Melissa slurped at her noodles, the steam curling around her glasses. She wore an oversized shirt, buttons undone, like she'd just rolled out of bed.

  "That about concludes his report," she said between mouthfuls.

  Kaein dangled upside down from the ceiling, his arms folded. His eyes flicked toward her lazily.

  "That cursed katana... where is it from?"

  Melissa blew on her noodles, then shrugged. "No exact date, but I'd guess forty... maybe fifty thousand years back."

  She stretched, cracking her fingers, then spun lazily in her chair before tapping away at her computer. Her grin widened.

  "You know, this kid is fascinating. Turns out he's got an ancient seal on his body - tough one, not easy to break. The katana cracked it a little. Man, I have so many questions that it makes me horny."

  Kaein sighed.

  Melissa's eyes gleamed as she twirled her chopsticks. "If he survives the talk with the old man, he's mine first."

  But when she looked up again, Kaein was already gone. She blinked, then shrugged and went back to her noodles.

  Kaein drifted down the corridor, muttering under his breath.

  "I've never seen her sober."

  This was my second time in the commander's office, and once again, it felt like standing in front of a principal waiting for punishment.

  The commander stood with his back to me, hands clasped behind him, gazing out the window at the rainbow-painted sky. His voice was calm, almost to himself.

  "You came early again , you heal fast"

  "You took on five thousand mid-level monsters... and came out alive, with that dark katana."

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  "That was quite impressive Kael especially for your first mission, but then again there were many casualties "

  He turned slightly, his eyes never leaving the horizon.

  "We'll need to run a few scans on the blade. As per procedure, we'll also have to dispose of it. Still... good work, Kael. You've raised your name to good standards."

  His no different from my step mother , but...

  I shook my head. "That won't be possible. This katana is linked to my soul. I can't just hand it over."

  "Now , now don't test your luck Kael, you know what happens when you disobey the system and I think you know clearly well that our lives don't matter when the command is absolute ", he sighed disappointedly.

  Mikel died no one gave a damn ,Amara died no one gave a damn, her children died no one gave a damn , I died no one gave a damn.

  Why is that ?

  All my life the system...life never cared . It gave me fake world to live in well,

  "Damn it , I refuse !"

  For the first time, he faced me fully. His finger tapped against his temple.

  "You've survived quite a lot, Kael. Regardless of your disobedience. But tell me - how long can your luck carry you? Think. We all live and breathe because we follow orders. If you hadn't been such a disobedient boy... think where you'd be now."

  I clenched my fists.

  "I'd be a pig who thinks he's in a palace, but really wallows in a mud pit. I regret nothing. I've come too far to back down now. If you won't tell me the truth, I'll find it myself. I'll fight, even if the whole world stands against me. I'll fly, even if gravity itself tries to drag me down."

  With that, I turned and headed for the door. My hand paused on the handle, and I glanced back.

  "Nice office, sir... but even the cleanest rooms can't hide the dirt underneath."

  I stepped out, leaving his silence to rot with the walls.

  "He has the same eyes from when I met you, Zoro . I wonder what the fate of a boy who even opposes gods."

  Fascinating." Melissa pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose, her eyes glowing at the screen.

  I just stared at her, puzzled.

  "It seems the katana you carry takes on the powers of the monsters you slay. Isn't that cool?" she grinned.

  "So... you're saying I can shoot snowflakes?"

  She gave me a look like Albert Einstein had adopted me only to throw me in the trash the next day.

  "Just try throwing it," she sighed.

  I shrugged, tossed the blade.

  "Now, reach out your hand."

  I did. The katana whirled midair, paused as if listening, then spun like a coin before zipping back to my grip. My jaw slackened. I could even command it to hover, spin, or freeze mid-flight.

  I felt like a kid who had just discovered how to flush the toilet.

  "The person who turned into this sword is Amara she looked like my mother. If it true that it from way back why was she in that past ?", I asked Melissa not hoping for an answer.

  She took of her glasses to clean them . She looked different without them ,to different as if they were a mask hiding the countless tears her eyes had bled and the tiredness they carried.

  "The world is watching you Kael, they just can't ignore you . You caught my interest first glance after knowing you were a system born I knew it would be hard to get intel on you ", she squinted her eyes then placed her glasses back on before crying.

  "Man I wanted this to be a cool speech, but my eyes get watery without glasses!"

  I sighed .

  "Do you know what a system born child is?", she asked.

  "A child born of the system ?"

  "Yeah but don't look at the surface otherwise you'll never find the gold. System born children are born in Ecardwark. From different human bodies and DNA and the soul is from a mixture of different souls which are later coded by the system ".

  "Does that mean...?"

  "Yes"

  "Amara Solen is not your mother and neither is the system your father "