371 One Year Later

[Eighteen Months Later]

[Age Eighteen]

It was the season of autumn once again; the leaves hanging to the limbs of trees turned to a colorful array between yellow and red, descending upon the grass like tranquil rainfall. Waiting outside of the Dragonheart residence was Julius, who had allowed his beard to grow out, becoming bushy. The man was equipped in his standard adventuring gear, looking back through the open doorway of the house.

"Ready, Emilio?" Julius asked.

Everett was waiting outside as well, having grown some and chiseled the few places of fat on his body into muscle, wearing new, platinum armor with a rectangular shield and his hair now combed-over, made neat by Treyna's finesse.

Stepping through the doorway, the Dragonheart, growing out of being seen as "young", now a man himself responded with a smile, "Yeah, yeah, I'm here!"