Rev's grandpa slap the back because he just saw him doing nothing.
" Hey! instead of lazing around while talking to yourself, why don't you use your sword or other weapons to swing or familiarizing it? "
" Sigh... I'm not lazing around I'm resting you old fart grandpa "
" Wha-What did you say!!?"
" Nothing "
Rev averted his eyes, showing a little disrespect attitude and ignored his grandpa's infuriated expression. His grandpa's vein almost pop, getting angry, stomp on the ground but halted to sigh as if he was already tired.
" Anyways my grandson, you do know that I don't have much time left right? "
He look at the kid, but only silence and the breeze of wind was left there. Rev sigh and scratch his head while he click his tongue.
" What's your point, old fart "
" Hmph! my point is I want you to fix your attitude for once! Sigh... Is I want to say but ... I think I only want to say that I have only 3-4 years left so... I just want to know what class do you want when you will awakened at age of 14 before I will be gone "
" Class huh... yeah I remember that, are you saying you're gonna enroll me at the academy if I pass there examination? "
" Hahahahahahha in your dreams kid!! "
Rev was irritated and embarrassed by his grandpa's laugh.
" Stop! Laughing you old gorilla!! "
" Nahahahahahaha!!! "
" Seriously... if you're just gonna laugh at me then I'm done here "
" Naha..hah... Wa-wait my grandson, come on that was my first time laughing hard can you atleast give me freedom to that? "
" Hah!?... Freedom my ass! It only feels like your insulting me "
The old man stop laughing while wiping the tear in the corner of his eyes and sigh, looking up at the sky.
" I'm not insulting you, it's just for once I want to laugh as hard as I can and you already know why, besides... your mot--- no just forget it "
His grandpa didn't finish what he wanted to say about something else, while for Rev what he understood was the old man is trying to hint about the illness that the he has and of course it added his age too. Words by the healers, his grandpa might only have 3-4 years or worse maybe 2 years. He might not even see his adopted son's awakened so he wanted to know for advanced. Rev already knew that and he side glance at his grandpa.
" Sigh... Class, class... if you really want to know then maybe... an assassin or swordman? or maybe both of them? "
" Hoh?... That's really unique way to combine a class warrior for a type of swordman and an assassin huh "
" Well... to be the truth I want to try everything or should I also say that I want to be a summoner? "
" !? "
The old man furrow his brow in flinch because he knows that there can only be a few awakeners class type of summoner. That must have also rare for humans and demi-humans to gain a class like that. Touching his chin with his right hand and smirk.
" Well, that's I good choice unfortunately... It will all depends once you will be 14, where you will be awakened in suitable class type "
He then laugh aloud again, for Rev he knows that his grandpa didn't want to talk about the class type summoner because in the east village of Dantla, that is where the village was destroyed and people got killed. From what he heard, one of them was his grandpa's daughter and son in law who was there. He once told a story to Rev about her daughter, but didn't tell about her name and family name and didn't even held a memorial because that was probably their wishes.
Still he described her daughter to be diligent, a beauty, kind and also told about her hobbies. A days pass and there was a news for him, that her daughter was pregnant, waiting a few more days until she is ready to give a birth and he saw his grandson healthy to be born. The husband and wife was happy and they decided to move in village together with the kid.
Years has pass in the exact date for the celebration of the kid Rev Von, that night came. In that day the old man received a message where the village is being attacked by a horde of monsters, which her daughter, his son in law and his grandson resides in. As fast as possible the old man knight ordered his troops and move out but reaching their destination, it was already too late.
That was then the last day where he didn't saw her daughter and his son-in-law anymore, the same with his grandson, but Rev feel like there was a part of a lie about his grandson, even so he doesn't want to pry anymore from that melancholic story.
Remembering the story for a while Rev sighs.
" Yeah... I still have 5 years left before I would awakened so I need to prepare "
" Prepare for what? "
" Prepare to be able to protect myself and survive on my own because if I lost you... I would be probably just a laughing stock "
Rev's grandpa let out a harrumph sigh and smiled, he didn't want to disrupt the mood then later on, Rev started to train again, after that both of them spar. He can't keep up with his grandpa's pressure of attacks but even so that is the part of his training and they continued until the afternoon's sun went out.
The old man halted the boy's training and left a word to him to took a bath and a rest because they will have spar again if they had a free time. Rev then just laugh it off and accepted his challenge, heading back inside.
After taking a bath and took a break, in the room, Rev waited until reaching the middle of the night time. He opened his door slowly, took a peek if there is someone out there, it was safe and he exhale. Getting out in his room he slowly take step until he was at the library.
Taking the lamp and light it up by the match that is beside on it and took a quick glance once more around him, making sure that no one is following. He then opened the big door slowly and went inside, looking around, surrounded by books.
" Hmm... though I went here every weekend I'm still surprised with those books, that's... really a lot of them. I've already read the history about this world and studied every awakened essence class types, still... There are a lot of books that I didn't read yet... Hm? What's this? "
As he walk around mumbling he spotted a gap in the floor, he tap it with his foot and feel it, the sound was different from others then he thinks that there must be something else hidden there. Rev sat down and tried to speculate it then slide it open, there he found a unusual different book. It was very dusty, he let out a blow and cough.
Looking at it, the book has chains it wasn't lock so he opened it and saw the histories of monsters and beasts he read every pieces after finishing it, flipping to the next page and took an interest about what he just saw.
" Hmm... Primal beast and spirits, Ancient beast and spirits... Mythical beast and spirits... Gehhena's gate 7 deadly sins? umm... there's one more, what is this... 'Primordial' Beings?... Ha, this doesn't look real. Em? "
As he flips each pages he did not believe what he just read about those ridiculous historical beings, beast and spirits, then he notice a piece of paper on the book. Taking it out and saw a drawing of marks but from what he knows in his studies it must be a magic glyph circle with triangles and saw the word---
" 'Wrath'? "
With that word came out in his mouth the little piece of paper shine which blind him in surprised, but didn't let out a shout of a voice, letting go the paper and closing his eyes because of that blinding light.
" Okay... What was that, did... did I do something wrong? No right? "
" Of course nothing like that "
" Wha--!! "
Out of surprise Rev covered his mouth while turning around slowly with a cold sweat in his forehead. He was still closing his mouth with his hands, taking a look around and didn't still saw anything, at that he thought that he was just tired or something and close his eyes. Opening his eyes again he felt that he was petrified like a stone, truthfully he wanted to shout because of that mean surprised but it look like he was just given a jump scare and made his face harden.
There was a big pair of stretching yellow eyes there glinting on sides with a body and a head of circle shadow, levitating right in front of Rev's eyes.
" Hello there young master "
" !? "
Remembering all the manga, manhwa and novels that he'd read, the word 'young master' pique his interest with his eyes brimming with sparkles which the petrified Rev was slowly breaking and exhale deeply. The unknown black shadow then grinned.
" This is your first time seeing me and quickly steeled your self, tossing the fear you just felt and taking interest in such words, hmm.. As expected of Master's son "
" Eh, Master's... son? "