Old Gramps

Third Person POV

After Beatrice and Alia left the classroom, the room went uproar, the room filled with silence a while ago became a bustling gossip room.

'Did you see her fly?'

'Does she know martial arts'

'She's so cool!'

'I want to be like her'

The class murmured like mosquitoes. They showed appreciation and reverence to Alia after seeing that kick.

Most of the students hate Fred because of his overbearingness, now they could say that Alia avenged them.

That's why no one bothered to help the "unconscious" Fred to sent him to the clinic aside from his lackeys.

Fred pretended to be unconscious to avoid embarrassment because he a black belt in Jiu-jitsu was kicked flying by a 5'7 woman.

Atlas stood there for a minute listening to the murmurs of his classmates.

'I'm really useless' a thought struck him while he looked at his fist

He was feeling aggrieved after seeing his best friend being trashed but all he could do was stare at him getting punched.

Even with his system, he could only watch things in front of him, he feels so useless.

"Hey! Atlas help me here!" He was roused from his contemplation by Flint who was still sitting on the floor asking for help.

"Oh, wait," Atlas said

After that they go to the clinic, luckily for Flint his fats saved him from the impact, he felt pain but nothing more.

Unlike Fred who attained heavy injury, one of his ribs was broken and he needs to stay at the hospital for at least a month or two.

10:00 am

*Grumble*

Flint's stomach made a sound again because he can't leave the clinic yet, he asked Atlas to buy him food.

"Hey, Atlas buy me food!" Flint said

Atlas just looked at him feeling guilty because he's the one who bumped into Fred but it's Flint who received the injury.

"Okay!" Altas agreed

'Oh, what happened to him? He agreed without haggling does he feel guilty?' Flint saw through Atlas thoughts

Atlas walked out of the room.

After he left Beatrice entered the clinic with a food tray.

"What are you doing here?" Flint asked her

"Look if you have any request for me I can't do it now can it wait at least for tomorrow?" Flint said without waiting for her reply

He shivered by the thought of doing her request again.

Flashback

June 2, 2xx1

Flint agreed to be Beatrice's Slave. He'd rather be a slave to a beauty than to wash plates for the whole day again.

"Okay follow me!" Beatrice said to Flint

Flint followed her out and Atlas followed suit as well.

They arrived at the Plaza where the crowd is gathering, so many things to be seen, street performers, street vendors, and many more.

It was about 10:00 in the morning so people were supposed to be at home or work but this place is different.

There are so many people here, it turns out that it was a festival, there are parades and many booths.

Beatrice fell in love with what she's seeing.

She pulled Flint's arm as if she had forgotten their previous problems, they join the parade.

Just as Flint was feeling happy, he heard her say: "Dance like them!" she asked Flint as she looked at him

'Me? Dance like them?' Flint thought after seeing the dance was a bit funny and with his body, he would look like a Pig trying to fly, they were flapping their arms like a bird, it seems like the dance is telling a story.

"Go!" Beatrice commanded as she pushes Flint towards the center of the parade.

Everyone fixed their gaze to Flint when he suddenly entered the scene.

'Pffft' Beatrice hold her laugh after seeing Flint's face.

Flint looked likes he was about to cry but after seeing Beatrice's happy face he endured the humiliation because he humiliated her and have seen her body it should have been shameful for Beatrice's side. Flint thought as he grits his teeth and dances the steps of the performers.

The crowd was immediately entertained by Flint's funny dance.

'It's not that bad huh?' Flint thought as he saw the attention he's getting by dancing this ridiculous Flying Pig dance.

After that dance Flint's suffering hasn't ended yet, Beatrice asked him to sing, dance, run, and all ridiculous request.

One of it was to talk to a guy and say that he like him, while Flint was doing this request Beatrice was holding her belly and was laughing out loud.

Atlas who saw the things can't help but took pity to Flint, why does he need to offend this demon in a lady's body.

After that, they went shopping and Flint has to carry all the bags, she spent approximately 20,000 pesos worth of items, from the Streets Vendors and the Mall.

Then they decided to go home that's the time they met Alia.

End of Flashback

That's the reason why Flint felt fear after seeing Beatrice enter the room.

Flint tried to reason out that he's injured and can't do her request at the moment. He's really scared of doing those things again.

Beatrice who was carrying the food tray suddenly teared up.

Flint noticed this and was immediately scared, "Hey, don't cry, fine I'll do it! No need to cry over this." Flint said as he tried to stand up from the bed.

Beatrice's tears intensified as Flint said that. She suddenly walked out of the room after placing the food tray on the table beside the bed.

Flint saw Beatrice walked out of the room still crying and using her arm to wipe her tears up.

Beatrice didn't know why she cried when she saw fatty lying on the bed.

'He's not even grievously injured! Why are you crying for that pervert!' Beatrice said to herself while wiping her tears.

She may appear to be rough to Fatty but considering their childhood memories she still worries for him so much.

Sadly, Flint doesn't recognize her adding more reason for her heartache.

Flint doesn't recognize that the girl whom she would always call ugly is now the girl that causes him to shiver in fear.

After Beatrice left the clinic Flint was left there standing and doesn't know what just happened.

"I'm doomed! How can she forgive me if I make her cry like this?! It seems like I can't go back to my house any time sooner! T. T" Flint said in his head

After a minute or so Atlas entered the room carrying a food tray as well, but fatty was already eating the food brought by Beatrice.

"Where did that come from?" Atlas asked as soon as he noticed the food tray Flint was holding.

"Oh, this? Beatrice brought this, Atlas save me!? T>T" Flint said

Then he told Atlas what happened while Atlas was away buying food for Flint.

