Odyssey of the Blind God Chapter 19 Quarrel

lvin simply stared at his best friend wide-eyed, who smiled at him innocently. The shock was apparent on his face as he blurted out.

"You too?! You had a natural origin awakening??"

He seed to be more shocked than Nial was astonished about his friend's revelation.

When Nial nodded his head to answer lvin's question, he could only hear his best friend mutter under his breath.

"...and I had to nag my father to get a dicine to forcefully awaken my origin…"

Nial knew that there were certain dicines that could increase the chance of being able to beco an Original, but they cost a fortune.

As such, these dicines were well beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.

Before, he believed that lvin's family were ordinary rchants, but Nial could probably not even guess the price of such dical treasures.

His visit to the blacksmith shop had left him stunned as it is when he had checked the prices of common grade Myth weapons.

Nevertheless, he smiled at his friend, happy that he got to awaken his origin too.

"Why does it matter how you awoke your origin. Nobody will ask about that later, right? We should definitely venture into dungeons in the future together, alright?!

Now co inside!"

lvin noticed it too late that he had complained out loud.

As such, he quieted down before entering the house.

Walking into the living room as if he had been living in the house for years, the first thing lvin noticed was the backyard and Nial's parents.

"Oh, your parents are ho. I should greet them, and sis Sabrina!"

This caused Nial to freeze in place before he exclaid,

"Wait!"

Nial's smile had instantly disappeared and lvin noticed this when he turned around to see the abrupt change in Nial's expression.

"Don't talk to my parents about Sabrina...her illness has worsened in the last few months… She is now bedridden and most of the ti asleep because the illness leaves her with no energy to even move.

My sister even needs an oxygen mask to breathe…The dicine to barely keep her alive is expensive too, and her situation is becoming worse with each passing day..."

Hearing this, lvin's face turned ashen, before he turned angry.

Rushing towards Nial, he held him by the collar before shouting,

"WHY didn't you call !! I can help you, even if it's only financially! What the hell is wrong with you? I know that you don't socialize and that you don't like asking people for help, but it's your sister we are talking about!"

Nial knew that lvin was concerned about his sister a lot, and in their childhood, they had always played in a group of three.

As such, his friend's reaction was perfectly normal which made Nial sigh deeply as a specific mory flashed through his mind.

It was a mory of the secretary of lvin's father visiting their ho, only to threaten them to never bug his son for financial aid.

He threatened all his family mbers that if they would ever ask lvin for money, he would make their life a living hell!

Maybe this had been for lvin's sake to prevent his friends from exploiting him, or it had a completely different reason.

But in the end, neither Nial nor his parents had ever thought of asking for lvin's family's help, to begin with.

They were righteous and always believed that exploiting their friends and family was wrong!

But, Sabrina's declining health hit them the worst and it might have made Nial's parents think of asking Nial to request help from lvin.

If that thought had crossed their minds, they never spoke it out loud, fearing that lvin's father's anger could worsen their situation.

Because of this, Nial was not sure how to respond to his friend's questions.

So, he only let lvin rant and vent out. anwhile, he felt at a loss and his frustration about the entire situation was threatening to escape through his lips in the form of so very harsh words.

He pushed his friend's hands away that had grabbed him by the collar, only to do the sa to his friend.

"What were we supposed to do, huh? Did you expect to ask for your help, just to end up in an even worse state?!"

Their nice reunion seed to have taken on the form of a fierce debate that was now escalating towards mild violence, but Nial couldn't help himself anymore.

He was frightened about his sister's situation which had worsened in the last few days.

Yet, his parents had told him to wait while farming other dungeons than the permanent sli dungeon in their backyard.

It was frustrating and made him angry like nothing else. Thus, he didn't hold back when lvin, his one and only friend, tried to find fault with him without knowing the truth in its entirety.

anwhile, lvin was astonished for a mont to see the way Nial's movents were smooth and perfectly executed as if he could see everything around him.

It took him a second to recall what his friend had just said as his words replayed in his mind multiple tis.

"What...are you even talking about??...Wait...My family did not co to threaten yours...right?"

Loosening the grasp around lvin's collar, Nial lowered his head with a sigh, but he didn't say anything. In the end, his sister's worsening condition was not lvin's fault, and asking for financial help was only sothing they would do if they were extrely desperate.

This would happen soon, but Nial knew that his parents would apply for a loan from the Originals association. The loan Originals could take was high and with a comparatively low-interest rate. Yet, it was restricted to the talent one had.

As such, without the ability or resources to accumulate enough to pay back, his parent's loan would only eat their money without relieving Sabrina of her pain for a long ti.

"Let's just forget about that, alright? I will start earning money by conquering dungeons, helping my family, and continuing to improve so that I can earn more!

Only that way will I be able to help my sister, and fighting with you won't help , right?

