"Oh my wife is going to be so happy once she hears that you apologised. Ohhhhhhh, such a happy day..." Geius was hugging Crus for quite some time, while crying tears of joy, just like he had found his long-lost son after years. This image was, in a way, sweet for Soren, but for Matt this image was bizarre and illogical, while for Lavenza, she felt a bit envious since she saw a lot of love and affection for Crus from his grandpa and she wanted some from Soren, but she felt like she didn't have the courage to ask.
"Honestly, what is going on anymore? This definitely takes the cake for the most bizarre thing I have seen in my life. Not even that party from 3 years ago was that bizarre and that literally had a song that forced you to somehow dance upside-down. I don't even know how is this even possible, but somehow, Soren, you somehow pulled a miracle and then some. Wait until Rohan hears about this. My bet on his reaction will be complete shock before he faints." Matt said in complete disbelief.
"You could always keep to yourself and no one is going to be none the wiser?" Soren said back to Matt a bit sarcastically.
"Keep this to myself? No way. This story is definitely getting out. You know how much is worth a good story." Matt said a bit angrily.
"In my opinion though, this is a story that doesn't need to see light of the day. Besides, would anyone believe it or even accept it in the first place?" Soren said casually. This sight was definitely bizarre for the average person, so even Soren had a bit of a hard time believing it, even though he was pretty open-minded for anything that came down his way.
"But still, even as a rumor or a fairy-" Just as Matt was going to retort back, he was suddenly interupted by Soren.
"I think we talked long enough about this topic. Case and point, we don't speak about anymore." Soren said with a serious look in his eyes.
"Still, I can't believe that the jackpot crab was a relative to such a fearsome being. Sometimes you forget this world is so massive, yet it can be so small at times. At least let's tell Rohan the story. It should cheer him up after the pummeling we got from before." Matt said with a happy expression on his face.
"Pummeling? What happened to Rohan to get a pummeling?" Soren asked curiosly.
"That guy happened. We were looking for the big one and suddenly he attacked us out of nowhere. If it wasn't for the fact that he was looking for that, we may have not been able to survive that encounter." Matt said a bit jokingly.
"It seems like you are pretty fine considering what happened a little ago." Soren said with a smug expression.
"Hey, I'm just the kind of guy who adapts fast to the situation. If it is a serious situation, I have to bring my serious tone, same with breakes such as this. I am not the kind of guy who ruins the mood. Now my brother, he is an entirely different story." Matt shrugged as he said casually.
"Save that story for after we get out of this forest." Soren said a bit seriously.
*ring* *ring*
*ring* *ring*
"Wait a minute." Matt said that before he picked the shellphone in his bag.
"Hello?"
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"It's you Rohan. What's the situation?"
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"Mhmm. Yes."
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"I see."
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"Yeah I found him a little while ago."
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"The situation has been sorted. We will catch up to you later."
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"Got it. Meet you there. Take care."
After that last sentence, Matt put away the shellphone and said:
"Alright, enough standing around kid. Time to move. The others should be on the way back to CC."
"CC? What happened?" Soren asked curiously.
"This area is completely off-limits as of now, just got the update from Rohan and him and the guys with him just left their camp and started making their way toeards Crystalia City." Matf explained.
"I see. Guess we can't linger around anymore. Hey, Crus! We have to leave now. Take care." Soren said seriously before he raised his voice.
"Oh, why are you leaving?" Crus asked curiously.
"The forest is off-limits right now and we have to leave. You should probably leave as well you two. I don't if guards will appear in this area or any strong guys, but you probably don't want to stick around here anymore." Soren explained.
"Oh, I see. Guess we can't have more fun today. Still, if you ever decide to pass by my home, you are always welcome in my place. Am I right gramps?" Crus asked happily.
"Hmmm... As long as you don't come uninvited, you are always welcome in my home. And Crus, you still have a punishment waiting for you. You may have said sorry, but you still be punished. After all, you left from home without telling anyone, don't expect to be unpunished." Geius said seriously.
"Aw man. Not again. Guess I'm in for a world of pain. Still, it was pretty fun today Soren. So do come by if you ever get the chance." Crus said as he felt a bit sad, but satified as well. He did feel like it was great day.
"Take care guys." Just as Soren said that, the five of them split up, with Soren, Matt and Lavenza going towards Crystalia City and Crus and King Geius going deeper in the forest.
As they split up, Soren remembered the party from before and decided to disband it since he didn't have a use for it anymore, but he felt a bit hesitant. After that he decided to ask the system something.
'System, is it possible to have multiple parties?'
[Depending on the amount of party members on your party, you can have multiple parties, but no more than 5 party members at a time.]
'So what would happen if I tried to make a party, if I already had a party with 5 party members, excluding myself, would I be able to make a party?'
[No, the limit is 5 party members, regardless if they are the same person in two different parties.]
'Glad to know I can have multiple parties. So I can still have a party with another 3 members at most. Still, why is the system done like this? Well this is the system and I'm not its creator, I'm just a user and knowing this kind of stuff is way beyond me.'
*sigh*
The one who sighed was Lavenza and her expression was pretty gloomy. Soren didn't notice it before since he was pretty occupied with the conversation, but now that he wasn't occupied, he saw Lavenza having a pretty sad expression and decided to comfort her.
"Don't worry Lavenza, we will meet again with them again in the future. So don't make such a gloomy face." Soren tried to comfort her, but Lavenza looked like she didn't even care at all in the first place.
'She wasn't sad with Crus leaving, but why is she sad then? I doubt she would want any specific items, then what could it be?' Soren thought to himself while looking at the depressed Lavenza.
'Could it be...? If it is, honestly this girl is pretty greedy.' Soren thought happily once he realised what she might have wanted. After that, he decided to hug her from behind and said:
"If you are gloomy because you wanted a hug, you could have just said so. So then, why didn't you say anything? Don't tell me you are embarassed to ask for a hug?" Siren said jokingly. Lavenza was pretty embarassed about this situation, although she felt very happy that Soren noticed, she decided to make it a bit harder for him by acting like she was still upset.
"Kyuu~." She said with an upset expression and looked away from Soren.
Soren was a bit suprised by Lavenza's reaction but if he hadn't noticed that quick movement on Lavenza's mouth, he would have thought she didn't to be hugged. After that, he said:
"You are quite the greedy little girl, aren't you? Fine, then you are not leaving from my arms until I'm satified. If you want to eat, you have to while I'm hugging you. If you want to sleep, you have to sleep while I'm hugging you and so on. If you want to be a cheeky little sister, then you'll have a clingy big brother." Soren said happily. After that sentence, Lavenza suddenly felt like she nearly skipped a beat and couldn't resist the temptation to have a clingy brother, so she decided to just hug back Soren.
Meanwhile, Matt just felt like a third wheel to this entire situation and thought:
'Couldn't you two do this in private or something. Uhhh... Let them have it Matt and don't think about it. Just ignore it. Just. Ignore it.'
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"And so the trio continued making their way towards Crystalia City." A man with black hair and eyes with a lab robe and glasses said happily, while he was writing those words on a blue book before he looked at the projection of Soren, Matt and Lavenza.
"Don't let me down. My champion."