Chapter 147: Edward Meeting with Ugrok (2/2)
”Woohoo!!”
A red skin toddler not older than one year old appears out of nowhere, he's running left and right with a smile on his face.
Edward saw the toddler run left and right, he's speed is fast for a toddler.
”Dyrmir, come sit down and eat the food Ugrok make”, Ugrok said while signaling the red skin toddler to sit beside him.
Hearing the word food, Dyrmir eyes lit up.
In a flash, he runs toward Ugrok and sits beside him as if nothing happens.
Edward looks at Dyrmir blankly, he can see that Dyrmir has lightning-based power judging from the blitzing lightning that appears while he's running.
He looks at Dyrmir weirdly because Dyrmir has two eyes.
”Is he your son?”, Edward asks hesitantly, he sees the resemblance but the eyes make him confused.
Ugrok glance at Edward and replied, ”Dyrmir is Ugrok's son, he's a half-human”
Hearing this, Edward nodded his head as the two eyes finally become clear. Turns out Dyrmir is a half-human and half-cyclops, which explains his odd body.
Edward didn't get angry or anything, Ugrok manages to survive despite Rex knowing the half-human.
This means that Rex trusted him, and Dyrmir is not a bastard kid that is forced into this world.
Ugrok then asks, ”What is in the bag?”
Edward raises the bag and said, ”It's something that Rex told me to put here, you must not open it or Rex will be mad”
Rex also already told Edward about Ugrok and Dyrmir, he told Edward that both of them are under Rex's mercy so threatening them using his name is okay.
After Ugrok put the black bag inside the hut, ”What is your name?”
”You can call me Edward, I'm Rex's best friend”, he answered, he then checks on the time before he sits back beside the campfire.
Edward then said while staring blankly at the fire, ”I'm leaving when it's clear, until then I will be staying here”
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Meanwhile,
Duncan is sitting in his office as usual when suddenly his phone rang, he lazily picks it up and puts it on his ear.
”Who is it?”, He said lazily.
The person on the other end then said hurriedly, ”President! We got a situation, a very bad one!”
”The spellbooks! They're gone from our inventory, someone took it!T”, the person on the other end added with a trembling voice.
Hearing this, Duncan stands up from his seat in shock.
He then shouted, ”They WHAT?! HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?!”
”The alarm rang and our men went there immediately, but when they got there the box is already gone”
Duncan widened his eyes in shock, his fingers are trembling as he heard every last word from the phone, ”Did they find anything? any leads at all to who stole it?”
”They said they saw three people wearing white, they also wear red scarfs on their necks. One of our men told me that he saw them right after the alarm rang”
Hearing this, Duncan slammed the phone ending the call.
He sits back on his chair in thought, 'Three people wearing white, who are they?'
After a couple of minutes thinking, he then dialed a number unwillingly, 'It's better to report this to them than them getting to know it themself'
The phone rang for a bit, then the other side answered.
”Sir, I'm sorry for the inconvenience but the Spellbooks got stolen by three people in white”, Duncan said with a hint of fear.
He's sweating while saying this.
The other side got very angry hearing this, but to Duncan's surprise, he didn't get any punishments.
The person on the other side only lashes out at him and curses him, but after that, he said to Duncan that there's nothing he can do to prevent it.
The person then told Duncan to help them search for it, and he also said that it will be dangerous.
Duncan was surprised but he still thanked the person.
After ending the call, Duncan then can relax a bit, 'It seems the higher rank families are on the move again, the thief must be a powerful one'
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Rex and Adhara are currently in the car heading somewhere.
They both are wearing formal clothes as they speed through the streets, it seems they're going to a fancy place.
”Adhara”, Rex called.
Adhara is looking at the passing scenery before she tilts her head to the side, ”What is it?”
”You know we can tell each other anything right?”, Rex asks, he still wanted to know why Adhara doesn't want to move to Faraday University.
Hearing this, Adhara turns her head away, ”Hmm”
”So, can you tell me the reason you're not willing to move to Faraday University? You can tell me the truth”, Rex asks.
Adhara went silent for a moment, she bit her lips while avoiding Rex's gaze.
After a couple of silent minutes, she finally opens her mouth, ”They told me that if I stay they will regrow my father's hand. Although I hate him sometimes, I still want to make him go back to the way he used to be”
Rex frowns, 'Turns out they offer to help his father, no wonder'
He then asks the system, 'System, is there any item that can restore a normal human's hand?'
<Yes, Body Restoring Pill can restore a normal human's hand at the cost of 5,000 gold>
Reading this, Rex was surprised by how expensive it is but it's not that expensive to where he will lose all of his gold to buy it.
After confirming with the system, ”Move to Faraday University with me, I will restore your father's hand myself”
Adhara looks at Rex with a shocked expression, ”You can do that?”
”Just trust me on this”, Rex said with a gentle smile, the system's shop has everything so nothing is impossible for him.
He will not be surprised if the system's shop even has an item that can resurrect the dead.
Rex pats Adhara's head gently, this act makes Adhara blushes lightly as she held her head down.
Because of Rex's action, Adhara can feel a warm feeling crawl up to her chest making her feel more needed by Rex.
This makes her look at Rex who is driving with a new light.
'Just maybe, I can really lean on him'