Cheat Awakening

Chapter 228: Chapter 228. Old Geezer's Scam

"To tell the truth, that was indeed a nasty request. In the forest, finding a bee-type demon was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. So, after wasting three entire days aimlessly wandering in the forest like headless chickens, we finally came to the conclusion that we needed someone with good searching capabilities..."

"That's why we headed back to the guild searching for people that we could trust to find the demon. And that's where we learned about your father, Dyne," Faren explained his voice carrying an emotional sigh as he reminisced about happier times.

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As if I expected something else. This story is just too predictable. But didn't Father tell me that when he met Mother, he was just a random, inexperienced hunter? How did he become such a capable guy in Father-in-law's eyes? The guild even recommended him to search for the demon. This is becoming more and more interesting," Myne thought, raising his eyebrow.

Faren continued, "Well, that's how your parents and I met. We were always together until I became the King of this kingdom. I married Garnet, and Dyne ran away with Yukino without telling us anything about their whereabouts, later getting married secretly." Faren paused and let out a deep breath. "Even now, I still can't believe that the two of them are no longer with us."

Myne waited for a couple of minutes, but seeing that Faren had no intention of continuing his story, he cleared his throat to wake him up. "So, what happened after you met Father?"

"Huh? Oh, sorry. I got distracted," Faren said with a laugh. "You know, at my age, getting lost in old memories is very easy. After meeting your father, we had a wonderful lunch and returned to the forest again. This time, with an experienced tracker with us, it didn't take long.

Within seven hours, we finally found that damn demon. The plan was straightforward: I distracted him while Garnet bombarded him with her magic skills. With Dyne and Yahiko supporting us, we quickly took down the demon."

"That was our very first encounter," Faren added, "And later we always stayed together as a group, developing our feelings for each other. There was a time when we nearly lost our lives because of me. Since you seem eager to know, let me tell this amazing story as well..."

"So, after meeting your father, we had a wonderful lunch and returned to the forest. This time, because we had an experienced tracker with us, it didn't take us long, and within 7 hours, we finally found that demon. Then the matter was very simple: I took on the role of distracting him, while Garnet bombarded him with her magic skills.

With Dyne and Yahiko giving us support, we quickly took down that demon. That was our first encounter, and later we always stayed together as a group and developed our feelings for each other. There was a time when we nearly lost our lives because of me. Since you look very eager to know, let me tell this amazing story as well..."

After that, Myne was told many stories about his Father and Mother by Faren. In most of the stories, Faren always manages to become the main character in one way or another. Myne could easily tell that Faren was emphasizing his own contributions, but since he was learning about his parents, he listened to Faren's stories excitedly.

However, the one thing Faren never mentioned was how he couldn't find out about Myne's parents after they were separated, nor did he say anything about when Myne's parents passed away. Their deaths, which were once thought to be accidents by everyone, were becoming more and more mysterious.

"Be proud of your parents and live happily so that your parents' name will not be tainted," That was what Fanre told Myne before ending his old stories.

...

"Aah, one last thing, Myne. I have something to discuss with you," Faren called out as Myne was about to leave his study, remembering something important.

"Yes? What's the matter?"

I was thinking that until now, how could my cheap Father-in-law haven't requested anything, and he even spent so much of his previous time telling me his younger days' heroic stories. Myne sighed, his eyes fixed on Faren, ready to hear what kind of giant monster was planning to destroy his kingdom this time.

Faren finally spoke up, "The Teleport Skill that you have, could you connect it to a specific place at all times, using it like a door?"

"Hmm? Is he joking or something? How can he talk about such a foolish thing? Opening a portal permanently to use it as a door to connect two places? Does he even know anything about equal exchange?" Myne thought with raised an eyebrow and looked at Faren as if he were the most ignorant person in the world.

"Father-in-law, do you even know what you're talking about? Have you heard about something like equal exchange or the limited magic energy in our bodies? Even opening a simple portal from here to Lucus Town consumes one-third of my entire magic energy, and that's only because I have the blessing from Lord Fenrir, which increases my magic energy reserve by five times.

But to open a portal to connect two places permanently? Why don't you just cut off my head instead of giving me a slow and painful death?" Myne spoke with a hint of anger and sarcasm in his voice.

"Calm down, you're misunderstanding my meaning. I'm truly sorry; I literally forgot about the magic capacity of a Hume because of your non-stop miraculous performances. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that right now, the only way to contact you is to use a fast horse to reach you. Even in emergencies, we have no quick way to communicate with you. So, I was wondering if you could open a fixed portal.

Then we can easily reach you." Faren explained with an awkward smile after realizing his mistake.

"Sigh, then I have to disappoint you, Father-in-law, unless you use a Divine Beast as a power battery, I don't think your plan is even going to become a reality.

We Hume have a limited amount of magic energy, and even Elves, who were known for their huge magic energy capacity, couldn't open a fixed teleportation portal with a single individual's power, let alone me," Myne said with a shrug of his shoulder and shook his head.

"Now if you don't have anything important, then I am going. And if any emergencies happen, just send someone to inform me in a traditional but realistic way." Saying this, Myne gave his cheap father-in-law a deep glance before walking out of his study.

"Seems like I asked for too much this time, I hope Myne doesn't think of me as a greedy old man who cares about him only because of his skills. Sigh, if I had known that being the king of a country would be so difficult and stressful, I would never have become a king." Faren said, rubbing his forehead. "Now I can only put my expectancy in Lewis and the clan.

I hope that they have made some progress in long-distance communication projects..."

