Lucas sat on the chair, placing his feet on the table in a relaxed position, and tilted his chair back slightly. He called over the waiter of the tavern. "Give me a regular meal with extra spice."
The waiter, still stunned by the scene that had unfolded, stuttered, "Y-yes, sir," and ran back.
After some time, the waiter returned with the order. Lucas lowered his legs as the waiter placed the meal in front of him. He took a taste. "Mediocre, but fine."
Lucas' POV:-
"This beast will integration is getting to my head. It's like I love to eat meat, but another thing I've started to love is spice and laziness," I thought as I picked the juiciest piece of meat.
"If this goes on, I'll soon get fat if I don't control it," I muttered.Suddenly, something moved inside my shirt.
"Cueeee," Ebon let out a sound as he peeked at the plate."Oh, why did I forget to order his too?"
I lifted my hand to call the waiter, "Oye, waiter." He came over, and I ordered the same thing again. He looked at Ebon and asked, "Is this your Bond?"
"Yes," I told him, feeding Ebon a piece about the size of his head."Is he a wombat?" the waiter asked.
I replied nonchalantly, "Yes.""Then he must be a mutated species."I nodded, and the waiter left.
I turned back to Ebon, who was eating from my plate calmly. "Personally, I think he's a pretty obedient child. I hope he doesn't turn out like me."
I petted Ebon. "He just hatched a week ago and is about as big as my arm but slim, so he gets overlooked as a bat."I muttered.
"So, what should I do? Should I go to the Dire Tombs or not? Considering the variables, if I don't do as the original Lucas did—betraying them, which isn't exactly wrong since he was a child—then the MC won't be forced to use his Beast Will to kill the monster, and Nico might not make it to the academy. Not exactly crucial, but still, a lot of variables. So should I go or just let Arthur handle it? If I don't go, there's a 90% chance he'll escape the dungeon without defeating the monster."I looked over to Ebon, who was smiling with a cute face.
"So, what do you think I should do?" I petted Ebon, and he suddenly moved upward and took a bite on my bare skin. "Ouch, that's not nice, little man."
"Cueee," I heard a voice in my head. I looked at Ebon, seeing him smile with a silly, beastly grin. "When did wyverns have that ability? I know young wyverns are considered AA rank monsters, with elders reaching SS, equivalent to dragons. Didn't only the MC's bond have that ability?"
I looked again at the wyvern sending cute voices in my head. "Well, whatever, he looks like a dumb child."I closed my eyes and muttered to Ebon,
"You, my child, can never be weak. They are strong." I moved back and vowed, "I'll turn you into something even stronger than a dragon. Then I'll ask them whose lesser they are, and they'll say, 'Ebon.'"
I laughed at my thought, drawing the attention of the whole tavern. "Sorry, sorry."
"But still, should I go?" I thought while rubbing my chin. "Yeah, I'll go. If they don't want to, I'll kill it. Wait, it's actually better this way. Yeah, then I'll destroy that core. Simple, no Agrona control."
I smiled, rubbing Ebon, who was hiccuping. "That's right, little guy. We're gonna change things up a bit."
Ebon responded with a happy "Cueee," and I couldn't help but chuckle."Alright, time to get moving," I said, finishing off the last piece of my meal.
I stood up and tossed a few coins with a bit of tip onto the table. The waiter, still wary, nodded as I walked past.Ebon clung to my shoulder as I exited the tavern.
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"Is that a wyvern?" the bearded man exclaimed in shock, his voice low, only meant for his friends.
The man with glasses adjusted his frames, shaking his head. "No, it can't be. I think it's a bat. Besides, I don't think that kid could have a wyvern as a bond."
The clean-shaven man nodded in agreement. "Yeah, no way a kid like that could handle a wyvern." "But these kids are dangerous didnt you saw what that masked one did." The beard man spoke, all of them nodded.
As they watched the retreating figure of the pale blonde-haired boy, the youngest AA-rank adventurer.
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"What's this one's price?" I asked, pointing to a vibrant blue core with a spiral shape.
"About 100 gold coins," the merchant replied as I scanned the 20 cores laid out on the table.
"And what about this one?" I inquired, picking up the blue one with the spiral.
"50, because it's a C rank," he answered.
"So, how many do you have in total?" I asked, looking up at him. The merchant, assuming I was just a curious kid, replied, "Three A ranks, seven B ranks, and ten C ranks."
"Okay," I nodded. "I'll buy them all."
The merchant nodded absentmindedly, then did a double take. "Wait, what did you say?"
"I'll buy them all," I repeated.
"Are you sure?" he stammered.
"Old man, now you're getting on my nerves," I snapped.
"I'm sorry, sorry. That'll be 1650 gold coins, with a discount, it'll be 1600," he said hastily.
I pulled out three bags of gold, totaling 1500 coins, and added another 100 from the pouch hanging at my side.
The merchant painstakingly counted the coins, taking his sweet time. When he was finally done, he wrapped the 20 cores in a cloth and handed them over.
I placed them all in my ring, turned on my heel, and left without another word.
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