David opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was her mother playing with her sister on their tablet.
They still didn't notice him and he turned his head around, expecting someone to be there as well but he's not there.
The person he wanna see the most is not around.
"Mom, Elly." David spoke up while slowly standing up. His body feels great, he didn't expect to feel this way.
"David? You really wake up after 3 days. Thank God." His mom hug him out while her sister were just looking at him with sharp gaze.
"You really did take your time sleeping brother. Do you know that your absence put a lot of work to the others? Even father where asking me to do some of the work that usually Kuya Charlie where assigned to do." Elly said.
David where not shock to hear that from Elly. It's already pretty obvious from the very beginning that if David is out, Charlie will take his job. Elly was probably doing paper works now that Charlie is occupied.
"Where's Archie? He's not here?"
David ask out of curiosity.
"He visits every day briefly to check you out but rightnow he is not in the country. There are some videos and sightings of him in social media restoring Cities from one country to another. I don't know when will he return." His mom replied.
David just look down on the floor feeling disappointed. He knows how important Archie's job is but he still couldn't get off the feelings of disappointment that Archie didn't visit him by the time that he wakes up.
David could feel Archie's mana in the surrounding, surely Archie knows by now that he is already awake.
"Is anything wrong? Are you not feeling alright?" His mom asks.
David look at her mother and smiled.
"I'm feeling great, just a little hungry but I didn't feel any pain in my body. Is there anything to eat here mom?" David ask while changing his shirt right in front of his mother and sister who doesn't mind him.
His mind was still full of Archie, he knows how workaholic that one is. He probably won't return unless he finishes his work.
"There are, should we bring them here or you will just go downstairs?"
"I'll just go downstairs. Tell me what happened while I'm sleeping Elly."
The family goes downstairs while Elly, the youngest child of the Soreso's house where narrating all the events that happened while he was sleeping.
A lot of things happened while he was not around and his guild has recruited several A- rank hunters with the help of his secretary and Charlie, who were doing most of the work while he's not around. According to Elly, his public appearance in the Media and the news of his involvement in the Marinduque Incident as well as his SS rank, attracted the attention of those A rankers.
She also added that the footage of the Marinduque will be release in public as well to promote a good image of Hunters in the country.
Elly also reported that their father was against it because it will reveal their skills in public which can be used against them later on. But the government ignore his warning and just promise to remove some scenes to prevent important information from leaking, making their accept it although he is still a little displease since David only has 1 skill and has nothing to hide, unlike the rest.
The family of three eat together since both the father of the family and the 2nd son was not around.
Suddenly David received a call from his phone and he immediately pick it up. Expecting Archie to contact him, but to his dismay, another name where on the screen.
David answer the phone call and listen to the other side.
"David bro, let's hung out at our usual place. You didn't contact us for quite some time already. We wanna know about your awakening and other stuff, it seems like you become a big shot now." His friend said on the other line.
"I'll be there in a few minutes." David hung up and stood up in his seat.
"Where are you going? Are you going to drink with your friend Mike again? Can you just stop seeing him brother. He's not a good influence." Elly lectured him, while his mother who was suppose to do that look at Elly.
"What? I'm just imitating you mother. I know you were going to say that to Kuya David. I just said it for you." Elly explained.
"Don't imitate me." She said to Elly.
David just shake his head and smile at the two of them.
"I will only drink a little. I have been working non stop for these past few days. It will probably take some time to experience this again. I gotta go, don't worry about me that much, I'm awakened now. Only Archie can harm me in this country." David said.
"Does awakening make people overconfident of themselves? I don't think it has to do with awakening since my friend doesn't look like my brother. It's probably gender. I really don't understand how mans brain works."Elly said to her mother.
David heard it all while walking away. He just ignored his sisters comment since women are always like that. He knows that since all of his exes where the same as well.
Except Archie who is the present and who he remember as someone who was only like that when he is personally affected in what he does. Aside from that, he doesn't lecture David.
One of the reason is probably David didn't do anything that Archie didn't want.
David change his clothes and immediately called a taxi to drove to his destination. They have 2 family car but David decided not to use it since it's quite hard to find a place to park it.
He was offered a car before by his father during his graduation as a gift but he refuse it even though he can drive and has drivers license because it's not practical for him to have it. Especially since he cannot bring it in the barracks and he is not home often to use it.
And besides one of those 2 cars where use often by him when he is around to the point that her mother and sister though that he is claiming it for himself.
The taxi arrive at the bar destination after approximately 30 minutes of driving. He entered the bar and he could already see some eyes of the people inside stuck with him. There are even some women who tried to approach him but he simply brush them off.
They are only the type of person who can only handle him for one night. His size is a nightmare to them if they experience it on a daily basis. He knows that all. He is actually lucky to find Archie being able to handle him on regular basis, or else he would still continue to search for someone who can handle him and who knows how long will it take him. It's not impossible that the others will think of him as a whore that time already.
David proceeds upstairs where the karaoke rooms was. He look for the room that they often visit when they gathered together.
It didn't take long for him to find it and he opened it. Revealing his friends and their girlfriends inside the room.
He was shock to see them bring them, he really thought that it was a boys night.
His friends approach him and pat him on his back, the two of them even push him inside the room.
"You took so long. You didn't bring your girlfriend?" Mike said.
David take his sit and one of his friend pour him a drink.
Mike is the one who called him earlier, and he is also the blue eyed guy that Archie saw on his facebook. He is a pure blooded American whose family migrated here when he was a baby for some reason that he couldn't remember since Mike mentioned it a long time ago.
"We break 3 months ago. You didn't tell me that you'll be bringing your girlfriends here." David said.
"That's bad, I texted you about it, you probably didn't read your phone." Mike replied while putting his arm on the shoulder of his beautiful girlfriend.
"I didn't open my phone on my way here." David replied and drink his share of the alcohol.
It's bitter taste flows in his mouth and he could also feel it's hotness in his throat.
"What's new with you? You become a big shot now, becoming an awakened and fight the Lich in Marinduque. You become someone else already overnight. Show us some of your magic." Jericho said.
"Yeah, I'm really curious about the power of awakens. Show some of your powers to us." Martine added as well.
David already expected it to happen.
"Sure." He replied.
He created a rabbit made of ice at the top of the table. It's temperates was the same of the surroundings. The effects of the oats will not activate as long as he does not intended to harm anyone with his skills.
"Wow that's cute. Can we touch it." The girlfriend of his friends asks and he simply nodded. They then grab the ice rabbit and play with it.
"It's really true that you awaken. Actually the reason I call you is to ask for your advice. My mother has awaken just this morning and has a skill of assassin. We don't know what to do with her." Mike opened up.
"Hmm.. The first thing that you must do is to register her. Also if you think that your mother is already old enough to enter the dungeon then she is free to just not use her power as long as she is registered already."
"Will she be fine? She is already in her 50's and her body was strengthened because of her awakening. She told us that she feels like she is in her mid 30's and early 40's in her current body state. My father and I was worried about her."
A worried look can be seen in the face of Mike and David can feel it too.
"Your mother is probably a high ranking awakened. Even I can feel that my body is a lot stronger than it used to. It's not an exaggeration to say that my body can probably handle bullets without using my skills if I desired to. I learn that strengthening is just basically circulating mana to your body and your mother is probably doing it." David explained.
Mike give a sigh of relief after confirming that her mother is ok by one of the strongest awaken in their country.
"Thank you for your assurance." Mike said.
"No problem. I will bring someone here, I don't know if he's around already but hopefully he is. You can ask his opinion about your mothers situation. He is good at such things."