Chapter 116: Welcome Home.

"Well, that went better than I expected," The old man said to himself and then walked over closer to where Haru was still sat down next to Luiya.

"So Mr Yang. What did you think of this meeting?" He asked and then leaned against the desk.

"Well. Honestly, I am so confused. Why did you bring me here again? I thought there would be a conflict between the demon clan and the human so you needed me as a witness?" Haru asked.

"Hey now, I didn't say that there would be any conflict. You assumed there would be all on your own. And that is something I wanted to show you.

I have seen it many times before. You were antagonised by two demons today. I wanted to show you that not all demons are bad before you start to judge the demon clan subconsciously.

When you told me you were from the lower realms I felt that I would need to show you this so you don't discriminate against demon clansmen. Since this is probably your first time meeting the demon clan, You might feel like they are all bad.

So what do you think?" The old man asked him.

"Well. You're right earlier I was starting to think that all demons were the same. But as you said after seeing how the elders are I think they are just like any other clan.

We all have uneducated children. It just seems like the demon clan has a lot of personal problems so they take it out on other people. But in my opinion that doesn't give them the right to act like that. And the next person regardless of what clan they are in who acts like those two demons did today will die." Haru said casually. He was still slightly confused though.

'What is she still doing here? It is really of putting having someone staring at me like this.' Haru thought as he felt Luiya's gaze on him when he spoke.

"I understand how you feel and I won't tell you what to do but I sense a strong bloodlust in you. I haven't seen this before of someone your age. I don't want to see it corrupt you. So please try not to act recklessly." The old man asked of Haru.

Can I ask you why you care so much? We haven't met before. I don't see why it is any of your business what I decide to do." Haru stated.

The gaze that Luiya was directed away from Haru and now up at the old man. She didn't know what to expect. For as long as she had been an elder this was the first time anyone had dared to question the temple master.

The temple master stood up straight and sighed.

"You remind me of my son when he was your age. I sent him out to train when he was around twelve years old and told him not to return until he felt like he had reached a bottleneck in his training.

I didn't expect him to come back after only two years and have the strength that it would usually take ten years to gather. I was proud of him at the time but there was something different about him. There was a deep bloodlust in his soul a lot like the one I am sensing in you now.

I just don't want to see anyone go down the same path that he did. But you seem like a kind young man so I am rooting for you." The old man explained.

"So you feel like I am similar to your son? Personally, I feel like I have pretty good control over my emotions. I feel like I have been a little too tolerant recently.

Let me ask you something.

If somebody came into your home and pointed weapons at your family and friends. What would you do?" Haru asked.

"I would kill them on the spot. Why do you ask?" The old man asked in return.

"Well, recently that very thing happened to me. I wanted to kill them but I didn't. I felt like it was the wrong thing to do even if they did break into my house.

But I also regret not killing them." Haru explained.

There was a long pause of silence before the old man spoke again.

"It seems like I judged you too quickly. But you should learn to understand this. With the little strength you have right now, It is safer to be forgiving. Don't act without weighing the consequences. The stronger that you get the less likely you are to have to deal with the consequences so keep that in mind." The old man advised him.

"Hm. I guess you are right. The main reason I came here wearing this mask is so that I don't have to deal with the after-effects of killing people. If I act too recklessly then someone much stronger than me is likely to try to kill me in return." Haru thought out loud.

"Yeah so try to remain patient for now. It will benefit you a lot more than acting on emotion. The whole situation with the demon clan isn't sorted out yet so I highly advise against fighting for a while. You will continue to be targeted until the demon elders have a meeting in a few days.

If you don't have anything important to do, you are more than welcome to stay here for a few days. I can give you a room to stay in until everything goes back to normal." The old man said and then looked at Luiya.

"No, it's okay. I will just go home and wait it out… Wait how do I go home?" Haru asked. He didn't ask Lao about that before he entered the portal.

The old man laughed.

"You came here without knowing how to get home? Now that is reckless. Follow me. I will show you where you need to go.

Luiya you can go back to whatever you were doing." The old man said and then walked out of the huge sliding door that they had entered through.

Haru followed close behind and then turned around to wave goodbye to Luiya but she had already vanished before he had the chance to.

He then followed the old man back down to the elevator and then back out into the courtyard. As they both walked through the crowd of people still waiting for the fight results Haru felt people glaring at him. He then looked over to see Jasper and Maya looking at him with a worried expression.

"Do you mind if I say goodbye to my friends quickly?" Haru stopped and asked.

"No, not at all. I will wait for you. Take your time." The old man replied.

"Okay, I won't be long," Haru said before walking over to Jasper and Maya.

"Is everything okay? Why are you with the temple master?" Jasper was the first to ask.

"Yeah, He was just showing me how to get home. I think I have had enough fun for one day." Haru smiled.

"Oh, you are heading home already? When are you going to be back?" Maya asked.

"I'm not sure. Time flows much slower where I am from so a week my time could be a couple of months here. I guess I will see you when I see you." Haru sighed.

"Time flows that much slower where you are from? The only place I have heard of time flowing that slowly is the lower realms… Are you from the lower realms?" Maya asked again.

"Don't be silly Maya. The last time a person came here from the lower realms was hundreds of years ago. It would be a miracle for them to just make it here. But Luo Yang here won his first fight. That would be impossible." Jasper interrupted.

And then he seemed to realise something and then he looked back at Haru in shock.

"Wait a minute…" He then said.

"Yep, I am from the lower realms. And I had better get going now. See you later!" Haru laughed and then walked over to the old man who was waiting for him.

"Okay then. How do I get home?" Haru asked.

"There is nothing special about it. We have portals that return you to your body. They are the same as the one you came here in so there is nothing to worry about." He said and then pointed over to the white portals all in a line.

"How did I miss them? I feel stupid now. They were right there as soon as I got here." Haru sighed and then turned back to look at the old man.

"I will see you next time then," Haru said and then began to walk toward the portal as he was waved off by the temple master.

In a flash of blinding white light, Haru found himself in darkness. He had returned to his body that was sat facing the pond in the park.

"Welcome back. How did it go?" A familiar voice asked as Haru opened his eyes.