21 Chapter 21: Nobody Was Born A Hero (1/2)

The old man, Alaster, got over his momentary shock and asked Ned ”Would you like to know something from me, I did agree to answer some of your questions after all”

”Why are you hiding your ident.i.ty?” Ned after recovering asked him.

”Would you believe me if I said I made this whole inn at this city just to wait for a certain someone?” the old man said.

”Sure why not? But they must be quite important for the kingdom to send a rank 8 to get him” Ned said.

”Ay the kingdom already found that person and they are now treating him like a prince.” Alaster said, while sighing, clearly disapproving of that 'prince'.

Ned was now perplexed with all this talk. So he just asked ”So you had a disagreement on that person and now you are looking for the one that you feel is the correct person?”

The old man gave a nod, and was thankful for Ned's quick uptake on the subject.

”Alright, then do you mind if I ask, do you need something else from me? I have already answered your questions” Ned said after he felt like they talked enough. He still had to enter the s.p.a.ce to train after which he will think of what guild to join.

”If I may be rude, I still want to ask you something?” Alaster said.

And Ned nodded his head ”Sure” .

”Would you like to be this old man's disciple?” once Ned heard that, the wheels turned in his head and everything started making sense.

The person Alaster was waiting for was him. And the kingdom already found someone like him. Therefore he thought back to the book he read that said a Hero will rise from the human kingdom.

And so he turned to Alaster that was waiting for his answer, and said ” old man, am I the person you were searching for” to which he saw him nod and then continued ”Do you think that I'm the prophesized hero the world need?”

And once again the old man nodded but this time much more surprised than before, probably at how Ned was able to deduce things quickly.

Ned gave an exasperated sigh as he said ”Old man I'm no hero. I wouldn't sacrifice myself for someone I don't know, although I wouldn't do any unrighteous thing, I would kill if I was in danger of dying, these aren't qualities of a hero. I'm just a normal guy trying to survive, and once I'm strong enough I want to roam the world searching for new things”

Although the he said he would kill if he was in danger, he wouldn't know for sure after all he was a modern guy, he wasn't sure he could stomach killing someone.

”Young Ned, n.o.body was born a hero. But there is no need for you to think about a hero's qualities right now. And you can also take your time in thinking about my proposal. I know you think training is easy right now, but once you reach rank 4 you would know that you'll need advice on how to proceed, until then you can stay at our inn free of charge.”

Ned nodded and excused himself to his room. For a moment he wanted to even change inns but then he thought against it, as these people weren't bad.

When ne reached his room, Lori caught up to him and handed him a potion, as she said ”Once again, I'm sorry. And take this as a sign of the coming friends.h.i.+p between us” and left without waiting for a response.