Chapter 1 - REBIRTH
"Ughhh!" he groaned uncomfortably as his right arms stretched out onto the air.
He felt a heavy object pressing down on him but it immediately dissipated while a light shone down on his consciousness.
He panted heavily as he opened his eyes and saw his stretched right arm. His sweat slid down from his forehead to his cheeks.
"What's happening? Didn't I die from explosion?" he frowned and looked around the room he was in.
This room... It felt familiar yet unfamiliar to him. Wasn't this his room before the kidnapping happen?
"Wait... Why am I here?" he thought. He tried recalling his memories and realized that he went back in time.
From his previous life, he thought that he was an orphan but was later found by the eldest son of the Sacrado Family at the age of 10.
He was the youngest son of Sacrado Family and they named him - Ariel Sacrado.
He was not treated coldly nor warmly by his biological father and brother except his so-called biological mother, Grayshelle Fortich Sacrado.
At the age of 16, he was kidnapped by five black masked men, together with another young man.
They demanded a 30 million ransom money in exchange to his life.
He didn't know if the transaction was successful or it failed because the kidnappers found a buyer and sold him to the Nightmare Island after the kidnappers escaped with him while the another young man was left behind.
However when he personally investigated the incident 15 years later, he found out that his biological father didn't even bother to collect a random money to redeem him because the one who answered the call that day was an unknown woman.
The Nightmare Island was where they trained their slaves into a human weapon in different categories.
There were snipers, martial artists, cook, prostitutes and many other field of professions that could be taken advantage of when eliminating a target without being spotted by the authorities.
Ariel belonged to the assassin group, which they generally learned all professions, but only few slaves were included in this group because of their uniqueness which he didn't know how the organization identify such "uniqueness" of trait.
When he was forced to join the Nightmare Island, his high IQ caught the attention of the organization's superiors and immediately nominated him to be the Last Assassin. This brought many dissatisfaction among the aspirant assassin candidates.
He, who grew up as an orphan and was later found by the Sacrado Family, was unable to undergo vigorous training because he already almost reached the adult age and the Sacrado Family solely focused on developing and expanding in Business Industry.
As he expected, his father didn't bother to let him learn any martial arts nor let him learned any courses related to business.
That's why he was mocked by his colleagues because of his weak body constitution but was later knock down by him in mental aspect because of his monstrous application of his high IQ whenever they were undergoing tactical trainings and missions.
Because of this, he vigorously trained his body constitution until he surpassed the other assassins. He was even known as BackUp Shadow.
His sole mission was to ensure the accomplishment of the other assassins' mission after they have failed to do so or if they backed out and treated as a traitor.
He sighed and shook his head. He slipped those memories to deep part of his mind.
Someone knocked to his door thrice while he felt complicated.
He felt that, although his flesh and blood belonged to the Sacrado Family but they never seemed to know his situations, especially his father.
His treatment to him as a youngest son was... like treating a guest in the house.
Fortunately, his mother was affectionate to him.
But what could his mother do? She's just a woman who depended on her husband after having an amnesia.
Her amnesia was caused by an airplane accident.
The Fortich Family had dispatched many men to located her whereabouts after her disappearance but they failed.
Unexpectedly, The Fortich Family's eldest son found her pregnant with Arthur Sacrado's youngest son while having an amnesia.
"It's time for dinner, Youngest Master Ariel"
A woman's voice said from behind the door. Although there was a trace of respect on her voice but it was like calling the guest to come down for dinner.
He felt even more complicated. Their treatment to him couldn't be compare to a complicated patient who just have 50-50 percent of chance in living.
Meaning, they neither treated him as part of Sacrado Family but a guest who was staying with them.
Too different... Like they hadn't find the youngest son but a young man who disguised himself as one.
"Okay. I'll be right there"
He indifferently said and sat up. He yawned and felt like everything that happened from previous life was just a longest dream he ever had.
He sighed again and immediately accepted the change of reality right now.
Suddenly, a loud ring sounded throughout his room.
He jolted up in vigilance and pouted as he realized that he exaggerated because of the phone.
He followed where the sound was and found it under the bed.
He didn't doubt why it was under the bed as he didn't recall his previous habits before the kidnapping happened.
He used his fingerprint to unlock the phone and saw that the Google related apps were grouped together in one folder while the other known social media apps were also grouped together in another folder.
There was no game application in his smartphone as he was not fond of playing online games like any other teens out there.
"Pinsan, are you there? Tita is looking for you downstairs"
A young man's voice said behind the door without knocking but his voice seemed impatient.
"I'll be right there!"
He slid down his smartphone to his pocket, immediately changed his clothes and went downstairs.
In the dining room, Ariel saw his family and felt the warmth coming out of their laughters when his Auntie Grace and cousin Arturo were narrating their experiences during the vacation trip last week to his father like they were talking to the Patriarch of the family.
Although the Patriarch seat was obtained by his father, but his Aunt and Arturo were not part of Sacrado Family.
When have all of these started?
Suddenly quietened when he entered the dining room.
The whole dining room became colder than the winter season and he frowned. He recalled this moment in his memories from previous life.
Oh... He forgot.
His father didn't show any paternal affection to him but he smiled and joked with Arturo and Auntie Grace, although the Mistress of the House, Grayshelle Fortich Sacrado, was squinting and frowning in front them.
This was also the time when he his eldest cousin, Arturo Sandoval, requested to exchange his smartphone to school admission in Philippine Military Academy.
Everyone knows that his goal was to enter the Philippine Military Academy so he unhesitatingly gave his smartphone to his cousin and he got the school admission in PMA.
He was ecstatic that finally his dream came true but when the first day of school started, a rumor about him going through the back door, spread in the entire school.
He was angry and recalled that only his family, auntie Grace and Arturo knew the truth behind it.
Unexpectedly, whenever he tried to explain, no one believed him.
He realized everything that these were his cousin's schemes after knowing that the former Commanding General didn't tell the PMA the truth but covered it up and even expelled him
After all, the former Commanding General was the grandfather of his cousin, Arturo Sandoval.
So, everything made sense!