"I can't believe it," Einer said. "It's me, Einer. Eleonor, half of you." "Yeah, I know... I know. I just still can't believe that I can finally see you again." Einer looked down deeply, wanting to continue crying even though Eleonor only laughed at him. "Eleonor, you know I was like a crazy when I lost you. You were half of me, and I was half of you. We are inseparable, we should be inseparable." Eleonor stroked Einer's back, soothing him while chuckling occasionally. Einer forced himself to stop crying, it was obvious that he was more whiny than Eleonor who was a woman. "So, how are you? Are you living well so far? Where were you and what happened to you that day?" Eleonor took a breath, as if preparing herself before speaking. "I'm fine, I've been living very well... here." "What? So you..." "Yes, I've been living with Father all this time, and all this time I've been helping Father find you." Einer looked very confused, and Eleonor knew that there were many que
"You surprised me, Einer," he said, holding out his hand - asking for a cigarette donation. Oscar pulled his hand back as Einer showed him the empty box, the last cigarette already on Einer's lips. "I thought you wouldn't come back to this place anymore." "Don't get me wrong. I'm not here to go back to work." Oscar drew a frivolous smile, mocking Einer's words spoken with such conviction. "Really? I heard that your finances were a little tight because you didn't have a job. You even ran out of cigarettes that you couldn't share with me." "I have always been unwilling to be your cigarette provider." Einer took a strong drag from the cigarette before blowing it into the air. It was a relief to see the smoke disperse and slowly dissipate. "So what made you come back to this disgusting place and interrupt my hot night?" asked Oscar, still a little annoyed when his pleasure was interrupted when he was almost at the peak. "I could have squeezed that woman a little more tire-" "I've be
"It's a pity I couldn't bring Chelsea here."Einer sighed, looking slightly bored as he looked at the guests in the great hall of the Perceus mansion.Tonight the inauguration party was held in a grand and festive manner.After the open press conference, the whole world must have recognized Einer's face as the lost and found son of Perceus. A big party was held to celebrate Einer but the party was not held openly. No media was allowed to cover it, as Oliver had only invited famous crew members to Einer's party.Einer felt very nervous; she didn't dare to go downstairs and follow Oliver to greet the guests, even though he was the party owner."Isn't that girl working with the Grey family? They sponsor Chelsea Wood; what makes her not know about the awakener?" Jeremy, Theodoric, and Hannah arrived. They surprised Einer a little. "All this time, she didn't know that the family sponsoring her was a family of awakeners?""I don't think she knew about that much," Einer replied to Jeremy. "D
Einer was nervous as each praise started coming out of Leavencia's tongue. The goddess-like woman eventually approached Einer to say hello, but Einer felt that he still needed a lot of practice to stand in front of a woman as beautiful as Leavencia. Was she Aphrodite born in a human body? Even the way she smiled seemed to show that she was not from the same earth as Einer. "Sorry for speaking out of turn, I'm just happy that you've finally came back to this family; your family," Leavencia said, after a few minutes of simply praising Einer's physique and power. "Thank you for greeting me, Lady Leavencia. I thought you had forgotten my face," said Einer, his awkward movements making Garden notice him. "Don't say things like that. I always wanted to say hello to you, but after our first meeting, I got some orders and I didn't have time to talk to you. I always wanted to talk to you, Einer, at least once. I want to talk to a kid who is much stronger than Phillip." Einer's gentle smi
Einer was not happy with who was talking to him.Lloyd Grey came with light steps, and a smug smile that seemed to belittle Einer."Really, I didn't expect that I would be invited to this honorable young master's party. I think the young master is still angry about my slightly annoying first greeting."Einer did not like Lloyd; he looked like Phillip, with a more blatant nature. Lloyd didn't even show any respect at all, at least for Einer as the owner of the party. He treated Einer like Einer was the same person who was naive and saw Lloyd's arrival without caution.Einer understood that he was extremely stupid and careless that day, but Lloyd didn't need to remind Einer about how funny he was that day, right?"I invited all of Grey to come, so you don't have to take my invitation as an invitation to the favorites." Einer tried to act casual, and answered Lloyd calmly.But Lloyd even stifled his mocking laughter in front of Einer, before he looked at Garden with his cold face. Lloyd
"I'm used to this kind of thing, and I've had plenty of chances to get it back at you, so don't be shy." Einer swallowed awkwardly, not thinking he would receive such a cold reply but he smiled. "Alright, I'll try to be strong enough to receive your revenge... Garden." Garden glanced at Einer coldly at the man calling her name. "You said not to be shy," if Garden took issue with Einer calling her like they were close friends, "and also, we are siblings." "Don't get your hopes up, especially since you still haven't proven your worthiness to be a Perceus to the others. You have the privilege just because you're father's son." Einer was a little confused by Garden's words, but their car stopped in front of a convenience store. "Are you going to buy something?" asked Einer, but Garden ignored him and got out of the car. Einer followed her. "Garden, please buy me some cold water. I want to compress my wound." Garden still ignored him and entered the convenience store
