Coming back -2-

After making the spell vanish, Ash dashed immediately to the place outside the forest of hell

He encountered other monsters on the way but he didn't care

He's in no shape to fight right now and his main focus is coming back home

Passing through their battlegrounds and sprinting faster, on his current speed he almost reached the speed of sound

Since he restored his peak stage pretty quickly, he ran with his whole power

Almost a minute has passed and he's now in front of their house

Ash took a deep breath and opened the door, only to found both of his parents sitting at the table with a emotionless face and big pressure

Food is ready and untouched, Ash looked at his clothes making sure that he doesn't look like someone who fought with a monster

'All clear' Ash found nothing abnormal and walked to the table while his legs was shaking out of.... Fear?

He showed respect to them and sat down silently, his parents nodded and ate together

After their meal, his father broke the silence and questioned him straightforward

"Where did you go boy?"

Ash flinched by the sudden question of his father, they both stared at each other

"Uhh, Charlotte?" Ash awkwardly said hoping his father would believe him

"Oh yeah pretty sure if Charlotte didn't came back hour earlier than you yesterday and you running outside equipped with two swords I would've believed that... Tell me the truth, come on"

"Uhh... Promise you won't beat me....?" Ash questioned slowly and fearfully

"Depends on how you answer son"

On his father's response Ash hesitated even more

'Whoa it's father who's mad right now, even if I tell the truth he would beat me up!'

"I-I've gone to the f-forest" In the end, Ash chose to tell the truth

"Well, you said the truth huh, glad you've grown to be a person like your father"

Jeanne, who's washing the dishes looked at us with a face.... Of a person looking at a liar

"What? I'm a real, honest man you know?" Norman said while looking at Jeanne

"Hmm, you sure?"

"Y-yeah...! Anyways let's come back to our topic, you actually survived inside the forest.... What happened there?"

"I... Only fought with some monsters"

"Ahh, yes with that mana and a big sphere that showed up inside the forest, you actually fought 'some' monsters"

"Guhh, I've fought big blobby things"

"You fought with a slime?"

"Ehh? A slime?"

"A slime, a liquid like thing with consciousness and magical powers"

"Yes!! That is!! So that thing is called a slime huh..."

"A fully evolved one may be troublesome but oh well, every monsters in that forest is troublesome anyways"

"You've fought them too? Father?"

"Well yes, a fully evolved slime can cover more than half of our village"

"That big!?"

"Yes, anyways there's a time for that since you disobeyed one rule and the strictest rule you know what happens"

"Y-yeah...."

"Brace yourself, my son"

"Umm... Yeah..."