Chapter 134: Lion's Forest

"Have you told him that he...will experience pain greater than death?" Aimon said as if what he just said wasn't scary.

Well, it really wasn't scary for Aimon as he was not the one who would feel it.

Desire would be the one to feel the pain. That was why Aimon wanted to know if Desire already knew what he was about to experience.

Of course, Lionel has already told that to Desire...or has he?

"Hmm. Yeah, I told him. But I never said that he would experience...pain greater than death."

"Aren't you exaggerating things?"

Lionel said, but he wasn't looking at Aimon. After all, he was already walking.

Of course, Aimon was following right after Lionel, and Fyu also stood up as he followed right after the two gentlemen.

Although Fyu didn't know about the old man who was with Lionel, he didn't dare ask Lionel or even the old man.

After all, they were talking with each other. There's no way Fyu would interrupt his lord just like that.

It was then that Aimon spoke as he looked around the forest.

"I'm not. You know who my disciple is, don't you."

"You know very well what made me not want to use my technique again."

"How come you are asking things that you already know?"

"Anyway, this is the fabled Lion's Forest?" Aimon said as he changed the topic.

He was more interested in this topic as even Aimon had not been here.

The Lion's Forest was famous to powerful people like Aimon, or bigshots in a kingdom such as king or nobles.

Of course, it was only famous because Lionel himself is famous.

However, they only know the legend of it. They only know that Lion's Forest was the place where Lionel made himself.

That was all they know, and that was the same case with Aimon. That was all he knew.

It was weird if you think about how Lionel considers Aimon as his friend, but well.

This place was just that special to the Lion King. After all, not even Lionel's wife, Varyce, knows of the place where it's located.

It would only be reasonable to think that his friends would not know it.

It was then that Lionel spoke as he looked at the far distance.

"That's right. Although I don't know why you guys are fawning over it, this is the Lion's Forest."

"This is also the place where I would train Desire from now on."

"Ah, have I told you? My disciple's name is Desire."

And when Aimon heard that, he tilted his head as his left eye narrowed a little bit.

"Desire? That's a bit weird...who would name their children Desire?"

"Or is your disciple the same as you? The same as how you didn't have any parents as well?"

Aimon said as he looked at Lionel.

Lionel didn't have any parents around him when he first had his consciousness.

Lionel was only able to survive thanks to his instincts. And the one who named Lionel was himself.

Lionel was a name that he got after seeing a lion. It was pretty simple, but Lionel thought that a lion matched him perfectly.

It was as if they were a match made in heaven. That was why Lionel named himself after a lion.

"Hmm...yeah, he didn't have any parents around him."

"I'm not too sure about the details since I was only told about it, but he was found by a Suckus."

"That Suckus was the daughter of the Suckus you tried to heal before."

"And it seems like his mana is special as it tasted delicious."

Lionel was about to continue his story, but Aimon cut him off.

"His mana is delicious? Hmm...it seems that he indeed is special."

As mana doesn't have a taste or something like that, the fact that a Suckus, a race that lives off of eating mana, said that his mana is delicious means that it is delicious.

Aimon knew that very well, and that was why it caught his attention.

"See? I told you my disciple is special. Anyway, that's not how it ends."

"His magic as well was...special. Desire had only 1 mana, but he was able to cast magic."

"And as you know, he was able to grow from Magic Infusion."

"Many things happened and then he ended up as my disciple since then."

"And in the story that I know, he doesn't have any parents at all. There's no whiff of them and there are no traces of them as well."

"My wife investigated him before, and she just caught nothing."

"He just appeared out of nowhere, and he just said that his name was Desire."

And when Lionel finished saying those things, he turned his head to the right as he looked at Fyu.

After all, Fyu was basically eavesdropping on the two of them.

Well, since Lionel knew that Fyu was loyal to him, it was okay, but well.

Lionel had to keep the seals tight, and that was why he spoke.

"Fyu, I want none of this to go around. Even among my soldiers."

"Do you understand?"

And as soon as Fyu heard that, he bowed his head as he spoke.

"Yes, my lord."

And when Lionel heard his answer, he looked back to the far distance.

Of course, when the lord and the subordinate were done, Aimon spoke.

"That's interesting. Desire...the meaning of his name is interesting."

"And since he didn't have any parents, did he name himself that?"

And when Lionel heard that, he shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. He was a baby when the Suckus found him and he just introduced himself as Desire."

"His name then stuck around as it seems like he liked it."

Lionel said that as if there were nothing wrong with it. Well, if one is acquainted with Desire, they would be used to it.

However, as Aimon only knew about Desire's existence today, he was shocked about it.

That was why he had his head tilted as his left eye widened.

Why? It was because...

"W-what do you mean by a baby? He...was a baby? A baby who was able to introduce himself???!"

"Are you fucking kidding me?!!"