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Currently, Ivan was lying on a big bed with white clean sheets inside 'his' room. He was gazing at the ceiling that had an animated image of a solar system with multiple planets revolving around a bright sun and countless tiny sparkling stars in the background.

Many thoughts were flowing through his mind at this moment.

After returning from school with his parents and a short moment with his elder sister, Ivan left for his room to rest and organize his thoughts.

His room was a wide spacious room with many cool advanced gadgets, a private bathroom and changing room, and even an errand robot and a gaming capsule.

Apparently, Ivan's family was quite well off.

The current earth he was in was one that had undergone years of evolution and had advanced greatly in technology, they now even explored outside the planet and conquered other solar systems for resources.

This was where Ki energy came in.

Ki energy was something attributed to people known as warriors, they were the ones who were responsible for exploring the galaxy and protecting the planet from foreign invaders.

His father turned out to be one of these people.

This earth wasn't like the one in his dream that was on the verge of decline; it was instead flourishing with life, and there were even many people living on other conquered planets with alien beings.

Everyone wanted to be a warrior and explore the galaxy as not only were warriors extremely powerful and important to the world government, they enjoyed a lot of privileges that normal humans would not start to imagine; a single warrior was equivalent to a thousand ordinary citizens in the eyes of the world government and they were given priorities in everything.

But the success rate of becoming one was very low; it was so low that out of the billions of people who populated the Earth, only 20 percent were warriors.

This meant that only 1 in every one million people would become warriors.

This was the situation with Ivan. His father had taken him to awaken but he had failed the test to become a warrior.

This had obviously come as a great disappointment to his father, who had high hopes for him; after all, it was known that having parents who were warriors would increase the chance of one succeeding their awakening.

But it appeared that Ivan had failed to take this part of his father's gene.

Having come to terms that his son had no hopes of being a warrior, his father had optioned to let him continue living as a normal person and send him to school so he could at least get a high position after graduating from school.

But he had been called for a meeting with the principal and told how Ivan disregarded the students and teachers, and even slept during classes.

"Was I always such a jerk?" Ivan mumbled to himself, unable to believe his memories where he saw himself disobeying teachers and acting rudely to classmates.

[Homeowner Nora is waiting for you outside]

The static voice of the home supervisor rang in Ivan's ears, pulling him from his thoughts.

The home supervisor was an AI that acted like a butler in the house and controlled most of the robots to do chores, any of the family members were able to command it.

And Nora was the name of Ivan's white-haired elder sister.

She was four years older than him and had been crippled due to an accident that happened when they were young. Ivan remembered that the incident had been his fault but he could not recall what had happened.

Ivan got up from his bed in his casual clothes and walked to the door. He placed his palm on it, and a light beep sound rang out as the door scanned his palm before opening.

Right outside the door was the beautiful young girl sitting in a wheelchair; she wore a long dress and a sweatshirt made from wool. She beamed a smile at Ivan immediately after seeing him.

"Bother, Mother and I have made dinner; come eat," she said with a warm tone.

Ivan stared at her smiling face; seeing the sincere feelings in her eyes filled him with so many rioting emotions that he was unable to speak; he only came back to his senses when he felt a wet sensation on his face; Nora's voice rang out at the same time.

"Why are you crying, did I do something wrong?" She panicked while frantically waving her arms in the air, unsure of what to do.

Ivan touched his cheeks, he realized that tears had started to come out of his eyes without him knowing.

'Just how messed up are my emotions? What did I even dream about? Doesn't matter, I'm awake now' Ivan thought to himself as his gaze moved back to his panicking elder sister.

He rushed through his memories and realized how unfriendly he had been to her in the past, especially since she was a cripple; he would ignore her in public and pretend not to know her.

He would also play pranks on her like hiding her wheelchair or framing her, he would always be caught by the home supervisor who would report to their parents but Ivan would not change; what baffled him was how his sister would still continue to love and tolerate him even after everything he did, she would always say that they only had each other in this world so she could not stay angry at him.

Remembering this made the tears run faster from his eyes and began to drip down, but a bright smile formed on his lips amidst the tears.

"No, you didn't do anything wrong. I'm sorry…for everything"

Ivan knelt down to her level and hugged her before whispering those words to her.

Nora froze for a few seconds before hugging him back and began to cry like a baby as if a strange emotion hit her as well.

Her brother finally accepted her!

The two siblings cried for a few minutes in each other's arms before separating, they wiped their faces and smiled at each other before going downstairs.

Nora's wheelchair was able to hover a few centimeters above solid surfaces so it was easy for her to use the stairs.

They returned to the dining room and met their parents there, his father was serious as always and only glanced at them before turning his attention to his plate and started eating.

His mother, on the other hand, smiled at them and invited them to come eat.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

They ate their meals in silence; the food was very tasty, and Ivan even complimented his mother and sister.

Everyone in the dining was stunned by this action; the Ivan they knew would never compliment anyone no matter how hard they tried to impress him.

They finished eating, and Ivan's father asked his wife and daughter to excuse the men; they needed to talk.

Ivan's heart skipped a beat, but he remained seated; his mother gently patted his head before leaving, and his sister winked at him while taking the dishes away.

Now, it was just the two of them left in the dining room.

"What do you want me to do, Ivan?" His father started, his voice heavy with anger and exhaustion.

Ivan didn't say anything and continued to stare at the table.

"Why, I just don't understand. I do everything, everything for you. I even paid a lot to let you take the Ki examination, but not only did you embarrass me in front of my superiors and colleagues, but you still had to make me come to your school to get an earful from your principal. Do you know how humiliating that is to a warrior?

What is your problem?! Your rude behavior, you go around causing trouble, you don't have any plans of making a person out of yourself, you even make your mom worry all the time, just what do you want us to do?

I've tried everything, everything in my power to try to make you something, but you keep ruining my plans with your behavior. Just how did you end up like this? We didn't neglect you or ignore your attitude during your childhood; we were always there to guide and correct you; just where did things go wrong?

If one day…I'm no longer here, who will protect your mom and your sister? Who will shield them from the…"

His father paused when he realized that his words were getting too serious.

"I'm sorry"

A low whisper sounded from Ivan's lips. His father stared at him for a few seconds, and he was surprised; this was the boy's first time apologizing during a lecture; he would usually even argue or try to justify his actions.

"Leave, go to your room" his father voiced out after a few seconds.

Ivan quietly stood up and walked in the direction of the stairs, he paused just before he could take the first step.

"I'm sorry for all the wrongs I've done, I'll do better from now on"

Ivan said without looking back before climbing up.

His father continued to stare at the empty space where Ivan had been standing with wide eyes.

In Ivan's room, Ivan rested his back on the door with both eyes closed. Discover more content at empire

"I'll do better, I promise" Ivan mumbled repeatedly.