Motan pondered a moment and concluded that the girl had probably guessed wrong.
Indeed, after hearing the story, Jadka immediately shook his head with a wry smile and gestured with his hands, "It really wasn't like that at all. The thing is, I've been going to the Great Hunting Grounds often since I was twelve. At first, adults would accompany me, but later on, they pretty much left me to my own devices. The longest I stayed there was half a month in the Northern Cross Hunting Grounds, where I caused the low-rank demon beasts on the outskirts to migrate twice collectively. Eventually, I was chased back home with a big staff by my father who thought something had happened to me, haha... Looking back now, I really was a wayward scamp."
"Ahem, don't put it that way."
Seeing Jadka's mood darken, Motan quickly changed the subject, "So the reason you didn't participate in that coming-of-age ceremony was that you were already used to playing in those hunting grounds, right?"