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030 - A Quest Based On the Grudge
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Sadly, two of those foreigners already notice Tony. They are now walking toward the direction where Tony and Arifin are hiding.

Arifin just squints his eyes at Tony with so much disappointment. He hides his sword in the bushes, and then gets up by putting on an act like he is trying to help Tony.

“Be careful! This place is a bit slippery!”

“Oh? Ah, thank you!” replies Tony.

Arifin then continues walking toward his house while inviting Tony with trivial chat, until he greets those two gentlemen with an ignorant face.

“Oh, hello! Um, what are you doing in my backyard?”

“Your backyard?” replies one of them. “So, is this your house? Are you the kid by the name Arifin Tetsuo?”

“A kid?”

“Oh, sorry! I mean, a boy!”

“Or we can just address you as a mister if you’d like,” the other man adds.

Arifin just smiles awkwardly while shaking his head. He gets the impression that these two soldiers aren’t that arrogant like the soldiers he used to know.

Currently, Arifin’s mom has already been at home
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