Chapter 10 - Motivation

"Ugh, my head hurts! Mom? Dad? where are you?!" yelled the boy

He looked around and couldn't find his parents but saw a magical beast that had a horse like appearance near him and promptly screamed.

"AHHH!"

"Could you be any louder boy?" said Lin

This however caused the boy to be stunned and caused his jaw to drop.

"you can talk!?" gaped the boy

"Of course I can" replied Lin

"But your not a saint ranked beast are you?" questioned the boy

"no I am not, but you can say that I'm a bit different from your usual magical beasts" said Lin

"uh.. so have you seen my parents?" questioned the boy

'Huh I guess that should've been expected, after all since he's so young his brain would try to bury the trauma' though Lin

"Try to remember what happened yesterday" ordered Lin

"uh.. okay...?" stuttered the boy"

The boy tried to recollect what happened the day before and was suddenly struck with flashes of memories.

"Do you remember now?" asked Lin

"All I remember was the caravan being attack and bandits... No Way!" gasped the boy

The boy stared at the ground for minutes before finally replying to Lin.

"My parents... their dead aren't they?" said the boy coldly

"Yes" said Lin.

It was a single word that Lin had said but it felt like the world was shattering beneath the boy as he let tears race down his cheeks.

"WHY, WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE THEM IF YOU SAVED ME!?!" screamed the boy.

"Don't be so presumptuous boy I only saved you because I found your actions interesting" scorned Lin.

This managed to cause the boy to pause and slowly allowed him to recollect himself.

"why did you bother even saving me? I'm completely normal and now my parents are dead too!" the boy asked.

"Well you might not remember it, but you fought like a beast and even tore off the ears of a 1st ranked bandit without any sort of powers yourself. But more importantly were your eyes, I could see the will to survive despite how hopeless the situation was" praised Lin.

This stunned the boy as he could not recollect doing anything like that at all, he hesitated for a moment before he asked " Who are you anyways?"

"Shouldn't you give others your name first, if your going to ask for theirs?" teased Lin.

"I asked first" whined the boy

"Alright, alright you can call me Lin, and whats your name?" said Lin

"My name is Qian Hu" said the boy