(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

[Message from God]

(Lupin)

[By the way, have you ever looked at your titles?]

(Lupin)

As I looked at them, one of them was far beyond my expectations.

[Titles]

[Once in a century Mage]

(Lupin)

[Cheater]

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

[The chosen peace ambassador]

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

[Blessed by the world’s spirit]

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

[Son of Royalty]

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Lupin)

(Ryuujin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

A minute later, when all the dragons assembled.

(Lupin) “So, what do you want to talk about?>

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Okay?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “You just said 12, wasn’t 11?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “And this monitoring probably happens just to get information on the person who managed to hatch the eggs, to see if it is safe to leave that person alive.”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “What are you here for now?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “I see…”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Well, yeah… Who will actually stay?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “So every multiple, you and Akemi will leave?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “It was a hassle anyways to remember the names, you know?…”

Although I said that (and it was actually true), I couldn’t stop my eyes from getting teary. Even if 18 dragons were difficult to take care of, we had our fun times.

Natsu repeatedly destroyed some chairs by accident…

Yoru and Njola once pranked Diabolus by acting as if his cookies were gone. How did they even manage to come with me?

Playing tag, or hide and seek together, eating ‘til we feel like we were exploding.

I forgot to write about those. Those stories were so much fun.

I once lost against Sakura in a drinking battle. She shouldn’t drink at her age. We even ran around in the city after that. Imagine a drunk guy with extreme superpowers, as well as a dunk dragon with 17 more dragons, flying and running around in the city while playing tag. That day, I crashed many times into walls.

Naturally, I couldn’t hide how sad I was about this.

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Why wouldn’t I? Don’t you remember how much fun we had together? Even if you say, that it will only be temporary, it will still be a bit drearier than usual. I’ve become attached to you guys, you know?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “I’m not a man of clichés, I think…”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “What is it?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Well, even if you ask me, I am not sure about it myself. Probably a year, or two. It shouldn’t take longer, though.”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “By the way, why isn’t Caelum involved, even though he knew somehow knew which dragons were in his group?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “I actually did, yes?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Another question: Why were there so many dragon cubs sent?”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “Yeah…”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “He takes to role of a cuddle pillow and a pet, and it is Claire, so he should be okay. Although he wears a pink dress lately.”

(Sakura)

(Lupin) “See you again in some years…”

Then, they flew out. Went over the city, and stories of that day were told even years after that, even though they’ve already returned by that point.

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

Maybe I should look at the tickets I got from my parents this time. How do they manage to get so many different facilities without repeating? I never knew that this town has so many stores, and I never thought about it before… Something I never thought before as well are the Japanese names. Kinzoku meant metal, right? Yanushi was the word for Landlord, and Hyouaka was something like ‘Red Leopard’? Ryuujin was a Dragongod in the Japanese myths…

Weird.

Actually, I should be the weird one here. I gave my dragons Japanese, Latin and old-nordic words as names.

Wait, there was something I was quite interested in.

[Message to God]

[If the Skill got unsealed, how many drops of blood would I need to revive somebody who is dead for about 3 centuries? I ask you, because I don’t know the exact values…]

I hope he answers soon…

Actually, if I wanted speed, shouldn’t have taken cheetah and coyote instead of tiger and wolf?

…

A Fenrir uses Wind Magic, though… and is quite fast…

Let’s play with the dragons for now.

By the way, Thalassa stopped calling me Daddy now. Instead, she calls me Big Bro. Did she really think I am something like her father?

…Well, her foster father, maybe.

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

[Message from God]

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

[Are you actually insane? Rarely any corpse would be mostly intact after 300 years! But, if you’re that keen on knowing, 1 drop of blood would revive somebody who was dead for up to 98.1 days. One tear would do the fivefold amount. Thus, you’d need about 1070 drops of blood. Or 220 tear-drops. I would actually unseal it for you during that time, if you would really want to revive somebody who is dead for that long.]

Over 1000 drops? That is still a large amount…

1 litre = 1 dm³ = 1000 cm³ = 1.000.000 mm³.

How big is a drop?

1 cm³?

Nah, that’s too much. One quarter? One tenth?

Let’s exaggerate, and say one quarter… But then, wouldn’t it be a quarter litre?

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

[Message to God]

[By the way, it would be difficult to pose as a D-Rank Adventurer at the moment. I’m actually quite happy, because I haven’t thought about that possibility, but the stats should be at least at D+ Rank because of the adventurer guild, else I don’t know what could happen because of the rules there. They may suspect that I have cheated, like I paid a higher ranked adventurer.]

[Message from God]

[Sure thing! But I thought C-Rank would be better, so look at your stats now.]

