52 Family secrets

Before Nero could look around for a chair, the sound of a door opening alerted him that someone was coming in his room so he immediately deactivated Luminalink. That was when he realised that, despite standing in the vision, he was actually sitting in real life. He had nearly been tricked by his father again. He clicked his teeth and looked up, just in time to see an exhausted Gabriel coming in.

"What happened to you?" Nero couldn't help but ask. It was not common to see him so spent.

"Field survival class. We were unexpectedly targeted by several back-to-back curses, but since the level was low, the teachers let us take care of it ourselves. In the end, it turned out that it's hard to remember everything you learnt in class when you're fighting for your life."

Although Gabriel did not elaborate further, Nero could conclude that the class had not gone well.