Chapitre 62: Sort of a Big Baby
Darenn continued to look at the girl in front of him. When he first saw her, his excitement was ecstatic—his happiness evident on his face as he finally saw the woman whom he waited all these years!
However, when the girl in front of him said that she's "not Hyacinth," that's when Darenn started having doubts, noticing a difference in their voice.
Darenn looked at her from head to toe. He furrowed his brows when he saw the similarities the woman has with Hyachinth, making him mumble to himself, enough for Aranea and the others to hear.
"Red hair," he described, discreetly pointing at Aranea as she twirled the ends of her hair.
"Yes, I have red hair," Aranea replied, smiling nervously at the same time. "But I'm still not Hyacinth."
Darenn narrowed his eyes at her as he pointed at her eyes, "Green eyes."
"Yes, yes!" Aranea nodded, laughing slightly. "Hyacinth and I have the same green eyes."
"Hmm…"
As Darenn and Aranea continued to look and converse with each other, Leonel and Zann looked at each other, as Elenea cocked her head to the side, curious.
Even Professor Grisham was amazed to have witnessed The Summoning for the first time, his eyes twinkling as if it were stars!
"So, is this how summoning usually works?" he asked, the familiars beside him nodding as they still felt uneasy about a guy who was near their Summoner.
"Yes," Zann answered, the two familiars already walking their way towards Aranea for her protection. "We have to check this out," he added, Elenea and Professor Grisham nodding as they watched what was happening.
Of course, Zann and Leonel couldn't help but be cautious as they still see the person who Aranea summoned a stranger in their eyes.
If he is a familiar, he is indeed unfamiliar to them. It seemed that this familiar is a few years older than them, too, despite his young appearance!
The moment Zann and Leonel approached Aranea, Darenn snapped out of his thoughts as he saw and heard how they talked to him.
"Hey, we are Aranea's—woah!"
Before Leonel could even finish his sentence, Zann and Leonel widened their eyes to see how quick Darenn moved.
He carried Aranea as if she was a sack of rice over his shoulder, Aranea, shouting as she did not expect this to happen as well.
"What the heck!?"
Aranea's vision was upside down! From where she was, she saw Leonel and Zann do an offensive stance, Darenn still carrying her over his shoulder.
"Darenn, what are you doing?!"
"Them. Who?"
Darenn still talked to her like he usually did—limited in two words.
Aranea lifted her head up as she flailed her arms, hitting his back. But alas, her attacks were nothing on the man's perfectly buffed body.
"They are my familiars, Darenn! Put me down!"
Darenn cocked his head to the side, raising a brow at the two boys while he still continued talking to Aranea.
"You… Summoner?"
"Yes!" Aranea snapped out of her irritation, "You know Summoners?"
Darenn nodded, "Hyacinth… Summoner."
What Darenn did next was surprising. He scooped Aranea from his shoulders, carrying her up into the air with both of his hands as if she was a child.
At first, Elenea started to worry about her twin sister but seeing how she was being carried like a baby by a huge guy, she started stifling her laugh, the professor beside her gawking at them in amazement.
"Darenn…" Aranea trailed off, narrowing her eyes at him. "Put me down, I'm not a child."
"Hey! You heard her!" Zann shouted, putting out his sword with his magic. "The Summoner said to put her down!"
Being cautious as well, Leonel made his spear appear in his hold with his magic, as he suspiciously eyed the newly summoned familiar before them.
'He's a strange one… what could his element be?'
Darenn ignored everyone. He cocked his head to the side, more similarities found between her and Hyacinth found. He then raised a brow at Aranea, still carrying her mid-air like a father carrying his kid.
"You sure?"
Aranea furrowed her brows, "About what?"
"Not Hyacinth?"
Aranea now understood what he meant. She rolled her eyes at him as she answered his question, feeling annoyed at the handsome, big man who's carrying her at the moment.
"I have red hair. I have green eyes. I am a Summoner. Hyacinth and I have some things in common, but I am not Hyacinth!"
With Aranea answering him with a loud voice, Darenn felt like an arrow directly pierced his heart. He then slowly put her down, tears pooling in his eyes as he tried his best to stifle his disappointment.
He then patted Aranea's head, the Summoner's eyes widening in surprise as she felt how sad Darenn was by the sound of his voice.
"I'm sorry."
"Darenn…"
Now Aranea felt guilty of shouting at him. Her eyebrows creased together as she heaved a sigh, holding his hand that had patted the top of her head.
"I'm sorry for shouting at you, alright? I didn't mean to."
Darenn shook his head, "My fault."
Aranea shook her head profusely, disagreeing with him.
"No, you're just overcome with grief and excitement seeing a person who looks like the person you love. I couldn't blame you."
Hearing this, Darenn now couldn't help but be honest with the feelings he was having. Tears then started escaping from his eyes, surprising everyone present in the cave.
"Oh! Darenn! Wh-why are you suddenly crying?"
"You. Hyacinth."
He shook his head, his words still limited but Aranea could understand what he said.
He meant that he thought that Aranea was Hyacinth but it was impossible because she had been long gone because she sacrificed her life for the people in their town.
"Hey…"
Aranea felt worried for Darenn. She then tiptoed as she put both of her hands on Darenn's face, wiping his tears away with her thumbs.
"It's alright. I may not be her, but I am your Summoner now and I will be with you, alright?"
Darenn nodded, finding her words soothing as he continued to allow her to touch him.
However, the people around them watched them with amusement and shock on their faces.
To them, the event before them escalated quickly. From the familiars being cautious, to Aranea being so kind to a familiar whom she just met.
It also seemed that Darenn had trusted her in an instant even though he knew that she was not Hyacinth!
It also turned out that the new familiar before them was sort of a big baby—strong and handsome, but somehow cute and sensitive…
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