Chapter 68 - Promise

"It is good to make friends around you, so don't feel ashamed to make friends with someone from the family" said Clara.

"I am not saying that he is not my friend but we are more of a competitor's mother" replied Jason.

While they were talking, Hannah walk in with a smile on her face but her expression quickly change to a frown when she saw Jason as she continued to walk toward her mother.

"Mother I am back" said Hannah with a smile on her face as she sat close to their mother.

"How was your day today. I hope you have fun" asked Clara with a smile on her face.

"It went well mother" replied Hannah with a bright smile on her face.

"I heard you now have friends from the fox family" asked Jason.

"And what does it have to do with you, are you going to stop me from seeing them" replied Hannah angrily.

"Did I said something wrong for you to answer like that" asked Jason in confusion for this is the first time that Hannah has lash at him but the problem now is that he doesn't even know how he has offended her.

"I don't care what you say all I am trying to say is you should stop asking me questions" replied Hannah.

"What has gotten into you" asked Jason with a frown.

"Stop asking me like you care about my well-being" replied Hannah.

"Hannah that not a good way to talk to your elder brother" said Clara as she stared at Hannah.

"I am sorry mother" said Hannah before getting up and walk out of the tent without even turning around to look at them.

Seeing the way Hannah is behaving, Jason couldn't help but turn to his mother before asking.

"Did something happen while I was away".

"We were living just as we used to, and this is the first time that I have seen her get angry for no reason" replied Clara.

"It seems like she is angry with me because she only started acting strange the moment she saw me" said Jason.

"You know your sister to be the kind of person to keep her emotions hidden, so you have to try and remember if you offended her in any way" comment Clara.

"How am I supposed to offend my little sister when she is the only one I got" replied Jason.

"I am just saying you should think about what you have done to make her act that way towards you" said Clara with a sigh.

"I don't think I have wrong her in any way but I will still give it a thought" reply Jason before walking out of the tent as he went looking for Hannah only to see her sitting on her spot.

After finding where she is, Jason begins to reck his brain as he tries to remember how he has wrong her.

"I can see that you are not only a liar but also a promise-breaker" said the bracelet in disdain.

"What is that all about, how am I a promise-breaker" asked Jason as he doesn't understand what the bracelet is getting out.

"Ain't you the one that promises to spend more time with her once you return from your training with Austin so how far have you been able to spend more time with her" reply the bracelet with his own question.

"This… I did I forget about that and you couldn't even remind me, what kind of a friend are you" asked Jason.

"How am I supposed to know that you have forgotten about the promise" replied the bracelet.

Choosing to ignore the bracelet, Jason made his way to Hannah who lifted her head to look at him.

"What do you want now" asked Hannah with a frown.

"Look I know that you are angry at me for not spending much time with you since I just came back" replied Jason.

"You just came back eh, you think I did not know that you have returned from your training since morning together with that guy that let you win the tournament and the grand elder" asked Hannah.

"We were busy with something which is why I was not able to come home early but tell you what, how about going to work with me tomorrow" reply Jason with a smile on his face.

"Do you really mean it" asked Hannah in surprise.

"Sure since I don't have that much time to spend at home, I have decided to take to work tomorrow as a way to please you" replied Jason.

"What about the grand elder, ain't you worried about what he is going to say" asked Hannah as she feel comfortable about the idea.

"Don't worry about the grand elder, as long as you don't touch his things" replied Jason with a smile.

"Okay then I will forgive you this once" said Hannah with a smile.

"Alright now back to my question, who are you hanging out with" asked Jason.

"I wasn't hanging out with anyone, I just went for a walk" replied Hannah.

"Then why did you have to lie to mother that you are going to meet up with a friend" asked Jason.

"I just don't want her to worry too much about me leaving which is why I have to lie to hear" replied Hannah.

"I see that it runs in the family" said the bracelet.

"What runs in the family" asked Jason.

"You all are liars, and I thought you are the only one who can't do without lying" replied the bracelet with a chuckle.

"I guess your previous master was an honest man until the day he passed away" said Jason.

"It depends on the situation and besides he never did things the way you do" replied the bracelet.

"And what is wrong with the way I do things" asked Jason with a frown.

"I don't have the time to argue with you right now" replied the bracelet.

After promising to take her with him tomorrow, Jason decided to sit with her as they began to discuss how training went.

Morning. 

After doing his usual meditation, Jason left home together with Hannah while leaving their mother to stay alone. On getting to the alchemy room, Jason opened the door only to see that Austin had already arrived and was sweeping the place.

"Do you even go home yesterday after closing for the day" asked Jason.

"Hey slow down man, of course I went home after closing yesterday" replied Austin.

"If you did then how come you are this early to work" asked Jason once more.

"It is my habit to always wake up early before the sun sets to train. By the way who is that young miss beside you " replied Austin before turning his attention to Hannah.

"Meet my sister Hannah, Hannah meets Austin my annoying friend" said Jason as he began to introduce them.

"Don't you think calling me by my name sounds kinda rude" said Austin with a smile.

"So what do you expect her to call you" asked Jason with a frown on his face.

"Big brother should be enough I guess" replied Austin with a laugh.

"Indeed it is more proper for you to be called big brother but it is quite unfortunate for you that I am the only big brother she has" said Jason with a smile.

"Is it okay if I just refer to you as brother Austin" asked Hannah as she cut into their conversation.

"That is very sweet of you Hannah, of course you can refer to me as brother Austin" replied Austin with a warm smile on his face.

"So what brings you here into the alchemy room" asked Austin.

"My big brother promise to take me around the place since he no longer has time to spend with me" replied Hannah.

"You couldn't come up with any better and brought her here, what is the grand elder going to say if he sees her" asked Austin as he turned to Jason.

"Don't worry about him, I have already thought of what to say to him" replied Jason.

While they were talking, the grand elder suddenly work in with his hand behind his back. And seeing him, the trio bow as they greeted him.

"Did you bring the recipe for making the pill" asking the grand elder.

"Dammit I forgot about it, but not to worry I will have to write it down for you since I still remember the content" replied Jason.

"No problem but I hope you don't I single bit of it else I won't be able to make the pill, meaning we'll have to go look for another horn leopard" said the grand elder.

"How can I forget about the content when I have risked my life just to get the ingredient" replied Jason.

"If you say so then, so who is that kid beside you" asked the grand elder as he looked at Jason while waiting for answers.

"She's my younger sister" replied Jason.