CHAPTER - 7

  Dav: What a silence, guys...

  (Laughing in shock) You all look like you've aged 20 years when I look closely, AHHA!

  Mother: (Smiling) Yes, that's true. We've aged, and you haven't.

  Dav: Being 22 has its perks, I suppose, heh heh heh.

  Father: You were in a coma for 10 whole years... Yet, your appearance hasn’t changed since that last battle.

  Except for the scars, which are hard to miss.

  Dav: So, you want me to believe I was in a coma for 10 years?

  Nah, too absurd.

  Narrator: Dav didn’t know, but he realized as soon as he saw his mother outside the gate.

  The weariness in her walk, her tiredness, and the change in her skin.

  Dav: (Thinking) I should be... 32 now? How many movies, manhwa have I missed in that time...

  This is really worrying.

  Mother: (Smiling) You have grandchildren now, and your siblings have grown.

  [Bio: Family]

  Brother: André De Lion - 38 years

  Brother: Cris De Lion - 34 years

  Me: Dav De Lion - 32 years

  Sister: Lexia De Lion - 28 years

  Brother: Gabriel De Lion - 14 years

  Father: Theo De Lion - 66 years

  Mother: Melissa De Lion - 63 years

  André De Lion: I have two little ladies now!

  Daughter 1: Martina De Leon - 9 years

  Daughter 2: Mia De Leon - 7 years

  Cris De Lion: I also have two little troublemakers...

  Son 1: Marco De Lion - 9 years

  Son 2: Ivan De Lion - 7 years

  While our sister, nothing.

  She’s crazy and wouldn’t even want a rich, desperate lover.

  Dav: AHHAAHAHHAHAH

  Lexia De Lion: (Irritated) You guys are always the first to break things.

  Why does it bother you so much that I don’t want kids?

  André De Lion: (Gesturing) We're not surprised.

  You’ve been insufferable since birth and still expect someone to listen to you after treating everyone so badly.

  Cris De Lion: (Laughing) Well said! I don’t even know how you’ve managed to put up with her at home for 28 years, bothering everyone every day, meh.

  Dav: Where’s my little brother? Call him.

  Narrator: The mother quickly went to call him.

  Mother: Hey, Gabriel! Your brother wants to see you!

  Gabriel: (Fearful) But I don’t know who he is...

  I don’t remember him, and what they say about him scares me.

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  That battle with a million monsters and a calamity boss, God...

  They said he was the demon who crushed them all by himself, and the ones who came to help just cleared the remaining 16% of the monsters.

  What should I do with him? What should I say?

  Mother: (Comforting) Just go.

  You don’t have to say anything.

  He asked to see you because he wants to.

  - A few minutes later -

  Narrator: Young Gabriel entered, but there was a great silence, and he started sweating, looking at the floor, too scared to meet his brother’s gaze.

  From him, he could clearly feel an overwhelming aura that could sever anyone’s head with a single look if they said something wrong.

  He closed his eyes and began clenching his eyes and hands tightly, trembling.

  Dav placed a hand on his head and hugged him tightly, tears falling like rain onto his head.

  After that day, he lost 10 years of his life and couldn’t see his little brother grow up.

  Dav: (Hugging him) You’re a man now, look how tall you are...

  I remember when we used to walk together with your little hand, and I slowly taught you how to eat fries.

  How many cartoons we watched together every day in mom’s bed with her big TV.

  Do you remember what I told you?

  "Even if Satan himself descended to this earth, no one would harm you as long as your brother was here to protect you."

  Narrator: Little Gabriel began crying and hugged his brother tightly.

  He didn’t remember much, but he remembered all the love his brother gave him.

  Dav was the only one who stayed with Gabriel every day when he was just a 4-year-old child.

  He never stopped watching over him, his eyes always on him, his hands ready for any eventuality.

  When he made food, Gabriel always ate with him because he loved Dav’s cooking.

  Gabriel: (Happy) You’ve really come back?

  Dav: (With a confident look) Your brother is back.

  I may not look as good as I used to, and I may not be as strong as I once was, at least for now.

  I need to regain all the strength I lost.

  André: (Shocked) You lost your strength?!

  Dav: Not exactly.

  But if we had to say... Hmm... Less than half?

  Specifically, 3/10.

  But don’t worry! In a few years, I’ll have it all back.

  2-3 years.

  André: (Relieved) That’s a relief then.

  Cris: (Curious, looking at Dav) What will you do now?

  I mean, you’ve just woken up, you’ve just arrived, there’ve been a lot of changes.

  You need to know that after the long sleep, the states created a new system, laws, and schools for hunters, for anyone, regardless of sex or race.

  Dav: Hunters? Now you call them that? Not bad.

  Tell me more.

  Cris: As I was saying...

  As you already know, hunters have incredibly tough bodies that even normal bullets can’t kill.

  So weapons, as we know them, are practically useless.

  So the army started recruiting hunters, and many guilds were formed.

  The most important guilds for the economy and safety were created by the states.

  National Security Guild

  Work Guild for Hunters

  Then many others began to form, but these were from other hunters.

  They offered to make it bigger with high ranks: SS/S

  | B | AA | SS+ |

  | C | A++ | S++ |

  | D | A+ | S+ |

  | E | A | S |

  These are the ones currently discovered by the International Security Guild.

  Dav: (Surprised) Ohh! Interesting.

  What rank are you?

  - Silence -

  André: (Touching his head, laughing)

  Currently, my rank is B+, and my ability is super strength.

  Cris: Mine is B, and my ability is the power of lightning.

  Lexia: A, the power of mind control.

  Father: C, the power of fire.

  Mother: C, the power of water.

  André: Only my daughter Martina has a power.

  Scientists say that only at 9 years old can your true power be discovered.

  Her power is Attack Magic.

  Cris: My Marco can use Lightning like me, AHAHAH.

  Dav: You, Gabriel? What’s your power?? Heh heh heh [UwU]

  - An awkward silence -

  Gabriel: I don’t have a power... I have no mana, and I can’t use aura.

  Dav: How can you say that? You should be 14 now, right?

  Mother: The academy created for future hunters has a measuring device for each student, but that doesn’t mean any boy can’t join this academy.

  Maybe we haven’t told you about the academy, right?

  Every state created academies for all children/young people in the world, with accommodations and an annual fee to pay.

  So right now, you see Gabriel, Marco, and Martina at home because it’s summer vacation.

  Currently, there are 3 huge academies in all of Italy:

  The first in Milan

  The second in Rome

  The third in Palermo

  You should see them! They’re so powerful, large, and beautiful with immense space for students.

  Dav: Where does all this good will from the Italian state come from? I’m already surprised if in 1/3 of the doors in a bathroom, there’s even just one...

  Father: Do you remember your raid? The monsters and the boss?

  Dav: (Thinking) How could I forget?

  Father: Italy got all the resources from the boss and the monsters.

  We’re talking about hundreds of trillions...

  Our family was handsomely rewarded because of you.

  The Italian state named the academies after you, “Dav De Lion Academy.”

  Dav: (Ew) That’s so cringe.

  Back to the point.

  You’re telling me Gabriel can’t use powers, mana, or aura!?

  END OF CHAPTER - 7