488 Betrayal.

“With 3 of us, we would complete missions easily, get promoted quickly, and be able to access higher pieces of information.” Blake said.

“We have already talked about this before, we don’t want to join the ash corps.” Castiel said.

“At this point, it is not about what you want, it is about what we have to do to get back to Earth.” Blake said receiving silence from both Brian and Castiel.

Right from when he had won the magic school entrance exam and was being approached by the ash corps and all the noble families. Blake never accepted any of their offers because he was against serving anyone but himself.

When life hit him, Blake’s view changed; he realized that if he continued as an adventurer, he would be no different from a headless chicken traveling the entire Infinite realm.

Silence filled the room as Brian and Castiel were trying to come up with a reasonable excuse, but this made Blake’s eyes widen in shock.

“I see what is going on here, you guys don’t want to leave Infinite realm.” Blake said in realization, and further silence from the 2 confirmed his suspicions.

“I can’t believe this..” Blake crashed into his king-sized bed and lay there feeling betrayed by the 2 people that were the closest things to being family.

“Why?” Blake couldn’t help but ask as he didn’t take his eyes away from the white ceiling.

.....

“How do I put this.. There is nothing to go back to for the both of us.” Brian said.

“How do you mean?” Blake rose from the bed as he realized that he didn’t know much about their lives on Earth.

“I don’t know how good your family was for you to want to return to them so badly, but ours weren’t good.” Brian said before going ahead to explain.

“For me, I am the 1st child of a poor family of 6. We are so broke to the point of barely being able to avoid 3 square meals let alone afford to further my education.

“So having 1 less mouth to feed would make things easier for my family, and my “death” should get them donations that would improve their condition.” Brian explained from the point of view that they were not returning with their powers.

“I am the last child of a Japanese family of 4. My elder brother recently became a certified doctor, and my parents who only see us as only investments want me to take after him.

“The problem with this was that I wanted to take the path of a pro gamer, and when I made that clear, my parents were obviously against it. They made my life miserable and threatened to disown me.

“Luckily, I mentioned this to them a few days before the Lords of Legend tournament; so I was able to sneak out to the tournament. My aim was to win the tournament to try and convince them that I had a bright future as a pro gamer, but you know how the rest of the story goes.”

“So, tell me would you want to go back to a life like that?” Castiel asked causing Blake’s anger to subside.

Their life stories were truly sad, and after putting himself in their shoes, Blake realized that he would have done the same thing.

Their lives in Infinite realm were the dream of every gamer. Not only did they not lack funds to carry out any project they had in mind, but they could basically take whatever path they wanted and achieve whatever goal they had in mind with the help of magic.

“I must confess, if I was in your shoes I would have done the same thing, but one thing I am sure that I wouldn’t have done is wasted your time or make you all think that we are all working towards a goal.” Blake said in a disappointed tone as he stormed out of the room.

Grrrr!

On sensing the negative emotions of its master, Ebony stood from its resting position and growled at Castiel and Brian before following Blake with his sister.

“What happened?” Camilla couldn’t help but ask when she saw Blake’s sad expression as he came down the stairs.

“It’s nothing.” Blake said as he and his pets walked past her and went for the door.

“Where are you going?!” Camilla asked in a worried tone but the only reply she got was the door banging.

“What the hell is going on?” Camilla asked in an utterly confused tone causing Tessie to leave the kitchen.

..

Blake left the house to take a walk to clear his head.

[What exactly are you bothered about?] The system asked Blake who ignored it.

[Your plans are in no way affected by them because they aren’t taking part in your current investigation and most importantly you don’t have a concrete plan, yet.]

[As for the feeling of betrayal, I have nothing to say because their actions were shitty. I just want to remind you that even though your goals no longer align, it doesn’t mean you should allow them to slow down or hinder yours.] The system said.

‘Thanks though, but I was thinking about something else. ‘ Blake said.

[So much for trying to cheer you up.] The system shook its head, but Blake ignored it.

‘I was thinking about something else.. My thought all these while is just returning to Earth but I have never thought about the consequences, at least not all of them.’

‘If I am to return to Earth, will I just start over again building wealth?’ The thought was already making Blake tired.

Although he had won the tournament, the cash prize wasn’t enough to last him and his mom a lifetime. That meant he had to start all over again to look for ways to increase his wealth

‘I have only been here for 4 years, and I still don’t know how long I will be here, but I am already exhausted. I don’t think I have the strength to start all over again or will everything reset to the moment I won the tournament just like in webnovels.’ Blake thought as he held his head.

historical

‘I guess I should stop here.’ Blake said as he noticed how people were looking at him as if they were staring at a ghost.

It was when he turned to return to his house that he noticed Ebony and Ivory that had been following him all this while.

“Thank the heaven that you guys were not your original size, if not they would have called the ash corps on me.” Blake said as he ruffled their fur and began walking back home.

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