Chapter 116: The Beginning of a New Journey (1/2)
“Oy, little guy! Want to see what father brought for you from his trip this time?”
A soft voice whispered through the small hut, as the warm glow from the moonlight shone through the cracks in the roof.
“Mmmh, go away Dad… I want to sleep…”
A little boy of around five years murmured in his sleep, turning his body over so his back was facing his father.
All of a sudden, a pungent sweet aroma filled the air, quickly rousing the young boy from his sleep and causing him to rush towards his father.
“Give me! Give me!”
The young boy exclaimed, his dark eyes excitedly scanning his father’s body as his hands groped around his pockets.
“Hahaha, I thought you wanted to sleep? Why don’t we wait until morning and then I can give this delicious treat to you… of course, father might get hungry in the middle of the night and eat it himself.”
The man laughed out loud, pretending to make chewing noises in front of the little boy.
“Father!”
The little boy yelled, as traces of tears started to form in his eyes.
“Dear, don’t tease Cal anymore. Hurry up and give it to him so we can finally sleep… it’s late…”
A woman’s voice sleepily chided the man, but she soon fell back asleep as evidenced by the sounds of light snoring filling the air.
“Hehe, little Cal is so cute, how could father dare to steal his delicious treats?”
The man chuckled, lovingly ruffling the boy’s hair and pulled out a small golden-colored fruit from his back pocket.
Once the fruit was out in the open, the sweet aroma in the air intensified, eliciting a long line of drool from the young boy’s mouth.
“Hah!”
Jumping up from the floor, the young boy snatched the fruit from the man’s hand and snuggled himself into his father’s embrace.
“Thank you, Dad, you’re the best!”
The boy happily exclaimed, while taking a big bite out of the delicious fruit, whose juices coated his entire mouth.
“Anything for you, my son, anything…”
The man softly whispered into the boy’s ear, hugging him tight to his body.
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“Fa…ther…”
Calron groaned, his consciousness gradually returning.
“Take it easy, child. You still have some residue essence leftover from that vile woman’s soul power.”
An old man’s voice sounded out beside Calron.
Slowly opening his eyes, Calron looked at his surroundings. Streaks of sunlight shone through the window, as a gentle breeze flew past his face. Standing next to him was a powerfully built man with the head of a hawk.
Besides the traces of old age from his voice, the man appeared to be in the peak of his prime, with his taut muscles and an awe-inspiring aura around him. However, what shocked Calron the most was that except for the man’s beastial head, his entire body resembled that of a human!
“It’s because I’m half a step into the Heavenly stage.”
The same old voice resounded from the hawk-man, as he continued to probe Calron’s body and suck out the remaining vile essence.
Heavenly stage? Then, he must be the other Elder of the city!
The thought suddenly struck Calron, his body instantly rising up from the bed.
“Relax, child. Just wait for a few more minutes.”
The old voice consoled Calron, gently pushing him back onto the bed and resuming his process.
Meanwhile, Calron remained in a daze, trying to recollect his memories of the night before.
Members of House Raizel are out there in the world… I need to find them!
For years, Calron’s deepest wish had been to have a family of his own. Although he started this journey in order to take revenge for his parents, somewhere along the line, Lord Regis and the city of Vernia became unimportant to him.
The current Calron was capable of completely overpowering Lord Regis, and if he wanted to kill him right now, then it would not take much. He would definitely kill Regis in future, but Calron’s main priorities right now were to take of the little beasts and to find the members of House Raizel.
“Done. You should go outside, the others have been impatiently waiting for you to wake up.”
The hawk-man stated with a pat on Calron’s leg.