VR: Ascended Assassin

Venns eyes snapped wide open as an intense migraine repeatedly assaulted his head, resulting in him abruptly jolting up from his deep slumber.

Holding his forehead, his back arched forward in response to the stinging discomfort that he was feeling, and it took a while until the pain finally subsided.

”Brother, are you alright? ” A concerned voice sounded from close by while he was catching his breath.

The instant he heard the voice, his ears perked up and a sense of familiarity gushed over Venn. It had been such a long time since someone had addressed him as a brother, and that took him by surprise.

Tilting his head to the direction where the voice originated, Venns pupils dilated as he saw his younger sister looking at him intently with a worrisome look.

She was spotting hazel brown hair tied in a ponytail fashion and was clothed in her high school uniform.

Her angelic face that was bathed in the penetrating sunlight shining through the window was a scene that he thought he was never going to ever witness again.

Stunned by the absurdity of the sight before him, Venns eyes glared at the young beauty that stood beside his bed in complete stupor.

”Rena, aren you… dead? ” Venn uttered, his lips trembling slightly, and his mind extremely confused.

”Dammit! Was all that just a nightmare? But everything seems so real though? ” Venn clutched his head with a scowl on his face, painfully in thought.

He had an awfully vivid nightmare about Rena dying from an illness in the future while he could only watch idly by the side, powerless to help.

”There, there… Did you have a nightmare? Don worry, Im not going anywhere. ”

Rena patted Venns head as gently as she could as she tried to gently comfort him.

She had guessed the possible scenario that might have transpired, particularly from the incomprehensible words that her brother was spewing out immediately after waking up from his sleep.

She felt a little sorry for her brother that he was having a nightmare when he already had so little time to sleep – a result of him overworking himself in three different part time jobs.

Soothed by her gentle smile, Venn unconsciously stretched out his arms and embraced her warm body tightly without saying a single word.

He couldn understand what had happened, but the painful experience he had in the dream fuelled an urge to keep her close to his side.

Their relationship as siblings had always been close ever since their father had passed away due to an accident.

The only inheritance that was left behind was an awfully cramped apartment that they were currently residing in, and a mountain of debt incurred by their fathers medical bills.

And since they only had each other to rely on as their mother abandoned them and their heartless relatives denied to provide any sort of help, they were always on the verge of turning homeless.

As such, it was par for the course that Venn would work himself to the bones in an attempt to struggle for their livelihood.

Ever since he turned sixteen, Venn dropped out of school, and had worked in low-end jobs such as being a delivery guy, a cashier, and many more.

And because he had experienced hardship before, he was particularly stubborn on the matter of not letting Rena get a part time job as well, citing that at least one of them has to study hard in school for