Chapter 172: Reunited

[System: The Forgotten Sage has descended to gaze upon his avatar]

[Good morning Sage, you were a little late but the little girl was here]

[Which one?]

[The yellow-haired one, you know the first girl]

[Might this be the reason why he’s running outside of his own house? He looks like he’s trying to find something]

The deity arrives to see his avatar deploying a dozen or so copies of himself. He deployed them to examine his surrounding areas, for any kind of signs that’ll lead him to a clue

“I’m doing a little investigation before the mini-quest officially starts. You could say I’ve been doing this for the last two hours, seeing that I didn’t have any results. It seems to be the case, my theory that is… The Gm’s are getting more and more crafty, it looks like they had it with my speed runs,”

[Someone’s spying on you]

’I noticed them not so long ago, they haven’t made a single move, even though I tried my hardest to lure them out. Im already done with this charade, so ill just call them out, it’s not like we’re strangers to each other. Plus if hes on their team it’ll be easy to know my identity, even if I try to mask my scent,’

He took a deep sigh and noticed a gaze from afar. It didn’t possess any ill intentions nor does it wishes to attack. He could only think of a single person which he calls out their names

[What are you waiting for? Call her out]

’On second thought, I’ll try to tease her,’

“Who’s there…? Please don’t molest me im just a sweet innocent boy, kyaaaah everyone help!!!? Hahaha, okay, okay you got me… The jokes are over can you put your sword down?” By the time he tried to frame her, she quickly jumps out of her hiding spot and aimed her blade at his throat

“You seriously think I’ll fall for such a thing? Even if you’re shorter than me I could still clearly remember your aura. I can see and feel what other people wouldn’t be able to discern. You bastard of a leader I missed you since the day you left,” She pouted after he teases her once again with his jokes, and her behavior slowly changes. Her dignified aura changes to a caring and delicate one, and her expressionless face changes to a crying girl

After the two of them haven’t seen each other for a long time and his alter ego is being hunted. Whilst she’s unable to do anything to help him in the face of danger, she cried after she sees him alive and well. Esther’s overflowing sense of relief wasn’t completely purged. Since she stayed and hugged him for as long as she could remember

“Glad to see you’re doing well,” In return, for him receiving her warmth, Morris gently caressed her head. Whilst the two stayed in that position until she was able to control her pent-up emotion. In such a short time, he was gone he was able to form a team and make a warm and cozy environment. Once she had a glimpse, she tried her hardest to local her emotions

In truth, she was jealous, not because she saw him with another person besides herself. It would be selfish and unjust if she were to be envious of such a sight for a man that hasn’t even accepted her love. The thing she was envious of was his bond, she was afraid to be replaced, and worst to be forgotten. This led to her current unstable state where she displayed sobbing in front of the person who gave her a family. Which she hadn’t acquired after the loss of her brother

’I know that girls fall in love faster if you compare them to boys, but dang she’s really scared of being alone. I guess this is good enough for a better reunion than our first encounter back in the camp. I wonder if those two are watching a distance where I couldn’t detect their presence. Diablos wont you be a dear and shoot anyone hiding near our location,’

“How did you get small? I’ve heard of a mysterious phenomenon called the mini spurt. But I don’t think that applies to the human race,” She quickly gets ahold of herself after she wipes off her tears. Even though it wasn’t much of a problem, she tried to avoid asking about his patched eye

“That’s because of my new right eye, I got it from my deity, I don’t have any single injuries in my body. I only covered it since it doesn’t match my other eye, but you know what I was able to do? I found a way to change its color to blue, still, it’s a demon eye,” He takes off his dispatch to reveal his demonic eye that unleashes a violent aura

The eyepatch was there to maintain its unavoidable leakage of evil intent. Instead of placing it back, she wasn’t scared nor bothered by his eye. It was the other way around, the real reason why he placed an eye patch was related to her behavior

“You have a demonic eye!!? I’ve always thought it was a myth, is didn’t think you could acquire a real one. Why did you even hide it? It looks beautiful when I get a closer look~” She quickly takes a step back after her worries slowly disappeared. And her embarrassment and uneasiness towards him slowly take over her body

