Leo was now in front of the Father and daughter duo, sitting but visibly anxious and nervous. The slight fidgeting of his legs and the ways his eyes were darting between the two was clear signs of this. Gathering his thoughts and enquiries in his mind before speaking.
"Can both of you please explain what you know? What the hell are those things and what in the world is happening? Please both of my parents are out there right now and the only one I know to be safe currently is my sister."
The duo looked at each other, a silent conversation being spoken between the two individuals communicating through nothing but small body gestures and their eyes. Both seemed like came to conclusion as Persephone turned to Leo.
"It seems you can finally pay that favor you owe me Leo."
What the fuck does that mean. No clear answer was given to him and he was still trying to process the situation in a way where he won't go insane. Scratching his head aggressively in such a way that it seemed like he was trying to scratch his scalp and the thoughts running his head off. He glared towards her.
"Just explain, I deserve it at this point."
"Ah, sorry. You're of course correct. My father and I you see we're not human in a sense and neither are you."
"Can you stop speaking in riddles and just explain. This entire situation is starting to piss me off and both of you doing nothing but speak in circles are beginning to get on my nerves."
Mr. Morose leaned forward and summoned a teacup filled with what seems to be tea but it was golden colored and the texture seemed more like syrup than a tea. It was simply the act of conjuration that baffled Leo. The cup wasn't there and now it was. It broke the fundamental physics the modern world he believed in. Well not that it matters much when he already saw creatures that didn't exist in the modern era.
"Right anyways, What you say my father do is simply magic or sorcery or whatever branch of the non-linear physics you heard of. You know of the myths in the past, yes? Godlike being like Zeus, Odin, Ra and Amaterasu? or the fables and epics of Odysseus, Sun Wukong and Sæmingr? All these past pantheons and myths are simply real and you have powers that can be awakened related to any of them."
"Pantheons? But I'm just a human being or was or whatever I am now. I'm normal, everything was normal before all the shit that happened out there."
"That's just the beginning, Every city in the world now has turned to a zone of it's own where the inner area is full of monsters and creatures from numerous myths most closely dominated by the ancestors of the people living within. The wilderness even worse. While within the city are lower monsters or creatures that are still in their baby form that won't create too much destruction. The wilderness is filled with numerous monsters known to be able to kill humans without any problems and even monsters that can destroy the world are beginning to be born."
"Destroy the world? Then aren't we screwed? This is too much to take in all at once."
"Well normally you would be correct but with the return of monsters also returned the falna or the power of mana into the world. Materials and earth itself is being strengthened hundreds of times every second even now. Forming materials like adamantium, arcanite or mithril. Anyways that's besides the point. You haven't awaken your falna yet. The power that will allow you to gain power and save yourself in the future."
"Falna? and how do I exactly get falna?"
"Falna or what is known as the path to divinity can be awakened in numerous ways. Although the best way for you to awaken now is simple. Just kill any creature out there."
"Are you fucking insane? I would literally die to anything out there and my family is my priority at this moment. How in the world am I suppose to do what you want me to do before saving my parents."
"Leo calm down, That's why I said your favor that you owe me is about to disappear. I just need you to become my partner. I'll help you awaken your falna and save your parents from wherever they are now but you have to enter a contract with me."
"A contract? what kind of contract and why me?"
"Haven't you realized it yet? There's a reason why I helped you. My father and I saw your potential from a crystal ball. That's the only reason we let you have the scholarship and the job to be able to continue your education in the highschool we technically own."
"You did all of that for what just to get me into a contract?" Leo was beginning to get more and more angry just from the thought of all the manipulation that has been occurring and happening towards him without his knowledge and even though he knew this was his only chance of saving his family just the idea was sickening.
"We had to do it this way, You wouldn't have believed us otherwise and you're very important. My father and I don't know how but you are and the contract we're gonna form is a life bound contract so neither of us will be able to betray one another."
While the reasoning seemed off, he must confess. He wouldn't believe them either if this was in a different situation. Thinking it through, It didn't seem that awful, While he didn't know what a life bound contract entails, other than the obvious from the name alone. At least he knows that they won't be betraying him and neither will they put him in harms way.
"All right I agree, How do we get started?"