After finishing his dinner and his homework, the boy said goodbye to everyone and went to his room while thinking
Ise lay on his bed as he wandered off, his mind drifting to an old memory from long ago.
That moment where he had asked Tom about his past
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(KW: All that follows is Issei's memory)
Two years ago, on a hot summer night
The master and the trainee lay down on the grass at the top of a hill after they finished warming up.
- Tom... can you tell me more about yourself? - Asked curiously a younger Ise of at least 15 years
Issei had asked the question that he had wanted an answer to for a long time.
Who was Tom? Why did the will of the world trust him?
The bicolor was silent looking up, the sky lit up with bright stars
Making the view nothing short of beautiful
But in Ise's eyes, Tom's always confident, cheerful and somewhat goofy figure looked so fragile and ephemeral.
As if a single strong current could pull him down, his blue eyes lacked their usual vivacity.
They even seemed a bit dead, which scared him a bit.
[Partner... I don't think that was the best of your ideas]
Honestly, Ise didn't want to do anything more than agree to Ddraig's words, but his curiosity was too much and he didn't think he would go back at this time either.
- Issei... I'll tell you a little story - he finally said as he got up and cut a twig from a nearby tree
- A long long time ago there was a little boy, who had a dream, one that many people made fun of and called stupid, do you know that he was him? He asked as he made a child -like doodle on the ground.
Ise just shook his head in denial, he tried to speak but he felt that if he did he would only be making Tom uncomfortable so he kept silent and paid attention to the bicolor's words
Something told him that if he didn't pay attention, he would regret it later.
- He wanted me to create a perfect paradise without limits, one where he and his loved ones could live forever - he extended his hand for a few cm before retracting it
His longing eyes seemed sad, like a child who wanted to catch the stars with his hands and then realize that he could never reach them.
Issei opened his eyes in shock, at that exact moment, something told him that although the dream sounded nice
He was not as innocent as he believed, he was much more
- Everyone laughed and made fun of him. But do you know what he did? He never gave up, even when everything was falling apart around him, the boy blindly pursued his dreams, he truly believed that everything would be solved in due time-his voice sounded somewhat hollow and emotionless - What everything would improve
But still he could feel that behind that cold and icy voice, Tom only felt fear.
Afraid to continue talking, but it seemed that he was not going to stop
- Nothing else mattered to him, after all he had always had a happy and joyful life, although he never knew what difficulty was - He said with a downcast expression
- His father was a strict and heartless man, his mother on the other hand was a kind woman with a good heart, she truly loved him filling him with a love that seemed to have no limits - his eyes were filled with grudge when he mentioned his father
While when he talked about his mother
For a few moments he thought he saw a smile on his face, one that quickly disappeared.
As his eyes grew more and more dead, he didn't seem to want to go into details about his parents.
- Even after several years when the child became an adult, he could never forget his mother - He pronounced while a lonely tear ran down his cheek
- Returning to where he was, the death of his mother was the beginning of his pain, he as someone who had been born with what you would say "a silver spoon", never knew the dark side of the world or how cruel reality was until it was late... too late
Issei saw how a tremor ran through his body, his eyes seemed a little wet
- He saw how the dream that he was chasing so much dissolved into dust and was blown away by the stormy wind of destiny, there was no opportunity to fulfill it and that opportunity would never exist - He said as he fell exhausted on the grass
Ise gasped as he felt the most important part coming.
- He watched as everything he loved fell apart...and that's when he broke. He lost his taste, he lost the desire to live and above all... - He spoke as fast as if he wanted to finish once and for all - He lost the desire to see tomorrow - He said as he stood up turning his back on the boy who had sitting on the floor
- And what happened to the child? - Asked the boy
Tom didn't even look at him as he let out a sigh, every word came out of his mouth like he was spitting it out.
- He died, he died like a fool hating the whole world with one of the last loved ones he had left -
Ise felt guilty, it seemed that once again his big mouth had made someone have bad memories again
- Well anyway, don't take it to heart it was just a little made up story, you can imagine what you want about the boy -Tom looked at him with a smile as he scratched the back of his neck with his right hand before turning around and leaving without looking back
Not wanting to seem like an inconsiderate person, Issei walked a not too close distance to give his teacher some time to calm down a bit.
..........
After that moment, Tom never spoke of his past again.
And from what it seemed, he was the only one who knew (along with Julian)
Since when he asked, the girls didn't seem to know who he meant
From the moment Tom had confided his past to her, Issei felt that she was trusting him.
What made me feel closer to him
And it was even more so when his parents were able to retire from their jobs and finally be able to embark on their dream trip around the world.
Since then he had come to see Tom, Angelica and Sirius as his family.
He naturally wanted to help them and be with them.
That's why he had always had that doubt
Did Tom get over his past?
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The next day
Tom put on his black knight outfit as he checked out the armory he was going to bring.
[Holy Grenades x7]
[Description: 1 2 3 KA-BOOM!!, as long as one of these babies explodes near a demon (or a being of a similar nature), he will not have an ash left]
[Uzi (Modified)]
[All types of bullets can be loaded (including bullets imbued with magic effects), stability and performance have been improved to a satisfactory level
I'm a fucking Hitman!]
[Ray Gun (Grey Brand)]
[Created by the perverse mind of Thomas Grey, this weapon allows its user to turn a person to the opposite gender of him once he is hit by his multi-colored lightning (Man becomes a woman and vice versa)
Hands up or your sausage disappears!]
- 'My mind is not evil!' - Tom yelled as he felt indignant.
[No one believes in you!]
[light saber]
[It's a lightsaber from Star Wars, use it carefully and don't forget to charge its batteries
And may the force be with you!]
[Do you want to be a Jedi, Tom?] Sakura asked curiously.
- 'No, I want to be Dark Vader!' -
[...The galaxy is lost]
[Supreme Brick]
[No one can against the almighty brick!
Effect: All people hit by the brick immediately receive a bump and pass out for two full hours.
I'm unavoidable!]
- 'It wasn't what I expected... But I love it!!' -Thought the bicolor, while his eyes shone with little stars
- ...Was it necessary to dress like that? - Shirou asked as he saw that he was wearing a priest outfit but with a somewhat... unique design.
-Totally- Tom replied while he took a couple of discreet photos
- 'He looks like Pucci' - He thought while resisting the urge to laugh
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Next: Chapter 59: The World...No, Za Warudo is Mine! pt 03
The next chapter will have more laughs than anything else XD
Today was a sad day for Wolf