Name: Lupin (before: Kawaru Kokoroe)

Alte: 16 years 7 months

Job: ---

Level: 10 (Can’t rise over 10 before adulthood)

Species: Half-Demi (Dragontigerdemi + Fenrir)

HP: 61 192/61 192

MP: 87 195/87 195

Stamina: 201 841/201 841

ATK: 55 192

DEF: 82 414

SPD: 340 161

MATK: 71 279

MDEF: 101 201

LUK: 12 000

That’s already C+, isn’t it?

C is C…

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

(Caelum)

(Lupin)

“Hey, we’re going to Victima, to ask her if she wants to play with us. So we’re going to her place now.”

(Chrysos)

(Thalassa)

Cute…

(Viria + Corona)

Nadhra seemed to be thinking about something.

(Lupin) “Nadhra? Is there some problem?”

(Nadhra)

(Lupin)

(Nadhra)

(Lupin)

(Nadhra)

(Lupin)

(Nadhra)

(Lupin)

Well, my stats got reduced, I hope I can teach him one. My skills should be helpful enough, though.

(Lupin)

(Nadhra)

At that time, we reached the house I built for Victima.

She is already 22 years old… Time sure flies by.

*knock, knock*

*door opens*

(Victima) “Lupin!”

*hug*

(Lupin) “Hi Victima. Today I came here, because I wanted to ask you, if you wanted to play blind-tag with us.”

(Victima) “I know what tag is, but blind-tag?”

(Lupin) “The catcher has to put a blindfold on, and the others have to move all the time. Search Magic or Detection Skills are forbidden.”

(Victima) “Seems fun! Let’s go!”

Actually, I played with her already for some times.

She is quite good at tag.

As we arrived at the meadow…

(Aurora) “Huh?”

(Lupin) “Huh?”

(Martin) “Huh?”

(All) “…”

(Lupin) “Were you just returning from your job?”

(Aurora) “Yes… Care to tell me who that girl is?”

Martin gave me a thumbs up

(Lupin) “Have you seen that sloping house in the forest?”

(Aurora) “The small, sloping, wooden house, where nobody knows who is living there?”

(Lupin) “Yup, that one. She lives there for more than… 11 years, I think? And she’s my friend.”

(Aurora) “Hmmm…”

Where is she looking at?... Well, we’re holding hands, so what?

Martin begins smirking

(Lupin) “Is there a problem?”

(Aurora) “11 years ago were the last sightings of a humanoid monster in this forest, the people called it Chimera. It never attacked, but ran instantly away when it was seen. It sometimes stole some food as well. Wasn’t that the time you found Lenius?”

(Lupin) “Yeah, it was around that time.”

(Aurora) “Do you know something about that monster, miss?”

(Victima) “Sorry, I have never seen it. I just ran away from home because of... reasons, and found this place, where I built my house. I am not very good, as you surely have seen.”

That was the story we made up. It contains a bit of the truth, so it would be more difficult to distinguish from the truth. And she can’t look at herself without a mirror, can she? So she has never ‘seen’ the ‘monster’.

(Aurora) “Well, you’re lucky, that the forest is under nobody’s jurisdiction. Else you’d have paid a large fine if the owner would have gotten word of it.”

(Lupin) “This forest really isn’t owned by anybody?”

(Aurora) “It is between two countries and monsters come out every now and then, so nobody owns it, as it would be difficult to take care of this piece of land, as well as to decide who would own it, or if it would be split.”

(Lupin) “That’s quite convenient for her, isn’t it?”

(Aurora) “It surely is.”

Why are they looking at our hands? Is there something special? We're just holding hands, aren’t we? Is there something I am not aware of?

(Lupin) “Mom, is there something weird with us holding hands, or why are you looking at them almost all the time why you were talking to us?’

Martin can barely hold back his laughter, it seems.

(Aurora) “Well, let me think, a boy and a girl, holding hands for a long time, and you say, that you know her for 11 years and are friends. Let me think, could there be something?”

(Lupin) “Is that something weird? Did you want to embarrass me? Well then, what about you cuddling that little Martin-puppet when he was working while you fell ill for a week back then?”

Aurora is getting totally red, and seems angry.

(Martin) “There was something like that?”

(Lupin) “It seems like yourr plan backfired, mom.”

(Aurora) “Well, then, have you already thought about marriage?”

(Lupin) “I am too young for that, you know? But, why should I think about that? If we marry, we marry. If we don’t, we don’t. It’s that easy.”

(Aurora) “You should think about it. Because she is quite eye-catching, there may be some idiots who want to take her if her location gets known.”

(Lupin) “So, basically, you say that I should declare her to be my fiancee?”

