An unknown period of time passed before Silas' was finally done speed reading the document.
The file that occupied a massive storage space of more than 3TB, even in its compressed state, was completely absorbed by Silas.
The reason why Silas was able to speed read and absorb all the information in the file was because of his eidetic memory. Something he got after he raised his intelligence stat to its limit.
Silas' reason for improving his knowledge base, even though the knowledge and information are already in LUNAR's database is because he felt the need to.
He knew that he can't always depend on LUNAR. Besides the actual reason why he created LUNAR is because he needed an assistance with all the future project that he will undertake.
Another reason for him deciding to increase his knowledge base is because he has no knowledge or information about other things. Apart from knowledge gained from the system from the system store or other skills' related knowledge, Silas knew nothing else.
It would be dumb if he needs to do something important but he doesn't have the knowledge on how to go about it, and LUNAR is unavailable.
How would he go about it if he finds himself in such situation? How will he get himself out of the mess?
Silas thought of this as he let out a deep breath and looked out the window. He saw that the sky was darkening due to the already setting sun, indicating that it was already evening.
"It's late already and Kim will soon be home," Silas said to himself, as he stood up and went up to Alex's room.
He wants to check on Alex as he hasn't checked up on him since they came back and he hasn't seen him come downstairs.
When he got to his room, he saw Alex still in bed but he noticed that he was already awake.
"Alex," Silas called out and walked towards his bed.
Alex heard Silas' voice and turned to look at Silas.
"Brother," He said in a low voice.
"How are you, champ? Feeling better now?" Silas asked, as he sat beside him, on the bed.
"Yes, I feel better now," Alex answered and gave a nod.
Silas saw this and smiled. He understood that Alex might still be processing everything in his head. It's something that he has also gone through before and he was very familiar with it.
"You know you can tell me anything, right? Anything at all, I'm here to listen to you. Don't forget that," Silas said, as he ruffled Alex's hair and Alex smiled.
The two of them stayed like that, quietly, their thoughts unknown to each other and a settling silence descended in the room.
"Brother, how was mom?" Alex suddenly asked, breaking the silence in the room.
Silas looked at Alex and gave a smile.
"She can be my new mom?" Alex asked.
"Yes, she can," Silas said as he nodded, while ruffling Alex's hair.
Silas stopped ruffling Alex's hair and looked out the window, a smile on his face and his thoughts, unknown.
The two of them were still deep in thoughts when they heard their names being called from the living room.
"Come on, Alex. Let's go to the living room. Mom I back," Silas said, and he carried Alex out of the bed and started walking downstairs, to living room.
On their way down, they met Kim on the stairs.
"You guys were upstairs. I was wondering why I didn't see anyone in the living room when I came in–," Kim paused abruptly when she noticed Alex's face.
"Alex, why does your face look like this?" Kim asked, as she examined his face to see if there's anything wrong with him.
"Nothing, mom. I'm fine," Alex replied.
Kim was momentarily shocked when she heard Alex call her mom.
Yes, he called her mom in the morning but it doesn't mean that she would had already gotten used to it. It was still shocking and always gives her a sweet feeling.
"Are you sure, Alex?" Kim asked, as she tried to make sure that he was actually fine.
"Yes, mom. I'm fine," Alex said with a reassuring smile.
"He's fine. It hasn't been long since he woke up. It seems that's the reason his face looks like that," Silas said.
Kim heard what the both of them said and let out a sigh of relief. She felt that Alex's face looks like he was crying before, but since Alex said that he's fine, and Silas confirmed it, then she decided to let it be.
"That's good. The two of you wait for me downstairs, let me go up and change before i come and prepare dinner," Kim said, and Silas and Alex nodded.
Kim saw the two of them go downstairs to the living room and she also went to her room to change.
Few minutes later, Kim came downstairs, already changed and she walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner.
It took her a few minutes and she was finally done preparing dinner, and she started dishing out the food.
After she dishes out the food, Silas and Alex came to the dining table and took their, and Kim also did the same.
After they were seated, they started eating their food. The atmosphere at the dining was quiet and awkward.
Silas and Kim had different thoughts running through their head as they ate their food quietly.
After they were done eating, the table was cleared, the dishes were done and they went to bed.