Chapter 1

After having a successful and happy life, he had expected anything but a cruel, untimely death.

Marven's end was pitiful as opposed to the grand life that he had lived. He didn't want to die, but was killed. Against his will.

Yeah, even after going through all that, he didn't want to die.

"...other! Brother!" while miserably unconscious, he heard what seemed like a call for him.

'Ugh...even after killing me these guys won't let me rest...wait, kill?' he jolted upright as the realisation dawned upon him. "I died."

"Brother...?"

"I should have died... What is this? Am I alive...?" he mumbled, unable to comprehend what was unfolding.

"Brother!" someone screamed, as if a cry. Only then did Marven realise where he was.

A dimly lit area surrounded by the concrete walls, with only a single bed on which he was laid.

It was dreary, gloomy and claustrophobic...not somewhere he would ever be.

Not somewhere he belonged.

It was then that he saw the one, sobbing, too close to him.

"AHHHHHH!" he screamed, bewildered as he had just woken up from a nightmare. "W-WHO ARE YOU?!"

"Y-your siste-" she managed to whisper under his piercing eyes but...

"DID THEY SEND A CHILD TO KILL ME?! SINCE I DIDN'T DIE?! 

"...uh..?" she was speechless. 'Die? Why is he talking about death..? Brother?' she thought to herself, unable to process the heavy subject with her little brain even under maximum operation.

Eventually mustering up the courage she asked, "Brother, what do you mean?". But, she was immediately shut down. 

"Who are you calling your brother?! Is this another tactic of yours? To make me let my guard down? Sorry to say this kid, but I won't be fooled again. Don't make me repeat myself and get out."

She looked devastated.

"...brother...?" with horror and pain in her eyes as she did her best to hold back the tears threatening to rush out any second, she hoped for a last chance and called out to him again.

"OUT.! NOW..!" Marven was out of control, it could be seen from every movement he made. Not wanting to aggravate his condition to something more than it already had been, she left the room. Afterall, her brother needed rest now. He would surely be her "kind" brother once again after he got better. Unbeknownst to her, her brother would never be the same again.

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Not among a stranger anymore, Marven's anxiety finally subsided. 

This was not like him. Marven was far from those unscrupulous fools who yelled and screeched as they desired. In fact, he was revered to for his patience in the network he came from. 

Yes, a network. That's all it could be called. Full of cunning, cruel and crude people hiding under the guise of elegance. Luxurious halls he had been invited to over the years, as he wore the back tie and sipped wine with a pretty smile. 

The world of the conglomerates.

And that's where he came from.

That's where he belonged.

^^^to be continued...^^^

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