A few hours passed when the boy named Eto woke up. Now they were all sitting at the dining table eating, and the rifle of Veronica's father was standing against the wall.

Her father looked serious but calm even though his gray hair and beard were ruffled from the incident.

'I'm sorry if I scared you but I have only heard bad things about star shards and their wielders' Veronica's father said calmly while eating from his rice bowl.

Eto was eating like he hadn't eaten for days but when he heard those words he stopped for a second and looked at his chest where the shard was, now covered with a borrowed tunic.

'No problem. Ehh, I forgot your names again' Eto said while blushing a bit.

Veronica' father's mouth turned into a little smile.

'That's okay. My name was Eugene and my wife was called Elly,' he said while his wife smiled at the boy.

'And my daughter is named Veronica. She was the one that saw you crashing down.'

Veronica was sitting next to Eto, wondering when she could open the topic again.

The boy already explained as much as he could but she still wanted to know more.

'Sorry for asking again but can you tell us again everything you know?'

'Veronica!' her mother spurred. 'He is tired and he told us already.'

Eto began to smile while he still tried to eat as much food as possible.

'That's okay, i'm still curious about it myself.'

He put his bowl down and took a deep breath.

'I don't remember much beforeI came crashing down here. Al I know was that I was training with my grandpa to become a holy knight while staying on the planet Green point.''

Veronica kept her eyes at Eto, remembering as much as she could about the holy knights.

They have never reached a planet like Borner but it was told that the holy knights were the guardians of the universe, trained with special skills to defend all the planets against criminals.

Eto continued his story.

'I grew up with my grandpa and he is training me my whole life in preparation to become a holy knight, not much strange about it. But my last memories are very vague, as if they are shrouded in black haze. One thing I can see is my grandpa laid down and telling me something.'

Eto grabbed his head and looked like he was struggling.

'Why can't I remember what he said?' he told to himself.

Veronica and his parents looked at him with sympathy.

'And the crash here? You fell from outer space covered in a bright light.

Eto shook his head. 'I remember a feeling, like a huge blow but what it is I can't tell. It must have something to do with my arrival and the crash.'

Veronica saw the boy sweating with a troubled look. She could feel her mother watching her as she mentioned the topic again and she felt guilty.

She wanted to change the subject but out of the nothing, Eto stood up with a smile on his face.

'Thank you so much for taking care of me and giving me all this delicious food.'

That changed quickly, Veronica thought to herself.

Eto looked at Eugene with a smile.

'I'm sorry that you only know bad stories about people with star shards. I got mine when I was little and my grandpa always told me about the days when people used the power of star shards to help people.'

Eugene looked at Eto with a serious face but his mouth soon turned to a smile.

'Thank you Eto, for giving us a new look at star shard users like yourself.'

Veronica tried to not look at the chest of the boy but she was wondering what kind of power Eto would hold if the shard really gave the user power. Her mother interrupted the talk.

'Time for a bath' she said, nodding to Eto who laughed and smelled himself.

'Veronica, could you bring a towel to Eto?' her mother asked her from downstairs.

She had already taken one to bring to Eto.

While she walked to the bathroom and laid the towel on the cabinet next to the door, she knocked, ready to say it layed there. Instead the door opened and Eto came out, butt naked.

'Cover yourself first!' Veronica screamed while she walked away, leaving Eto with a puzzled face, not knowing what he did wrong.

A few days passed and while not much of Eto's memories came back, he tried to help Veronica and her parents while recovering from the crash.

They worked together to cover the hole that he created, he helped them feed the animals, cooked dinner where he sometimes ate some meat because he couldn't resist.

One week passed since Eto arrived and it almost felt like he belonged there but the main question was asked during dinner.

'So, what are you gonna do now?' Eugene asked Eto. He seemed prepared to answer that question and with full confidence he said: no idea!

Veronica sighed. In the past few days they came to know Eto, knowing he was a lovely boy but all his actions were without thought or a plan.

'Well the best we could do is get you to the town nearby and see if there is any sort of transport to the capital.'

'The capital?' Eto asked while wondering. Eugene nodded.

'The capital of the Emerald cluster on the planet Etoile. There should be someone who can help or bring you back to Green point, and back to your grandpa.'

Eto looked up, lost in his thoughts.

He enjoyed his time here but thinking about returning to his grandpa made him smile and lose a tear. He missed home and he believed he was ready to make the journey back.

'What we can do is that Veronica will bring you to the town Apul near here and there you could look for someone to help you bring you to the capital.'

Eto liked that idea and he smiled. He was just about to eat when they heard some pops like thunder outside. They all looked at the door but Eugene stood up.

'What could it be?' Elly asked.

Eugene walked outside but after a few seconds he returned looking troubled.

'We got to hide, it's Generation Zero' he yelled and while Elly looked troubled, both Eto and Veronica jumped up and rushed to the window.

In the distance, high above in the clouds, different starships entered the atmosphere and were trying to land.

'Is that where the town of Apul is?' Veronica asked and her father nodded.

'What is Generation Zero? Eto asked, looking at Eugene.

With a serious face he mumbled 'trouble.'