The Cold-Blooded Sword Expert
A sudden farewell

“To be frank, live independently without depending on me. Is that what you want? You can choose your own way of life without following the way others think. If life is too bad, then change it in your own way.” Old man Gin let out what he was thinking.

“Didn't you dream of killing who killed your family? I've trained you well, so don't let me down. Well, you can kill if someone feels pressuring you. But I reiterate, this world is like the law of the jungle!” Reciprocity.

Hearing this, Leo opened his eyes wide. This does seem to be independent, but literally that makes old man Gin fail to understand. His face seemed to freeze as he should have only joked so that old man Gin understood that raising all the cattle on the mountain was not something that was considered trivial.

“Pak old Gin you wreathed-.”

“I'm serious!” Cut old man Gin.

Leo looked into old Gin's eyes deeper, trying to find a sparkling lie, but Leo did not find it at all. It seems old man Gin is serious enough to let go, be free and choose his own way of life.

He almost vomited blood and couldn't believe it. He had not yet spoken in response to what old man Gin had said as he was overwhelmed by confusion. The look on his face looked extremely pitiful and stared at the gold coin.

“This is the final meeting for us, but it doesn't mean forever. I hope we can meet again in the future. And, use almost 18 gold coins to support your life.”

That was his last message, yes it is true! As Leo looked at the coin bag, and heard what old man Gin said, Leo turned to him. However, old man Gin was not in place, disappearing like swallowed by the earth in the crowd just like that.

Surely Leo panicked, he looked around and tried to convince him that old man Gin was joking. It's just, this market is too crowded which is impossible to go easily except just to hide behind someone. Except, if that person is not just a Swordsman, but an Assassin as well.

Recalling, while taking him first, old man Gin moved like a breeze, passing through the crowds of people who were trying to put out the fires in his residence.

“Pak old Gin, don't joke!” Shouted Leo looking around.

Leo's shout had just made people stare at him. It's like Leo is a prodigal who just lost his parents in the market. But that's not possible, Leo is not a child, but a 16-year-old, so it's impossible to feel fear just from losing his parents in the market.

“Pak old!”

Leo broke through the crowd ahead, thinking that old man Gin was not so far away that he could still catch up to him. However, he finds no trace of Gin at all, which makes Leo even more pale and seeks to find him in a corner of the market.

“Gin shit! I'll burn your house down if you don't want to get out. This is no joke!” Leo shouted like a madman.

It is undeniable, that it seems old man Gin is not joking. But Leo still does not believe it, especially old man Gin is a person who likes to joke.

“He must have come home hungry!”

Leo had a strange thought. Instead of him looking for old man Gin who seems like playing hide and seek, Leo chooses to get out of the market and go home. That's one way to convince yourself that old man Gin isn't kidding. More precisely if old man Gin does not come home then Leo is sure that old man Gin is serious that he left him.

“Leodric, where's Gin?” ask one of the people who accidentally passed by and crossed paths with Leo alone.

Leo is flat-faced, he's still so anxious when old Gin's words are serious. And of course, he was confused, he thought that old man Gin went home first, but in fact not when digested from the uncle's words earlier.

“Not home? He .... I don't know uncle at all. I thought he was home.” Leo was still flat-faced, but his heart was filled with anxiety.

“I'm back first uncle.”

The man frowned looking at Leo who looked so anxious. But he couldn't take care of it further because there was work he had to finish.

Leo tried to think clearly. In the end he returned to his house and immediately broke down the door to make sure that old man Gin went home first. But truth? The house is completely deserted which indicates that old man Gin is not at all at home.

He's still waiting, old man Gin's good times come home late. But his mind was completely muddled and considered that old man Gin was that serious.

Actually just trivial, he probably wanted to not rely on old man Gin like going to the city. But this time, the one who left him was Gin himself? Which makes Leo certainly hurt hard because old man Gin said seriously that he had to live by himself.

Leo sat leaning against the wall, hugging his legs and was a little sad. Gin's parents thought of him as his parents, and Gin thought of himself as his son. Sometimes it's so annoying for Leo, but it's a figure that Leo admires about the greatness of his sword.

But this time? Gin just leaves, making Leo feel heavy enough to accept the reality. He comes mysteriously, but also leaves mysteriously which makes Leo curious.

“Fuck you Gin!” Leo gritted his teeth, he was never this sorry for Gin's sudden behavior.

“He didn't even take a penny.” Leo manages to catch his breath and tries to eliminate his sadness. Opening a bag that looked heavy and large, containing 17 gold coins, and 8 silver coins.

Remembering that Gin's old man's remark that one hundred percent of the result of holding a goat belonged to Leo, led Leo to assume that Gin's speech was nothing but nonsense, or perhaps the result was just a muscle. But who would have thought, that it was indeed the result of his sale, one hundred percent belonged to Leo all?

Leo is still less able to accept that Gin just left, which means that from this moment on he will stay independently?

“Choosing your own way of life, yes?” Leo pondered, it seems that what Gin decided about leaving him respectfully is correct. All this time he was dependent, all this time he did not live independently. After all, Gin before was also a nobody, who thought his thoughts about Gin not having a woman were wrong?

Gin has his own life, Leo who is nobody has no right to bother him. He squeezed the bag of gold and hung it back in his pocket and said. “If this world is too bad, then change it according to my own path. It's time for me to move on, there's no way I'm silent if I don't avenge my parents' deaths.”

“Thank you old man Gin for training me all this time, making me a talented swordsman, magic, martial arts and so on. I hope we can meet again in the future.” Leo sighed, he could accept about old man Gin leaving him respectfully. Suppose, in fact he wants to leave or be left behind, but use the separation in depth or use the word ‘goodbye’ in eyes.

On the other hand, he who was sitting leaning back, he opened his eyes and was shocked when Gin's sword was not brought. He had just remembered that this morning by accident old man Gin did not bring his sword at all. It makes Leo sparkle, “That old damn sir, he was intentionally.”