"Apologise?" Big sister Ri said, confused.
Drog nodded his head. "That's right. Apologise for insulting me, for calling me trash over ten years ago."
"Don't tell me…" before big sister Ri could finish her words, tears started rolling down from her eyes and she started sobbing. "Yo—you ra—ran aw—away bec—because of m—me?" She fell down to her knees pressed her forehead against the floor and started repeating three words – "I am sorry!" over and over again.
"Mommy!" Jin cried out.
Drog looked at big sister Ri sob for a few minutes before saying, "That is enough. You are forgiven." He turned his head to Lucia. "Let's go, Lucia."
Lucia nodded her head. "Okay, big brother Drog."
Big sister Ri raised her head and looked up as she heard not only Drog's forgiveness but also an unfamiliar voice; she only now noticed Lucia who stood slightly behind Drog. She rose up from the ground and began wiping off her tears during which, Jin said, "Mommy…" Once she finished them off her face, she shook her head. "I am fine, my little Jin." She looked at Lucia. "Who are you?"
"My name is Lucia."
Jin looked at Lucia and big sister Ri nodded her head. "Nice to meet you, Lucia. I am Ri, but you can call me big sister Ri like Drog does."
Lucia looked at big sister Ri for a few seconds without saying a word but then she shook her head and said, "I can't. I already have a big sister Ri."
"I see." Big sister Ri looked at Drog. "Who is she?"
"An important friend."
Big sister Ri nodded her head in understanding. Then, she looked at Drog, then at Lucia and then at Drog again. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath in, opened her eyes and breathed out. "You are going to leave again, aren't you?"
Drog nodded his head. "Yes. I and Lucia will be joining the sword sect."
"I don't know about Lucia, but Drog… You know that you can't join the sword sect with your martial ta—," big sister Ri stopped her words short.
Drog harrumphed. "That martial talent testing stone malfunctioned. Me having F-rank martial talent is an impossibility amongst impossibilities. My martial talent is of an SSS+ rank at the least."
Big sister Ri smiled and nodded her head, but then, Jin suddenly said, "We have a martial talent testing stone."
Big sister Ri, Lucia and Drog all turned their eyes to Jin.
"We don't have such a thing," big sister Ri hurriedly said.
Jin shook his head. "We do! Let me go get it!" He ran deep into the house.
"I can help you get inside sect, Drog. My husband is one of the elders, so there is no need for you to test your martial talent," big sister Ri hurriedly said for the second time.
Drog harrumphed for the second time. "I don't need to test my martial talent as I already know that is of an at least SSS+ rank. But I am curious about Lucia's talent. What about you, Lucia? Are you curious about your martial talent?" he looked at Lucia as he finished his words.
Lucia nodded her head. "Yes, big brother Drog."
Big sister Ri sighed out with relief.
"Big sister Ri, this elder that you married, was he the one that took Go, Ro and No to the sect?"
Big sister Ri nodded her head. "Yes. We got married a year after he took Go, Ro and No to the sect. And half a year after that I became pregnant with Jin."
"I see," Drog said and Jin returned with a martial talent testing stone. He extended it to his mother. "Here you go, mommy."
"Thank you, Jin." Big sister Ri took the martial talent testing stone and extended it towards Lucia. "Place your hand on the stone and your talent will be revealed."
Lucia turned her head to Drog and looked at him. He nodded his head. "Go ahead." She turned her head to the martial talent testing stone and place her pale white hand on it. The stone cracked, but not in one place, it cracked in every millimetre of the martial talent testing stone. It was reduced to nothing but dust.
Big sister Ri's and Jin's eyes widened and their mouths opened from shock.
"Good job, Lucia. You may even be as talented as I am." Drog laughed.
Lucia broadly smiled. "Yes, big brother Drog."
"How is that possible," big sister Ri mumbled.
"You are amazing, Lucia," Jin shouted out.
Lucia turned her head to Jin. "Mhm," she said as she slightly nodded her head.
"Big sister Ri, about what you said earlier," Drog said.
"I will go contact my husband right away, give me a moment," big sister Ri said and walked into the house.
Drog turned his head to Jin. "Do you know Go, Ro and No?"
Jin nodded his head. "Yeah. Mother frequently talks about them and Drog. Are you Drog?"
"I am. So you have never met them?"
Jin shook his head. "No."
Big sister Ri returned. "I contacted my husband. He will be here in a few minutes."
"So fast?" Drog said, confused.
"Well, its because, the sword sect's founder was a formation master and he has set up a teleport formation which can take one anywhere in the entire Raikou continent," big sister Ri said.
Drog nodded his head in understanding. "I see. Big sister Ri, have you seen Go, Ro and No since your husband took them to the sect?"
"When they just entered the sect, they used to visit me often, but as the years passed, they stopped," big sister Ri said with clear sadness in her voice.
"I see," Drog said and the door behind Drog and Lucia opened.