109 I just know it. (1/2)

The next day when Ozul woke up, there was no one in the tent except for him and Jinx.

Feeling the light from the gaps of the camp, Ozul put on the samurai hat and stood up. Walking out of the tent, he noticed that the mercenaries were packing up their stuff.

It looked like all of them were almost ready to start the journey again. As Ozul looked on the right side, he saw that Raven was checking on their carriage.

On the other hand, Blaze was practicing with Ice shards. His control over the Ice that he produced had been considerably better than when he had first joined the team.

Ozul approached him, and after observing for a little while, he advised, ”Keep it up. Your improvements are visible but focus on your body more. As of now, your physique is not up to par with your other skills.”

Only when Blaze heard his voice did he realize that Ozul had been standing so near him, looking at him with approving gaze.

Ozul asked before he could say anything, ”So, You couldn't sleep?”

”Uhh... Young Master, how did you know?” Blaze scratched the back of his head. Though he also didn't need to sleep, after following the routine of sleeping every night, it had almost become a habit of sorts. However, he couldn't sleep at all last night.

”First of all, call me Ozul. Although I was fine with anything before, it causes many to misunderstand the situation. So there won't be a Young Master anymore.”- Ozul addressed the troublesome issue.

”Oh, as you say... O-Ozul.”- Despite Blaze readily accepting it, he had difficulties calling him only as Ozul.

”Good. Now, as for how do I know? It's simple... I just know it.” Ozul plainly explained. It wasn't that he was trying to be mysterious or anything. But after a little thought, he concluded that explaining would take too many words.

After hearing the reason for how Ozul knew, Blaze was left speechless as he smiled bitterly. To begin with, it was his fault to ask any of his ways. Even after so much time together, he would sometimes forget that Ozul was always like this.

”Anyways, it's a good thing.”- Ozul muttered to himself, leaving Blaze puzzled as to why it was a good thing.

He didn't understand the reason since before it was always Ozul that encouraged them to sleep, and now he was also the one to say that not sleeping was good?

'I've been too lax before. Sigh... why have I started to regret my previous decisions so much recently?'- Ozul internally sighed.

As of late, there had been many things that Ozul realized that he should have done differently.

The feeling of helplessness when fighting that monster had reminded him of the day when he was born.

Grandma Coral's death had also affected him even when he showed nothing on the surface.

But living for 6 years in that warehouse had dulled his motivation. Only a few days ago when he fought against the monster did Ozul remembered it all—how it felt to be helpless again.

How, without enough power, people took things away from him and he could only watch weakly. Not even capable enough to protect the things which he loved.

'I have wasted enough time, I can't afford to be lazy all the time now.' Ozul thought after internally sighing again.

Just as Ozul was in his own thoughts, he heard Clive's shout, ”We are leaving!”

”We should get going, Young Ma- cough... Ozul.” Blaze instinctively used that term, only to realize when he noticed Ozul squinting his eyes at him.