"Jacob?" Lucian said with shock seeing his past friend suddenly.
Jacob stood before him, taller than before with the right side of his face being covered by bandage so only one eye was visible. Through Lucian's experienced eye, he saw the left leg looking much leaner than it should have.
But even with the changes, he instantly recognized his friend.
"Lucian…?" Jacob murmured before quickly looking away, "Sorry, I think you got the wrong person."
"You just said my name."
"Oh, that? You probably heard it wrong… I said, lose it. You heard that too, right? Jacob asked me and winked.
"No, I heard you calling him by his name."
"…You sure?"
"Oh yeah."
Jacob groaned at me as Lucian said, "Jacob… what are you doing here? No, where have you been all this time?"
"Me?" Jacob slowly turned as Lucian saw Jacob aging pretty quickly, "I was outside, training, becoming strong enough to one day be called the greatest in the wor-"
