Chapter 78: Who is the real little brother?
Chapter 78: Who is the real little brother?
Chapter 78: Who is the real little brother?
The sermon had finally come to an end, the crowd was relieved that they didn’t have to hear the old man’s voice while they appreciated the marvels of the divine in elegant dresses. Now it was the time for the main event of this gathering. The priest stepped aside to reveal the bowl of fire.
“Now, behold, the sprite of the everlasting flame. Come, put your hands around the fire and feel its warmth. Those chosen by the fire will be granted salvation,” the priest announced.
The survivors formed a line before the fire. Timmy eagerly gave his mother a quick glance. Seeing his mother nodding her head, he got on the tail of the line with his best friend. Timmy had always wanted to awaken with superhuman power. After hearing the possibility of being awakened by the order, he wanted to give it a shot. As for Leo, he was merely interested at the abnormality of the fire and wanted to take a closer look.
One by one, the survivors took turns to wrap their hands around the warmth of the fire. The fire looked almost mystical and surreal at close distance; there was no smoke coming out the flame and did not feel too hot when they got close. Instead, there was a pleasant feeling that made them feel calm and cleared their minds of all useless thoughts.
Eventually, a young little girl got up to the fire and put her hands around like everybody else; then suddenly, the flame brilliantly lit up above the girl, which caused a clamor in the store. The girl was startled and fell on her butt, but a motherly looking nun came over, kindly grabbed her hand and led her to a room at the back. As the nun and the little girl walked past the old man, the priest slightly bowed to pay his respect.
The priest quickly calmed the commotion in the store and praised the fire for a miracle. The girl was chosen by the flame with a bright future ahead of her, the old man claimed. This enticed the survivors even more and Timmy was excited as well. Leo, however, was watching the brief moments of the scene from start to end.
From Leo’s vision, he can see the fire was a ball of life energy with a faint color of golden light mixed within. When the girl approached the fire, their energies resonated, which caused the flame to react. Leo supposed the girl had a good compatibility with the fire’s energy.
Soon, it was Timmy’s turn. With resolve in his chest, he walked forward, wrapped his hand around the fire like the little girl, and nothing happened. He quickly fell into disappointment, but was able to cope with reality as his hope wasn’t high to begin with.
“Do not despair, boy. With faith, the fire will grant the strength you need just the same. But for now, do not give up on hope,” the old man reassured Timmy.
Lastly, it was Leo’s turn after Timmy. With his vision opened, he approached the fire and reached out his hands. The flame did not have any abrupt reaction; instead, it swirled around the palm of Leo’s hand and stood calmly still. Then, a few small sprites of fire floated out like fireflies and were absorbed within his palm. Leo was the only one that observed such phenomena with his power, he boy silently walked back to the crowd while curiously examining his hands.
“The fire blessed you all who have attended this sermon. This concludes our gathering. Do not fret, the order recognizes all those who exhibited their faith,” the priest finally concluded the ritual.
While the crowd dispersed, Emma and her mother finally approached them. With the order’s special tailored dress, their endowments bounced as they walked and portions of the slender legs revealed their smooth skin.
“Let us not talk here, follow me,” the mother grabbed her son’s hand and invited them to their private quarter within the store. At the interior, men and women in clergy uniform bowed to the mother and sister and stepped aside to make way as the group moved past.
With the door shut, she quickly embraced her son into her bosom. Emma also did the same with intimacy. Unlike Leo, who was a superhuman, Timmy did not have the lung capacity to survive under those two pairs of mounds. He tried to escape their clutches but found out he couldn’t even make them budge a little. The group giggled and kept their distance for the family as they watched Timmy almost suffocate to death.
Moments after the heartwarming reunion passed by, Timmy already gave a brief summary of everything that happened to him and his exciting journey here. Two women finally came to greet the rest of the group. With two hands, Emma’s mother grabbed Leo’s hand and lifted it near her bosom.
“Thank you so much for bringing Timmy back to us, Leo. It is so nice to see you again. And you have grown so much, you are even taller than me now.” The youthful looking mother had a relatively short figure, but was still much taller than Leo before his mutation.
Physical change of a person’s figure due to awakening or mutation was not unheard of; hence, Anna was not too surprised that Leo grew so tall and strong while being only a twelve-year-old kid. Her appearance turned younger as well when she was awakened by the fire. Being able to lead the group to the Central, it was obvious that Leo was an awakened human.
“Good to see you too, aunty Anna. Timmy is my best friend, of course I will help him,” Leo had always called Timmy’s mother as aunty, and he was always very welcomed in his friend’s house. Timmy sometimes jested in envy that Leo was her true son; he himself was just a byproduct.
“Oh, you are such a nice boy. Timmy is lucky to have you as a friend,” Anna hugged Leo’s within her arms too, the soft great bosom pressed firmly against Leo’s chest.
At the same time, the mother felt a surge of exotic feeling developing with her. It was a soothing pleasure that permeated throughout her whole body. Her flower was inadvertently damped with moisture. Leo can feel Anna’s body quickly heating up. It was due to Anna’s new found power that she was able to resist climaxing on the spot; otherwise, being in such close proximity with the stud, any woman’s biological instinct would tell her body to prepare for mating.
“Ah, I need to use the restroom. Please excuse me,” with her whole body painted slightly red, she quickly let go of Leo and rushed out of the room.
With her mother gone, Emma approached him instead. She sneaked a quick kiss on Leo’s cheek. Leo was not surprised and touched the wet spot on his face; Emma used to kiss him like this from time to time ever since that day.
“Thank you for bringing my little brother back. This is a small advance payment.” Emma had a light serene smile and a calm demeanor as she looked Leo in the eye. “You used to blush when I gave you a kiss. Now look at you, so much has changed.”
“Yeah, we all have changed a lot.” Leo recalled the time when he saw Emma half naked body in the back alley.
Almost a year ago, Leo stumbled by the scene while he was commuting back from school. She was about to get raped by a gang member and was for sure to be murdered afterwards. He was able to somehow save her and gave the gangster a wild goose chase. Ever since, Emma had been very friendly to him whenever he came to visit and treated Leo more like a little brother than Timmy. Well, at least in the actual little brother’s point of view.
Emma was known to be cold as ice and only focused on her studies in college. As the victim of her harsh tutoring and strict hours of forced study, Timmy couldn’t imagine there was a gentle side to his sister. Knowing that Leo saved her daughter, Anna was overly nice to him too. It was the biggest reason that Leo was always welcomed at their place aside from being Timmy’s friend. Hence, we can all see where the little brother’s jealousy comes from.
“Yes, you have certainly grown large. Looking like a real man now. Only if my hopeless little brother could be a little bit like you… sigh,” she acted humorously while her little brother pouted at the back.
After the small teasing, Emma moved on to greet the other two girls. Looking at Reina, she could tell this girl is the ideal match for Timmy’s type. However, glancing at Leo’s perfectly toned muscular body and the large stuffing bulging out on his pants, she knew that her little brother had no chance.
She noticed Reina affectionately looking at Leo as well. Perhaps she would have to sacrifice herself to Leo for Timmy to have a slim chance. Emma snuck a glance at him again, savoring the glamour of Leo’s manly presence.
‘Nope, never mind. Absolutely no chance at all.’ She thought.