"Where did you just go?!!"
My mother shouted with pure rage as her eyes are trembling from rage. Her breathing is so rough that I can hear it without focusing on it. She also seems about to cry for whatever reason
"..."
Of course, I didn't reply immediately and just stared at her as if I was looking at her with confusion
"Answer me!!!"
She shouted once again. If I wasn't in my younger self, he would've already panicked and burst to tears
On the other hand, I don't feel anything since this is similar to my last memories of her in my previous life
"You're not going to answer, huh?!!"
My mother aggressively grabbed the broomstick in my bedroom and aggressively went closer to me
My eyes dilated and the hairs of my body stood up without me realizing
『 Sensitive Touch (Lv.3) proficiency increased to 98% 』
『 You have gained the sub-ability of Sensitive Touch, Danger Sense (Lv.0) 』
『 Danger Sense (Lv.0) has levelled up! 』
『 You have achieved Danger Sense (Lv.0) » (Lv.1) 』
『 Danger Sense (Lv.1) 』
『 Lv.1 - Able to detect extreme harm to self within a 10 meter radius 』
『 Detection (Lv.1) aptitude has levelled up! 』
『 You have achieved Detection (Lv.1) » (Lv.2) 』
『 You have earned the ability Sixth Sense (Lv.0) 』
『 Sixth Sense (Lv.0) proficiency increased to 3% 』
My mother forcefully grabbed and pulled my arm. She twisted my body so that my butt cheeks would be exposed to her
She then forcefully swung the broomstick to my butt
*SMACK*
The hard wood handle of the broomstick made a loud impact sound. Since the wooden handle is focused in a line, the pain from the swing would be more painful, compared to larger surface area like a plywood or a slipper
Good thing that I'm used to pain from my previous life that I can--
*SMACK*
'What?'
It hurts. It's so painful that I could cry myself
*SMACK*
"Why are you going out in the middle of the night alone?!! Don't you know it's dangerous?!! Fucking brat!!"
*SMACK*
My eyes started to swirl and small tears are forming at the corner of my eyes
I forgot. I don't have the 『 Pain Denial 』 ability currently. If I did have it, I would just deny the pain and ignore it to just get this over with
*SMACK*
But I don't
*SMACK*
"What would happen if you got kidnapped and they asked for ransom, huh?!!"
*SMACK*
I have higher stamina points compared to an adult, but even an adult, if smacked with a broomstick at the butt at full force will still experience severe pain and their butts would become bruised
*SMACK*
*SMACK*
My mother seem to be enjoying on punishing me that her blows are almost missing and hitting the hard bones of my buttocks
*SMACK*
It hurts
*SMACK*
It really hurts
*SMACK*
...
*SMACK*
This is the reason why I felt despair in my previous life. I was too innocent at this age and never questioned it
But the more it happened as I grew up, I quickly realized and started to question everything
*SMACK*
Yes, I remember. I remember everything that happened in my childhood. The despair that I experienced and the cause of my ultimate goal
*SMACK*
There was a time when I wanted to play outside with my neighbors and cousins, but our maid didn't allow me and I tried to forcefully go out but wasn't able to. That maid told my mother everything
My mother punished me by locking me inside of my room for three days with only hot milk as meals. She often called me degrading names such as demon or devil
There was also a time where she became furious when she saw that I was sitting behind the teacher in Sunday School
She punished by hitting me without even learning the context
As an innocent child, I tried explaining to the best of my abilities, but wasn't able to because I was overwhelmed by her rage
There was another time where I have a favorite polo and I always wore this in Sunday School. But my mother asked me to change because I always wear it
I said no and she tore it off of me and tore it even more in front of me
Even in high school, she controlled my life. I didn't have the choice where I would go to school
This broke some of my friendships and my first romantic relationship because we grew apart since our schools and schedules were opposite times of the day
*SMACK*
Yes, this is some of the many that happened for me to feel despair and wanting to die
*SMACK*
Because of her, I developed 『 Fate Control 』 and few more abilities
*SMACK*
Because of her, I became miserable and felt despair
*SMACK*
Because of her, I wanted absolute and ultimate death
*SMACK*
But that's my previous life
*SMACK*
This time, it'll be different
*SMA--*
~~~
『 You have earned the ability Pain Denial (Lv.0) 』
『 Pain Denial (Lv.0) has levelled up! 』
『 You have acheived Pain Denial (Lv.0) » (Lv.1) 』
『 Pain Denial (Lv.1) 』
『 Lv.1 - Able to deny pain from bruises and impacts 』
