088. the truth of the bet

No matter who said it first, a strange current flowed.

“Didn’t you just say you came?”

“that is… .”

As much as he left a letter, in fact Xian had always been waiting for Hughes to come.

When Hughes hadn’t come for a few years, I felt sorry for not seeing him, but I also worried that something might have happened.

Hughes sighed heavily.

When he faced Xian right in front of him, he unexpectedly made a mistake in his manly appearance.

“Actually, I’ve been watching since about a year ago.”

“yes?”

One year is a pretty long time.

Not just a day or two, but that long time…

“Then why didn’t you call me in the first place… .”

“That’s it… .”

In fact, the reason Hughes didn’t show up in front of Xian was also because of Drake.

Drake is, first of all, a slayer.

Although he was cooperating with Xian for some reason, it was clear that Xian would not be happy to hang out with other dragonians.

“ah… .”

After hearing what Hughes had to say, Xian whispered after looking to see if the Quan Yin patient was spying on him.

“Then are you okay now?”

“No, it can’t be. Then, would I have called only Xian separately?”

Well, that’s what I heard.

“I just wanted to let you know. That I am always watching from a place not too far from Xian”

“I see… .”

Xian felt somewhat depressed.

It was because he knew that the more he got along with Slayers like Stain and Drake, the more he would become distant from Hughes.

It makes sense that it would be just an occasional conversation like now.

“What’s wrong with your expression?”

“that… I feel sorry for Hughes.”

In fact, as much as he knows his mother, who always waited for his father, Xian honestly hates making someone wait.

It was a look that I hated more than anyone else, but it was more heartbreaking to know that he was acting the same way without knowing it.

Hughes grinned, not sure if he knew what he was thinking.

“Does Xian know about that?”

“Which one?”

“It seems fair to say that time passes equally for all living things, but it is not true.”

The amount of time given to each creature is different.

Flowers wither in 10 days.

Dogs and cats are at least 10 years old.

Even if a person is strong, he is about 100 years old.

Even among the monsters, there are those who die of old age in half a year.

“But aren’t we different?”

Dragonian.

For them, living hundreds of years is not a job.

Even if you spend all day leisurely on the tree without doing anything, the time could be shorter than someone’s 1 second.

“It’s not just Xian, I also like to watch without having to do anything. It’s better if it’s Xi’an.”

Hughes said not to worry too much.

I liked Xian because I felt the kind heart that encouraged him.

“I’ll be watching you grow step by step.”

“yes… .”

As soon as he finished speaking, Hughes opened his mouth.

“Now, let’s break up.”

“Already?”

“I’m suspicious if the waiting time is long.”

Like I said, there was nothing good about being caught by Drake.

Hearing Hughes’ action of turning around and patting his shoulder as if telling him to cheer up, Xian stopped walking and came back.

It was the reason I remembered something I had forgotten.

“This one.”

There was an earring in Xian’s open hand.

The earrings, which were originally a pair, had been rolled every day in Semain, and at some point, they were broken, so there was only one left.

So I hesitated whether or not to give it as soon as we met, but I thought it would be better to give it anyway.

“I bought it for Hughes in the past… .”

After listening to Xian’s story, she received a butterfly-shaped earring and put it on one ear.

“Fit well?”

“yes.”

It was an ugly earring, but it fit very well.

It must have been because the original version was Hughes.

“That Hughes.”

“yes?”

“I still haven’t forgotten that promise.”

promise.

Hughes thought for a moment.

When he thought about whether he had a promise with Xi’an, an incident from the past came to mind.

Those were the words that the boy who had been depressed after an accident uttered with a chin.

Hughes smiled lightly, remembering that it didn’t seem like a promise he had taken too seriously.

“Yes, you are a truly blessed Dragonian to be protected by a great Slayer. right?”

Xian, whose face suddenly felt hot, turned around and left that way.

Hughes, who was left alone, said.

“I am very impressed this time.”

To the point where it doesn’t sound like a joke or a prank anymore…

From nob le mt l dot com

Maybe it’s because I’ve grown so much.

* * *

Xian won the confrontation after 15 days.

I already knew the information about the opponent, and I was used to it because it was the opponent who gave me defeat twice.

But, more than anything else, the most decisive thing was that he fought with his teeth clenched more than usual.

The meeting with Hughes that day made Xian stronger mentally.

“Still, didn’t this pass faster than I thought?”

