Wow.
I looked outside the window as Grace drove the car.
I think even before gaining my memories of Earth, I didn't really look at the Azur capital. I always had my head lowered while walking after all. My brother's death really ate me from within.
Now, it was different. I will still carry that guilt, but I will also carry my hatred.
Boundless hatred.
If before I was so much pitying on myself that I forgot the true culprits, then now I would not cry pathetically anymore. I will find everyone responsible for what happened to my brother and kill all of them.
Fate may have been weak-minded, but I, as Frey, was not weak-minded nor weak-willed. Any means to reach my end. It was my way of thinking on Earth and here from now on.
Though this time it was different as I had a family.
"Where is Mailys?"
I asked Grace.
"Your niece is still at school."
Mailys was my niece, so the daughter of Grace and Earth, my brother. She was a cute four-year-old girl. How to say it?
Grace and Mailys kept me sane for four years. I really owe them a lot. When I said that, Grace would scold me by saying that it was normal between the family.
Sigh…
I should help her, she has done so much for me that it was unacceptable that I didn't do anything in return for her and Mailys.
"I'm really glad you became my brother's wife and my sister-in-law."
"!"
Grace was surprised by my words.
"I should be the one, Fate…"
Grace said with a nostalgic smile before shifting to an 'arrogant' one.
"But yes! Earth should have saved the world in another life to get such a beautiful and kind wife!"
"You're bragging a lot."
"Hey! I'm saying the truth! You shouldn't be blunt like that, otherwise you will not get girls!"
Grace advised with an exaggerated serious face.
"Girl huh…"
I remembered the girls from my promotion and…
"..."
I kept mute.
"Come on, Fate! You inherited the good looks from Jessica, so you shouldn't have any problem getting a girlfriend, right?!"
Jessica was my mother, she and Grace were really getting along well.
"The light is green!"
I shifted the topic and pointed at the traffic light.
Grace channeled mana and started the car again but she soon glanced at me.
I sighed at that.
"I may have inherited mom's good looks, but father's looks as well. So, in the end, I'm average."
"Hey! you are talking badly about father-in-law!"
I laughed at her words.
"When was the last time you spoke to father?"
"Well…"
Indeed, my father's relationship with Grace was very strained.
As for why? It was because of me.
Father was already angry that Grace took away Earth, his first son, so early without warning, but now, she even took me with her.
Well, it was more like me who chose to be with Grace.
In brief, my father was jealous…
He really cared about me and Earth.
After Earth's death, he and mother as well became really protective of me, but I didn't have the courage to face them. Earth's death and memories of our happy life kept appearing in my mind each time I saw them. It was really hard. Moreover, I was angry at them as they were at work most of the time.
Strangely, I felt at ease with Grace, surely because I had known Grace since long ago.
I first met her when I was six years old. At that time, she was already hanging with Earth. I still remember how she played a lot with me. That must be the reason she didn't even hesitate to take me with her to her house.
"Mailys shouldn't be home already?"
I asked, as it was 6 pm.
Usually Mailys would have already been home.
"Well, I should have already picked her up but I received a call from the public security department."
Fuck!
It was my fault.
"I'm sorry."
I lowered my head.
How can she support me, seriously?
She paid 5000 AXP and didn't even show anger at me.
"Don't worry about it. By the way, is it working or do you need to buy a new one?"
Grace changed the topic.
I looked at my ID pad and turned it on.
[Fate Aurigae]
Rank [F]
Strength [F]
Stamina [G+]
Agility[F]
Intelligence [E+]
Sens [D]
Mana[F]
Prana [D+]
Talent [C+]
"Eh?"
Upon seeing my status, I was taken by surprise.
"Fate?"
Grace, who was driving, glanced at me.
"A-Ah, it's working."
"Are you that shocked?"
"Ahaah."
I laughed it off and Grace shook her head with a smile.
I looked again at my status.
Everyone in this world had status and we could see it thanks to the ID pad scientists had created. The pad was directly connected to the brain thanks to a liquid we had been injected with a syringe. This world was surely advanced in technology.
Anyway, what was strange was my status.
I can still remember my former status and there are some slight changes now.
My strength, stamina, agility, and mana didn't budge.
Their ranks were still as pathetic as ever.
But intelligence, [E+]?
I was [F-] before, so I became more intelligent?
Sense, I was at [D] rank.
Sens was our global rank in all our senses.
It was similar to reflexes, I guess.
And before I was in F rank, I took a huge leap.
Now that I thought about it, my senses were indeed sharper.
The most shocking news was the addition of [Prana] to my status.
Indeed 'addition'.
I didn't have that before and I shouldn't be able to have that as well.
[Prana] was another form of energy like mana, but it was only usable by demi-humans and werewolves from what I knew.
A human couldn't use [Prana], it was impossible.
At least until now.
I was ranked at [D+] but I didn't know if it was good or not. For that, I would have to directly ask demi-humans and werewolves, which I couldn't.
Finally, Talent [C+]
Honestly, I didn't know what it meant either.
I heard talent played a big role in a fight, but that was all I heard.
And I didn't try to look for other people's talent, since I didn't have friends to begin with. So I can't compare my status to others.
I could ask Grace but it might be better to not drag her into that without finding out what was happening to me.
If scientists heard about me having [Prana], would they dissect me?
Maybe I had seen too many movies on Earth, but I was sure I wasn't far from the truth.
I mean, a human using [Prana] was never heard of.
Whatever my new stats were, I was still in F-rank.
It was really pathetic from someone at the prestigious Alexander Great Azur Academy.
It was still a wonder to me how they accepted me.
I'm sure dad did something, he was working with the king after all.
He could easily make me join that academy, even more so when people weaker than me were in my promotion.