While looking up, Nihan was surprised by Eren's gaze. This child, who was just a baby, could already use a strange magic. On outside nothing could be seen but in Nihan's gazes he saw something interesting. In a brief glance, he noticed Eren's long, tall and healthy body, and the tiny whiteness in his hair.
He smiled strangely. It wasn't one of his usual stupid smiles. It was the smile of someone who had traveled the world for a long time and had found a treasure that he had seen from a distance once. It was too much time ago and even he had a hard time to remember those days. But he was sure. For a time, he saw that creature and run away with horror. After all these time, the destiny made him found that creature's harf breed human descendant.
It was almost too perfect to be true!
He scratched his head after looking to the Eren and looked back to sky. He finally concentrated on the creature that was about to land. There were three people on the back of the big bird. Two were adults, the other was just a little girl.
One of the adults was like an old and commen warrior. He was short, and was a man who undertook animal riding job which generally demanding brute force. He was around 50.
The man in his twenties who jumped to the ground with a noble attitude in front of him seemed as strong as the man who is old. But some of the things in his movements showed him to be a higher-ranking or a low level aristocrat.
Finally the little girl with them. And ohh, she was certainly a pure noble! She was only 9-10 years old. But she was already about to be a novice. She seemed to be already in level 8 of the air element, and something in her aura and her already fortified body had signs of nobility or a rich family. Her body had been strengthened by some special techniques. If theere are just one or two it would be ok, but her body was full of medicines and talismans. Nihan was almost sure. There was no need to be genius to understand that she wasn't from a simple family. Also Nihan had met so many noble children in the past.
In addition, the girl was completely natural, with an elegant and noble aura, unlike the man who moved in a sharp and contrived manner only after strengthening and gaining rank in military. But little girl already had the perfect signs and doesn't have to "act" noble. She wasn't acting at all.
Nihan finally remembered the name of this clan but didn't show it outside. "Dina Clan" they must be. He hadn't met with the people of Dina Clan for so long.
He put his usual stupid smile on his face. Nihan was very afraid to show his true identity in front of these people. It would be nice to finish this situation without any inconvenience if necessary.
When Nihan thought of these, Eren focused more on the giant creature than the people going down.
Giant beak, prey yellowish eyes, very long and strong wings and all the feathers covering the top of the spines, this animal was very interesting!
As if the wings, which allowed the bird to fly, formed a complex structure for both flying and attacking at the same time. Maybe it would be logical in a movie or a book, but in real life, this creature was almost againts all the biology classes he had in Earth! Eren was upset for a single second :/
Overall this creature was a combination of a little bit chicken, some budgerigar and just a tiny bit swan.
There was a long neck. It was even possible to carry budgerigar genes due to this greenish and mostly blue outer hairs on it's head. Eren wondered evolutionistly about what allowed this creature to grow and became like this. He was very impressed by the animal, and the real scary part was its size. It was firstly too huge to move, not even thinking it's flying capabilities.
"How is it possible fly? It is not scientific at all. Weird as fuck!"
It's height was about 5 meters up to 6 meters. It was at least 4-4.5 meters wide, and there was a hard killing aura spreading from it's body. For Eren, that animal was a threat capable of swallowing him in one single bite. So when the creature came down and people jumped over it, Eren was ready to jump to the side and escape among the houses. He could walk behind houses, run to the altar and hide. He didn't care what would happen to Nihan.
The young and tall warrior, who descended from the back of the creature, looked away from the sky. "I think we can't even catch up with it now. We'll slow down for a while, but I really wanted to catch him." If he hadn't had that big sword on his back, he could have been a movie star with this handsome face. Eren shook his head, destroying the funny idea.
The old and shorter man next to him stayed with the bird and watched Eren and Nihan with careful eyes. He didn't think this duo can be threats. If he thought, he would never leave his young Lady.
The young soldier walked along with the girl without leaving her even for a second. They slowly approached Nihan and soldier saluted after checking out the Lady beside him. "Hi old friend. I'm a captain of the Dina clan. My name is Richard. The lady in my side is one of the descendants of my Clan."
Nihan also greeted with respect. "Nice to see you, people of Dina. But I can't say, "welcome to you. Look at the damage your bird made in village."
The captain also noticed the situation and he answered in a savvy but harsh voice. "We can afford all the damage. In fact, I could also help with repairs, but my clan doesn't belong to this region. It wouldn't be appropriate to intervene to your village."
Eren approached Nihan a step and spoke in a low voice. "Say something above the price you guessed, because we don't know the exact size of the damage. It is fair this way."
Eren lightly declared his opinion in a commercial way and stepped back to take his place again. This movement and his speech attracted all the gazes on him. Especially soldiers liked his sharp and smart eyes. Eren, who looked like 8 years old, was a completely normal boy from the outside, with the exception of the weirdness of his hair and the intelligence in his eyes. They appreciated the boy's clever eyes and what he said.
