Chapter 138 – A Brat
A week later.. the front garden Robin's new Palace
"Welcome Welcome, my humble house is honored receiving two Dukes today!" Robin opened his arms and greeted the two men approaching him
, "Hahaha, it's been years since we last met Brat," then Galan placed his hand on the middle-man shoulder next to him" let me introduce you two, this is Raymond Alton… Raymond, this is Robin Burton my daughter Mila's fiance."
Robin smiled and looked at the man who was coming towards him, expressions of bewilderment, astonishment, and perhaps even shock ware evident even in his look at Robin…
Robin wasn't happy with this look at all… Actually, he wasn't happy since Mila told him about this meeting, he had nothing to do with Duke Raymond and he wasn't supposed to know who he was, so what brought him here?
In the end, Robin managed to fake a smile and spoke, " Can the moon be hidden? We live on Duke Alton's territory so, of course, I saw a picture of him in my youth, but it is still an honor for me to formally meet your highness today… but may I know the reason for your visiting this little one? I think patriarch Brian has already come out of his seclusion if you want something from the Burtons, So.."
But the response was not expected, as Raymond looked at him even more sharply and muttered, "Robin… Burton… so you are the mastermind and creator of the marvelous talismans, just a 150-year-old guy, and only 11th level knight? who would have thought of that…"
Duke Raymond's first sentence since his arrival wiped away any smile from Robin's face as he turned to look at Galan in anger.
"Haha, why are you looking at me?! Hold on.." Galan laughed loudly and then threw a one-slot oath tablet to Robin, "We had a great conversation in which I had to reveal your identity, but I made him swear not to leak your identity to anyone."
Robin picked up the tablet and examined it carefully, before putting it in his pocket and smiling again at Duke Raymond, "I am glad my acquaintances have increased another one. Welcome again, Your Highness."
"Hahaha, if you said that before checking the tablet, I might have believed you!" Raymond laughed out loud, not really angry.
"Just a precaution, Your Highness, you must understand my situation, right? Come on, please take a seat.." Robin pointed at a small table in the front garden of his palace.
The two followed him to the table and began exchanging pleasantries and formalities for a few minutes until Mila brought them cups of coffee and distributed them then sat down next to Robin
"Haha, you are really a difficult boy to meet, a good while has passed since I tried to have a meeting with you, but you were always in seclusion or busy with something.. Only when I learned from my daughter that you are out and that you were not busy with anything for some time, I left everything in my hand and decided come immediately.." Galan spoke while drinking his coffee
"You are always welcome here, Your Highness." Robin smiled
"Huh? why do you keep saying *Your highness*? Call me my father-in-law, you brat… what, aren't we a family now?" Galan laughed out loud
Robin looked next to his eye at Mila sitting to his right, and shrugged, "Hehe, I think you're right, father-in-law.. but what is wrong with *boy, brat, young man*? You are letting my current looks fool you too much.."
Robin didn't like those words very much, or rather, they weren't familiar to him.
He was treated by the little village next to his cave like an old fart not so long ago.
Duke Raymond chuckled, "You are just a little boy of 150 years of age I think? When I was your age I was still testing my luck with girls left and right… You can't imagine how shocked I was when I found out you were the talisman maker, Galan needed a few minutes to convince me of that!"
"Hahaha, don't remind me of the past, Raymond, 150 years is nothing to the nobles… It might be the end of the life of an ordinary cultivator of the tenth level, but for those who have studied the laws, every level in the knighthood realm increases the life span by 50 years, so a level 20 Knight can live up to 650 years.
Then if you are lucky enough you can enter sainthood, where each level in Sainthood increases the life span by 100 years, meaning that we who are at the top of the level of the saint can live up to approximately 17 centuries!!
that not even speaking about Sagehood, whose life span increases by 300 years with each level… And you speak as if you are old, you son of a century and a half? hahaha"
Raymond nodded with a smile, "Honestly, only a brat could plot to attack a whole kingdom when one of his relatives was *almost* about to get hurt in it… I was surprised when I first heard that the talisman-creator was the one who sponsored that war, but now I understand."
Galan nodded "hmm you are right… if not his highness Sage Albert gathered the armies at the borders and threatened Dolvar at that time, The Burton's army and my army there would have been wiped out, his stance in the war was as important as the war itself or maybe more, he is the one who won the land not the army… we owe him a lot."
"FVCK! I'm sitting right in front of you, Did you two come here to insult me?!" The way this conversation went really enraged Robin, it rubbed salt on the injury…
Robin already feels stupid every time he thinks about that war… Attacking Dolivar exposed him to many dangers that almost destroyed him, he was only lucky that the Royal family of the Black Sun got to him first
and the only fruit he got out of that war was the half a duchy the Burtons took, but even that became a liability that burdens their steps
"Hahaha, who would dare insult the godfather of talismans, if we all died right at this moment, we will be forgotten as soon as our bodies go back to earth… but you, my little friend will never be forgotten, you will go down in history as one of the forefathers who added something to this world…" Duke Raymond spoke solemnly
*Never to be forgotten* those words already cooled down Robin by much and made him forget his anger, Duke Raymond struck his nerves easily and also went straight to his greatest desire easily…
'This guy is good..' he thought to himself
"Yeah that's right, your inexperience does not take anything away from you… Tell me, Robin, is it true that you spent your whole life in a cave alone, as Mila told me?" Galan asked
"…more or less, the last twenty years I found Caesar as a baby and he lived with me in the cave…"
"So you are without real experience, my little friend, to gain experience and openly say "I lived" you have to socialize with the people, love and hate, start fights and find peace… You may be a genius and unparalleled in certain respects, but in terms of maturity, I don't think you are more mature than a young man in his twenties…"
Robin scratched his head, not knowing what to say to these two old beasts who are centuries older than him
"Sigh, my age, and my practical experience may be really nothing compared to you… but I know that I have what it takes to make up for this, you both come here on your feet to see me, right? Tell me, my father-in-law, how can I help you? And what was that great deal that you had to reveal my identity to Duke Alton for?"
"You want to change the subject, huh? Haha alright, I don't want to bother you for long as weel, I know you need your time to change the world and make more Dukes cone to you haha…" Galan laughed loudly, then looked seriously at his daughter, "Get out of here girl, go cultivate or something.."
"..what?! Why! I arranged this meeting, I brought you coffee!!" Mila objected as soon as she heard her father's words
"I want your fiancé with something important, I don't want him to think that I will use you to pressure him… don't worry I will tell you later the outcome of the meeting." still gesturing her to leave as he spoke
"you!" Mila hit her foot on the ground and left, her appearance made Robin burst out laughing…
Then he turned back to look at the Duke, " discuss something important… what is this?"
Galan put down the coffee cup on the table in front of him and gave a meaningful smile, "Honestly, I'm hungry…"
"hmm?" Robin smiled, "those who know who I am would drool over so many things, tell me, father-in-law… what exactly do you want to eat?"
"The Kingdom of the Lying Water" Galan announced