Tulav Awakens

By the time Toby had eaten until his belly was round as a drum, the village chief's door was pushed open, and the old man with a cane walked in, his face full of sorrow.

"Father, how are Kumor and Duru?" The moment the old man returned, the village chief hurried over and asked with great concern.

"Kumor is fine. His mother went home and gave him a sound beating. He's wailing loudly enough for half the village to hear." The old man sighed, then added, "As for Scott's boy, the bleeding has stopped for now. But unfortunately, his left ear is still deaf."

An old woman emerged from the kitchen. Hearing this, she casually chimed in, "Sigh, it's good enough that he got his life back. At least he still has one ear."

The old man immediately struck the floor with his cane, rather impolitely. "Old woman, that's not a pleasant thing to say. Even if you had some grudge against Scott's boy's grandmother in the past, you can't carry it over to the grandchildren..."

As he spoke, the old man dragged the old woman outside, and the two began arguing.

The village chief turned back with a helpless expression and repeatedly apologized to Angel, who had been watching the show.

Angel did not mind. He scooped Toby off the table and put him into his breast pocket, then wrapped himself in his cloak again. "Thank you for the hospitality, Village Chief. I'll go check on Duru, so I won't disturb you any longer."

Having said that, Angel ignored the village chief's attempts to keep him and walked straight out. Only a gold coin remained on the table, left behind by Angel as payment for the meal.

After leaving the village chief's house, Angel closed his eyes briefly to