Child from the Dungeon

[ Clarent Mansion ]

" You said your name is Carlos...? " Arthur asks, as he sees the boy kneeling before him.

Carlos, the boy, kneels with fear, as he shivers to his core.

" Yes, the name is 'Carlos Antares Clarent'... "

" I'm sorry if I hide from you earlier, I just... " Carlos kneels while suddenly Arthur immediately comes in front of him.

* Arthur senses the boy's magic. *

" Hmm? " Arthur senses, which Carlos immediately understood as he looked at his eyes.

" My Magic, sir... " Carlos immediately showed Arthur his Star Magic, immediately shined him with it.

" I didn't ask you to show it? " Arthur asks which Carlos apologize.

" I humbly apologize, I... "

" Before you came, Mother told me to immediately show my magic to you. "

" I'm humbly apologize, Father..., I... "

" Enough! " Arthur scolds him, while leaning towards the Star Magic sphere he conjures.

* Arthur Calibur examines, his mood is getting more calm. *

" How old are you? " Arthur asks Carlos.

" Nine, sir... "

" Nine, you achieved this in 'nine years old'? " Arthur asks him again, still holding his mother with his grip in the background.

This time, Arthur's mood is getting more different, from pure anger into a more calmer demeanor as he sees more Carlos' Magic.

" There's no doubt about it... "

" Your Mana Presence, Your Magic. "

" You are, my 'son'... " Arthur says as he then throws Mrs. Clarent in the ground.

" Moth- "

" She's dead... " Arthur tells Carlos, stopping him from going near her.

" What? " Carlos asks Arthur, he showed him tears.

" Do you hear what I said, boy? " Arthur raises his voice once more.

" That woman, is dead... "

" She wastes her life for even dare challenging me, boy, don't think so much about it. "

" Challenging your Father's power. " Arthur immediately took Carlos's hand.

" You said your name is 'Carlos Antares Clarent', right? " Arthur asks which Carlos lowered his head down, can't bear to look at him, seeing his mother dead on the ground.

" Carlos..., 'Antares'... " Arthur stops for a while, right after mentioning 'Antares'.

" Son... "

" From now on, you belong to the Caliburs... " Arthur tells Carlos which made him rise his head up again.

" What? " Carlos asks which Arthur look at him, with a more happier sight.

" Just like I said earlier, Carlos... "

" From this moment onward, you belong with me... "

" I'm going to take you from this False House and bring you to the Rightful one, son... "

" For inside you, flows the Pureblood of King Arthur Pendragon himself, gifted by mine and your witch mother... "

" It'll be waste to keep you here, isn't it? " Arthur asks Carlos, he smirks despite everything that happened.

Carlos who sees his face, then look into his mother once more, his dead mother whom he sees lying on the ground, eyes opened, crying till the end of her life in madness.

" She deserved it, son... " Arthur tells him, telling Carlos that his mother had to die, it is her fate.

" If you stay here, then you soon will follow... "

" But, since I'm here, and after seeing what you're built off... "

" I will assure you, to make you escape this fate. "

" For once again, as 'my son'... "

" 'You' belong to the Calibur House... " Arthur says it to Carlos, who's still in grief.

* Carlos clenched his fists. *

Suddenly, he remembers his time with his mother at the time, remembering their happy times together. Not just that, he then remembers Donovan, the boy he met back in the Dungeons, before he turned into Carlos.

"( My days as Charlotte are over... )" Carlos says within his mind, he sees the [Fairy King's Glitter Ring], invisibly tied within his fingers.

With it, added with the Spell his mother gave him, also with the help of the 'Magic Eye', it made the once 'Charlotte' into 'Carlos', using its very Spell, to shifts the girl's appearance in front of others.

Thus, from now on, they will never see 'Charlotte' again, only 'Carlos'.

"( I'm sorry, mother... )" 'Charlotte' sees Mrs. Clarent for the last time, slowly beginning to accept her new identity.

" *Sob*... "

" I understand..., father... "

" I will go with you. " Carlos now look at his father.

