After hugging me for a while she let go, a small blush could be seen on her face, seeing that I was amused
"ohh~~Kane are you blushing, you look so girly right now"
my words made her more embarrassed but she didn't retort, right now her most important priority was to help her mother, as for this dense guy she would deal with him later
"How are you going to help my mother?"
hearing her question I put on a serious face, seeing that she tensed up
"you don't have to worry about it, just go back to the inn and stay there,i would be back in 2 days"
before i could move she stopped me with a worried face she looked ta me
"what are you going to do?, where are you going?"
placing a finger on her lips i spoke
"don't worry i would be fine, just go back to the inn you don't have to worry about anything"
even though reluctant Scarlet could only nod
"please be safe"
giving her a nod of affirmation, i walked away while Scarlet could only go back to the inn to await Austin's return
2 Days later~~~~~
Scarlet was currently in the inn walking left and right with worry, her mother had grown more pale and weak these few days, along with not seeing Austin her worries only increased, it was at this time a knocking sound was heard
excited she ran up to the door and opened it the sight that greeted her caused her to scream out in fear and sadness
Austin stood before her, his cloak completely dripping with blood, his face pale and blood could be seen in his face, overall he looked like someone that was on the door of death
'weakly' i feel into her embrace, she caught me before i fell, with tears in her eye's she asked
"what happened to you? why are you like this?"
without replying to her I took a small container, from my dress, looking 'pained' and 'tired' i replied with a smile
"get you-your mo-mother to drink this, after that she would be fine"
my 'hoarse' voice caused her to flinch, seeing the bloodied container that I held strongly with my life, more and more tears flowed out of Scarlet's eye's, she couldn't understand
"why?"
her voice was filled with pain and guilt, she could see that Austin's had risked his life for this and it's more likely to be extremely precious too, yet he had given it to her
hearing her question I gave out a 'weak' smile and spoke
"I promised you didn't I, plus I could not see you being sad"
with that I fainted, seeing Austin's performance even the most experienced of actors would give him thumbs, even the biggest of frauds would kneel in submission, too bad the only one who knew this was Austin and certain pink-haired women watching the scene while eating some popcorns
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-----scarlet Pov-----
Scarlet's life could never being said to be perfect nor a great one, ever since a young age she could see that she was different from others
from a small age itself she had a high amount of intelligence and her strength too was above normal humans but what was must different was that she could see the flow of mana
it was only later that she understood that it was not normal but for whatever reason it was she couldn't take the mana into her body, it was as if something was preventing her from taking it in
but all things considered she had a loving mother whom she from a young age could see working to provide for her, she never knew her father, all her mother said was that he was very powerful
but she didn't care, she actually hated him for leaving her and her mother alone to face this cruel world, due to her high intelligence she grew more mature than most of the peers of her age
she could always subtly understand the intentions from others by reading their mana, this had developed a slight prejudice for her against men, whom she deemed useless and untrustworthy
the glances they threw towards her mother when they saw her and her natural anger towards her father created that image, she was only 9 when her mother fell ill and she had to take up work
even though she was in the lowest level in the society, she still had her pride, she picked up garbage and did other works to earn money, during that time she even started dressing up as a boy to avoid certain glances some people threw her
she had always worked alone and always depended on herself for everything, according to her trusting other especially men was not good
this was due to her dragon bloodline that gave her a deep sense of pride and need to handle herself, each dragons always depended on themselves and would never take help but once a dragon fell in love then they would unhesitatingly do everything for their love
Scarlet's life went on like this till she was 11, until she met him, at first she just wanted to mug him but later on when he freed her and payed her to introduce the city a small change happened
she kneely understood that he didn't have any animosity towards her and that he wanted to help her, she couldn't understand why but free money was always good
at first she wanted to use him to earn some advantages from him but the more she spend with him the more interested she became
his mannerism, the way his spoke, the calm and innocent mana and aura she saw around him greatly interested her, it was the first time that she saw such a innocent and attractive aura around anybody
within just a week the closed off heart of hers opened upto him, at first she was just mildly interested in him, to see what kind of person he is, she found out that he was kind, caring and a very interesting person to speak too
but the things that happened later on changed her view completely, the moment he had saved her from that despairing situation her heart shook
her mother always told her that she would find her love, someone whom she would share her burdens but she had scoffed at that idea
why would someone do anything for her without anything in return?
but she was mistaken and when she thought that her mother would die he was beside her to share her burdens, for the intelligent and rational Scarlet this was a huge stir to her heart
she knew that she was falling in love, the 2 days she waited for him to return back to her was spend worrying about him, she tried to control herself but she couldn't as her worry only grew
and the moment she saw him hurt her heart almost shattered, the sight of him hurt and holding a container, which was clearly extraordinary from its aura, made her mind and heart shake
he was willing to almost die for her, he didn't ask anything in return and he only did this for her now how could she remain calm?
she knew that day what she wanted, she knew that day whom she wanted to spend her life with, she would keep him safe and with her for a long time to come that is....
The next day within the room of an inn a bandaged handsome boy could be seen sleeping in a bed, next to him slept a feminine looking boy, yup it's Austin and Scarlet alright
slowly Austin opened his eye's, after that he took a look around
'ohh, it seems it worked?'
seeing Scarlet who was sleeping in a chair next to me I activated the read function
[
Name: Scarlet
Love: 100%
Remark: well done, I am proud of you
]
avoiding the remark, seeing the love level on Scarlet I gave out a sigh, my tensed body quickly relaxed, normally the love level shouldn't reach that level so fast but that's for normal species
For dragon's when they choose someone once then they are it, Scarlet might still be human now but she still has that sense of loyalty every dragon have, women who would never turn her back on you
'ouch!'
