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'A Goal that defies the world itself… is this the fight will Reys'a go through?'

Reys'a breath caught in his throat. "Huh—"

'I... should I? I've been suffering with this world for a long time, now they're asking me to change it, but can I?' Reys'a thought for a moment. 'Yes, I ran away from that place because I wanted to be free, I wanted to—'

Reys'a sighed. "Yes... I accept, but— you have to promise me one thing. Please keep your promise and please always be with me, Adrian."

Adrian grinned while smiling. "Ha ha of course, you remember who I am. I'm sure I'll promise you this, Reys'a, and trust me. From now on, you're part of our family, Reys'a." Said Adrian.

Valsar looked at Reys'a sarcastically. "I don't know what my brother sees in you, but I hope you don't disappoint me." Mitsuya patted Valsar on the shoulder. "Come on Valsar, he's already part of our family, don't be too harsh on him, you're not even very handsome, your harsh face makes you even uglier, ha ha ha" Mitsuya teases Valsar.

"Ha ha ha… nice to meet you Reys'a my name is Caelus, maybe it's a bit late to introduce myself and maybe you already know my name but that's not important—" Caelus's speech was cut off by Zu Sheng. "la la la no one wants to listen to your empty chatter Caelus, right Reys'a?"

Reys'a scratched his head. "Ha ha perhaps?" Reys'a replied not seriously. "Reys'a, from now on you will be sharing a room with me, Yosha, I finally have a roommate." Zu Sheng said with joy. "It's over if you share a room with him. You really can't sleep at night, he's already making a lot of noise that's why he sits downstairs." said Mitsuya while shaking his head.

"Huh? Isn't this house one story? I just saw it, it's only one story from the outside, so how can it be two stories?" Reys'a Perplexed. "Well, this house looks like it has one floor from the outside but there is actually a lower floor or basement. That place is usually where Zu Sheng does his work. Zu Sheng really likes to create things like the weapon in his hand. So the basement has become his place and he sleeps downstairs. One of the reasons is because he is very noisy so he sits downstairs ha ha ha." Said Mitsuya.

"Hey, I heard you know mitsuya. I have no hesitation in shooting you." said Zu Sheng while pointing his hand towards mitsuya. "Relax, you won't win either."

"Okay then, Zu Sheng for now Reys'a will stay downstairs with you and if possible give him some better clothes, before we go out to buy clothes for him," said Adrian to Zu Sheng. Zu Sheng raised his hand and placed it on his head as if saluting. "Alright, Elder Brother"

"If there's nothing else, I'll go to my room to sleep. It's already night, the clock is already showing 10.30." Adrian got up from there and went straight to his room. Valsar then wake up and goes away, maybe to his room too. Zu Sheng was about to go downstairs again. "Hey, Reys'a, let's go downstairs now, our room is in the basement, you need to take a shower first then go to bed." Zu Sheng said, inviting Reys'a to come along.

"You're not sleeping, Mitsuya," said Reys'a. "No, I want to watch TV for a while, after that I'll go to my room." Mitsuya replied. "Ouh okay, then." Reys'a and Zu Sheng went to the back of the house and there was a small area to go downstairs. But there were no stairs or ropes, Reys'a didn't know how to get to the basement.

Zu Sheng immediately held Reys'a's shirt tightly and continued to jump down. Reys'a screamed in shock, "Aaaahh!" Zu Sheng landed with style but Reys'a fell flat on his face. "hahaha…" Mitsuya just laughed at Reys'a's screams because that's how Zu Sheng's behavior is, Reys'a is no exception. "Hehe..." Zu Sheng held back his laughter and Reys'a raised his face in annoyance.

Reys'a also noticed that in front of her was full of clutter everywhere, iron, tools and various things. but below here the space was quite spacious. "It's a bit messy down here,so don't worry I'm still working on my new weapon." Zu Sheng continued to walk to his desk. Reys'a got up and walked around the basement to look around.

"Oh, wait I'll give you a towel to take a shower," Zu Sheng went to his closet and took a gray towel that was hanging. "Here,a towel for you" while extending his hand holding the towel to Reys'a.

Reys'a took it, and took off his clothes to go take a shower and that action made his body look even thinner. Zu Sheng also looked at his right shoulder with a curious face. "What is that?" Zu Sheng immediately asked Reys'a. "Ouh, my body is indeed willowy—" Zu Sheng cut him off, "That's not what I meant, what is that thing behind your shoulder? It looks like a strange symbol, is that your tattoo?" Zu Sheng asked the question out of curiosity.

