Chapter 28 – Legend of the Past (1/2)

Chapter 28 – Legend of the Past

“Roran, you will become the second Inheritor of the Blood Legacy.”

Silence.

The scene of an old man gently gazing at an eight-year-old child seemed to have frozen in space. The dark ebony hair of the child contrasted with the long silvery hair of the old man underneath the soft moonlight.

A surge of wind embraced them as their hair wildly fluttered in the dark of the night, and even the stream of time ceased to flow.

Calron’s heart violently thumped against his chest as he fixedly stared at his Master, and then his friend.

“What is your answer, my child.”

Elias faintly breathed out the words as he broke the standstill in time.

“I don’t know what the Blood Legacy is…”

Just as Elias was about to respond, Fatty continued on with a fierce determination on his face.

“But, if it will give me the power I want, then even if I have to sacrifice everything, I will accept it.”

Hearing the intense tenacity in Fatty’s words, Elias let out a low admiring laugh.

“Child, you will do just fine. With your determination, you will soon be able to grasp the power of the Blood Legacy. Both of you, take some rest and meet me early tomorrow morning and I will give you what you desire, Roran.”

“And take this, it will let you safely enter my home.”

Elias calmly stated as he flung a small wooden token towards Fatty. It was the same exact wooden disk that he had previously given to Calron to enter the area inside the Artifact.

“Calron, take care of him till then.”

With a brief glance towards Calron, Elias vanished into thin air!

Both boys stared stupefied at the scene.

It was not the fact that Elias had mysteriously disappeared into thin air, but it was that his speed was so fast that their eyes could not even keep track of his movements!

Just as Elias left, there was an air of awkwardness between the two boys.

“Uh, big brother, I…”

Fatty tried to fill the silence, but he did not know what to say.

Calron guessed what seemed to be troubling Fatty, as he gently responded.

“Fatty, it’s fine. Everyone has their secrets to keep, and besides, it makes no difference to me whether you are an Element-Less or not.”

“You really mean it?”

Fatty asked with a bright smile on his chubby face.

He had been worried that Calron might see him differently after finding out his secret, as who would want to befriend a cripple and a useless trash? He had previously seen Calron’s stunned face when the old man revealed his secret, so he thought Calron may have felt deceived by him.

Although, it had been only a short while since he met Calron, Fatty had never felt so close with anyone in his life, besides his big sister. If Calron had broken off their friendship, then Fatty would have been utterly devastated.

Seeing the range of emotions flicker on Fatty’s face, Calron jumped onto Fatty’s back and ruffled his hair playfully.

“You idiot! You think I would stop being friends with you just because of that? Who else will steal my food if you were gone?”

As Calron joked and teased him, Fatty laughed as he tried to get Calron off his back.

“That’s not true! I would never steal food from someone! Please don’t ruin my reputation, big brother!”

Fatty tearfully cried as Calron started tickling him.

“Eh? What about that biscuit you stole from the three-year-old girl this afternoon? You even pushed her!”