The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 94- Ha-Yoon’s Proposal

Chapter 94: Chapter 94- Ha-Yoon’s Proposal

Son soon started teaching Sol about the rules of chess on how the pieces move.

It didn’t take long for Sol to grasp the pieces’ movements, but to actually defeat Son in a game, he realized that would be difficult.

Son seemed to be really talented at chess, to the point where Sol would lose without even noticing.

However, as the sun began to slowly set and the two played game after game, Sol started to improve by quite a lot.

Son was quite shocked by his rate of progress, but he didn’t show it.

Sol’s progress reached a point where Son had to take a few minutes to reply to his moves as opposed to a few glances.

Soon the sun fell and plunge the two into darkness, but they were cultivators so they could clearly see the board. Plus, tonight was a full moon; moonlight poured down on them and illuminated the surroundings in a calming silver glow.

After some time, the two decided to end their game. Sol had improved a lot but he still wasn’t able to defeat Son.

Sol got up and was escorted to his own room by a servant on Son’s orders.

The next day the two would continue to play chess while they chatted.

However, due to Sol’s curiosity, Son would end up teaching him three of the other Four Arts.

"My sister is better than me in the guqin so she can teach you instead of me."

And that was how the girl Sol saw before came and joined them.

Sol found out her name was Ha-Yoon.

She would sit next to Sol and teach him how to play the strange instrument after he lost all his chess matches with Son.

Sol stayed with the brother and sister for a couple of days while following this routine.

During this time, Sol was thankful to see that Son seemed to be getting better.

He personally cleaned up his room so the three didn’t have to meet in his pungent-smelling room. He also ate the food given to him and from what Sol could tell he was getting sleep.

The lingering smell that made it obvious he hadn’t showered in a while was gone, but he still had his unshaven stubbles.

There were also times he would stare off into space during the day.

But overall Sol thought he was doing better.

On his sixth day of staying at Son’s home, Sol was playing chess in Son’s room while the sun had already gone down.

"Checkmate."

Sol had just won, it wasn’t easy but this was his third time winning against Son.

Ha-Yoon who was off to the side, stopped playing her guqin and look over at the two with a worried look on her face.

After a moment of silence, Sol grabbed a sleeping Little Zeel and said.

"It’s rather late so I’ll visit Brother Son tomorrow."

Son nodded, and Sol got up and left his room.

Sol walked down the hall and reached his room. His room was only a few doors away from Son’s own.

When Sol entered, he saw a young female servant bowing to him.

"Young Master Sol, the bath is ready for you."

"Thank you."

Sol felt a little weird having someone serve him, but he didn’t know how to refuse so he just went along with it.

At least it wasn’t like the first night when this woman wanted to personally wash his back.

Sol was still in shock that people actually live like this.

Sol stepped aside and allowed the woman to leave. Afterward, he sighed and placed Little Zeel on the gray blanketed bed.

The room wasn’t as luxurious as Son’s own, but it was quite large.

The bed was more than big enough to fit four people, and the bath in the room off to the side could fit about a dozen people.

He didn’t have an open courtyard where he could walk out, but he did have a window that showed the view of the starry night sky. The faint sounds of crickets could also be heard coming through this window.

Sol walked over and close it before he patted the sleeping Little Zeel on the bed.

He then decided to take off his clothes and enter the bath.

However, just as he undid the new robes that were given to him by the servant, the door to his room was suddenly slammed open.

It even startled Little Zeel awake, but seeing who it was he immediately drifted off back to sleep.

"You can’t leave yet!"

Ha-Yoon who came rushing in had a frantic look on her face.

Sol was on his way to the bathroom, but he paused on Ha-Yoon’s entry. He sighed and then said.

"I can’t stay here forever, I would eventually need to head back to the Academy."

Ha-Yoon looked upset and she said.

"But if you leave, brother won’t have anyone to talk to. He’s going to go back to how he was before you came!"

"Don’t worry, I’m going to visit when I have time."

"No!"

Ha-Yoon shook her head vehemently. After, she stared at Sol and gritted her teeth.

It looks like she made up her mind on something.

Ha-Yoon suddenly stuck out her hand and pointed at Sol before saying in a demanding tone.

"You! You’re going to marry me and stay here with my brother!"

Sol looked at Ha-Yoon rather dumbfounded by that proposal, but he soon shook his head and said.

"I’m sorry but I can’t marry you."

"Huh? Why not? Am I not pretty enough for you?"

Ha-Yoon suddenly got defensive and folded her hands with a pout.

After spending the last few days with her, Sol had a good grasp on the type of person Ha-Yoon was.

She was bossy, inconsiderate, and very, very spoiled.

However, there was one thing Sol found endearing about her and that was her love for her brother Son.

Sol never had a sibling... well, not that he know of, but if he had one he would have wanted them to be someone like Ha-Yoon.

He knew she didn’t love him or anything like that, and she was just suggesting this so she can help her brother.

"Ha-Yoon, I can’t marry someone I see as my sister."

A sad light flashed in Ha-Yoon’s eyes when she heard Sol say that, but she hid it before snorting and turning around to leave.

But just before she left, she popped her head back in and yelled.

"And you’re a pervert for showing yourself like that in front of a girl!"

Slam!

Sol looked at the door and said with a bitter smile.

"But you were the one who came in..."

In truth, during the entire conversation, Sol was completely naked.

He thought that after barging in she would see him and run out blushing, or perhaps while screaming, but no, she was unphased and just had a full-blown conversation with him.

However, he did spot her taking glances at him.

Sol rubbed his nose.

She was indeed a strange girl from Sol’s perspective.

Sol chuckled to himself before he headed for the bathroom to take a bath.

Tomorrow would be a difficult day.