Twelve Jokes, on the other hand, seed to be quite content with simply staring at Evin with her permanent smile. At one point, the smiles seed to have beco even wider and crazed.
"You can leave, you know?" the Authority with the appearance of a girl said suddenly.
'Really? I'm pretty sure you're going to stab in the back if I do so?!' Evin really did not trust the words of the girl.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Evin asked with his best business smile.
"Hmm, maybe later," the girl said and walked out of the room herself.
'Okay, I've survived certain death,' Evin sighed in relief. Say one thing about Evin, say he's a survivor.
Whole body lted? Ended up even more handso than before.
Attacked by so crazed Mob as a one year old? Outlived all of them.
Actually died? Reincarnated
Evin smirked at his own jokes and told Rith to bring him to Ssatsko and Arza. Also Karan.
Rith brought the now 6-year-old boy to where Ssatsko and Arza was waiting. Evin entered and found that the old man hadn't really changed much, whereas Arza had beco much taller than before. The boy was holding Karan in his hands, supposedly talking in their heads.
The red-haired boy was almost a head taller than the current Evin, making the latter wonder why there was such a difference in growth.
"Don't be so prone to sacrifice yourself," Ssatsko said after seeing Evin.
"The Lesser was obviously planning to spare . There was only the difference of you dying or not after Rith," Evin said.
"Well, guess we can just be happy that no one died in the end," the old man replied.
"Whatever, I think we should hurry on to that Caretaker Tribe you were talking about. Pretty sure we're two years late at this point," Evin said.
"I suppose you're right"
The group then talked about the impending journey. Arza stayed awfully silent throughout the exchange, making Evin wonder if sothing happened when he was unconscious.
'Well, aside from us getting almost killed' Evin thought with a slight smile.
Evin talked to Karan and told the man to not worry about the Organization.
[The fuck?] Karan replied. Evin was glad that the man's vulgar speech hadn't died out.
[Kena let loose a bunch of Authorities on them. They think that the organization has so technology or magical device that can revive their mbers,] Evin said.
[Shit, really?]
[Yep, they were talking about sending a bunch of Super-imposers and Lesser-imposers to the organization,] Evin said.
[Well, they did have so stuff that seed too good to be true,] Karan said before he started wheezing.
'Probably said sothing he shouldn't have,' Evin thought.
A little while later, Karan had cald down.
[By the way, what were you talking about with Arza?] Evin asked.
[Hah, you jealous?] Karan seed to sneer and then continued: [Nah, the kid's just a bit overwheld by what had just happened. When Lady Helain took us out of your shadow, he saw the atrocity that had happened to you Well, you can guess how shit like that can affect a 4-year-old]
[What did he say?]
[Said he wanted to be fucking hero. To be strong enough, so things like that won't ever happen again. I kinda sympathized with the kid] Karan said.
[I feel like I have to tell him that the truth about myself soon] Evin sighed.
'Perhaps the best ti to tell it to the boy is now,' Evin thought but decided to wait for the ti being.
In the end, the group decided to teleport to their destination. They said their goodbyes to Iorn, who promised he would tell Kena and the others when the Authorities finished talking. Maybe in a month or so. Iorn also gave Evin another Ti bomb, just in case.
Evin hoped that he wouldn't need it, but he still put it on his middle finger, which had now grown big enough to hold the ring in place.
A day later, near the gates of the Ekhri Tribe, a golden portal appeared in the air.
The group got out of the portal one by one, with Rith coming out last. Evin looked at the "Tribe" territory and he really felt that calling it a Tribe was quite misleading.
The Tribe grounds were akin to a slightly small town, built only for the wealthy. There were no walls that served to protect from outsiders, only a short fence that even normal people could jump over.
A forest surrounded the Tribe Grounds, and Evin could hear the sounds of running water from sowhere.
The path to the Tribe grounds was paved with stone roads, with so people already queueing on it. Children of various ages, holding their parents' hands, were curiously eyeing the three newcors. They were especially enthralled by the floating Cosmic. Their parents managed to keep them in check, but Evin was pretty sure they were about to pile on Rith.
