore as he felt a sharp pain throughout his whole body. The kid wasn't moving but he knew what was happening right now. His vitality was being snatched away from him. He clenched his fist as he smacked the kid with his twisted arm. He knew it would be dangerous for him if the kid kept stealing his energy. The kid was thrown away to the side as Ian stood up. No matter how strong the kid was, he was still a kid while Ian was a full-grown adult. The kid groaned as he glared at Ian, unable to stand up from the impact of the fall. He was mumbling something while glaring at him. Ian looked at him mumbling as he carefully approached him. When he was close enough, he could finally make out what he was muttering. "S...hu...ng....r...y...food" Ian lowered his guard as he finally understood the whole situation. Just like him, the kids attribute also awakened when they felt each others presence. It was resonance, a trait that only people of darkness attribute posse

At that moment, Ian was having a lucid dream. From the moment he opened his eyes, he knew he was dreaming. Even if he didn't want to, he would still need to realize it was a dream since dead people don't come back to life. A memory of his past. It was a past he remembered way too clearly. 'Anyway, why this dream? It's been so long and so much happened after this.' Ian couldn't understand why, among so many nightmarish incidents, he had to re-experience this one. The backlash of using his ability was exactly this. To be trapped in their own nightmare. Well not exactly nightmare, 'past' would be a better word to describe the situation. And all the pain of that past, be it physical or mental, he had to suffer through all of it once again. "Noah? Hey! What are you spacing out for?" A young boy in his teen called out to him as he tried to smack the back of his head. Ian swiftly lowered his head and avoided the hand approaching from behind. "I'm listening." 'Noah', it's been a w

"Let's go in." The black haired kid nodded his head as he stole a glance at Rob and quickly turned around. The room looked a bit different at night compared to how it looked right now. The kid felt that it looked a bit lonely at night. But now it felt warm and comfortable. He was glancing around, observing the same things he saw at night with a different perspective. On the other hand, Ian was only observing him. A few minutes passed and the kid was finally done looking around when he realised that Ian was silently staring at him. He instinctively stiffened up as he looked at Ian, sitting down on his bed like he owned the place, which he actually did. "Are you done?" "Yeah." "You like it?" "Yes?" "The room. You can stay here if you want. It's better than the guest rooms, right?" The kid looked at him like he was a crazy guy spouting bullshit. But then he remembered that he had already slept here yesterday and became even more confused. "You don't like it? Well I guess it's

The knights were practicing diligently following their daily schedule when they heard a commotion from the front. Out of curiosity, they stopped their training and focused on the source of the commotion. Surprisingly, it was because of their young master who had suddenly arrived at the training grounds. Many were wondering why the young master was here for this time or what he was scheming. Other's shuddered at the thought of being his prey once again. Ian had a history of bullying the knights whenever he was frustrated or bored. It wasn't anything that physically harmed them, but at the end of his bullying, the target or victim in this case, would have to take a long break to recover from the psychological trauma. Some even grew resistance against mental attacks due to his bullying. "Heeey everyone! What's up?" Ian shouted in a loud voice greeting the knights. All of them got chills down their spine hearing his excited voice. Some in the back even clasped their hands and started