The older Alex looked at his daughter and smiled a bit. "I know child, we talked about it all yesterday," he said.
He then turned to Scarlet and bowed. "Greetings, senior Scarlet. I'm the clone of the Alex you are bonded with."
"I had heard about you," the little bird on Alex's shoulders spoke. "Let us go to your home instead of talking here in the open."
"Ah, yes. We should…" the older Alex turned around to look at his truck which could only hold 3 people at the front. One of them would have to sit on the back.
"Umm…"
Alex looked at what the problem was and realized the situation. "Don't mind me. I can sit anywhere," he said and walked up to the truck before jumping on its roof, instead of the open back. "Let senior Luhei sit with Ronron inside. Scarlet can stay with me."
"What? I want to stay inside too," Scarlet said.
"Okay, go with Ronron then," Alex said.
Scarlet immediately flew and went up to Ronron and sat by her shoulder. Ronron was a little surprised and scared for a moment as she was now holding the ruler of a continent on her shoulder.
"You guys get in, we can leave," Alex said.
"Right, please come in, senior," the older Alex said before quickly taking them to the truck.
Ronron walked behind them and stopped for a moment. "Papa, are you alright? You look different today," she said.
"Different? Different how?" the older Alex asked.
"Umm, more active, I guess. You aren't moving as you used to," she said.
"Oh, that, Hahaha," the older Alex laughed. "He gave us a healing pill, and it healed everything that was wrong with our body, from my bones to my joints to my teeth. I feel young again now."
"Is that so?" she asked. "Ah right! I forgot father was an alchemist."
"Right, right," the older Alex said. "I'm starting the truck now, be careful up there."
"Don't worry about him," Scarlet said. "He could get hit by the train we came in and he wouldn't even have a scratch on him."
"Of course," the older Alex said. He started the truck and started driving.
Coming here yesterday, Alex had flown in the sky, barely seeing anything that was down here. However, now that he was looking from a normal angle, he could see how much different the city had become.
He remembered coming here once in a while with his father on his deliveries, and none of the houses from back then really existed anymore.
Almost everything seemed to have something added to it or was completely rebuilt. The group talked inside the truck, but Alex found himself lost in his own thoughts up above.
He didn't even realize when they had reached the farm at all. He only got out of his thoughts when the truck stopped and he lurched forward.
He jumped and landed in front of the truck and waited for everyone to come out. Once they were all out, he went to the house with them.
Before they could even enter, Graham came running out the front door with a massive smile on his face. "Where's my granddaughter? Where is she?" he asked.
Whisker, who was staying on his shoulder, also squeaked a bit, asking to see his brother's daughter.
Ronron was surprised to see that Graham barely looked like a middle-aged man. Not old enough to be someone that she would consider a grandfather.
"Ronron, greet your grandfather," the older Alex said softly.
Ronron quickly walked forward and bowed deeply. "Hello, grandfather. It's nice to meet you," she said.
She looked up and was surprised to see that Graham was full of tears.
"G-grandfather, are you okay?" she asked.
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