The five of them went onto the street in the upside where the festival was ongoing , Rudra was surprised to see soo many people there , it seemed like half the upside was present on the festival street today.
Rudra could see many familiar faces from the guild. He spotted Bo and Skyla , apparently they were roaming with vice guild master Karna .
Karna also spotted Rudra and gave him a big grin , and made a ' yo ' sign with his hand , Rudra first looked towards little Max , to check if he could see what he was about to do next , but little Max's attention was apparently caught up in the nearby ice cream store.
Assured that he would not learn bad habbits from him , Rudra looked at Karna and gave him the middle finger with a smile.
Karna bursted out laughing , and soo did Rudra , they both needed no words to be exchanged to show how understanding they were of each other.
Rudra then pointed towards little Max and ruffed his hair , Karna understood that he was out with his little brother , and made a Ok sign , to show that it was okay for him to carry on with his buisness.
Rudra nodded , and moved on ….. On his way however many guild and even non guild members stopped to greet him upon seeing him . Rudra was a well known figure in the upside now , everyone knew he was close with Ethan Grey and the guild master of the guild that was the overlord of Purplehaze city.
This was both gratifying and troublesome for Rudra , he loved the attention , however not when he was out with Maxie , there he just wanted time with his brother.
However Max loved the respect his brother was getting , as he would say " My brother " and hide behind Rudra's legs , as someone would come and greet him .
After a while Max said " Big brother you are famous! Like a king! ".
Rudra chuckled he wanted to deny the claims his brother made , but Yua cut in , she said " Yes , your brother is a king , he rules over a city you know ".
Max looked at Rudra with gleaming eyes when he heard this …. He said " Brother I want to go to your kingdom , I will eat lots of ice cream there. And noone will scold me as my brother will be king ".
Naomi and Yua together said " Awww… ".
The girls had already melted for the little guys cute charms , and he was getting more and more adorable by the minute.
Yua could not handle the overload of cuteness, as she bent down and pulled little Max's cheeks .
Max was annoyed by this , nobody can touch his damn cheeks , hence he made his best looking mean look , and stared at Yua .
However , he looked like a harmless puppy , he did not deter Yua at all. After a few seconds though he could not take it , as he complained to Rudra with a teary eye …. " Brother , the big bad aunty is bullying me ".
Naman " …. "
Naomi "….."
Yua " A…A…Aunnty? ".
Rudra picked Max back up , and gave a death glare to Yua , nobody made Little Max cry … If someone did , they would face the wrath of his brother.
Yua felt wronged , as she wanted to explain herself to Rudra , however seeing the cold look on Rudra's face as he consoled Max , no words came out from her mouth.
Naomi could barely control her laughter though , as she let out a little giggle …. Yua glared at Naomi , who gave her a smug look.
This was why kids were soo dangerous , because they were soo innocent , they could end people's careers in seconds …. And Max calling Yua aunty , was one such career ending moment .
Naomi was on cloud nine , the look on Yua's face when she was called Big Bad Aunty was priceless , she wished she had this moment recorded on camera , it would be funny even 20 years from now.
Rudra wanted no more nuisance , he decided to part ways with everyone and weak a mask . He went and bought two traditional masks from a nearby stall and put one on himself and one on little Max . He then said " Guys I think I want to spend some alone time with Max , I have to get him to eat cotton candy , ill see you all later ".
Naman was cool with it , soo he nodded , while Naomi and Yua were sad that he was going away , Naomi glared at Yua. Who ruined her time with Rudra , while Yua did not back off and glared right back.
If there was ever a chance of the two becoming friends , it was destroyed now . They both knew that they hated each others guts and liked Rudra …. The enmity was set in stone.
Rudra took Max to the cotton candy store , and bought him a giant , mix pink and blue candy.
Max happily ate his candy as he was having a great time , he then looke at Rudra and said " Brother the blue candy is soo much better than the pink candy …. Betty is stupid , she likes pink candy more than blue candy ".
Rudra was intrigued he asked " Ohh , I agree , blue candy is the best …. But who is Betty? ".
Max eating his candy said " Betty is my girlfriend , I will marry her when I grow up ".
Rudra was stunned for a moment , as dark thoughts entered his brain …. But then he remembered that max was a long way out from puberty and his tools were as good as useless for now.
He sighed in relief and said " how did she become your girlfriend ?".
Max looked at Rudra and said " In school , she gives me grapes for lunch ".
Rudra bursted laughing at the reply … His little brother was soo easy to please , just give him anything sweet and he will shower you with love.
Sometimes he was worried , if a kidnapper offered max a box of chocolates , he would probably abandon everything and live with them.
However when he realized that little Max was getting more action than he did … His mood sunk .
' Even eight year olds have girlfriends now ….. Sigh, when will I have a girlfriend? ' , Rudra thought.
Finally after eating cotton candy , it was time for the main event of the lantern festival …. Writing a wish on a paper lantern and letting it fly!
Rudra took Max to the lantern stall … And to his surprise , everyone was there …. Jhonny , Yume , Karna ,Bo , Skyla, Naomi , Naman , Yua , Fatty Kalash , and even Ethan Grey .
Looking at the lineup , Rudra felt like he was back in a guild meeting. He grinned , all of them were family.
Everyone started to write their wishes on a piece of paper and tying it to the lantern
Jhonny wrote " Bless flat women with more bust ".
Yume wrote " I want to break my virgin status this year ".
Karna wrote " I wish that my guild keeps soaring to new heights ".
Bo wrote " I wish to be like sir Jhonny ".
Skyla wrote " I wish that the blockhead Leo Crispii , understands my crush on him".
Naomi wrote " I wish ….. ".
Naman wrote " I wish to level up faster ".
Yua wrote " I wish the bit** Naomi has a miserable year ahead ".
Fatty Kalash wrote " Legendary hammer for forging ".
While Ethan Grey wrote " Stupid fate , I am the master of my own destiny , you can go f*** yourself ".
Rudra wrote " 3 gold medals and Ruby ".
While little Max made a drawing of a big lollipop …. Everyone tied their wishes to their lanterns and let it fly …..
Everyone except Naomi's flew away , for some reason , her just landed back down , and the candle inside got extinguished. It fell right beside little Max who opened the letter inside …
Naomi panicked …. This was bad … She wrote embarassing things in there.
Max opened the letter and started to read in a mechanical manner " I . Wish. Guild.leader. Happiness . I . Hope . He . Lik…".
Naomi rushed up to Max and put her hand on his mouth , as she refused to let him speak a single word more ….. Her face was as red as a tomato at this point …. This was too embarassing.
Everyone gave knowing glances to her … The smart ones , Skyla , Bo , Yua, Fatty Kalash and Ethan understood what was going on , whereas the blockheads Naman , Karna and Rudra were clueless.
Rudra reprimanded Max " Max if you read someone's wishes they won't come true … That's bad ".
Max looked at Naomi and said " I'm sorry big sister ".
Rudra looked at Naomi with a smile , he said " Thankyou for the well wishes , I hope you get all the happiness you want too. ".
Naomi sighed in relief , while the smart ones sighed at Rudra's stupidity .
Seems like the secret stayed a secret for now.
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