"So... this General guy you're talking about wants to kill every last one of our kind?" I asked curiously as I sat down on the bench next to me.
"Technically yes, they do." She replied with a disappointed tone.
"Why though, what did we ever do to them in the first place?" I curiously asked my sister.
"Nothing, we did nothing... The reason why they want to exterminate our kind is because they deem us a threat to humanity's order.
"May I ask you something... What am I?"
"You, are Azrael the angel of death," she replied.
"What are you?" I asked her.
"I am Raguel, angel of justice." She replied to me, staring at me with her limitless eyes forming a shade of purple...
"How are you so sure about your assumptions?" I asked her, demanding an explanation.
"Our mother was Ariel, the angel of knowledge... being reincarnated again on this earth she didn't lose her memories unlike us." She stood up and created a board and a pen using her thorns.
I stared at the makeshift board as she drew a demonstration of how we angels are reincarnated on this earth.
"So, basically we are angels we all got reincarnated in this wretched land because we were either banished from paradise or we were slain in war, but you brother are a different kind."
"What do you mean?"
"You were neither banished nor slain during the great rebellion, you're just a lab experiment..."
I looked at Aki in disbelief and took a look at my body.
"You're just genetically modified to have a portion of his blood, father died because of you!"
What...
This can't be true right?
"I'm confused if father died because of me then... I am my father?" I replied to her trying to connect the dots.
"Technically, yes you are indeed my brother and my father... but I will never consider you as my parent, over my dead body... but I will take to mind that you too are also my brother do you get it?" she leaned into me as she retracts her thorns back to her veins.
"No, I don't..." I replied confused about her explanation
"You truly are Father's modification you're both airheads," she replied sarcastically as she walked out of the room.
"Wait! I still have questions..." I shouted
She stopped by the entrance with an annoyed expression as she crossed her arms on her large chest.
"Make it quick!" she shouted
"What the hell are these marks you placed on me, it burns!" I said while touching the ash-like mark on my palm.
"They're to keep away the voices in your head, now if you excuse me-"
"Wait! What are the marks on my chest?" I stood up in the chair as I approached her.
"They're there so you could interact with Dad," she replied in an annoyed tone.
"Wait, do you mean that man I saw wearing a ragged hood was me?"
"Ugh..." she drops her arms and annoyingly walks away from me slamming the door.
Dude... I have so much more to ask her...
She's such an unreasonable bitch!
After that major confusion about my roots, I wore my cloak and walked out of the shabby compartment my sister slash daughter calls a house.
While walking ahead I heard noise from inside the tavern as I walked in there remembered something...
Oh right...
My entrance exams start today...
Javier and Luna must've been waiting for a long period in the tavern-
As soon as I walked inside the tavern I witnessed Javier and Luna competing in a brawl inside the tavern as the bodies of the unconscious Exiles started piling up next to the counter.
"What the hell are you two doing?!" I shouted at them
The soldiers froze in place as they stared at me standing at the entrance of the tavern.
"Luna, Javier I'm here to pick you up where the fuck is the Fort Reidel?!"
In a drunken tone, Javier replies,
"Oh, Felix! Uhm turn left then go at the right to turn backward again!~"
"I'll just find it myself, also some advice aim for the crotch dude."
"Will dew!~" Javier replied as he kicked the man's crotch
I sigh deeply walking out of the tavern as the chaotic brawl resumes... I continued walking trying to find my way to the fort, I started asking the nearby exiles for directions.
"Hey excuse me, do you know where the newly built Fort is?" I asked the soldier
"Kid... You're standing right at it." The man replied
I looked around to see a huge wall on the left with the letters "Fort Reidel" engraved on the stones.
"How didn't I see this..." I thought out loud
"Anyways, thanks man." I said as I walked to the entrance.
"Dumbass..." The soldier muttered
I turned around to the soldier and I approached him with a menacing eye...
"What did you say?" I asked nicely
"Dumbass-"
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After that lovely incident, I was in the office and guess who was in front of me...
"Franz..." I said with a pissed tone.
"Woah, woah let's calm down here why the hell are you at my office?" he asked curiously
"This man is assaulting an official-"
"Shut the fuck up, I didn't remember this being a middle school fight I'm not a principal I'm a Drill Sergeant and my job is to make sure my soldiers are physically fit!" He shouted at the man while giving him a disappointed look.
"You, a large 24-year-old man got beaten up by a child who just turned fifteen, two goddamn months ago!" Franz put on his black gloves and stood up from his chair...
"I-"
Crush!
Franz's knuckles connected to the man's injured nose breaking it even further... In pure anger, Franz pins the man to the ground as he continues beating him with consecutive lines of punches...
Seeing this as an opportunity I went out of his office and headed to the entrance for the assembly...
I arrived, "unscathed" at the assembly I saw the soldiers interacting with each other before the assembly started.
I see countless familiar faces, starting with Rand who was just recently found by the soldiers a few months ago, rumors escalate that he ate his squad just to survive during the battle...
Ugh... I wonder why he's retaking the exam, was he demoted?
While looking around again I saw Johann...
Johann... what is he doing here?!
I walked in his direction and tapped his shoulder
"Johann, I thought you resigned?!" I asked in confusion
"Well, I did I'm just retaking the test to become an exile again..." He said with a disappointed tone
"Aren't you already a Commander?" I asked him
"Well, I used to, now that I've resigned I've been demoted to Enlistee..." He chuckled
"Talk about harsh..."
Breaking our idle chat, I heard the voice of the announcer...
"Well, hello enlistees, and Mr. Johann I see that you regret your decision to leave the army, well then I will be your trainer you can call me Drill Sergeant Franz, some of you may have heard of me or know me but I will make sure your life will be as better than it ever was before!" He announced with a bored tone...
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked the slim enlistee...
Franz went down from the stage and punches the enlistee in the gut as causing him to vomit.
"That's what a better life means, if you don't agree about my vision of giving you a better life then scram you fucking wimps!" He shouted
"How harsh..." Johann mumbled as he stares at Franz beating up the enlistee...
Is that what Drill Sergeants actually do or is he just taking out his stress on the new guys...
After beating the slim enlistee to a pulp the medics came in with a stretcher to carry the
tormented enlistee to paradise...
He walks back up in front and he looks at all the enlistees gathered at the assembly...
"Well then, I'll give you all another chance to leave or you'll be like that wimp its for you to decide!" Franz shouted to the slim enlistees
Little by little hundreds of enlistees left the fort, leaving only 132 people standing firmly during the assembly...
"Well then, I see you have balls of steel!" he shouted while looking at me...
"You guys run to the barracks, I'll follow you on your way!" He shouted as he rode his gray horse...
"May the trial start now!"