Chapter 19: Family Reunion
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After two months, most of the rune knights left the city, the remaining ones continued to patrol, but they were rarely seen anymore. Also on many stands on the street, as well as in the guild itself, there was a new mission, 'investigate the case in the Eastern Forest' and the mission was this A-rank with a reward of one million jewels. When Eros saw this reward, at first second, he was tempted to turn himself in, but quickly put that delusional idea out of his mind.
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Two months later, Eros finished the first phase of training and began the second. Gildarts gave him a rather strange silver bracelet, which he put on and experienced a sharp outflow of magic power by 10%, as well as a constant outflow slightly exceeding the recovery rate, but the most unpleasant thing was that all the magic power pumped out of Eros, fell into the bracelet, and it in turn increased the weight of the titan by 15 kg. And for what Eros wanted to shake the neck of Gildarts very firmly, was the function that every week, the weight grew by 5kg, and the magician left/run away on a mission and when he will return, it is unknown, Eros himself could not remove the bracelet, due to lack of knowledge in the fields of artefacting and runes.
And in such conditions Eros lived for almost four months, at the same time the training that strengthened the physical state of the body did not disappear, because Gildarts did not forget to leave a note on the door of the house with the regime for two months, as well as with a note that if he was not there at the end of two months, to start doing all the exercises again.Eros cursed Gildarts a hundred times every day, and especially fiercely when he took a beating from Macacus and came back beaten. But even that had its advantages, Lily had practice every day, and he found an ally in Makarov, who promised to help him beat up Gildarts. And for the last four months, Eros lived with only one thought in mind, and that was to beat up Gildarts, and that was the only thing that kept him going.
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And then came the day that Eros had been waiting for for the last four months. Gildarts returns to the guild. The sound of the bells was the sweetest sound he had ever heard, and when the ground shook, he had the most terrifying smile on his lips, a smile that made some mages fearful and want to get as far away from its owner as possible.
A couple of minutes later, a tall and muscular man with reddish-orange hair slicked back and brutal stubble appeared on the doorstep. A good-natured smile played on his lips.
- Hello all... - but before he could finish the last word, something happened that made everyone freeze from shock. A giant fist flew out from the back of the guild mages and hit Gildarts, he flew out of the guild like a bullet.
- Thank you master! - shouted a grinning Eros and ran out of the guild at full speed.
- Give him a good kicking! - shouted a satisfied Makarov.
- YES!
Everyone in the guild looked at the guild master with fucked up faces.
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- So you're meeting your favourite mentor? - Dusting off his cloak, the mage asked, -You've also talked to the master... -dodging a fist, he continued, -You must have a grudge against me... -and again dodged and blocked, -Let me finish already.
- You old bastard! I almost died because of your fucking bracelet, and you're making jokes," Eros attacked the older mage with all his fury, but he only playfully blocked each of his blows.
- You wanted to become stronger as soon as possible.
- Stronger! STRONGER! NOT CALECA!
- Well, you've become much stronger, because your speed with 100kg is not inferior to what it was without weight four months ago," he said, blocking a punch to the jaw with his right hand, a second punch to the stomach with his left hand, and a third kick to the innermost place, "Hey! Don't hit there!
- You don't need it anymore anyway," Eros exclaimed angrily, trying to hit the same spot again, but was thrown back with a single slap right into the nearest tree, knocking it down.
- That's not for you to decide," Gildarts hummed and walked over to the lying body and removed the bracelet from Eros's hand and the next moment, he blocked the titan's fist a centimetre from his face, "Your speed is something, but it's not enough to take me by surprise.
- Really? - Eros' face grew more serious as he looked into the mage's eyes, -You know why I'm truly angry, don't you 'teacher'?
Gildarts was very surprised, and wary when he saw the boy's serious look.
- I'll tell you a story, - the mage was astonished at this, but did not interrupt his student, - Eight years ago, two young people met, a girl of incredible beauty and a young mage, they fell in love with each other. Their relationship developed very quickly and after a couple of months they got married. But the husband was so busy with his work that he didn't find time to spend with his family. And one day, when the husband again went to work, his wife, having collected all her things left him. When he learnt about it, he grieved for a long time, but he did not try to get her back, and to suffocate this pain, he went to work again. Six years later, he got the news that his wife had died of an unknown disease.
- And why did you decide to tell me this story? - his voice was steady, without any emotion.
