Child from the Dungeon

Chapter 48: Change Part 1

" So..... what happened to you? " Carlos and the other students asks as they all decided to talk in the hall inside the academy building.

As they all ask that, Donovan just scratches his head for he also seemed to take time to learn of his recent change.

"( So this change happened, thanks to my Racial Level, huh...? )" Donovan says to himself while looking at his Human Race Racial Level.

< Race: Human >

< Level: 5 >

< HT-EXP (Human Trait Extraction Point): 6.700/10.000 >

< Effects: >

< LVL 1: Can speak human language. >

< LVL 2: Can learn human knowledge. >

< LVL 3: Can learn human magic and combat. >

< LVL 5: The User obtained normal human skin and physique while maintaining previous abilities, skills, and traits. >

....

"( I see, so now I have a skin of a 'real' human.... huh? )"

"( Now..., I looked.... )"

"( Like a .... *smiles*.... )"

"( Human.... )" Donovan says as he looks at the nearby mirror to see his new self and then remembers the past.

( Back then. )

" Dad, is it just me or I realized that other people begin to look at me so differently? " Donovan asks Duncan, his dad during their jogging sessions as he looks around and notices how other people sees and perceives him.

" No, why? " Duncan asks while he too already know why Donovan is asking such question for he already knows the obvious answer but decided to let Donovan say his questions first before answering all of it.

"( He's beginning to feel alienated, isn't he? )" Duncan says while also looking around as he also see the people who see them is looking sharply at them, especially at Donovan.

"( Even in Magic not everyone like the idea of 'Mutants' huh? )" Duncan thinks to himself as he, in his heart, detest on how people perceives Donovan as if he was entirely a monster.

"( Donovan is not a monster, he's more than that...!!! )" Duncan says as he remembers last week after he and Donovan with the Richter family had to attend that interview, the interview Duncan sees as a way to make people had a negative perception to them, especially to Donovan who became the primary subject of that interview.

"( I already warned Hector to not take that interview ... )" Duncan says.

"( That interview was not directed to honor the Richter House but to squeeze any information regarding Donovan to the public by those News Channels. )" Duncan says while remembering how foolish his father-in-law Hector back then as he brags almost every pivotal information regarding Donovan despite he, Irina and the whole other Richter House are very against it.

Now, after that interview, those TV and Neotube Channels begin to make Donovan as an object of debate as many people begin to perceive Donovan to be a monster that the Richter House adopted to get a powerful child or some sort whatsoever.

As Duncan thinks about how screwed Hector is, Donovan in the other hand still jogs with his father while trying to not look of the people who see him, as he knows for sure that the people are not looking at him with good thoughts.

"( Those eyes again... )" Donovan says, knowing what probably the people are thinking about him.

"( Am I really that different from them? )"

"( Based on the System's Status, it says that I'm also a human. )" Donovan says as he knows that the System is 100% True of it's data but holds that thought since he remembers that only 'he' can see the System.

While jogging, Donovan then suddenly hears a glimpse of voices as it says.

" The Richter boy's skin is so dark. "

" Is it because he's was found in the dirt back in the Dungeon? " someone asks.

" I don't know, but it seems whoever left him on that Dungeon must be already dead and weak, I mean... "

" Who the hell think that is a good idea to leave a child inside the Dungeon? "

" To be eaten by the monsters lurking there. "

" Gosh really... "

" Is the boy having a Mutation or somewhat after being put inside the Dungeon? "

" I mean..., just look at him... "

" It could be... no wonder he had that Pitch-Black skin.... "

" Reminds me of the Aether Shades that once wreck havoc upon the world of magic back then... "

" Are you sure..? if that's true then the child must be mutated into those while in the Dungeon.. "

" So scarry!!!! why the hell the first son-in-law from the Richter House even think to adopt him. "

" Shouldn't the monster be killed on first sight...!!!? "

" Especially humans who mutated into those filthy creatures!!!! "

As the people begin to say that, Duncan then suddenly holds Donovan's arm as he then uses his <Sonic Step> and bring Donovan out from the scene since he notices that things are getting out of hand.

"( Great, now those people are getting more extreme!!!! )" Duncan says while holding Donovan tight as the suddenly go-extreme people begin to chase them and shoot them using their magic.

" Death to the monster child....!!!!! "

" Death to the dungeon child....!!!! "

" Death to the mutant child....!!!! "

" The earth is for human and pure humans only!!!! "

" Get out of here Child from the Dungeon!!!!! "

" Get out... get out.... " the masses begin to form as they chase upon Duncan and Donovan as Duncan increases his speed to outrun those extremists since their fear of the monsters and everythung regarding it begin to take over theis minds, making them lose any compassion of rationality for the being their hate right now is just a child and not some dangerous looking monster.

" Don't worry Donovan, dad will get you out... " Duncan stops his words as he sees Donovan is crying for he too heard what they say about him which made his emotions unwell.

< Emotion: -15.000 points >

< Sorrow +11.000 points >

< Hatred +4.000 points >

" I .... I ..... *sob*.... "

" Hate them.... "

Donovan says while crying in Duncan's arms as he gets Donovan out from the scene and leaves that place entirely.

.....

( Back to the present. )

Donovan continue to smile as he now see himself truly as a human, despite he didn't carte how he get it but his emotions, his postive emotions increases rapidly, making it so high for the first time.

< Emotion: +60.000 points >

< Joy +24.000 points >

< Grateful +20.000 points >

< Pride +16.000 points >