Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 74: A Day with Mother, A Mysterious Man

The weekends of Rambruck were especially lively as the people crowded about at various locations to idle away their time. Years ago, there was a time where this wasn't even possible, an age where the world was set back due to a strange pandemic that oddly enough, was capable of somehow spreading across the globe. However, let's not get into that, the day remained quite a peaceful sight.

As pedestrians moved about in colorful wears with a cheerful look on their faces, a few somewhat poorly dressed individuals were walking about with hesitant looks on their faces as they continued about the Prominent Sector.

Usually, only those with exceptional talents will be granted passage to their region. However, every weekend a person with a token can carry an extra individual with them into the core of the city.

Naturally, Nero and his mother were amongst these individuals, having entered the city's core together before they went their separate ways.

Today, Nero was especially excited as he walked by his mother's side, though he knew most of the areas he calmly listened to his mother speak, enjoying the lively look she had on her usually ill face.

"Nero, look over there, that arcade has been around for ages, and it was there that I used to play games with your father, those were such great times..." Hersa said as she pointed at a shabby looking store that seemed a bit dated, yet the people outside of it were quite up in their age, holding onto video game relics from the past.

Nero was a bit curious, as a new generation teen, he wouldn't know about some things, he asked, "Mother, are we going there?"

Hersa showed a mysterious smirked before she spoke, "No, we'll be visiting a better place for now."

Nero tilted his head with a confused look; he was curious about just where she wanted to take him. However, he didn't ask and just followed with a happy expression.

Hersa glanced at him from the corners of her eyes and made a warm smile as she thought, 'It's good that he's happy...'

The two continued until they finally arrived at Hersa's mysterious destination, a gigantic gallery of incredible proportions. It had a massive globe at the front of the building with a few terminals placed around it.

Behind this globe, one would notice a series of tall lanterns that lined a well-paved pathway towards the building's interior with trimmed grasses and flowers at its sides. Many different people were walking about as in different parking lots were a dense collection of cars, each of a sleek, angular design.

The atmosphere here was almost as lively as the streets as couples, families, and friends walked around while speaking.

When Nero saw this, his eyes turned a bit red as he recalled that many years ago. One of his deepest wishes was to visit the largest museum in the world, but due it being far away, he simply didn't have the chance with his mother falling ill.

While this wasn't anything compared to the museum in the central sector of the Earth Continent, he was happy as he didn't have the time to visit it due to his previous job.

Hersa saw Nero's expression and couldn't help but to show the look of a mother teasing her child as she spoke, "Nero, what do you think? Haven't you always wanted to visit a museum back then? Your father wanted to be the one to take you here, but let's just say I've stolen his personal wish, hehe..."

When Nero heard this, he tuned out the bits about his father from his mind and smiled as he spoke, "Mother, thank you."

Hersa clicked her teeth rubbed his head as she replied, "Come on, no acting like a brat, let's hurry and explore, I haven't been here in ages so there might be some new sightings."

"Okay," Nero replied as the two went into the building after walking through the path.

As they entered they saw a grand scene, there were giant constructs, life-sized models, and other peculiar objects.

Hersa's eyes lit up as she looked at a giant machine that stood at the museum's center; it had a glossy metallic shine as it's body armor was a mix of greyish-blue. A massive wing that seemed like two diamond-shaped shields rested on its back as it held a giant metal sword at its front with its edge touching the ground.

"Ouu! Nero look, that statue over there was a commemoration of the first-ever mech built by humans, the M1; it was the leading unit that had guided all terraforming vessels to mars," Hersa said with bright eyes, it seemed that she was a wild fan of mech units.

Nero surprised by this side of his mother, he stared at the machine and somewhat found it appealing to look at, it seemed that deep down he was also a fan of them.

Before Nero could even react, Hersa grabbed his arm like an excited little girl as she brought him about the place and pointed out many things she didn't see before.

Nero didn't even have a chance to react most times, as she pulled him across the entire museum. It didn't take long for them to arrive at the top section where a replica of the Universe Ring was made with a few descriptions below it.

"Nero up ahead is the strangest phenomena of all; I'm sure that we'll learn quite a few things from it..." Hersa said as she pulled Nero towards it.

"Right," Nero said with a smile, but deep down, he had already known quite a bit of this odd object that literally connects the various species scattered across the endless universe.

At this time, a small crowd formed around this replica, they each had looks of curiosity on their faces.

Yet, if one were to look within their ranks, they would notice that a few amongst them had different eyes, each seeming to have a solemn air as they wore white suits with white glasses.

These men and women surrounded a single individual, a handsome man with neck long white hair with blue eyes. He wore a white suit with a purple coat that had a high collar as he stood with his hands in his pockets, showing an indifferent look as he gazed at the replica.

When Hersa pulled Nero over, they both seemed to notice this individual at the same time. Hersa's eyes shrunk as they flickered in a white ray before she hurriedly turned and stared at the replica.

Nero's eyes grew strange, as the moment he glanced at this person, he felt as if the world had changed, and he was only moments from being swallowed by a devastating storm.

'Who is he?' Nero thought with a hint of weariness as he had never felt this kind of feeling before.

Suddenly, this man's blue eyes shifted from the replica onto both Nero and his mother. His eyes showed an odd look as if confused about something as he contemplated, 'How peculiar... these two, why do I sense a kind of familiarity from them? Odd, no matter how I look at them, I can tell that they are regular humans, but I can't help but find them strange.'

As this odd man thought to himself, one of the guards walked nearby and spoke, "Sir, it's time to leave,"

The man nodded at this before turning and leaving with the bodyguards, his eyes still locked onto Nero and his mother as he walked by them, his nose twitched as he furrowed his brows while thinking, 'So normal, yet, so strange that even the scent of death is so rich here... quite interesting...'

As man thoughts ran to here, he soon left this section with his group as he vanished into the museum's lower parts.

Nero stared at the man's back with a deep look on his face, but as he couldn't find any answers he didn't say anything, he turned around and looked at his mother only to notice that she had grown silent.

He asked, "Mother, are you okay?"

Hersa snapped out of her daze as she smiled and spoke, "Yes, I was only a bit distracted, come now, let's take a look at this replica."

Nero stared at her for a bit and then nodded as they continued about their day's activities, pushing everything else in the back of their minds.