Chapter 6: Reunion Part II

Robert's parents had immense love for him, it was something he wasn't used to in his past life. Sure his Dad loved him but his Mother had abandoned them before he was even 10 years old. He would have to get used to his mother's attitude towards him, but he wasn't upset. He was actually looking forward to it.

"The Doctor said that you have Retrograde Amnesia, do you remember anything?" My mother had asked still sniffling but her eyes had been wiped clean of tears.

"Well, the only thing I remember is leaving school getting into a car, then an explosion there was fire, glass.....and....and. I can't remember anything else. It's all blank, I don't even remember my name and only know it because Arthur told me. I'm sorry...Mom, I don't remember you or Dad." I explained trying to make my new parents feel better by refering to them as Mom and Dad.

The memory fragments I was able to recieve didn't give me anything about the prior soul's family, just their last month as a boss of an organization and their death.

"It's okay my son, the doctor said the amnesia shouldn't be permanent and that by exposing you to more parts of your life, the memories should return slowly." My father said trying to cheer me up.

"And don't worry baby, you don't have to force yourself to call us mom and dad quite yet, I'd rather you slowly get used to calling us Mom and Dad and focus on your recovery." My mother said with a warmth that I wasn't used to, but enjoyed nonetheless.

"Thanks....Jennifer, I hope I can regain my memories soon. And.....Adrian, I uh, appreciate the sentiment." I said obviously still uncomfortable talking to my new family.

At my words I saw my mother's eyes tear up slightly and my father frowned sadly. Not hearing his son calling him Dad, hurt more than he would admit and for my mother to not be able to connect with her little boy clearly hurt her heart.

"Anyways. The doctor said they will keep you for another day or two for observation and some tests, but after that, you can come home." My father replied after clearing his throat to dispel the somber atmosphere.

"Okay, that's fine." I replied.

"Alright I have to get back, I had to step out of a board of directors meeting after I heard you were awake." My father said as he came over and patted my shoulder before walking out of my room.

"Yes, I should also be heading back to the firm, we have a deposition to prepare for." My mother said before walking up and squeezed my hand lovingly.

As Jennifer started to walk towards the door she turned to Arthur.

"Arthur, make sure you keep us up to date on Robert's condition and be sure to help him with whatever he might need." My mother said sternly.

"Of course, Madame. As is my sole duty, he is the young master." Arthur said to which my mother nodded and took one final look at my prone form and waved goodbye.

After Robert's mother left, Arthur turned to him.

"Sorry about that young master, your mother and Father don't actually know the true nature of our friendship, you are my favorite little buddy of course." Arthur said with a sly grin.

Evidently he and the previous body's owner had a unique friendship that wasn't simply a butler and his young master. They seemed to actually be friends.

"It's fine, from what I can tell, you were simply being professional. There's nothing wrong with that. Now i think i'd like to get some sleep." I replied with a smile.

Arthur smiled back and nodded slightly.

"Of course, I'll let you rest. It us good to speak with you after so long, I will leave you to it." Arthur said as he walked out, turning off the light as he left the room.

It was still light outside, but the blinds were drawn and kept most of the light from entering.

(Okay, now I'll practice my magic in my body as I'm sure the feeling is different than practicing in my astral form)

By the time this thought finished forming in my mind, I had already stood up from my bed and began by making a small fireball.

I did the gesture I had practiced in my astral form and an orange fireball appeared in my hand, about the size of a softball. I had remembered from the game that I could enhance the strength of the fireball, so I concentrated and did just that. The ball of flames in my hand began to grow in size and darken in color. This process took longer than I would've liked, about a minute to fully power up the fireball. The ball of flames was now a dark violet color and had grown to the size of a bowling ball.

The feeling of power that was emanating from the flame in my hand was overwhelming for someone who came from a world where stuff like magic didn't truly exist,at least not in this way. Let alone being able to create such a phenomenon, I came to a sobering reality.

(I had no idea how to unsummon this ball of flames)

I had never done it in all my 3 months of training which is really stupid in hindsight, but I never needed to practice that as I never had to worry about damaging anything if I experimented with my magic.

As my emotions began to become erratic, the flame started to become unstable and I felt I would soon lose control of the fire. I didn't have an exact idea of the strength of the fireball in my hand as I had also forgotten that I could enhance the skills as I was only given the knowledge of how to activate each spell such as what gestures to use, not absolutely everything about how the spell worked.

I started to conduct a breathing exercise I had been lesrned that i had used to help my friend who really struggled with anxiety issues.

*inhales*

*Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10*

*Exhale*

*Hold 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10*

*Rinse and Repeat*

This was a technique to not only lower your heart rate, but also to help you ground yourself by stopping to count to ten, helping to drag your focus away from what was causing you anxiety in the first place.