Chapter 39: First task
Chapter 38
Kaizen headed home as soon as he left Crimson dusk. He didn’t wait behind for anyone else to question him. He could clearly see how everyone looked at him with curiosity. The new had spread amongst dusk hunters that he survived an S-rank portal alone, so a lot of people had questions, but the one thing everybody concluded was that he got lucky. .
The house was awfully quiet when he stepped inside. He just hoped his parents didn’t hear about what happened, he didn’t want any unnecessary worry or them grounding him once again.
He understood they were just looking out for him, after all, they still saw him as their little helpless and fragile son. With how much they looked out for him, it was hard to believe they weren’t his actual parents.
"I’m home." Kaizen announced, stepping inside the house and heading straight to his room. He didn’t want to go meet them inside or they’d see what a mess he was. His clothes looked like some rags meant for sacrifice, infact...it’d be rejected for sacrifice.
"Your dinner is on the table, hope you’re not injured?" His mom’s voice echoed from inside her room.
"I’m fine."
Not like he’d tell her about the horrible hallucination Elf made him see, or how he had awakened some disastrous power that was rumored to be cursed, or how his head had been severed but it magically stuck back to his body like it never happened.
"Make sure to take a bath before eating. I can already tell you reek of Beasts." His father called out, his tone teasing.
"Sure." Kaizen replied lazily, already heading to the bathroom. He already planned on taking a bath anyway.
He dropped his bag and dagger on the floor just beside his room, then walked into the bathroom. It took a while before he was able to scrub off all the dirt and dry blood. Once he was done, he ate the food kept on the table. It was a little cold at this point but it tasted fine. Perfect infact, after a tiring long day.
He was finally able to retire to his room, he collapsed on the bed, exhaling deeply from the relive he felt. Somehow, he felt a lot lighter.