55. Brother (part 1)

{Author's note}

I have not decided yet if the story should include a harem or not. I have posted two comments. Vote for the one you wish for. I will go with the community decision.

On another note, chapter 57 is already on the p@tre0n. For now, it is just two chapters in advance, but soon I will release more.

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Albus was currently in a dilemma. The stranger wanted to talk in private and Albus could understand due to the attention he brought just by revealing his face. On the other hand, such an action could be dangerous.

He has never really been on the bad side of anyone, so there was no reason for anyone to mess with him. At the same time, the way the man talked was friendly and Albus could not find any bad intention coming from him. So he decided to invite Abraham into his apartment. As a precaution, Albus went towards his friend that was previously sitting next to him, and informed him about the situation. If anything was to happen to them, then Albus's friend was a witness.

Albus came back and inform Abraham to follow them.

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Abraham was following closely behind the trio. Ginny and Quinn were a little bit more in front with Albus walking in the middle. Abraham was quite impressed with the way his elder brother was thinking.

While walking, Abraham changed his vision into the wireframe and he decided to view it from a bird-eye perspective. Abraham was able to view from a point of view a few meters directly upward from his head. It allows him to see all around him with him in the middle. As a precaution, he still avoided looking at himself. Abraham directed his view at his back and as expected, closely behind, there were two men following.

They were Albus's friends that were keeping track of him.

Instinctively, Abraham decided to inspect his family's aura to see how much they were powerful. From just first look, Abraham was frowning. Both of his eyebrows moved together downward, creating wrinkles on his forehead, and had a tense expression on his face.

Both the aura of Ginny and Quinn was the normal yellow one. From what Abraham has seen during his past time of using the vision, their aura was quite normal for a human being. The one for Quinn was really small as he was still a child.

But the problem arises with the aura of his brother, Albus. It was the normal yellow one but in addition, there was a little purple aura around his head. It was extremely small as if it was dormant, but it remained attached to the top part of Albus's yellow aura.

[Ding]

[New Quest]

[The user has noticed an anomaly in the aura of his brother. Find the truth about this matter.]

[Reward: unknown]

"Do you think your brother has some vampire aura?" the AI of the system was also able to see the wireframe vision.

"NO, that purple aura is attached to his brain, so the most possible theory is that a vampire used the influence skill on him. If anything bad had happened to my brother, I promise you that I will make that vampire wish for death."

For an instance, even the AI in the system could imagine the torture that Abraham would do if such a thing was to happen. Trying to ease the tension, the system explained the possibility.

"I don't think that the vampire who used it meant any harm. I mean look at your brother. He is living a normal life with his family. Maybe he met a vampire by accident and the vampire is just using him to get some information. You should plan your next course of events to avoid gathering the attention of that vampire as we don't know who they might be."

After a few deep breaths and thoughts, Abraham's mood returned to normal. They have reached a door with a "B76" label on it. Albus looked at the small camera and after it recognized Albus, the door opened automatically.

Albus made his wife and child enter first. After waiting for them to get to the end of the room, he asked Abraham to enter.

Just before he closed the door, Albus looked at the end of the corridor and after he noticed his friends, Albus got inside.

The inside was cozy with a couch in the living room. There was a bookshelf where Ginny was standing. Albus has recreated it the same way it was in their childhood apartment with their dad. But what caught the attention of Abraham was not this thing, instead, it was a photo hanging on the wall.

Abraham walked closer to it and the clear image of his mom and dad was seen. His heart felt heavy, and his body started to react on its own.

Albus found the situation strange. The man was watching his parent's photo for more than a minute now and he could now help but wonder if the man knew about his parent. Then to his greatest surprise, when Abraham turned to face him, Albus found the man's eyes were filled with tears.

Abraham wiped his tears away.

When looking at the photo, the illusion he got from the Aranea beast while exploring his first planet came to his mind. He had only seen his mother Alita in photos as she died while giving birth to him. Even though it was an illusion, it was the only time it felt real.

As for his father Dracul, he was the closest person since he came into this world. His father was such a great person. Abraham could gain everything in this life but yet he always felt like a loser whenever he remembered his father. The closest person to him was not here to see his achievements. Now in front of him was his only remaining family, and Abraham would do everything in his power to protect him.

"All right, I'm ready. Before I tell you everything maybe I should tell you that what I'm about to say may be difficult to accept, but I'm going to do my best to prove it to you."

"First of all, about my age. I may look like an adult but it has only been 13 years since I was born. Second, about my life. I was born on 10 March 2650. Sadly, the day was also the one my mother died. For my father, it was still a whole nightmare as the doctors has told him that I will not survive for long. With no option, my father to me and my elder brother back home and he put a woman named Jane to look after me. Miraculously, after 4 months, I started to show signs of improvement until one day I was finally able to live like a normal child. I spent most of my childhood reading books from my father's collection, and I would sometimes play tag with my elder brother. My elder brother took great care of me but sadly he had to go to military school. There he found a girl in the same class and fell in love with her.

But when I and my brother thought that happiness was finally shining upon us, the death of our father happen. After that, I went to stay with the woman Jane while my brother returned to his military training. At the age of 10, I moved out from my foster mother's home and since then, I have been living alone, training to become better. I have not contacted either my brother or my foster mother during those time.

So let me introduce myself again, Brother Albus. My name is Abraham Talen, son of Dracul and Alita Talen. "