Arcana Mob

About fifteen years ago, on the outskirt of the Royal Capital, lived a small family consisting of only a mother and a son.

The father of the son had been nowhere to be seen from the start, and their lives weren't filled with luxury, but at the very least, they had each other to depend on, and they were happy.

Of course, sometimes there were arguments like about Christmas presents or about food, but the pair of mother and son were able to overcome them and continued their peaceful life in the Royal Capital Outskirts."

Even so, that happiness didn't last long.

When the boy reached six years old, something happened.

He was out buying food and daily necessities in the afternoon, and when he returned, he found that his house was surrounded by an unknown group of people.

At first, he was scared that something bad would happen to his mother.

He runs and runs, he breaks through the encirclement of the unknown people and rushes inside.

But what was waiting for him inside was far from his wildest imagination.

A man with a tall and strong stature was waiting for him. And the first sentence that he said when he saw the boy was:

" Son.. I finally see you."

Fast forward two a few years later, the boy was recognized as a son of a big family line, and the mother and son were brought to the big family mansion. But this was just the start of every disaster. A big family child was different from a normal child.

The awakening day came much faster, and this is where everything began to go downhill.

At the age of ten, the boy went through his awakening process. But for some reason, it was later found that the boy did not have an Arcane Card, something that was very valuable to the current world.

This accident shocked the whole family.

There were even some rumors saying that the boy did not have the blood of the family, and it had almost gotten the boy, and the mother evicted to the slum.

But under the protection of the father, every rumor slowly died down. And what replaced them was only the fact that the boy was talentless.

Still, there's no way the father and the boy would give up just like this. The pair of father and Son tried everything.

From throwing the son to the Dungeon to stimulate danger or even trying to put him into illusion.... But nothing worked.

It was up to the point where the pair of father and son started to give up.

But when they thought nothing could get worse, that happened.

Out of nowhere, the mother fell sick.

It was not that she was drugged or something. The mother's body had been weak from the start, and she just could not cope with all the events that happened to surround her.

A year later, the mother finally could not hold it anymore.

She left the father and son, but until now, the son could still remember the mother's last words like it was yesterday.

" Aurum.. you don't need to be strong, *Insert words here*. Mother is happy with you being who you are. And remember never forget to smile, because mother like it the most when you are happy."

. . . . . . . .

" Huaaaa…. that's so sad…."

" Hey.. why are you crying? I'm not telling this story for you to cry.."

Still in the same Dungeon, Aurum had just finished telling his story to Marie. He didn't know why, even though he had not even told this story to Luna and Eva, he felt like telling his story to this girl that he had just met a few hours ago.

But who would ever think that his story would receive such a big reaction from Marie that she even started crying?

Maybe because it was already pretty late that the story gave more impact than usual, and Aurum's face looked even lonelier when he told Marie his story. But it certainly had more impact than what he thought.

"Sniff. then.. Is that your goal to be in this dungeon? Are you going to take revenge?"

Thankfully, Marie stopped crying after a short while. However, her question made Aurum look at her blankly, as if asking whether he had heard her wrongly.

"What? Did I say something wrong?"

Marie's innocent voice didn't really suit what she had just said before.

"Okay, okay. I hear you."

Aurum nodded his head as if he'd given up.

" But you are wrong. Even from the beginning, I have no intention of getting any revenge."

" ??? "

" You know, revenge.. it must not be something that my mother wanted. And furthermore, I could only blame myself for my weakness…"

Aurum looked a bit lonely when he said this. No matter what, the passing of his mother had still left a bitter taste in his mouth till today. And even if he said it was inevitable, deep down, he must regret things and hope he could change them.

Nonetheless, his expression got a lot better when he remembered the past few months that he had spent at Orion University.

" Well, you know.. I now have friends that I can trust. One of them likes to play pranks, and one of them keeps falling for the other one's pranks. However.. I like them so much, and I wanted strength so I could protect them."

It couldn't be helped that Aurum right now looked very bright. A scarred child who still could look forward to the future, even Marie was dazed for a while looking at Aurum.

But it was Aurum's next words that had truly caught her off-guard.

" And.. it is a bit embarrassing to say this. But you too, Marie! You are also my friends. Even though we had just met not long ago, I feel like I could trust you, and we could be good friends."

" A-ahhh…"

Marie's face was hidden by the hood, but from her reaction, it was obvious that she was blushing like mad.

She tried to turn away to hide her face, and only after she felt she had recovered a bit that she call out back to him.

"Hey, Aurum?"

"Yeah?"

"Just like you said, we only meet for a while. But…."

Marie smiled softly as her eyes turned into crescents.

"Thank you for treating me as a friend."