The Cruelty

The gentleman who I think is the patriarch suddenly woke up and looked at everyone.

Now that his face was exposed, you could see his features.

The gentleman's eyes were golden and sharp like an eagle's, his eyebrows were thin but still impressive, they were white, matching the color of his gigantic amount of hair.

Speaking of his hair, it was as big as that of an albino lion.

His nose was pointed.

And his mouth was of medium size.

You could feel an aura of majesty hanging around like a king.

Which I don't doubt, since

Chaos insurrection has the power to annihilate countries if it didn't have the intervention of other organizations.

The gentleman rose from his chair and looked at the children with a pitying look.

A pitying look, I would say, is extremely true.

It alarmed me.

I wonder what will happen here.

I look at my Father and see how his vitality is behaving.

His vitality is behaving in a way I have never seen.

He felt guilty.

But why?

But because when he looked into the Patriarch's eyes, he felt guilt.

When he looked at me, his vitality behaved even more depressed.

From the beginning of the trip here, I noticed that his vitality was trying to behave with indifference, in fact the vitality of almost all my uncles was behaving with relative coldness.

But this was broken the moment the Patriarch looked at the children with pity.

The faces of some of them distorted for a few seconds.

The Patriarch soon changed his gaze and began to introduce himself in a very animated tone to take the pressure off the children's faces.

Hello children, my name is Aurelios Mávros.

Your parents already know me because I am their father or grandfather or great-grandfather.

I know it sounds strange since my appearance is so young, but make no mistake.

I will guide the worthy among you into the world of the strong.

Not everyone has the potential to become strong.

Therefore, in order to find out who has the potential.

I will give you a little trial, so follow me.

He said as he walked quickly down the stairs.

When he moved to a place, my father said that he could not guide me now and that I should go my way with the Patriarch.

Not only did my father say this, but all the uncles and aunts said something similar to their children.

The children reluctantly followed the Patriarch into a Zone.

This Zone would be extremely dark if it was not illuminated by some flying lanterns.

These lanterns contained symbols that glowed blue.

These lanterns illuminate a marble path within a forest that from time to time you can see the glowing eyes of seemingly magical creatures.

Cruelty can be seen in their eyes.

Creatures that well represent the being that is guiding us.

The Cruelty of a Man who is in search of power.

The Cruelty of Aurelios Mávros.

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I will not be fooled by his amusing facade.

I can recognize the cruelty in that Man's eyes.

And I don't like it at all.

But if his cruelty brings me opportunities.

Then I can only deal with it.

I said to myself in my mind as I followed him.

After a few minutes, we came to an area with a pond.

A partially small pond.

But with a peculiarity.

This pond glowed blue.

It glowed little but still resplendent.

Aurelios Mávros: The ordeal is right here, children.

Whoever can get into this lagoon and get out, passes the ordeal to become strong.

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That doesn't sound simple, I thought as I looked at the pond.

I even thought that a brave child entered that pond.

The moment he entered, I noticed something invading the child's body.

The child's veins turned blue and his eyes glowed the same color.

Until he sank to the bottom.

Some children were afraid and others hoped that the child would come back, but that didn't happen.

That child was dead.

Most of the children cried at this scene, but some of the children knew there was no way back.

It was either go into that lake or come back to be eaten by the monsters in the forest.

But for me, it reminded me of a perverse philosophy.

Eugenics.

Only the best survive.

Now I finally understood the attunement of this family.

Only the strong survive.

Since my best chance to survive in the scp world is to stay in this family.

So, while the other children were crying, I approached that lake and jumped in.

All the children were amazed by my act.

When I touched the water, I felt an unknown energy invade my body.

This energy moved through my body at incredible speeds.

With each passing second, I felt my body heat up until finally I fell asleep and sank down.