Chapter 9 – Meet the family
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After the end of the Denar’an Trials, the RabbitKind King was talking with Seya and his Denar’an family at his Throne Room. “Now, that was a great Gathering. Sully, these two are really something!”
Sully placed his hands on his waist, showing off. “Yes, I am a very good Teacher!”
Cemil grabbed and pulled very hard one of Sully’s ears. “What?”
Sully immediately amended his phrase, while holding a scream of pain. “We! We are very good Teachers!”
Seya raised his hand, with a serious look. “I have just a small question that has been bothering me... It’s about my father. That ‘adoptive brother’ part...”
The RabbitKind King nodded his head, he suspected that someone was at fault in all that. “Sully...”
Sully scratched his head, a little embarrassed. “Never appeared an opportunity to tell him. And his father never told him as well. His parents were always worried that for some chance of destiny, he would change physically when he grew up. Meaning, natural RabbitKind ears appearing on him. But the funny thing is that when he is around us, he always puts on his Magic Light RabbitKind Ears. At first, it was only him making fun of me.”
Cemil was smiling, remembering all that. “Yes, it was always funny to watch. He arrived at our house, just a normal Human child. As soon as he saw Sully, ‘Pling!’, RabbitKind Ears activate! Ahahahah!”
Null was tapping Seya’s back. “Yes, and he always pretended that nothing happened, like everything was normal!”
Sully nodded. “Yeah, this kid is always making fun of me. But he soon started to put his RabbitKind ears only when he fought seriously. I asked him to do that, to help him concentrate.”
Null started to laugh, remembering one special event. “And to warn Father that you would get a leg chopped off if you were not careful during a fight! Ahahahah! That was one funny moment! Ahahahah!”
The RabbitKind King asked, looking at Sully and then, at Seya. “He chopped your leg?”
“Yeah, during training early this year. That was when I understood that I was surpassed by this little Human and decided to train him even harder and bring him to the Denar’an Trials. But I don’t know why Null here is laughing. If I remember correctly, since Seya started sparring with him, Null got his arms chopped off, his legs, pierced many times, bruises, broken bones, twisted neck...”
Null trembled, he had many bad memories because of that. “Ah, don’t remind me!”
The RabbitKind King laughed, just by looking at Null, trembling from head to feet. “Ahahahah!”
Seya was snorting, feeling bored. “You are all changing the topic. No one still answered my question.”
Sully nodded, he was right. “Sorry, I got distracted. Truth is, our father, the previous RabbitKind King, had a Human concubine that he loved very much. Unfortunately, she died giving birth to your father. And the Queen, seeing our father grieving, decided to adopt your father and raised him like if he was her own son. And by doing so, we received a cute little brother.”
The RabbitKind King was smiling, remembering the past. “And as we grew, we found out that he was amazing with Wind and Fire Magic. But strangely, he could only use a little of Dark Magic. But even so, he managed to get a reputation as an Adventurer, when he grew up! And it seems that you inherited his Dark Magic.”
Sully put a hand over Seya’s shoulder. “And also, Wind and Fire, and Light and Water from his mother... I think that Earth Magic was his original blessing, considering Rolland could never use it.”
The RabbitKind King jumped by hearing that. It was amazing! “What? He can use all the Attributes?”
Sully nodded while rubbing Seya’s head. “Yes, and as powerful as his Earth and Dark Magic. That along with a natural talent for Fighting Arts makes him truly exceptional. And he is also very good on Healing Magic. As you can see from my leg, there's not even a mark.”
The RabbitKind King looked at Seya, he was amazed by all that, but something was bothering him. “Truly amazing... And he is even faster than an experienced RabbitKind, like the Examiners. I always thought that the Human body couldn't withstand a RabbitKind’s speed, but he is even faster. How is that possible?”
Seya shrugged. “With a little of Body Enhancement Magic.”
“Your father also used that, but after some time of continuous use, he would get backlash from it.”
