The Seed Of Resentment

As a young boy with crimson eyes and black hair with the tips being as crimson as his eyes slept while bruises marred his body as he laid there. His older brother once again beat him for taking father's attention from him again. He always did so when his dad left to take care of business over seas.

As the boy slept he constantly flinched as voices constantly insulted him, feminine and masculine alike from all the servants aswell as his brother.

Useless...

Trash...

You are nothing more than a mistake, you pale in comparison to master Caleb.....

You disgust me to even think we are related....

Your the reason mom died, she died for rubbish such as yourself and I will never forgive you, so you will suffer for the rest of your miserable existence....

Why must you be such an eyesore, why don't you just die..

All the beatings young master Caleb have given you are just a mere fraction of what you truly deserve and never forget that we showed mercy...

Always berated, always insulted; birthed a dark emotion within the boy.... Resentment..

He was angry at everyone but his father; he hated then all so much, he wanted nothing more to watch them scream out in pain and watched as their eyes became lifeless.

But most of all he was angry at himself, he even hated himself. He did not dare to say a word about what has been done to him in fear of retaliation his father may not even believe him and then he may suffer more.

They all thought he was trash because his mother died one of the smartest and kindest humans alive, and because I caused her death they all hated me from birth.

The boy thought it was unfair and stupid to believe such things but all he was met with when he brought up such a thing was the feeling of his bones cracking.

And they set it up in a way that they made it seem like he fell down a flight of stairs. And they called Karma's father right away, he immediately cancelled the meeting to fly home once he heard his youngest son was injured something he never did for the older boy which always angered him to no end sending him into a flurry.

The boy adamantly stood by the fact he wanted to be privately taught not wanting to attend school with his primary tormenter. He began to plot how to cause his brothers inevitable downfall and possible disownment for what he has done.

And so he studied building up his knowledge everything toying with the mechanical automatons he created, everything came as easy as breathing be it engineering ,programming , he even took up philosophy and made it his goal to learn multiple languages. He wanted to prove to himself, his brother, and the servants that he was not useless and was not trash he wanted to remove all doubt of this before making them all suffer. It took him the past five years to accomplish such.

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6 years Later...

[POV Karma]

"Karma my son you have done outstandingly in everything that you've done and I am so proud of you. You have proven that I did not blindly put faith into what your mother said; you are in fact worthy of her most prized possession."

"Mom left something for me?"

I was beyond surprised she left something for me and not my older brother Caleb I found it odd.

"Of course she did, she said she wanted our second son to have her most prized possession because she felt you deserved something to know she loved you, in case she died during birth since your elder brother had memories with her something you will never have."

Then my dad handed me a box and I immediately opened it to see a ring with a skull attached to the front smiling sinisterly, it was completely black but where there would be empty sockets were two rubies in their place.

"Put it on Karma it's yours afterall."

I slid the ring on my finger and then everything suddenly everything went to black.

Useless....

Trash....

Just die already....

Memories that were not my own played before my eyes, memories a boy beaten every day, with next to no food to survive and abandoned by everyone.

I felt his pain, I felt his hunger, I felt his desperation... I felt as he and I were one and the same and then I saw him die and then woke up as me. I was confused why I had no recollection of such a thing happening but pushed it to the side for now.

These words resounded in my mind I heard the voices once more.

Quickly after that I suddenly woke up, I looked back and forth rapidly to see my father once again his blood red eyes showed worry as I woke I finally saw him.

And then he rushed up and hugged me.

"I'm so happy your alright Karma I couldn't bear the thought of losing you too."

"What happened, and why am I in my bed."

I asked as I looked around and saw the hour glasses, yin and yang symbols, as well as sever depictions of the grim reaper.

Then there was the robotic parts strewn across the room I ignored it all.

"You collapsed after putting on your mom's ring, and then I carried you to your room and have watched over you for the past few hours the doctor said you were fine you just passed out due to stress."

"A few hours? really."

"Yes a few hours Karma, in a few hours Karma you will need to pack your bags I am sending you to Chinas most prestigious school as well as one of the best magic schools, there you will have your magic awakened. I will of course send you almost all of our resources, your brother has proved unfit for our resources."

'Wait what the hell is going on magic academy.. China.. Awakened magic what the hell.'

"I'll leave you be I'm sure you have alot on your mind, I know you'll do just fine at magic school and show everyone why we are ome of the best if not greatest companies. I know you'll do great afterall your, your mother's child."

And then my father left me with more questions than answers, what happened when I fell asleep, why do I have new memories and what the hell is going on.