I could feel the pain from my body, to convince Scarlet I really did have to hurt myself, not a pleasant thing to do, but I had no choice, otherwise, she wouldn't have bought it
just when I moved my body, Scarlet also woke up, sitting straight she saw that I woke up, after that she jumped into my embrace
"Austin!"
+35,000 affection
I caught her into my embrace where she stayed for a few minutes before she let go, standing in front of me she had an aggrieved face
"Why did you do that?"
"I did what I had to do, plus I got out alive right?"
I gave her a 'weak', 'childish' smile to which she pouted
"bro you look cute right now, just like a girl"
I pointed at her and laughed, seeing me call her cute she blushed a bit but when she saw that I still saw her as a guy, she almost shouted at him
hints! there were many hints but this dense guy still didn't recognize it! she really didn't know how he can be so dense
while we both were bickering with each other beautiful and healthy brown-haired woman entered, seeing her I gave a small smile
"looks like aunty Sara got better"
hearing my words Sara smiled, coming closer she gave me a small bow
"thank you, Austin for saving my life"
'flustered' i quickly caught her to stop her from bowing further
"no need aunt Sara, I promised Kane to save your life, plus it's something that I had to do as Kane's friend"
seeing my reaction Sara smiled, smiling she spoke
"ayy~~~it's sad that I don't have a daughter otherwise I would surely have surely betrothed her to you"
"it's really a pity"
I also played with her act, seeing that Scarlet blushed more
"Stop it both of you!!"
like this all 3 of us spend some time talking with each other, it's at this time that Sara asked a serious question
"so Austin what are you going to do from now?"
unlike her daughter Sara could see that Austin was not just any normal noble, Austin's strength at such a young age was not normal, he must have a reason for coming here
"indeed I came here for a special reason but I didn't attend to it still because I had met Kane and wanted to spend some time with him as a friend"
hearing my words Scarlet tensed a bit, scared that I might leave her, lowering my voice I said with a serious expression
"I came here because I found a hidden historic world"
my words stunned both Scarlet and Sara as even they knew the value of historic worlds, such worlds left by powerful entities are something that countries would fight for
seeing that I said such important information to her so openly warmed Scarlet's heart, after both of them digested the information I said something even more surprising
"Kane, why don't you come with me?"
"Really? are you sure"
'yup, after all, I can't enter it'
"yeah, I can see that you don't have any power right now maybe we could find something useful there"
after I spoke Scarlet looked towards her mother for permission who happily gave a nod, right now Scarlet knew that she was not powerful to be by his side, maybe this trip could change that
2 day's later~~~
currently both i and Scarlet was moving through the woods near the city, during this 2 day's my 'injuries' healed and I was in my top condition
we had left Scarlet's mother at the inn for now, during this time I noticed that Scarlet always came close to me to speak something but in the end, she didn't, I guess that she had made a resolution to confess to me after we visited the historic world
I was currently moving by looking at the map given by the system, we walked along the forest for about an hour before we reached a somewhat big clearing
during the journey, we met some beasts but those were normal beats without any mana, so I dealt with them easily
when we entered the clearing a lake with a huge stone about 5 meters in length inside the lake could be seen, other than that there was nothing special
"Is this the place?"
I heard Scarlet's voice from the back, it was tinged with excitement and a bit of disappointment, I gave put a small chuckle
"what were you expecting some grand scenery or something?"
"Yeah, maybe I was a bit too excited"
"you just have to wait a bit more then"
without giving out any suspense I along with Scarlet moved towards the lake, we got near the edge of the lake and the big stone came into view more clearly
"what are we going to do now?"
instead of replying to her, i looked more closely at the stone which quickly started to shake, seeing that Scarlet held on to my sleeve, after shaking for a bit a huge pressure was released from it to the outside
when it covered my body I felt the huge pressure on my body before it adjusted to it, as for Scarlet she seemed to be fine
"interesting"
a very hoarse voice was heard after that small light particles started to form above the rock and a middle-aged man came into view, he had golden eye's and hair along with a handsome face
as soon as the man's figure was formed he looked towards us, I felt my whole body shudder as if he could see through me completely
"umm, a half-dragon that should be impossible to form and a unique human that could withstand a dragon's domain, just what has happened to this world?"
after hearing the man's words both of us froze
"Au-Austin?"
Scarlet was tightly holding on to me not knowing what was happening
"Who are you?"
I was the one who spoke first but he didn't look at me, he turned his head towards Scarlet
"child do you know that you are a half dragon?"
"what?"
both me and Scarlet exclaimed, well for me I just went with the script
"what do you mean?"
this time Scarlet spoke up
"it's too much to explain why don't you pass my trail then I would say you everything you need to know"
the golden-haired man spoke with some arrogance after that Scarlet looked towards me who just smiled at her
"don't worry, historic world are said to belong to those who are destined, maybe you are the destined for this one"
"But you were the one who found this place"
"don't worry just go and do your best, maybe this is where you can change your fate"
Scarlet hesitated a bit before she nodded, the golden-haired man snapped his finger and Scarlet disappeared for her test
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