(Aurora) “Exactly.”

(Lupin) “There may be a problem with some others... I think.”

(Aurora) “If there is somebody who objects, just don’t care! How else would Martin have married me? If he worried about every little f***er who wanted to have their way with me and/or marry me, we wouldn’t even have fallen in love with each other! So just go out, say what you have to say, and ignore every single dipshit who wants to say something!”

(Lupin) “...”

(Martin) “You weren’t that enthusiastic to talk about love since I said that I wanted to marry you.”

(Aurora) “Oh, that day? It was our first time as well, you know? That day was quite something... you had to prove my parents that you’re worth it, while I just had to promise to love you. I actually still don’t know what my mother did with you during that mock battle, but you were both sweaty and smiling when coming out of that room. It was a sword Bartley probably.”

(Martin) “Two sword battle to be precise... One with swords and the other with blades...”

How much more innuendo do you want to say???

(Lupin) “You should head home, shouldn’t you?”

(Aurora) “So that you two will be alone, hmmm?”

(Lupin) “Nope, there are still the dragon cubs here, and we haven’t done it yet either. Just go home and do it, if you like to talk about it this much.”

(Martin) “We have to deliver the proof for the subjugation, you know?”

(Aurora) “I guess we should get home... Lupin, dinner one hour after the sun sets. And you may invite your girlfriend too.”

(Lupin) “Okay.”

Martin and Aurora got on the way.

(Victima) “Your mom is kinda weird. Is it normal to try to tease somebody that much?”

(Lupin) “I’m not actually sure about that. But, didn’t we get here because we wanted to play a new game?”

(Victima) “You’re right. What was it again? I forgot it over the conversation.”

(Lupin) “Blind-tag. The catcher has to wear a blindfold, while the others have to move all the time, no matter if flying, walking, running or anything else. The catcher isn’t allowed to use any Detection Magic or Skills. And stay inside the range of the clearing!”

(Victima) “Okay, then let’s try it.”

Afterwards we almost forgot time while playing. By that time, we were all sweaty, and had had a lot of fun. Everybody ran into a tree at least once, but that was inside my expectations, as everybody had to hear out for flying living beings (dragon cubs) as well.

When we noticed, that it had already gotten dark, I hoped, that I won’t be at home to late.

(Aurora) “Just on time. Could it be, that you have forgotten time? You’d never be this precisely on time... Oh well, it isn’t important anyways, as long as you are here when it’s dinner time. *towards Victima* Don’t stare, just sit down and dig in! I've made enough, don’t worry.”

(Victima) “oh, ehm... Thank you.”

(Martin) “So, what exactly is going on between you two?”

(Lupin) “Well, like you said, she is my girlfriend, and I am her boyfriend. It’s as simple as that.”

(Aurora) “I am actually more interested in how you two met.”

(Lupin) “Well, back then she was distrustful due to various people harming her, like being caged, tortured and experimented on by an alchemist whom she got sold to as a payment for a debt. The day I met Lenius, I met her as well. She was hungry and ate directly out of my knapsack, then I caught her. At first, she was extremely scared, but that feeling of her slowly disappeared after me neither running away nor trying to harm her. You surely know that I was 5 years old back then? She was 10, but still behaving like being at the age of 3. Whatever happened to her must’ve left a big mental scar.”

(Martin) “Wait a minute. She is 5 years older than you?”

(Lupin) “Yes?”

(Victima) “Is there a problem?”

(Martin) “No, it’s just unusual for the wife to be older than her husband.”

(Lupin) “Dad, we’re not married, you know?”

(Martin) “Right, right.”

*after a minute of silence*

(Aurora) “Lupin? Won’t you continue the story?”

(Lupin) “You just wanted to know the story of how I met her, right? I already told you that, didn’t I?”

(Aurora) “Then tell me what happened after that!”

(Lupin) “Now you are behaving like a child. Is it really that important for you? Because there wasn’t much.”

(Aurora) “If it’s not much then why don’t you tell me?”

(Victima) “Shouldn’t I tell the story?”

(Aurora) “I want to hear it from him.”

(Lupin) “If you insist. When her fear disappeared, she was happy to meet someone she could talk with, although her words were here and there in disorder. After talking for some time, we built the house she is living in right now, The next important event happened at my twelfth birthday. That time, her mind was probably at the age of 13 or 14 years, I'd say. You remember that present back then? That was from her. Where did you say you've found those berries?”

(Victima) “There were some growing in the wild, one hour into the forest. I just collected some of them.”

(Martin) “In the forest?”

(Victima) “Yes.”

(Martin) “There was an old Ambrosia berry farm, but is was abandoned 30 years ago. I don’t know the reason, but there shouldn’t be a problem with getting some of them.”

