Master Of None

"So, do you want to explain why I had to drag your butt inside? Why you were asleep outside in a pile of dirt?" Remey had somehow managed to be the one that made it to the mansion first at the end of the day. Therefore, she had been the one that found Walker passed out in the training area behind the mansion. He had created a pile of dust and dirt with his skill earlier which had become his pillow.

"You see…I was training and tried to use a skill but I used all of my mana trying to keep it up…" Even the small smile that Walker had was enough to make Remey punch his arm.

"And you are happy with that? I found you in the dirt! What's wrong with you. There's training to your limit and just plain being dumb." Since Remey's training was brutal in its own way, Walker was surprised to hear that she was so upset. "You're lucky I found you before it started raining. Or Mordant saw you."

Walker glanced outside to see a torrential downpour. The rain was coming down faster than one could keep up with. The entirety of Genesis would be soaked thoroughly before the night was up. "I didn't consider the backlash from testing my elemental mana to make new skills. Originally I was just trying to break the natural mana back in to elemental mana for training. But I got distracted and started to try and create dragon like skills."

"Oh, makes sense. You want to impress the dragons more so who cares about looking like a fool in front of them or worse, showing weakness. Aren't you a royal dragon too? Shouldn't you be acting the part while another is in the city?" Part of Walker wanted to say that Mordant was back in the mage tower. However, he knew that was the wrong answer. He had risked a lot more than he realized at the time.

"I'll be more careful." Walker felt odd that it was Remey reprimanding him. But it was her that had gone out and started to grow up lately. She had an entire guild under her care now. How would she not start to think about things in a more mature way?

Yet, as Walker thought about it, Remey had always been more mature. She had so many siblings to take care of when she was in the orphanage. If he had not pursued better food, medicine, and care for them then she would never be where she was today. Out of the entire party, Remey may have been the most adult even though she had a hot head personality at times.

Remey looked at Walker carefully. She found the guilt on his face then decided it was enough to change the subject for now. "You know, those hatchlings did pretty well today. Midnight is out rewarding them with some street food but they earned it. The two at the adventurer's guild training grounds have more talent than we thought. One has a great sense of smell while the other is perfect for stealth."

"Did you hear about the third one? Aiden should have told Midnight and the dragonkin warrior with them how the last hatchling did." Walker wasn't sure if Remey knew.

"I walked Midnight home before she left again. The dragonkin with that hatchling was pretty interesting. She looked at all of my gear and inspected it closely. That guy, Aiden seemed to take a real liking to her. Even offered her a room there if Midnight approved."

"Huh, how about that? I knew it would go well but that's better than I thought. I wonder if Mordant expected this?" The pair continued their talk for a short while more before Walker noticed he was ruining the couch he was sitting on with the dirt he was still covered in. Therefore, he left to clean himself as Gil walked in the door.

"Why are you covered in dirt?"

"He's dumb that's why," Remey smirked while walking away leaving Gil questioning what had happened.

Feeling more than just one pulling at his shirt was a strange feeling. Walker was used to Midnight pulling him out of bed to get up but this time when he opened his eyes he found the three hatchlings working hard to pull him from his slumber while Midnight watched.

"Midnight…you really had them….try this?" Walker's groggy response elicited a slight huff that was more of a laugh. "Don't laugh at me! I will freeze you!" Midnight jumped back as Walker whipped a hand out trying to hit her with a little cold breeze with his mana manipulation.

He was technically a royal dragon and now he had three dragons pulling him out of bed. Where was the respect? " Are you three going out this morning?" Walker found it impressive that Midnight had been staying in her dragonkin form more and more lately. But what was more impressive was that she handed a note to Walker that said cathedral.

The writing was not straight or easily legible, but it was enough. "You wrote this? You are really coming along! Now you just need to start putting more speech in to practice." Walker teased Midnight a little after his praise. He wanted to encourage her to keep pushing ahead to learn more. He knew that she was already grasping the concept of writing and reading much faster than most people would. It was only a matter of time before she was able to speak.

"You are right though. I want to go to the cathedral with you. Onyx should be coming with us to the lava fields and volcanoes. I doubt he is going to miss the chance for an adventure since he has been so busy helping the abyssal serpent hatchlings." Midnight huffed in approval while the hatchlings took pride in waking Walker up.

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