Meeting

"Sorry to have shown you such a scene."

Fay's mother recomposes herself and says.

"No. I don't mind. Besides I understand where you are coming from."

I also give a modest answer. Being a parent must be hard.

"My name is Fiona Adams. Thank you for bringing my daughter back." (Fiona)

"You are welcome. I am Clive Belmont."

"Fay, what happened to you?" (Fiona)

Fiona looks at Fay who is beside her. But Fay is covering her face with both hands and is curled up on the sofa.

I have Hazel to my right and Aura to my left and Eden on my lap. We are having a talk.

After the tearful reunion of the mother and daughter, they calmed down and noticed me. Fiona was alright but Fay has been like that since.

Maybe she is just embarrassed. But why should she be? I can't understand. Anyway, Fiona invited us in and offered us some tea.

"So Clive, you actually come from the planet Earth?" (Fiona)

"I do. I met Fay when she was wandering around the forest alone. And she came into contact with me. She said that she needs help and I helped her get rid of the pests."

"I knew it. The way you carry yourself and your conduct, you must have lived a hard life?" (Fiona)

"What makes you say that?"

"I am not sure but you give off a stoic feeling. Like you are cold and ruthless about everything. You have probably killed a few people as well, right?" (Fiona)

"Umm….this is probably the first time someone actually said that. Anyway about killing, yes. I have killed a few humans. Five no it's more than that."

I never counted how many people I killed? It's more than 10 thousand, I think! Fiona may be the first person who didn't become afraid of me. Rather I feel that she is sympathetic towards me. Is this a mother?

"I knew it. At your young age, you carry such a burden. How about your parents?" (Fiona)

"They both died after that attack. I am the only one alive."

"Ahh…I had totally forgotten. I am sorry for making you remember such a thing." (Fiona)

"No need. I wasn't attached to that world anyway. I just happened to survive. And my parents didn't. But it's not like I can't meet them."

"Eh…you can meet them?" (Fiona)

"Mom, you better be ready. This guy is the epitome outrageousness. If you think he is joking, then change your mind. He isn't." (Fay)

Fay stopped being a ball and held her mother and said that. Her eyes are dead serious. She is business. Fiona looks at me with a serious expression.

I think this is for the best. It saves me the trouble to explain.

"Anyway, I should think about what to do from now on. My initial plan was to come here. But I didn't think of anything else."

I am drawing on a blank. Because I really didn't think what I would do after coming here.

"Don't you want revenge? For killing your parents and destroying your home." (Fiona)

"No. I am not the vengeful type. I let it go. My parents also said that they don't want revenge. I am willing to let it go as long as they don't want revenge."

"Fay, what happened to Martin? He left for that world a while ago but he is also missing." (Fiona)

"Mom, Martin is dead. We made it sure. Clive annihilated Martin's whole fleet. Nothing survived." (Fay)

Fiona is stunned. She isn't moving. Her face is dramatically cold. Maybe she is frozen stiff. But Fay gave her a push and she was falling down.

However Aura caught her. She passed out with her eyes open. That's something I wanna learn.

Sorry, I can't read the mood or describe things like emotions too well. But Fiona has reached her peak and now she is unconscious.

"I think I did something bad."

"Yes, master. You should be more considerate of others." (Hazel)

"Honey, don't be your usual self around strangers. They will most likely faint like Fiona." (Aura)

"Papa, you should be more careful." (Eden)

Hazel, Aura and Eden reprimanded me. I really think I should just take one side. Either I be modest and be normal or I be me.

What to do?

(Why not be a bit forceful?)

(Forceful? How?)

(You sealed away your but you still have your mana. You are carefully circulating your mana. Just let it run wild. And everyone will know that just how strong you are. This world respects the strong. So let everyone know that you are strong.)

Ohhh….that was another way. So I should let my mana run wild. I stopped controlling my mana.

Suddenly I felt hotter. Like my body is burning. But then I felt cold. Really cold. Again I felt really heavy and suddenly lighter.

What's happening? Everyone is looking at me.

"Master, what's happening?" (Hazel)

"Honey, why are you leaking mana? So much mana is leaking out of your body." (Aura)

"Clive, what are you planning to do?" (Fay)

"Nothing. I just thought what if I let my mana run wild. So how's it?"

"It's like a natural disaster. Like a natural calamity is happening. It's a whirlpool of mana. This much mana is enough make everyone faint. But how are we still okay?" (Fay)

(They became resistant to strong forces. Your has made them resistant. They have evolved.)

(What am I, radioactive waste? How can they change by just being closer to me?)

(You are a catalyst. They still would have changed but your existence made it faster.)

"Anyway, it's a bad thing so I will restrain my mana."

And I did that. This is hard. I have to wait for Fiona to wake up and then go into the city.