Chapter 881: Chapter 869 Who Gave You the Courage? Chapter 881: Chapter 869 Who Gave You the Courage? “Aeolus, what a coincidence!”

Just as Aeolus stepped out of his home’s gate, he saw a small blonde girl greeting him enthusiastically. This exquisitely crafted little girl had a pair of exceptionally noticeable Dragon Horns on her forehead.

“Good afternoon, Eddy!” Seeing the girl, Aeolus showed his eight snow-white teeth in a friendly greeting. The little girl was a Dragon Person with a Golden Dragon lineage, attending the same school but not the same class.

“Let’s go to school together!”

“Okay!” Although this sort of coincidence had been happening since the day the Dragonkin girl first met him, Aeolus didn’t show the slightest hint of surprise.

“What coincidence! You clearly came over after eating lunch and have been waiting here all through the midday!” Just as the Dragonkin girl was beaming with joy, a crisp voice cut in, ruthlessly exposing her so-called coincidence.

“Aren’t you the same?” Edy, the exposed Dragonkin girl, didn’t look the least bit embarrassed. Instead, she angrily glared at the girl who had called her out. The girl had smooth silver hair but her ears were like those of an ordinary Human, a hybrid half-elf.

“Showing up at Aeolus’ doorstep on time every day, hmph, such pretense!”

“You!” The half-elf girl’s cheeks instantly flushed red. She too had wanted to put on a dignified air and create a more normal chance encounter on the road.

But the reality didn’t allow for such games. Even if she chanced upon Aeolus on the road, she would only see an Aeolus completely surrounded by girls, without even a glimpse of his face.

“Good afternoon, Olyona.” At that moment, Aeolus spoke up to ease the elf girl’s embarrassment, “Everyone leaves at a regular time. It’s normal to bump into each other on the road.”

“Good afternoon, Aeolus!” There, on the distant street, a girl was hopping and skipping as she ran over…

“Hmm!” On the second-floor balcony, Muria watched her son, who was escorted by a dozen girls as he headed off to school, her eyes reflecting contemplation,
“Should I impose some restrictions on this? He hasn’t even hit puberty yet, and it’s like this. If this were in junior high, who knows what would happen.”

“What? You want to seal your son’s face too?” Standing beside Muria, Michaela asked with mixed feelings. It was naturally a good thing that their son was popular with the opposite sex, but at this age, it seemed a bit too early. The problem was she didn’t know how to handle the situation, as there had never been such a case within the Blazing Sky God Race.

“Of course not, how could I possibly want to disfigure Aeolus!” Muria shook her head, her eyes also revealing some troubles, “Sigh, it’s all our fault. We all possess unparalleled beauty, and Aeolus just inherited our looks, giving him such immense charm. If I hadn’t sealed his bloodline power, his attractiveness to the opposite sex would now be even greater.”

“…”

“This kid, really is…” Muria opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself. She couldn’t express the envy she felt for how girls treated her son; that wasn’t the way to seek death.

“Really is what?” Michaela looked at Muria, keenly sensing that her husband was trying to communicate something.

“Cough, nothing!” Muria cleared her throat and then looked at Michaela, “Aeolus is in the fifth grade already. When he finishes elementary school and then junior high, he’ll have to leave this city and go to high school somewhere else.”

“Hmm.”

“By then, he’ll be leaving us.”

“Isn’t it just a word from you whether he can attend high school in this city or not?”

“Cough, that won’t do. When the time comes, he must leave the city and travel to other places.” Muria stated. Holy Flame City was his son’s safe development zone. After graduating from junior high, Aeolus’ first round of development would be almost over. It would then be time for him to venture out and explore the mazes established in other places.

“Hmm!”

“So, by then, the two of us will be all alone…”

“If you have something to say, just say it. Why beat around the bush?”

“Mija, I want to have a daughter!”

“It’s impossible for us to have another child now.”

“Don’t worry, look!” Muria stretched out his hand to Michaela, displaying three exquisite and radiant droplets, emitting a five-colored splendor that hovered in his palm.

“Did they give these to you?” Michaela didn’t even need to guess to know where this source power came from.

“Right, they all feel that having just one son is too few! Coincidentally, I share the same sentiment.”

“So, you want to use the source power to have another daughter?” Michaela looked puzzled, “But isn’t this source power a bit too much, you don’t need this much!”

“Not one, three. I want to have triplet daughters with you!” Muria said with a smile.

