"Young lady?" In the morning glow, Eris was the first to run to Ghislaine, but her gaze remained fixed on her side. In her field of vision, Alan was holding Sylphie with a somewhat helpless and flustered expression, comforting her. Eris was only a few dozen centimeters in front of Ghislaine, still keeping her head turned to the side. At this moment, hearing Ghislaine's voice, she whipped her head up to look at her. Her red hair was very messy from the rain, tangled together, with some parts sticking up like 'little horns'. But thanks to this, in the morning glow, her hair was as fiery as a flame. However, in the eyes of Rudeus, who was not far behind, he just felt that if this person turned her head so fast, wouldn't she break her neck? He seemed to have completely forgotten that when he realized Alan had returned just now, he had turned his head no slower than this beginner Sword God Style swordsman.
Eris looked Ghislaine up and down and found that there were no new scars on her body. She smiled happily, the corners of her mouth turning up high. "Ghislaine! Did you save him?"
Hearing this, Ghislaine silently looked at Eris, then turned her head to look at Alan's hand. In his hand were two heads.
Eris noticed Ghislaine's gaze and subconsciously turned to look, stunned. Nakul, Jade. Identical faces. Eris had seen them just a few hours ago. The assassins who had attacked them. At the same time, she remembered what Ghislaine had once said. The beastmen's nature still retained the instinct to hunt prey. So, whose prey it was, should be in whose hands.
So now, she didn't care why one head had now become two. She just blinked quickly and immediately asked, "Is Alan stronger than you, teacher?"
Although Ghislaine was not good at reading people, it didn't stop her from telling the truth. "Last night, he was stronger than me. Now, I am stronger than him. But in the future..."
"He will be stronger than me."
Eris was stunned for a moment. Her eyebrows twitched slightly, but she managed to suppress it. She pursed her lips into a line, crossed her arms, and turned to Alan. "Hey! Ghislaine said you're stronger than her, so I'll recognize you as my teacher!" Her voice was very loud, as if she was afraid Alan wouldn't hear. It made Alan jump.
"What?"
A cloud of smoke appeared before his eyes.
[Free Instant Task - Encounter with Sister - Eris. Completed. Time taken: 13:14:12.]
[You have bypassed the stage of reverence and directly obtained Eris's admiration. At this moment, she is very willing and is about to 'magnanimously' accept you as her teacher.]
[Evaluation: Roxy, Paul, Sylphie, Rudeus, Zenith, Lilia, Laws, Norn, Ghislaine, Eris]
[Who's next?]
[Is this the power of a Jobless Incubus?]
[Tsk tsk.]
[Divine Strike Magic Slot Unlocked.]
The smoke was tangible, climbing onto the embryonic core of the Dragon Saint's battle aura in Alan's abdomen, emitting a buzzing sound that could only be heard in the soul. After a while, a new slot appeared next to the brown, dark slot. It had a fiery red background, like the morning glow. But Alan's expression was just blank.
Seriously? Jobless Incubus? System, what kind of crappy name is that?
Eris waited for a long time and didn't see Alan agree. Her expression kept twitching. She was stunned for a moment, then became anxious. "What's with you! What's with that expression! Did you hear me?!"
Alan blinked, recovering from his speechlessness, and exchanged a glance with Ghislaine, who was a bit helpless but had no intention of correcting Eris. "Uh... I heard... okay."
"Hmph!" The young lady was very satisfied with her newly accepted teacher. She closed her eyes, crossed her arms, and nodded proudly, letting the cat-girl who had hurried over comb her hair.
Sylphie had stopped crying ever since she heard Eris's powerful voice. It was only then that she seemed to realize that she was still hanging on Alan. Her body became as stiff as a rod again, and she 'slid' down from Alan. She felt the solid ground under her feet, fiddled with the hair on her forehead, and wanted to look down at her shoes. After hesitating for a moment, she forced herself to look up. The tear stains on her face had not yet dried, but she looked straight into Alan's eyes.
"Don't be sorry for making me worry. And..."
"Welcome back, Alan." Her smile bloomed in the morning glow, a bit forced and with a conscious effort to realize that she shouldn't be crying. But it was enough to relax Alan's mind, which had been tense all night.
After confirmation, the three carriages were still in good enough condition to continue to Roa. The one that had been cut in half by Alan was really beyond repair. After confirming this, Ghislaine even commented on Alan's Sword of Silence. "Not bad, a good cut." This really made Alan a bit speechless. And because almost everyone had been waiting in the rain all night, the things in the carriage that could be used for shelter had basically been pulled out by the cat-girls, leaving a mess on the ground. Alan wanted to go over and help clean up, but Ghislaine had been resting in the water all night, and felt that she hadn't been of any help. She 'planted' him next to Philip like a green onion, telling him he just needed to watch. And everyone else also tacitly assumed that he was the most tired one last night, and no one came to disturb him.
No, actually, everyone was very tactful. Except for Eris, who was dragged away by Ghislaine. Because at this moment, next to Alan, was his biological father. They had deliberately left the two of them a chance to talk.
A gust of wind blew past. Alan looked at his posture, half of his leg was planted in the mud pit by Ghislaine's powerful force. He silently pulled his leg out. "Are you satisfied with this result?"
A conflicted look flashed in Philip's eyes beside him. He was silent for a moment before speaking. "Sorry."
"...This was unexpected. I didn't expect it. The news must have been leaked to James by the 'nail' by my side, otherwise, I can't explain the current situation. But according to my previous investigation, he has always been Darius's man. Logically, it shouldn't be like this."
Alan looked at Rudeus in the distance, who had suddenly started arguing with Eris. The two were having a heated argument over who should be in the same carriage with Alan. "There are many things you didn't expect. The sudden appearance of the North King who came to assassinate us was the first. My strength being able to tail and kill them both was the second. Ghislaine being trapped in the forest was the third. There are too many. You always think you can think of everything, but when things get out of your control, you can only say that you didn't expect it."
"..."
"Have you ever thought that if there were just a few more things you didn't expect, you might not be seeing this happy reunion now, but Eris's corpse, my corpse, Ghislaine's corpse..."
"It's even unknown whether you would be alive to see this scene."
Philip was silent for a moment. His lips opened and closed, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
"The good news is that this assassination proves that even if James knows I'm still in the Asura Kingdom, he doesn't want me to go back to him at all. Instead, he's trying to find a way to send people to assassinate me again."
"And after this assassination, he will be even more unwilling to let me go back to him."
"When we get to your territory, he should calm down for a while. The superficial harmony between the Asura nobles has to be maintained, not to mention that you are brothers. Fortunately, I can also take advantage of this time to increase my strength."
Hearing this, a light flashed in Philip's eyes. He turned his head and looked at Alan seriously. "We can go to the capital and take back—"
"I'm just a tutor you hired." Alan interrupted him and shook the mud off his feet.
"Who is the nail?"
Philip was a bit stunned, but he still answered his question. "My butler, Thomas."
With that, Alan walked towards Rudeus and Eris, who were already arguing incessantly. The morning wind blew past his body, carrying a strong smell of blood. From beginning to end, he had not looked at Philip once.
(Author's Note)
Thanks for the monthly tickets, you guys are spoiling me! Also, a shoutout to Beihei-chan. This book title has actually been changed once. It was originally called "Sword God Starting from Jobless," which was not as catchy as this one. And I just randomly picked a name from Beihei-chan's teasing chapter review. It was really a random pick. If you guys have any good suggestions, you can leave them here, including punctuation, within fifteen characters. Thanks! That's all for today~ My back hurts, I'll take a rest.
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