Chapter 14:Meeting new people

While they looked at Adryan 2 of them started whispering among themselves but thanks to the senses brought by the potion Adryan could hear them loud and clear.

"It certainly has been a while since a new member joined us"

"You're right Charles and also a young one"

"It's a bit rude not to introduce ourselves to Mr. Adryan"

Realizing this disrespect the other men turned their attention back to Adryan.

"Sorry for that offense, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Charles Brown. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Adryan." Mr. Charles was the man with the gray vest and well-groomed beard.

"Please excuse the manners comrade I'm Viktor Magnus it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Adryan"

Mr. Viktor was the man in the simple shirt.

"Leaving these aside, I introduce myself, I am Isaac Rumi and I am the current owner of the club. Welcome, Mr. Adryan."

Mr. Isaac was the one who wore the black vest with the well-ironed shirt.

Adryan gave a slight bow.

"It is also a pleasure to meet you too Mr. Isaac, Mr. Charles, and Mr. Viktor I hope we can get along well"

This made Isaac smile while Charles and Viktor just nodded.

"Would you like to play some pool with us so we can get to know each other a little better?"

Adryan turned to look at the clock and seeing that it was just 11:00, he agreed.

While playing with them, Adryan was able to learn a little about each one and a little more about the missing members of the club, which according to Isaac were around 8.

Viktor was a 32-year-old single man who believed in the Lord of Storms and every chance he got he would proclaim his belief.

Charles was a 31-year-old married man who was expecting his first child in December and was a believer in the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.

While Isaac was 40 years old, married with 2 sons and a daughter, he was a believer in The Evernight Goddess.

Honestly, it was very curious that a believer in the Lord of Storms and another believer in the Evernight Goddess would get along so well, but Adryan was not one to judge; he had seen worse.

After playing for about 2 hours and losing several times, Adryan said goodbye to the three of them and went back to Robert.

Looking at the blonde, Adryan saw that he was reading 'Stormwind Mountain Villa' again.

When Robert noticed that someone had entered the room quickly put the book under the desk.

Seeing that it was Adriana this managed to calm him down a bit.

"Hello again Mr. Adryan you seem to have gotten along well with Mr. Isaac, Mr. Charles, and Mr. Viktor"

"Hello, Mr. Robert, yes, it seems that they were quite kind to me, which makes me happy"

"That's good, I'm glad you got along and then tell me Mr. Adryan...

What do you need from me?"

"I would like to go with Mr. Grievius for target practice"

"Or then go down the right hallway and down to the basement, that's where he teaches."

Thanking Robert for the instructions, Adryan went to the basement and managed to see that it was very open and conditioned for target practice.

An older man was sitting in a chair against the wall as he read the newspaper ignorant of his surroundings.

This man looked 40 years old and was already bald and had a short elegant mustache and seemed to have a monocle over his left eye...

This almost made Adryan grab the handle of his revolver under his jacket on reflex.

Taking quick breaths to calm down, Adryan approached the supposed Mr. Grievius.

Only when Adryan was next to the man did he seem to notice his presence.

Folding the newspaper and putting it on his lap Grievius gave Adryan an annoyed look.

"What do you want brat, can't you see I'm reading?

If you want to use the shooting range ahead, just don't bother me."

When he finished saying that, he opened the newspaper again.

This caused Adryan to just stare at him in shock with his eyebrow twitching in annoyance.

'A bald and embittered old man just my luck'

"I'm sorry Mr. Grievius but in fact, I'm here for you to teach me how to shoot"

This caused Grievius to refold the journal and place it on a table next to him.

"Okay brat tell me do you have your own revolver or are you going to rent one from the club"

"I have my own revolver"

"Well, I can teach you every day for 2 hours starting at 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. If it's not at that time, I'm sorry, it's not my problem."

This almost made Adryan lose his mind and he wanted to jump on the bald old man who was bothering him so much.

How come those simple insults bothered him so much? He had received much worse ones, but those never bothered him as much as this old man.

'Wait, my condition is not normal, those words would never have bothered me, but why do they now?'

Noticing his condition, Adryan took a breath to calm down and think better.

Understanding what was happening, Adryan just smiled at Grievius causing him to be slightly surprised.

"Sounds like a good deal to me, so let's start Mr. Grievius"

Snapping out of his surprise, Grievius gave Adryan a sharp smile.

"I won't be a gentle brat"

"I don't expect it to be"

Adryan responded with an equally sharp smile…

.

"Where are you supposed to aim, do you want to hit someone?"

"Snotty brat, my newborn granddaughter has a better aim than you"

"Let me stand in front of the target since that is the safest place here"

And so the 2 hours passed and Grievius for every shot that Adryan missed followed him with an insult.

But Adryan didn't miss too badly, it seems the potion helped his aim and he only missed 7 of the 40 shots he fired.

But those that missed the target, Grievius made sure to remember...

"Well brat, class time is up, you didn't do too bad so I'll be waiting for you tomorrow."

When Grievius said that, he went to his chair, sat back down, and went back to reading the newspaper.

Stowing the revolver in its holster under his left armpit, Adryan nodded.

And as he went up the stairs to leave the basement, Adryan turned to look at Grievius and gave him a very sharp smile.

"I will wait for your classes Mr. Provoker"

When he said that, Adryan went back up the stairs without looking back to see how Grievius dropped the journal in shock as he turned to see his back.

As Adryan left, Grievius smiled, picked up the journal, and read it again.

"What an Interesting brat"

He said to the air while reading.

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Good morning guys author here

Today I am extremely inspired and I am going to post another 8 chapters before the end of the day so we will see each other in a bit.

Besides, I'm sorry if some conversations feel weird I'm not good at writing them if you have any advice feel free to write it in the comments I'll be happy to read them.

And thanks to DoistFern_Ando for supporting this story and for the funny comments.