It was a truly ominous day. one that when you saw, you would never leave your house.
Heavy rain, Dark clouds, thunders raged through the sky as if Thor and Zeus had a contest to see who could produce the strongest thunder of them all.
A young man was running for his life as he was chased down by many men.
"Stop right there you fucker" said a burly man chasing after the young boy with a weapon.
The young man didn't have the slightest intention of slowing down.
"What? no no no no no it can't be I still have many things to do." said the young boy with a face filled with despair eyes filled with rage and many, many regrets.
"Hahaha, you mother fucker you really reached a dead end in a city that is said to have none. you sure are an unlucky fucker." said a man that seemed like he was smaller than the other men who were burly and muscular but his fit body could be seen through his wet clothes.
*bang* *bang*
The burly men showered the young man with their shots.
The young boy's body was pierced by many bullets, his blood became one with rain as it formed a small pool of sour cherry juice around the young man.
"I...Wi..ll..Ha..unt..yo..u...for...the...rest...of...yo...ur...li...fe" said the young boy as he drew his last breath before dying.
He had many regrets he had made two grave mistakes.
1 leaving the safe compound of his grandfather just to arrogantly go and announce his existence while trying to seek revenge on his father.
2 Thinking that he was some hot shit that could handle himself in real life.
Well, he did make many other grave mistakes but these two were definitely the biggest ones.
"Mr.Cyrus? Mr.Cyrus? Is my lesson that boring that even you are sleeping during my classes now?" said a male teacher playfully poking fun at his best student.
Cyrus woke up with a head-splitting headache he felt he was going to die from this headache.
When Cyrus opened his eyes he was shocked, what was he doing here? why was he in his high school? Didn't he get shot? Didn't he die as he promised to haunt that fucker? What about his promise to haunt him then?
"Sorry, Mr.Philip my head hurts can I head to the nurse's office?"
"Don't tell me you also have fallen for our nurse? like our other fallen student's" said the teacher.
"NOOOO we have another rival this time it's the rich kid of the Shahmanesh family" Cyrus's close friend poked fun at him.
The teacher saw the pale expression of his favorite and best student and agreed to his demand sending him to the place many deemed heaven.
Cyrus slowly made his way towards the nurse's office as he held his head feeling like it would explode anytime now.
*knock* *knock*
"You may come in" replied a gentle voice to Cyrus's knock on the door.
Cyrus opened the door and the gentle voice turned to a seductive and provoking one that would even turn an old man's stick into a log.
"Oh my if it isn't my little Cyrus come here you look awf~ul." saying this the sexy lady with her curvy body and big bust approached the young boy.
She was thick, double C thick her long and straight blonde hair reached her waist.
Her icy blue eyes were soo shiny and beautiful that would captivate even the purest man. her face? don't even make me start, she was soo beautiful that let alone men even straight females could fall for her, just looking at her for more than 10 seconds was enough to end any relationship that was said to be everlasting. heck, even Romeo would ditch Juliet for her.
Even in the legendary Persian tale of Khusrow and Shirin, the one that pesky Farhad decided to jump into their love, making it a love triangle, and decided to carve a palace from a mountain to prove his love for Shirin? even he would fall for her in less than 10 seconds.
That's how seductive and beautiful Roxana looked.
Roxana closed the distance between her and Cyrus then put her hands on Cyrus's face holding his cheek and said "Oh darling you really look pale want me to cure you"
As if her seductive voice wasn't enough her cleavage right in front of Cyrus's face didn't help with anything.
One of his heads was bursting open with immense pain while the other head tried to free himself from the prison called pants.
"Roxana I don't really feel good can you write a report for me to take my leave"
Roxana greeted the smaller Cyrus with her right hand and said:
"Oh darling I can help you with your problems you don't need to take your leave I'm here for you"
Cyrus knew her more than anyone in this world and said: "1000 and write my report"
Roxana hardened her grip on the little fella and said: "Its okay cutie I will cure you"
Cyrus who lost all of his strength and had problem breathing only mustered up enough strength to say 2 words: "Five...Tho.....usand"
Roxana let the other guy go and kissed Cyrus on his cheeks and wrote his report.
Cyrus took the report to the principal's office and got his permission to leave.
After getting in his limousine he laid down closing his eyes as his headache finally started to subside.
"Young master it seems like that bi... ehm that vixen acted mischievously again"
"Oh, Arvin for fucks sake when did she ever act like a normal proper bodyguard?"
"That's not that true though, young master, she only acts like that whenever she is around you, only if you saw her back in her mercenary days."
