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Chapter 39 – We Will Be Reunited: A Worthless Drunkard

    Chapter 39 – We Will Be Reunited: A Worthless Drunkard


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Leon Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, would you look at that?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Staring at the sight in front of us, I couldn’t help but smile in satisfaction.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not only had we finally arrived at our destination after a three-month journey, but we were also rewarded with an absolutely stunning sight.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So this is the capital of the Holy Country of Millis… it is quite a sight indeed,” Ruijerd said, nodding with a smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah… they don’t call it the most beautiful city in the world for nothing, I guess,” I shrugged.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Whatever! This is the ce with the big Adventure Guild, right? That’s all that matters!” Eris said.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“But it’s so pretty, Big Sis!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And look at the water!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aisha and Norn added, staring down at the city in wonder.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Millishion. Thergest city on the Millis Continent and the centre of the Millis faith.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Calling it a ‘beautiful ce’ wouldn’t do it justice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With the snow-topped mountainscape of the Blue Dragon Mountain Range in the background, the city was built on and around argeke, with shimmering blue water that calmed the heart even from looking this far away.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A paragon of architectural beauty and harmony, the city had a ring of buildings surrounding theke that was connected to another floating ring through a variety of bridges, which were then connected to the central pce that floated in theke’s centre.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With the seven magic towers standing tall on the outskirts, from what I had read, they protected the city from outside interference with arge barrier that also controlled the weather of the city inside, so it was always a beautiful day in the capital of the Holy Country.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This was also the ce where Mama was born and raised, as well as the ce where her family lived… but we weren’t here for that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We were here to meet Paul, my father, and drop off my sisters so that I could start searching for Mama and Lilia on the Begaritt Continent.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But for now…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Aisha, Norn. Your scarf and bunny are getting a bit frayed. Do you want to buy something new here?” I asked. “From what I remember reading, this ce has a whole district for shops in the east, so I’m sure we can find something good.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Contrary to my expectations, they both adamantly refused.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Absolutely not, Brother!” Norn shook her head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Even if it were reduced to rags, I wouldn’t let it go,” Aisha agreed, holding her scarf close.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing them act like that warmed my heart in ways I never knew possible.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Little sisters were something else, huh?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I… I’m touched, you two,” I said, pulling them both to my sides. “But we can still get some stuff if you want. We have a lot of funds, after all, especially after what the Doldia vige gifted us.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Watching the scenery pass by as the carriage continued down the Holy Sword Highway, I wondered about telling the two that they would be staying in this city for the foreseeable future.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Well, I don’t know for sure that Paul is still in Millishion, and they’ll probably be upset when I bring it up… so I’ll wait untilter to break the news.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then… How about we get you both some clothes? You two have been wearing the same outfit for a while, and you’re both growing girls,” I said. “I’m sure this ce will have something you both like.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The two nodded their heads before suddenly staring at each other with a slight re.


    <span style="font-weight:400">What’s with this?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Brother!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Big Brother!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The two suddenly looked up at me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Uh, yeah? What is it?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">““Who’s cuter?”” they asked simultaneously.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking at their matching serious pouts, I had to fight to hold in augh.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Too cute.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But it seemed like I needed to navigate this conundrum without making anyone jealous… Hmm… How to do that…


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t know… you’re both pretty ugly to me,” I shrugged.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They both widened their eyes in shock,pletely taken aback that the bother that had always called them ‘cute’ and ‘adorable’ had suddenly changed his tune.


    <span style="font-weight:400">At least, that was until they noticed my slight smirk and their shock quickly turned to annoyed anger.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Meanie!” Norn said with a pout, pulling my hair from my left.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You liar! I’m the cutest girl around!” Aisha eximed, joining in on my right.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As I felt their joint effort in punishing me, I couldn’t help but think that I deserved it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Thus, I let it happen without aint.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But surprisingly, it was Eris who put a stop to their semantics.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hey! Cut it out, you two!” she said, crossing her arms.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I then watched as her eyes darted away from me and back a couple of times before she turned her head to the side with a slight blush.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m the only one who gets to pull Leon’s hair, got it!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">…Wow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I knew that she had be more forward ever since my confession of love, but I was still quite stunned at the exmation.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“B-But Leon…” she said, looking back at me. “W-Would you say I’m… well… you know…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing the unease that was clear on her face as she timidly twirled a strand of her hair around her finger, I smiled gently at her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I think you’re cute too, Eri.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">That seemed to satisfy her, as she nodded before quickly hopping off the carriage, deciding to practice her swordsmanship as she walked alongside our cart.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I could see her gleeful smile as she skipped down the road, as well as the way her cheeks were flushed red, clearly showing her delight at mypliment.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With my sisters seemingly satisfied with my punishment, they both went back to resting as I raised my hand to my chest, feeling my thumping heart beating a bit faster than usual.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…That reaction’s a little too unfair, Eri,” I whispered to myself with a troubled expression.


