Always and forever.

"So that's all you missed."

A bruised Azel reported to Vena.

[I see so the world leaders suddenly announced that out of the blue]

Vena said.

"Yeah, just a week after my awakening, awful close to being a coincidence."

Five days after Azel's awakening, some world astonishing changes were made, wars were suddenly halted, alliances were made and finally, a global academy supported by all world leaders was announced.

'It feels... I don't know the word for it.'

*sigh

Azel sighed deeply and threw his arms on the metallic floor.

"This is quite annoying, being in the dark does not feel good, it is just event after event, to top it off am fucking blind."

Azel complained as he slowly ran his finger through his damp hair.

[I can get more information if you want.]

Vena suggested.

Azel sat upright with lightning speed and pecked his head up and down, giving his whole he-

"Eh? How? You are connected to me, so unless you have wings you can't leave."

Azel said sarcastically.

[Actually, I can unlike other systems I have the ability to leave and come back.]

Vena replied smugly if she had a body her nose would touch the sky.

Azel heard her but he couldn't help but worry.

"Is that not dangerous?"

[No, not in the slightest you see even if by some chance am killed or my projection is destroyed I won't be affected cause my core is in your soul. So I just have to wait a few hours and poof am back to normal.]

Vena explained.

".... "

Azel began rubbing his chin and thanking the stars for having such a useful system.

'Oh wait she's not a system.'

Awaiting his reply Vena was nervous yet excited, scared if he'd say no and excited about her upcoming adventures.

"Well, knock yourself out, also see if you can find out about... "

[Okay]

"I will be seeing you."

Azel said to Vena.

[Same]

Vena's voice became faint and Azel couldn't feel her presence anymore.

'This feels very familiar... I wonder how Mea is doing.'

Azel shakes all depressing thoughts and feelings from his head and slaps his face.

"Ok let's do this."

Azel slowly got up on his feet.

He slowly walked towards the middle of the room.

*Slip

Azel fell on his head after slipping on a baton.

"Ouch.. "

Still on the floor, Azel thought to himself.

'I keep forgetting am blind.. Still a long way before I get used to being blind.'

Azel got up on his feet and stretched a bit.

"Exavier."

Azel called out.

"I want four level 8 two with dual weapons, another with a bow and the last with a spear."

"Yes, Gospodin."

The voice replied.

Four bots walked out of each other with different weapons, each holding different weapons.

The bots are sleek metallic humanoid figures adorned with intricate, glowing runes.

Its eyes radiate with a soft, ethereal light, and its limbs are articulated with fluid precision.

The surface of the bot's body is adorned with enigmatic symbols, pulsating with magical energy as it imparts wisdom and hones the skills of those seeking its guidance.

//Turning on setting spar to level 8//

"Yoshi."

Azel said with a big smile on his face, he sent mana into his feet and moved towards the first bot at an insane speed, commencing the spar.

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Alina Drakonov [pov]

Walking through the hallways that used to be filled with the chatter of the kids, now empty the only stopping from being a graveyard were the servants.

I continued my journey and went towards the training where Azel locked himself in refusing to come out.

"I wonder where I went wrong."

I slowed down my pace and got to the heavy-duty metal double doors.

The door has the crest of the Drakonovs, the head of a roaring red dragon surrounded by blazing crimson flames.

I moved closer to open the door but I felt anxious, beyond this door was my baby.

'I can do this.'

I sent in mana to the door and it slowly creaked open, unable to wait I pushed the damn thing open myself and there my baby was different in every way.

Gone was my average-looking child, he hit a growth spurt and was now a head taller than me.

His formerly bright red hair was gone replaced with subtle light pink hair.

Looking at my cute baby, tears slowly fell from my eyes cause he had grown, the lazy brat was now a man, a strong one.

I dragged my feet in silence and just wrapped my hands around him.

"Hey, mo-"

He noticed the tears on his chest and began to panic.

"Are you ok? What wrong? Should I-"

I shook my head and he stopped talking and just stood, this went on for a while until I had gathered enough courage to ask:

"Are you still mommy's boy?"

I said nervously needing some form of comfort with all that was happening.

He chuckled and then looked at me gently and said: "Always and forever."

".... "

Those words resonated deeply within and I was very satisfied.

I wiped my tears and scolded him.

"You should come up for dinner sometimes and wear a shirt, what if you have a cold? Eh, tell me who are you flaunting for?"

I said all this while twisting his ear.

"ow, ow stop am sorry okay? I'll listen to you, Mom."

A wave of joy went through my body, he called me Mom.

Ever since he came he had been distant and I was worried but I think all he needed was time and space.

I flashed a bright smile towards then hopped away from him.

"Azy, use the gift I gave to you very well ok."

"What gift?"

He said all confused and looked at the box that was suddenly in his hands.

"How?"

He asked me genuinely surprised but I refused to answer.

'Know the power of a mother.'

With that, I left the room going towards my next mission.

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3rd [pov]

Azel looked at the closing door and felt a different kind of happiness within him.

'The hug was warm.'

He clenched his fist and then quickly unclenched it remembering there was a gift in his hands.

Azel inspected the gift, it was a palm-sized box, and it was black with a delicate white-flowered pattern.

"Hmm, nice."

He went towards the only bench in the room to open the box.

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A thousand stellar voids away from Valexia.

In the empty blanket of space, a huge colossal structure was floating beside a star, the structure was suspended in a cosmic dance, and the eternal Ring Array emerged—a mesmerizing space structure adorned with concentric rings weaving through its core.

Stretching gracefully across the void, these luminous rings are an intricate symphony of technology and artistry.

The central nucleus, a hub of pulsating energy, anchors the ethereal rings that encircle it. Each ring, crafted from a crystalline alloy with a prismatic shimmer, rotates independently, creating a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow across the cosmic expanse.

Within the ring, the signals in the control room have been spiking.

"What is it?"

A being, a foreign race, the being had normal human features except for the antenna and algae-like hair.

It was dressed in a blue military uniform with badges decorated on his shoulder.

"Corian'dr noticed an energy spike a couple of stellar voids away."

Another one of the being said this one had thick glasses and was wearing a long brown jacket.

"So?"

The Corian'dr replied not understanding the problem.

"The planet or the spike we received is rich in Aetherium, richer than any other planet or spike we have received."

The one in glasses.

Visible excitement appeared on the Corian'dr face but he suppressed it.

He nodded its head acknowledging the one in glasses.

"Send a message to the command centre for all important personnel to meet on the bridge."

"What should I say."

"It's time to HUNT."

Stellar void: Is the distance between stars or this case between star systems.

This will be my 10th chapter thanks for the support.