『 You have earned the ability Pain Conversion (Lv.0) 』
『 Pain Conversion (Lv.0) proficiency increased to 99% 』
『 You have earned the ability Emotion Manipulation (Lv.0) 』
『 Emotion Manipulation (Lv.0) has levelled up! 』
『 You have achieved Emotion Manipulation (Lv.0) » (Lv.4) 』
『 Emotion Manipulation (Lv.4) 』
『 Lv.1 - Able to change the six basic emotions of the host between other emotions 』
『 Lv.2 - Able to amplify or reduce the six basic emotions of the host 』
『 Lv.3 - Able to negate or deny the aix basic emotions of the host 』
『 Lv.4 - Able to change complex emotions of the host between other emotions 』
『 Due to a special circumstance, Fate Control has been unlocked! 』
『 You have achieved Fate Control (Lv.5) 』
『 Fate Control (Lv.5) 』
『 Lv.1 - Snap to control a small amount of fate 』
『 Lv.2 - Hand Control to manipulate a fate intertwined with numerous fates 』
『 Lv.3 - Mind Addition to manually enter the Fate Realm and control the fate strings 』
『 Lv.4 - Full Force Control to manipulate immovable and decided fate lines and strings 』
『 Lv.5 - Sacrifice an important aspect of the host to tip the balance of desired Fate Control. The more important the sacrificial target to the host is, the more powerful the Fate Control will be 』
『 Fate Control (Lv.5) has been refined to two ☆'s 』
『 ☆☆ Fate Control (Lv.5) ☆☆ 』
『 ☆ - Fate Stability Meter has been unlocked 』
『 ☆☆ - Toggle Fate Lines has been unlocked 』
『 Fate Stability Meter - Can evaluate the percentage amount of fate in concepts and existences. 0% means no fate connection. 100% means important fated one. Less than 0% means unstable fate line and must be removed 』
『 Toggle Fate Lines - Can be toggled on or off. Able to see fate lines from a concept or existence that's connecting to another concept or existence. Can only be used to five concepts or existences at most at the same time 』
『 You have earned the ability Future Vision (Lv.0) 』
『 Future Vision (Lv.0) has levelled up! 』
『 You have achieved Future Vision (Lv.0) » (Lv.4) 』
『 Future Vision (Lv.4) 』
『 Lv.1 - Able to see a glimpse of the future within 10 seconds 』
『 Lv.2 - Able to see the future within 24 hours of the day, from 12:00 MN to 12:00 MN, of the current timezone of the host 』
『 Lv.3 - Able to catch the glimpses of the future within one week 』
『 Lv.4 - Able to roughly predict the future within three months 』
『 Future Vision (Lv.4) has been refined to two ☆'s 』
『 ☆☆ Future Vision (Lv.4) ☆☆ 』
『 ☆ - Field of Timelines has been opened. Character Nexus Point has been unlocked 』
『 ☆☆ - Timeline Selection has been unlocked 』
『 Character Nexus Point - A point in the Field of Timelines where the host can view the flow of timelines 』
『 Timeline Selection - Able to select one timeline in the Field of Timelines to view and observe 』
『 Your strength has increased by 2 』
『 Your agility has increased by 1 』
『 Your stamina has increased by 2 』
『 You have broken past the limit of your current body 』
『 All stats has been increased by 1 』
『 You have earned 1 stat point 』
There were a lot of system displays in my vision, but I ignored them since I was glaring at my mother
I was already standing and she's on the floor. My fist are stained with blood and my right shoulder was dislocated
My mother's right hand became broken and her fingers were bent backwards. The broomstick was also snapped into two pieces
The folded clothes in the basket were trampled since my mother fell on it
Her nose was broken and it's bleeding profusely. Splatters of blood filled her clothes and my clothes. She's crying and sobbing. Her hair is ruffled and a part wooden divider of my room has been chipped off
I glared at my mother. Anyone seeing this would become incredibly emotional and cry
Some would jump on me to punish me and beat me to half death. Some might choose my side because of how shitty my mother is
However, none of that matters to me. I kept glaring at her with emotionless eyes
『 Emotion Manipulation (Lv.4) proficiency increased to 89% 』
I wasn't breathing heavily. I was able to do this solely because of the stat differences
This is nothing new to me too since I once had to do this when she was forcing me to go home when she discovered where I was living, five years after the transition of Mystical Age
The media went wild that day because I made a ruckus, but eventually, I let her live and decided to move on and not care about that matter anymore
I will do the same here
I went closer to her and raised my right hand in a karate chop
I swung my hand and she flinched and tried to block it with her arms
Because of the difference of strength stat, her arms were bruised and I successfully hit her carotid artery and made her unconscious
"..."