As Cyrus and his trustworthy bodyguard, Arvin made some small talks they reached their multi-billion dollar mansion.
One that was soo big, modern, and advanced that you wouldn't even imagine in your wildest dreams.
As soon as the door opened a worried grandma rushed toward Cyrus.
"Are you okay sweetie I received a call that you are sick want me to call the doctors?"
"I'm fine grandma I will be good after a quick nap"
"Vida make some mint tea for him to relax a bit" Grandma called out to one of the maids.
"Yes, Mrs.Esther right away," the maid said and quickly went to the kitchen.
As Cyrus was making his way toward his room he saw his oldest uncle using an advanced 3d hologram AI to research the upcoming game called "Roya Online".
"Uncle still researching the new game that's coming out?"
Rostam was shocked beyond belief and just froze for a second before replying:
"Ye...Yeah, Father said that this new game is going to be the hottest thing yet, and take over the markets for the next few decades, me and your other two uncles are tasked with establishing a massive guild and have a foothold inside the game"
"What? even little uncle is going to join in? wasn't he trying to become the demon lord and have a private succubus legion on the other game?"
"Oh, that idiot... he failed and the reason why he is willing to help is that there are many more sexy races in this new game" Rostam replied while still being in disbelief Rostam's secretary and wife who were sitting next to him were looking at him with a surprised expression, the maids and grandmother? they were just frozen in place.
Cyrus didn't realize their expression, he got on the elevator and went to his private floor.
"Mo...Mother, is he really okay? are you sure you don't want to call the doctor?" said Rostam with a genuinely worried expression.
"Well let's wait if he wakes up and talks about games we will call the doctors" Esther replied genuinely worried about his adored grandson.
At this point, it was common knowledge in Norway that you can't talk about video games in front of Cyrus.
Why? Because his father left the family after Cyrus was born what was the reason he left the family? "I can't be bothered raising a kid and play lovey-dovey with my girlfriend cause I'm the best gamer and can't spare time for generic shit"
The abrupt leave made Cyrus's mother seriously depressed and she blamed Cyrus as the sole reason that her boyfriend left her behind and left the country.
Benjamin Cyrus's grandfather tried his best to kill Johnatan aka Cyrus's father but he couldn't get his hands on him as he already had built a multi-trillion-dollar empire. Cyrus's mother loathed Cyrus to the point that she never even took care of him Esther Cyrus's grandmother and auntie were the ones that raised him.
For this very reason, Cyrus hated anything virtual-related, with a passion, and it was taboo to talk to him about playing games and other things.
That night everyone in the Shahmanesh household was talking with surprise and shock to each other about how Cyrus nonchalantly talked about games.
Two people were happy about this news as they hoped Cyrus would hop on the game and play with them together. First, being Sohrab aka little uncle second, Armita Cyrus's cousin that was 2 years older than him.
Both Sohrab and Armita really wanted Cyrus to play games with them but he never wanted to do so and they didn't try to persuade him.(Armita is a female name)
Also, why is Sohrab called little uncle?
Armita is the oldest grandchild of the household being 19 years old, and Sohrab? well, he is 20 years old.
Benjamin is a firm believer of pull and pray, you lose, some you win some is Benjamin's motto.
But Benjamin never considered Sohrab a loss as he was more of an older brother that protected the two grandchildren rather than a strict uncle.
In the family overall happiness was extremely high as they had nothing to worry about and had everything they ever wanted, being part of one of the richest families to ever set foot on earth was something that many dreamed about.
But the only unhappy person was Cyrus's mother Atoosa and she kept herself hidden on her private floor.
Cyrus was laying on his bed while playing with his favorite tennis ball throwing it up and catching it as it came down.
He was deep in thoughts: "What was going on? was he really back in the past? is this some sort of dream where he faces the regrets of his life?
Cyrus wasn't the smartest person he finally flipped and yelled: "Fuck who cares if its a dream I will make that mother fucker cry begging me while I step all over his so-called gaming Empire AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"
He finally calmed down letting out frustration was always the best feeling in the world.
"THIS TIME I WON'T BE DUMB ENOUGH TO COME 1 ON 1 YOU BITCH I HAVE MY GRAMPS"
Cyrus yelled before resolving himself to take over Roya online as he had done before and become the best once again.
Today's date was 20th May of 2202, exactly 3 days before Johnatan Aaron aka Cyrus's father made a public announcement about moving to Roya Online from the game he was playing.
On the 27th of May 2202, Roya Online would officially launch.
Cyrus now only wanted to plan how he would make his move on Roya Online.