Arad sighed after Chuzuke left and Lyla looked at him, "Sorry for getting you involved."
"No, you don't have to worry." Arad waved his hand. It was then that Lyla realized the blood dots on his chest, remembering how the man stabbed him with the sword.
"Are you okay?" She rushed to check on him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Arad scratched his head. The wounds on his chest already stopped bleeding. They are mere scratches.
Lyla sighed, "I can't believe my eyes. A normal man would have been dead. Punctured like a honeycomb."
"I'm a bit tough." Arad smiled, "Is Mira inside?"
"I'm here," Mira replied as she walked out of the shop. "Sorry, I was listening to the enter time."
Arad and Lyla looked at her, "Is that a problem?" Arad pulled a chair from inside the shop and sat. "You're free to work with whomever you want. Or with no one, let them find the elder wood alone."
Abel's quest finally comes in. What could he get Arad on his Stepmom? How will Arad use that, and what are all the plans he already came up with? Can humanoids compete with a dragon's intellect?