“So what brings you guys to come instead of contacting me with the communicators, is there any problem? I can’t easily move without any caution, im this close to capturing the bounty hunter. In any case, did you guys love my surprise? I hope Diablos did a better welcoming greeting for the two of you,” Silas and Kyo min soo arrived at their location, along with his look-alike golem that manages to locate their locations

“Oh, master…! I’m back and look I brought some of your friends that I happened to encounter, hehehe,”

“Boss, who the heck is this freak? He fired an attack and simply brushed it off as a greeting!!? He also said it was his way of showing his wrath to anyone that tries to play tricks on you,” He brushes off the smoke within his body with a hint of fire in his clothes. Whilst the two were brushing off their dirtied clothes, the perpetrator was getting praised

’Serves them right, now that I’ve thought about it, im getting more and more chaotic. I wonder if it has any connection with Diablos, is it his influence? Or am I just enjoying their company after I haven’t seen them for a very long time?’

“It seems that we’ve been found, I’ve told you that we shouldn’t do such a thing and you still were able to persuade me. As much as I want to keep my honor, I would’ve died if this thing hadn’t held back its power. You truly surprised me when I always found your whereabouts, unfortunately, we didn’t come here for a simple chat. A few days ago, when we first entered this place, any kind of communication with the outside world is cut,” Silas shows him his perfectly functional communicator, which was unable to receive any sort of feedback

[Strange it is, I wonder if it’s related to your current terrain. As much as I want to tell you a ton of things concerning this area I’ll make it brief. Like what he previously learned it has its own set of rules, and the ground seems to change every once in a while. The only thing that’s not affected by its rules was that huge crack inside the wall. The very hole we entered, im guessing that its effect only works inside this terrain]

“There’s nothing wrong with it, my deity has told me that the area where we currently reside has a different set of rules. I’ve seen a bunch of soldiers possessing equipment that emits light with the use of mana. Though they didn’t use it once and it seems strange at that time. Hearing about your problems made me realize that the reason is the same as the one that my deity has theorized. In the meantime, I need you guys to lay low,” He gave the communicator back once he appraised its condition and explain their circumstances

“Mr. Jin isn’t here so that officially means that you’re our leader for the time being, whether you like it or not. Im glad that I could finally be reunited with my adopted guardian, so do you need anything from the three of us? I notice that you wink your left eye when we entered your dimensional housing,” After he was able to hug his guardian. He already anticipated his next move with only a few clues hidden within his body movement

“Just act like you’re a bunch of soldiers, it seems that the mercenaries only have little to no information. As much as I love the event tokens that are coming into my wallet, I can’t seem to shake this feeling from my body. That the rebellion is hiding something which they can’t disclose to the mercenaries. I’ll meet you guys once again after you Hmmmp!!” His voice was clogged with Esther’s lips, it seems that a long time had passed. She wasn’t able to feel his embrace or her lips making their way to his mouth

She became even more daring and swirl her tongue and the fact that his brother and a child were watching. Didn’t make her stop, she changes from being shy to a woman that was bold enough to have her way into his body. Even though after she concluded her attack on his lip, her face remained red and she couldn’t look him directly in the eye. The thought of her being mature quickly disappears in his mind

“T-Thats f-for a-all the weeks you’ve been gone… S-So d-don’t complain to me if I Hugo strong and approach by myself,” His eyes saw it, her bold and daring attack was just the reaction to her pent-up libido. When she stayed longer in a close quarter distance within his body. By the time she came back to her senses, she reverted to her usual self and ran away once she did such an indecent act. All the while the two tease her about it, while they had a huge grin

“Sigh… So these are the big three of Enigma…? I didn’t think will be more of a family than an unknown group of mercenaries. I wish this isn’t how it’s going to be once I’ve officially returned to my position,” He sighed after such a long and tiresome day, whilst he gazes at the back of his team. And laughed when they were about to meet Esther’s blade when they teased her with daring attack

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