Deranged Writer's Afterword

" GET OUT OF-------------"

I zone out of the old man\'s conversation because it was getting boring now.

Locating this shithole was a little hard, but having two trusty dogs to do all your work make it a whole lot easier.

Eric\'s grandfather, Albert Grey kept on yapping on and on, his head resembled a tomato that was going to explode, I could see veins bulging on his forehead.

It was an amusing sight.

Albert Grey was killed by his own grandson in the novel, in his final moments he regrets being an asshole and apologizes to Eric and then Eric puts an arrow in his head.

It was a \'meh\' ending for a unpleasant old man.

" Look, calm down. All I want is to be reunited with my honeypie."

Now did I just do that purposefully knowing that he calls Angela by that lame ass name ?

...

I guess we\'ll never know.

Seems like the old man\'s had enough, why else would he try to punch me ?

I dodge the punch by a hair\'s breadth and push Albert to where I sat previously while taking his place. Now that we were once again facing each other, I say with a more serious voice,

" PROJECT SOLDIER."

That\'s all I say, but that\'s plenty enough for him to be shocked.

" H-how ?...", he asks confused.

" Well, let\'s forget the \'how\'.... why don\'t we make a deal ?"

Albert Grey sits up straight and calms himself down.

" What do you want ?"

As hateful as he was, I was amazed by this man\'s foresight.

" Hmm... as I said earlier all I want is Eric... and he\'ll be moving to my house."

Albert frowns at this and says,

" That is not acceptable !, he is my grandson."

I act hurt and say,

" But father, he\'s the love of my life, haven\'t you heard that love is more important than anything...?"

I can almost hear Albert gritting his teeth,

" Fine, but how can I trust you ?"

" Trust me ?.... well you\'re taking my money, isn\'t that the biggest form of trust ?"

The old man\'s eyes widen and he asks,

" You\'re an investor ?"

I smile and say,

" You might know me as \'The Witch\'."

He appears even more shocked now.

PROJECT SOLDIER was a top secret [ illegal] experiment. They\'re basically trying to make humans stronger without the need to use mana. An artificially created superhuman.

As the project was top secret and all, the investors used pseudonyms and the name I just gave Albert was the one used by the Enchantress. These superhumans actually proved helpful in the last fight against the angels so I\'ve let them be till now.

Albert looked conflicted but in the end he caved and agreed to the deal with the infamous Grey frown plastered all over his wrinkled face.

I get up from the cushion and say,

" Pack up, Eric...you\'re coming home."

" This is his home...", Albert mumbles.

" I think it stopped being his home a long time ago."

Albert doesn\'t make any sort of comeback, which was a little surprising.

Eric moves in a dazed manner and as he was exiting from the room, I slap his ass causing him to jump a little. I turn around and look straight into Albert\'s eyes before saying,

" Your grandson\'s great in bed."

Then I run the fuck out of there because my survival depended on it. Amanda and Francis also runs along with me.

~~~~

" Don\'t ever do that again.", Eric proclaimed while packing his bags.

I raise my hands to show my surrender and say,

" I won\'t."

I lay down on his bed and browse around my phone.

" Why did you come ?". Eric asked his gaze fixed on the task before him.

" hmmmm, well you can\'t try to be better if you\'re not given the chance..."

A small smile appears on Eric\'s tired face as he says,

" You\'re right."

~~~~

Eric and Angela kept pestering me to tell them what PROJECT SOLDIER was but I don\'t cause by now they should know that I\'m very secretive...

" Take care of my brother or else I\'ll....", Angela left the rest upto my imagination. She waved us goodbye and then the car took us to the Creed mansion.

~~~~

As the car reaches the mansion, I\'m surprised to see Patrick waiting for me in front of the mansion. I thought I was done with him.

I get out of the car, Eric behind me and wave at Patrick who does the same back. He runs towards us with a big smile on his face and says,

" Greetings Sir Adam and Sir Eric, It\'s great to see you again."

I scoff at his politeness and ask,

" What brings you here ?"

Patrick clears his throat and says with a wide smile on his face,

" I was sent here to officially invite you to the banquet we are holding to celebrate the return of the princess and her mother."

He hands us an envelope and continues on,

" This is the official invitation signed by the demon king himself, you may bring Sir Eric and Miss Lecia as well."

After conveying the message that was entrusted to him, Patrick bid us goodbye and went away.

I open the envelope and let out a sigh before saying,

" it\'s tomorrow."

This all felt a little sudden but it\'ll be good to see Tiana and... Victoria again.

" It\'ll be good to see those two again... I can\'t believe we\'re going to demon territory.....---", Eric continued speaking, he seemed excited.

Well, good for him.

The doors open and I\'m glad to see Martin and Clara [ ascaris].

" You\'re back.", I say with a smile.

Now that they\'re back, things around the mansion would go a lot smoother. I hired Martin as the butler and Clara, his wife as the head maid.

" Yes, master."

" Yes, master."

The both of them speak simultaneously creeping me out a little.

~~~~

Lecia was watching tv and having ice cream when we arrived, it was Friday so she had returned home after class.

I walk up to her and kneel down and open my mouth, she puts a scoop of strawberry ice cream into my mouth. I glance at the movie but turn around instantly when I understand that it was an horror film.

Nope.

Seeing the bags Eric carried, she asks curious,

" Are you having a sleepover ?"

....

What ? A sleepover ?

Does she think we\'re fucking 15 year olds.... oh wait we are fifteen years old.

My bad.

" No, he\'s going to be staying here from now on."

" Okay.", saying this she goes back to her movie.

I patiently wait and soon enough she turns around and asks,

" What ?!"

~~~~~

After explaining the situation to Lecia, she nods her head and says,

" You did the right thing."

After that, Lecia helps Eric settle in while I took my bath.

We had a satisfying dinner where we all eat plenty, we talked about this and that and time passed quickly.

After that we all went to our respective bedrooms.

I lay down on my bed and blankly stared at the ceiling.

I\'ve realized something,

A lot of things have happened, good and bad. But right now, in this exact moment I was happy.

It\'s a strange feeling isn\'t it ?

~~~~

Night had fallen and the world had fallen asleep.

In a some part of the world, a red portal opens up.

A being which covered it\'s body with a ragged cloak enters into this world from the red portal.

The red portal closes behind the being.

The being falls down on the ground as if this world was rejecting his entire being but manages to stand up after a minute.

" Something is different with this one.... there\'s an anomaly here.", saying this the being vanishes into the darkness of the night

Happiness never lasts for long.

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