Chapter 12 - 12 Calm Before the storm (1/2)

The Allens family continued to talk among themselves. Even though if they are confident of their chances of survival they still want to cherish this moment. But just in case they didn't survive this night, they decided to use their last few moments before that decisive moment, with their family one last time.

Thomas took his leave after talking with his parents and decided to prepare for the chaotic time which was right at their doorsteps.

” In the end, I was too hasty, we attracted chaos to ourselves,” Terrence said to Daphne with regret in his words.

Daphne smiled at her husband and run her hands through the hands of her husband and grabbed it to offer support.

” It isn't your fault, dear. It was already going to happen. At least we will not have to worry about our son. With the talent he showed so far, the military will take him in and they cannot touch him there.” She said optimistically.

” But his freedom is forfeit. He will lose all semblance of free will and become a tool in the hands of the military.” Terrence said with great rage in his heart.

To think his beloved son will become a slave to someone even if it is the military made feel him guilty and angry at himself.

It was his actions which brought this upon them.

Daphne knows what awaits her son in the future if something happens to them tonight. He will become a slave to the whims of his masters.

Daphne remembered something which Thomas once said something to them when he asked his parents to contact the military for him.

Flashback

Terrence and Daphne are in the study room with Thomas who said he has some important matter to them.

” So what is it that you want to talk to us about? I have already given you free hands to do whatever you wish to do about your research and experiments ?” Terrence asked confused why he said something like this.

Daphne looks at her fifteen-year-old son who has a unique scholar like temperament to himself. It has been nearly five years since there was a visible change in her son.

Her son has changed from the irresponsible and lazy son to the diligent, smart and hard-working yet too much attention-seeking son.

He has almost become a glory hound.

She still remembers how he uses different methods to always be a person of focus in his current school.

But, Daphne wished he experiences the school and has some friends his age. She was very happy about learning he has some friends at school and he often went out to spend time with them.

Thomas is everything a parent wished for. He is smart, athletic ( he specialize in body magic which helps him use magic powers to strengthen his physical abilities. ), hard-working and obedient.

But he isn't without faults. He is proud, almost arrogant and a complete attention-seeking person( because of the requirements of the system).

He often gets into a fight, plays small pranks with the fire system of the school or in their science lab every now and then while leaving clues to show he did it.

Above that, he flirts with every cute girl he can find in the school and sometimes even his teachers.

The flirting started when he was 14 and for nearly two years he has become adept in it.

Almost every weekend since that day he goes off on a date with one girl. They aren't fixed for no relation of his last more than three months and this is the maximum term.

He even has some special classes or detention with his teachers too.

With all these experience he still restrained his emotions and these relations never exceed a little make-out session. But, Daphne knows by the time he reached 17, he may cross that boundary.