Chapter 70: Khrom Story (2/2)
”What should we do, father?” from behind the man stood a youngster. He looked at where Kadyn had vanished with a cruel expression and said. ”We have to snatch that little girl from him.”
”You are blind,” Hot Rod chided his son. ”Do you think that girl deserves my attention, heh? She is just a kid from a dwarven tribe. Some people might covet her due to her potential of becoming a Rank 1 artisan, but to me, she isn't worth anything.”
”Then?” the boy looked utterly confused. He could not tell what his father was thinking about.
Hot Rod turned toward his son and grinned evilly. ”You'll know, but not now. Just wait for night to engulf the Avibria City.”
The boy raised his brows but didn't comment any further. He also wanted to know what kind of thing made his father disregard his status and plot against a boy who was just an Elementary Mage.
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Kadyn and his group arrived at the shop. He didn't waste time and took a healing potion before giving it to the little girl. ”Drink it, and your pain will disappear and your legs won't hurt anymore.”
The dwarven girl nodded and swallowed the potion in two gulps. The effect showed on her body as a soothing sensation filled her. The pain vanished and wounds healed. The fatigued expression disappeared. ”Wow! This is too good!” then her expression became sorrowful and murmured. ”If I had this potion last time, mother and father would have not died.”
Kadyn raised his eyebrows when he heard her words. He looked at her and asked. ”Do you know what happened to your family?”
As soon as she heard Kadyn's words, tears started to fall off her eyes. Then her sobbing became bawling, making Kadyn completely speechless.
”Why are you asking stupid things from a little child.” Elora chided. Kadyn rolled his eyes at her and shrugged his shoulders. He was just curious about her origin. He wanted to know how she ended up in the slave dealer's hands.
At this moment Kadyn's gaze fell on Khrom and said with a serious face. ”Let's go. I have something to talk to you about.”
Khrom eyed Kadyn and felt a little unsettled inside his heart. He knew what Kadyn wanted to talk to him. However he clenched his fist and a determined expression appeared on his face. He had made a decision.
”Take care of her,” Kadyn said to Elora before leaving. ”Let her eat whatever she wants.” After that he walked out of the Potion Hall and went towards the Artisan Hall.
Kadyn and Khrom sat on the sofa before each other. Neither of them said anything for about ten minutes. It was Khrom who took a deep breath and spoke. ”I was an orphan while she was the daughter of the village leader,” a warm smile appeared on his face. ”Both of us fell in love with each other. The village leader didn't accept at first as I was an orphan. However, my talent in magic was top notch in the younger generation of my village. With time I've left everyone in dust and finally her father also became convinced.”
Then his expression started to darken. ”It was a year ago when we came to the Avibria City because I thought the village was too small to contain a talent like me,” there was a self mockery in his voice, ”Then I joined city guards that are under the control of the Mayor. I was an eight-star elementary mage, enough to be a captain of a decent squad. Everything was going smoothly. Three months later, I became a ninth-star elementary mage.”
”At that time I encountered a bandit group that had killed and plundered hundred's of caravans. After a fierce fight I was able to kill their leader.” Then he clenched his fist and went on. ”That was the time my downfall began.”
At this moment his both eyes were completely red. ”Everyone congratulated me for my achievements. Now, I wasn't nobody. Therefore one day I was invited to the Mayor's mansion to celebrate the Mayor's birthday. I was excited and went together with my wife. But who would have thought that I was digging my own grave.”
”I never thought that my family would be destroyed in such a cruel manner. I was a failure, but I blamed her.”