(Bryan Gale)
I just laid there, next to the corpses of my parents. Should I... do something now? Why? What's even the point of trying now?
"Haahaha! That's what you get for bumping into me! Have you learned from your mistakes now?!"
Before me, I could see a black silhouette stepping out of the bushes, with multiple larger silhouettes behind the figure.
Of course, it was the prince that I bumped into just a few hours ago. The larger silhouettes are probably just his henchmen.
While slowly walking closer to me, I could progressively see more details of the prince and his henchmen, although all the henchmen had a black suit on with a mask.
One of the henchmen visibly grimaced through the mask.
"Your highness, what should we do with this kid?"
"What should you do?! Obviously murder him! He shouldn't even be allowed to breath the same air as me!"
"...As you wish, your highness." All of the henchmen said in unison.
As I was waiting for my death, I felt a small sting near my neck, and I could feel a small bit of liquid dripping down my neck, but compared to the pain of suddenly losing my parents, this pain was negligible.
The prince frowned.
"Hey, why is he still alive! What was that pitiful attack! Now actually try, or I will have my father fire you all!"
I immediately felt small gusts of wind trying to cut me all over my body, but after the third cut on my body, I couldn't even feel pain from the attacks anymore. All I felt was a bit of wind and an annoying clanging sound of metal hitting metal.
This continued for a few minutes, until I finally stood up and took a few steps into the direction of the prince.
The prince was shaking in anger at this point.
"You useless people! It's just a kid and you can't even-" Before the prince could finish speaking, he got picked up by a henchman. Although the henchman was running at about half the speed of sound, my eyes could still easily follow them. They somehow even looked quite slow to me.
The other henchmen followed after them, and I was left alone, right next to my burning house and parents who have long stopped breathing.
Then I just stood there, for who knows how long. It felt as if time itself had stopped moving. I just couldn't accept this reality. There was no way right? How could so much change in the matter of minutes? I didn't want to believe what happened was real, so I just waited. Waited for something to change, for something to slap me awake from this nightmare. Minutes, hours, maybe even days passed without me moving an inch from my position.
'Save yourself', 'You have to surv-', as I remembered my mother's last words, I knew that I should try to live. To get past this incident and just forget it in the future. That's probably what my parents would want for me to do, so I tried.
I dragged my feet over the cold earth and picked up my mother's corpse. Then I went over to my father's corpse and put them both next to each other.
After that, I hugged them. I hugged them both and I cried.
"WAAAAAAA...Haaaaa...Please, don't leave me! Don't leave me alone here! Mom! Dad! Please!"
I broke down. I cried out all the tears that I will ever have in my life. After standing still on the same spot for days, I finally accepted the truth. My parents were never coming back, and I was all alone now.
'So... what now?'
****
[One day ago]
(The King)
~knock~ ~knock~
Suddenly I heard one of my servants frantically knock on the door.
"Enter." I said with enormous authority in my voice.
"Your majesty! There is important information involving his highness, prince Richard."
I frowned when I heard my son's name. 'What happened during his short vacation?'
My servant noticed my glare and continued speaking.
"Prince Richard got involved in an accident and murder two people."
When will that boy finally learn his lesson? Since this isn't the first time this has happened this month it shouldn't be so important, right?
"So? That can easily be solved with his authority. Don't tell me that's all?"
"No, your majesty! The weird part was when prince Richard went to kill their child. The prince's henchmen could barely scratch him, and that was after all of them attacked him at the same time! Since he saw his parents getting murdered by the prince, he has enough reason to betray the country and cause mayhem when he grows up. And since none of the henchmen could severely hurt him, it means his defensive capabilities are extremely high, especially for his young age. He could become a menace to the country when he grows up."
'Hmmm, even if this information is true, only having a strong defense won't cause much damage to the country, even when he grows up. What worries me is the possibility of him not only having a good defense, but also having extremely strong offensive capabilities. If that's the case, then I should immediately remove him.'
"Alright, make sure to have him killed by the end of this week. We can't have such dangerous talents staying alive in this country."
The servant showed a proud look on his face.
"Yes, your majesty! I won't disappoint you!"
"You may leave now."
'Haaaaa... I just hope this won't give me more trouble in the future.'
****
(Bryan Gale)
'I guess... I should get some food now.'
Strangely, I didn't feel hungry or thirsty, even though I haven't eaten in days.
When I tried to stand up, I noticed that my feet suddenly sunk into the ground.
Not even a second passed and I could feel a hand on my neck, seemingly trying to choke me and a variety of different attacks, from fireballs and earth spikes hitting my body. Strangely I didn't feel uncomfortable in this situation. It felt like nothing could happen to me, even if I didn't try to move or resist.
When the attackers noticed that choking and attacking me didn't seem to work, they tied my hands behind my back with rope and blindfolded me. Next I could feel myself getting picked up and put in some sort of bag.
'... Well this situation is a bit dangerous. I probably should have expected that I wasn't in a safe place. I should try to escape right now, right?'
When I tried to untie my hands, it naturally didn't work. But when I tried it again, the rope tying my hands immediately broke. Next I removed my blindfold and got out of the bag.
'Where am I? Are they using a car to transport me? Did they really just throw me next to the luggage?'
"Hey, are we bringing the kid back with us? I mean, is this really needed?"
"What do you mean extreme? We got the order to murder the child and none of our attacks worked on him. I didn't even see a drop of blood fall off of his body."
"Ssshhh. The kid can still hear us, even if he can't move. Stay silent."
From the conversation that I just overheard, I could tell that my kidnappers were taking me to some kind of place where they were planning to murder me.
'It seems like normal attacks somehow can't harm me, but I don't want to push my body to the limit when we arrive at this place.'
It was extremely dark under the tailgate of the car and I couldn't see anything, so I just started to touch everything to try to get out of the car.
'Ah, looks like I finally found a way out.'
Applying a bit of force on my hands while pushing the wall-like thing I found, I could finally see the sunlight.
"Huh, what's happening! The car's malfunctioning!"
"Watch out! We're going to crash!"
Turns out I was just pushing the inside of the car and easily broke through its metal body.
Jumping out of the hole I just made on the side of the car, I crashed on the ground and stood up, like I didn't just jump out of a car going around a hundred kilometers per hour.
'So, am I just really talented or did I become superman?'
Without even being able to take my first step, I felt the ground under my feet turn liquid.
'This is the same attack pattern that they just used to kidnap me, isn't it?'
Without even turning my head to look behind me, I moved my hand to the air around the back of my neck. Then I just closed my hand, and I could feel my hand grabbing someone's wrist. Without wasting a second, I used more force to close my hand completely. Behind me, I could hear bones cracking, and in my hand I felt flesh turn into mush.
"Aaaaahh! This kid's a monster!"
Turning my head around while easily pulling my legs out of the ground, I looked at my hand that just pulverized someone's wrist.
I frowned at what I saw.
"Eww, this is a bit gross. I definitely don't want to do that again."
Then I looked at the kidnapper on the ground screaming in pain and the other kidnappers behind him warily looking at me.
"Well, good try guys. Better luck next time."
Then, without waiting for a response, I sprinted out of there. I was easily going above the speed of sound.
"Yup, definitely superman."