(Lupin) “So, as I got that present from her, I thought that I’d make her a present as well. After that was the confession, and since then, our relationship hasn’t changed. That was it. Anything else?”

Victima is now doing some handsigns? Oh right, we made that language.

(Victima) What about what happened yesterday?

(Lupin) They don’t know that your appearance was completely different.

(Victima) Should I tell them?

(Lupin) I think you shouldn’t do that yet.

(Victima) Okay.

(Martin) “What were you actually doing back then in the forest?”

(Lupin) “Playing a game.”

(Martin) “Tag or hide-and-seek?”

(Lupin) “Tag, but we changed it a bit. The catcher has to put a blindfold on, while the others aren’t allowed to stay still at any given point in time. I called it – very creative - blind-tag.”

(Martin) “Hmmm...”

(Aurora) “What’s the matter?”

(Martin) “I just thought, that that game could be a good training for the rookies. There are enough of them getting wounded or even dying, just because they weren’t wary enough.”

(Aurora) “Seems likely. There are some newbies, who get arrogant and then die because they get ambushed by a monster they didn’t detect.”

(Martin) “Do you remember that time where we got 'ambushed' by that Chimera?

(Aurora) “Yeah, it was the only monster that ambushed the food bag instead of us, haha.”

(Martin) “It had silver hair and the face of a girl... As well as the body parts of numerous different monsters. I don’t know if it was the truth, but there were some people who said, that it could talk as well... All we know is, that it wouldn’t harm any humanoid being, it actually ran away the moment it found out that we noticed it.”

(Lupin) Why didn’t you run away from me?

(Victima) You were a child back then. And you kicked my shin, remember?

(Lupin) Sorry...

(Aurora) “So, what actually are you talking about in secret?”

(Lupin) “It’s a secret.”

(Martin) “Should we use the Liecubes again?”

(Lupin) “It only shows a reaction if I lie, so if I say, that it is a secret, and it is one, then how should you find out about it by using them?”

(Aurora) “Then there is only torture...”

(Lupin) “Wha-“

(Aurora) “No dinner for you today.”

(Lupin) “...”

(Martin) “...”

(Lupin) “We already had dinner today, you know?”

(Aurora) “What about the rest of the week then?”

(Lupin) “I got some food reserves, don’t worry.”

(Martin) “I told you, that he would prepare for situations like these.”

(Aurora) “Okay, okay, I won’t pry further...”

(Lupin) Why are you so quiet?

(Victima) I don’t even know what I should say. You were the only one I've talked to for over 11 years, have you already forgotten that?

(Lupin) That’s actually true...

And thus, that day came to an end.

At least I thought that.

(Lupin) “Should I bring you home?”

(Aurora) “You know, it’s late. Just let her stay here in the guest room this night.”

(Victima) “Is that really alright?”

(Aurora) “You’re my son’s girlfriend, aren’t you? Just stay here!”

It may be obvious, but my mom is a bit drunk.

And a bit means, for comparison, something at the level which would make Tsunade go down. Does she have an alcohol resistance skill? She doesn’t even fumble yet.

(Lupin) “Mom, how are you able to drink this much alcohol without getting unconscious?”

(Aurora) “Isn’t that obvious? I got an abnormal status resistance skills! It’s already level 15!”

(Martin) “Yeah, you and your 'skill training'.”

(Lupin) “You should use something more dreadful if you want to level that skill up.”

Truth is, without my cheats, it would’ve taken me a year for a skill to get from 1 to 6, another one to 8, and more than one year to 9, if I would go all the time with the same training. If you intensify the training method appropriately, you are able to get a level up every half a year or something. If there is a method to intensify it, that is.

(Aurora) 'You lot, just go to sleep!”

(Martin) “We should really rest... The next quest starts tomorrow, so we should rest as well.”

(Aurora) “Yeah, yeah, ok...”

After we all laid in our beds...

(At least we should have)

*Knock, knock”

(Lupin) “Come in.”

*Door opens*

(Lupin) “Victima? What are you doing here?”

(Victima) “Actually, I, am... I am just not familiar with this house, so... , could... I sleep together with you in a bed?”

Wait, does she want to...

Nah, she can’t. She’s more innocent than anybody else, probably because she hasn’t had anybody to talk about something like that.

(Lupin) “Uhm... Okay. Although it may be a bit cramped.”

(Victima) “Thanks!”

After that, she stunned me by giving me a kiss.

(Victima) “Good night!”

(Lupin) 'Good night...”

But now, the day really came to an end.

And mom was teasing us more than ever the next moring, while my girlfriend was too innocent to understand the adult jokes.