Boom——
“What’s happening? An earthquake?” Surrounded by a group of lovely little girls and amidst the envious glances of numerous male classmates, Aeolus, who had just arrived at school, looked up at the slightly shaking ground with a puzzled expression on his face.

But the mild tremors in the city soon subsided, followed closely by an announcement of the earthquake’s cause that reached every corner of the city. Apparently, it was an Earth Dragon that had come to the underground of Holy Flame City, causing this insignificant earthquake, and the dragon had already been expelled, so there was no need to worry about a second earthquake occurring.

In the depths of Holy Flame City, seven thousand meters underground, Muria lay in the magma with only his head exposed, bearing a distinct bruise on his face. He kept gasping for air, a look of resignation on his face, “If you’re unwilling, just say it, why resort to violence? We’re an old married couple; can’t we communicate properly?”

…One year later
“Ever since the discovery of the Holy Flame Labyrinth, more and more outsiders have been coming to the city!” After school, Aeolus curiously observed the passers-by on his way home, greeting each neighbor he knew. He had been living here since elementary school and knew every resident on his way to school.

The current Holy Flame City had seen an influx of adventurers from other places since the discovery of the huge underground maze next to the city a year ago, and the city was filled with more and more unfamiliar faces.

The aura of bloodshed and the distinct demeanor of the adventurers from outside had refreshed Aeolus’s understanding of the world beyond Holy Flame City. He had originally thought all residents outside Holy Flame City were as kind as the uncles and aunties he passed on his way to school, but the reality was far from it.

“Such a powerful adventurer!” Aeolus caught sight of a muscular knight riding a giant Tiger-type ferocious beast, clad in heavy armor, and carrying a war knife on his back. The knight bore a scar across his entire face, looking fiercely intimidating.

“Hmm?” Kurt, who had just entered the city, noticed Aeolus’s gaze and immediately turned to look at him. When he saw the little girl next to Aeolus, his face suddenly broke into a malevolent grin, “You little brat, with hardly any hair grown, what are you looking at?”

“I’m not looking at anything,” Aeolus responded when the burly man looked at him, feeling as though a hungry tiger full of a bloody smell was roaring at him. Despite this mental oppression, the young boy didn’t show a trace of fear and instead stepped forward, shielding the frightened little girls behind him, “I just thought you were very powerful, that’s all.”

“Oh!” The fact that the little brat wasn’t scared of him twisted Kurt’s smile into an even more grotesque expression, “Brat, you do have some courage. At such a young age, you’re already playing the hero, but do you know the price of being a hero?”

As he spoke, the bloodthirsty bully prodded his Mount forward toward Aeolus, enjoying the sight of the children getting terrified by his presence, but he was annoyed that he couldn’t see a trace of fear on Aeolus’s face.

“Hey, I mean, a child, and you’re getting all serious with him? Releasing such qi at him, aren’t you going too far?” A somewhat simple and honest voice drew Kurt’s attention!

“Uncle Bard!” Aeolus, who was standing with his hands spread, protecting the girls behind him, shouted out as he turned to see a middle-aged butcher stepping out from a meat shop, brandishing a cleaver, wearing a dirty apron, and with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

“Little Ai, haha, you go ahead and take these little girls away first, and let Uncle handle the rest!” The butcher-like Bard chuckled as he created a circle of courage at the feet of the petrified schoolchildren, dispelling the fear from their hearts.

“But…”

“It’s okay, I can handle this little matter!”

“Huh? Who are you? Who gave you the nerve to spoil my fun?” The bully Kurt turned to the butcher Bard, while the hungry tiger also roared at the seemingly rotund and chubby man.

“Me? Just an ordinary butcher in Holy Flame City!” The butcher, with a pipe in his mouth and a blood-stained apron, slowly approached the villain, clearly not someone to mess with,
“I’d like to ask you, who gave you the audacity to release such evil qi towards my daughter!”

“Talking to me like this, it looks like you’re tired of living?” The villain Kurt gripped the handle of his war knife as he released visibly tangible qi of blood toward the butcher Bard, and he instantly recognized the unique quality of the butcher.

“Huh? You like using such qi to intimidate people? With this little blood qi, are you joking?” Unaffected by the oppressiveness of the villain’s blood qi, the butcher merely turned his head slightly, waiting for Aeolus to get the girls out of the street and out of sight of the scene. Then, black-red clouds of qi, akin to plumes of smoke, seeped out from his body, instantly overwhelming the villain’s blood qi, and engulfed him with immersive force…

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