Chapter 17: Old Fashion Way

Perseus POV

"Mom, why are you scared of her, just treat her as my taller and younger sister."

We returned home for dinner and my moms are even scared of eating at the same table, we are offered higher quality products for low to free of charge in order to take care of Ruka, my parents feel bad and insist on paying the obvious lower prices instead of eating for free.

Ruka is currently occupying my room, and instead of sharing a bed with my parents due to my dislike of physical contact, I'm sleeping on the couch, it's pretty comfortable, but my parents are pretty scared of Ruka, well more like they don't think we have a house worthy of her stay, the chief did offer her a whole house for free, but she said she'd rather stay with her new companion, who in this case, is me.

"Why do you get to be the older one?" Ruka complained

"The fact that you're arguing with an 8 year old just proves the fact that you're not as mature, now please help ease my parents, go."

"You can't tell me what to do." she retorted

"You really wanna do this?"

"What trick me into letting you pluck another rose? Go ahead." she dared

"Oh no, he's got that face again, stop him!" mom Nyra exclaimed

"Perseus, we get you and we will try to learn, but please do not do what we KNOW you will do." mom Rylee joined in

Just what image do they have of me inside their head? Some sort of sadistic tyrant or something? I look so innocent, only 2 out of 5 people ended up crying if I really want to push the button.

I then opened my mouth...

*****

Both my parents are now holding and comforting the crying guardian of the rose while also looking somewhat dead inside.

"How can you say that to her?" Mom Rylee hissed

"She is mostly alone in that cave, that means she's extra vulnerable, easier to break."

"That's not the point. What if it happened to you?"

"I can take it, if I dish it out, I have to be prepared to take insults. Heck, I'll help them with the insults to hurt myself more, narcissistic, talks condescendingly as if he's better than everyone else, heartless...sometimes anyway."

"Maybe we can get him to watch those legendary moving drawings at the main kingdom." Mom Nyra suggesting "I heard kids love those, even adults are move to tears, we haven't seen him cried in years, it may be our last resort before we just give up and accept him for who he is."

Cartoons exist in this world? Hell yah, I'm gonna add that to my to do list and I plan to have a private movie theatre once I get a bigger house.

"I thought you guys said you would love me and support every decision I make, I guess it does hurt a slight bit."

"Oh honey, don't worry, we love you very much but that doesn't stop us from making you a better person." she reassured

"You can try get some scientists to abduct me, put me in a lab and constantly experiment on me until I turn out to be the perfect child of your desires."

They look like they were to give up but I then excused myself to go out in the night for a bit, I need to test out just a couple powers, it's pretty safe up here and no criminals are really here since everyone just treat each nicely and help everyone out, so kids are allowed to go out a bit late.

Anyway, I did got Ruka to tell me a few basic techniques, so I'll be practicing them tonight and the dance later since it does actually help my mana. For now, I walked to the edge of the tree, it seems some people are sneaking glances at me, but I didn't care too much.

I closed my eyes and focused and took deep breaths, once I opened my eyes there were many glowing blue petals swirling around me, I then controlled them with both inside my head. I then walked off the edge and step on a platform of the floating roses.

I stumbled a bit as the petals are unstable and it's my first time, with a lot more focus, they sort of merge together into a circular light platform. I created several more and walked on air.

I know I can somewhat fly using magic, but the power of the roses does not require mana, so it will prove to be useful.

For now it's basics steps, create the platform, then step, and repeat. My goal is to just run on air, with light platforms created perfectly that of my foot size and instantly created the moment my foot falls at the perfect spot. I just need practice.

I then used the rose storm to life me up and fly slowly everywhere, but I then went back home, even though it doesn't use mana and stamina, it is mentally draining, well it would be for anyone, but for me, I can go on, but I can't go on till my limit or past it yet.

*****

I opened the door to head inside and see Ruka walking in my room...with shoes on. Damn it, it's just one simple request, take off your damn shoe, she saw me, stuck her her tongue out and closed the door.

At least she recovered quickly, I then rearrange my place on the couch and start to really think of what I really plan to do, I personally just want to live my life out in peace but that's not gonna happen, it happens all the time, I don't know whether to be a full on a fighter to serve one side, a diplomat and try to find peace, maybe? Like did no other protagonists think of that?

I missed out on many things, but...the teacher who was in charge of the trip was a spy from this world, right? That means I can go back...maybe that's a good thing to put on my to do list.

"Good night, my son." My Nyra kissed my forehead and mom Rylee followed

"Yes, I love you guys too."

Well, I got till the moment those heroes are here, I can decide then, if they got a good conviction, I'll slack off, if not, well I'll just have to do it in my old fashion way.