...

"Greedy, cheap old bastard," Myne grumbled to himself, "F*ck you and your kingdom. Want to use me as a transportation tool, only in your dreams. I can guarantee that if I had told him that I can open a portal between two places for a long time, he would've definitely requested me to open portals in every town in the kingdom, and that too for free.

Mother was right, I should stay as far away as possible from nobles and royal family leeches. Ohh, of course, in the royal family, only my cheap father-in-law is like this, others are still nice people."

"And this old geezer hasn't told me anything about my parents' death. He is the king of the entire kingdom, and he couldn't find his comrade of life and death for ten entire years? And that too when they live right under his nose, without even changing their identities? Who does he think he's trying to fool? Even a child wouldn't believe in his nonsense.

There's definitely something very fishy about my parents' matter," Myne mumbled deep in thought while walking toward his room.

"Bang!"

"Ouch! What are you thinking so seriously my sweet son-in-law, that you didn't see a big old lady like me? Are you missing my daughter this much?"

While Myne walked absentmindedly, cursing Faren non-stop in his mind, he didn't see the person in front of him and directly crashed into her.

"Ahhh, so soft and fragrant. Did I hit my head and come into my lucid dream?" Myne muttered unknowingly with a lecherous face while rubbing his face against two round, big objects in which his head was buried tightly by two small hands.

"Hehehe, it seems like you like your mother-in-law's titties very much, huh? Although I don't mind if you want to play with them, but if someone sees us like this, you might get into big trouble. After all, there are three, and ummm, half tigers protecting me."

This familiar sweet voice, which Myne had never heard in his dreams before instantly made him come out of his daydream.

What greeted him next was his beautiful Mother-in-law, Garnet, with a wide playful smile, exactly the same one as Maya had when she was feeling very horny and wanted to do something wild. She stared at Myne while stroking his hair, not caring that his head was buried deep in her bosom.

"Ahhh, Mother-in-law!!! Sorry, I didn't see you. My apologies," Myne hurriedly exclaimed and moved away from Garnet's bountiful bosom as if he were struck by lightning.

"Hahaha, no need to apologize. I know you didn't do it intentionally (though I wouldn't mind even if you did). I also had some fault in this matter; I myself wasn't watching where I was going," Garnet said with a beautiful smile while looking at the fallen parchments from the ground, and just as she was about to pick them up.

"Let me help you."

Myne, the lady's man, saviour of beautiful women. How can I let a beautiful lady like his mother-in-law work in front of me? Before Garnet could even bend down slightly, he quickly knelt and efficiently picked up all the fallen parchments from the ground.

"You didn't need to bother about this, but still, thank you for your help, dear son-in-law," Garnet took the parchment handed to her by Myne with a smile and gave a sweet kiss on his cheek to show her gratitude.

"Nothing to bother about. If I can receive such a precious gift, then I can do this daily," Myne said truthfully, with a wide grin on his face.

"Hahaha, you really know how to make a lady happy. No wonder even my barbaric daughter, who hardly knows anything about romance and only cares about her swordsmanship, easily fell into your arms," Garent let out a happy chuckle.

"So, how did you come here today? Don't tell me that after marrying Sylphy, you're regretting it now and want to give her back. If that's the case, then you might as well forget about it. The Royal family doesn't do loss-making trades, we don't take anything back once it's given. Now, Sylphy is your problem. Deal with it, my dear son-in-law," Garent joked with a smile and lightly pinched Myne's cheek.

"Haha, neither am I. I also never made losing trades and investing in Sylphy was very worthwhile. There's nothing to regret about it. Yes, she's a little naive, but that's a minor problem that can be solved in a few months.

As for the reason I'm here, although I came today to report my clan name to my father-in-law, he told me a lot about his and yours, and my parents' younger days' stories, which were very interesting," Myne replied with a smile while stealing quick glances at Garent's bountiful boobies now and then.

"I can say with certainty that in most of the stories, he was the main character who saved our lives at critical moments, right?" Garnet asked, her smile fading slightly.

"Yup, almost in every story. Most of the time, it was you who became the damsel in distress, and he saved you. Then, you would cry in his arms for saving you, and the same cliché drama," Myne said while shrugging his shoulders.

"I know it. That old geezer will never desist from his actions. First, he fooled all my children with his fake stories and made them his admirers. Now, he even tries to lay his hands on my sweet son-in-law. Myne, never believe in that old guy's nonsense. What he told you is nowhere near the real truth.

Honestly, in 90% of the cases, it is he who puts his nose into other people's business and brings trouble to us. Later, we had to save his ass every time. You can say Sylphy is a ditto copy of him in terms of inviting unwanted trouble in the name of justice or other nonsense. Forget it, are you free tomorrow?" Garnet gritted her teeth upon hearing about her husband's scam and asked.

"Yes, why? Myne asked, confused as he didn't understand how the topic came to him.

"Good, then meet me tomorrow. I will tell you the real truth about our old adventurer, and that too with proof, unlike that old liar. You should never let down your guard while dealing with him. Now go, someone has already waiting for you for quite some time," Garnet said while pinching Myne's cheek again with a smile before quickly walking toward Faren's study while rubbing her fist.

It was clear to anyone with the right mind that a storm was about to hit Faren's study.

"Hehehe, poor Father-in-law. I hope he gets beaten heavily by my beautiful mother-in-law. Sigh, if only I could see such a good drama," Myne said disappointingly and, while wondering what Garnet meant by someone waiting for him, he headed back to his room.