He started reading the letter.
Keiichi,
Sorry for dumping you like this. You must have a lot of questions, while I can't answer most of them. I have left you two things-
1. Drop of my Blood with a sliver of my divinity.
2. An artefact to supplement your growth.
My blood will help you to awaken your bloodline on ingestion. I suggest drinking in an abandoned place. As for the book, drop your blood and you will know.
Your Grandfather,
Typhôeus
PS- Don't go looking for answers. You will know everything when the time comes. Get Stronger.
Keiichi was overwhelmed with the flow of things.
'Bastard.'
Then words appeared on the letter: Don't curse your grandfather and I believe you are smart enough to guess why I did what I did.
Keiichi rolled his eyes and sat on the couch. His gaze went to the Bottle and diary on the table. He decided to drink the blood. He wanted answers but he was weak.
He checked the time it was late at night. Deciding to find a place suitable for his awakening for his priority. Since that wasn't possible right now, he started going through the memories of his predecessor.
After digesting the memories of Oshiro Keiichi, he now had an understanding of the Oshiro family. It could have been called a harmonious family before tragedy struck.
His family consisted of 5 people. His parents, Oshiro Yasuo and Yuka, along with his 2 sisters, Haruko and Naoko.
He went into depression and isolated himself till the day he died. His mother and sisters tried to help him but they were also grieving. His mother lost her bubbly personality and became a workaholic. Haruko, his elder sister, was the one most hurt seeing him fall deeper decided ignore his existence. Naoko lost her father and big brother together and put up a wall. He died a truly a pathetic death and his family would never know.
"He is a bit like me", Keiichi muttered staring at the ceiling. He quickly fell asleep since he never had laid on such a comfortable bed. While he slept the letter crumbled into dust and disappeared.
He opened his eyes at 5:30 am sharp. This habit was ingrained in him since his labour days. He found all the remaining wounds had healed and he felt refreshed. He looked around and made a note to clean this dump of a room.
He quickly did his morning routine and got dressed. He packed both the blood bottle hand the diary along with some clothes. After that he took cleaning supplies, started tidying his room. It took him around 3 hours due to the amount of garbage collected in his room.
After taking in the sight of his clean and no longer smelly room, he checked his wallet and walked out of his room. He left the home quietly, not noticing a pair of eyes watching his movement with a hint of surprise.
"Brother", Naoko called him out as she watched him leave the house like a thief with an unusual expression on his face which made her scared. But he had already locked the door.
Keiichi thought he had heard something and looked around. Not finding anything he just picked up the pace and went to an abandoned school outside of Tokyo which he had found on Boogle.
Due to his low budget, he took the train as far as he could. He then boarded a taxi directly to the school. After a journey of 4 hours, he reached his destination and it had emptied his pockets.
He wandered around the place as if he was on a walk. The place was well maintained despite being abandoned. He didn't want anyone to stumble onto him while his awakening which might make them scared. After making multiple rounds he found no one in this place.
He went to the open ground and took out the blood bottle. He took a deep breath and gulped down the drop.
For the first five minutes, nothing happened. Then slowly his temperature started rising, steam rose from his body as it turned red. He gritted his teeth to stay awake. His consciousness was waning when his whole body caught fire.
Being burned alive, his screams were deafening. As the fire got hotter, its colour went from red to blue then finally it settled on black. Although it had been 5 mins since he started burning, he felt like an hour has passed. He fainted shortly after, turning to ash.
Some time later from the pile of ash, a black coloured baby bird with golden streaks came out. It had a feather sticking out his head. It tried to tried to take a flight but fell down after rising to a meter. The bird looked around with a confused expression.
'Cough.. cough, why is everything big now?'
He moved out of the ash pile and went to the window. He could see a little black bird covered in ash.
'Am I a crow? How do I turn back', the little bird stood there like a statue pondering on how to turn back.
He came out of his reverie 15 mins later finding himself human covered in ash again.
"So all I had to do was think about it. Quite useful if it wasn't for the fact I am naked."
He was quite surprised by the change his body had went through. He had become a lean young man with firm muscles. He could see his abs forming and the fat that covered his belly was nowhere to be found.
Earlier, he would have been somewhat handsome if not for the lack of exercise and his binge eating habits.
Now his face portrayed coldness with a beauty sculpted by gods. His brown hair turned pitch black and eyes became deep abysses that could swallow anyone. His build went from a small pudgy boy to a cold prince looking down on the world.
'I look different yet similar. I need a shower.'
Bringing clothes turned out to be the right decision, he had a feeling they will become useless.
"So I burned down and turned into ash. Black bird huh...Maybe I am a Phoenix of some kind."
He picked up his bag and went to the gymnasium's shower room.
After thoroughly cleaning himself, he got dressed. The diary came into his mind, something was telling him it would answer his doubts. But he had to leave asap, so he called up a taxi service and got out of the school.
Waiting for the taxi, he decided to call his aunt.
In his memories, he found out nobody really bothered to check on him except his maternal Aunt, Iida Mana. He could go by days missing and no one will find out. Maybe it was getting too tough for them seeing him like this.
"Hello Aunt Mana"
"Aunt Mana? Who are you and what have you done to my Keiichi?"
"...i need your help."
He could feel his aunt was pouting on the other side.
"Keiichi you sound different today. Are you.. alright?"
"Never felt better."
Hearing his drab tone, she felt he was not her Keiichi but in fact, he was feeling the best he ever had.
"Keiichi you feel different today."
"Different how?"
"You feel distant."
He sighed and said, "People change. Anyway Can you lend me some money?"
Due to his abrupt change of topic, she had no option but to let it go.
"Okay you can keep your secrets. Humph."
He could feel a headache coming.
"Alright. I will come to you soon. But for now, can you transfer some money to my account? I will pay you back."
He heard a sigh.
"Fine I will send you money. Is 5000 yen okay?"
"Yes that would be enough."
"Come to my place tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay Aunt Mana I will."
He smiled a little and cut the call.
He got in the taxi and said, "The train station, please."
Seeing as the driver wasn't paying any attention to him, he took the diary out.
He tried to open it but to no avail, so he cut his finger a bit and dropped his blood on it which got absorbed. The book started glowing which sent Keiichi into a panic. Luckily the driver didn't pay any attention.
Soon the diary turned stopped glowing and opened where the words appeared.
"Dark Phoenix's Diary."