The Absolute: Humanity's Second Chance

Back at Juliette's home.

The next day, the duo woke up quite early and left the house. They had washed up their faces and did not change their clothes from what they wore before.

When they slept, it was around 3am in the morning, and they easily woke up by 6am. But none felt tired or lethargic even with only three hours of sleep

Next they moved to the house next door, Damien's home, and entered. It was not locked. And once in, they were greeted by the scent of a scrumptious breakfast.

They did not say anything and walked in, but Juliette still whispered under her breathe, 'Pardon the intrusion' as she walked in. Damien did not respond to that.

They walked all the way to the dining and there, David was drinking tea while reading through a rough brownish paper. It was not really paper, but something along those lines.

It told of the happenings of last night, and how those that came out became powerful and supernatural. It also mentioned about the experience everyone goes through, and the human's deductions on the strange entity, The Primordial Source.

With this alone, over 30% of humanity had found courage to join the trials and experience a spike in power. And even now as we speak, the numbers were crazily climbing up.

David read through the news article, as this was one of the only ways to pass out news throughout the whole human settlement.

He ignored Damien and nodded lightly at Juliette before going back to reading. Juliette also respectfully greeted when she saw Damien's parents, "Hello auntie, hello uncle. Good morning."

"Good morning angel." Esther greeted all the way from the back, coming with an apron on her. She held a tray of dishes for David and a drink.

She placed them before him then left after giving instructions to the duo, "You two should sit, I'll dish out some food for you as well." She left back to the kitchen.

Damien did not disturb his father and moved to sit on the western end of the table. Juliette sat on the eastern end with a soft, inaudible, "Please excuse me."

"Glad you survived old man." Damien added after a moment of silence, "I don't think you are." David retorted as such.

"Be glad I'm at leat showing some concern." Damien scoffed at him. David did not mind him and retorted once again, "It was not needed. At least not from you."

"I'll remember that."

"You should."

Both father and son paused and did not say anything from then on. Meanwhile Juliette sat on the table in absolute silence, just switching her eyes from father and son as they spoke.

"I'm back." Esther's voice arrived at the right time and laid down a plate each for Damien and Juliette, then went to fetch their drinks.

Their breakfast was a simple set of eggs and bread-like dough that was still warm and steaming. Yet it was not really dough, but a specialty of the second generation.

Eggs and Bud. Either than these two, there were diced tomatoes and a boiled potato too. A strange set of breakfast, yet normal for this family.

Esther then came with her own plate and drink, which was a specialty as well, orange juice. Not because of the fruit, but because it's color was purely orange.

They then dug in and ate with relish.

They all ate more than necessary as their bodies required more nutrients than ordinary humans. And it had to be known, third generational humans already ate five times what modern humans ate.

Time went by, and in just an hour they were done eating, and the amount of food they ate was enough for fifty people. Damien eating 40% all by himself.

"So, now to business. Old man, what class did you get?" Damien sat back on his chair and asked. His tone and expression stern.

"Before you start up with that, care to explain whats going on." David crossed his arms before his chest and inquired, sternly as well.

He and Damien looked alike, even though not completely. It was obvious through a simple glance of their relation. Especially so, when they both had the same expressions.

"Yes Dammy, what is going on. I believe Julie also likes to know." Esther chimed in, knowing that there was a 50% chance Damien would ignore his father.

"..."

Juliette did not say anything but nodded at Esther's words. Damien sighed at everyone's eyes and began speaking, "Fine. First of all, I am from the future. Or a completely different timeline. Secondly, this world is not as it seems. There's more to it."

"And finally, I don't know." Damien said as a starter, and let the couple digest his words. And indeed, it did not take long for Esther to spot out a problem from his words.

"Wait, so you're, not our son?" She asked. That was the first question that came to her mind when she heard that he was from a completely different timeline.

Even though that topic was abstruse to her.

"Not really. I might be your child from the future, or yeah, a different Damien from a completely different timeline. A parallel Universe to say the least." Damien responded.

"Well you're still as irritating as the Damien I know." David intervened, and Damien responded, "And you're as boring as I used to know you, old man."

David snickered at him, "If you're from the future, I find it hard to believe that you could not mature even one bit. How long from the future?"

"...60 years from now." Damien did not answer the first statement and responded to the last. He then added, "A powerhouse of my level could adapt to anything. I just adapted to my past self."

"Oh? What power level?"

"Beyond godly."

"Those thing called gods exist?"

"Apparently, yeah."

"Oh–"

"Boys!!" Esther let out lightly shout to catch the attention of the two men, and cut off their words. Once shut, she then continued, "Are you, or are you not my son?"

She frowned, and light killing intent could be felt. Damien and David paused, and Juliette felt scared. A moment later Damien responded, "I am."

"How should I believe you?" Esther pursued, then added, "You did mention that beings of your so-called level could adapt to anything. Whose to say you did not adapt to my son's personality?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

The others were speechless at her words. Not that they did not think about this, but they did not expect it coming from Esther of all beings. Damien ultimately replied.

"Why would you I target me, if I were an alien or something?" He inquired.

"I know my son's worth." Esther replied.

"Compared to a god, I am nothing. Let alone the hidden monsters that are even beyond gods. I could have possessed them." Damien shrugged his shoulders.

"...And how should I believe you?" Esther hesitatingly inquired. The killing intent from her gaze lowering itself by a tone.

"You don't have to. Plus, if I really was an alien with the power I held, would I not just kill you all? What value would you all have? Don't tell me you know your worth too." He said.

Then he added, "Like I said, humans are nothing in the face of everything. I could kill you all even without the enhancement from The Primordial Source. I also would not have warned you about everything as well."

"A lot of things don't add up for that assumption, mom. Anyway, like I said, I can't prove I am your son. So if you don't believe me, get strong, and look for a god of Fate or something. They should know a thing or two." Damien concluded.

"..."

Esther ended up relaxing at his words, but to be completely off suspicion, Damien added, "You can verify with my eyes." He said, as they turned a gray shade for a brief moment.

Esther ended up calming down after that, even David let out a sigh of relief. Juliette was the only who was still as silent and nonexistent as air within.

"Now back to business, what class did you all obtain?" Damien also sighed in relief and inquired. The couple exchanged gazes and responded.

"Sumerian War Prince." Damien said.

"Shadow Speedster. What about you, Dammy?" Esther also replied, and later inquired.

"I see. I haven't gotten mine yet, so I'll let you know." Damien hummed his replied, and Juliette added, "Me, me as well. I am still waiting for my Class."

"Why? What happened?" Esther inquired, and the couple explained everything they went through, and the experience they got from the trials.

The Gray couple were shocked and also told their own stories. But compared to the young couple, what they went through was nothing short of child's play.

"That out of the way, tell us about the future, and how to make good use of it." David said, seemingly excited to be one of the few special people with Hidden Classes.

"Sure, but Juliette has her own theory on what's actually going on." Damien said.

"..."