After hearing Daedalus everyone quietened down and stared at Richard quietly. Richard just nodded and started unwrapping his presents.
The first present he grabbed and started unwrapping was from Reginn. Reginn had gotten him an enchanted gauntlet. This was likely because Richard had decided to use his fists rather than any other weapon.
The second present he opened was from Andromeda. It was a set of potions centered around helping to strengthen the body and focused heavily on the arms and fists. This was because she knew that Richard was trying to follow the path of the fist.
Finally Richard moved onto the gift from Rose. Daedalus had decided that he would get him a gift later so that it would be only from Rose. Richard looked filled with anticipation when he got to this gift while Rose did the same as Richard earlier.
As he finished unwrapping the present Richard was beyond happy to see the dragon scale scarf. He had long known about the traditions around the giving of a scarf made with your own scales. This was mainly because rose had mentioned it several times while they talked about traditions in different cultures.
As everyone else saw the scarf the entire room seemed to stop. Andromeda looked at Daedalus as if saying 'What did you do?'. Reginn started to glare murderously at Richard. All this while Rose blushed a deeper crimson than blood.
Before anything else could get out of hand Daedalus spoke "Okay, okay calm down."
Daedalus then looked at Andromeda and said quietly "I'll tell you later."
Andromeda could only sigh. Meanwhile Reginn was still glaring at Richard, though it was slowly dying down in intensity. Rose who was still blushing noticed that Reginn was still glaring at Richard and smacked him in the head causing him to say "What was that for!?" Rose just huffed in annoyance before turning her head away.
Daedalus who had watched the whole thing was just chuckling at there antics with Andromeda.
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After a long while of trying to calm everyone down Daedalus got everyone to go to the dining hall. While they did this Daedalus finally got to hold the arrogant kitten. At first it wouldn't even let him hold it however eventually Daedalus got it to accept him.
After a while Daedalus decided to name it Nox which to his knowledge meant darkness. As he decided the name Daedalus told everyone else that the kitten was called Nox. Rose, again, got the urge to cuddle the kitten and so stole him from Daedalus once more causing him to feel depressed.
Andromeda just pat his shoulder while shaking her head. This just caused Daedalus to feel more depressed.
As Rose took Nox however instead of being the supremely arrogant kitten he was before he became incredibly docile. Daedalus who saw this could only sigh sadly once more.
Eventually they reached the dining hall only to be greeted by the magnificent sight of a few tens of dishes filled to the brim with delicious holiday food.
So I got a cat recently, he's called Nox. I love him so much I had to add him to my book.
I hope you enjoyed thanks for reading this chapter!!!
The sharp sound of swords clashing could be heard. Daedalus and a young man could be seen sparring in the garden near the lake. The young man had dark crimson hair and beautiful light blue eyes, he was Richard.
Although Richard had long chosen to weld his fists against his foes it didn't mean he wouldn't practice the sword. So that's what he did. He would practice any and all forms of combat he could with Daedalus, and Daedalus used it as a chance to increase his own proficiency. It had been seven years since they started doing this and currently Richard and Daedalus could fight equally, if only because Daedalus lowered his own cultivation to suite the situation.
It was summer now and Daedalus was preparing to go on his journey. He wanted to travel the world and fight the strongest masters of every martial art and weapon. This was why Daedalus was fighting Richard using the sword this time.
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As their swords clashed once more Daedalus' blade managed to get past Richard's defense, only stopping beside his neck. Richard sighed 'Defeated again.' he thought before saying "Well I assume this means you will be leaving soon?"
Daedalus sighed while looking up into the sky, "Yes, I will be leaving soon. Maybe I will stay gone longer this time, and maybe even complete my goal." Daedalus chuckled. Before Richard could reply the two of them heard a shout from the distance. Turning they could see Rose chasing her brother, earning a chuckle from the two of them.
This had happened a lot recently, but it was never anything serious, at most it would be because Reginn stole Rose's sweet roll. Daedalus shuddered at that thought, and it seemed Richard also thought of that incident as he also shuddered. The two the chuckled in a careful way as they focused back on Rose chasing Reginn.
Sadly Daedalus couldn't help but think back to the 'sweet roll incident'. It happened just two years ago, Rose had just returned from an outing into the city and with her was a sweet roll, the most delicious of treats. Unfortunately, Reginn decided that it would be a good idea to steal it from her. He didn't last long, arms and legs broken in a most brutal fashion. It was the day they truly grew fear towards Rose.
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Returning to the present Daedalus could see that Rose had caught Reginn. So, quickly, Daedalus ran over and asked "So what did he take this time?"
Rose looked incensed but seemed to calm down since her dad was there. After calming down for a while she said "He didn't succeed, but he tried to steal my sweet roll."
Hearing what he tried to do, Daedalus looked at Reginn with pity and said "You should really stop courting death, I won't be able to save you from now on."
This made Reginn and Rose look a bit down as they remembered him talking about a journey he was planning a few days ago.
Sorry about the rather jarring difference from the last chapter to this one, but I realised I was getting stuck. Hopefully this time I will be able to stick to more interesting subjects and expand the story this time.
I hope you enjoyed thanks for reading this chapter!!!
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