God's family

"So...you are Lacent's good friend during the trip, and you are currently his companion?" Sitting in the tavern in the small town, the red-haired swordsman named Leon looked Roger up and down, full of scrutiny and surprise , as if looking at a prehistoric monster - the kind of thing that is clearly extinct and only exists in legends.

"Yes." Laycente nodded, and it was rare for him to take the initiative to answer someone else's question.

"Until we reach our destination, Ayntes." Roger added.

Nexant, who had been rejected in disguise many times, lowered his head and flicked the wine glass in front of him in a sleepy manner.

Leon's expression was slightly subtle for a moment, then he rubbed his eyes and turned his head to look at Roger resolutely, "It's unbelievable, this is the first time I've seen Nexant acting with others, what is your occupation... "

"Let's be considered...mage, junior mage, and have learned some knowledge of pharmacists." Roger pondered for a moment, settled for himself, and then wondered, "Lensant doesn't like to act with others?"

"Of course, this guy is lonely to death." Leon snorted softly, put his hand on the shoulder of the listless Lacent, "Hey, Lacent, since we are going back to the imperial capital, why don't we go together?"

"No." Laycent turned his head and opened his mouth to refuse without even thinking about it. Both his expression and tone of voice were abnormally twitching as it should be.

"Look." Leon had long been used to this kind of treatment, curled his lips indifferently, and shrugged his shoulders towards Roger.

Roger: "..."

"In short, it's all on the way anyway, so don't resist anymore, I'll follow you! After all, you grew up together, so don't play lonely for me!" Prove it to Roger After Nexant was not a guy to want to be with, Leon turned his gaze back to Nexant again, and his tone was full of foolishness, "Hey, you are always so withdrawn and out of gregarious. You will run away! You will not get friendship like this!"

"..." Lacente hesitated, and secretly glanced at Roger as if he had been poked at the center. Although his face was still full of unwillingness, he did not refute again.

Leon's subtle expression reappeared, probably because he couldn't believe that he was not rejected by Nexant for the second time, but instead got an answer similar to the default.However, he accepted it as soon as he saw it, and he didn't pursue it. Instead, he opened a new topic, "By the way, I came to this town specially this time to visit the weaponry store opened by the dwarves. Are you interested?" ?”

Lacente was obviously not interested, and just cast his eyes on Roger. Roger pondered for a moment, then nodded, "I want to take a look. After all, I do need some equipment. Is that equipment store famous?"

"That's right, but it's only famous among adventurers." Leon nodded, "You should know that the things made by dwarves are very sophisticated, much better than humans, so even in this small town The prestige of the shop opened in the city has also spread from ten to ten, and many people come here admiringly. I don’t know why the dwarf shop mainly chooses to open here, obviously it will be more profitable to go to a big city..."

"Maybe it has some special meaning to him here, or the owner of the shop is weird and withdrawn, he doesn't like bustling big cities, but likes such a quiet small town?" Roger guessed casually, "Generally speaking, The setting is nothing more than a few situations like this.”

"Haha, it's possible!" Leon laughed, and didn't worry about it too much. After all, he was only here to buy equipment, and he didn't have any desire to explore the owner himself, "But... that equipment store probably isn't suitable for you. You know, dwarves don’t have mages, so they can only make warrior equipment, if they are mages, they can only go to the magic guild to buy necessities, such as robes, staffs, and various magic scrolls.”

"Is that so...?" Roger sighed in disappointment.

"Well, actually, it might be rewarding to go and have a look! After all, the number of mages is small, and magic guilds are only found in big cities. You probably won't meet them before you arrive at Aintes, so go to the dwarf's shop first to see if there are any. What kind of more suitable soft armor equipment is not bad?" Leon suddenly felt that he was under a lot of pressure, and the gloomy eyes of Laycent staring at him made a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead, and he quickly changed his words, "And even if it is a mage , and also need some self-defense weapons, such as daggers, so as not to be helpless after being approached, many combat mages will wear soft armor in their robes, in short, there will always be some gains!"

"Well, thank you." Knowing that Leon was comforting him, Roger smiled and nodded to accept his kindness.In fact, Roger is not too obsessed with becoming a mage. If he is not very good at melee combat, he will not reject being a light fighter.After imagining the image of himself as a light fighter, Roger thought of another thing in a blink of an eye.

