Back in the labyrinth, the priestess was still watching the teenager sitting high up on the wall with wariness. The latter, on the other hand, was attentively observing the changes between Ivan’s unconscious body and the statue of the angel.

The tattoos and runes that connected the two and transferred the energies from Ivan to the statue seemed to grow thicker with each passing hour and were already half a meter thick by now.

The statue’s body had reverted back to that of a normal living being just to its forehead.

Half of its wings had fully reverted to fluffy white beautiful feathers that shone like the sunlight and fluttered softly, the skin of the angel’s forehead was smooth and pristine like that of a baby, and it had beautiful golden hair that had only reverted back to their original color while the rest was yet to change. Explore more stories at empire

The change was still ongoing and the statue was slowly turning into a real angel. As for Ivan, half of his body had lost all colors and became as pale as ashes and hard as a rock.

“What sort of dream did you put him in?” The teenager voiced out after hours of silently observing.

The priestess flinched the instant she heard him speak but quickly calmed down after realizing that he only asked a question and wasn’t intending to make a move.

“I made him dream about his deepest desire that he always wanted but probably didn’t realize himself, something that his soul turned for but he refused to admit it. This is a form of payment for his sacrifice, living the way he always wanted”

She explained with a nervous look.

The teenager stared at her before looking back at Ivan, his eyes zoomed in on the teardrops running down the side of his face.

“Then why is he crying? Shouldn’t he be happy to finally live the way he always wanted?” He asked.

” That…I don’t know; I can’t tell what he’s dreaming about.,” Thee priestess shifted uncomfortably.

Neither of them said anything afterward and returned to monitoring Ivan and the statue.

…..

Meanwhile, Ivan woke up the next day after a good night’s sleep; he felt this was the best sleep he had ever had.

He quickly washed up before heading down.

His father had already left very early while he was still asleep, he had work to attend to. Warriors were barely free to roam around unless they were retired or granted time off after coming back from an important mission.

“Ivan, your sister will be starting school today. Your father finally managed to work out her admission, and she will be going to the analyst school that’s not far from yours; make sure to go pick her up after school,” His mother informed him during breakfast.

There have been different types of schools since the discovery of foreign life forms and since humans started to explore them. Analysts are trained scholars who focus on studying other planets, their behaviors, and their characteristics.

It was a rather well-paying job and didn’t require much labor; one only needed to be insanely intelligent and smart. Nora just happened to meet these requirements.

“Yes, brother, remember to come over after you close from school.” Nora smiled at him; she looked incredibly beautiful in her long white skirt and blue blouse with a blazer; this was the uniform of her school.

“Sure” Ivan smiled back while stuffing his mouth with food.

They were both taken to their respectful schools after eating; their mother dropped Ivan in front of his school before taking Nora to hers; she also had to go to work after.

Ivan entered his school compound and instantly attracted the eyes of almost everyone, they all had hostile looks as they looked at him.

“They must really hate my guts” Ivan mumbled as he walked through casually, not bothered by whatever they thought of him.

Time flew by quickly as Ivan went through one lesson after the other; he found everything boring and almost ended up falling asleep but managed to pull through because Mr. Dredo was constantly watching him.

School hours were finally over, and it was finally time to leave; Ivan could not be happier; he packed his things and quickly left the classroom.

He heard some of his classmates saying that they wanted to teach him a lesson, but he had no intention of playing with them; going to get his sister was more important.

The analyst school was only a few hundred meters away from his school and it didn’t take long for Ivan to walk over.

On getting there, he saw a scene that made his eyes narrow.

In front of the analyst school, a group of young boys and girls surrounded his sister and made fun of her. Some of them even pushed her wheelchair at times while laughing.

Ivan saw his sister putting on a fake smile as she tried to play along with them; she was trying not to show that she was scared, as that would make her bullies feel more powerful.

Ivan immediately quickened his steps and dashed toward them, his eyes turning cold.

Just before he could reach them, one of the girls pushed Nora hard, and she ended up falling off her wheelchair and landing heavily on the ground.

A pained scream escaped Nora’s lips, she immediately got light scratches on her hands.

Ivan’s heart immediately went cold at the sight of this and killing intent spilled out of his eyes.

“Haha, my bad. Sorry, my hands slipped; you don’t mind, right?”

The girl who just pushed Nora looked at her scornfully while covering her giggle with her fingers.

Swoosh!!.

She had barely finished her words when a figure suddenly appeared in front of her like a ghost and huge knuckles covered her vision.

“Ehh?!”

BAM!

She only had a moment to express her surprise before the fist smashed into her face ruthlessly.

Ivan’s punch sank into the girl’s face, her nose immediately cracked and her body was sent flying backward like a broken doll.

Gasp!

Everyone was shocked by what just happened, they all stared at Ivan with wide eyes before turning to look at the girl he had punched.

She was now lying on the ground unconscious and her face was bloodied because of the blood from her nose.

Nora sat up and looked at Ivan’s back, she didn’t know when he arrived.

“Brother?” She called out softly, but Ivan didn’t turn immediately; he kept staring at the young boys and girls with his fingers clenched.

“You! How dare you hit my sister?” A girl who looked similar to the girl whom Ivan punched pointed a finger at Ivan and shouted angrily.

His head moved in her direction, she flinched and immediately took a step back in fright.

Only then did Ivan turn around and attend to Nora.

She squatted and gently held her hands before helping her back into her wheelchair.

“Are you all right?” He asked with concern.

Nora nodded.

” I’m fine, it wasn’t serious…you shouldn’t have hit her,” Nora muttered as she stared at the unconscious girl in the distance; she was secretly shocked.

Was her brother always so strong?

“She deserved it for laying her hands on you first,” Ivan said dismissively.

He stood up and was about to push Nora’s wheelchair away when the other youngsters stopped him.

“Who do you think you are? Coming here and ruining our fun? You even hurt someone and you think you can leave?”

A young man with striking red hair sneered while rubbing his knuckles.

They had been stunned by Ivan’s sudden appearance and aggressiveness, which had caused them to become mute for a while; they only came to their senses when the siblings were about to leave.

Even though Ivan was strong, he was only one person; there was no chance that he could take all of them unless he was a warrior, which was not the case as no warrior would be wearing a normal school uniform.

Ivan paused his steps and looked at the young man with red hair. He was previously planning not to overdo it since it might get his parents involved but the young man’s words made something inside him crack.

“What did you say?” Ivan gave him a death stare and asked coldly.

The boy was stunned by Ivan’s expression but shook it off as Ivan trying to scare them away.

“I said what I said, what are you going to do about it?”

He chuckled.

“So…you think my sister is a way of having fun?” Ivan asked again.

“Brother, don’t bother with them. Let’s just go” Nora touched Ivan’s hand and whispered to him. She could feel that Ivan was becoming strange, and his attitude was turning very unfamiliar; well, he had been acting unfamiliar since he came back from school yesterday, but this time was different.

She gave her the feeling of a warrior.

“Yes, that’s right! She’s a cripple, after all; what else will she be good for other than letting us have fun?” The red-haired young man snickered, but his smile froze in his face the very next instant as Ivan suddenly vanished from his sight.

Bang!

Before he could react, Ivan appeared in front of him and landed a solid kick on the side of his face.

The boy’s skull immediately cracked and blood gushed out of his face as he was blown to the side by the kick.

Everyone present was left in a stupor once more; even Nora could not help but open her mouth in shock.

‘Fast, brother is too fast and ruthless!’

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