The fact that I was happy about the meeting.
Although something made the story awkward and I asked Rudeus to tell me about what he had been doing up until now.
And then Rudeus started to tell me about his journey in an excessively fun tone.
He started to sing about a worthless story of bragging.
Rather than that boasting, there should have been something else you should have done is what I pointed out.
And the fact that he snapped back at me.
And the fact that he pointed out women and I snapped.
And the fact that we fought and I was beaten down.
Gisu just kept listening nodding to himself at specific points.
[Yeah], it seems he's in agreement [I see now], it seems he's understood as he listened.
He was listening with that kind of feeling but at the end he said this.
"You know, aren't you holding your expectations for your son a bit too high?"
"Huh?"
I realized that I had raised my voice in a foolish way.
Over expectation?
What's that?
Towards who?
"I do? Towards Rudi?"
"I mean, think about it a bit more."
While I was perplexed Gisu kept pressing me for an answer while connecting his words.
"That guy is certainly amazing. I've never seen a guy who can use voiceless incantations before. When I heard that he had exterminated dozens of monsters during the past year, shivers ran down my spine. I'm sure that guy Rudeus is in fact a genius that only appears once every hundred years."
That's right. Rudi is a genius.
He's a genius.
A true genius.
He's a guy who could do anything since he was small.
There was a point where I thought he was bad in some places, but he even managed to get that Philip to offer his daughter.
The Philip who always used to denounce me that much.
"Yeah, that's right. He's amazing. After all since he was five years old--"
"However, he's still a brat."
After he cut straight into the conversation I stayed quiet.
"Rudeus is still an 11 year old brat."
Gisu said it once again while reflecting upon it.
"Even you, the time when you left your house was when you were 12 right?"
"Yeah"
"Didn't you used to say anyone younger than 12 is still a brat?"
"What's that mean, what are you trying to say with that."
Rudi is stronger than me.
Certainly I was drinking alcohol today, but even if you took away that fact he had become strong.
Even though I was drunk I was serious.
I seriously used the North God style [Four-legged Form] that I didn't want to use and even went as far as using Sword God style's [Silent Sword].
Even with that, my sword only cut the string of the panties he was wearing on his head.
Rudi wasn't serious at all.
As proof of that, all of the group members were taken down with just minor injuries.
He was fighting while going easy on them, I lost to someone going easy.
I don't know how much stronger he's gotten in the time we hadn't met.
Just, Rudi was already way more clever than I when he was seven years old.
His physical strength should be stronger than mine.
And his head is better than mine.
In that case, it's not surprising that he can do everything better than me.
What does age have to do with it.