Innately Gifted

The Kingdom Navy sailors on the Leiban were naturally furious that Hashim was so disrespectful to Edmund, especially Bertley, who had been hit by Hashim when they went into the water to capture Hashim and was about to draw his sword to slash Hashim.

However, Karask immediately stepped forward and covered Hashim's mouth, kowtowing to Edmund and saying, "My lord, my brother is just a child, a lowly fisherman. I apologize on his behalf, please don't hurt him."

After kowtowing three times to Edmund, he also kowtowed a few times to Bertley. When his son Gaita saw his father doing this, he quickly followed suit and kowtowed as well.

Seeing their reaction, Bertley couldn't retaliate. After all, based on his understanding of Edmund, he knew he certainly wouldn't agree to punish Hashim.

Hashim initially tried to get rid of the gag, but his Karask held it tightly and wouldn't let go. Seeing his brother and nephew protecting him like this, he could only kneel on the ground with a gloomy expression.

Edmund watched the two do this but didn't stop them immediately. He looked at Hashim with some curiosity. This young man didn't look like a fisherman at all. His skin was a healthy wheat color, similar to his brother's. His build wasn't as thin as his brother's or nephew's. Instead, he had a very tall and strong body, and he was two heads taller than his brother, nearly two meters tall, with well-defined muscles.

Edmund, wanting to ease the tension, chuckled and teased, "Karask, you're not being honest. Your younger brother doesn't seem like a child at all."

Bertley and his men nodded in agreement when they heard Edmund's words. They had all gone into the water to catch this guy together. All of them were good swimmers, and it took five or six of them to catch the kid, even though he had just swum a kilometer and used up a lot of energy.

But just then, Karask raised his head and said, "Hashim is indeed my younger brother, and the youngest son of my parents. He is naturally very tall, and he is only 13 years old this year."

This statement stunned Edmund and Bertley, especially Bertley, who pointed at Hashim with a look of astonishment and said, "You call this 13 years old?"

Edmund looked at the face of the Karask and found that his expression was sincere and he did not seem to be lying.

Hashim, who was being pointed at by Bertley, looked indignant, as if he thought Bertley was making a fuss over nothing. Edmund then took a closer look at Hashim's face. Although he was bruised and swollen, you could still vaguely see that his face was indeed a bit childish.

"Hiss!" Now Edmund was beginning to believe Karask's words.

At this point, Bertley was still somewhat skeptical and said to Karask, "You're so old, and your brother is only 13? Don't you think that's unbelievable? Did your parents have him when they were 50?"

Karask quickly waved his hand. "Sir, I wouldn't dare lie to you. What I said is true. Besides, I'm only 30 years old this year. It's just that I look older because I fish every day. Hashim was born when my mother was 30 years old."

After hearing this, Bertley opened his mouth, then quickly asked again, "What about your son? Your son is so big now, did you and your wife have him when you were 12 years old?"

Karask was startled by Bertley's expression and said in a low voice, "My son is 11 years old. He grew up with my brother."

At this moment, everyone turned their attention to Gaita. Before, no one had noticed that Gaita looked to be about 1.6 meters tall, and everyone thought he was already an adult. But now, upon closer inspection, they found that Gaita's face was very youthful, and he did indeed have the face of a child. Because his skin was so dark, no one had noticed it at first.

After seeing Gaita's face, Bertley believed him. His face burned, especially the spot where Hashim had injured him. He couldn't accept that he had been defeated by a 13-year-old boy in an underwater battle.

The other sailors also exclaimed in admiration, "How could your 11-year-old child grow so tall and big?"

"Don't even mention this 11-year-old, that 13-year-old is a head taller than me. Just now, the five of us almost couldn't hold him down underwater."

"This is a natural soldier. If the noble families in the country saw him, they would definitely want to keep him as a bodyguard."

Upon hearing someone mention becoming a guard, Hashim, who had been quiet, immediately shouted, "I would never be a guard for a nobleman! They're all liars!"

His Karask, quickly slapped him on the head, pressed his head to the ground, and said to Edmund, "My brother was taken away by Lord Benn because he was tall from a young age, who said he wanted to be his bodyguard, but he was sent home because he ate too much."

Lord Benn even sent someone to say that everything he ate and used in the castle had to be returned to our family, and he directly seized our land. After losing our land, we had no choice but to make a living by fishing.