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Leon Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">Having entered therge city through the south, where the Adventurer’s District and apanying guild were located, we immediately began looking for some amodations in the guild building.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was… big, to say the least.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With a silver, glowing exterior and a main lobby that wasrger than the main banquet hall back in Roa, it was more akin to a pce than an Adventure Guild.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As the main headquarters, it housed many requests, ranging from monster extermination to escort quests both inside and outside the city, but most importantly, there was no sign of my father or his people anywhere that I could see.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They hadn’t left… had they?


    <span style="font-weight:400">That would be extremely unlucky.


    <span style="font-weight:400">While I was nning to continue to the Begaritt Continent if we found Paul, I was still nning on staying here for a month, so we decided to splurge a little and get a nice apartment to rent out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And so, with our belongings dropped off in our temporary home, and thergest city in the Millis Continent before us, we then set off to explore.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not together, unfortunately, as Ruijerd apparently wanted to go visit an old friend.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I was quite surprised that Ruijerd had a friend, much less one in the capital of the Holy Country of Millis, but from how quickly he got along with Gustav back at the Doldia vige, I guess I couldn’tpletely count out his social skills.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Either way, with Ruijerd off to rekindle his friendship, Eris, my sisters, and I began walking around, both to sightsee and to hopefully catch wind of my father.