I stared at her for several minutes. It's as if I was looking at a grave and paying my respects
She was the reason for my despair in my previous life
It was also my fault since I was too late in cutting connections with her when my father decided to separate from her because of similar reasons and financial problems due to her greed
But this life is different. I'll cut her off this early so that I won't experience that despair all over again
This small change in time might cause a giant ripple in the future, but I want to believe that the future will become way better than I can imagine
I quickly left my room and went to prepare to go to school
After taking a bath and changing to my school uniform. I filled my bag with a few clothes instead of notebooks and pencil case
I used 『 Scan 』 and searched money inside the apartments and stole it. I also got her credit card and bank debit card
I got at least ₱20,000 from her savings alone and from hidden stashes
『 Scan (Lv.1) proficiency increased to 21% 』
After preparations, the school bus arrived just in time and went out of the apartments. I locked the door and saw that my neighbors, uncles, aunts, and cousins, were outside and looking over to me
They would've heard my mother's shouting, beating, smacking, and screaming earlier after all
"Philip!! What happened!"
My nosy aunt shouted at me and asked
I looked at them and I saw a value next to their temples
[11%, 10%, 8%, 5%, 7%, 15%, 11%,...]
These values could probably be the [Fate Stability Meter] that I unlocked earlier. I never had this ability in my previous life and it's the first time I'm seeing it
However, that's not my focus right now
"I don't know"
I smiled at them and quickly ran to my school bus
My neighbors were extremely confused, others were annoyed, and some are worried. That's obvious since the screams of my mother earlier could be extremely worrying
I won't be surprised if some of them already called the cops or something
In the end, I was able to ride my school bus and drive away from disaster
'Ah, was this what the Foreboding Disaster status supposed to be??'
No one knows the answer to that and I just left it to fate
『 +1 Exp 』
~~~
I arrived at school and quickly went to my classroom and sat down on my seat
Since this life will become different, I will also try to be different
Rather than aiming for my ultimate goal of ultimate death, I will aim for life and prioritizing living
After all, I'm curious as to what Chaos Himself was talking about
In order to that, I have to push my plans faster
'I guess it's time to become famous...'
