The Cheat Seed
Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Kerin had almost jumped on to Marcus for a hug but Melova held her back. They were really happyonce they knew that they were a Guild. Marcus felt haughty when he saw how much they had liked hisnew guild name.

Before parting Marcus whispered to Luka about how he felt the rumour could be possibly true andasked him to tell his informant to Delve deeper into the matter and then report back to him as soon aspossible.

Marcus knew deep inside, this was going to be a race against time. The One who replaces the secretfirst..WINS.

Soon they were off to their own ways. The Guardians promised to meet each other the next day. TheDay when they'll raid the Dungeon.

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A surprise awaited Marcus as he returned, his destroyed house and the Open Ground along with thewoods had been repaired. It must've been the work of Dave, He thought.

His House was repaired the same way it was before, which was good because in it didn't give him aweird feeling when he stepped on to the carpet sprawled on the wooden floor.

Walking into the same land but differently modelled house would have left a tiny bit of guilt and remorsewithin the 18 year old young man.

He felt guilt and remorse because it was and wasn't because of him that the house broke down.Marcus thought It was because of his negligence that the God was the first one to land the attack andat the same time he kept on saying that the God attacking would have caught anyone off guard evenThe Flame Emperor himself!!.

But thinking about the recent past wouldn't do him good anyway and he chuckled when he realized thatthe house had broke down the second time the previous day.

With a handsome smile etched on his polished face, Marcus opened the door. Albert and Reiren werealready inside, chilling in the Living room.

Evy and Iris were like always, playing in their room.

Albert peeked from the whitewashed wall and shot a familiar glance and a warm smile. Marcus shotone back and called back his attire before walking towards the hall and to the stairs.

Only a black trouser covered his chiseled body when he took a step on to the stairs, his head bobbedto the voice coming from the Television.

WAIT.

Marcus's eyes were wide open as he turned his body towards his parents. His eyes darted from hisfather's surprised face and then to the black box fixed on the wall which was broadcasting some sort ofreporting...

TELEVISION??!!!!!!!. ONLY THE KING AND LEGENDARY SEED USERS HAD TELEVISIONCONNECTIONS IN THEIR HOMES.

"Dad, How..When...who?"

Marcus's voice struggled to replace words as he stared like a moron at the TV, his fingers pointed straighttowards it.

"Heh?"

Albert snapped but soon understand what his son meant.

"Ah, The Television became something common after you went...missing. Surprisingly the productionspeed of these things suddenly blew up and it was being set up for sale and they were cheap, but notso cheap that the field working me could afford it"

Marcus was always the first one to understand matters the first time they were spoken, because hethought it was just time consuming if he asked it again instead of just thinking it through inside hismind.

"Ah, I see..No wonder the Skyscrapers were weird and lighted up"

Marcus slapped his forehead as he remembered his trip to Dave's villa last night.

The Skyscrapers were displaying advertisements for various types of magic potions and necessities onhuge screens. They had piqued his interest highkey (To a very high extent) that Marcus got lost insidehis thoughts.

"Then It must've been Dave who gave this right??..I thought so.."

"No"

Marcus's words were cut midway just as his father denied.

"It wasn't Dave, instead I found this packed up perfectly in front of the Gate this morning when wereturned from Aaron's place"

Albert closed his eyes and played with his specs as he tried remembering the details.

"The Package also had a letter sticker on it...but I can't remember it...Aaargh.. The name on it..I hadheard it somewhere before too."

Marcus, who was intrigued activated his mind reading skill and delved deep into his father's thought.But he shook his head when he found his dad's thought was muddled. His mind reading skill had a veryvery fatal flaw.... If the other person's thoughts were not clear or muddled then reading them would benear to impossible for him.

His dad's current thoughts were an example and the time he tried reading Luka's memories could bealso considered as an example.

"Where is it dad?"

Marcus asked his Dad when he realized he was getting impatient.

"Ah, The Letter??...The Package cover is just outside the back door..I crumbled it and threw itsomewhere near to the package"

Albert's words had finished at the same time when Marcus went invisible, right in front of him. His hairdanced and settled as a wind blowed on to his flushed face. Eyes closed Albert grinned..his son'sspeed was no joke.

...

Within a time span of 2 breaths Marcus had found the letter. It was still crumbled paper just like hisfather told him when he found it clamped between two rocks.

The Rocks flew off into the sky as Marcus's hand grazed them. Luckily, his hand had managed to reachthe paper before it blew away.

Marcus slapped himself.

"Don't get Excited"

The thing he noticed about his insane power was that it tended to go out of control when his emotionswere mixed or over a limit. Right now his fingers were dancing around the crumbled roll of paper as hewalked towards the living room.

His father shot his eyes up when he realized it was the same roll of paper and nodded his head inconfirmation. But kept on forcing his mind to remember the familar name which was on the sheet ofpaper. There was no way he was going to give up, he had to tell it before his Son read it out. [TYPICALDAD]

Then came the moment, The Moment were they would get to know who gifted them with the TV, andthat too a high spec resolution TV. Only the Rich could afford it...and they were not..YET.

Marcus slowly held the end and opened it with utmost care. The Crumbled Paper unfolded itself quitesmoothly in his hands. Small black etched letters appeared as he opened it completely.

*Thump*

*skip*

*Thump*

The Letter wasn't what made Marcus's heart skip a beat but the name at the very end.

It wasn't Dave or any school staffs he remembered....instead the name which was etched moreperfectly in black than the other Information was...

Albert~ "I got it!!!. He was the same guy who was the sole reason in the insane increase in productionof the Television Connections..."

Albert's word finished as Marcus's began. The word which was the name came out perfectly in sync asone started as the other ended.

Albert ~ RAKA....

Marcus ~ RILES....

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