98 Rosalies Friends (2/2)
”Oh, that means she found one! Which one is it? An older or younger brother?”
Both the Fire Dragons asked enthusiastically. Greyson could tell now that they were actually related, and looked identical to one another.
”Younger brother.” Cerul gave his signature lopsided smile before answering.
”How is this younger brother? What do you think of him?”
”Just as beautiful as his older sister! You guys should look forward to meeting such eye candy, especially when him and Rosie are standing together. It just automatically multiplies the beauty in the area. He could be her little sister instead of her little brother!”
The arriving Greyson had three black lines form on his forehead. Was this a compliment or an insult?! Not pleased by the words he purposefully snorted loudly signaling his arrival. The rest of the group held in their laughter as they had seen Greyson coming but Cerul's back was facing Greyson so he did not realize. Cerul paused before turning around.
”Oh, Grey~ Looking great today as well, you handsome devil!” Quickly bounding up from the ground, it looked as if Cerul wanted to grab Greyson into a hug. However, before he could get close, a hard foot slammed his face back and sent him flying.
”My goddess, Rosalie, what did I say about hitting my face!” A distressed cry rang out from Cerul as he got back up.
”Well, what did I say about the 10 feet radius?” Rosalie fired back. It was at this moment that the rest of the group finally burst out into laughter. Their eyes filled with familiar amusement. Rosalie smiled towards them ignoring Cerul and dragged Greyson over to introduce all of them.
”This is my younger brother, Greyson. Greyson, these are my friends. The twin Fire Dragons, Ferno and Fervis, the Dark Dragon is Hayze, the Earth Dragon is Sloan, and lastly the Time Dragon is Aeos.” Hearing the last introduction, Greyson glanced over to the earlier mysterious looking man. A Time Dragon? Although he had heard of the existence of people who could control the time element like the space element, it was much rarer and extremely difficult. Until they reached higher levels, it was apparently one of the most useless elements. They could only minutely effect time before they become powerful. A lot of them turn to divining the future. Since they are in tune with time, they can sometimes have a picture of what is to come. However, it is not super reliable as things can change all the time. Thus, their reputation for being useless. Elder Sweetbow had told him that once a time element magician reached the Great Magister level, he could start to control time with much better mastery and became a much more difficult opponent than before. They could start to slow time for others and speed it up for themselves or vice versa. Some could even reverse time back 1 minute at a crucial moment. These types of spells obviously took up a lot of mana, but in a battle, they could be deadly with just one move not needing one more.
Understanding Greyson's curiosity, Rosalie decided to educate him some more.
”Time Dragons are a rather rare tribe in the Dragon Mountains. They do not reproduce as well and thus their numbers were dwindling. However, their leader is one of the most powerful and mysterious Ancestor of the different Dragon tribes. His control of time is feared by many, he can even predict the future with fairly high accuracy. They are not as talented as the Destiny Cats in this aspect, but they are much easier to find so a lot of different tribes try to enlist the Time Dragons' help.” Hearing of the Destiny Cats, Greyson was no longer too interested with the Time Dragon in front of him.
”Destiny Cats?” He decided to play dumb. Although he felt he could tell his sister about Lucius, he did not know her friends well enough.
”Oh, it would make sense if you have not heard of them. Barely anyone in the Beast Empire knows about them, too. They hide away in a different part of space most of the time without leaving until they have a certain amount of power. Their special abilities are extremely coveted by other races and even other magic beasts. They're an extremely reclusive tribe that almost never shows themselves to avoid inviting any trouble to themselves. They can divine future, bless their owners with good fortune, they even have an ability that lets them directly bring someone to a site of treasures.” Rosalie did not seem to interested, but she knew how much other people always wished to catch a young Destiny Cat. Hidden away in Greyson's eyes was a trace of unease, but there was nothing he could do now since he was not able to locate Lucius.
Seeing that Rosalie was done speaking, the rest of the group all chimed in with their greetings.
”Hello, Greyson! It's nice to meet you!” In unison, the two twin brothers shouted their hellos while ruffling Greyson's hair. Pouting slightly, Greyson straightened his hair before saying hello back. Hayze did not say anything but just nodded with a small smile on her face. Greyson nodded back with a similar smile. Sloan and Aeos both gave him warm smiles before also welcoming Greyson.
”Well, Cerul was not lying when he said that you were a good-looking one like Rosalie.” Sloan mentioned with a wink. Although she was also pretty in her own right, Sloan was almost as tall as most guys with lean muscles showing her power. She held herself with strength and charisma that was more heroic. She did not have the same reticent attitude of Hayze or a cold beauty like Rosalie, but stood out with her own individuality.
”I will take that as a compliment.” Greyson mouth twitched into a smile as he looked over to the still sulking Cerul who was touching his face in pain. Looking at the large round bruise around his left eye that was swelling badly, Greyson couldn't help but chuckle at Cerul's new face. Sensing Greyson's amusement, the rest of the group looked over before laughing out with mocking laughter. Cerul just pouted at all of them but did not say anything before sighing. Suddenly, he disappeared from his spot. Before anyone could react, he picked up Greyson and gave him a tight hug. Everything happened so quickly that even Greyson was not able to react before he was already let down.
”I should at least have actually gotten a hug to be punished so, or else it is just too unfair to my handsome face.”
Everyone just shook their heads while Rosalie glared at him in anger and looked to hit him again. Watching the two of them go at each other, the rest just laughed and began chatting happily. Greyson joined the rest of the group and started getting to know all of them better. Honestly, he was not that disgruntled about the hug, he just chalked it up to being a habit that comes with Cerul's odd personality.
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The talked and caught up for almost the entire day. Once night rolled around, they all decided it was time to go back and went their separate ways. Greyson flopped down onto his bed once he was back at his room in exhaustion. He had never spent so much time talking to people before and while they were all great people, he felt tired from socializing for so long. Before he could even change, his eyelids grew heavy and he fell into deep sleep.
*ROAR!*
Greyson was lulled from sleep by a loud roar from some beast. Thinking it sounded really close to himself, he decided to get out of bed to take a look. Walking from his room, he looked around but did not notice any magic beasts in the surrounding. Feeling like it might have been something actually far away, Greyson turned to go back inside until a faint smell of blood wafted his way through the night breeze. Turning towards the scent's direction, Greyson followed it until he saw a mess of white and black fur that was stained with blood. Trembling on the ground was a small injured Cloud Leopard cub. Unsure what to do, Greyson thought it would still be better to save it. Gingerly picking up the cub into his arms, he used his water element to clean off the traces of blood and cut off the trail before he carried it to his room. He was not sure how the cub was injured so for now he believed it would be safer if no one was sure that it was him who saved it. Summoning his light element, the cub was slowly healing from its heavy injuries. Although he got through some of the surface wounds, Greyson still would have to continue the next day. Draining his mana to heal the cub, Greyson quickly fell back asleep after setting the cub down on the floor wrapped in some blankets.