Novel Full Chapter 192 - Together (6)
As usual, Kate was quite the handful. Since she wanted to adventure so much, why couldn't she just settle down in a single dungeon and work there with relative safety? In any case, Edward will have to wait for someone to clear the dungeon to become the guild master. Aside from Billy's group, only the leaders of the tribes probably could do that as fast as possible, so Billy decided to give some pointers to his father. He wanted to keep getting steadily strong, and a dungeon was a good place for that. However, the strength he could obtain in such a place was limited.
In the end, Billy got a positive answer from Jean after one week, and it was around the same time Edward was preparing to send a group and settle down for a while in the previous Silverbreakers dungeon town. When he heard the news, Drew made his choice.
"Our family is going there together to help," Drew said. "It might be troublesome at first, but…"
"Ah, it has been a while since we traveled together," Camilla said with a smile on her face.
"We will have more room to produce our medicinal herbs. That is good," Anna nodded.
"Yay! We can play with monsters!" Samuel said.
"It will be fun to go to another place and see what big bro sees inside dungeons," Samara said.
Everyone looked oblivious to Drew's concerns, but he just shrugged since that was for the best. It was the first time Billy traveled with all his family together, so he was feeling pretty good about it. The twins already had a lot of fun while packing their things for the trip. They looked even more delighted when they learned that the girls from Billy's party would stay with them for a while.
On the day of the departure, Billy saw his party, his family, and other fifty or so warriors of the tribes ready to go to the dungeon town. It wasn't a large number, but it was enough for the first group, and it would be weird for the people living there to suddenly receive so many new people that were going to work with them.
"Hehe, this trip feels different in a good way," Alexander said when they began to move.
"I guess so," Billy said.
Camping out with his friends and family made things even better. The only annoying parts were that the twins were sticking around to the girls too much and not giving Billy too much attention and the fact that from time to time, the mood between Alexander and Lily would get annoying and Billy would feel like kicking their legs, just like Kate does with him from time to time.
"This couldn't be jealousy… could it be?" Billy wondered.
As much as Billy wanted not to admit it, he was starting to think that those kids were leaving him in the dust. While only two of them married, they achieved something that Billy never had the chance in his previous life.
All that familiar feeling and moments of happiness started to make Billy put himself in their place, and it was a bit troubling since he was also imagining the people by his side with him… Kate, Natalie… even Sarah.
"The last thing that I need is to become self-conscious of them now," Billy thought.
Still, that was hard… Kate was passing the age most people would get married, and she avoided interacting with men of her age as much as possible. Natalie couldn't think of anything aside from training and getting stronger, and Sarah was focused on her tribe. Maybe Billy was being presumptuous, but at least Kate probably was waiting for him to become a bit older.
"Boy, oh boy…" Billy said and then sighed.
"What is wrong, Billy?" Alexander asked. "You are making that weird face again."
"What is weird about my face?" Billy asked while furrowing his eyebrows.
"It is the expression that you made like when you are thinking about something annoying but couldn't be avoided,' Billy replied.
"When you became good at analyzing my facial expression?" Billy asked.
"You don't have many either, only the calm one, that one and the face when you saying something stupid to get on other people's nerves," Alexander explained.
"... You shouldn't ask more since I am dealing with something troublesome and unavoidable thanks to you," Billy said after a long sigh.
Billy has been treating them like kids, but they were already over eighteen, and now he was the one acting like a kid ignoring the elephant in the room. He never thought that his new life in another world would be so complicated in the weirdest things. It was probably because he was trying to live a normal life instead of seeking adventure all the time or trying to save the world from the clutches of the demon king. Still, that kind of craziness was something that he was missing a bit.
"What is wrong, son?" Drew asked while Billy was staring at the starry sky of the night.
"Why does everyone keep asking me if something is wrong?" Billy asked.
"Well, you only show four expressions, so it is easy to tell when something is bothering you," Drew said.
To his family, he had one extra expression, probably the most genuine one that he shows when he truly feels happy to be with them.
"Maybe if you stop looking at them like they are kids, your problems will be solved," Drew said.
"Damn, I must be really easy to read," Billy said.
"I am your Dad. Reading you should be something natural to me after fifteen years," Drew said. "Also, you always looked a bit pissed and jealous when you look at Lily and Alexander. You didn't lose your chance. They are still waiting for you out there. Just try to be honest and thoughtful when you make them."
It was a bit weird when he had the mental age of a 34-year-old man…