Chapter 3: life equation

*** krypton, 13 years before the destruction

It had been 9 years since I reincarnated but the life equation had been unresponsive no matter what I do. I could tell that it exists somewhere inside of me and I could see it too but using it is something that I hadn't been able to do until this very moment. I think to even use it for doing something insignificant I had to first understand it, which is not something that could be archived so easily.

I feared that it might take years even after the destruction of krypton to even use it for a little bit of molecular evolution.

*** Third-person P.O.V.

Jor-el pretty quickly figured out that while kar-el was a talent that comes around 1 in a century in terms of learning capability, he would still burn out if he kept focusing on so many fields at the same time so he suggested kar-el to focus on 2 to 3 fields only at a time.

kar-el took his advice to heart when he realized that it's true and decided to only focus on 3 fields which are A.I., elements, and engineering. rest was only learned till necessary for day-to-day experiments.

As time passed, kar-el earned the respect of his fellow guild members for being polite and diligent. Elders too were impressed with the progress kar-el was making and gave him certain tasks to accomplish. Elders started to groom kar-el as a nice alternative for Jor-el when he grows up. While Jor-el was the most genius brain on whole krypton currently and no one could beat him for his out of the box thinking, he liked to voice his opinions too which annoyed elders council a lot so if they could find someone else who could fix their problem even if took a little more time, they liked to avoid Jor-el. And Kar-el could certainly meet their standards in a few years if things kept going this way.

While this all was going on, Jor-el gave his first warning to the elders about the state of krypton and the dangerous consequences it would bring in a decade. Elders ignored his warning which made Jor-el worried about the future of krypton.

The relationship between Kar-el and Jor-el developed into a brotherly bond as Kar-el stayed most of the time with Jor-el because of being cloned from the past generation of house of the El ancestry which was already dead.

Meanwhile, Zor-el and Alura decided to become parents, and Jor-el and Lara started to develop a romantic relationship which Kar-el used to tease Jor-el from time to time.

It was pretty clear to kar-el that Jor-el had already removed the limiters placed on his mind as a Kryptonian born from cloning. normal Kryptonians don't invite their soon to be wife on a date as it's pretty unusual for them.

***P.O.V. Kar-el

One day, I had thought that I might not able to learn everything but I could make an A.I. that could learn everything that krypton had to offer after all we already had one as an example which goes by the name of the prime sentient Krypton A.I. that manages all the operations from gravitational barriers around the planet to excavation of resources from the core of the planet. I won't need to make it as big as prime A.I. is, what I needed to make is an A.I. as advanced as it but with a lower computation power after all I won't need it to run a whole planet for me.

That's why I began to focus more on A.I. than other fields but some parts of knowledge were restricted by elders and to access it, I had to earn the council's trust which is not a tough job, just time-consuming that's all. they already saw me as an alternative to Jor-el whenever they needed to fix something. if I maintained my yes sir attitude in front of them for a few more years, they would immediately allow me access when I asked them. sometimes I wondered, who taught me to scheme plans and manipulate people? *sigh*'

Scheming aside, I thought it was time to begin my martial art training now that I was 9 years old, I won't have much time remaining and that's why im currently sitting on a chair in Jor-el's compartment even though I have a private compartment of my own now.'

"So you want to learn martial arts from me?" asked Jor-el who was sitting across me while doing the paperwork.

"yes, I know that you are a master of Kryptonian martial arts because you pick it as a hobby. and don't worry it's not free, I will provide you payment for it." I replied to him while checking the documents he already signed.

" payment, huh?" he glanced at me while raising an eyebrow, " what kind of payment you can provide that can interest me?"

I leaned towards the table between us," well you see, I heard whispers from my loyal little birds that you are trying to propose to Lara and you see, in my opinion, you don't look like the type that is well-versed in the art of courtship, so..." I smirked at him," What if I provide you the guarantee that if you follow my advice, she will agree to marry you. how does that sound like a payment? appealing?"

"who are these little birds of yours? " he asked after a long silence.

"well, that's confidential. I can't just tell you my trade secret. sorry man ", I replied while leaning against the back of my chair.

" Okay, I will think about it later," he said as if he had eaten a bug.

"I will wait for the good news then. Anyways, how much time do we have before krypton takes its last breath?"

he signed," not much, maybe 2 or 3 years more than a decade. I'm trying to get the exact timing but it will take some time. what are you focusing on nowadays? I feel like you want something from the elders. With how readily you are agreeing to their every request, I wouldn't be surprised if you want to take part in politics. "