Kaelan did not step back. He instead stepped forward welcoming that lunge. Kaelan's right hand shot straight like a spear. His fingertips tensed stiffly, forming a spear hand position. JLEB! The sound of pierced meat sounded wet and disgusting. Brutus's suicide attack stopped abruptly in the air. His eyes widened, staring downward with a blank stare. Kaelan's hand... was no longer visible. Kaelan's arm had plunged into Brutus's chest, right in the middle of the previously cracked sternum bone. That hand pierced the skin, tore the pectoral muscle, broke the remaining ribs, and sank deep into the chest cavity. "Uh... uk..." Brutus tried to speak, but what came out was only a spurt of thick blood mixed with pieces of meat from his mouth. Kaelan stared at the killer's face from a distance of five centimeters. Kaelan's face was flat, without emotion, as if he had just put his hand into water, not into a human body. "You want to see your heart?" Kaelan whispered coldly. Inside th

There, sitting on a marble waiting bench with an empty gaze, was Kevin. The conglomerate heir was alone. His teammates had already disappeared somewhere. Raymond might have been dragged away by his parents because of the embarrassment, Jason had run away. Only Kevin was still there, his hand gripping his phone tightly until his knuckles turned white. Kevin was waiting for a call. He was waiting for news from Brutus. He was waiting for the news that Kaelan's corpse had been found in the drainage ditch behind the building. That was his only remaining hope of satisfying his revenge. Suddenly, Kevin felt a piercing chill. He looked up. Time seemed to stop turning. From the other direction, Kaelan walked past him. Kaelan was still alive. Kaelan walked upright. There were no serious injuries, only clothes that were slightly dirty and wet. Kevin's heart felt as if an invisible hand had squeezed it. "N-no way..." Kevin's lips trembled soundlessly. "Brutus... Brutus..." Kae

Kevin crawled down from the sofa, kneeling in front of the television. His eyes widened in horror. His face was less than one meter away from the screen. "According to the forensic team's statement at the scene, the victim was suspected to have died from an extreme-force blunt impact to the chest. The victim's ribs and internal organs were completely destroyed. Even more horrifying, the victim's heart was found detached from his chest cavity." Kevin covered his mouth with both hands, holding back the nausea that suddenly rose into his throat. His stomach twisted. Stomach acid felt like it was burning his esophagus. "However, what made the identification process most difficult was the condition of the victim's face," the news anchor continued. The screen displayed a location photo that was almost entirely censored. "The victim's face was completely destroyed, as if it had been struck repeatedly against a hard surface, until the facial bone structure was no longer intact. No identifi

King Alaric took a long breath, massaging his dizzy temples. "Do you remember why we were forced to seal his memory and exile him to that remote village?" Queen Seraphina looked down, her face was sad. "I remember..." "He just wanted to shake hands with his private teacher to say thank you. Just a slow handshake. But..." "...the teacher's hand was shattered to the elbow," continued Queen Seraphina softly. "The God Bone in Kaelan's body reacts to the slightest emotional touch." "Right. Inside his body, it does not know affection. It only knows destruction," asserted King Alaric. King Alaric looked back at Kaelan on the television screen. His son was chuckling in response to the reporters' questions. "The memory seal that I put on him aims to make him forget that he is a monster. So that he grows up as a normal human, with normal human emotions, so that the God Bone sleeps." King Alaric pointed at Brutus' hollow chest in the surveillance camera footage. "But last night... he wa

During the night. The village of Ashvale finally returned to being quiet, there were no reporters, there were no cameras, there were no sounds of people yelling. Kaelan sat on the bedroom floor. In front of him there was a white envelope. The envelope was given by the principal after they got off the bus. Kaelan opened it slowly. Inside it there was an official letter. "Full education scholarship..." Kaelan read until it was finished, then he smiled, his eyes instantly sparkled. "Mama!" Evelyn who was folding clothes in the living room immediately turned her head. "Why?" Kaelan ran out of the room bringing the letter. "Mama, look!" Evelyn received the letter, her eyes moved to read every line. Full scholarship, school fees, dormitory fees, books, uniforms, transportation, even monthly allowance. Everything was covered. Evelyn fell silent. "This..." "Is Mama happy?" "Of course." Evelyn smiled, but there was something inside her chest that felt hurt. The city. Kaelan woul