Back to Routine

After a night's rest, Seth felt refreshed and even stronger.

"It seems that the parasite was right when it said that devouring is the method to strengthen us... "Seth thought as he prepared to go back to Sky City University.

After the metahuman attack and the asteroid's fall, many MHD agents were mobilized to the scene and the classes were halted until prior notice.

Yesterday evening, Seth received the notice indicating the university will reopen the next day and after careful consideration, he decided to attend it again.

If he stopped going to the university after the attack and the MHD agent's visit, they would only need to put two plus two to know Seth was hiding something, the trauma excuse could be valid for a while but already many people saw him on the street, eventually his excuse would be dismantled by itself.

...

After getting ready, Seth left his house to go to the university, but this time he was not alone, next to him, his neighbor Sarah accompanied him after seeing that Seth was going to the university.

"How were you after that?" Asked Sarah.

Sarah was a girl that Seth met after moving in with her grandmother, being new to the neighborhood, her neighbor Sarah was his only friend, but time distanced them until they met again at the same university.

She was cheerful and although she was not a very attractive girl unlike Noelle, she had a different kind of beauty that filled one's heart with warmth. She always cared about others, which led many kids to misunderstand her concern with love, in high school she broke more hearts than she helped ...

"You know, I had a nervous breakdown, but I'm fine now..." Seth said.

"You look a little different, Seth." She said as she surrounded him and looked at him like he was a laboratory specimen.

"...It must be the gym, I've been going to it recently to learn how to defend myself... "Seth said the first thing that came to his mind, he couldn't stand having Sarah so close to him.

Since he merged with the parasite, Seth began to distance people from him, Seth was afraid to see people as more than humans....

"Seth, your pulse has accelerated, do you want to devour that girl?" Asked parasite.

"No!" Shouted Seth.

"..."

Seth shouted without realizing that they had already arrived at the university and Sarah had left, people around him looked at him like he was a weirdo.

Ashamed, Seth went to the building where he was taking his classes.

When he entered his classroom, people looked at him like they had seen a ghost.

"Who is this guy? Have we seen him before in the engineering department?" Some youths muttered as they whispered to each other.

"Isn't Seth the nerd? He dyed his hair and ... was such handsome before?" Some girls commented among themselves as they looked at the 'new' Seth.

Since he merged with the parasite, his body changed a lot, both internally and externally.

His first week, he had to learn to control his strength and speed or anyone would be able to realize that something strange was happening to him.

With his hearing, Seth was able to listen to their conversations if he focused on it, but it was exhausting for his psyche and ego, so he decided to ignore the stares and sat in his usual seat,in the end of the class.

...

The hours passed and Seth noticed his concentration and memory had improved, things he would have trouble learning before, it seemed easier to understand now!

"I'm still the same person after the merger?" Seth thought as he looked at himself in the bathroom mirror.

"If we are talking physically, you are not the same as before, but your will is still there, I can't get to that point... yet..." Murmured the parasite.

Sigh...

Creak!

The bathroom door opened and a bunch of young men came in.

"Not again..." Seth thought.

Contrary to his thoughts, the young men looked at him and ignored him as they dragged a short guy with glasses into the bathroom.

"If you let me go now I won't say anything!" Shouted the glasses guy.

Seth recognized this young man, his classmate, Eddie Harrison, a smartass who always gets bullied by the 'cool' students at the university.

The youths grabbed Eddie by his limbs and proceeded to insert his head into the toilet...

"Mmmm!"

Eddie began to struggle but with so many guys grabbing his limbs it was impossible for him to resist.

Sigh...

Seeing this scene, Seth remembered how he felt yesterday while killing those thugs.

When you are stronger than others, you like to show it, from Kings to rich people, history has always shown it.

He wanted to keep the little humanity he had left, so he decided to intervene.

"Hey, leave that guy in peace!" Said Seth as he approached the group.

"Who do you think... "A young man who wanted to make fun of Seth was surprised after looking at his eyes!

Those eyes looked at him like he was just a prey and not a human.

"This guy is crazy!" The young man who seemed to be the leader thought and ordered his friends to release Eddie and leave shortly after.

"Cough...Cough, thank you for saving me Seth... "Eddie muttered as he coughed the water he accidentally swallowed.

"It was nothing..." Said Seth as he watched Eddie drying off with his shirt.

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