Chapter 4: Chapter 4

At 2 years old, I had definitely grown more than the average of earth.

I was taller and had a more robust body.

Is it because of my assumedly inhuman father?

The times my mother came and taught me things with her wristband always piqued my curiosity, since the game was very narrowly focused on the academy and its mostly humanesque students.

She explained a lot about the Space Union and the Empire, the two main factions of the first game. 

Like how the empire was divided in dukes ruling over planets and the union had been made from the government of other planets bonding together against the empire's expansion.

I know about those things from the game, lady. But I listened attentively like a good boy.

It did look like she wanted to teach me more since I was getting older now but she didn't speak about magic and <Utopian Wills> nor about our family.

Even if I asked, I was only given a helpless look and candy. I think they assumed I’m not mature enough to know those things.

More important than that, I’m starting to get impatient about being locked in here. It has been two years and I still haven't explored the outside world.

I try to play games with Anna, as she still gets downcast sometimes, and to get another trophy but nothing happens over this year.

Before I noticed, I was 4 years old, my cradle had long been exchanged for a bed and I had finally, with an almost overflowing feeling of elation and excitement, said yes when I was asked to go outside the room.

My room was isolated at the end of a corridor, in front of my room was a small garden with a water fountain.

I sincerely don't think that makes sense in a spaceship.

Following Anna and Oddar, the man who invited me out, I went down a corridor. Passing by what felt like a maze of doors and corridors, there was one big space where people appeared to be training.

If this is a battleship, we would most likely be from the empire. From what I learned only there, could a military ship house the family of its captain.

The union had its army strictly prohibited from personal use like this.

I was led to a room full of equipment where my father was without his suit, in a sweatshirt of some kind.

“Ten-chan, look at you all grownup now. Come give father a hug.”

My father opened his big frame as if ready for a tackle and oblivious to the fact that I felt more threatened than anything by that action.

My father needs to go down a head or two in height.

“Come on Ten-chan, I’ll give you some strawberry candy.”

“Yey, I love you father!”

I was sitting on his forearm hugging his neck now, as my father addressed Oddar.

“Prepare the equipment here, I’ll give him the instructions.”

“Yes, sir.”

Apparently I was going to use the machines in this room, it did look kinda like a gym. Outside the machines that I couldn't see a clear purpose for.

“Then I’ll be going back now, bye bye Ten-chan.”

Anna got out of the room.

As Oddar began to test a machine, my father would explain what I needed to do while pointing at his demonstration.

Mostly easy work, it seems the machines weren't for exercise but to measure my physical performance.

A lot of tests were done and I was finally allowed to get out of there late at night.

There was a clock in that room, I should really ask one for my room or maybe a wristband like what everyone used.

I was not sure whether the results were good or not but my father seemed pleased to teach me while Oddar was exasperated each time my father acted like a loving fool in front of me.

There was no test about mana nor any test about <Utopian Will> that I had been thinking how to avoid.

I was returned to my room and given permission to go out whenever I wanted.

Hugging my father and kissing him was a little of an overreaction now that I think about it.

Anyway, I was finally free for some months before my 5th anniversary and couldn't help but explore the ship.

It was big, like ridiculous big. I don't know exactly how big but maybe they could fit an entire city in here.

A ship of that size and my little self wanting to explore it resulted in a madman running around without stopping. I greeted others walking through in corridors, tried to get inside doors that obviously needed some type of authorization or keycard and made a mess in some storage room searching what was inside their boxes.

After an earful from some old looking stubby guy, I talked with Anna.

“Anna, why is our spaceship this big?”

“It’s your family business, Tenka-sama.”

“We need a ship of this size, that's cool! What's our family business, Anna? I bet I can pilot the ship!”

“You won't pilot anything tenka-sama and your father will tell you about the family business later. For now, why don't we find the kitchen?”

There was some candy in the kitchen, even though Anna didn't let me eat those.

I didn't expect a clear answer but I wonder why and when exactly will I get an answer from my father.

So I happily spent the last remaining time for my 5th anniversary exploring the ship.

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Something was strange in my 5th anniversary, Anna was not there in the room.

She was by my side almost all the time for the past years, suddenly disappearing like this would be a pretty unexpected present.

And I was called outside by one of the soldiers that usually trained at this time.

These guys always tried to avoid talking to me and now here he was, ordered by my father I assume.

“Can you come with me, young master?”

“Where to?”

“Your father called you, just near the central room.”

“I wasn't allowed inside there before, can I finally go in?”

I started to rush not waiting for his response and he came after me. 

After a small scolding we were walking down to the central room.

Is this birthday special because I can get out of that room? Or am I in trouble here?

The fact that Anna isn't here is too suspicious, if she guided me I would be far less concerned as well.

No, I should believe in my father. He’s surely preparing a surprise party for me.

When I entered the room, it was filled with different monitors and seats at different levels.

My father sat on the highest one, looking at me with a serious face.

“Father…?”

“Come here, ten-chan.”

I was picked up and seated on his knee, he patted my head a little and gave me a strawberry candy I liked.

Am I gonna get killed here? This definitely feels like a father treating his naive son well and then killing him.

“Do you remember some time ago, when we made you go through those tests?”

“Yes, it was fun, father.”

“I see, then now I want to do one more test. After that we'll leave our presents in your room.”

This still feels way too heavy to be a simple test. Well, I have no real option here I think.

I’m guided to another room by my father, a single capsule is standing there lodged in the wall.

“Get inside, can you wear the clothes there?”

“I think so.”

“Good.”

The “clothes” he spoke about were a full body suit, mostly metal with different devices linked to points of the body.

Putting them on was easy enough, such that I didn't expect what happened after.

“Did you wear it?”

“Yes, feels pretty comfortable”

His voice was different now, a discernible louder volume that seemed to echo from the entire capsule.

When I looked back the glass door of the capsule was black, completely black.

“It works as a bathroom so you don't need to worry about that, we'll come to pick you up when we have time.”

“What do you mean, father?”

“Later, son.”

I didn't think to speak, was this serious? Did I just get ejected to space by my father? What's up with that brute mass of oddly assorted meat pump and oily rugged hair. Was this a new way of playing devised by the gorillas of his kind? As his son I would like a formal notice sent around before its implementation.

Even as I insulted my father the capsule was getting closer to a planet, a strangely exclusively green planet.

Looking around the capsule there wasn't anything that seemed able to control it.

 

<<Trophy obtained>>

<Thrilling present of the Reptile Gorilla Race>

[+Survival instinct.]

 

Happy birthday, me.