Before Miwa got too annoyed and threw hands at them, Lith and Dennis stopped with their teasing.
Once they were done, Miwa sighed and asked, "Can you take me back now?"
Though the city was really nice and it was fun to hangout with this group, it was time to go back and take on the responsibilities again.
Lith, standing around her, asked, "You wanna go back so soon? There's a lot of things to do. Plus, we haven't even sparred yet."
Miwa shook her head. "There's no time for all that. I have a little brother to take care of."
Dennis, sipping on some milkshake he stole from Ralph, asked, "How old is he?"
Miwa felt it was a reasonable question and answered, "Eight years old."
"Hmm…" Dennis began pondering things upon hearing that.
Lith and Ralph too began pondering, making Miwa confused.
"What are you three thinking of?" Miwa couldn't help but ask, looking at their strange faces.
Lith rubbed his chin and answered, "Your brother will be thirteen in five years. That means, he'll end up spending his time in an academy until he's eighteen. From then, he would be recruited by some powers if he's strong enough and wouldn't really need you."
"What the…" Miwa was dumbfounded. She didn't think that these three were planning to give her an existential crisis out of nowhere.
"Your little brother can take care of his own self in a while. Come, let's spar in the meantime." Dennis suggested.
He really wanted to fight this short gorilla. She seemed powerful and could be a good challenge.
"But—" Miwa chimed and wanted to say something, but got interrupted.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. Your brother needs to learn a lot of things and build his foundation before awakening his Magic Core. I'll have someone arrange things for your brother. You need not worry." Lith stated.
Miwa didn't understand him and asked, "And how exactly are you going to do it? Do you think there's someone better than me who can raise him?"
"Yes." Lith replied without hesitation. "You yourself don't know many things, it's better to leave things to experts."
"Huh?" Miwa was confused. "What expert? What exactly are you saying?"
The trio sighed together, looking at this country bumpkin's dumbness.
They knew Miwa was somewhat slow in analyzing things, but couldn't guess that she was this slow.
Lith looked at her and asked while shaking his head, "Shawty, who do you think we are?"
Miwa scrunched her nose as she cringed at being called that. "Don't call me that again."
"Just answer already." Lith repeated.
Miwa thought about it and replied, "You three are some rich nobles?"
The trio nodded their heads.
"That's right." Dennis answered.
Miwa shrugged. "It wasn't that difficult, was it?"
Ralph, in a calm tone, said, "You haven't guessed the whole thing, don't get cocky."
Miwa tilted her head in confusion, not understanding what Ralph meant.
The whole conversation seemed so stupid and so pointless that even Dennis was having a headache.
What Ralph was suffering through at this point, it was something only he knew.
Dennis was already too much for him to handle and now there was someone similar in the group again. It was simply testing his patience at this point.
Lith chimed in to end the conversation and said to Miwa, "I am the Vampire Prince, he's…"
He began introducing himself and the other two, making Miwa widen her eyes in shock.
When Lith finished, Miwa was so shocked that not a single word came out of her mouth. She just stood there, dazed, as if she had heard some out of this world news.
"You're what!?!" Miwa snapped out of her daze and asked in shock.
The three simply nodded their heads.
"You heard it correctly." Dennis answered.
"Holy shit! How did I— No, wait. What are you three doing in the Human Continent? What ulterior plans do you have!?"
Miwa immediately raised her guard and took a defensive stance, realizing that these guys may be enemies.
Even though she enjoyed her time with them, there was no saying that these guys weren't harmless. She was a human, their literal prey, and it was only natural for her to act in such a manner.
Looking at her get so defensive, Dennis got in an attacking stance. "We fighting? Cool!"
"No fighting." Ralph smacked Dennis's head and said.
Dennis clicked his tongue and got up.
Miwa was surprised, but continued to be in her position nonetheless.
Lith walked up to her and shook his head with a sigh, as if he had just encountered an unruly toddler.
He rubbed Miwa's head, making her annoyed, and said, "Your brother will be taken care of and don't worry, you're going back to your home too. We can spar later together."
Saying so, Lith made her teleport back to her home.
"Wai—" Miwa wanted to say something before disappearing, but couldn't do so as Lith's magic was too powerful for her to resist.