Chapter 34: Teressa Hydronia

[You have awaked the Path: Corrupted Celestial] the system said, causing Theos' eyes to wid slightly.

'Corrupted Celestial, shouldn't my Path be that of the Fall Angel?' Theos asked in confusion. According to his guess, it should be a Fall Angel like the original Theos in the novel.

[Actually, a Corrupted Celestial is an evolution beyond a Fall Angel, a Fall Angel is a rank beyond the Supreme, but a Corrupted Celestial is a rank beyond the Supreme and the Fall Angel] the System explained, causing Theos to go into shock.

Fortunately, the System continued its explanation. [You are not the original Theos, you are a new being based on Theos' body and much of Theos' soul. You also have negative mana, so your original path has be modified and improved. Thus your currt path was born] the System explained, causing Theos to go into a state of contemplation.

'I have more pottial now, I'm stronger, so I shouldn't complain... This is great news!' he concluded, quite satisfied.

No longer in doubt about his path, Theos began to observe his surings and witnessed all the destruction he had caused in the room.

"Ahem," Theos coughed and cleared his throat, turning his atttion to Matheo, who had be silt the whole time.

"Relax, I'm Theos, or as everyone calls me, The Fall," Theos explained casually, causing Matheo to nod with a smile.

"I see, that's a relief to know," the albino sighed in relief.

His father's words did not seem strange to Theos, for there were several records, albeit scarce, of the Paths corrupting and possessing their wearers, ev from birth, thus initiating a catastrophe.

His father's concern was common, especially because of the unstable seal he had. "Let's go," Theos said, taking a step forward before he could go any further. The pressure of a greater force prevted him from moving.

"What now?" he said with deathly cold eyes, watching his father.

"Sorry, son, but in case you hav't noticed, the runic markings are still on your body. It's dangerous for you to come out now, ev if you don't move," Matheo confessed, applying pressure with his mana so as not to provoke Theos to move.

The runic s were still spinning all over Theos' body, from one place to another, randomly, aimlessly.

The truth was that she didn't see him as much as Matheo did.

She knew that there were few occasions wh she had be prest in her son's life other than during his childhood, so she wanted to make up for that lost time, but she could do nothing in the face of her son's natural indifferce and coldness.

She knew this, so after scolding him, she immediately separated from him.

'Her attitude is tough and stubborn, but deep down, she's really afraid that I'll hate her and get angry with her,' Theos thought with a raised eyebrow at his doting mother's attitude.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't hate you," Theos said with a smile, unlike the forced smiles from before. This time it was a natural smile that made Teressa's eyes sparkle with joy.

'He smiled at me!' she exclaimed inwardly, her heart filled with happiness. Outwardly, however, she flashed a smile that said more than a thousand words.

"Hey, son, I heard you got a girlfrid," she said, causing Theos to stumble as he stood up.

"Where did you hear that?" he had no problem with his parts knowing about his relationship with Alice, but he felt uncomfortable knowing that they had heard about it from a third party.

"He told me Duke Sonne; he recognized you and told me as soon as he recovered." She continued, "He also told me that you were giv a nickname at the banquet disaster. I think it was Blood Shadow," she said, touching her chin to try to remember.

"No, no, it's Red Hat," Matthew interjected as he tried to remember the nickname.

"Yeah, yeah, I think it's Red Hat too," they both smiled broadly.

It was a joke, it was obvious...

'I think I should cut off my blood relations' Theos thought with a twisted grimace.

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