"Amora." Einer walked into the quiet art room, where a beautiful woman with blue eyes and blonde hair was waiting for him; playing with her cell phone. "Sorry to make you wait. Are you angry?" "Do you need to ask me that when you can clearly see my face?" Amora asked back angrily. "Or if only your eyes were no longer working properly." Einer smiled clumsily, trying to keep Amora's mood. "I'm sorry; I tried to come quickly and see you-" "What exactly did you want to say to make me wait so long in this place? Do you think I have time to play around?" "Well, happy one year anniversary, my love." Amora paused, looking at the cake Einer had placed on the table; a small cake that was already messy at the top. "You said you wanted the chocolate cake from that famous cake shop, but I'm sorry that I can give it to you now. I worked really hard and the boss gave me a reward, so I was able to buy this cake for you. Also, I got movie tickets for us tonight. Prepare yourself, darlin
After the open press conference, the whole world must have recognized Einer's face as the lost and found son of Perceus. A big party was held to celebrate Einer but the party was not held openly. No media was allowed to cover it, as Oliver had only invited famous crew members to Einer's party. Einer felt very nervous; she didn't dare to go downstairs and follow Oliver to greet the guests, even though he was the party owner. "Isn't that girl working with the Grey family? They sponsor Chelsea Wood; what makes her not know about the awakener?" Jeremy, Theodoric, and Hannah arrived. They surprised Einer a little. "All this time, she didn't know that the family sponsoring her was a family of awakeners?" "I don't think she knew about that much," Einer replied to Jeremy. "Didn't you also invite Grey's family? But Chelsea's not here; and as long as we've been talking, she's never mentioned the awakeners so far. So I can conclude that Chelsea doesn't know anything about the world of awaken
Of course Ben would feel humiliated, but he had to try to keep his cool. And his attempt to look calm after something scratched his pride was very pleasing to Einer's eyes, until clearly the man's two cold eyes were laughing at the other person. "Ah... do I look like a butler, sir?" asked Ben then, seemingly trying to break the ice that had become tense due to his own actions. Einer smiled slightly. "No, really...," he replied in a hanging tone, "but because of what you said earlier, I'm reminded of the butler at Chelsea's house-he used to tell me about things in detail-even to the point of mentioning how many numbers are in the price of an item." Ben fell silent again. Einer didn't know what the man was thinking, but he knew that Ben was trying to keep himself calm because of his bold words. Einer admitted, he was indeed a poor man. He lived and lived as he pleased; haphazardly. No schooling, no manners; but to him, that was no reason to let his pride be nudged even a l
Einer frowned slightly, he had never heard of Amora having a friend named Chelsea. "Don't you have a boyfriend?" asked Einer coldly as if it was the sharp edge of a knife. "Ah... Chris is hang out with his friends, and there's no one I can ask for help immediately besides you. You're the only one with a car here." Einer noticed that the parking lot was empty, leaving only his luxury car. "I didn't bring a car because I usually go with Chris, so please... I would be very grateful to you." Einer did not think of helping Amora; he was still very angry for what Amora had done to him. But Einer had another idea. What if Chris found out that the girlfriend he took away from Einer was now coming back to Einer? It would be fun to pit them against each other. Their little fight wouldn't be worth with what Einer had to gain. So Einer unlocked the car and let Amora in. Amora seemed very happy, fastening the seatbelt with vigor. As Amora's request, Einer drove the woman to the address she
Einer was silent, not understanding. "Ah, sorry. I'm so happy that I confused you," Oliver said. "In short, you have the power to mimic other people's powers, Einer. Your power can recognize, absorb and learn the powers of other awakener, just like you did that night." "That night?" "The night when the man named Chris beat you up and you injured him with your power. Do you remember how you did it? You copied Garden's powers."Oliver's explanation sounded fast, the man was excited. But it made Einer even more confused. That night Einer did use a power called telekinesis, he had thought it was a miracle and finally he knew that it was the power of awakening that he had. But now Oliver was saying that telekinesis was not Einer's power? "The power of mimicry, it's a very rare power and has enormous potential. You could be the most powerful awakener, Einer! Your power is extraordinary!" "Will I be able to mimic a power I've never seen before?" asked Einer, making Oliver listen to hi