"Tsk! Tsk! You're doomed bud! I think Kathleen will kill you after knowing this!" Atlas said to tease him more.

What Flint didn't know was that Atlas saw Beatrice on his way out.

'What kind of relationship does this 2 have?' Atlas said as he remembered the scene he saw in front of the clinic where Beatrice was walking back and forth carrying a food tray.

She appears to be hesitating if she would go in the room or just forget about it.

12:00 am

Flint was finally allowed to go home; he was excused from the class by the doctor in order for him to rest well at home.

After his stay at the clinic, Flint decided to find Beatrice but he can't find her after searching the vicinity, so he decided to just wait for her at the Boarding house.

Atlas on the other hand made his way back to his room.

After he arrived, he noticed that Beatrice wasn't around he turned his head to Alia who was seated beside him, but he changed his mind.

She probably doesn't know either, even if she knew she probably won't talk to him, that's what Atlas thinks of her.

Alia thought of greeting him she dropped the idea because they're not that close. And it's so not like her to greet someone first.

The subject this time is a minor subject, so it's a bit boring for Atlas.

4:00 pm

Last subject

It's still a minor subject. So, Atlas paid less to no attention at all.

Alia and Atlas are still not talking to each other but both of them are bored to death.

The teacher was still talking when Fred entered the class.

Atlas' anger immediately rushed to his head. Atlas gnashed his teeth and glare at him.

"Ma'am I won't enter your class I want to go home," Fred said arrogantly to his Prof

Fred casually talks to his professor with no respect because he knew that the professors here fear his background.

'Angry?' A voice suddenly whispered to Atlas

The voice was so clear that it's as if the owner of the voice was just next to him.

"Who?" Atlas said causing Alia to turn her head towards him

'Don't use your voice you idiot!' the voice said.

'This voice is familiar I think I've heard it before' Atlas thought in his head

'Of course, you've heard my voice!' the voice said

'You can read my thought?' Atlas asked

'I am now part of your thoughts! Ever since you've dreamed about me' The voice answered him

This time Atlas finally understood why the voice seems familiar that's because the voice is from the Old man he dreamed of last month.

'You're the old gramps?! How come you're here? Am I dreaming again?!' Atlas asked in confusion. Wondering why the old man appeared in his thoughts.

'You're not dreaming you idiot! Yes, I am that old man!' the voice replied to him

'Woah! How come you appeared in my thoughts?' Atlas asked he didn't know why he's so comfortable with this man that he didn't even stutter or got scared after seeing him appear in his thoughts.

Maybe because he has seen the life of the old man that's why he felt close to him.

'Close your eyes' the old man instructed quietly

Atlas closed his eyes as soon as he heard the command of the old man

*open eyes*

'Where are we?' Atlas immediately asked after seeing a beautiful world in front of him

'This is your thoughts! After reading so many books when you were still a child you created this world!' the old man said

'WOAH!' Atlas exclaimed in fascination after seeing this beautiful world that contains mountains, trees, and many more.

He looked around and he saw that the skies contain different colors.

'Unlike in the real world where you can only see blue skies due to the limitations of your eyes, in this world, you are not limited by any limitation available in the real world.' The old man said while smiling after seeing Atlas' shocked faced

'In the real world, I can only see blue colors in the sky because blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere. Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves' Atlas said

'You are indeed a genius sadly the girl beside you is a monster compared to you, she's even smarter than me when I was in her age' the old man said pointing out Alia's high IQ.

'So, you've seen her solve that problem in a second as well' Atlas said

'If you've been inside my thought ever since that dream then how come you've only called me out this time?' Atlas said after realizing this thought

'I'm exhausted after sending you into that dream' the old man said patiently explaining to him

'So, you're the one who sent me into that weird dream? Why?' Atlas asked him

'To carry on my legacy, I want you to be my successor' the old man said

'What?! You want me to be your successor?! Are you serious?! Me?! There are many geniuses out there why me?! Are you really sure it's me?!' Atlas' asked many questions at once

'It's a long story okay?! Listen!' the old man lost his patient after hearing Atlas' continuous questions

The old man put his hands behind his back to get something.

Holding the glowing rubrics cube he said to Atlas: 'This is my greatest invention, nothing in this world is capable of standing on its way, and it has many functions not like how you use it like a scanner! You're like opening the computer without knowing how to play games on it!'

'Look a rubrics cube has many possible outcomes, it has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 to be exact.' The old man explained as the glowing rubrics cube suddenly moves by itself like as if it was trying to solve on its own.

'I've programmed the algorithm of this rubrics cubes to do commands, I've put all my previous inventions in this small 5.7 cm cube. That's why it took me 30 years to complete this causing why body to wither. But it's all worth it the voice you're hearing know is just an artificial intelligence I've programmed to teach my successor.' The old man said

'The scanning command you've always used is just one of its component, it has many functions, the purpose of this cube is to help an engineer in his research. It can record a video, audio, and even 3d space itself, it can also compute several equations all at once, it's like a mega calculator where it can scan your whole exam and give you the answers after a few seconds. But the greatest function of this Rubrics Cube is it enhances the body of its holder using the energy I've stored in its core, as for the other purpose of this cube it's up to you to discover because even I don't know the limitation of this rubrics cube.' The old man explained the functions of the rubrics cube to Atlas who fascinated to the core.

Atlas was so shocked that he can't believe that this is happening to him, he was just a normal orphan boy how come he managed to get this great opportunity. If he still fails to become an engineer after gaining this opportunity, he better just become a rock in his next life.

'But who really are you? And why me?' Atlas asked him

'You'll know in the right time, for now, get used in using my invention and study harder, don't forget to read more books on of the ability of this rubrics cube is getting information from all the experience and knowledge you've had' the old man reminded him.

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