Bab 168: Tales of Hardship And Friendship

< 231 Hours, 23 minutes, 20 seconds. >

The countdown indicating when Lux had to leave Leaf Village had started to move. However, the Half-Elf was currently being jostled around the center of the Plaza by his Master, Randolph, who had a merry face, while he held a mug of mead in his hands.

"Hahaha! My Disciple is so awesome!"

"Um. Do you know that this boy is my Disciple? You don't? Well, now you know! I taught this brat everything he knows!"

"Yes. the moment I saw him, I knew he was the one. Because of this, I made sure to teach him the basics, and look at him now, he's so… tall, right?"

"Hahaha! Of course, I was the one that raised this boy since he was a weeee lad. What? You don't believe me? Tsk, can't you see the resemblance of our faces? Both of us are handsome!"

Lux was doing his best to keep the smile on his face from stiffening as his Master paraded him around, bragging to everyone that they met on how he raised him to be a strong adventurer.