Chapter 83: Vince

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Perseus POV

We're almost at the mainland of the southern continent and so we're packing all the stuff we placed into our storage and clean most of our stuff up since we're about a day away from the pier and separating from this crew.

But I later then got a call from my parents, but it wasn't something I expected.

"Hey guys, we're about one day away from the southern continent."

"Yeah, the news spread over here already that you helped to defeat the kraken." mom Rylee have a slight hint of pride in her tone "Next you're go to travel to the furthest south of the continents and defeat the dragon king, right?"

"No, mom, I'm not so stupid as to attempt something that only a group of heroes can deal with. Besides, it's a wyvern king, not a dragon."

"Same difference."

"No, it's not. I heard that it's a nest, so going in there is similar to suicide." Mom Nyra chimed in "By the way, I heard that you were hurt, are you okay?"

"The only thing that can hurt me in this world are harsh truths, please don't worry, if I can survive chief Aminu, I can survive a giant octopus."

"Who's that on the call?" a little voice said

"It's your big brother, don't worry, he'll be home soon, do you want to speak with him?" Mom Nyra asked "You can say hi."

I see, I have a younger broth- WHAT?! I've been gone a bit under 3 months and I have a younger brother?! How is that possible?! The phrase 'nothing is impossible' is just to motivate people, ya know, and magic can't solve every problem.

I then turned to Leilah and Ruka, but it seems that they're just as surprised as me. How?! I thought that they don't want another kid and I didn't detect any lies, I must be rusty, I should train more and maybe help out in crime solving cases or something.

"Moms, I get that us leaving give you guys a lot of privacy and free time, but please explain this impossible situation to me, it's not even properly 3 months."

"Why? Do you hate having siblings?" mom Rylee asked in a teasing tone

"Just tell me which one of you have a secret love child behind the scenes, because that's the only outcome I can think of, I'm not even gonna question how you hid the pregnancy well."

"Are you an idiot?!" Mom Nyra retorted "Let me go find a space where I can talk privately."

After some noise and I heard her shutting a door.

"I know this may be sudden, but we decided to adopt him." mom Nyra said through the crystal "His father was amongst the dead when the demons attacked our village, and well, his mother did not take it well and has now succumb to...well, he has no guardian whatsoever, he has one living grandparent who have not a long time to raise him before he has to live with another guardian.

"It was brought to chief Aminu who then came to us since we have a lot of financial backing. It also works in our favor since you're a selfish socially awkward prick, so maybe having a little brother will teach you somethings, be nice to him, okay?"

"How did your tone change so fast after calling me a selfish socially awkward prick?!"

"Don't curse in front of him now." she warned "He's 5 and his name is Vincent Silver, be nice or I'll show you the true world of insults."

You're supposed to be the nice one, why does your switch flipped 180 whenever it comes to insults. Seriously, first calling me a universal mistake and now a prick? Who the hell say that to their son?!

Besides, it seems that they adopt Vince for a while for them to be that comfortable, can't you at least tell me earlier, y'all don't need my permission, but a heads up would have been nice. And yes, I'm just gonna call him Vince.

"Hi." Vince said from the other side

"Sorry that I'm not there to meet you, when I return, I'll be sure to treat you to a nice meal, is there anything you want? I can buy you any souvenir."

"I want chocolate chip cookies..."

"I can buy a whole store and hire the employees to exclusively bake a cookie and feed you any time you want."

"I don't understand what you're saying...big bro."

"Don't worry, I'll buy you every kind of cookies that I can get my hand on, i was planning on staying a bit longer, bit I'll just eliminate one of my targets and then make my detour, I'll make sure it'll take only 2 months at best."

"Ok...see you soon." he replied quietly

*****

"You're surprisingly nice." Lilith commented once we ended the call

"I was nervous as hell, damn it, they sure did something that no enemy of mine done in this lifetime, they actually managed to surprise me out of my socks."

"I don't mind that quality at all."

"Please shut the fuck up, I meant it when I made that promise to not make this anymore than 2 months, first we help the kraken with its revenge, then we go to the desert and find the lindworms' nest since they invaded and now the desert is a dangerous tourist destination."

"Isn't that one of the heroes' tasks?" Lilith questioned

"Yeah, but I'm the one who doesn't give a fuck. Are you infamous or known amongst humans by chance?"

"No, my existence is very confidential." she shook her head "You don't have to worry, but are you sure you're fine having a demon follow along?"

"Don't worry, as long as you don't do anything stupid and as long as you don't mind people giving you occasional stares, you're fine."