Chapter 9: Prologue Part 9

"Why..." He needed answers. Both of his parents were surprised, to the point that they stopped all motion, even breathing. He spoke to them for the first time, and yet they didn't say anything, they merely listened to their trembling child.

"Why are the two of you so kind to me?!"

The couple looked at each other and laughed. There it goes again, the mocks. They weren't very different from his last parent. After all, they're all the same.

Yet why? Why is his mother embracing him tightly, as if to comfort him?

"It's because you're our son." she said ever so softly while she's caressing his hair.

Son... he has never been called "son" before. All the names he's ever been called are Maou, Demon King, The Gluttonous One, He who consumes all, Mammon the tyrant, etc. Out of all the infamous names he's been called, none of them included something as simple yet welcoming as "son".

But then, why did his last parent treat him so differently? He was also her "son", even though she didn't call him one.

"T-that's it?!" the explanation wasn't enough.

Silence ensued for a moment, and by each passing second, anxiety and disappointment filled Aizen. He was so sure that they weren't gonna answer, but also somewhat hopeful.

All of a sudden, Aizen got picked up by his father. Of course, his son wouldn't believe him just by something so vague as that. After all, he knows his son is special.

Earlier before Aizen vanished, a bright light enveloped his room and illuminated the entire town in the middle of the might. The first ones to arrive in the room were the frantic parents.

"J-Jonathan! Our son is gone!"

"... Keep calm, my love. You know your health is not what it once was. Leave it to me."

When Jonathan, the father, entered the room, he saw the book about magic on the floor flipped on the page about the concept of Space. Alongside it was a perfectly drawn magic circle on a sheet of paper.

"No way..." he muttered to himself in awe.

Magic circles are complex formulas made of pleas. You can use this if the plea is too long so you can cast an even shorter one and save time, not just say the lengthy chant every time. Not only was the magic circle that Aizen did was perfect, but he also used it without a magic stone.

His son... is a genius. But it wasn't the time for epiphanies and admiration. His son is missing. He may not look like it, but Jonathan Frost is a famous mercenary. A battlemage, one of the rarest professions in this world utilizing the use of both swordsmanship and magic in battle.

Between the two weapons he can use, he is more proficient in the magic side. Using a Wave spell, he detected the exact location of Aizen, which is in the middle of the forest not far from their home. Using the same magic circle that his son used, he teleported just in time to save him.

With all of these said, he knows his son is a genius. People who are gifted with a mind brighter than others tend to be more curious about how things work and not just how things are. So, the best explanation is to show, not tell.

And that's exactly what he did.