Ah... Is that the monster we are looking for?" Yuki asked.
"Mmm... I think so." said Ai.
"It's really cute, can we keep it?" Yuki asked.
"Eih?"
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A while later, outside the entrance of Secret Base.
"Care to explain what is that?" said Ben as he pointed at the gigantic sand storm that is too big to enter the base.
"Its name is Sandy." said Yuki.
And Ai nodded, obviously they don't plan to explain it to Ben.
"Ah... I see. Just make sure it's under control." said Ben before sighed and walked back into the base entrance.
At the same time, Training hall.
The mock fight had ended with Seito blowing the whole place up with his dragon spirit, Flamme. No one injured thanks to the special protection mechanism of the training hall. Sky and Maria walked towards them as the damaged area slowly restored on its own.
Then, Sky handed that piece of octagonal star gemstone to Itsuki.
"To be honest, I definitely don't know what is the function of this gemstone, but I believe it might be useful for you." said Sky.
Despite of being a bit confused, Itsuki still accepted that gemstone from Sky...
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"Uhm... What's that thing outside the main entrance?" Sky asked.
"Well, it looks like the girls had got themselves a mount." said Ben.
"A mount?" Sky asked, rather hard to accept.
"Yes, and as you can see, it is indeed a sandworm." said Ben.
"Ah... Haha..." Sky laughed awkwardly.
"But it's really impressive to know that they are such talented animal tamers." said Ben.
"True." said Sky.
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Later, night time. Ben's room.
Surprisingly, Ben did not share a room with Hoshe but instead, he shared a room with Junior, which makes Junior a bit confused.
"Dr. Ben, why did Dr. Hoshe unwilling to share a room with you? Aren't both of you are siblings? And I overheard your conversation with Sky and Maria in the training room. I'm wondering, is there any hidden issue between you and Dr. Hoshe?" Junior asked, rather curious.
"Well, it's not really a hidden issue..." said Ben.
Meanwhile, Jason's room. Jason is sharing a room with Hoshe and he is wondering about the same issue as Junior did.
"I had been knowing that you and Dr. Ben are siblings ever since I started serving Master Chris, but I have never seen both of you acting like siblings all these years, are there any issues between you and Dr. Ben?" Jason asked, not just curious, he felt that this information is very important especially knowing what Lex did days ago.
"Well... There is something that happened..." said Hoshe. And so, with no doubt, let's start another past story!
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Once upon a time... Yes, once upon a time... There was a legendary healer with the name Shiya. After his dearest lord passed away, he wandered from town to town, villages to villages as a traveling doctor. In his seemingly endless journey, he met an orphaned boy that was very interested in learning his medical knowledge and art of healing, that boy is so passionate that Shiya decided to take him in as his pupil as well as adopting as his son. That boy's name is Hoshe.
Hoshe was very clever and talented as a kid, Shiya liked him a lot and taught him lots of different knowledge especially medical knowledge, and Hoshe learned most of it very easily. Hoshe was really proud of himself and thought that there is one day that he will succeed Shiya's title as the legendary healer, but it seems like the fate doesn't agree with it.
About three years after Shiya adopted Hoshe, Shiya met a lady of his fate and married her. Not long after the marriage, Shiya's son, Ben was born. Inherited his father's talent and intelligence, Ben is three times more talented than Hoshe in learning medical knowledge and the art of healing. However, Shiya did not have any intentions of letting Ben to inherit his career as Ben was born with a genetic sickness as Shiya had.
Anyway, the birth of this younger brother made Hoshe felt inferior despite the fact that Shiya treats both of them with equal love. Hoshe felt that this little brother is more qualified to be Shiya's successor instead of himself, so he decided that he needs to improve himself more and prove to Shiya that he can be more capable than Ben despite no one expected him to do so.
Shiya, who had noticed that negative thought of Hoshe decided to keep quiet about it as he knows that he is going to let Hoshe to succeed in his career instead of Ben. However, this decision of Shiya is one of the reasons that slowly led him to his own death...
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That day was the fifth year after his partial retirement and separated with his sons as well as those trios he was helping out with all the time. Shiya was having his quiet and peaceful life in a small rural village. All of a sudden he received an emergency message from his previous servant, Clay Figure A, in short Clay. Clay told Shiya that his elder son had caused a gravely mistake in another town. Hoshe had caused an outbreak of curse magic when he was trying some advanced and risky healing techniques that involved some meddling with natural laws. Due to the impact of the outbreak, Hoshe was facing a potential execution if the problem cannot be resolved...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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