In the distant past, there lived humans with abilities associated with the devil. Most of the humankind despised them, they were called the Adeptus.
The Adeptus Catchers lived to catch The Adeptus and torture them because they were considered dangerous to humanity.
But there were also humans who married and had children with the remaining Adeptus. Half-born Adeptus being born has slim chances, but if they are born, they are only given the half of the Adeptus's power.
Pure-born Adeptus are powerful enough to cause a mass-murder. But if all Adeptuses, pure-blood or not can cause a Whole Nation to fall.
"This fairy tale seems so interesting..." He continued to flip the pages.
The meaning of Adeptus is different in this book, its an entirely different meaning.
"Hm, I'll read this again later." He said with a soft tone while closing the book and placing it on the table.
Riven, A name that means to tear apart, suitable for a villain who causes chaos and conflict.
It fits well for someone whos one of the last two living Adeptus, specifically for that boy.
"Sigh... I finally found a book that catches my interest." Riven started stretching his arms.
He glanced at the clock, its 2 pm.
"Its already afternoon?" He muttered, taking his eyes off the clock.
Riven would usually start his day with the normal boring routine but today was quite different from the usual days.
Its Christmas.
But he didn't have any relatives left except for his older brother. Riven's parents died when he was 12, leaving his brother to take care of him.
"Hm... should I buy him a gift?" He smiled at the thought of buying him a present, his only brother was special to him.
He rushed to the store and bought him new shoes. "Brother would definitely like this..."
His older brother, Raven was quite protective because his only family left is Riven. He didn't like how people would bully them because they're orphans.
Riven was on his way to the apartment, but when he got closer to the building, he saw his older brother getting beaten up by someone.
His eyes widened, Riven hid at a corner until he hear a loud noise.
!!!
Riven saw his older brother getting up and quickly punched the man on the jaw.
Adeptus, when once enraged, they will destroy anything in their sight except for his family. But everyone didn't know this, even the last two remaining survivors.
"Brother..." He mumbled as he held the present he bought for Raven.
After beating up the hell of the man, Raven rubbed his lips thats covered with blood. He glanced at the corner where his younger brother was hiding, Raven seemed to know that Riven saw him like this.
'... Is that Riven? shit... I didn't want him to see me like this.'
"Riven, come here." He spoke with a gentle smile, coming back to his brotherly personality.
Riven, still shocked by what unfolded Infront of him slowly made his way to his older brother.
"Brother! are you alright?" He quickly checked Raven's injuries with a worried look.
"I'm alright." He started running his fingers through Riven's hair.
But even if Raven reassured him, he was still worried about his older brother.
"Are you really, really okay??" This questioning always happened whenever Riven found him injured when he got back home.
Raven chuckled, his younger brother's worries made him feel loved but he also made Riven feel that he's special in his own way.
"Let's go home."
"Okay!!"
The siblings went back to their apartment, and once they got there, Riven quickly took out his present and gave it to Raven.
"Eh? a— new shoes?" He was surprised and calmed himself down. "Thank you, Riven."
"No problem!"
"I got a present for you too." Raven rushed to find the present and gave it to him.
"Woah! new fantasy books?!" Riven is a sucker for fantasy books.
"Yes... it wasn't much so—"
"What do you mean it wasn't much!? its more than enough, brother! you're the best!"
Raven became flustered for a slight moment.
The day was a very special one for the siblings, but would they ever expect what would happen when its finally new years.
The siblings were gazing at the stars for a moment, many people celebrated the new years even when it was night, a time where people should be sleeping heavily.
People were having conversations with their families while celebrating.
"The stars are really beautiful, right?"
"Woah! time flies so fast!"
"The fireworks are really pretty."
Raven smiled while looking at the stars and fireworks that are being set off, it was a special celebration that cannot be forgotten.
But—
All of a sudden, light enveloped them and it slowly faded away, showing many people dressed in fancy dresses/suits or knight outfits.
"Eh?! what's that?!"
"Are they cosplayers or something?"
"The old man looks hot, to be honest."
"The fuck?! are you guys all stupid? this isn't definitely a cosplay, they started appearing while light surrounded them!"
"That woman who looks like a knight is hot, she can be my mommy."
Riven's eyes widened, if he remembered, they are like those fantasy people in the books he finished.
Knights, Magicians, Princesses, Princes, Emperors, Priests, Dukes and Duchess.
That was all the roles, Riven can remember from his books.
"Whats that?" Raven murmured to himself, Riven heard it and answered without any hesitations.
"They are like those people that I read in my fantasy books!" He said with an excited tone.
"But, aren't they dangerous? I heard the fictional people from fantasy books either has Magic, Mana or Aura... Isn't that dangerous?" Raven followed with a shocking sentence.
"What if they kill us because we are too strange for them?"
Hearing that, Riven's jaw dropped lower than his grades. He forgot about that.
Little did the siblings know, Pure-born Adeptus or even a Half-born can destroy the humans from another world with no problems.
But they don't even know that they are Adeptuses themselves because Riven thought he just picked up an interesting Fairytail.
Although that wasn't the case, it was apart of history thats been erased because the humanity thought all living Adeptuses were dead.
Only one book managed to survive, but all normal humans see is blank pages because it was made so that only the Adeptus can read it.
But people of the distant past may think, why would they even make a history book if the humanity can't open it? on top of that, it was also made to not be burned.
The book was made so the remaining Adeptus who knows nothing of their kind and doesn't even know that they are one, can read it.
The siblings who are clearly the remaining Adeptus can't show their powers until the right time comes.
And when will that time come?
To be continued...