The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 41  Speaking about my adventures

Since I decided not to show them all my cards, there are many things that I can't reveal to them, not even about those assassins. If I told them about them, then it would mean I am strong enough to stand against a Tier-2 awakened, and that was months ago. Then that means I am even stronger now.

Whatever I tried to hide would come out if that was revealed. It would be best if my parents didn't know about the assassins and those elders thought that I never met the assassins and they died in the hands of some monsters in the wild.

It was quite possible for that to happen. Many die in those forests.

Of course, I also decided to skip about the demon summoning. I need to find which idiot placed that there. If it was by mistake or on purpose that it was placed in the library, I need to find out but it would not be an easy factor. Since no one registered it and placed it there, that means no tracing back to the culprit, but it would give me a list of possible suspects. I can work with that.

There are many things that decided to skip but I decided to tell them about two things, the bandits and the dungeons. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

I described to them about those bandits and how I obtained some resources from their treasure house, without doing any work.

When I told them the story, my father started laughing out loud, "Hahaha, even the world favors my son", he spoke out loudly, too loudly.

Doesn't he fear that his enemies would use the details to gain benefits for themselves?

My mother frowned at my father in displeasure, "Your son? Did you go blind or is your memory damaged? He is clearly mine. Every aspect of him is screaming my side rather than yours", she proclaimed proudly.

Well, I can't find fault with her for that. Except for Eritrea, my other siblings took after my father. So with minimum support, my mother is proud of me as that would bring her up a bit.

All of this doesn't matter in the end anyway. My mother is Tier-6, while my father is Tier-5. So she can just knock him down whenever she wants to, but it would be quite boring to do so.

"Mom, Dad, first listen to me please", I said to them.

This comparison game between them has been running for years and I heard their stupid arguments over the years and that makes them look stupid a bit.

"Yes", they responded and returned to being the listeners.

"Okay, in the bandit cave, I found a skill book called Skill Disguise", I told them, even if that gives away that I am hiding something from them.

Even if they believe that am hiding something, there is no way that they would think that it would be something as my real exaggerated status.

"There were three books with that same skill", I said as I pulled out the remaining two and gave the books to them, "I believe that even though these won't help you directly, it would keep those prying eyes from knowing your secrets".

"Thank you", they both said and took the skill books.

There is no need to reject something like this. I have the skill, so there is no need for that skill book for me. If it were a resource that could help improve my strength, they would have argued, but these skill books are of no use but to sell them in exchange for some other things.

Instead of sending those to outsiders, good things like these should be exchanged internally. After all, my parents would repay me for these in one way or another. How do they pay, I have to wait. There is no immediate need for gold for me at the moment.

"Next, I found three dungeons in the wild and cleared them. I got a skill book for clearing each. They are Improved Perception (passive), Blade Swipe, and Vertical Slash. Two of them are...".

My father interrupted me, "Magnus, you didn't use the Improved Perception right?", he asked with a bit of worry in his voice.

I shook my head, "No father, I didn't", I said.

"That's good", he sighed in relief.

"I know about it father", I said.

Improved Perception is a good skill to have but it is an improvement of another skill, Perception. Unless one already has a skill, they can't use the skill that has Improved in it. There is no damage by doing so but the benefits gained wouldn't be 100%.

I have read about that from the books in the library. If not for that, I would have certainly used the skill book, which would made a loss for me.

That idiot trainer of mine didn't teach me anything properly. He did everything half-assedly. I know that he was doing that on purpose as he belonged to the faction, opposite to my father.

Did those idiots truly forget that we carry the blood of the same ancestors or that they don't care about such things anymore?

Anyway, it doesn't matter. I need to keep my vigilance up and that's something I learned long ago. Everything those idiots taught me, I verified twice before accepting the knowledge.

"I may need the Improved Perception later but I have no use of the other two skills as they belong to the Weapon Skill sets of warriors.", I said as I handed them out, "You can use them as you see fit. Even if you want to award them to some of your loyal followers, I have no objection to that either".

Skill books are not easy to get and are considered very precious. So no one would hand them out to others.

Sword Swipe is a sword skill and Vertical Slash can be used by almost anyone whose profession depends on holding a weapon in their hands. So it can be used by a lot of people without any issues.

"Thank you, Magnus", my father said with a prideful tone. His eyes were shining because this can be considered as me contributing to the family.

My father may want me to contribute to the family, but not this early and certainly not something like skill books. I already gave them two books before and now with two more, I am like the God of Skill Books to them.

Wait, does the god of skill books exist?

If you do, sorry I made a joke. if not, let's forget about it and move on.

After that, I gave them little details about what I did in those past seven months. I skipped a lot of my adventures as they would involve something I didn't want to be revealed for now.

"Okay, with that over, I think you should rest. Now that you have reached the peak of Tier-0, you have to take the promotion mission early in the morning. The faster you can reach Tier-1, the better", my father said.

There was a reason for that, The Academy.

The academies recruit any awakened irrespective of their backgrounds. What they don't accept is anyone who is weak. So as per my parents, if I was Tier-1, then I would have an advantage, not a huge advantage but well enough for the academy to accept me.

The academies recruit any awakened irrespective of their backgrounds. What they don't accept is anyone who is weak. So as per my parents, if I was Tier-1, then I would have an advantage, not a huge advantage but well enough for the academy to accept me.