Chapter 48: Last Day at The Beach

"The thing is that you've been ignoring me lately. I think that there has been a misunderstanding." said Frode.

Erland took a bite of his food and with his full mouth, he frowned and said,

"What? You are the one who's been ignoring me like an asshole."

Frode looked slightly disgusted. "Oh my, what a foul mouth. Aren't you too young for that?"

"I didn't know that there's an age limit for cursing." Erland once again munched on his food.

Frode let out a sigh. "Forget it, you'll never change. I didn't mean to ignore you. The thing is that I have a hunger for knowledge, you know that..."

"I do and trust me, you gotta fix it. It's not something you can't control-"

Frode immediately interrupted with a slight sadness in his face. "What if I tell you that it's not something I can control."

Erland stopped eating at the point. He came at a realization in all of a sudden and asked with a slight seriousness,

"Do you mean..."