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"Stop playing with those things, grandfather. Those are dangerous."
Skye said as he took his grandfather's wrist and wave it up and down, panicking a bit. After a bit of waving, the flames were put out, not even a smoke were left.
Seeing the unbelieving and panicky eyes of Skye, old man Kristoff sighed and closed his eyes.
'I'm certain that this brat is smart, but he's to factual. It seems I have to wait a little bit more. I've even prepared a speech. How frustrating.' Old man Kristoff thought.
"Bring me back to my room, child. I want to take a nap."
Skye then brought old man Kristoff to his room. He then helped his grandfather to lay in his bed and wait for the old man to sleep before calling his uncle Tom to help check on the old man.
After staying for some hours, Tom told Skye to go back to school since he can still make it back for the afternoon class. Skye was reluctant to go, seeing that his grandfather was unstable at the moment. He's afraid that the moment he leaves, something bad would happen to the old man. But after a bit of persuasion, Skye decided to go back. He looked back at his grandfather one more time then entered the elevator.
…
After the elevator door closed, the old man opened his eyes.
"I did not think that explaining things to him would fail. He's matured but not enough, he would not be able to survive in that place." Old man Kristoff said, looking towards the elevator door.
"Indeed, Your Majesty. But that place is the perfect environment for him to develop further. He has incredible affinities with Mahika, and this world martial arts are good foundation for the young master."
"Hmm. How about Dustin?" Old man Kristoff nodded and looked towards Tom.
"His training is reaching its end. He will come back once he does. At that time, Your Majesty…"
"I know. It will be that time. be sure everything is prepared. Make sure that Dustin is ready too."
"By your will." Tom bowed and was about to leave when old man Kristoff said something."
"…Thomas, I thank you for your hard work for these past years."
After hearing what the old man said, Thomas footsteps halted. This time he didn't look towards the old man.
"No, Your Majesty. I haven't accomplished my duty. I couldn't protect my best friend and his wife. I couldn't protect my country. I failed as a soldier."
"It's inevitable, my son became the strongest human. The enemies couldn't stand being with someone like him. Greed can be controlled, but only to some extent. You cannot escape from your own self…" old man Kristoff paused for a bit, before continuing what he was about to say.
"… and you have failed no one, Thomas. Your duty was to ensure the safety of the heir. You completed your responsibility to your empire, and you accomplished your best friends dying wish. Your father would be so proud of you." Old man Kristoff paused again and spoke another line.
"My son is lucky to have a friend like you."
The old man then closed his eyes after saying those words, leaving the silent Thomas standing for a while. After some moments, Thomas faced the old man and dropped one of his one knee on the ground. One can notice the little sobs coming him.
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As Skye went out the hospital, he saw Alicia with two bodyguards standing beside his black Audi R8 X. They seem to already know that Skye is going back to school.
"Have a safe trip, young master. Remember to take your lunch." Alicia said as Skye walks towards his car.
"Thank you, Alicia." Skye answered back with a little smile. Then he turned on the engine and drove towards his school.
Skye, in school, is just an ordinary student. He scored average in all of his literary and physical exams. He placed exactly in the middle of the class rankings. In his class he has classmates who he hangs out with often in cyber café after school time. At least that's what he wants other people to think of him. No one knew that he was the grandson of the chairman of the Farra Empire Corporation except for the school principal.
Skye reached the school, parked his car and went towards the school building. The parking lot belongs mostly to the teachers, parents and the student's chauffeur's cars. Most fifteen years old doesn't have car of their own. After all, one need to be of eighteen years old to acquire one. His car was a gift from his grandfather on his fifteenth birthday, with it is a driver's license. He was dumbfounded at that time but still used the car nonetheless. No one knew Skye is driving a car in the school except for the teachers and the school bodyguards. (I smell corruption)
1:10 PM, 20 minutes before class starts. Skye decided to go to the cafeteria for a bit to have lunch before going to his classroom. As he entered the cafeteria, he noticed the smell coming from foods ordered by other students. By then only Skye noticed that he is really hungry.
Skye ordered spicy curry rice (Japanese Style) and a large iced tea. He then sat near the corner of the room where there are less people sitting. Skye seems to always sits in that place. As he was about to start, someone familiar entered the cafeteria. The familiar figure coincidentally, or not, looked towards his direction.
"Oh my, isn't it Skye? How are you since our break-up?" said someone with an almost angelic voice. Skye looked up and saw Jessica.
Jessica was his first girlfriend. She's one of the prettiest girl in the school. He was so happy when they were together, but he found out too late that she was just toying him. Fortunately, he did not tell his background.
Skye was not in a good mood, so he decided to ignore Jessica and started eating.
Displeased with Skye's action, Jessica decided to piss him off. She kept on blabbering on for some time until Skye's patience has run off.
Skye then coldly looked at Jessica.
"Fuck off."