"Guess a country in peace isn't so bad, huh?" comnted Evin.
Before this point, every town or city he entered was surrounded by huge walls and trained guards. His hotown was even nad after a wall.
Ssatsko gestured for the group to follow behind. He passed by the line of people and entered a door that said: [Mages only].
Inside the door, sat a bored male receptionist, lazily reading through so paper, stamping so of them in the process. Noticing the group, he seed to have trouble deciding whether he should greet them or not.
"Two mages, coming for the Horn ceremony," Ssatsko said.
"The black-haired one seems okay, but the red-haired one is obviously much older than 7," the receptionist said with a snort.
"They're both six, here are the docunts," Ssatsko said and showed a few papers.
"Look here, it says they're 4 in this docunt. Can you at least make a believable scam?" the receptionist said with open annoyance.
"The two were subject to a Ti energy explosion, which made them a bit older than their actual age. And the red-haired boy is a World of Life mage, so his growth was much more prominent as well," Ssatsko tried to explain, but the receptionist cut him off.
"Please get out and stop wasting my ti"
Evin felt like this would take a long ti if it continued, so he pulled out the emblem that Kena gave him and showed it to the receptionist.
"Lord Kena Noyan told to show this to whoever was in charge of my Horn ceremony. The red-haired kid has one as well," Evin said.
Glancing at the emblem, the receptionist's naturally uninterested face gained so color, and he hurriedly tried to grab at the emblem.
Evin, obviously, did not allow him to take it.
"Give it to , so I can check its authenticity," the receptionist said.
"No deal. Call soone important to talk in your place. Soone smart enough to not offend a forr Authority," Evin said in a threatening tone.
Hearing about the consequences of his actions, the man turned ek and went into the back door saying that he will need to call soone.
"But how do they know about this emblem's anings?" Evin almost muttered, before the Northern Oath inside him started playing around with his heart, for speaking of such matters in front of Ssatsko and Rith.
His face paled, and he turned towards Ssatsko.
"Hey, what does this emblem an to you?" Evin asked.
"I'm not sure, I just know that it's sothing very important, due to how it stirs up the Oath inside . From the way it's wriggling around my heart with uncertainty is hinting at how important that thing is," Ssatsko replied.
Rith was also eyeing the Emblem with curiosity.
'So they don't know, but the Oath in them makes sure that they don't mistake it for anything else,' Evin thought with interest.
'Oaths are so useful'
The group had to wait 20 more minutes before the receptionist ca back. This ti, there was another man beside him.
The newcor was obviously cut from a different cloth, compared to the rest of the people that Evin saw in this Tribe. Charisma and heroism oozed from the man's entire being, and the magnificent two horns of Crimson and Blue on top of his head further pushed this image.
"Welco to the Ekhri tribe, honorable guests. Let introduce myself, I am known as Zorrik Khata, leader of the Ekhri Tribe. Could you tell which of you has the emblem of the Eight-ard champion?" the Zorrik said.
Evin realized why it took the receptionist so long to co back. The poor man must've inford his superiors, one who which also inford their own superiors, resulting in a chain that sohow led to the leader of the Tribe.
"Thank you for having us, Lord Zorrik, my na's Evin and this here is Arza. We both have the emblem," Evin replied without batting an eye.
The receptionist was shocked at the boy's calmness, but Evin, who had just co from a eting of Authorities would not be shocked by a re Tribe Leader.
"Please follow ," Zorrik said and brought the group to a fancy-looking room. There were tons of parchnt and scrolls put in small boxes on the walls, covered in yellow cloth. Zorrik's desk was made of so smoothened stone, giving off a heavy and imposing impression.
The Tribe Leader invited the group to sit down and had soone serve tea and snacks to the group.
Evin and Rith happily indulged in the snacks, while Arza and Ssatsko looked around the room with interest.
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