- It's a beautiful story, isn't it? - He looked at the mage with a feigned cheerfulness in his voice, "Teacher, isn't this man a scum? After all, he put his family on the back burner and cared only about work, although, what am I saying, such people can not be called men, do you agree with me? - Gildarts was silent, he just stared at the floor.
The next moment, he stood up and wandered in the opposite direction from the guild.
- Master, where are you going? - He didn't pay attention to Eros' words and walked on, -The story isn't finished yet, but how can we hear the continuation or are you going to run away again like you did eight years ago?
- Kid, do you like picking at other people's wounds so much? - his voice would have made any man freeze with fear, but for Eros, it meant nothing, -I don't want to have such a student anymore.
- Really? - I wanted to tell you a story about a poor woman who left home in a situation and raised her daughter alone for almost six years, but in the end, she fell ill, no doctor could help her, and before she died, she told me who her real father was, she died, - long ago, Gildarts stood still and listened to every word of the boy, his heart was beating in a wild rhythm, - A little girl, having lost her mother, left home and went to the place where her father works and for two years now, she tries every time to gain strength, to tell her father that she is his daughter ... - the next moment, Eros appeared right in front of the mage and hit him in the jaw, throwing him dozens of metres away, - You know, in this story, I feel most sorry for this girl, who sees her father every day and can only watch him from afar, - Gildarts was still lying on the ground and looked at Eros in disbelief.
- How can this be...
- Even after you learnt that Cornelia was dead, you didn't try to find out how she had lived all this time, what she had gone through! - exclaimed the titan angrily.
Eros was very angry with Gildarts, because both people were very dear to him. During these six months, he had become so attached to this cheerful little girl that he even considered her his little sister, and he could not help noticing her sad look when Gildarts came to see him, and suspecting something wrong, the titan asked Makarov for help. After pulling up all the documents and even visiting where Kana came from, they found out the secret. Then Makarov blamed himself most of all for all this, because he was the one who sent Gildarts on missions, because only he and Gildarts could carry out S-rank missions.
But one thing that made the guild master very angry was that this idiot kept quiet about everything. Makarov didn't even know that he was married. And for this, he really wanted to beat Gildarts well for educational purposes, but Eros managed to persuade him that he would have this conversation. And now Eros is standing in front of the older wizard.
- Right now, you will go to the guild and beg Kana's forgiveness for your stupidity! And only try to run away again, then the master himself will personally conduct the educational process, - he stood up on his tinted legs, wiped the blood from the edges of his lips, walked towards the guild, Eros followed him.
With each step, Gildarts speed increased exponentially, because after a couple of seconds, both mages stood in front of the guild doors. The older mage, with a trembling hand, was opening the doors.
There was no one in the guild, the building was empty and only one little girl was sitting at a table drinking juice.
Kana didn't understand where everyone had gone, because as soon as her father and brother left, everyone started to leave the guild after a few minutes, as ordered by the master. She was going to leave too, but Makarov told her to stay in the guild, so she had no choice but to obey and sit down at the table. A couple of minutes later, the guild door suddenly opened, at first Kana thought the others were coming back, but when she saw who was standing in the door, she froze and looked at her father with fear. The glass in her hand fell to the ground and shattered, but no one paid any attention to it.
Gildarts headed in her direction, making her shiver, and when he was a step away, the girl squeezed her eyes shut and the next moment, Kana felt herself in a tight embrace.
- Kana, forgive me... - tears came from the girl's eyes and she clung to him tightly, - Forgive your stupid father for leaving and making you suffer these eight years, - he held her even tighter to him, - I will never leave you again, I will always be with you....
As soon as Gildarts saw Kana, the image of Cornelia immediately appeared in his mind... Her long brown hair, her brown eyes, her neat nose... How could he be so blind not to realise that she was his daughter.
- Please, give me the right to be called your father... - tears came from the man's eyes as he hugged this fragile girl who had suffered all these years....
- Daddy...
Having closed the doors, Eros wiped away the tears that were coming and turned to Makarov, who was standing a metre away from him.
- Thank you," the old man said quietly, looking at the guild building with a slight smile.
- He is my teacher after all, and Kana is like a little sister to me.
- No," he shook his head, "If you hadn't noticed that, how long would Kana have lived with that pain and that fool...?
- Enough already, master.
At that moment, the rest of the guild members also approached the building.
- Master, what's going on?
- You'll find out later, but now, if anyone tries to enter the guild, I'll personally beat the crap out of them! - A red, threatening aura began to gather around Makarov, making everyone goosebumps, - Is it clear?!
- YES!