14 Departure!
Days went by without waiting for anyone.
This half a month has been filled with some fighting, training, and some work for Leon.
He went to the forest to gain fighting experience. He just battled with some mobs. With continuous fighting, his battle injury became less severe. His focus state has also become perfect, with only two objects. He also pilled up some bronze coins and silver coins.
Near Leon's house, on the small field.
Leon could be seen harvesting crops. The crop he is harvesting is the most common. It's normal wheat. Leon heard from villagers that there are magical crops that can help cure disease, strengthen the body, and much more.
Leon looked at the sky suddenly and saw clouds gathering. He seems to be seeing clouds more these days.
"There are more clouds now; black clouds will come in no time. It's the end of the summer, and my time has come too." saying that he went to work.
Today is the last day he will stay in this village. He will leave tomorrow morning after having his last breakfast here.
Leon thought he may be depressed this whole day, but he was relatively calm.
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In the middle of the night.
Leon came in front of Rick's grave as usual. He was a little sad today, he came here to say his last goodbye.
He sat in front of the grave and started describing his day. When all this was done, he said."Grandpa, Tonight is the last time we will have a talk. I want to say so many things. Thinking about it, I found the right word.
Leon stood up. He straightened himself up and did a full 180-degree bow.
He shouted loudly. "Thank you for taking care of me and all the things you have done for me!!"
After saying that, he seemed to feel like a heavy rock had been lifted from his heart.
He straightened up and rubbed his moist eyes. After giving a last look at the grave and the tree, he went to sleep.
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Early in the morning.
Leon had a simple breakfast, then went to dress up for the journey.
He wore a white long-sleeved shirt and black pants with a pair of black boots. He had medium-length hair, according to boys. A Black stick hanging on his waist.
When Aunty Halen and Hiba came to say their goodbyes, they were dazzled when they saw him.
"Ar- Are you going on an audition to be a prince?" Hiba couldn't help but blurt it out.
"You have to give credit to Aunty for my look. She made this dress for me."
Yes, The shirt and pants were made by Halen. She came to him on the day he requested someone to maintain his house. She wanted to make a gift for him as his farewell.
"Oh~ you don't have to give credit. I was a designer in the past. It was effortless to make a simple dress." Halen boasted. As if remembering something she said to Leon. "Now that we have talked about this dress, I have made a couple of sets in various sizes. With this, you don't have to worry about looking bad."
Then she took out the same white shirt and black pants of various sizes.
Seeing this, Leon couldn't help but think. 'What!! Does she think I will not find any dress or I can not find any?'
But when he looked at her smiling face, he knew. 'Such a bad lie to make him only wear her dress.'
He didn't hate it; just the opposite, he liked this feeling, of being cared for by someone.
So he happily took it. "I love this dress. I will remember to always wear it."
His reply made Halen happy. She warned."I hope you do not forget it."
Leon nodded, then he has to do one last thing so he said."You guys go wait outside. I will be back."
They went to wait outside, hearing him.
Backyard, Rick's grave.
Leon stood in front. He first looked at the tree. "Brother, I am going. I hope you can be big and take care of Grandpa."
Then he looked both at the same time, took a deep breath and said." Goodbye. "
Without wasting time, he walked away.
The tree branches also started shaking in the wind as if saying their farewell.
Leon was going to travel to the south. Northside is blocked by steep mountains and filled with fierce beasts. East and West are entirely known as full of trees, and jungle. The only road is south.
But in the south is the kingdom of Ashura. When he learned this from Aunty Halen, he panicked. He taught his journey was finished before it started.
But Aunty Halen assured him, that the Ashura people don't care about humans going into their kingdom except for important figures. Also, Ashura and humans are allies.
When he arrived on the south side of the village, he saw a lot of people. The crowd, seeing him arrive, made a path for him to go.
He walked on the path. At the end of the path, he saw Aunty Halen and Hiba. He stood in front of everyone.
Halen talked first. " Leon, I know you will come back someday, but I still fear you will encounter an accident. So don't die easily."
She hugged him, with tears coming from her eyes. Leon also didn't have any dirty thoughts, he hugged along.
Hiba also started saying."You should definitely come back and be back with many dresses, especially those that princesses wear. If not, I will never forget you."
She tried to hold her tears back. Leon opened his arms upon seeing this. She also didn't refuse.
After all, this was done. He looked behind them and saw the shop owner who buys his crops, the old lady he helped sometimes, the friends of his age with whom he only played a little bit, and many more. They all came and smiled at him.
He also smiled. Apparently sensing something, he looked up at the clear blue sky. He saw Grand Rick smiling at him too.
Leon became overwhelmed. He looked back at the crowd and walked away while waving at them. The crowd also waved at him.
Leon's small back with a medium-sized brown leather hanging and a wide rice hat on top could be seen fade away.
With his departure, the crowd also dispersed. In a while, dark clouds veiled the sky and rained down on earth.
Leon's departure appears to wash away the rain.
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