This decision would definitely mess up the future that I know and I won't be able to meet the people that became my comrades in the final battle against Chaos that I met through my school life
I just have to make sure I meet them at the right timing. After all, I also just discovered Eliseo's true potential and he might be an addition to the final battle
Also, after that impactful breakthrough, I have unlocked four of my primary abilities that I have developed in my previous life. These abilities are what I've developed during these upcoming years before the transition of Mystical Age in the year 2020
『 Fate Control 』 was manifested when I wanted to desperately change something in my life. It is a very self-centered ability that ignores the consequences of changing and controlling fate just for my own inconvience
It was an ability that mostly helped me through my life and allowed me to lessen my despair in my previous life
Almost at the same time, 『 Future Vision 』 was also manifested because I was very cautious of the future. I wanted to be prepared for anything and everything to avoid doing a mistake and hurting myself or others around me
That's where the [ Unbending Kindness ] trait stemmed from
I was first able to predict instances of the future until I was able to develop it by seeing the future of 24 hours of the day. I couldn't see past midnight of the same day, but I was able to take glances or prediction at least
On the other hand, while 『 Pain Denial 』 manifested while I was being smacked, it was still one of my main abilities. With despair and depression, there is pain
I was once filled with pain that I wanted to die. I developed pain tolerance, but it wasnt enough. The feeling of pain was still there
Thus, 『 Pain Denial 』 was developed and I was able to deny and ignore any pain I was able to feel. Of course, even though I won't be able to feel pain, my body will still get damaged and experience trauma
Because of 『 Pain Denial 』, 『 Emotion Manipulation 』 came with it since I had to keep changing, manipulating, controlling, supressing, and denying my emotions
Because of this, I was able to keep a facade of positive emotions and supress my negative emotions. These negative emotions stacked and grew until it became bigger that when I fail to manipulate ny emotions, that bottomless pit of negative emotions would devour me and I would lose my mind and lose control of my body
Good thing that at this age, this young body doesn't have pent up negative emotions and it's mostly positive. I won't have any worries in failing to keep that black hole of negative emotions, like in my previous life
Also, this 『 Emotion Manipulation 』 ability only applies to myself. I can't manipulate other's emotions remotely
These four abilities are what made me sane several years from now in my previous life, but now it's different. It's a fresh start with no disadvantages and nerfs from the start
I've inherited my character development in my previous life too. I will also change my ultimate goal also
Meanwhile, there are new features that appeared from the system displays that didn't exist in my previous life. I'm checking them out right now
'Refine...'
My two most important abilities got refined to two stars and each stars provide a sub-ability or sub-skill that improves the ability better than levelling up
'So this is what these stars mean next to the Regression ability and the Omega System as three stars'
Also, it seems that the number of stars are defined from the left or right of the ability, so the Omega System is not six stars but three stars
Looking at the sub-skills of 『 Future Vision 』, it's almost the same as to how I use the ability, without the sub-skills, in my previous life
By focusing in seeing the future, I was able to see myself in an empty field and I was in a middle of nowhere. I was standing inside of a circle around my feet
This should be the [Character Nexus Point]
From that circle, I could see several lines and branching line emerging from the circle and flowing away from me. Those were the possible timelines I was able to see
Although I wasn't able to select any one of those timelines, I was able to focus on one timeline and watch it
But this is where it goes crazy
I use 『 Fate Control 』 to guide the current timeline to that desired timeline that I just saw and watched
That's why 『 Fate Control 』 and 『 Future Vision 』 are so compatible with each other
Anyways, as the sub-skills of 『 Future Vision 』 are nothing new to me, the sub-skills of 『 Fate Control 』 are very new to me
In my previous life, I wasn't able to see fate stabilities of anyone and anything nor I could see fate lines of everything and other connecting fate lines
I tried to use these sub-skills and took a glance at my classmates. I had my hands covering my half of my face and elbows on the desk. I looked like I was in deep thought
Now, whenever I use my 『 Fate Control 』 ability, my eyes glowed in golden color. I hope that my eyes won't glow by using the sub-skills though. If it did, it would really be eye catching
[2%, 4%, 3%, 7%, 10%, 5%, ...]
Almost all of my classmates have little to no fates at all. They also don't have fate line anywhere around them
I then took a glance at Eliseo
[80%]
'...!'
His fate value is so high, which means my inference is correct. He's supposed to be a Hero of Heroes
『 You have gained the aptitude for Inference (Lv.1) 』
It was then that fate lines appeared above his head and extended upwards. There are at least ten fate lines that I could count and it phased through the ceiling
The angle of the fate lines are so steep that my guess is that the lines extends towards the sky and not to people upstairs at different floors
『 You have gained the aptitude for Speculation (Lv.1) 』
'...'
But there is one fate line that curved in a steep angle
and that fate line extended towards me
'Huh, looks like our fates will be intertwined together'
That makes sense, I plan to nurture him and unlock his potential anyways
~~~
*RIIIIINNNGGG*
The morning bell has rung and it's the start of Homeroom
Our adviser entered the classroom a minute later and we did our routine of greeting and thanks
'It's time...'
I stood up from my seat and approached Mrs. Altez