Dreamland 1

"Mom... Mom... look at this... I learned everything Uncle taught me..."

"Hehehe... My little genius. You did well..."

"Yai... No one is better than me."

It was a simple room where nothing particularly unique stood out. In fact, the only shocking thing was the woman who was so beautiful that one of her single frowns could cause the downfall of a kingdom.

Apart from her, there was a little child with a normal appearance, not too beautiful but not even too bad. He had short black hair, thin eyebrows, and two mysterious eyes like precious amber.

He was still a little child, around 5 years old, yet what he showed to her mother was simply too shocking.

Countless energy balls of different elements were floating above his head, indicating that his Chaotical Core was among the most unique in the universe.

"My dear... You should stop now. Your Cultivation Realm is still too weak to condense such a power."

"Hehehe..."

Naturally, the little child didn't listen to her words and started running around. At the same time, those spheres shook and dashed everywhere in the room, causing damage with every impact.

"Mom... I just started... There is more..."

She was glad but slightly irritated by his cunning smile: "Little brat, don't exaggerate... your body can't sustain such a heavy load."

"Mom... don't worry... Look at this!"

He was too stubborn, and indeed, as the new and different energies formed, his body collapsed into a soft and warm embrace.

"Silly boy... I told you that... But you never listen."

The show was over because the little child was already inside a dreamland where the noise from outside could enter as it wished.

"Empress... the Council has chosen the candidate."

"Mmm... and who?"

Alas, nothing more was heard, for the child had entered too deep into the dream world...

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"Mom..."

Woke up from his dreamland, Atlas jumped out of bed as if trying to reach something. Alas, nothing else was around him besides a simple necklace with a black pearl on his palm.

"Mom... where are you??"

Atlas cried like an abandoned little child, not finding what he was looking for.

"Mom... MOM!!"

The cries alerted the people waiting for his recovery, and in a few breaths, two figures appeared in his room and tried to calm him down.

"Atlas... Calm down..."

Receiving no response, they became even more worried and didn't know what to do.

"Mom... What do they want to do? Mom... I don't want to go with them... Mom!!"

Hearing his plead, Marigold felt her heart hurt so much that she did the only thing she could think of. She embraced him and soothed his poor mind with words: "My dear... I'm here. If you want to stay, no one will take you away."

Atlas calmed down, feeling that warm feeling. Unfortunately, he was still trapped in his dream: "Mom... don't let them take me away... I want to stay with you."

Caressing his soft hair, Marigold continued: "My dear... no one will take you away from us..."

Luckily, her warm and soothing voice finally placated his unrested soul. After a few seconds, he fell again into this world's sleep.

"Marigold... maybe we shouldn't have taken him there... Would he be okay?"

Standing by their side, August was quite apprehensive, feeling a load of emotions long hidden deep in his heart.

"He cannot escape his past. Fate has chosen for him, and this is just one of the many obstacles in his long life..."

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Finally, after a couple of hours, Atlas woke up.

He could feel his soft bed under his body, and his lazy side reshowed his shameless form.

"Hmm... It's been so long since I slept so well. Maybe I should stay a little more..."

Atlas turned around, placing his head in a more comfortable position.

"Mmm..."

He truly enjoyed the moment as if the last few hours were nothing more than a dream. Alas, his mind flared up again.

"Hmmm... my head..."

The memories of that day finally resurfaced and brought the young man back to reality.

"Wait... why am I here? Weren't we inside the underground Ancient Site? What happened?"

Atlas stood up and started looking around frenetically. Still, he was no longer inside the cave but inside his room.

"Ahi... I... fell unconscious... Probably, they brought me here..."

He couldn't let his lazy side take over, so he hurriedly ran into the kitchen where his grandparents awaited.

"Grandma... Grandpa... So you are here..."

"Mmm… How do you feel?"

"I'm not sure... My head still aches, but it is bearable."

August and Marigold looked at each other for a single breath, and then one of them asked: "Atlas... what do you remember?"

Caressing his eyebrows, Atlas was quite confused: "Well... we went down, but there was nothing there... then... then, for some reason, I felt an intense pain inside my head and nothing else until I woke up."

Marigold approached him: "Look at your necklace... Don't you remember anything?"

"My necklace?" Atlas looked down, and a necklace with a black pearl was around his neck: "What is this?"

Seeing that the same accident had not occurred, they exhaled a long sigh: "Atlas... let's sit down. We need to tell you something..."

Atlas couldn't help but listen carefully, looking at their serious expressions.

"Atlas... we don't know what that necklace represents for you, but we are sure that this is the only object related to your family in this world..."

"What do you mean... You are my family."

They were glad to hear his reply, but they couldn't keep going like this.

"Of course, we raised you for many years, but you already know... we are not truly blood-related. We found you when you were only a tiny child... You were so little and lost that we decided to raise you like our nephew, but there are surely people out there looking for you."

Atlas wasn't so shocked. After all, he already knew about that. But why should he care about his parents since they had abandoned him?

"I don't care about them... they had made their choice that day, leaving me alone."

Atlas spoke resolutely these words, showing no room for any paternal sentiment. Even if there was a bit of pain stabbing at his heart after he told them.

"Atlas... We don't know your origins... but we are sure your parents didn't abandon you."

"Grandma... Why are you so certain about that?"

"Because of this..." Marigold took out a small letter, but Atlas didn't take it immediately and moved his body back a little instead.

"Atlas... you can't run away from your past... read the content..."

This time, August spoke.

"Fine..." Atlas reached the letter, but, for some reason, his arm was shaking intensely. In fact, it took him a while to calm down and open the letter...

"To the one who found my son... If something happened and his memories were lost, remember that his name is Atlas Solaris, son of this Empress. If you dare to harm my dear, I will destroy that worthless world even if I had to go against the will of the Progenitor. The Pearl of the Forgotten Abyss will help him remember everything. But make sure that he is strong enough before giving him this artifact. Otherwise, let him live a normal life as if none of this ever existed..."

Atlas read the content many times, yet he felt nothing from it.

Who was his mother?

She seemed to care a lot for him...

So why did she renounce to him?

It was such a heartless blow...

His heart was in so much pain, but he did not know why.