“Well, I am always using Healing Magic at the same time, so there's no backslash.”
“What? Can Healing Magic be used like that?”
Sully smiled. “And this little guy also has natural trained muscles. I always made him do a lot of normal exercises. And when he was too tired, I made him use Healing Magic and do it all over again, day after day, after day... And Null too.”
Seya had his eyes blank. “Yeah... Big Crazy Rabbit…”
And also, Null. “Big Crazy Rabbit...”
The RabbitKind King laughed, seeing how Seya and Null seemed dead! “Ahahahah! Sully, the Terrifying Master strikes again!”
Seya was staring the horizon, remembering the pain, the sweat, the pain again. “I am feeling like dying here, just by remembering.”
The RabbitKind King scratched one of his ears, he was having an idea. “Seya, I have a request, if you don’t mind hearing me.”
Seya smiled at the King, he knew exactly what that was about. “The King wants to learn Gateway Magic, Compressed Dimension Magic, and Magic Collect.”
“Yes, please!!”
Seya shook his head while hiding a smile. “I refuse.”
“I see... Well, it's okay then...”
Sully punched Seya in the head and laughed. “Ahahahah!... Don’t worry brother, Seya is just making fun of you. He was already prepared to teach every RabbitKind that wanted it!”
Seya was rubbing his head, that punch hurt a lot! “For a fair price, that is, as tuition for the lessons.”
The King was laughing because of Seya’s nerve. “This nephew of ours as some nerves, to joke with a King! Ahahahah!... Well, and what would be the price for the tuition? And are you not afraid like ancestor Taly, that we misuse those techniques?”
“The Bushido code that every RabbitKind follows, prevents that. On Ancestor Taly time, it was not so well spread. Ancestor Taly... sounds just right, now that I know that I am a Half-Breed!”
Sully looked at Seya, and he noticed a weird smile on Seya’s face. “So happy that he is, look, he can’t stop smiling!”
Seya shook his head and tried to look more serious. “Yeah... Oh, and I guess one gold coin for each RabbitKind that I teach, for a period of one week would be fair. After that, they need to train every day their own Control of Magic Flow.”
The RabbitKind King happily shouted! “Agreed! Well, I was even going to offer ten gold coins for each Warrior, so that’s a bargain!”
“Okay then, we have a deal, ten gold coins for each Warrior and a RabbitKind Princess!”
The RabbitKind King pulled his hears down, regretting making a blunder like that. “Argh! I should have just shut my mouth! And you also want one of my daughters?”
Seya was laughing and rubbing his hands, like a madman. “Eheheheh!... Yeah, my very own little RabbitKind Princess... She will be my personal Maid! She will cook for me, clean my house, work on my fields, I will dress her up in many cute clothes!! Muhamuahmuaauaaa!”
“Well, that would be... But those Magics are... I guess it would be a big advantage for every warrior... It’s a duty of a member of the Royal Family, to take care of their people...”
Sully punched Seya in the head again. “Wait, brother! Seya is just joking! Don’t take this crazy child too serious when he is not fighting! He got this bad habit from his mother!”
Seya was rubbing his head again while looking at Sully and putting his tongue out. He spoke after a quick thought to himself. “||...I guess that would be too much, my very own RabbitKind Princess to play...|| “I am sorry my King, I was just fooling around, I hope my King can forgive is favourite nephew over here. But the ten gold coins were true!”
Null grabbed Seya by his shoulders and he was shaking him. “Hey, who said that you were the King’s favourite nephew?”
Seya pinched Null’s arms, to get free, and he then jumped back to get out of reach, and laughed again while placing his hands on his waist, defying Null. “Big brother needs to shut up, at least until you can defeat me! Me, the powerful Seya 'Taly' Denar’an Hinamoto!! Muahmuahmuah!!!”
Sully looked at both of them, he always found it funny, seeing them like that. They remembered him and his older brother, the King, when they were young. “Here he goes with the evil laughter... He completely lost it now... Ahahahah!...”
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