he appearance of the river beast gave rise to panic but it also died down quickly.
Our town was situated at the border of a wild forest but there was a strong barricade array separating the two lands. This array was laid down by powerful mages at the border, preventing any wild mana beast from the forest to invade the human domain.
Hence no wild mana beast has ever infiltrated our town for decades now.
Suddenly the appearance of a river beast in the woods of Merrian town stirred quite a panic. The town elders reported this news to the guild masters who then sent a team of experts to reexamine the border, to check if the array had been compromised. But they didn’t find any defects in the protective array.
Later the guild master gave a stern talking to the town elders when they heard that a couple of brats were the ones who spotted a river beast. They immediately declared the kids were just delusional and henceforth shouldn’t trouble the guild if they don’t have any concrete evidence. They left a warning to the town elders this one time.
It's been about 5 months since that incident.
Right now I am lying in my room exhausted.
I had just finished doing the homework that my mom had given me.
After that incident, I hardly got to go to the woods to train.
Most of the time goes on studying!
I am not against studying mana manipulation but I don’t like reading pointless subjects like language and maths.
I already am fluent in the human language and can also read and write.
But what the hell is the abomination called ‘Grammar’
Why the hell does it even exist?
I mean we can talk, convey our message to one another.
So why do small things like grammar be given so much importance?
It was the same with people with nobility.
When I was the Overlord and had to deal with those noblemen, they always talked with such a pompous tone and used complicated words. They just loved talking to themselves, I could never make sense of most of the conversation we had. I had to hire a personal assistant to deal with their random bullshit. It was so frustrating!
One thing I noticed was that the nobility of every race loves to practice ethics and mannerism. These nobles look at other people who speak crudely with disdain. As if they are looking at a piece of rotting poop who happens to have a mouth. Gloxinia force-... I mean, she made me learn about the way a royalty should behave.
I was just an orphan street urchin, so I never learned manners or ethics.
This subject called Grammar was the same thing here.
‘Grammar’ was just made by a presumptuous perfectionist who had a lot of time in hand to waste.
But anyway, I had no choice but to learn it, thanks to my strict teacher… my mother.
The next subject I hated was Mathematics.
I came to know that in maths, there were more things than just addition and subtraction.
Dad taught me mathematics so that I could take over our family business and help him in the near future.
Whenever I got bored while Dad taught me mathematics, I would distract him by asking questions about antique wares. He would quickly forget about teaching and instead immerse himself talking about his antique wares and their origins.
But later mom would frequently catch us red-handed idling by, and then the both of us were scolded.
Hence these past months, I was only able to study and train very little.
I am really itching to go training in the woods.
I just completed my homework and came back to my room.
My mom after checking my homework went outside to tend the gardens.
She really loved her garden. You could say after me and my dad, the garden was the next thing she loved the most.
Just when I was lying on my bed gazing at the sky through my window, I heard Heather shouting:
“Big brother! I spotted a big doggie near the woods. Let’s go pet him ~ Big brother, you there?~ Big bro?!~ Big brother Ben!”
She kept pestering me and I had no intention of moving from my bed.
“I am fast asleep after studying. You go ahead.” I replied back.
“Oh, you're asleep. I see~ well that can’t be helped then, I will go myself.” saying so Heather went away.
How can such an innocent and dumb girl exist?
I know how easy it is to fool this girl, but her stupidity always tends to surprise me.
After saying so Heather already skipped her way to play around.
I gasped an air of relief.
“Benji, stop moping around on the bed and go outside. Little Heather came all the way to invite you and you just lied to that sweet, poor girl.” my mom yelled at me from the garden.
Dang it, I almost forgot mom was also outside.
I rolled on my bed lazily,
“I am really tired, mom. Good night.”
“It’s still noon, how can you be so lazy. What happened to your enthusiasm when you were saying you wanted to go training, huh?” my mom said with a sneer.
I am laying on the bed but I can clearly imagine the teasing expression in her tone.
I got up from my bed and peeked out of the window,
“Mom, can I go to the woods to train?”
My mom standing in the garden glared at me, she was wearing gloves and her clothes were stained with mud from the garden,
“Huh? Young man, if you want to train you can do it here. You know there was an appearance of a river beast in the woods. Whether it's true or not, poor Moses and the other kids are terrified. No kids are allowed to wander in there.”
Poor Moses?
That pathetic arrogant brat should be fed to mana beast for all I care. Hmph!
She then stretched her arm,
“You can train in our backyard, mom will give you pointers herself,” she said while puffing her chest proudly while holding our garden hoe on her shoulder.
I just sighed and went back to my bed,
“Nevermind then.”
“Hey! Benji, what’s with that reaction! Come back!” my mom scowled.
I am touched by her sentiments but she doesn’t have any idea how rigorously I train.
I did tell my parents I go to train but they think that I just go to loiter around the woods.
So I kept everything about my training a secret.
If my mom sees me training she would have a heart attack. She will surely ground me at home, never allow me to take a step outside again.
Just when I was idling in my bed.
“Big brother, this doggie followed me~ See how big this dog is!” Heather said loudly outside.
This girl came back again?
I just told her I was asleep and she quickly agreed not to bother me. Did she already forget?
“Heather!!” Just when my mom screamed.
I quickly jumped out of my bed and peeked out the window.
To my surprise, there was a big beast standing behind Heather, about the size of a human adult.
This white beast was a gray wolf, a mana beast!
From the manner of the way it was limping, it looked injured.
It followed Heather with its limping leg as it glared at Heather like a tasty piece of meat morsel.
My mom quickly rushed towards Heather.
“Get away from that thing!” she screamed from the top of her lungs.
Heather was startled by her and instead took a few steps backward.
The gray wolf saw this and quickly opened its wide jaw to attack Heather.
But my mother was quick on her toes.
She quickly reached beside Heather and pushed her aside.
The beast missed Heather but caught my mom.
Her upper arm was now inside the jaws of that gray wolf.
Fresh blood started dripping from his mouth and the breaking of bones clearly echoed.
My mother gritted her teeth with agony.
“MOM!!” I screamed in shock.
Heather, who fell a few feet away, was shocked seeing this scene.
Her eyes were wide open staring at the bloody mess,
“Aunty!” she yelled in horror.
My mom turned her head towards Heather,
“Get away from here! Now!”
Despite her arm being in the jaws of the gray wolf, she still was worried about Heather.
Heather started bawling her eyes but quickly got up and fled away from the beast.
“Fuck!” I yelled.
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