Kai had a lot of fun in the past two days, he and Angela played a lot of games while safekeeping the store. Nathan even visited his house for the first time yesterday accompanied by his personal servant slash bodyguard. He was taught by Kai how to welcome customers, which he obviously wasn't good at because his tone is naturally arrogant sounding, well at least he tried his best to not make customers feel uncomfortable.
Kai's classes just finished for the day and he is currently in the school bus on the way home. When the bus reached his house, he and Angela got off at the same time and cheerfully ran towards the house. When Kai saw the closed sign in the door of the store he was confused, because Uncle Frank should be tending to the store at this time.
Even though he is confused, Kai still opened the door and looked for him along with Angela. When they saw that he's not downstairs, they went upstairs and Kai was overjoyed when he heard his father's voice.
"Dad! You're finally home!" Kai excitedly shouted then ran towards the voice. When he reached his parent's room he saw his Dad and Uncle Frank just sitting around and talking quietly, while his mother is in the bed asleep with a sleeping baby.
When Gary saw the two kids, he hurriedly but quietly said, "Shhh, be quiet your mother is sleeping".
Kai nodded and walked towards the bed quietly. "Is she my sister?" he asked his father while pointing at the baby beside his mother. "So cute! What's her name?".
"Her name is Kurena, cute right? just like her." - Gary
"Yes!" Kai excitedly said but when he realized that his voice might be too loud he said sorry, which made the two adults laugh.
"Now that Angela is here, I think we should go home now," Frank said while taking Angela's hands.
"Can I stay? I wanna play with Kurena." - Angela
"No. Can't you see? she's asleep you can just visit another day, come on let's go home." - Frank
"Okay, bye Kai I'll visit tomorrow and play with you guys." - Angela
"Bye bye" - Kai
After the two left, Kai finally looked at his sister's status screen and was a bit shocked by her status:
*****
Name: Kurena Keros
Age: 0
Level: 1
Max Level: 27
Affinity: Lava | Feline
Talent: Lava Manipulation [Common] (Upgradable)
Familiar/s:
*****
Lava Manipulation [Common] (Upgradable) - the ability to control any kind of Lava.
Effects:
1. Any Lava in the vicinity of the user can be controlled at will.
*****
Kai had never seen someone with an upgradable talent, as her brother he decided that he will help her upgrade her talent up to the point that she cannot upgrade it anymore. When he informed his father about her talent, he was also very shocked, he feels so blessed.
Just having a very talented son like Kai, is already a miracle for him, because he isn't talented at all and so was his wife. He would even understand it if his daughter is totally normal because he feels that his luck is already used up when he learned of Kai's talents. Hearing that his daughter is also very talented is absurd for the talentless him. It really makes him question if he was really the father of the two.
However, instead of doubting about their connection he just attributed having talented children to his luck, he just loves his family so much.
"Come on, let your mother sleep, she's very tired from having to give birth to your sister, you can tend to the shop in the meantime." - Gary
"Okaay, sleep well mom, sleep well Kurena" - Kai
After tucking the girls in, the two boys went and did their own tasks in the house. Gary cleaned the house while Kai went downstairs and tended to the customers coming in the store.
When night came, Kai dutifully closed the store and went upstairs. When Gary saw Kai coming in the kitchen, he greeted him and made him wait while he cooks their dinner.
"Dad, can I help? You said mom is very tired, I wanna help her get better," Kai asked.
When Gary heard that, he was touched and proud. It's like watching his playful son maturing little by little. He taught Kai how to peel some vegetables, while he cut them with his knife. He also let Kai stir the soup that they are cooking.
Unknown to them, Karen was already in the table and watching the two boys bonding over cooking.
When Kai finally saw her, he was overjoyed and immediately ran towards her and hugged her. "Mom! You're finally awake! Dad said that you are very tired so I helped him cook the soup," Kai bragged.
Karen patted his head, "That's very good, will you let me taste it? I wanna know how good of a cook my son is".
The family had a very fun night, Kai talked about what happened to him in the 2 days that they were gone, while the couple were happily listening to him recounting his adventures.