From the time that I blacked out till the time I woke up it was about an hour.
With my body still aching all over, and ribs still broken even though my body went through whatever that dragon did to me, it didn't heal my wounds.
I got up and pushed thorough the pain and made my way back to my shitty 1 person apartment that most people wouldn't be caught dead in. It has a small space for my bed a fridge and small 1 burner stove and a tiny bathroom all for around 300 yen a month.
As I walk up the stairs to the second floor of the building, my apartment is room 203. I am trying not to make eye contact with the strange characters that live here full time, that mostly deal and do drugs. make it top my door and quickly shove the key in the lock, unlock the door and rush inside. Once inside I make sure to dead bolt and lock my door just to be safe.
It is only around 8 o'clock at night, but considering everything that has happened it feels a lot later. I got the gauze and first aid kit out of the cupboard which has seen a lot of use.
(knock-knock)
Before I can get to dressing my wounds their is a knock at the door which is unusual because of the type of neighborhood I am at.
"Brat, open up."
"Oh it's just you old man."-Ryuji
Unlocking the door and the older man walks in with a stern look on his face. The man is around 45 years old well built with a lot of muscle still all around his body. Which indicates that he is a hunter and is still going on dungeon raids.
The man notices that Ryuji has the gauze out and has blood on his clothes. He doesn't say anything, forces him to sit in the chair and he starts dressing his wounds. he doesn't even get upset with him.
He just simply asks "Your still getting bullied, you know you can live with us right."
"Yea I know father in law but, I cant right now."-Ryuji
His father-in-law sighs "your mother is worried about you and so is SHE."
"Even though she is mad at me because we haven't spoken in years but are still engaged."-Ryuji
The old man didn't say anything to this he just sadly thought in his heart, (That's because she is the one that brought up getting engaged, and she is mad because you don't talk to her about anything. She loves you to much.)
"You know I keep getting marriage proposals from huge and power families right."
"Well she is the most beautiful girl in the country, and our engagement hasn't been made public yet."-Ryuji
The old man finished cleaning and dressing his wounds and gets up without saying a word, opens the door and before he leaves he says.
"I just came to check on you, and I know you are weak but she nor does my our family care about that. But for now we will keep it a secret, but it wont be to long before people start to figure it out."
Then without hearing his response he walks out the door down the stairs to his bodyguard and gets into his car. It is a Beautiful grey Rolls-Royce Phantom, which indicates that this man and his family are insanely wealthy and will never hurt for money for generations.
Meanwhile Ryuji is inside still thinking on what the old man said (Yea I know you guys don't care but how can I protect her and stand on equal footing with her, for that I need to get stronger. then we can announce to everyone that we are together.)
***
In the car on his way home, while the old man was thinking about what to do to bring his son in law back home his phone rings, its a blocked number. He is a world class hunter so he thought it was from the hunters association about a powerful gate appearing so he answered the call.
"Hello."
"Ah Mr. Frost, this is Aldrich Frieden."
"Oh and what does the respectable ruler of the Frieden Kingdom wish to speak to me about." -Mr. Frost
"Well my son is at the marrying age and I know that he fancies your daughter so I was calling to talk about an engagement between the two."-Aldrich
Old man Frost thought to himself ( You just want he because she is strong and good looking, I know what kind of womanizer your son is don't think I don't know about all those swept under the rug assault cases.)
"Well unfortunately we aren't really looking for a marriage partner for her right now, plus she is a grown woman she can decide on who she wants to marry herself."-Mr. Frost
"Well I'm sorry to her that but kids these days don't know what they want so we have to help them don't you agree."-Aldrich
"Whatever the case may be we still aren't looking for a marriage partner for her right now. "-Mr. Frost
"That's unfortunate but i hope you know that I will not give up, our two families should become one and become a world powerhouse..... Goodbye Mr. Frost."-Aldrich
"Goodbye Mr. Frieden."- Mr. Frost
He hung up the phone and rubs his hands on his temples to try and ease the headache that the phone call gave him when his bodyguard who was driving the car, and also heard the phone call asked.
"What should we do Sir, that is a big and powerful family that has their own country."-Bodyguard
"We cant ignore them forever and soon they will come to Japan to make the request in person which will be hard to refuse by then. Hopefully the brat can pull something out and save her by then."- Mr. Frost
The bodyguard shook his head in agreement and kept on driving home.
The reason that the bodyguard could not only listen to the phone call but also voice his opinion was because he ahs been with the family for years and is also in his bosses raiding party. Which is one of the best and strongest in the entire country. He is an A-rank tank that has the power of an S-rank so he holds him in high regard ad is also his friend.