Threatened Upon Returning
"Another teacher quest, huh? So… you want me to master the way of the spear or something? You think my skills are subpar?" I turned to the towering man behind me.
"Absolutely not, but compared to the foes you'll face in the future, you'll need his training," Ares responded before letting out a hand to help me up.
Slowly, I took it before a glowing purple portal revealed itself behind me.
"But, you may go back now. No need to use that item straight away… you can save it,"
"Thanks… I guess"
Just as I was about to turn around and leave to go back to my siblings, I saw the man before me reach out his hand for a handshake.
Calmly, I glanced at it multiple times, shuffling through tons of reasons as to why he was doing this, but in the end, I decided to stop overthinking and grabbed his hand.
It was dead cold and had the roughness of sand due to the built-up calluses from each experience of his on the battlefield.