Chapter 8: 8: Expectations
Scathach looked at Kevin quietly, looking at the young man.
He was not tall, had short black hair and black eyes, and apart from his cute looks, he looked quite ordinary.
Of course, she...didn't know that Kevin had been waiting for her for nearly a month.
Even though she has the ability to see through a person's true nature, past and future, it doesn't work for him after all.
Sitting against a tree in the sunlight shining through the dense leaves, Scathach waved to Kevin with a slightly upturned mouth.
Kevin hesitated and looked at Scathach cautiously, trying to judge from her expression how she would react to his sudden calling of her name.
It's just a pity that Scathach's expression never changed from beginning to end.
After hesitating, Kevin finally came to Scathach's side. As soon as he sat down, Scathach quickly reached out and pinched his cheek.
...
Kevin was speechless, but he didn't say anything, nor did he dare to say anything. He just looked at Scathach quietly with his black eyes.
stare--
"Little warrior, what are you waiting for me to do?"
After a few seconds, Scathach, satisfied, took her hand and touched Kevin's head as he sat down.
She didn't ask Kevin why he knew her name or when he knew it, because it didn't matter.
"My name is Kevin."
Kevin, feeling a little disappointed about the name "Little Warrior", tried to complain.
"Little Kevin?" Scathach's smile remained unchanged.
Kevin didn't answer, "Just be happy." But he couldn't help but feel helpless in his heart, complaining: "This Scathach style is wrong, where is the cold and majestic queen?!"
But in fact, this is very normal. Although she is still Scathach, she is not the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom.
Here, no one knows her identity except Kevin.
She came here using rune magic, and was just a clone; her real body was sitting on the throne of the Kingdom of Shadows.
Here, she's just a woman named Scathach, and Kevin is the ten-year-old kid she's interested in.
Yes, interested. Scathach was very interested in him and had a certain liking for him.
Although they only met for a few hours, Kevin's words and actions left a deep impression on her.
If not, she would not come here again.
The reason why it was a month later was very simple. After a fight, he trained his disciples and then forgot about it.
"I want you to be my master." Kevin thought about his words for a moment, and finally looked into Scathach's drunken red eyes and said word by word.
"Why." Scathach was not surprised by such an answer.
"I want to catch up with Cuchulain."
"You want to be a hero?"
"No." Kevin shook his head and replied seriously: "He saved me, so I want to be able to help him when he needs it, but under normal circumstances, I can't do it. After all, his future..."
Kevin knew very well that with his potential, he couldn't even pass the trial of the Red Branch Knights without using the magic sword bestowed by Ruger!
"...When I was young and wandering around to hone myself, I met an old man in the north." Scathach looked at Kevin quietly for a long time, then retracted her gaze, placed her hand on the void, and began to draw.
Along with the appearance of a mysterious character, a breeze blew past the two of them, and a faint fragrance drifted into Kevin's nose.
"He taught me this power called Rune, and after I learned it, he asked me to stay. He said that I would become very strong in the future, and hoped that I could stay and help him. He wanted to... fight against fate!
But in the end, I said no."
Upon hearing this, Kevin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, with a strange look on his face.
The old man from the north... could it be Odin? After all, Rune magic is still a very representative thing.
Even the King of Gods values her so much... But that's true, after all, her future wish is to die in battle.
"Do you have the ability to see the future?"
Just when Kevin's thoughts were drifting away, Scathach, who had put her hand down, said something that brought him back to his senses. After looking up at Scathach, Kevin shook his head.
"No."
After thinking for a while, he understood what Scathach meant, and replied: "There are many prophets in Caspar, and even my father, who have seen Cu Chulainn mention it vaguely."
"Really?" Scathach nodded. "What did he say?"
"Him?" Kevin smiled dumbly: "Maybe he doesn't even know what those people are talking about him now."
Scathach was stunned for a moment, then realized that she was thinking too much. Cu Chulainn was only ten years old now, and rational children like Kevin were a minority after all.
"I can't see your future." Scathach, who no longer talked about Cu Chulainn, looked at Kevin and said bluntly: "But I see your talent... Among my many disciples, you are the weakest."
Scathach's voice was flat, and Kevin's expression was also calm. Even after hearing such words, he already knew the situation after all.
"The possibility of you catching up with Cu Chulainn is very small. If you insist on doing it, you may even lose your life... Even so, do you still choose to do this?"
Scathach's smile disappeared, her expression became serious, and she even showed a hint of intimidation towards Kevin.
"You should also know that I will not relax the training content because of your talent problem. On the contrary, it will only become more cruel!"
Because her eyes had lost their 'function', Scathach was forced to do this in order to see through Kevin's true feelings!
"You will have to put in ten, or even a hundred times more effort! And there will be some training that will cost you your life if you lack it. Even so... do you still want me to be your master?"
"Of course!" Looking at Scahana's stunning face, Kevin nodded firmly.
After understanding Kevin's determination, Scathach couldn't help but feel relieved. Instead, she sighed silently and touched his head: "I originally thought that you were a very rational person."
Rational is Scathach's impression of him. Not only rational, she also thinks Kevin is a good person.
Although Kevin's hands are already stained with blood and he can chop off other people's heads without batting an eyelid, he is undoubtedly a good guy in this chaotic era.
"I'm sorry." Kevin lowered his head.
"You didn't do anything wrong, so why should I say sorry?" Scathach shook her head and smiled: "What's more... this makes me more and more interested in you."
Scathach raised Kevin's chin and stared at him with her beautiful eyes: "Tell me, what will your future be like?"
For people like Scathach and Luger, things full of unknowns are enough to attract their attention. What's more, the more he is with Kevin, the more satisfied Scathach is with him.
Simply put, it suits her taste.
"Um, Lady Scathach..." Kevin pushed Scathach's hand away helplessly, feeling a little uneasy. He looked away, his face slightly red.
Well... although in his heart, he had called Scathach BBA many times.
"Scathach?" Scathach was very satisfied with Kevin's reaction and said with a smile: "That's not right, what should you call me?"
Kevin was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Scathach, then revealed an expression of ecstasy, and quickly stood up, showing Scathach the highest etiquette he had learned in this era, and said excitedly: "Master!"
Yes, the talent Kevin displayed was the weakest that Scathach had ever seen. With a person like him, even if he tried his best and spent his entire life without using any external force, he would not be able to pass the initial assessment to go to the Shadow Kingdom!
but...
So what?
If you find it interesting, then just do it. What's more, Scathach is now more looking forward to her future than she was at the beginning when she was just interested.
Even... I'm more looking forward to it than for Cu Chulainn!
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