"Hero"
"What?
Elijah 's grip on the sword faltered as Kevin ran to azreal's side
"Why did you point your sword at me?"
"Why wouldn't I..? You-"
"This man attempted to hit you and put you in danger, so I simply stepped in"
"You stepped in by trying to stab me?"
Azreal asked with a bewildered expression.
"…what do you mean by hero?"
Kevin asked as he helped Azreal up
"Will you first rertract your blade?"
Staring at the man's navy blue eyes, Elijah retracted his blade from him as he stood up.
".. call me Elijah. Now tell me what you meant by hero"
"Have you never heard of the prophecy?"
"The… prophecy?"
"The prophecy to end the being of corruption"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"I'm guessing not"
The blond boy dusted his pants before placing his hand near his heart, before staring intensely at Elijah.
"You may call me Zaire, may I be your companion?"
"… no?"
"Why not?"
"You just attempted to murder one of my friends!"
"It was in self defense"
"For who?"
Looking at the two people he could only describe as dumbasses, Azreal sighed before patting Zaire on the back
"My name is Azreal , the blue haired name is Kevin and that "hero" is Elijah. Now will you answer some of our questions?"
Zaire looked back and fourth between Elijah and Azreal before nodding
'Is this guy planning to be subservient to Elijah or something?'
Shaking those thoughts away, Azreal continued
"So Zaire.. how did you get into private property? Did you buy the orphanage? It wouldn't make sense as you would know who we are given that there are barely any children left in the orphanage…You're clearly not an orphan either.. or someone from lower clsss as you have a spatial ring. But your clothes are.. torn?"
"Are you trying to ask him or are you trying to confuse yourself?"
Kevin slapped Azreal on the back of his head lightly before slinging his hand over azreal's shoulder
"What he really means to ask is what is your purpose? Why'd you break into the orphanage?"
"I didn't break into the orphanage"
"Then how'd you get let in?"
Elijah asked as he walked closer to his friends and further from Zaire.
Zaire let his gaze linger on Elijah for a moment before looking back at Kevin
"I woke up here"
"You.. woke up here?"
"Mhm"
"…"
"That doesn't make sense, there's no other house this is.. a literal forest. This is private property. We would know if someone lived here so how'd you stay here and sleep undetected?"
Azreal cut in, he seemed to have finished sorting his thoughts out
"That doesn't matter. Her- Elijah, let me be your comrade"
"What? No!"
Elijah walked back a few steps, to which Zaire responded by walking closer.
Soon, this turned into a "chase" as Azreal and Kevin watched.
"You think we should tell Serena?"
"Elijah has the phone"
Azreal put his palm on his forehead and sighed.
"You're leaving in 3 days, right? We can try getting Serena and saoirse here and maybe we could do a treasure hunt"
"A treasure hunt?"
"It's.. to celebrate a good occasion. I don't really know where we can do that though."
Kevin stared at azreal's expression, which seemed to convey a bit of sorrow before laughing and patting his back
"When should we start hunting then?"
***
"Argh.. I'm so tired.. my legs are sore"
Staring at saoirse below her, Serena handed her a bottle of water.
"Drink up"
"Hah, I told you you should exercise more! People need more stamina"
"You're the demigod of strength and I'm a mortal.. this is unfair"
A burly man sat on the floor next to saoirse, throwing her a towel.
"Even humans can kill demigods with the right talent and hard work. Keep working hard"
"What kind of dumbass wants to kill a demigod…"
"So.. professor Farrell , are we allowed to skip tomorrows training?"
".. argh fine, only if you guys work harder during lessons."
Serena simply stared at the burly man who was itching his hair before her.
"What is it?"
"Is.. the investigation about the orphanage still going on?"
"…"
The temperature around the room seemed to cool down in an instant
"If I said no, would you believe me?"
"…"
"…"
"Exactly"
"Professor Farrell.. we've been to the orphanage so much times and there's nothing strange other than the fact the television breaking down usually, I think this investigation is meaningless"
"Do you truly think that or are you afraid your friends might be affected?"
Staring at saoirse, who attempted to offer a reasoning to stop the investigation, professor Farrell simply sighed.
He could see through these young brat's thoughts and tricks easily.
"How about this? When you head to the orphanage, if you find anything remotely strange, like a cave, you immediately tell me. It'd be strange for new structures to pop out, no?"
"Alright then."
Saoirse sat up as she finished wiping herself with a towel
Professor Farrell simply stared at the two kids he considered "brats", wondering if this was how he seemed to others twenty years ago.
Twenty years ago, he was a hot blooded man who would stop at nothing, now he was a 35 year old hero who wields the divine authority of strength.
'Well teenagers are all hot headed nowadays, especially those aiming to be hero's, that blond kid was the weird one. I wonder what kind of person he'd be if he didn't die'
Stretching his back, prefessor Farrell stood up
"Shall we prepare for the sparring again?"