Of all the contingencies plans I had made, none of the had taken into consideration something like this happening, too many prying eyes are pointed towards me, towards him.
I could feel it, creeping into my skin, they think I have a weakness, someone that I hold dear that they can use as a way to contain me, but they are wrong, they are so fucking wrong.
This man stopped being my father a long time ago, doesn't matter how clean he becomes, how well-mannered, how gentle, how perfect he tries to be, I will always and forever see him for what he is, a fucking piece of shit that I would gladly erase from existence.
But I can't do it, its disappearance would lead to more problems, I suddenly get back and he disappears, I also would get suspicious at something like this.
But what do I do now? Do I insult him? Show everyone what he truly is, would fall perfectly into the traumatized character I am trying to impersonate.
" You are sorry? YOU ARE SORRY? HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE SAID THOSE WORDS ONLY TO RECEIVE A BOTTLE RIGHT IN MY FACE." I said while a notification warned me of a level-up in acting.
" I-" He tried to say something but I didn't let him, wanting to attract sympathy toward me instead of him.
" I WAS FUCKING 5, WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE? MOM DIED BECAUSE OF CANCER AND IT WAS MY FAULT?"
Thanks to my control over my body I forced tears to form in my eyes, adding even more spice to the acting.
" I WAS A KID, A KID IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE MISTAKES AND DRINK MILK, A KID SHOULDN'T WISH FOR DEATH, AND FOR HIS FATHER REMEMBERS TO GIVE HIM FOOD."
I take a deep sigh while drying the fake tears knowing that my act was working.
With a much calmer and numb voice, I look at him and say.
" You can be sorry, I won't stop you, you can change, I won't stop you, you can remarry, have other kids, or do what the fuck you want to do, I won't stop you, but don't search for forgiveness."
Faking anger I rush towards the exit, hitting his shoulder with mine on purpose and making him fall, his body currently numb by what I had said and his eyes empty like glass.
' Another problem dealt with, there is a chance he will kill himself, let's hope not, I would have to go to his funeral if he does, I seriously need to learn a cloning skill or magic, science created ones could lead to more problems then what I can handle.'
" You can that what you said wasn't all acting." I hear Bastet whisper in my ear.
' The best lie is made by both the truth and the lie.'
" You are one sick one being." It says, less jokingly than other times.
'We are sick, it's how we deal with this sickness that makes us different.'
I could feel several beings trying to follow me, all from different organizations or groups.
Using Control I make the hearts of the ones sent by Hydra explode, while the others got distracted by their coms suddenly screaming inside their ear, letting me activate Shadow Veil and then spam Blink to get me back home.
Testing to be sure I checked the surrounding area 4 times to see any kind of suspicious person or being, and after not seeing anyone I finally was able to relax.
Relax as in continue working on my planetary scale spying system " World Eye".
But before doing that I decided to test out an item I had by the last big quest not used until now.
I take out from my inventory what can be described as a normal-looking old book.
As soon as I opened it a question formed inside my mind.
*What do you seek?*
'Magic'
The book started transforming and rapidly growing, and if it kept growing it would have filled the whole house.
'Stop.'
It immediately stopped and reversed to its original state.
'Gotta be more specific, got it.'
I touched the book again and thought 'Magical Theory for Apprentice'
It started growing like before much more slowly, and after 30 seconds it turned into a child-sized book with at the bare minimum 1000 pages.
I opened it and started reading its content, finding what was written in it much more useful than anything I had ever theorized or done.
And after reading the whole thing, which only took 10 minutes, thanks brain that can process information like 5 Quantum Computers.
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You have gained the perk: Apprentice Magician
Apprentice Magician
You are a Magician Jack, thanks to your theoretical studies you were able to unlock this perk.
Effect: -30% Magical Skills cost, +30% Magical Skills Power, you are able to Double Cast
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My eyes glowed at this, this meant that the further I advance my theoretical knowledge in magic, the better this perk would become.
I returned the book to its original state, and this time wished to know all the types of magic I could study and their grades.
The grades went like this: Basic, Apprentice, Intermediate, Advanced, Archmage, Master
And the categories for magic were practically infinite, Elementalism, Blood Magic, Alchemy, Chaos, Shadow, Darkness, Demonism, Eldritch, Divine and the list goes on and on.
Some of those are locked either because I am not a demon or angel, or because I do not want to sign a pact.
Others on the other hand.
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Elementalism Lv.1
The first step as an Avatar, you can control the mana flowing inside the elements you are to control their movements and grant their effects to normal mana.
Current controllable elements: Air, Fire, Earth, Water
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Wanting to test it out I order the mana present in the air to lift my body, I feel a big chunk of my mana being used and some of it being constantly absorbed but I also felt my body lifting from the ground.
' I am flying... ok more like gliding, this only means that I have some more grinding to do.'