บท 1754: Crown [11]

5 years.

'Five years too long.'

By the time August found himself in a state where he could confidently challenge the First Dragon Emperor and aim to land that blow, it had been five years since he first arrived in this realm.

He was now sixteen years old. He was the same age as his friends who were always far older than him. It was unbelievable, really. 

In the short moments of respite that he had between training and challenging, he sometimes wondered if it was necessary to grow as fast as he did.

However, he knew that there wasn't another option. The situation in Arulionn was too urgent for him to slowly grow and develop into who he needed to be.

He started to understand why Damien had him spend his childhood in that small village in the middle of nowhere. There, far away from his problems, August actually got a chance to experience what would have been otherwise impossible for him.