Chapter 152
"Thank you very much, Mrs . Lluvia . " I smiled gratefully after receiving a cup of coffee .
"Don't worry about it, it's the least I can do for you . " Mrs . Lluvia said and sat across me holding a cup of coffee on her hands . "Besides, it's not every day that you are here, so I must try to be a good host now . "
I grinned and took a sip of coffee .
After leaving the gang, I did not return to the institute immediately . Instead, I decided to pay a visit to Lluvia's house . It had been a while since the last time I came, so it was being time to come again .
It was already dawn, but Mrs . Lluvia was probably already awake . Mrs . Lluvia was a very hardworking woman, so she woke up early each morning and went to sleep late at night .
And as I expected, Mrs . Lluvia was awake when I arrived .
Mrs . Lluvia was very understanding . She did not ask why I arrived at dawn or where I was the past week . Instead, she received me amiably and even offered me a cup of coffee .
Afterward, we started to converse about different topics . Mrs . Lluvia talked about the recent happenings in the capital while I heard her . I tried to use this opportunity to rest and relax my body . I just faced a god after all, so my body was still a bit tense .
"I have to say, Clark, I kinda admire you . You are so young but you are already independent . Moreover, you look like a very hardworking young man . Nowadays, very few young men are so hardworking as you . "
"You are flattering me, Mrs . Lluvia . I was forced by the circumstances . If I was not forced to abandon my home, I probably would be partying everyday as most young nobles . "
"It's not flattery . I'm not ignorant enough as to don't know that even if you are a genius, you need to work very hard to attain your cultivation at your age . I heard that the captain of the imperial guards is only in the eighth layer . You are much younger than him, but your strength has already reached to the seventh layer, just one layer below . "
"I was lucky . " I smiled modestly, to which Mrs . Lluvia rolled her eyes . "I wish I was so lucky as you then . Sigh, compared to you, the men of this house… Sigh . "
"Did something happen?"
Lluvia hesitated briefly before sighing and deciding to talk about it . "You know my son is working as a guard in a town nearby, right? Apparently, he got in a huge gambling debt there . "
"Gambling debt?"
Lluvia nodded in disappointment . "Like father, like son . Both of them are the same . "
I could only smile wryly . Mrs . Lluvia always fights her husband due to his gambling addiction, but now, she learned that her son is the same as his father .
"Clarice is devastated . She has not left her room in two days . "
I nodded . "Sorry about that . "
"Why? It's not your fault . Actually, I have to thank you . The money you are giving us for the room has helped our situation greatly . "
I smiled . "I'm glad then . "
We continued conversing and Mrs . Lluvia offered to prepare me breakfast . I had to go to classes later, so I accepted her offer gladly .
While she was cooking, someone knocked on the door .
Mrs . Lluvia looked at the door and sighed . She then walked towards it with a complicated expression .
Two men were waiting outside the door . One of them was her drunk husband, and the other was a serious-looking young man carrying him .
"Good morning, Mrs . Lluvia . " The man holding her husband greeted her politely .
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