Chapter 3: Commotion and Ceremony

Uncle Myles had been away for a few days now and it seems he is returning today.

I assume it's related to my parents escape .

I hope to are fine.

Hmm, I guess I'll start referring to uncle Myles and aunt Lunette as my father and mother from now on. I only saw my actual parents for a short time at the time of my birth, and I doubt other children could recall seeing their actual parents for the first time at the time of their birth.

My parents (Uncle and Aunt) own the Mylin Inn. If you're wondering why anyone would open an inn near the border near a big ass forest, you're not alone. I had the same thought until I saw the fully booked rooms. Common sense does not apply here; after all, this is not Earth. It's a fantasy world.

The inn was flooded with adventurers and hunters. Being close to the forest and mountains and the only inn nearby, adventures would stop by to rest before continuing there hunt. What's more is that mating season was near and there would be sharp rise in the sheer number of monsters as they come out of hiding during this period.

Monsters would be more aggressive and come in large number. But this makes it the prime opportunity to gather monster parts. There would be no need to wander to the depths of the forest in search of monsters.

During this time the adventurer guilds would also issue emergency quests to stop rampaging monsters which could allow adventurers to earn pretty fortune. So, even inn out in the boonies would be crowded during this time.

The inn was nearby and today Cain was taken to the inn as well though seated in a quiet room.

Cain's mom Lunette was in the reception, attending the guests. And his dad (Uncle Myles) had gone out for quick shopping.

Even with the thick brick walls on the way, Cain could clearly hear the commotion outside.

'Adventurers creating commotions. Such cliche!' Cain thought.

An adventurer was at the reception hitting on his mom.

"Your name is Lunette huh. So miss Lunette, How much for you to accompany me tonight?"

the adventurer said rudely.

"E-Excuse me. B-but we don't provide such services here." Lunette replied.

*Bam* The man violently hit the reception table.

"I asked how much for you to accompany me tonight?"said the adventurer loudly.

Others around were glaring at the man. Feeling the glares on their backs, the party felt uncomfortable. Finally one spoke up.

"Hey Ron, Stop it!", other members of the adventurer's party tried to convince him but in vain.

In the other room, Cain's blood was boiling with rage on hearing the absurd demand of the adventurer. He wanted to grab that guy by throat and beat him until no one could recognize the guy. But his baby body wouldn't let him do so .

Meanwhile

"HAHAHA HAHAHA"

A hysterical laughter filled the reception hall as everyone inside watched an old adventurer rise up from his chair and move towards the loud adventurer laughing.

The old adventurer wore a brown hat and worn out adventuring gear and carried a sword. At a glance, he seemed weak but the scars on his hands showed that he has great deal of experience.

"What's so funny old man? " The adventurer asked enraged.

The old man didn't stop laughing while walking towards the rude adventurer. Other adventures were silently staring at the scene infront of them. Other members of his party backed off sensing the dangerous aura of the old man.

"Oho ! So you are approaching me? Tired of living are you?" The adventurer said and drew his sword forward.

"With people like you calling yourselves adventurers , I indeed am" replied the old man before he disappeared and appeared right beside the adventurer grabbing his hand and pinned him down to the floor.

The adventurer couldn't react to the old man's movement and was neutralized in an instant. Cold sweat ran down his body.

"Did you really think you could threaten madam Linette ? Hold your horses kid, you don't hold a candle to the madam" The old man whispered.

"What's this commotion all about?"

Everyone looked towards the entrance.

"Honey!" said Lunette.

It was Myles.

" I just saved your ass kid. Don't go looking for death again."said the old a adventurer as he went on his way.

"Tch! Let's go", said the rude adventurer to his party as they also exit the inn.

The incident ended without any serious damage or casualties. And the inn returned back to normal.

The next day.

It's been 15 days since my birth. And with observations my understanding of the world is constantly increasing.

Today seems to be a special day. My mom dad closed the inn early and returned home. I was placed on the floor and my parents started preparing for something. They added some items and a gold ring along with some kind of dust into a a pot.

They then made a perimeter around me from the dripping water. I was confused.

'Is this some kind of ritual?'

'Wait, I am not getting sacrificed, am I?'

They then proceeded to place 2 items, a sword and a book Infront him.

Cain was confused. He waited for some time but nothing happened. Maybe it's nothing special he thought.

His parents waited for a while but tired of waiting. They each moved towards an item, his mom walked near to the book while his dad to the sword and started calling Cain.

"Come here, come get come to mama"

"Hulululu lu Come to daddy" they started calling him.

'What's the deal, why are they calling?' Cain thought.

Cain moved and started coming closer.

His parents started calling him more.

'Are they cheering me?'

"Come on choose one" his parents shouted.

" Huh , Do they want me to choose between a sword and a book?"

It was absurd. They were making an infant choose on something that could very well determine the child's future. Freedom of choice was nothing unusual but allowing an infant choose? That's totally shit. How were the children supposed to make the right choice?

'Bruh'

Back to the items in question. The sword was a beautiful bronze sword and the book was a thick magic book. He had to choose one.

'To take the path of magic or that of a sword in life ? That's a hard choice. '

Magic; Lightning Magic, healing magic, Explosion magic and what not. Totally fantasy like.

Or Swords; aura, ki, chakra, sword will and what not . Totally fantasy like as well .

Now Cain thought about the versatility and weakness of both magic and swords. One excelled one category where add other would excel the next. Cain was in dilemma.

While Cain was contemplating on the choices his parents were lying eagerly in wait.

'He is taking too long.' his parents were waiting.

' You know what ? fuuk it.'

Cain grabbed both the book and the sword at the same time and pushing them proceeded to edit the circle.

A classic Pro Gamer move .

His years of gaming had not gone to waste.

Standing infront of Cain, his parents were astonished. They had heard of some newborns immediately running for a sword or a book. Some of them would turn out to become powerful men in what they chose. But choosing both was almost unheard of.

A/N: There is an auxiliary story as follow up for this one. Check it out if you are interested.