"Oh, that's a scarification I got when I was a slave before, I don't even know what that symbol means, some people say it's an echelon mark, some say it's for everyone's number." Reys'a replied. "But I think this is a different symbol, it's more like—nothing, I don't even know."

Reys'a headed to the bathroom to take a shower and the symbol behind him was clearly visible as two opposite lines going down and up like scythe and two more lines going across as if forming a shape or meaning that was unknown. What does that symbol mean?

srrshhh… the shower water flowed rapidly, wetting his body, removing the dirt stuck to Reys'a's body. making Reys'a's body cleaner. Reys'a reached for the soap. The soap suds dripped slowly onto the floor, flowing into the drain hole. He raised his head, closed eyes, letting the cool night water flow down his face and seep into hair while thinking. 'Ahh... is this really what I'm doing? Should I follow them? Is this my destiny?' Reys'a thought endlessly about his decision.

Tang… tang… the sound of the hammer hitting Zu Sheng was working on in his place. Even though it was late at night, Zu Sheng was still diligently working on his weapon. Reys'a came out of the bathroom looking fresh like a car that had just been washed, cleaner and shinier.

Zu Sheng also put down his hammer while raising his voice to Reys'a. "Reys'a, if you want to get some clothes, just take them from the closet." Reys'a also looked at the closet, "okay" he replied. There were various shirts and pants, Reys'a's hand reached for a green shirt and black pants. Reys'a put them on and wanted to go straight to bed because it was almost 12 midnight.

"Hey Zu, aren't you asleep?" Reys'a asked Zu Sheng. "It's okay, you sleep first, I'll follow later." replied Zu Sheng who industrious did his work without looking at Reys'a. Reys'a immediately went to the mattress on the floor. There was no place for a bed, only a mattress. Reys'a dropped his body onto the mattress to sleep, in a moment Reys'a was fast asleep because he was tired from the whole day that had happened. Suddenly—

TUK! TUK! TUK! The sound of a hammer hitting loudly woke Reys'a from his sleep. Reys'a looked at the clock hanging on the wall to see what time it was, and it was already 2:30 in the morning and Zu Sheng was still awake and still industrious doing his work, I don't know what he was doing.

Reys'a covered his ears with his hands to block out the noise. but— BANG! BANG! the knocking got louder, like knocking with all his might. Reys'a was annoyed to hear it continuously. So Reys'a got up from his bed and wanted to go upstairs. Reys'a walked upstairs and caused Zu Sheng to notice that Reys'a was awake. "Hey Reys'a, are you awake? Where do you want to go?" said Zu Sheng. "I want to go upstairs for a moment to drink water because I'm thirsty." Replied Reys'a, not knowing that it was because Zu Sheng woke Reys'a up.

"Ouh, then just press the button on the side and the stairs will come out to go up."

Reys'a pressed the small button on the side to go up and the stairs came out. Reys'a climbed the stairs to go up, leaving Zu Sheng alone in the basement. Reys'a was actually not thirsty but just went up to go up to get a quiet atmosphere. Before Reys'a entered the house from the back door, he saw a staircase at the end of the house to go up to the roof.

Reys'a didn't know what to do so he decided to try going up, maybe it would be quieter. so he went to the stairs and climbed it and when Reys'a was at the end of the stairs and on the stairs, Reys'a saw a figure who was also on the roof looking at the sky. Reys'a approached him, and it turned out to be Mitsuya who was pensive and lamenting the clouds in the dark sky.

"Hey Mitsuya." Reys'a went to Mitsuya and sat next to him. "Reys'a, since when have you been here? I didn't even notice." Mitsuya said while looking at Reys'a. "I just came, I woke up from my sleep because Zu Sheng is still awake and you know what he's doing." replied Reys'a. "Oh, that's his daily routine, he really likes to sleep late, when it comes to his work to make weapons, technology or something like that he's really diligent and doesn't mess around. So it might be a bit difficult to sleep, with all the noises he makes. So forgive him, Reys'a." Mitsuya said that as if it was his fault.

"Don't say that, I'm not even angry and I don't deserve to treat you like that. Not to mention you have accepted me as part of this family. Thank you. But can I know why he is so obedient to do that?" Reys'a asked. "That's because, only he and Caelus don't have Hearthstone, when the eldest brother found him he had nothing to repay his kindness, he had no strength or power to help the eldest brother achieve his goal so he was determined to make, and build his own weapons, luckily he has an IQ that is above average.

