LUO YAN almost automatically wanted to follow Dusk, who was now flying away from them and was slowly turning into a small dot in the sky.  But before he could even do anything, a notification screen suddenly appeared in front of him and Shen Ji Yun.

[Congratulations, dear players!  You now succeeded in perfectly finishing the hidden task – 'Awakening Dragon'!  Your reward will now be sent to your Items Tab.  Please, check it for yourself later.]

This notification temporarily took Luo Yan's attention away from Dusk, who was probably now far away from them.  This notification meant that Dusk's memories had now all returned. 

For a second, he suddenly thought of all the things they had gone through to finish this hidden task.  Really, it almost felt like months had passed since they started to do this task.  But when in truth, they did only it in the span of two weekends.  A total of four days.  And what a jam-packed four days those were.

Remembering the notification, it said that their reward would be put in their Items Tab.  He was actually a bit surprised by that.  Because this was the first time that a hidden task directly gave him the reward instead of asking him to go to an NPC to get it. 

He opened his Items Tab and sure enough there was an additional gift box icon inside it.  Which was definitely his reward for this task.  He wasn't too excited to open that right now. 

One was because he got a lot of good rewards while doing this hidden task.  Heck, even Eclipse got a big benefit from this task.  The second reason, and most important of all, was because he was more concerned about Dusk.

Before he could turn to Shen Ji Yun and discuss with the other what they should do next, he heard Beelzebub speaking.

"Well, since he's gone, I think it's time for me to leave too," the archdemon turned to the two of them.  "By the way, do tell the kid that he should go to Typhon three days from now.  He should not worry that his mother wouldn't want to see him because he killed the old man.  I can say with certainty that Alina wouldn't.  After all, dragons care more about their offspring than the people who gave them life."

After saying that, he disappeared on the spot.  Obviously, teleporting out of there.

Luo Yan seriously wanted to stick out his tongue at the place where the other stood.  But that would be too childish, so, he stopped himself from doing so.  Giving them instructions like that, now that their deal was over, there was no way in hell he would do the archdemon's bidding.

If Dusk wanted to go see his mother, then, he's free to do so.  But Luo Yan wouldn't go around and tell him what he should do or not do.  Whatever he decided to do from now on, he would respect it.  And that included whether Dusk wanted to be in a master-pet contract with Shen Ji Yun.

Although he really wished that the other would agree to that.

Aside from the fact that he would be a great addition to their team, Luo Yan already felt a bit of attachment to him.  Not to mention, Eclipse who already considered the other as his 'uncle'.  That little guy would definitely be said if they could no longer meet with Dusk as often as before.

Anyway, he should probably think of those problems later.  It's much more important to think of where Dusk would go and if he would be alright alone after the things that happened here.

Luo Yan finally turned to Shen Ji Yun.  "Brother Ji Yun, where do you think Dusk would go?"

"I'm not sure.  But I have two guesses.  He could be planning to go to the destroyed village of the demon fox tribe or to the new one."

Luo Yan could understand why Shen Ji Yun would make such a guess.  Now that Dusk's memories had returned, he might want to go back to the place where his only friend died and reminisced of his failure in protecting her.  Or he could go to the new village to fulfill his deal with Shirayuki – explaining to her his actions during the war that he instigated against the dark mages.

If it was the former, then, that would be just too depressing.  He'd rather it be the second.  At least, he could find comfort by meeting Eclipse.  That little guy would definitely do his best to cheer his uncle up once he saw that the other was in a low mood. 

He sighed and couldn't help but blame the game devs for giving Dusk such a sad backstory.  If their purpose was to make their NPCs more real, endearing, and relatable, then, yes, they're doing a phenomenal job of it.

Shen Ji Yun heard Luo Yan's sigh and knew that his rabbit must be worried about Dusk.  Really, what a kind heart.  He was sure that not all people would react the same way.  They would probably not feel anything and think that Dusk was simply a bunch of codes and data.  Why would they care about someone who's not even real?

In one point, they were correct.  But this was not just an ordinary game where you could only read the backstory of an NPC.  Here, you could experience it and feel their suffering and sadness.  Only someone with a heart of stone would not feel moved by it.

Even so, it would only be momentary.  Because at the back of their head, they knew that this was not all real.  So, they could easily move on from that they had witnessed.

That was the big difference between them and Luo Yan.  Because his rabbit cared.  He cared enough to show genuine emotions for these NPCs.  And that just showed how big his heart was. 

Because of that, it only made Shen Ji Yun fall for him even more.  It's almost a sin not to, really.

"Wherever he might go, he would definite come back to the new village of the demon foxes.  Let's just let him have this time alone to think about things.  I honestly think he needs that."  He then reached for the other's hand and held it tightly.  "So, shall we wait for him there?"

Luo Yan looked down at their clasped hand.  He smiled inwardly and raised his head..  "Okay, let's do that."

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