*** Garden brought Einer home and he was greeted by Robert who was shocked at Einer's appearance. "My goodness, Sir Einer, what happened?" "Calm down, Robert. I didn't crash the car into the garden pond to make me look like this. It's just that there were people who wanted to get acquainted with me earlier." "Were they awakens?" "Yes. One of them is named Arthur Grey." Robert gave the same reaction as Garden. He paused as he was about to take Einer to his room. "Grey? Really?" "Why? You give same reaction as Garden. Who exactly is Arthur Grey?" Robert followed Einer to his room, behind him were several maids ready to assist Einer. "Sir Einer, the Grey family is the biggest rival of the Perceus family." "Oh really? Rivals...?" "Yes. Do you think only the Perceus family has awakens?" "I thought so. I was also quite surprised when they introduced themselves as awakens. I thought awakens lived a very secretive life and hid their abilities from the ge
Einer couldn't drive the car because his head was still a little dizzy, so Garden took his place. During the way home, Garden was so silent that it made Einer think; people who didn't know would think Garden couldn't speak. Einer didn't know how to break this awkward silence, until he saw the small plaster on Garden's forehead. "Lady Garden, I apologize for the wound on your head from that day." Einer had almost forgotten the day he made blood flow down Garden's forehead. Einer thought Garden wouldn't answer, but the woman said, "It doesn't matter, you were just trying to survive." "But aren't you angry?" "I'm used to this kind of thing, and I've had plenty of chances to get it back at you, so don't be shy." Einer swallowed awkwardly, not thinking he would receive such a cold reply but he smiled. "Alright, I'll try to be strong enough to receive your revenge... Garden." Garden glanced at Einer coldly at the man calling her name. "You said not to be shy," if Garden took issue
"I hate you so much," Chris replied, "I don't like losers who can't even protect themselves." "Now I can protect myself, so stop this 'The Storng and The Loser' game because I still want to live in peace." "Do you think you can still live in peace after I ruined your life? Amora Hills, isn't that woman very precious to you?" Einer looked at Chris who was again trying to bring him down. "I took her from you, Einer. The woman you love is mine." Einer looked at Amora who was still in place, also looking at Einer with a hint of guilt in her cold eyes. "Forget it, just take her." Einer's words took Chris by surprise, and so did Amora. "I don't want to deal with a woman who dated me to making fun of me, and a woman who doesn't even consider me human so she just stood by while I was almost beaten to death." Amora looked dumbfounded by Einer's sharp words. "Anyway, women like her are not more important than my life right now. I can get 100 women like her if I want because I'm telling yo
Einer could see the bad things that would happen to him just by looking at Chris's fist. Every step made him shiver, his body remembering what had happened every time he and Chris interacted. But a second later Einer realized if he no longer had a reason to be afraid, he shouldn't hang his head like a loser. Remember what Oliver said; Einer should be proud, he was a Perceus. "You're done, you damn loser!" With his fear gone, Einer could easily dodge Chris' punch. He stepped aside and made Chris seemed like a joke. Everyone was watching them and Chris, who was holding back his embarrassment, looked at Einer sharply. "What are you doing, loser...?" "Avoiding you. Did you think I'd stay still when you threw your hands at me?" Einer replied, didn't look afraid. But that calm answer made Chris' eyes bulge with anger. "What did you say? How dare you say that?" Chris tried to hit Einer again, but this time Einer was able to hold him back. "It turns out that we're just as strong, but
Following Oscar's words that night, Einer came to this place. Einer didn't know why Amelia would choose a place like this just to talk about the contract with him, this place he entered even looked more like a hotel than a cafe. Or indeed a hotel. Einer wanted to feel a little relieved, the info Oscar gave him was right. Amelia Grey, Addenhill's leading doctor who became one of the geniuses in the field of San Luximus medicine. She was really a rich person to be able to rent a place like this. Moreover, she served as the interim leader of the Wood family business which was famous as Addenhill's upper nobility. It still felt like a dream that Einer could come to a luxurious palace-like place like this. Upon arrival, Einer was immediately greeted by two men in black suits, complete with ties and simple communication devices attached to their ears. They looked like secret agents, and as he walked with them on his right and left sides, Einer felt more like a suspect in a drug sm
"Protecting?" "Yes, protecting. Because you know Wood is not a noble family that was just born one year ago. During that time they were victorious, during that time the enemy nurtured themselves and multiplied rapidly. I am protecting that child, so that no one hurts the sole heir of the Wood." Einer was not very expressive in his response. He was silent for a moment, then looked away. "It makes sense," he said, still pausing, "but how long will you continue to hide the girl who has even entered adulthood?" Einer asked then. His eyes were piercing, as if he was attacking the other person with his words. Amelia smiled, feeling more and more interested in the conversation between her and Einer - and Einer himself. "Oh Einer, I like you. You can read situations so well, and like I said; I'd love to have someone like you around." Einer did not respond to the compliment Amelia had given him. The man was still calm, waiting for the continuation of the old woman's words before him.