The Place Where I Belong

Chapter 9

Previously...

"Hyung, please don't forget to rest. You look haggard." Alex said that made Rock caresses his face. I'm still looking normal, he thought. "Take care of yourself."

He could only sigh thinking about how their conversation went. If he can make the trip faster, he will visit them in the 2nd week.

"I'll go now."

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"Sir Rock, how are you?" Freesia, in her disguise, approached the newly arrived young man and greeted him. She soon guides him to the site where the planned branch inn is located.

The branch inn is already in process of building. He doesn't need to wait for it to finish, he can leave it to Freesia and to the future manager he selected. After 3 days of travels, he needs to find a place to rest first.

And then, he proceeds in doing his motive. He brought sacks of bread and went to the slum. He planned to obtain the ancient power that has power to protect and it took him 2 days to finally get the shield by overcoming the test it had.

He finds it weird because the ancient power 'the glutton' keeps talking to his mind. But he has no time to think about that. After obtaining one, he planned to obtain another.

His travel is only limited until 2 weeks or month since he has stuff to do back in the Eastern Continent. Travel after travel, obtaining ancient power then another. It kept repeating until he obtained 3 of them.

The Unbreakable Shield. Glutton.

The Vitality of the Heart. Crybaby.

The Sound of the Wind. Thief.

After all of that, we went back to the Henituse Territory. He left some things on there that he needed on his trip back home and aside from that, he needed to check on someone from Harris Village. The protagonist.

But what would happen if the protagonist is already there? Will he meet the guy? Or maybe not? Whatever it is, he wishes not to. That would bring him in trouble.

Maybe because he kept thinking what would happen if he ever met the protagonist that he didn't notice the kid and bumped into him.

He looked down and met brown eyes glaring at him. The kid was sitting on the ground so he tried to at least help him and to apologize.

"I apolo— gies?"

The kid just scowled and said. "Look where you're going." Before he left.

That made Rock frowned a little. He knew it was his fault but that's not it. Before the kid left, he noticed visible bruises under the extravagant clothes that accidentally lifted earlier.

But it's not for Rock to meddle someone's life.

He decided to ignore it. Especially, the crimson red hair color that the kid hides under his hat.

When he arrived at the village. He saw a lovely one. A village who is destined to get destroyed in the future, for the awakening of the hero. That's a cliche part, typical novel. {I found it sad though.}

He felt welcome the moment he stepped within the village, they're hospitable.

It is somehow familiar to the scenery from Leeb-an City, they are lively but this village is more like a big family.

Strolling for about an hour, he found no protagonist.

He must be still away from the wall at this point, he thought. Then, he shot a glance to the big wall that separates the Forest of Darkness from the Raon Kingdom and mostly from Harris Village.