Present inside my castle in the estate of Socrates I woke up and,
"AYOO WAS ALL THAT A DREAM??!"
I was supposed to be doing the trial of wits right now but here I was, finding out that all that had just been a dream.
At that moment I noticed, I did not have control over my own body. I was nothing but a specter... an illusion.
"Alright, I was sleeping, had a very realistic dream, found out that dream was a dream, but now my supposed soul is outside my body in the form of the kid I had become in that dream... it could've been worse."
At that moment Darwin, or me, on the bed started stirring. He was about to wake up and since I, or in this case, him, was a really powerful ke user and being startled by a kid with violet and red wings on his back as soon as you wake up will, at least not be good for me.
"Really need to hide right now, I don't know DA HECK about anything going on right now, and plus his or my reaction upon seeing me would be.. let's just say not good for me."
I quietly slipped through the door and went about roaming in this huge castle.
Knowing the pathways like the back of my hand I quickly found my way toward the roof but on the way,
"Damn Adolf why did you have to be here at this time..." I thought as I saw a commander of the army coming round the way and as I was present in a straight corridor I had no place to hide either.
I CAN'T BE SEEN BY ANYONE??!!
Damnnnnn.. wait does that mean, I thought about something and with a large grin on my face started going towards a certain place.
As I was standing in front of a certain chamber and trying to open the door, I found out that I was pretty much just like a specter and could not touch or feel anything as my hands pretty much passed through the things I tried to touch.
I quickly went into the room brimming with happiness that the locked door couldn't stop me but to my disappointment, I couldn't feel or touch the treasures kept in the room. With a disappointed look on my face, I went out of the treasury.
I didn't know what was happening to me but as I went outside the castle and looked at the preparations and mood in the surroundings, I quickly turned grim after realizing that this was the time I went to war, with my brother Rion.
I quickly went to see my other self but, it turned out that during the several hours I had taken to cover the city from below the ground and visit the underground treasury, the army had already left.
"Damn if only they could see me I would've provided them with some handy information regarding the battle. Well, now the only option is to wait for them to come back, and try to stop that bloody doctor from taking advantage of my weakness." I murmured.
The army should be back after two days considering the time taken to win the war and that of travelling.
Afterwards, I went to see my family, my youngest son who was still innocent and not corrupted by power like his older siblings was the first to be visited by me.
"When will dad come back?" the little guy murmured while looking into the sky, "I hope he is safe, nahh he's my dad of course he's safe."
And so the days and nights passed and finally on the third day's morning, the army marched victoriously through the city square towards the palace, this was done to increase the support from the people and their enthusiasm. It was quite a good political tactic as the morale of the people and their sense of security were improved.
During all this, I was already present in the medical chambers of the castle as the generals along with the injured me were on the way to come here quickly due to me being heavily injured.
As the king and the generals came into the room, one of them quickly left to call for the medics.
I then also came into the room and looked at myself and to my surprise the king or the old me also seemed as if looking deep into my eyes.
"You can see me??" I asked with a trembling voice.
Due to the old me's throat being damaged, he couldn't answer but he nodded a little with much difficulty.
I didn't know why he didn't feel afraid of me or thought that I could be an assassin, it might have been due to my being a child but then again I had wings on my back and I knew my past self well enough to know that I wouldn't trust anyone, not even a child.
"If this is really the past then interfering too much will cause too much trouble such as a butterfly effect." I thought.
"When the doctor tells you to send Adolf and the others outside, don't listen to him." was all I said, and then I went to a corner of the room and stood quietly, waiting for the operation to start.
Finally, the chief doctor arrived and was now standing in front of the king, and just like it happened in the past, he asked the king to tell the knight general to leave.
Just like before the knight asked for the permission of the king to leave, but to his surprise the king who was known to unconditionally trust his subordinates rejected the offer.
This was quite a big surprise for the poor doctor as his plans had been thwarted but at that moment the doctor looked around the room and his eyes stuck to the corner.
The corner at which I was standing now surprised.