บท 1603: A Smart Mind Needs Discipline

The City of Osan, Northern city gates.

"Father, when will you come back?" Eren asked Elijah as the latter sat on his magic colt. It seemed that the father and son duo had been talking to each other for quite some time as the boy followed his father to the city gates to bid him goodbye.

"I… I have to tell you something, Eren," Elijah spoke with a voice full of seriousness as he looked at Eren. "We… we may not be able to see each other for a very long time."

"Oh. Alright. When can I see you again?" Eren took the news very lightly as if Elijah leaving him behind was not a new thing for him.

Eren didn't mind his father leaving. A man had to work, and Elijah had made Eren realize that he genuinely cared for him. Kinship and love didn't have to be shown by constantly staying together.