    <span style="font-weight:400">We ventured through the streets, staying inside the southern district, tasting a few treats from stalls and visiting a few shops and cksmiths until finally… I found him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peeking inside a shabby-looking bar, I had initially nced over the collection of people and was nning to turn and leave before spotting a familiar mug.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paul Greyrat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">My adoptive father, my sisters’ biological father, and the S-rank adventurer that had formed the ‘Fittoa Search and Rescue Squad’.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After nearly two years, I had found the first member of the people I needed to find.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After nearly two years… I had finally found my family.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But before I could feel too joyous, I noticed the current state of my father, which quickly calmed my rapidly beating heart and dampened my wide, excited smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Rather than the cheerful man I was so used to, with a confident smirk and yful bodynguage, I was met with the sight of what looked to be a dishevelled, broken man.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With an unshaven, scruffy beard and long, matted hair, his nk face stared forward at the wall. His listless form remained motionless, only interrupted when he took arge swig from his mug, which I could only assume to be alcohol.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Brother?” Norn asked from my side.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking down at her, and then over to Aisha, my gaze then returned to the shattered man that was our father. A distant memory from the unreliable, dishonest, yet strong man that I had kept in my heart.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…How about you three go check out some more shops,” I said, handing Eris some of my pocket money. “I have to check something, so be good for Eri, okay you two?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Norn and Aisha both looked at me in confusion before nodding while Eris raised her eyebrow at me, obviously questioning what was going on.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Please, Eri…” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…Fine! But you’re telling meter!” she said, taking Norn and Aisha’s hands from mine.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Thank you,” I said, watching them walk off.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Now… time to deal with this guy. Hopefully, this was yet another moment of weakness, and this wasn’t his daily habit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But… judging from his unkempt appearance… that was wishful thinking.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Walking into the bar, I ignored the tense stares of the other patrons as I headed right for Paul before smacking the back of his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hah!? What bastard-!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s been a while,” I interrupted him as he turned to face me, his angered face instantly turning into one of shock as his eyes met mine. “…Father.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Staring at me in silence, Paul’s face then turned pained as he sank to his knees in front of me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-I’m sorry! Leon. I-I’m weak! I… I haven’t found Zenith! Or Lilia! I’m so sorry!” he sobbed, clutching my shirt.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Patting his head, I released a sigh as I attempted tofort the drunkard, “It’s okay, Father. You can leave the rest to me now.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">God… he reeks of alcohol. Definitely was a good idea to let Aisha and Norn meet himter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“N-No! I… I know you’re just a vision. A punishment for me being such a worthless sack of shit!” he spat.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Oh… he’s worse than I thought.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Father, calm down,” I said, pulling him up to his feet as I cast a detoxification spell to get rid of the alcohol in his system. “It’s me. Leon. I’m real. I’m right here.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">His eyes met mine once again, but instead of the hazy gaze from before, this time his green eyes were clear, open wide in shock.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“L-Leon… Y-You’re…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, Father,” I smiled. “I’m back.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A ghost of a smile appeared on his face, causing my eyes to tear up slightly in happiness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now,” I said, patting his shoulder. “I think we should have a little chat, no?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Leon Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry… about you seeing me like that,” Paul said, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“As I said, it’s fine.” I waved off his concern. “Anyway, as you asked before, yes. Aisha and Norn are safe. Right now they’re with Eris checking out the city.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see… so they’re safe…” Paul said with a wide smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But, oddly enough, I couldn’t help but notice a touch of annoyance in his expression.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You kept them safe… good job,” he praised.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…How peculiar.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Was it just my imagination?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Thanks, Father. But I just did what was natural,” I said as I took a drink of juice. “More importantly, I know where Mama and Lilia are.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">His hands immediately mmed down on the table as he stood up, staring at me intently. “You know?! Where!? How!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Calm down, Father,” I said, frowning at the noise. “They’re… safe… I think. Someone I met on my travels was able to search the world for them, and apparently, they’re both alive in the Begaritt Continent. Near the Dungeon City of Rapan, to be more specific.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Begaritt…” Paul said, sitting back down, his lips spread wide in an ecstatic smile. “That exins it… why I couldn’t find anything about them here. But… they’re alive… thank Millis…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Shaking his head, he then stared at me intensely once more, his eyes firm and focused, just like the S-rank adventurer I remembered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That was better.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leon. You said you met this person ‘on your travels’… what have you been doing for the past two years?” he asked with a stern tone.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll exin, Father,” I nodded. “First… well, I guess I should start by where we got teleported… The Demon Continent.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">— Leon Greyrat —


    <span style="font-weight:400">“-And that leads us to now,” I said, finishing my story of our adventures for the past year.


    <span style="font-weight:400">From the initial panic from the teleportation to the rtively enjoyable time as adventurers to the smuggling and consequent stay at the Doldia vige. I told Paul everything I could remember in detail, though I opted to skip some stuff between Eris and me.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not only would she be pissed if I told such secrets and Paul started making fun of her, but I also felt that those moments were a bit too… personal to share. Even with my father.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As I looked back at the man sitting opposite me, I couldn’t help but notice a few signs of agitation.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Clenched fists, grinding teeth, furrowed brows… hell, the man hadn’t even looked me in the eyes for the past few minutes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Thinking about it, I first noticed he was like this as soon as I mentioned the start of our stay in the Doldia vige… So what was with this guy?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Eventually, Paul responded, “So… you kept your sisters safe and had a fun adventure with your littledy friend?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Uhh, in extremely simple terms, yes. You could say that,” I answered, a bit confused.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Why was he acting so pissed?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ah… was it that?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Was it easy?” Paul said, interrupting my thoughts.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, but… I managed,” I said. “It got way better after meeting Ruijerd and even easier once we got to the Millis Continent.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Right… your super powerful Superd bodyguard,” he said with a chuckle.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Though, there was no humour or amusement to be heard in thatugh.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…And you didn’t find any others?” he asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Others that were teleported? No, I didn’t,” I shook my head. “That would take way too long and be too difficult, and I was focused on getting back home. After meeting Kishirika, my goal changed to get Mama after dropping off Aisha and Norn.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“…call her that,” Paul mumbled under his breath.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What?” I asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I said, don’t fucking call her that!” Paul snapped, standing up and ring at me with a snarl.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You’re a fucking Sword Saint, Leon! On top of being a Water Saint and a Saint-ranked magician! And that was two years ago! You’re probably at the level of a Sword King now! And what are you using that strength for!? You even have someone stronger than you, so why didn’t you do anything!? Just travelled like a goddamn merchant, peddling bullshit to everyone you passed!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I felt my body freeze in ce as Paul continued his rant, a bubbling feeling of nausea building in my stomach.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You learned where Zenith and Lilia were, and what did you do? You stayed in the fucking forest to make good with the damn beastfolk and have a honeymoon with your new girlfriend!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I averted my eyes, looking around the room to look away from the man, noticing that quite a few of the gathered people were looking at Paul with sad frowns as two girls hesitantly approached.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Captain?” one of the girls said, her nearck of clothing making her quite the striking sight.


