Inside one the numerous hallways of a building complex, a residence compound that spans square miles in areas where the whole of Olympians, such as the High-Rankers and the God-Kins or their families live together like apartments.
A butler came running then gracefully fell on his one knee and proceeds to respectfully speak to Zero. "Young lord Zero! Master Zeus will be visiting us!"
The then seven year-old Zero showed an innocent, geniune smile of excitement. "Really?! My father's coming here?!"
"Yes." The attendant gave a small smile back.
"Umu! Let me get ready! Mama! Dress me up! Father is coming here!" He then hurried back into the room where he came from, upon entering, it looks like a very large studio apartment but is way bigger than an average house inside, just their living room is more extravagant and wider than most homes overall. "Mama! Dress me up please! Father is coming here! He's visiting us after a few years!"
His mother look somewhat uncomfortable by that premise as she showed worry on her face but she complied with no arguments. "Uh… Okay! I… I'll dress you up to meet your father…!"
"Okay!" The young Zero replied with a huge smile.
They then proceed to get dressed up, dressing Zero in fabulous clothing worthy of their powerful status as members of the Olympian family.
"Why did you not dressed up, Mama?" Zero innocently asked.
"Don't mind me son, I'm pretty sure you're the only one your father wants to meet."
"But Mama…"
"Don't mind me, okay? Make sure to impress your father, got it?"
"Okay…" Zero walked back towards the attendant silently waiting outside and after getting out, the attendant then called out.
"Let's go, Young lord, Master Zeus wouldn't like to wait for too long." Then Zero held the attendant's hand as they strode forward with excellency.
Moments later, they met Zeus outside among the beautiful trees where he sat cross legged, eyes closed as if meditating with a male attendant on his left who's half bowing with his head down.
Zeus' physique screams power, with him a white toga with not even a single speck of impurity on its color, showing his well toned muscles, white flowing hair and chiseled, young resting face.
They approached the High-Ranker and then immediately prostrated on their one knee and in unison declared their presence. "I pay respect to the King of Olympus, Master Zeus!"
With a deep commanding voice contrary of his young appearance, he commanded. "Rise."
He opened one of his eyes to look at the two until his eyes settled on his son.
"So you must be… What is your name again?"
This startled Zero and his attendant. In their minds, how could Zeus forget one of his own children. But due to him having so many children, amounting to hundreds, they can't really voice out anything lest they get pulverized right here.
Zero lifted his head briefly and spoke in a clear and dignified tone worthy of a God-Kin, "My name is Zero, father… have you forgotten my name?"
With a somewhat annoyed tone, Zeus answered. "I have hundreds of kids beside you, how can I remember every single one of your names?"
"I… I see…" He continued bowing in defeat.
"Anyway, why is your mother not with you?"
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"She…"
"She what?"
The attendant then answered while standing straight without lifting his head but respectfully, "She is unwell, Master Zeus."
"Hmph… then go send a doctor for her. Zero, I heard you're able to use Null Bolt, is that true?"
"Yes! Father, it is true."
"Show it to me, give me a demonstration."
"As you wish, father!" Zero stood up and prepared his lightning. A white flicker started and his yellow lightning turned into white with its brightness and intensity being significantly more violent. It caused the surroundings such as soil to be instantly burnt and disintegrate as soon as a contact with the white lightning was made as the arcs of white lightning snaked around his entire right arm.
"Hmm… You're Null Bolt is definitely strongest out of the fourteen children that had awakened it. But it lacks stability and you're clearly also lacking control, but that is normal, you've just awakened this power. I am sure you can learn to control it better later on."
Zeus then glaced at the attendant on his side. Feeling his master's gaze, the attendant quickly positioned himself some distance away from Zero in an open area, forming a barrier in front of him.
"Strike him, strike him with the strongest output you can muster." Zeus ordered with a commanding voice.
"Yes!" Zero further increases the intensity of his lightning and after getting into the highest, which is way out of control for him, he let it go, sending a huge lightning bolt towards the barrier. As it hits, a huge cloud of dust formed, disintegrating the trees of the beautiful open space behind the attendant.
When the dust settled, the attendant stood there with an expression of utter shock, with half of his barrier being blown away.
Zeus' tone finally changed, showing some amusement, "Hoh…! That is impressive! I've set my mind, I will be visiting you frequently and see your progress each time I do."
Zeus then pointed at Zero's attendant. "You, you've trained some of my kids before, but this is your first time handling someone who had awakened Null Bolt, but I am expecting respectable results, do not disappoint me."
The attendant never lifted his head and instead prostrated on one knee once again. "As you wish! Master Zeus!"
"Hahahaha! Finally! A kid who's showing some promising potential!" Zeus stood up as he laughed, his dilemma of finding a child who he can be proud of seems to be finally coming to a close.
"I'll be going now, Zero. You go and train starting today with your attendant, from now on, he's both your attendant and mentor. Make me proud, my child, I'm expecting great results."
"Yes! Father!" Zero replied excitedly while smiling internally.
"Now I will be departing." Zeus then began walking away with his attendant. Soon leaving the sight of the two as Zeus went back inside the building complex.
"See that! Father is interested! I will make him proud! I am the child he's looking for all along!"
"Yes, Young lord, you do have the potential, now, let us go start your training from today onwards."
"Umu!"
During the training everyday, Zero is in high spirit, being visibly happier as the days go by. He's improving greatly in terms of power but the area he's lacking at is control and stability, but surely, it will come by as times goes on. Zeus often visits him with a minimum of once a week and if he's lucky, his father will visit twice. Although his father and mother don't meet as he wanted, with his mother refusing to, he still feel somewhat happy, since he's now spending time with both, even if separated.
And so, approximately three months had gone by.
Leaning on to wall to his side with his arms crossed Zeus expressed in an annoyed tone. "What is this? Is this it? Huh? Does this is all your talent amount to?! There's barely any improvement in terms of control and stability! You're growing in terms of power but for what is that if you can't control it?!" Zeus then pointed at Zero's attendant. "You! What the hell have you been doing these past months?! You promised me improvements, you've assured me!"
"I-I know, Master Zeus, but we need more time. Young lord Zero is having a hard time grasping how to control and stabilize it. But as you can see, Master Zeus, his power grew significantly in the past months. Please give us more time..."
"You do know that I don't have such time to waste observing him, right? I'm barely able to make time to meet this FAILURE, every week."
"Please… Master Zeus, Young lord is doing his best."
"You dare talk back to me? Hmph! You're lucky you are not a climber, or you'd already be a paste on the ground by now."
"I, I apologize, Master." The attendant then got on both his knees and prostrated himself.
"Tsk, useless! Every single one of you." Zeus then changed his attention towards Zero who's head is down as he looks directly at the ground, soulless in defeat.
"Why? Just why is no one able to be up to my standards, huh? You all have my blood, yet all of you are fucking disappointments! Every single one of you, everyone who had awakened that power, there's those who had a balance of both power and control, yet it's unremarkable at all, there's those who have extremely good control but negligible power, not even average, and then there's you. You're just one of my disappointments, I thought you'd make me proud, it seems I expected way too much, I'd never learned from my past disappointments at all."
Zeus then proceeded to leave with anger, if only he's allowed to, he's have already killed these two right here and now for being disappointments, but not only would that be a crime, it will deal a huge blow politically if he did so, since his enemies all just want something, no matter how small, to find as a fault to exploit on him.