Cheat Awakening

"It wasn't easy. I wandered through that desolate, foggy expanse for months, completely alone. The loneliness almost drove me mad. I had given up hope, seeing no way out... Then, I encountered my mother..."

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Maya shot up from the bed, her eyes wide with shock. Grabbing Myne's shoulder, she stared at him with intensity, if next moment he dared say it was just a joke, Myen definitely wouldn't have been able to save his remaining bones.

"In a dream, Sis. Let me finish first, don't get so excited. You and I both know she can't return," Myne gently spoke while holding Maya's soft hands. He knew how much Maya admired his mother.

Although he didn't want to tell everyone that his parents helped him twist through dreams, but if he wanted Maya to willingly help him train his hidden power mentioned by his mother, or tell something about their hidden past which he had no clue about, then naturally he had to do it.

Otherwise, with Maya's character, she might not reveal anything, saying that he is too young and might recklessly throw himself into more trouble. As for when he grew up in her eyes, maybe when he had a few little Mynes running around the house?

After Myne poured cold water on Maya's excitement, he coaxed her a bit and laid her back down on the bed so he could enjoy the wonderful sight, which he had missed God knows how many times in the past few months, before continuing... Stay updated with empire

"That dream was very weird. I turned into my younger version, and Mother woke me up and brought me to the kitchen for breakfast. There, I also saw teenage Big Sis, who was about to go on a mission. Then we talked about some random stuff.

By the way, at that time, most of my memories were locked, and I only had memories of my 5-year-old self, so I didn't know if I was dreaming or if everything around me was real."

However, for some reason, Mother seemed to know my situation very well, as if she already knew that she was dead, I'd grown up, had a wonderful family, and desperately needed someone's help. After a brief chat, she told me I already had the power to deal with my situation, but I just didn't know how to use it. That power was called..."

"Essence!"

Maya interrupted Myne again, throwing out Myne's hidden power in front of everyone bluntly without hesitation.

"It seems you know about it very well, Sis. Can you tell me why you never mentioned or taught me about this?" Myne asked softly, so as not to irritate Maya, who didn't seem to be in a good mood.

"You're not ready yet. When the right time comes, I'll teach you everything you need to know. But until then, for goodness' sake, stop looking for ways to commit suicide," Maya angrily replied, and give him a fierce look, which shut up, Myne instantly just gathered some courage to talk to Maya about this matter, but alas, his little trick crumbled before it could yield results.

Sigh, now I can only hope that a few tricks I learned from Gal can calm down their anger. They are probably very frustrated from worrying about me and not getting proper sex to relieve their pressure, made them very irritated and fierce. Otherwise, life is going to be hard for the next few days, Myne exhaled deeply, feeling helpless.

"So as you all can imagine, I don't have any idea what this "Essence" power Mother spoke of, but before I could ask anything else, she just said that I am not alone and my family is waiting for me outside, then I woke up in that dark, foggy area."

"After waking up, I thought it was just a strange dream since I don't remember any one of you. However, upon recalling the dream, every detail became vivid. This made me suspicious, so I decided to believe Mother and try using this hidden power, which obviously didn't work.

At least not until, when I was literally about to give up, but somehow unlocked all my memories, which made me determined to return to you, and I accidentally used that power..."

Myne paused here, glancing at Maya with a playful smirk. Seeing her disbelief, he nodded with satisfaction. After all, the times Myne surprises Maya can be counted on one hand, so naturally, he couldn't miss such a golden opportunity.

"However, to tell the truth, the experience of using the power of Essence wasn't very user-friendly. Not only was it quite painful for my eyes, but it also had a great toll on my mana, but at that time, I clearly didn't care about either of those problems.

After the pain in my head faded, I saw small golden firefly-like things around my ankle which guided me in the right direction, and after wandering around the foggy area for a few hours, I finally smashed my head into an invisible wall, which was the correct way to get out. Sadly, after that incident, no matter how hard I tried, I was never able to use that power again."

"What happened then?" Sylphy asked impatiently. Now, she wished she had agreed to accompany Myne that day. Maybe she could have been by his side, instead of a random girl who had captured her beloved Lord Husband's heart.

Myne made a 'wait a minute' gesture and tried to pick up the water glass from the table beside the bed, but sadly, his hand was too heavily injured to pick up such a heavy thing, so he could only look at Aisha pitifully like an abandoned puppy.

At first, Aisha feigned indifference, but ultimately, she sighed deeply and relented. Standing up with an eye roll, she personally helped Myne drink. Although she knew those little tricks of Myne to cool down her anger which clearly were working, Aisha also had no intention of forgiving him easily.

Even if she did, she'd make him suffer a bit more to discourage him from flirting with other girls so readily.

"Thanks, my lovely and beautiful always caring wifuu. I know I can count on you," Myne whispered in Aisha's ears and gave her a lovely wink flirtatiously, but he was only greeted by Aisha's indifferent nod.

"Sigh... after which I tried to various methods and forcefully made a small hole in that invisible wall. However, this triggered a defensive mechanism as soon as I made a hole in the invisible wall, a path leading directly to that haunted town formed in the middle of the foggy area.

Not only that, but almost every undead and vengeful spirit present in the town as if gone berserk mode rushed toward me crazily."

"So after thinking for a few seconds, I jumped into that dark hole hesitantly. Anyway, I don't have any other option. However, what greeted me at the other side was something that shook me from the core.."

Can anyone guess where that dark hole sent me?" Myne asked with a smirk, which was disgusting enough thanks to his injured pig-like face and panda eyes that Sylphy literally had to avert her eyes and look at the carpet as if she suddenly became interested in it and trying to figure out its production method.

"Don't beat around the bush and tell us directly; we don't have the entire day to waste around you," Aisha directly blew away Myne's playful mood, dealing him a few dozen points of emotional damage.

"You guys are no fun. Fine, let me tell you... I woke up in my real body!"

..."

There was a moment of silence and confusion in the bedroom. Everyone was like, "I look at you, you look at me, we both looked at others," and became more confused. The bewilderment deepens with each passing second

"Is this some kind of joke on which we should laugh?" Maya inquired, a frown etching her face. For a moment, she wondered if Aisha and Sylphy had hit Myne too hard, causing him to lose his mind. Perhaps he'd always been this nonsensical, they just hadn't realized it.

"I'm not joking," Myne insisted. "If I were, you'd all be laughing hysterically, instead of staring at each other in confusion. What I mean is, this entire time I've been trapped in a dream created by Alban and his strange machines.

When I blasted through that invisible wall and jumped into the hole, I actually woke up in the real world, where he'd imprisoned me in a bizarre cocoon-like pod filled with an odd liquid."

"Huh? Are you serious?" Maya exclaimed, disbelief echoing in her voice. "How is such a bizarre thing possible? And why would he want to lock you inside that thing and trap you in a dream? What's the benefit of doing that?" Her questions mirrored the thoughts whirling in everyone's minds, they were all looking at Myne eagerly, wanting to know what kind of weird answer he would give them next.

"Although I don't know the real purpose of that thing, after my investigation, I found that the machine can absorb people's emotions, vitality, and soul and transfer it into the body of the owner of the machine," Myne said seriously, hiding a lot of things, since such a powerful but dark gadget shouldn't come to light. Otherwise, people would always fear that someone would use it against them.

The machine's power is just too good, and it is very easy to attract unwanted attention if someone knows about it.

So after thinking for a while, he decided to keep this little secret to himself. When he became powerful enough to beat anyone who dared to mess with him, Myne would let his girls use it. As for others, go f*ck themselves, there is no such a thing as free lunch in the world.