Hina came out and froze, Lina came out and froze too "oh no" she muttered.
The man just gave a big grin.
Earlier....
"hey kid! Do you know someone name philip" the man said his grin never faltering.
"who are you?. Introduce yourself first" free ask his guard up. Who is this man? What did he know about philip?.
The man laugh his heart out, he wipe a tear from his face. "you wanna hear it that bad" the man said and strike a pose flexing his muscles. "NAME'S OKOTO. I AM A FRIEND OF PHILIP" he said and he gave another pose flexing his biceps.
"okay and what kind of friend" free ask, looking annoyed at the flexing.
"you are a clever one huh, kid!" okoto said giving another pose. "i and philip are old buddies we rank up together on our adventurers days" okoto said and he stops flexing but his grin never vanish.
"so you are on the same party as my father" free said, a bit surprised.
"so you're his son what a coincidence! Hina and lina raise you good, you're clever and cautious!" he said pinching free's cheek. "also i and philip aren't on the same party. We we were kinda like best friends rivals or something. We eat, chat, laugh and got hit by hina's pan together" he said laughing loudly, other childrens take a step back.
Free sighs, "so why are you here. Any bussiness?" he ask .
Okoto laugh loudly again "you're quite the brat. But no, i am here to Meet philip, hina and lina. i heard there was a dungeon nearby that came out recently so i was thinking i should visit philip too" he said, his armor fall off and his muscles became visible. He flex his muscles and abs. "look at my biceps,ah!. look at my abs, uhh!"
Okay. this guy is a muscle freak like my dad free thought, his eye brow twitched. "so you want to meet my dad?" free ask.
"YEAH! Where is he?" okoto ask, putting back his armor.
"he is slaying monster by now. He is a Protector in the village" free answered, his expression unchanged.
"if that's the case i will wait for him!" okoto shouted as he took his tent out from his bag.
"HE-HEY DON'T DO THAT HERE" free said, quickly grabbing okoto arms with his tiny hands. "l-let's go to my house. You can wait there" free said quickly, sweating a bit. If this freaky musclehead stay here everyone will be freaked out Free thought to himself.
Okoto stare at free for a bit and laughs "KID YOU ARE VERY KIND!" okoto yelled and pack his tent back into his bag. "what's you name?" he ask.
"F-free" free answered, a bit hesitant.
Okoto give free a cat stare "what?" he muttered. "your name is free?.." okoto said his laugh faded.
"y-yeah" free answered, looking away.
Okoto burst laughing he falls into the grass "YOUR NAME IS FREE!!! SERIOUSLY, DON'T TELL ME IT'S PHILIP-S!!!. free.....AHAHAHAHAHA KID BE CAREFUL AT MARKET OR ELSE SOMEONE WILL TAKE YOU THINKING YOU ARE FREE" okoto said laughing louder than before.
"okay, enough laugh.let's go to my house" free said walking away.
"hey wait!" okoto shouted, he stand up, take his bag and follows free.
"what was that?" a kid nearby said a bit scared because of the laugh.
Back to present...
Okoto gave a big grin ."hey, it's been a while!" okoto said.
"o-okoto how have you been" hina said completely surprised. "why are you here" she asked.
"oh that i hear that a new dungeon formed nearby recently so i thought why not visit you. Been 6 years since i last seen you guys" okoto said laughing.
"yeah it has been" lina said regaining her composure. "please come in" she said.
"i'd be my pleasure" he said,laughing without a care. "also keep an eye on your son" he said.
"w-why?" hina ask turning to free, beside okoto.
"Because he ils free, what if someone take him!" okoto laugh louder.
"that's not funny!" hina yelled at him.
"well it is kinda" lina said, from the kitchen, making tea.
"you too!" hina said looking at lina like she betrayed her.
Okoto sat down at the living room, free goes upstairs. "hey free where are you goin'?" he said, looking at free going upstairs .
"I have something to do" free answered from the second floor.
"quite the shy one" okoto said, sitting at the living room alone.
In the kitchen.....
Lina was making tea and hina was cooking lunch. "i never thought he would visit soon" lina said, looking toward the living room.
"yeah me too" hina replied, adding salt to the soup.
"i thought he would visit once every decade" she said, as she take a seat in the chair.
"yeah, but thanks to the dungeon that formed 5 mile away, he came to visit sooner than expected" lina said pouring tea in the wooden cup.
"it's gonna be chaos when philip came back-" hina didn't complete her sentence when the door open with a loud .thud!.
Philip storm in with his sword in hand "hina where's lunch!" he yelled, just then...
"hey philip how've you been!" okoto came out of the living room with a big grin.
"WOAHH.I'M FINE AND HEALTHIER, HOW'VE YOU BEEN" philip said, a bit surprise but he hide it in his energetic mood.
"I AM FINE. JUST LOOK AT MY ABS AND ARMS" okoto flex, veins became visible in his skin.
Philip gave a flex of his iwn muscles too "HYAAAA! BABY LOOK AT MY MY ABS. I SLAY 4 GOBLIN THIS MORNING" he said changing position.
"okay, you two stop now" lina came with tea in hand. "okoto your tea will be in the living room".
"yes!"okoto replied still in mid flex battle with philip.
After some time...
"well that was quite the warm up!" Philip Said wiping sweat off his face.
"yeah it was" okoto said mid chew, he was eating the soup hina made.
"you two are always like this" hina said eating her own soup.
"we are made for this!!!" both said.
Lina was outside taking the clothes from the garden. "how was your journey during this past years?" hina asked curiously.
"it was not that thrilling ever since you guys settled here. adventures have been dull" okoto said finishing his soup. "now, time for after lunch exercise" okoto said stretching his body.
"wait for me too!" philip said, he gulp the whole soup with one gulp and run outside with okoto, he forgot his sword.
"he forgot his sword" hina said glancing at the sword settled in the corner, it look sad.
Lina enters the house with the dry clothes, she glance at the living room andthe tea was untouch, a vein poped in her forehead.
Meanwhile outside philip was racing with okoto. "i'll win this match!" philip yelled whike sprinting.
Two weeks later.....
Mid night....
Lina room was dark dimly lit by a candle the shdow move as the candle stirr.
"finally" lina muttered, sweat pouring down her face, she stare at a piece of paper. "finally the seal of eternity if complete" lina said and she took the seal with a wooden stick careful not to touch it, she put it inside the drawer carefully.
The next morning.....
After breakfast. Free was reading his book in the living room, philip already left for duty and a race with okoto, hina was in the dining table cleaning it when lina came in.
"lady hina it is complete" she whispered.
"i-is it" hina said, she glance toward the living room where free was reading his book.
"we should put it in the afternoon, okay" lina said,
"y...yeah we do it at afternoon" hina hesitate, but she agreed to it anyway. It would be better for free to be magicless than being called a misfit by the world she thought.
"but would the seal able to contain the mana" hina ask, a hint of doubt.
"it will, the seal i made is the seal of eternity it can whitstand almost anything" lina answer with full confidence.
"okay.." hina crack a faint smile. Please work hina prayed in her mind.
Lina left the kitchen.
Meanwhile in the living room....
Shhhhhng. Free's mana stirred growing again. Free hand glowed green again, he smiled faintly this is the brightest light ever he thought unaware of the seal in the afternoon.....
In the afternoon.....
To be continued.....
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