Just forget whatever I said..."

Nial didn't want lvin to quarrel with his family because of the incapability of his and his parents to look after Sabrina.

As such, even after asking several tis, lvin was unable to get to know an answer.

This was frustrating, but at the sa ti, Nial understood that lvin just wanted to help him and that he was even more frustrated about their situation.

Awakening his origin should be sothing to celebrate, but because of their financial situation, they were unable to do so.

Instead, Nial seed to be desperate enough to enter dangerous dungeons if necessary.

Initially, Nial seed to be happy about having awoken his Origin and finding the Viper spear, but recalling their situation forced him back to reality, and his mood plumted.

lvin felt the sa, and the two of them gave each other a brief overview of what had happened to them during the last few months before Nial heard that his parents returned.

Miles had visited the surrounding dungeons to earn so more money, while Maline had been inside the sli dungeon.

Upon seeing lvin, they felt happy, and they invited him for lunch, but lvin wanted to politely decline the offer.

However, Nial's parents insisted, and thus he was forced to stay.

After their short quarrel, both Nial and lvin felt a little bit at odds with each other.

The tension between the two was clearly visible and was noticed by Nial's parents as well.

This was also another reason they had insisted lvin stay.

They knew that lvin was Nial's only friend, and sohow, it felt weird that their reunion was not happy as both had awoken from their origin, but they were staring in opposite directions with sulky faces.

Yet, after catching so of the words of their quarrel where it seed like lvin spoke about lending Nial money in order to allow him 'purchase new equipnt', they could roughly gauge what must have happened.

lvin's expression was not that of belittlent or pity about their financial situation but filled with determination to help, which was not sothing one would normally do.

His best friend never discussed the financial situation of his family so lvin had never spoken about lending them sothing because it was rude.

Yet, upon learning about Sabrina's condition, he was willing to do everything.

"We are rchants who are directly employed by the governnt, so we have quite a bit of money and additional rights, like prioritized access to governnt dungeons and potent dicine!

There are also specific discounts we get, so the governnt's additional fee is not applicable to us, and sotis we receive even more perks!"

lvin suddenly shared this information, which caused the others to stop eating for a mont.

Looking at Nial for a mont, his parents averted their attention back to lvin, as his father sarcastically added.

"That's great for you. We have a dungeon in our backyard too…"

Yet, lvin was not even focusing on Miles anymore and he was simply staring at Nial, who felt his stare on him as he fidgeted with his spoon.

"Nial...let's go to one of the largest, lowest ranked Rookie dungeons. We should be able to earn a fortune, even without the knowledge of my family, right? Do you think you can cope with that, Nial? There are multiple types of beasts, like slis, goblins, but also kobolds and so on!"

Hearing this, Nial instinctively looked up and stared at lvin with his lifeless eyes. He was unsure if he was doing the right thing as he asked him.

"Permanent dungeon?"

lvin assud that he had piqued Nial's interest because entering a dungeon together wouldn't make his rchant family suspicious about anything.

It was perfectly normal to enter a dungeon with other fellow Originals after all!

"No, it's an instance dungeon with active respawn tis, so it's even better, isn't it?!"

Nial seed to be astonished, but he took his ti formulating a response as he was not sure whether his and lvin's definition of an instance dungeon were the sa.

He was reluctant about doing anything that could offend lvin's father and the rest of his family.

"I also have a spatial ring, let's just store the origin crystals and so on inside them. I already have everything I want, so you can even have the gains!"

Sohow, lvin seed to have arrived perfectly prepared to depart right off the bat, and Nial hastily shoved the food down his throat as he exclaid,

"Alright, let's go then!!"

Following that Nial stood up while lvin finished his plate with a bright smile on his face that seed to say 'Finally, I got you!'

Rushing towards the corner of the room, where he had placed the Viper spear, he held it in his hand and beckoned for his friend to hurry up.

lvin eyed the spear for a short mont, before nodding his head, which only looked like a rod to him as its blades were retracted.

"The rod has quite a few engravings...and a special function at the tip...I didn't think Uncle Arnold improved that much… Either way, let's leave and earn a fortune for sis Sabrina!!"

Filled with vigor that seed to have disappeared after their small scuffle, lvin felt much more relieved to be able to help in any way.

And, even Nial figured that lvin had found a great way to help him and his sister without irking his rchant father.

Leaving the house in a hurry, they sprinted through the front yard as Maline and Miles stared at each other.

"Did Nial tell lvin about his father's threat, did I miss sothing, or are they simply suicidal?"

It was Miles, who asked this question, the confusion visible on his face.

Yet, a mont later, Maline slapped him on the back of his head gently as she answered him.

"Nobody is suicidal here!! They'll return soon!"

After saying this, she mumbled the last few words to herself, "...hopefully without an injury…"