"Ehh!" Father blinked once, twice, disbelief on his face. Looks like the old man never thought I'd refuse him.
"You… you said no?"
"Regulus, aren't you ashamed? Walking up to your son and asking so shamelessly for a power-up as though it were that easy?"
"But… Sera.. he.. he made that grouchy old bastard super powerful.. why not me?"
"I'm sure it cost him a lot to do such a thing, isn't that right, my baby?" Mother asked, looking at me with a small smile. But—
"Not really, it's no stress at all, and I've still got a few more spots, so I could easily make Dad catch up to the grouchy old man."
"Ehh?" Now even Mom seemed confused.
"See? The kid can do it, so, son, do it.. juice me up!"
"Old man, I already said no, didn't I?"
"Fuck!! Why!?"
"Well, you've been beating Old Man Valen all this while. How do you think he feels about it?"
"The grouch probably just wants to beat my ass up."
"Exactly, so now I'm letting him make use of the head start he received."
