"Hey, you!" An unfamiliar voice crushed his thinking process and brought him back to reality. "Do you wanna go to a magical world"

"Huh? What?"

Few hours earlier

[Take this! You thought that I would lose to you just because I took a 3-months break from it. How naive of you, Novastar]

He smirked while pressing the enter button to send the text to Novastar, whom he was playing an

MMORPG game with.

[I will take you down next time for sure, Alexor]

A message popped up on the screen of the laptop, on which he had recently played against Novastar. His crying was only adding to Alexor's joy, who was still undefeated in that game.

No matter who his opponent was, the victory was always his. it was kind of exciting and good at first, but now it was a daily routine for him.

"Another victory for me, I guess" (sigh)

"This is not what I want!"

After a short break of 5-10 seconds, during which he was immersed in his thoughts, he opened up Google and typed:

[Magic]

A blue circle started moving around its axis; indicating that it was being searched. And it didn't even took Google 3seconds before presenting the search results before his eyes.

Search result:

"Magic, along with its subgenres of, and sometimes referred to as illusion, stage magic or close up magic is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by staged tricks or illusions of seemingly impossible feats using natural means"

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"Illusion?" he sighed at the results, showing his disappointment in what laid before him.

He closed the laptop and stood up from his chair. The chair was only a short distance away from the desk; on which the laptop was shut down by this teenager; the one who was known as Alexor in MMORPG world and by the name of "Xeron" in the real world.

He was your everyday normal teenager; addicted to games and a deep desire for his wishes to come true.

"Come down, Xeron or otherwise I am coming up"

A familiar voice coming from the ground floor of the house caught his attention. It was none other than his mom's voice; the only one he couldn't argue with.

His house was not too big and not too small. It was on an average level with two stories. Xeron and his little brother's room was on the 1st floor while kitchen, living room and dining hall on the ground floor.

Xeron glanced at his wristwatch. It was 8:00 pm; sharp time for dinner. If missed then you will have to spend the entire night on an empty stomach while waiting for the breakfast time to come.

Xeron hurried down the stairs so as to accompany his family and also for his own sake.

"Good evening, everyone" Xeron greeted everyone as he entered the hallway, where his parents and his kid brother were already sitting on chairs.

"You are late again. How many times do I have to tell you not to play too many games"

his mom started yelling at him.

He was unable to defend himself. He kept his head lowered down, waiting for her to stop.

He changed the direction of his gaze towards his dad while keeping his head lowered.

{Someone help me. Please! Dad, do something}

{Sorry, son. I am afraid I find myself too weak to indulge in this battle. My HP is too low to take your mom's attack}

{Please, dad} Xeron kept on talking to him through expressions without making any sound and his dad answered him in the same manner.

After being completely betrayed by his own father, he looked towards his little brother in the hope that he will not leave him alone. But only to find a ruthless answer, which shattered him completely.

{May your soul rest in peace! Amen}

{Whaaaattt?}

"Do you get why I am always so strict at you?"

His mom who was unaware of the previous conversation kept on talking.

"Yeah, I get it. Totally get it" Having no other choice left, he accepted his defeat and sat down on the chair close to his kid brother.

His brother nodded his head slightly, indicating that he wanted to say something privately. So Xeron took his ear close to his mouth.

"Looks like my prayer for you has born fruit, isn't it?" He whispered in Xeron's ears, making him even angrier.

"You little...." He shouted.

"You little what? Huh?"

Before he could have finished his sentence, he took the attention of his mom by mistake.

"Nothing. I meant that you little angel. Little angel" He started patting his brother's head only to take himself out of this situation.

"Okay. But keep your mouth shut when you are eating. Okay?"

"Yes, mom"

........

Their happy family chat kept on going, uninterrupted and unaware of the eyes that were laid on them from the shadows; far away from their house.

"Let the pawns move"

 END