Chapter 153: How About a Fur Coat?
When Rhodes and Elfman returned to the Weiss home with the two children, Hunter was mostly unharmed aside from the tear and faint bloodstains on his cotton coat.
Mrs. Weiss immediately burst into tears as she hugged her children, relief overtaking her. The children clung to her, crying too.
Rhodes had already explained the situation with his usual knack for hitting the key points. Jenny and Hunter added their own versions, recounting their snowy adventure in broken pieces.
Jenny spoke about how scared she had been, and how powerful her two big brothers were. Hunter, meanwhile, talked about how painful it was to get hit, and how amazing the red healing magic had felt.
Weiss was simply overwhelmed with gratitude.
"Thank you, truly. If anything had happened to them. I don't know what I would have done."
"It was just something we did along the way," Rhodes replied modestly. "In fact, it was your daughter who ended up completing the mission."
He scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit awkward now about accepting the reward. "We should let the doctor examine Mr. Karut first."
"Yes, of course. I'll go fetch him now!" Mrs. Weiss took a few hurried steps but turned back to hug her children tightly again.
"Mom..." Jenny sniffled, remembering the lecture she'd gotten from Elfman on the way home. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have climbed the mountain without telling you."
Hunter followed quickly. "Me too. I'm sorry, Mom."