Ancient Pasts - Tbate

The deal

Cathan Leywin Pov

"No! Absolutely no way! Do you two know how dangerous it is to become an Adventurer? You've just gotten back after we all thought you were dead and now you're saying you want to go get yourself killed out there? No way! Absolutely not. "

Mother was on the verge of tears while she said this. She had never been good at controlling her emotions. Eleanor was beside her, clutching onto her leg. 

"Mama, don't be angry. Bruders not bad! Uuu... Mama, don't cry. "

Why did that idiot not discuss becoming adventures with me before, we didn't have time to set up any arguments if we convinced father first he could've helped us convince mother, but now we have to improvise.

Director Goodsky had left the manor after my announcement. I could tell she still wanted to ask us a lot of questions but we excused ourselves to have a family talk. We were currently inside our parent's room with mother standing up in front of us, forbidding us to even think about doing anything remotely dangerous. 

Father was a bit more rational. I could tell he didn't like the idea as well, but he couldn't really see any reason for us not to be an adventurer besides our age. 

I wasn't going to debate with my mother. She was saying all of this because she was worried and I could never blame her for that. It was something I had expected and I wanted to slowly ease her into the idea, but the meeting with Director Goodsky threw the timing off of everything. 

After being silent the whole time, my father finally spoke up. "Honey, let's hear Arthur out at least. I'm not saying I agree with them becoming adventurers but don't you think we should at least listen to what he has to say?"

"How can you still say that after what happened that day!" My mother yelled, breaking down into a fit of sobs. 

I looked to my father for answers, curious about what she was talking about, but he simply shook his head and comforted my mother. It seemed like a good hour before she had calmed down enough for us to speak again.

Arthur grabbed our mother's hands."Mom. We weren't planning on leaving tomorrow. We were looking forward to spending a few months at home with you guys."

She was still silent, but her face softened a little at that, Arthur and I just gave her a warm smile, Sylvie and Azrael followed suit and began licking her hand. 

"What I meant by becoming an adventurer was so that I can get some experience. After being in the Elf Kingdom for three years, I missed a lot about what I should know about this world of ours. I just thought that becoming an adventurer would be the best way to gain some practical experience," Arthur urged, not letting go of Mother's hands. 

"I understand where you're coming from, Arthur. Although I was a bit older, I was also itching to get some real-life experience in fighting as soon as I awakened as a mage," he reminisced. "But your mother is also right in that it is dangerous and unpredictable."

My mother nodded her head vigorously at this. I stayed silent for a little bit as I pondered. Finally having enough of Arthur's poor persuasion skills, I voiced out an alternative solution.

"Dad. Mom. What if we were to have some sort of guard or supervisor with us? Would that make you feel a bit more at ease with this whole idea?"

"..." Hmm... You know, that's not a bad idea." I could almost see the gears in my father's headwind as he began thinking of potential candidates. 

"B-but... I still won't be able to see you for three years!" My mother began to protest again. 

Shaking my head, I say to her. "Mom, we're not going to go on long trips or go on dangerous missions to faraway places. We'll try to come back every few months, maybe even more frequently than that, depending on what we do. "