Meeting

"Everything is so... BEAUTIFUL! Isn't it Aka?"

"Yeah it is."'

Me and Gura were training in the new open gym of the Feather Family. The entire area around us was covered with finely trimmed grass.

A lot of people had their eyes on us, the range was from elites to the servants, the Feather Family doesn't adopt cripples, so how powerful were we? That was the question on everyone's minds.

Furthermore they knew about our unranked potential and us being already E-E+ only increased their standards. They were looking forward to see us in action.

Once our daily training was done, we headed to the showers to get ready, after all...

We had a meeting to attend.

The attire was nothing but a plain black tuxedo with black pants and shoes. There was no contrast in the dress other than his skin, hair, and deep blue eyes.

Right at 11:45

Someone knocked on his door. He opened the door and saw a butler waiting for him outside.

"Shall we proceed?" The butler known as Walter asked.

"Lead the way." I replied, I just got back into human society, so I was pretty stiff with human interactions and didn't trust anyone.

It took around 10 minutes by car to reach the main mansion. There were many guards and warriors patrolling around

Most of them carried weapons but those with higher levels didn't. They didn't need too, their marks were easily B-A rank, so they could easily guard the mansion. Even an S-rank would have trouble breaching the defenses if their ability wasn't stealth related.

Under the guidance of the butler, I soon arrived at the lunch hall where I was supposed to meet the mysterious heads of the Feather Family. The lunch hall felt more like a living room instead

Who the hell puts a sofa near the dining table? And not just one sofa... the room was filled with sofas!

"Welcome to the Black Family Mr. Akatsuki." A voice came from behind one of the sofas. Arnold looked on the direction from which the voice came.

A man was sitting on the sofa in the middle of the room. The man was most probably 5'5 ish. He had a dark skinned which gave off a distinctive feeling about him. A particularly notable feature of the man was his crooked smile. He had a large skin tag on his chest and had a lean face with a round chin, a sharp nose, and thin lips. His dark green eyes are narrow and he had well groomed eyebrows. He was naturally bald but had an impressive beard. I was unable to grow facial hair in my past life, so I was quite jealous.

"So you like my beard huh?" The man smiled.

Is this guy a mind reader or what? No, if he was, he would know that I'm not originally from this world, its probably feelings or surface level thoughts.

"Yes, its quite fashionable." I said with a smile, this man probably used the surface level of his powers, I shouldn't provoke him.

"You're a smart one, everyone has their secrets, so I won't pry and scar myself, I hope you have fun at this party." he said with a chuckle.

"I will old man, see you later!" I said as I waved him off, I could tell he liked what I said as he blushed.

'"Mind your language in Father's presence." A man appeared out of nowhere in the blink of an eye.

"Oh! I'm sorry sir." I said, maybe I shouldn't call him that.

'"It's not sir! Call him FATHER!" The man snapped back. This white skinned man had a small wound on his forehead

Maybe his brain was damaged and that's why he behaved like a jerk. He had a weird triangular face a straight nose and small lips. His light purple eyes were wide set. His shoulder length straight purple hair was neatly braided. He had long arms a powerful torso and strong legs.

Father? What kind of weird fetish this man has? Arnold forgot about the Head's mind reading capabilities.

"I assure you that its just a gesture of respect and nothing else." The Head smiled with a sly grin.

"I don't think I've introduced myself yet I'm Cena Feather the head of this family and this is my adopted son Sean."

"Pleased to meet you. Now if you don't mind could you tell me why have you invited me here?"

"Hahaha... straight to the point. I've already started to like you my boy. Since you asked nicely..."

"I'm gonna tell you exactly why I invited you over - To test your skills in combat. You'll be facing off against Nathan and if you manage to stay on your feet after ten minutes, if you win, I'll give you my blessing."

"What if I refuse?" I asked curiously.

"I don't think you'd like to be thrown out of here would you?" Cena smirked.

While Cena was smiling, I checked Sean's aura, he was no doubt above E-rank, something above my capabilities, I don't think I'll win this one even if I pull out all of my cards.

I looked at Cena. "I'm ready. Where do we fight?"

...

"H-How! You were so weak!" a man in a futuristic purple suit said as he retreated back, both of his arms have been chopped off, leaving a gorey mess.

"Hiding was so easy, all I had to do was rescue everyone, you void scum, you killed Kushi's brother, so die." a boy said with a green sword in his hand.

"You should be weak! H-How, HOW!" the man yelled trying to run for his life.

"I do have the mark of the God of Dragons after all, a mere B-rank void mark doesn't hold a candle to my power." he said with a chuckle, slicing the man's head off once and for all.

"He was tough, but nothing I can't handle." the boy said, slicing the air to clean his blade.

"Time to go save everyone else, they are valuable assets, especially my dear Kushi. Oh how I missed her." he said with a smile.

"Now that I have regressed, I'll get back all my darlings and more." he said with a sly grin.

This was the swordmaster Skyler, ruler of the skies and bearer of the God mark of Dragons.

In his past life, he failed to stop the rule of the Demon King, but he was given a second chance, so it was his time to shine and save the universe.