After having a talk with Thomas and Monica's parents, the car was already waiting. The king asked if they need anything, Thomas asked for a bottle of champagne from the bar, while Monica asked for some food. They went inside fast food shop and ate, while Thomas stayed in the car and enjoyed his alcohol. When they came back, Thomas had already started a second bottle.
"Wow, you do like drinking, don't you?" Joseph asked. Thomas ignored him again.
Monica sat near him and pinched his hand. "Show some manners!"
When they finally entered the castle's territory, Monica became excited, while Thomas stared into his phone, reading criminal news. He was reading about a serial killer necromancer in the holy kingdom who revives the dead and uses them to kill people they knew. "Interesting"
"So, how do you like the royal castle? This will be your new home" the king smiled.
"It is beautiful before I only saw it on the television!!" Monica's eyes sparkled. She was so excited about living in a royal castle, that she forgot all her anxiety due to being near the king.
"I am glad that you like it." The king was happy to see that Monica finally relaxed. However, he couldn't figure out what Thomas is thinking. "What about you Thomas?"
"It's fine" Thomas still stared into his phone. Right now he was chatting with Olivia and told her all about his new home. She was sad, that he lives in the capital, but remembered he can use spatial magic, so they can meet whenever he is available.
"Girlfriend?" The king became curious. The question made Thomas blush.
"She will be!" Thomas replied with confidence.
"Let me tell you this. If you will do good at school, she can be allowed to live with you" The king told him. Thomas out of surprise dropped his phone and blushed even further.
"You mean… uhh… By together… With… Olivia" Thomas's mind was blown and he began imagining marrying Olivia, living together, and having kids, which further increased the red color on his face.
The king was shocked about how tamed Thomas is when he thinks about that girl Olivia. He understood it will be practically impossible to marry his daughter to him unless she can be a second wife. After they went inside the castle, the king took them on a tour trip around it. After it, Thomas went straight to his room and there ended up chatting with Olivia for almost the whole night.
*At the same time in the Holy kingdom*
Isaac flew around the city in his energy form, till he found the hospital that Jim was in. He went straight to his ward. There he found peacefully sleeping Jim. Isaac decided to check his memories, he wanted to see what kind of person he is. While doing it, he was shocked. Jim, was a childhood friend of Elisabeth. She never told Isaac this, but before Jim was comatose, they spent all the time together. They both were non-awakeners, so they had a lot in common. Issac was happy. He felt like this was destiny. Elisabeth's childhood friend and her lover soon will be one and the same person. He will not take over Jim's body, he will fuse with him.
"Pretty soon my friend. We will get revenge for her death." Isaac smiled. His red eyes shined while his hair turned white.
He teleported away. There he found a powerless homeless person being beaten up almost to death by three police officers. His crime wasn't big, he only steal some bread from the grocery store, but the manager framed him for trying to rob the cash register. Police officers knew that this can't be the case, but they were bored and decided to vent on this poor young person. Despite having messy hair and a big beard, this man was in his mid-twenties at most. Isaac checked his memories like he always does, and knew this was not a malicious person, so he decided to help him out.
"Do you want to live?"Isaac asked him. "Do you want to be free from this curse of being weak, unwanted, and powerless?"
Despite being kicked hard in the face, the man no longer felt any pain. Something was protecting him. He knew it must be the person in his head. He realized, if he can talk in his head, maybe he can hear his thoughts so he asked "Who are you?"
"I am god. And I will give you a gift. You can refuse, but then these people most likely will kill you" Isaac spoke to him and gave him an offer. "I want you to be my angel. In fact, you will become my archangel. But you have to accept my power, you have to accept my gift. Honestly, you can refuse, I would find someone else."
"I… I want it… I… I want to live." The man said it out loud. "I WANT YOUR POWER, PLEASE, GIVE IT TO ME!!!!" He began to shout.
This shocked the police officers. They remembered the fact where powerless people began to get holy powers, so they became cautious and stepped away from him. They knew it might be him just going insane, but they did not want to risk it. However, as soon as the beggar stood up, holy light shines from his body. He grew three pairs of wings. He began smiling.
"So, this what it means, to be an awakened." The smile turned into a grin, as his wings spread and countless feathers began surrounding horrified officers.