Maybe he was one of the gods back from the archon war. (Previous life?)
'This time, make sure to make choices you know you won't regret...' With her cold tone, it seemed as if she was reminding him. 'Live the peaceful life you always wanted.'
Rodrigo leans down and whispers, "Close your eyes, Rodrigo," the little boy instantly boys. Rodrigo's eyes are tightly screwed shut as his open hand visibly quivers. The silver blade glitters in the air, before stabbing the tip of Rodrigo's forefinger. A pained whimper escapes from Rodrigo, but he does not cry. He is a big boy!
Rodrigo in a solemn voice begins to chant, "Beneath the gaze of the fiery sun, a child was born. Born under the light, we ask the child to be taken through shrewd winding paths finding safe passage even through dangerous territories, and still emerge unscathed. Is there any traveler among us that will guide this child to walk carefully and unseen?"
"Sure… let's call an old man collecting anything related to a 'former criminal' and writing conspiracy theories about their origin and goals …. 'a little competition'…"
Noticing his boss lowering his gaze, Lei's stiff expression relaxed, he even offered his friend a smile "The point is… life is filled with bad moments like these… you can either learn from them or be destroyed by them, and believe me Mr. Uchiha, neither me nor the girls will allow for the latter to happen, so pick yourself up… there are people waiting for you, so don't make us wait too long."
Love the story. Kind of slice of life with the ups and downs. Keeping up the high tension and cliffhangers. Hate I have to wait a whole week, but what can you do 🤷🏻♀️
I just nodded ignoring Paimon bickering about how it was completely Lumine's fault as she didnt feed her supper after dinner that day, and how she couldn't have known that particular tribe of Hilichurls were so close.