Chapter 32 - 31: A Taste Of Home

"Where am I?" Leo muttered feeling the thump in his head and then realized that he was still on the couch lying down. He suddenly remembered what had happened and immediately ran his hand over his head to check if he was fine or not and luckily his head was alright.

[It was just a virtual projection. Both the pain and injury you suffered were virtual and not real.] Arthur's voice rang in his mind.

"You are dangerous. How did you do that?" Leo couldn't help but ask remembering how easily Arthur had dealt with him.

[That wasn't anything. It is just that you haven't developed any fighting sense as of yet. You still need a lot of training to properly use the capability of your body.]

"Really?" Leo found it hard to believe that he was just too weak.

Well, he wasn't wrong to believe himself to be strong if he compared himself to his previous self or other similar people but now he was different and being a student of the Military Grade Program, he was sure to be facing students who were well versed in combat and if he went up against them with his lousy techniques then you can imagine how that would result in.

Leo had only learned to throw two kicks properly at a stationary target and he though that he had gotten stronger. People would laugh at him if they heard it. He was just starting.

…

A week passed…

It had been seven days since Leo's arrival to Gloria. He still wouldn't say he was adjusted to life and everything but he was trying to get used to it.

The family's attitude towards him had changed for some reason.

Earlier Leo always felt that they were desperate for him to remember his past but recently he felt it lowering down and it really reduced his stress. Otherwise, he really didn't know how long he could have handled those gazes which were begging him to remember them.

Viona had the greatest changed out of all of them. She stopped bringing the past up time and time again like she used to do in the initial two days. Instead she seemed to be more interested in her current son and was always looking to spend time with him and learn about the new him.

Edgar on the other hand began to accompany Leo on his morning walk as he was not in a position to take off from his work and tag along with Leo during any other time of the day.

This gave Leo a chance to finally walk out of the mansion gates with Edgar and for the first time, walk onto the streets of Gloria. It really was a different experience. There were no traffic and loud honking of vehicles. The roads belonged to the people and their pet beasts.

The people in his locality were all those belonging to his Edgar's Silver Corps and hence were all friendly to Leo even allowing him to pat their beasts.

"Its time we get one for you as well," Edgar said as he looked at Leo.

Like any other day, the two were out on a morning walk today as well.

Edgar didn't bring his pet, the Thunder Panther, out as it wasn't with him at their home. From what he heard, the Arora beast had evolved to Lv 70s and it definitely wasn't possible to let it out on the streets as it would scare people and other beasts.

Yes, the evolved species even including the beast's and plants on the planet had ability to form with affinity with Arora energy and level up. But most of these things were docile and the aggressive ones were slaughtered and learned to fear the Humanoid races after there population dwindled.

Not to mention, these creatures didn't treat Humanoid races as food and hated the sight of cities which lacked the natural connection with planet unlike the wilderness and hence there weren't much skirmishes between the two and they lived in peace.

"A pet for me?" Leo asked in surprise. Back on earth he wouldn't even have thought of owning a Arora beast and but here, everyone of them owned one and they were out roaming around on the street.

It felt as if someone had just flipped the world around for him.

"Yes, get yourself to familiarized around and then we will get you your Beast Pet as well," Edgar said with a smile before continuing, "Until then decide if you want an egg or a little one and what kind of beast should it be?"

Leo nodded as the two continued to walk before they bumped into someone who Edgar was with familiar with and he turned around to chat with the man while Leo stood by his side and greeted the man as Edgar introduced him.

It had been a daily routine now. Most of these people were familiar with Aiden but Leo obviously didn't know them. So, Edgar would use this opportunity to reintroduce Leo to them.

For an ordinary person, it might have been tough to remember people's faces but for Leo who had Arthur with him, he needed only a single scan and he would still recognize that man in his next life as long as he had Arthur with him.

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When Edgar and Leo returned back to their home, everyone was awoke.

Amelia was the last one to wake up as usual like a princess while Aaron hit the gym early in the morning to work his body out. It seemed he had some obsession with gravity rooms.

Leo went to his room to get fresh and prepared himself for a tiring day as today was the day he was returning back to the Academy.

He literally had no idea about anything and it was killing him inside. On the top of it, Viona had asked Amelia to help Leo out and this really tensed him even more. She didn't seem dependable at all.

When Leo got down the stairs after getting ready, he was greeted at the sight of some familiar delicacies.

Viona stood there with a smile on her face as she looked at the surprise on Leo's face. She had began to take cooking classes online to make Leo human cuisine since the day he said that the human food tasted better then the one here. And today, she had finally done it.

"How is it?" She asked as she brought him to his chair. "You said you like this kind of dishes better, so I tried to make them for you."

Leo was speechless at her actions.

Just because he said that he liked human food, she went out of her way to learn how to make it. He didn't know what to say to her but it indeed left a tingling in his heart. He had never seen his mom but he was sure that she would be like her and would have done something similar for him if she was here by his side.

"Why don't you tell me how it tastes?"

No one else had arrived at the dinning table yet but looking at her face, he couldn't refuse at all when she really had gone out of her way to cook this delicious food for him.

In the end, he took the spoon and dig into it. And when he took the first bite of it, he really felt overwhelmed and stopped a moment before closing his eyes. He couldn't believe just the taste of the familiar food was making him emotional.

"Is it not good?"

When Leo heard Viona's voice, he shook his head and spoke with a light smile, "It tastes like home..."