But because Nihan didn't like the eyes of the men, "On average, half of the village has 60 houses. If we consider the construction and time period of this repair also the housing requirements for a short time, 50 gold will be sufficient." He quickly ended his thoughts in his mind and spoke. But as he spoke, he looked at Eren an instant. In fact, the expenses would be around 30 gold at most. But it became 50 fucking gold by the words of this little child.
The soldier had no hesitation in making money out of his pocket only after spending time to scratch his chest a bit. Soldier gave fifty little pieces of gold one by one, and then put his pouch back in his pocket.
Eren was surprised to see that the gold was not as big as he thought. He imagined the golden coins like normal coin sizes. Or some immitations of gold coins from fantasy movies! But reality was different and more logical. These golds were smaller, lighter and easier to carry. They took up less space. Eren smiled slightly, thinking he was still ignorant about such a simple matter about this world.
"The movies I've been watching were too childish and ridiculous."
Although the other soldier who cared for the bird, Nihan did feel like ask a question, he couldn't help himself; "How did you annoy a powerful wild beast like before?"
The old soldier turned his head and smiled.
"We came across this monster on a small field really close to here. My lady wanted us to catch the monster.
Normally, we are likely to encounter a lot of monsters, but the air element's monsters are different. Let's pass the idea of catching them, even the possibility of encounter is very low compared to others. This kind of dangerous creature becomes ten times stronger and ten times harder to find! "
Nihan shook his head and smiled. In fact, when it comes to the 10-to-1 ratio, a 2-to-1 ratio was more accurate, but he didn't say a word because he didn't want to offend the military of a little clan.
It wouldn't be a bad thing if an old soldier wanted to make an image in front of a simple peasant. He wanted to make them think, the creature he was pursuing was "extremely" rare, egzotic and dangerous.
Nihan looked at the boy next to him and called out. "Let your parents know, everybody can come back."
Eren nodded and looked at the bird for the last time, ignoring the ones behind him, and then turned to a strange point near him. He used energy while his clothes were fluctuating and jumped using the "Restricted Walk".
He quickly disappeared from view with a small body and unexpected speed! At that moment he was agile as a little cat, but was running around the river straight into the river. After him, the soldiers and the girl looked after the child. Their mouths become wide open. It was actually quite funny.
The grumpy and low-ranking soldier next to the animal stepped forward and tried to look more carefully at Eren. Even the noble soldier approached Nihan and when he opened his mouth another sound was heard ...
"How old is this child?" The thin, curious voice from the side led Nihan to turn his head. He looked at the noble girl with the short brown hair. "She needs to be eight by now."
She shook her head and dove into thought. She was probably comparing Eren to her own level and her age. After thinking for a few seconds, she spoke again. She sounded confident. "He is a genius."
Nihan tried to elevate his smile and answer innocently. "I don't think my Lady-
"He is a genius! I am seen as a very talented novice-magician amongst my family, peers, even among other families and clans in our area. Even though I am ten years old, I am only a seventh level wind novice. But this child is only eight years old and has not exceeded the limit of "lvl 10" and also learned at least two magic techniques. There is no other explanation. He is a true genius! "
The girl remained breathless for a moment, but then quickly recovered. She looked with excitement and curiosity. She was staring as though she could still see the boy on the road which Eren run to.
Young Captain at her side was also thinking. He thought what her lady said was probably true.
"Time to leave, my lady." Noble soldier didn't want to waste time. Maybe he thought he might still find the monster. Maybe he just wanted to come home. Who knows?
Even though the lady was reluctant, she made the soldiers relieved with not saying no. Soldiers didn't want a simple child from a little village to confuse their Lady. She was still young and naive. It was best to be safe.
Two soldiers first sat and made the little girl sat on the most feathery but safest place. The safety of the girl was ensured by the strap-like parts standing underneath them. A few seconds later, they taken off with a great force. After they disappear Nihan started laughing.
"Hahaha ... They left before they learning this village was a Grandi Village. I even gave them a chance. They had to stay a little longer.
They found and left one of the Mysterious Villages of Grandies. They are really unlucky! Hahaha... "
Nihan wanted to send the child to the altar without trio notice anything weird about about Eren. But he didn't think the idiot Eren would use two spells while showing of. If he did think this possibility, he would never said something to the little boy.
In the end, Eren was a child with monster blood like that bird. He was a hybrit like it. Though the estimates of Nihan were true, the creature that had the blood of Eren was a species that ate those birds as snack before the breakfast.
Compared to these pet-animals, a real monster was as different as "gods and little ants"!
While his smile was being erased, the deadly cold gaze appeared on Nihan's face. He felt for the first time the excitement and seriousness of encountering a heir with whom he had been looking for all his life but never been able to find. For the first time he wanted to get someone so seriously.
He started to make plans for the boy he was waiting for. But he still didn't know the craziness of Eren yet.
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