    <span style="font-weight:400">‘Captain’… were they part of Paul’s group he mentioned in the guild notice? Interesting… but why was she dressed like that?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, Leon!” Paul shouted, making me turn back to face him. “Why didn’t you go to Begaritt, huh? Maybe… Yeah, that’s it. Maybe you never saw Zenith as a mother, did you?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The dull haze my mind had found itself in cleared at his words.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are you the one who should be saying that bullshit to me?” I snarled, standing up as I ignored the sickening feeling in my core. “I see you have two pretty girls calling you ‘Captain’ now. Were Mama and Lilia not enough? Don’t tell me I have any other siblings to worry about!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Shut up!” he said, extending his fist to my face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I didn’t dodge the punch, instead opting to re straight into the man’s eyes as I protected my face with a light coating of touki.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Paul’s crazed expression turned still in shock at what he had done, I couldn’t help but look into his eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They were… pained.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As soon as I looked deeper, I understood.


    <span style="font-weight:400">More than being angry at me, he was way more angry at no one else but… himself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">There was also some jealousy in those eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Likely jealousy directed at me, who was able to find Mama and Lilia, while also keeping Aisha and Norn safe, while he had found… no one.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He had met up with Rudy, of course, but that was more of a mutual encounter from what I understood.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I understood the man named Paul Greyrat, and during my travels, I had seen more and more people like him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He was just an idiot.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A big, emotional idiot whose only way to deal with bad and confusing feelings was byshing out, acting on his emotions just as usual.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He didn’t mean the hurtful things he said, and I could tell that as soon as he sobered up from his anger and self-hatred, he regretted his words.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Still… that didn’t make them any less hurtful.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But rather than the anger that had red up before, all I could feel was an empty sadness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A slightly sickening feeling of loss and pain.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Get away from Brother!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">With a pitter-patter of light steps, Norn then ran up to stand in between the two of us, raising her wooden sword as she red at Paul.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I heard all of it,” the cold and stern tone of Aisha joined in. “I won’t let you hurt Big Brother anymore.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">ncing at the entrance, I noticed that she had her hand extended, ance of ice floating in front of her, ready to fire.


    <span style="font-weight:400">I didn’t even hear her chant.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…I’ll have to praise herter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-Is that… Norn?” Paul said, staring wide-eyed at the girl in front of him before turning to the entrance. “And… Aisha? So you two really are-”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Paul was interrupted by the sound of Eris marching towards him, her feet thumping against the wooden floorboards and her hand gripping her sheathed sword while she stared at him with one of the scariest expressions I had ever seen her wear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her face was teeming with anger, and I could tell from the bloodlust radiating off of her what her current state was, but it was alsopletely nk.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Quite a terrifying look for the overly passionate Eris, who usually wore her heart on her sleeve.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As I felt her touki fluctuate, I reached my hand out to grab her arm before he could cut Paul down on the spot.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leon. Let me go,” she said coldly, still staring at the man.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, just… drop it,” I sighed. “Let’s go back to the inn. We can try to pick up something to eat on the way.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">I then looked back to Norn, reaching my free hand out which she thankfully received, looking at me with worry.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“N-Norn… Wait-”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Father,” I said, interrupting him. “Just so you know… while you might say my strength has done nothing, I don’t consider protecting my precious sisters and your future daughter-inw ‘nothing’.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Eris turned rigid from shock, likely from me calling her Paul’s future daughter-inw, I used her momentary pause to pull her out of the bar without a fight, Aisha thankfully joining us without a fuss as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And that was how the first meeting with my family after two long years happened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Quite dissatisfying, if I say so myself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Quite… painful too.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Dammit.
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