Back home

Once he entered the house, Seth found his parents talking with some people from the slums. He didn’t even bother asking the system about them as he approached his parents.

“Mother, Father, I’m back.”

Both Nash and Hilda were overjoyed and quickly came to hug him, as well as ask about where he went, what he did, and so on. Seth stuck to his bullshit story about training in the wild, not willing to have them worry or pester him for nothing.

After spending a few hours with his parents, he let them be and went upstairs, where he knew Pearl was studying while hiding from the guests.

“Welcome back, Seth.” Said Pearl with a smile as she put her book down and came to hug him as well.

Seth patted her head and said: “Good to see you’re doing fine, Pearl. Is it only me, or have you gained a few more inches?”

Pearl smiled and shook her head while breaking the hug. “It’s your imagination. Where have you been?”