He somehow managed to fill in the training schedule that he had originally thought of for the first three years.

‘Isn’t this all my genius?’

Of course, just like how many dragons gave up the continent, if you have talent and don’t work hard, that talent will be useless, but the result was like that. result.

As always, Xian left the arena through the back door. Today, in addition to Stain, Drake was also waiting.

“Good job.”

I don’t know why it’s so hard to hear this from Drake.

Why does it seem like the cycle is gradually getting longer…

Or if you really do it, it seems that the difficulty level is higher…

Anyway, it was a bit complicated.

“Are you going back to Alteon now?”

“No, it does not return to Alteon.”

Now, there are more than three months left from the time that my maternal grandfather, Lugrant, first gave me.

It took about 2 months to come here, so if you consider that it will take that much to go as well, you should go back soon.

But Drake’s answer was the exact opposite of what I expected.

That was Xian’s question.

“yes? why? Am I still not good enough to pass through the Northern Forest?”

Originally, the promise offered by Lugrant itself was to pass through the northern forest. The length of time doesn’t matter.

Xian thought he had developed a lot by himself.

Although I lost every time I fought against the Slayer in the arena, it was because, to be honest, it was becoming a match-like sparring day by day.

As he thought about that, Drake’s mouth opened.

“you.”

“yes.”

Drake thought about it before opening his mouth.

“Already a Slayer.”

* * *

I mean, this feeling.

The joy of hearing the words “You worked hard” after completing Drake’s training after hard work is exactly ten times as much if you say 1 Drake.

It was just 10 drake level strong joy.

Xian clenched his fists.

“Finally I am the Slayer… .”

“Well, to be precise, the level of a slayer would be the right expression.”

He could hear Drake’s colic breaking, but Xian didn’t care.

In the first place, that wasn’t important at all.

“what?”

Xian had a question.

It’s nice to be happy, but then it was because I didn’t know why it wasn’t going back.

“Why?”

“But is it strange? Then you can go back to Alteon, right?”

To be honest, Xian didn’t know the level he was in until he heard the truth from Drake.

There are quite a few strong players at the level of Slayers in the arena, but it is impossible to accurately evaluate them anyway because their defeat is certain because of the restrictions and gaiter they carry in the arena.

‘To make matters worse, I asked again, but they didn’t tell me.’

I’m sure I’ve asked Stain a few times out of curiosity, but for some reason Stain’s lowly guy didn’t tell me that much.

‘I thought we’d gotten to know each other a lot lately… .’

Anyway, for that reason, it was only natural to have questions after knowing his level.

Then, since all of the conditions set by Lugrant had been met, there would be no problem even if they returned.

Drake replied.

“I’ll say it again, but it’s fair to say that you are at the level of a Slayer. At the apprentice slayer level, it’s the best level, so it’s natural to hear it.”

“Then why aren’t you going back?”

In response to Xian’s question, Drake spewed out a somewhat shocking story.

“Actually, it’s because there was no bet with Lugrant from the beginning.”

“yes… ?”

It was such a shocking statement that I couldn’t believe it at all, so I had no choice but to automatically come out with a half question.

“What do you mean? There was no bet?”

It was like this when I heard Drake tell the truth to Xian’s question.

Strictly speaking, there was a bet with Lugrant.

However, the period was slightly different.

Not the three years Drake initially told Xian. The content was to clear the northern forest within 5 years, which was quite generous in time.

It is said that Drake shortened the number of years by two years to encourage his own efforts.

“Then there is no problem at all?”

But after hearing Drake’s words, Xian couldn’t help but be more suspicious.

That’s because it didn’t matter if you had enough time or not, as long as you passed the ordeal in the northern forest, it was the same.

“No, there is a problem.”

“What problem?”

“Because the bet he made was for a political purpose rather than to evaluate you.”

That’s what Drake said.

At the time, in the sparring with Stein, his violent behavior quickly spread within the family.

Of course. No matter how much Stain said it was a confrontation with some restrictions, in the end, a 10-year-old kid played a match on an equal footing with the Slayer.

However, this is a story I have heard before.

“Do you remember when I said it was a proposal with a purpose to send you outside?”

“Sure.”

There was no way I could forget it.

It seems that he said that he needed time to calm down and change his mind for his retainers who missed his mother’s presence.

“Then think carefully. What do you think his intention was for calling for five years?”

“Intention… .”

I immediately remembered the reason.

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