" For that is what my mother would've wanted... " Carlos tells Arthur as the man smirked, accepting his 'son' ad thus, taking him back, to the place he should've belong.

" Father,... "

" What should we do with this Mansion...? " Carlos asks out of the sudden.

" Oh, about that... " Arthur smirks as he fires his Star Magic to the Mansion behind him, burning it all as it destroys it.

" Now we're done..., son. " Arthur smiles.

" No more Clarent House for you. " Arthur tells Carlos as he brings him out, from the home he used to have, bringing him into the house he should be.

"( Goodbye, Mother... )"

"( Goodbye, Clarent House... )" Carlos walks as he now begins to say goodbye, to the last person he had affection so much when he was 'Charlotte'.

"( Goodbye, Donovan Richter-Grimshaw... )"

"( I'm sorry, if I had to leave from your life... )"

"( Forever... )" Carlos holds his tears, he began to miss Donovan as he tries to suppress it.

"( I'm sorry, Donovan... )"

"( Please..., don't... )"

"( Please, don't remember me... )" Charlotte hopes which unknown to her, the ring kinda responded while being invisible.

* The Ring's Ruby activated. *

( At the same time. )

[ Irina Richter's Secondary House ]

Donovan is sleeping in his room, suddenly he awakes, gasping so loud.

" *Pant* *Pant* "

" What happened...? " Donovan facepalms.

" Why I suddenly dreamt of a Dungeon, I...? "

"( Please, don't remember me... )" a voice says in his head.

" <Vague Memory Voices> is that you? " Donovan asks but the System didn't pops.

" Ugh... "

" What is going on? "

" Did I have nightmares just now...? " Donovan gets annoyed, he decides to try sleep again.

" Grh, better go sleep, but... "

" ... "

" ... "

" What happened before I sleep? "

" Why I felt so..., um... " Donovan wonders as now he can't sleep, trying to figure out what happened before he slept in the first place for the rest of the night.

...

( Meanwhile. )

[ Richter House Meeting Place. ]

" You seemed to love hanging outside by yourself during the night... " Hector Richter says to Duncan whom he sees hanging out by himself, outside the place.

" Not actually... " Duncan responds to him.

" I actually had my friends to accompany me back then... "

" My fellow S-Rank Hunters... "

" The one I asked to join our cause against the Tenebrae back then... "

" Before them, there was one of us that were now banished by society, said to be 'impregnated' by that Calibur House Head. " Duncan tells his father in law. 𝙗𝒆𝙙𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙚𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝒎

" O damn, Arthur did that? " Hector asks Duncan.

" You didn't know the news? " Duncan asks back, telling Hector the news were wild back then, even the whole Association almost get to chaos.

" Oh, that one... " Hector finally knew which one that Duncan mentioned.

" Yes, that one is... "

" Very tragic..., especially since Arthur is the one 'your friend' is facing back then in the Court. "

" Well, since we know who 'Arthur Calibur' is..., without knowing further, we immediately can tell the results. " Hector sighs as he recount that.

" Does it affect you too? " Hector asks Duncan.

" Horribly, since she's part of the 'Sharp Eye Guild' too. " Duncan says.

" Because of that, and what happens afterwards. "

" I'm the only S-Rank left who stays in the guild, while my friends are all being replaced after their demise. "

" Charlotte... "

" Her name is Charlotte Antares... "

" She is, one of our aces at the time... "

" With her 'Split Second' Magic, she always saves us in the cruelest of times, during our missions. "

" Making her our greatest 'Charm', hence we once even called her as 'Charm', Charlotte 'Charm' Antares... " Duncan tells Hector while regretting it all.

" Seriously, I don't know where she is now, Hector... "

" But I already tried as best as I can to make her escape... " Duncan tells.

" Yeah, I think I know this from Irina. "

" Sorry if, one of us had to cause you all this trouble..., that 'Cali-brat'... " Hector disses Arthur Calibur while both decide to hang out below the night's moonlight, accompanied by the stars.

" The stars are darker today... " Duncan says as he sees the night clouds begin to cover the bright stars.