"If you are a dwarf, you should know a lot about various metals, right?"

"Naturally." Leon nodded in confusion, "What's the matter? Is there anything he needs to appraise? I remember that shop also undertakes the appraisal of equipment."

"I picked up a piece of metal, and it feels... a bit weird, so I want to ask someone what it is." Roger took out the black metal piece from the bag and put it on the table.

"...This is a very common piece of equipment, right? What's so strange?" Leon looked even more confused, completely unable to understand why such an ordinary thing is worth caring about.

"...Didn't you feel a very strange breath? That... very familiar feeling, like being called?" Roger asked back.

"Not at all." Leon scratched his somewhat messy red hair and shook his head affirmatively.

"I knew it would be like this!" Lacente, who had been honestly silent all this time, suddenly became happy, and looked at Roger with such joy that his guess was confirmed, "Only the two of us are different!"

Roger was helpless, in the face of the facts, he could not refute.

"...Hey, what are you talking about? What are you so happy about, Lacente?" Leon was completely confused by the riddle-like dialogue between Lacente and Roger, and asked curiously.

"This has nothing to do with you." It's a pity that he didn't feel Leon's thirst for knowledge at all, and Lacente's answer was simple and indifferent, "It's not a big deal."

"It's not a big deal! If it's not important, why would you laugh like a fool?!" Leon raised his voice, fully expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Actually... Hasn't Nexant always been like this? It's normal to laugh like a fool." Roger complained softly.

"...Are you talking about your hallucination?" Leon turned his head and looked at Roger, "Or is it a fantasy?"

Roger: "..." What is this feeling of being complained about? !

Erasing the feeling of being speechless, Roger compared the origin of this piece of metal—"Are you crazy to fight Barudymon alone?!" Leon interjected angrily—with himself and Lacente The abnormal feeling about it told Leon, Leon's expression gradually turned solemn, and then he stretched out his right hand, wanting to pick up the fragments for a closer look, but he didn't expect that he hadn't touched the metal surface yet, as if he had been hurt by something, With a cry of pain, he withdrew his hand.

"What the hell is this?!" Leon's complexion suddenly changed, as if he had seen a ghost, his left hand was tightly clutching his right hand, and his complexion was a little pale because of the severe pain.

"I, we don't know..." Also startled by this incident, Roger quickly checked the condition of Leon's right hand, but found that there was no wound, but his fingers and half of his arm were still convulsed with pain.

Using the techniques he learned to help Leon massage his hands to relieve his pain, Roger turned his complicated eyes to the inconspicuous metal fragments that were still placed in the middle of the table, and couldn't help feeling a little palpitating—in the cave before, he I also reached out and picked up the fragment without even thinking about it. I don’t know if it’s luck or misfortune that Leon’s situation didn’t happen…

While he was struggling, he saw Lacent reaching out his hand foolishly, wanting to touch the shards. Roger was startled, and quickly threw away Leon's hand, grabbed the shards before Lacent, sternly He scolded, "What are you doing?!"

"I just want to give it a try..." Laycent looked quite innocent, as if he didn't understand why Roger was suddenly so fierce.

"...With the lessons learned from Leon, how dare you touch it?! What is in your head!" Roger gritted his teeth.

"...Hey, take me, who was dragged into the water and injured by you, as a negative lesson, are you worthy of your own conscience?" Leon interrupted with some dissatisfaction.

"Sorry." He replied hastily without sincerity. Roger glanced at Leon in the midst of his busy schedule, but his attention was still on Laycent.

"I just think... It doesn't matter if I get hurt, anyway, Roger, you will help me heal, just like you did to Leon." Lycent didn't seem to have any repentance.

"...Hey! You are going too far! Are you jealous that a poor guy who was injured because of you and is still suffering from pain is treated by your pharmacist?!" Leon raised his voice again, angrily unjust accusation.

It's a pity that this time he didn't even get an apology or a look.

"In short, you are absolutely not allowed to touch this thing until you find out what it is!" Roger made a decisive decision immediately, not wanting to entangle with Nexant any longer.

"...Okay, I see." Laycent nodded regretfully, and he would never refute Roger's decision.

Leon was silent. He felt that it was a wrong decision for him to go on the road with Lacent and Roger...