Chapter_4 : History (4) _ First life

I was born on planet Julio, in the Romique star system, as a child of the prestigious Servusdei family, one child among many. Even so, I barely knew anyone from my family.

The Romique star system was located at the limit between the central sector ruled by my family and the north quarter sector ruled by the Wolpis family. So, we were quite far from the Prima and solar system where most of the Servusdei family lived.

My father was sent there in order to stop the Wolpis family from extending their empire to the central sector. Some would say that it was an honor, but the truth is that they preferred to send away a member with subpar academic ability rather than a true researcher, a true member of the family.

But it wasn't all that bad. At least, my childhood was easier than some other children from the family. I didn't have to spend my day learning about all kinds of scientific knowledge, advanced math or other kinds of boring lessons according to children. Of course, I had some basic courses to follow, but once it was done, I was allowed to do what I wanted.

I was already pretty curious at the time and therefore tried a lot of different hobbies. Yet, I usually grew tired of them soon enough. Either they were not as interesting as I first thought or I just found something more interesting. And so, I kept trying new things, again and again and again.

As time passed, I became a young man. I was still trying new things, but the once unadulterated curiosity was no more. It was tainted with spite, fear and an unhealthy feeling of obligation. After all these years, I still couldn't find anything that kept me interested, and I feared that if I stopped trying I would lose an important part of myself.

And fate proved me right. A few years later, as I was meditating to sense my soul, one of the activities I didn't find interesting but were forced to do, this thought reappeared and helped me sense my soul for the first time.

I never considered myself as extraordinary, even more so in a family of geniuses like the Servusdei family. Yet, reaching the 1st soul rank "Soul sensing" without external help before the age of 20 was nothing short of a miracle.

To this day, I can't forget the thrill I felt. Not just the feeling of feeling one's soul for the first time, but accomplishing it by myself when so many others failed. I wanted more of this feeling. I wanted to reach a rank no others could reach. I wanted to go further than any other human. I finally found the thing I was missing, the thing that would keep me interested for my whole life. I finally found a meaning to my life.

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Once again, years passed. And my hard work and dedication to research on the soul didn't go unrewarded.

The curiosity that was tainted when I grew up had been cleansed and became a path that led me deeper and deeper into my soul, right to its essence. This way, at the age of 45, I officially became the youngest human to ever reach the 2nd soul rank "Soul awakening", the youngest esper.

The 2nd soul rank was the true beginning of an esper path. I had to better understand my soul attribute, I had to master the abilities related to this rank and keep progressing towards the 3rd soul rank. In order to do so, I spent even more time on research, meditation and training. And what already was a poor social life became nearly non-existent, only interacting with my parents and my personal maid.

Half a hundred years later, I finally reached the then last known soul rank, 3rd soul rank "Soul incarnation". At the time, no more than a thousand people in the human galactic empire were at this level and even the Servusdei family couldn't ignore my existence. An elder of the Servusdei therefore came to Julio and ordered to go back to the Prima star system to be one of the main researchers on the 4th soul rank.

I wasn't really keen on doing so since I didn't like to be hindered in my research but I knew my parents always wanted to return to Prima with honors. And as their son, I was ready to follow their will. Yet, against my expectations, my parents didn't want to go back. They were old and wanted to die on this planet they learned to love.

I was shocked. I realized I didn't truly look at my parents' faces for years. They were so old, they wouldn't be with me for many more years. I was their only child but I didn't show them the filial piety they were due. I didn't take care of them and I didn't create a family of my own. They would die, not knowing their grandchilds, fearing about the end of their bloodline.

Following this realization, I decided to take some rest, to put a halt to my research to spend time with my parents. To this day, this period still holds one of the most important places in my memory and in my heart. A period unfortunately too short since both my parents died a mere three years later.