He is very good at technology, he is also able to make incredibly powerful weapons, so he and Caelus use the weapons he made and still want to be better but it's quite difficult because the goods or equipment are quite lacking because we can't afford to buy them, so he can't maximize his potential, different from the technology developed by the world government itself, they have even more than enough to build it. Even more sophisticated and advanced than Zu Sheng. But that doesn't cover Zu Sheng's desire to continue doing it."

Reys'a's eyes widened, with Zu Sheng's seriousness. "Wow, he's really serious about his work aside from his joking nature... so do you have Hearthstone?" Reys'a seemed curious about Mitsuya's statement that he also had the power of Hearthstone. "Yes... I do, I have a Hearthstone of nails, Valsar also has a Hearthstone of Electricity and Saei has a Hearthstone of rust."

"What about Adrian? I saw him use his power before and it must have something to do with Hearthstone, right?" Reys'a said. "Oh, if he's the eldest brother, he has Hearthstone pa—" Reys'a cut Mitsuya off from him "Origami?" Reys'a replied before Mitsuya could finish her sentence. "No, he uses Hearthstone of paper, he always shapes his paper like origami, that's why if you see when he uses his power it must be in the shape of origami, perhaps that's his favorite, I don't know. But sometimes Hearthstone seems to whisper to me I'm not sure, maybe that's what Valsar heard maybe.

Reys'a shook his head. "What do you mean?" Reys'a asked. "I'm not sure either and I don't really understand it. But sometimes Valsar tells me that when he trains using his powers, it's as if he's not the only one, like there are others. I don't really understand it." Replied Mitsuya.

Reys'a listened. "That sounds a bit creepy, like there's someone else too. hmm... a bit strange, but I don't know either because I don't have Hearthstone either so I can't say anything."

"Well that's probably why Valsar is always wary of outsiders." Said Mitsuya. "No wonder." Reys'a and Mitsuya also looked at the sky together with the dark blue beauty and the moonlight and stars scattered with bright yellowish light making it illuminate the beautiful sky.

The atmosphere became silent without any sound.

Reys'a also opened his mouth to ask Mitsuya a question to cover up this silent gasp. "Hey Mitsuya, can I ask you something?" Mitsuya turned to Reys'a with a smile. "Of course, just ask."

"May I know why you call Adrian the eldest brother? Even though he is not your biological brother." Reys'a asked him. Mitsuya sighed. "It was because Adrian saved us. there used to be a massive chaos that happened in various cities causing riots and wars. Many parents died in the following accidents and left young children hungry and alone including me, my parents died in the riot and my father managed to give me the Hearthstone he stole and I kept taking it.

After a long time, I was alone, then Adrian and Valsar took me and invited me to follow them and become a family, and because of him I was safe, and not only me but also the other siblings, because of Adrian we were safe and Adrian was also the oldest in the family so we called him eldest brother."

'It seems I'm like them, Adrian came to save me, I'm indebted to him.' Reys'a said it in his heart. Reys'a also felt like repaying Adrian's kindness for saving him. Suddenly someone came out of the front door, raising both hands to the sky as if stretching their body.

Huaaaahhh… while stretching his body as if he had just woken up from a long sleep. "Oi Saei, up here... everyone is sleeping and you're just about to wake up. How long have you been sleeping since evening?" Said Mitsuya.It turned out that it was Saei who had fallen asleep because she was tired and Reys'a didn't have time to meet her earlier.

"Sorry, I was too tired from the training earlier... " Saei just noticed Reys'a next to Mitsuya. " Who is that, next to you Mitsuya?" "I'll let you know later, what time is it now? Saei, I think it's already late in the morning and I need to go to bed." Mitsuya asked. "I just saw that it's 3:56 am." Replied Saei, who is below. "if that's the case I'll go to bed first, what about you Reys'a?"

"I'm the same, sleepy too." said Reys'a. Mitsuya and Reys'a went down to their rooms. Mitsuya went straight into the house to sleep while Reys'a went down to the basement because that was her place with Zu Sheng. Reys'a went down the stairs and it seemed dark, showing that Zu Sheng was already asleep. Reys'a went back to her bed next to Zu Sheng. Weapons, swords, knives were lying on Zu Sheng's desk. Reys'a ignored him and continued to sleep to wake up early the next day. Saei is outside alone.

The house became quiet, indicating that everyone was asleep, but Adrian—