102 Ch. 102 See You Next Year (1/2)
The next morning before sunrise, Lionel, Kazuto, and Niken prepared to leave. They all said goodbye to their friends.
”Scarlet, I'd to ask you a favor.” Kazuto approached Scarlet and whispered to her. ”Can you watch Tora for me? Try not to let him graduate and advance to level S.”
”I understand. It seems like he won't cause trouble. Izzy told me he doesn't remember his hatred of you. As long as he doesn't see you, there won't be any problems.”
”That's good. He was also looking for a Time Master. I hope he forgets it too.”
”How did he know about the existence of Time Master?”
”I don't know. Not only him, but Ren also knew. It seemed Tora found out concerning Time Master from Ren.”
”What? Ren knew? But how?”
”If only I knew,” looking down, Kazuto felt dejected as once again, remembering the boy he took care was no longer in this world.
”Did that person knew?”
”Not yet. That 'person' hasn't come in our domicile for a couple years.”
That 'person' both mentioned was Ren's savior when the boy was only a month baby. That 'person' found him in the street on rainy days and saved him. Unfortunately, the person was not an ordinary Elementalist and not in condition bring along a kid. Therefore, the person came to the village nearby, which turned out the wolf clan and gave the baby under the clan's protection.
Once a year, the person would come to check on the baby, later on, was named Ren.
Sadly, the 'person' didn't come these two years. Perhaps that was one of the reasons as to why Tora dared to kill him. He wasn't scared one day the person will come for the poor boy.
”Let's hope he would never come, even if he does, I'm sure the chief would handle it. Let's make sure Tora won't make any trouble in the academy while I'm gone.”
Scarlet nodded in agreement and assured Kazuto that everything would be fine.
Meanwhile, Richard and Niken said their goodbyes in front of their house.
”Make sure you eat on time, take care of your health. Don't force yourself too much, you don't need to be burdened with the training. Then... ”
”Brother...” Niken interrupted gently. ”I will be fine. Besides, it seems like Kazuto is more talkative than you about my interests. So, don't worry about me, instead, worry about yourself. Don't skip your meal when I'm not here, don't overexert yourself. Remember to take a break once for a while.”
Richard just smiled as he heard that then took his most prolonged breath of the day. ”Now who's nagging who? Don't worry, I'll be fine.” teased Richard, which caused a giggle to escape Niken's lips.
”Are you ready?” Lionel's voice made Richard even more unwilling to let go of his only younger sister.
Richard laughed at his sister.
That's right. It's time for his sister to fly higher to the sky. He must let his sister became a beautiful butterfly that flies on her own wings. After Richard felt he could finally let her go, he ruffled his sister's hair in a teasing manner.