EPHS-Chapter 1

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“Where is this? Am I not dead?”

The teenager muttered to himself as he opened his eyes.

Darkness, primal chaos surrounded him and he can’t see any radiance. In the teenager’s memory, he should have been hit and killed by a speeding truck.

“Ah, you are already dead.”

An ethereal voice suddenly sounded in the space of primal chaos, which made the teenager nervous in an instant.

“You, who are you?”

Calming himself, the young boy asked.

“Who am I…”

“You will know, one day.”

After a little silence, the ethereal voice rang again.

Just as the teenager was about to ask something more, a radiance suddenly flashed in the darkness primal chaos space, and a bright treasured jade floated in front of the teenager. Despite the soft light from treasured jade, the teenager subconsciously blocked his eyes with his hands.

“It’s called [Sacred Gear Plunder], and it can plunder any Sacred Gear’s Artifact. Make good use of it and then pass it on to the next generation.

He couldn’t understand what the other person was saying, what artifact – Sacred Gear, but just as the voice fell, the treasured jade which was shining in the air rushed into the teenager’s body.

No, the dying teenager has no body, only the soul. The Mysterious treasured jade rushes into the soul of the teenager, and then merges with the soul of the teenager!

Confusion, uneasiness, restlessness, stunned… The teenager saw an illusory figure in the primal chaos space. He didn’t know who the other party is and what the other party wants to do to him. The teenager wanted to shout but he finds himself incapable of speaking.

As the treasured jade merges with the soul of the teenager, the whole space begins to vibrate, twists and collapses, and then turns into a black whirlpool, instantly swallowing the soul of the teenager…

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“Hey…what is this place…”

I don’t know how long it took for the teenager to open his eyes again. Clearly it is subconscious self-talk, but the voice that came out is like a baby cry.

“Sir Phenex, son, this is our child…”

“Tamako, you are too weak, use the tears of Phenex.”

A beautiful woman and a resolute man came into view. The woman caressed herself gently. Her pale face was full of love and gentleness. The man held the woman in his arms with concern, and there was a rare joy on his resolute face.

They are his parents…

Although it’s only for a moment, the baby with a young man’s soul knows it all at once. He seems to have gained a new life and become the couple’s child.

Although it was not clear what kind of world it was and who his parents were, the teenager quickly accepted the fact. Anyway, there is nothing for him in his old world. It seems good that he can get a new life and have parents he never had in his previous life.

However, Phenex, this surname seems to be somewhat familiar.

With doubts in his mind, the teenager who has turned into a baby soon fell asleep in a drowsy way…

Time is like running water, passing away in the rogue, ten years later –

“Nine hundred and ninety-seven… nine hundred ninety-eight… nine hundred ninety-nine… one thousand!”

“Ha…ha…”

In the yard, a young boy put down the long sword in his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead and gasped.

The ten-year-old boy has short black hair and black eyes. Although his handsome cheek is still quite tender, he has a trace of calmness that does not belong to a child his age.

It is only natural for him who has already experienced life and now living his second

Going back to the house, he washed all the sweat from his body. The teenager took some ingredients from the refrigerator and walked into the kitchen.

There seems to be only one teenager in the big room, which seems a little lonely.

Kamiya Tenraku, the name of the boy in this world!

Four years ago, Tenraku’s mother died, his mother’s name was Tamako, and Tenraku’s also inherited his own mother’s surname instead of his father.

His mother seems to have had some terminal illness long ago. According to the doctors, she was able to give birth to him and raise him until he was six years old. It is an incredible miracle.

Tenraku’s knows that this is a miracle called maternal love.

Tenraku was sad for a while after his mother’s death, but he was able to pull himself together.

Even if you are sad, life will continue, not to mention that he promised his mother, every day in the future he will eat well, sleep well, and live hard and strong.

Well, there will be many beautiful and capable wives to take care of himself in the future.

As for Tenraku’s father – He’s a devil, a real devil!

There is no joke, but literally, Tenraku’s father is a devil, and he is the famous Phenex, one of the legendary “72 Pillars” of Underworld!

There was some doubt at first, but Tenraku has been in the world for ten years and Tenraku has already fully confirmed it.

This world that made him get a new life is a world of anime called  “High School DxD” that he had seen in his previous life!

Yōkai, elf, devil, angel, Fallen angel… even Heavenly Dragon and Gods, these existences that should exist in fantasy, are real in this world!

Although he thought at first that he might just be reborn in a world similar to that anime where devils exist, Tenraku’s had no doubts when he realized that there was a Hyoudou couple living near his home and they had a baby called Hyoudou Issei.

Having a devil for a father and a human for a mother, he is a hybrid of human and devil, he has gathered the excellent genes of two species, Tenraku’s thought that he should have been an extraordinary existence.

However, the ideal was beautiful, but the reality is so helpless.

Maybe Tenraku’s mother loved him a little too much. Tenraku got his hair from her, his eyes were also from her, and even Tenraku’s handsome face, which made a lot of girls jealous.

Therefore, the gene of his devil father seems to be completely covered. Tenraku does not have any ability to practice magic, nor can he awaken the blood of the Phenex family, even the most basic devil wing!

Ever since then the news of, “House of the Phoenix’s waste illegitimate child” spread in Underworld.

Those who cannot awaken the blood of the immortal bird are not eligible to inherit the name “Phenex”, so Tenraku’s inherited his mother’s original surname. Although Tenraku did not care much about it, his mother took him away from the Phenex territory and returned to Human World to take care of him until she died four years ago.

After his mother’s death, Tenraku’s father, a contemporary family Lord of the Phenex family, suggested that Tenraku should return to the Underworld, but Tenraku’s rejected it.

He has become accustomed to the place where he lives with his mother, and he has the ability to take good care of himself after two generations. He is free here without any restrictions.

“Itadakimasu.”

Putting the dishes on the table, Tenraku’s patted the palm of his hands and started to eat.

Well, it tastes good, his cooking skills seem to have improved…

To be continued…