"Guards! Summon Uncle Brown for me, tell him it's an important matter that can't be delayed.." Mila's voice echoed across the large house, which made all the servants and guards frightened, they started to jump out of the windows and doors to look for Uncle Brown.
"I don't know what you're up to, but everything will be revealed soon..." Mila looked deeply at Robin then went to sit on the main seat and closed her eyes, Robin shrugged his shoulders and sat down in his previous seat like nothing had happened, signaling at Caesar to relax.
Caesar was almost going crazy... why did his father choose this particular woman if he knew that there might be problems? And why did he tell her about his age and he made her angry even more?
Ten minutes passed in intense silence...
Finally, an old man's voice echoed "What do you want, girl, to call me from the bar like this? Don't you know that an old man like me should-...hmm...?" His words were interrupted when his eyes fell on a smiling young man.
"You..it's you!! But your bones age...? How!?" The memories of the strong are strong as well, and his existence had already left a profound impression on him when he saw Robin at the outer beast zone all those years ago.. he knew it was Robin the moment he saw him.
"It's good that you're here Uncle Brown, that brat says he was my age when we met in the Outer Beast Zone, is that right?'
Uncle Brawn sighed, then shook his head "...no."
"Hmph! As I expected, you're just a swindler and-"
"He was a year younger than you."
"...."
"...…"
"Uncle Brown.. this isn't funny at all.." after a moment of silence, Mila shifted her from the smiling Robin to her uncle
" Do you see me laughing? the boy was really 14 when you met him, I didn't want to tell you then so you wouldn't get obsessed with him and walk away from the path your father laid for you." He shook his head and admitted.
All this with Robin sitting next to him nodding his head and smiling like he was listening to music, and Caesar sitting on the edge of the chair with his eyes wide open as if he was watching a play
"A full year younger.. Stronger by a full level.. ha..hahaha.. all those years I thought I am the most talented in my age group for the past few centuries. but you are telling me that my thoughts were already nonsense since I was a teenager؟ you knew and didn't tell me?!" Her chest shook as she pointed at her uncle and shouted.
Mila took a few seconds to control her breathing and sat down again, then looked at Robin "What's your name? what is your real age? how do you change your bone's age? what are you really doing here? and why did you decide to expose yourself to me?"
"I think the first and second questions can be answered together, I'm Robin Burton, do you still remember the name?" Robin said softly.
"Robin..Robin..ah! The person I was going to challenge when I met you? ..this really explains a lot and will confirm your true age and that you are not some monster shape shifter who lived for thousands of years... of course that's IF you are honest!
Uncle Brown, use our fastest communication bird and have one of our followers near Jura go into town and try to get some old man there to paint a picture of Robin Burton, make him say he's making a book about geniuses or something" Uncle Brown nodded and quickly retreated
"hmm may I continue? as for your third question, you can say that I ate a strange herb and came back to how I am now."
"But that's not the truth, is it?" Mila said sarcastically
"Maybe, but that's the only answer you'll get from me. "Robin shrugged his shoulders " for your fourth question.. as you can see, my little brother and I are weak now and I can't find a place to take shelter until we get stronger, so I came to you to collect your debt. My request is that you Protect me and my brother and provide a decent place to train with some recourses for five years."
"Why do you think I would agree?" Mila narrowed her eyes, where is this guy getting his confidence from?
"A girl of your stature, talent, and strength would not risk losing her peace of mind because of Breaching your oath, especially if my requirements are this low.
And for your last question...I chose to expose my talent to you to maximize your investment in me as much as possible" Robin said with a smile.
"Are you saying I should invest in someone who might grow to be stronger than me?" Mila raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Are you afraid of competition?"
Afraid of competition? of course not! As a teenager, she was jumping from duchy to duchy to find geniuses at her age and beat them up. Her legend spread like wildfire until she became the prime of her generation and no one dared to accept her challenges again... In addition, the current power gap between her and Robin is so huge that it is impossible for him to catch up.
"Smart..you and your brother can sleep in one of the empty rooms while we wait for the drawing from Jura city, you are not allowed to leave before it arrives" Mila stated while a slight killing intent flashed in her eyes, causing Caesar to swallow his saliva automatically.
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After that thorny conversation, a servant came to escort Robin and Caesar to one of the largest rooms in the house where the two lived in lavishly for two days, Or in a more accurate sense, Robin who lived lavishly while Caesar was counting every breath, afraid of what would happen if something went wrong with the painting.
After two days, the drawing finally arrived from the city of Jura. Mila examined it for a few minutes, then sighed and summoned Robin and Caesar.
"Looks like you're right.. your real age and identity are confirmed, you were really more talented than me at the time, interesting! I'd like to see if you'll achieve that same level in the second chance you get for yourself! Now, tell me exactly who do you expect me to help?" Mila said with indifferent eyes,
" I already said I need a protection and enough cultivation resourced for five years, these are nothing to you, right? But I know I can't stay here in you place, nor can't I placed in some safe house as well, this will attract too much attention..." Robin smiled and then added, " How about that, get me in any place where the teenagers of my age normally gather, but tell the man in charge to NOT put me in the same category with them."
"The teenagers of YOUR age? you mean the Infirmary? hehe... Alright, I agree to your terms, I will use my name to send you and your little brother to the best martial institution in the duchy, it is the place where the sons of our nobles gather, you can study there for ten years, as for the resources... I will dedicate a hundred gold coins per month for each of you, is that appropriate?" Mila said calmly.
But when those words fell in Caesar's ears he was shocked. 100 gold coins a month! Even selling the skin of a level 14 monster, suitable for making middle-grade weapons and armor, didn't earn him that much!
"Haha, you did not disappoint me, Mila, uh.. I mean Aunt Mila.. I assure you that you will not regret your decision."
"Shameless! Who do you call aunt? you are my age! Servant, Take these two and throw them at the martial institution, oh.. give this message to the uncle Felix there"