Chapter 20: A Gift

After Desmond left, shadows arrived near the location of the dungeon,

"Hmm?" one of the shadows sees the leaves and shrubs falling near the cellar door.

"What wrong? " answered the shadow next to it.

"is autumn now?"

"Hmm? no yet, still summer."

"Then how do you explain that some leaves are falling in the area around there," the shadow said while pointing to the bushes.

The people in the shadows began focusing their eyes before laughter erupted.

"Hahaha ... Nice joke! Don't worry; maybe it was carried away by the wind. Look at the trees that are blowing so hard above us," the shadow said, pointing at the leaves that were on the trees blowing very hard.

"Hmm ... that's right, maybe I was worried too much."

"Never mind, we were ordered by the grandmaster to keep an eye on this family, but we haven't had anything suspicious in the past three years. maybe Grandmaster Weston and Master Noel's suspicions were too exaggerated."

"Well, I hope that's true; I want to hurry this job completely, it's such a tiring job."

"Yeah, we also ain't doing while our friend has been to a party every night."

With the night so long and cold, the two shadows keep talking until they are bored and begin to keep an eye on the Desmond family. The shadows are the special forces of Grandmaster Weston, who have been specially trained in all situations.

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After Desmond exited the basement, he came to the castle through the back door in the kitchen.

Desmond, who entered the kitchen room's situation with the door squeaking, was very dark. The large chandelier above the dining table became the lighting and moonlight reflection that entered through the windows near the dining table.

Suddenly he heard a sound of lightning, "Huh!" gasped Desmond in surprise. A bright flash of light suddenly blocks his vision; after a moment, he regains his sight and then sees a human-shaped shadow standing right in front of the dining table.

"Huh ?!" Desmond, who saw this shadow, became alert as he tightly gripped the sword that was on his hip.

Step by step, Desmond slowly approached the shadow. Meanwhile, Desmond's body also slowly became visible again.

When Desmond is near the shadow, he sees a girl sleeping at the dining table. This girl also held a box while sleeping; Desmond then felt relieved and lowered his guard.

"Sis, you just startled me," Desmond said while looking at the gift his elder sister was holding. He shook his head and mumbled, "It's been one year, yeah."

It has been one year since their parents often left Desmond and his sister; this made Desmond forget about his birthday. Alice, who loves Desmond, always surprises him every year. And from last year, Alice gifted him a sword scabbard, which he still uses until now.

Not only Alice but Desmond also change. Slowly his heart began to accept this family. From the perspective, 'Use a shield and throw away.' become 'Use a shield to protect and save everyone.'

"Come on, sis, it's cold outside." Desmond then carried Alice and headed to the 2nd floor.

For Desmond, who has a height higher than Alice and usually swung a 5kg wooden sword every day, Alice's weight is nothing.

When he arrived on the 2nd floor, Desmond went straight to Alice's room. He opened the door with his left hand and slowly put Alice on the bed.

While Desmond was laying Alice down on the bed and went to the left, Suddenly he felt a hand was holding his cloth, he glanced back to see Alice still sleeping, but her hand tightly held his hand. Desmond then looked at Alice's face only to see that her eyes were still closed but with a sad smile on her face and a tear falling from her eyes.

"Father, Mother, don't leave me again with my brother-I miss you."

Desmond, who heard this, unconsciously rubbed Alice's head and said, "Here you have me, sis, that will always protect you."

Desmond then sees Alice's expression change slightly, her mouth curved and form a smile. Desmond then covered Alice's body and left the room.

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After entering his room, Desmond immediately jumped into his bed.

"Aahhh," Desmond moaned and turned around to stare at the ceiling of his room.

"My body doesn't feel the slightest bit of pain; even the burn marks I got from this dungeon are gone," Desmond said as he opened his clothes a little while touching it.

Previously on his muscular abdomen, there were burns marks; if this happened to him in his old world, people would expect these burns to be permanent and can't be healed or removed.

But because Desmond managed to focus on healing, it made the wounds that had been so severe that they were completely invisible.

While staring at the ceiling, he also muttered, "Status."

[Scanning Host Body…]

[Scan Complete !]

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-Status-

Name: Desmond

Gender: Male

Age: 3 years

Race: Human

Class: Swordsman

Occupation: None

Unique Energy: 5.05

Strength: 7.04

Agility : 0.44

Stamina: 1.63

]

"Hmm, my agility has increased, but I don't feel any change." When Desmond looked at his status, he suddenly heard a roar from the sky and saw through the window that it was raining.

Desmond accidentally focused his gaze on every drop of water that fell from the sky.

He saw that as if the world had stopped, all the water droplets that were about to fall stopped in the air or rather slowed down.

"Maybe this is a benefit from increasing Agility. Not bad; just added a little but had a decent effect.

"Let's see what we get this year." Desmond shifted his gaze to the gift box he took from Alice's hand.

The gift was in the form of a box and was only the size of a hand. There was also a large ribbon that tied the whole of the gift box.

Desmond pulled the ribbon that was in the middle of the box. With the ribbon pulled, the wrap of the box opens to reveal a necklace.

The necklace chain seemed to be made of silver; a dragon's head formed the necklace's center.

Desmond, who sees this, just shook his head. "After the sword scabbard, now a necklace?

Desmond then wears the necklace and holds it in both hands."Thank you, sis, you care a lot about me.

"Now is the time to hide this dangerous item." Desmond then opened the cupboard and pulled the rope that was in the cupboard.

After Desmond had put down his original sword, he then began meditation to increase his Unique Energy.

"System, did you keep the battle records of my parents ?"

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Creating Task...

Used 1 Slot

Status: Working 0%

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[Working 50% ..]

[Status: Completed]

[Saving to Database ...]

[Data Saved!]

[System Suggestion: Yes, it was a recording three years ago, where at that time, the Host's parents were being attacked by the assassin. Did the host want to play the tape?]

"Yes, please."

With that, Desmond, who was cross-legged on the bed, started to meditate while playing back the recording of the battle between Leona, Bastian, and the assassins.

This technique has also been Desmond's doing for years. Making him see the scene repeatedly allows Desmond's body to slowly mimic some of the movements that are on the tape.