The Ultimate Fire Master of Avatar

Chapter 18 Voluntary

"While what you said was very forceful, and I agree with it, however..."

Kahn interrupted Azura's speech inappropriately, probing, "You don't mean you want me to investigate for you, do you?"

Azura raised an eyebrow: "Hmm."

?

"How old are you this year?"

"Kahn asked."

"Seven years old? What's wrong?"

"You're seven, I'm nine. You're saying we're both underage kids who're not even adults combined, and you want to investigate this?"

Kahn emphasized the ages of the two men, then pointed to himself and said:

"Furthermore, you need to clearly understand that the person in front of you is just an ordinary civilian. You've come to me for help? Do you really think I can be of any use?"

Consider the identities of the people involved in this incident: the old emperor Azulong, the former crown prince Airo, the current emperor Aozai, Aozai's wife Ershu who is technically the empress, and even Zuko and Azura are the current crown prince and princess.

There were six people in total, and every single one of them was of prominent status.

Eh?

Kahn suddenly felt something was off.

Airo is his guardian, Zuko and Azura are his friends, and Ershu treats him very well.

Aside from the old emperor Azulong and Aozai, how come I have some connection with everyone else in some way?

That's amazing!

"I don't care."

However, despite Kahn's insistence on reasoning, Azura remained unmoved, crossing her arms and saying:

"That's your problem."

wdnmd!

Kahn immediately covered his face with his hands, feeling immense pain, and a melody even uncontrollably popped into his mind:

I'm washing seaweed! Washing seaweed!

In fact, it wasn't just Kahn who was in pain; Azura was also suffering greatly.

Despite Azura's current irritable, stubborn, and unreasonable demeanor, it's just a mask she deliberately puts on to protect herself and hide her inner panic and helplessness.

Even though Azura displays intelligence far beyond that of ordinary people, she is still essentially a seven-year-old girl.

After discovering for the first time that her father, whom she had always trusted, was unreliable, and after betraying Aozai's will for the first time by deciding to find Ershu's whereabouts, Azura realized how awkward her situation was.

Her proud talents and wisdom seemed so ridiculous in the face of Ao Zai. It was then that she realized for the first time that everything she thought she possessed came from her father, the emperor, and that she was utterly worthless after leaving him.

This gap between her expectations and reality put immense pressure on her and made her feel unprecedentedly helpless and panicked.

Under these circumstances, Azura could only bury her desire to find Ershu in her heart, and continue to grow under the path arranged by Aozai with this repression. In the midst of this repression, she became more and more convinced of Aozai's ideology, and was eventually crushed, twisted, and became more extreme, fell into madness, and then exploded and died.

If nothing unexpected happens.

Fortunately, an accident occurred.

In her moment of panic and confusion, Azura inexplicably recalled the image of a certain person:

It wasn't Zuko, nor her two playmates, but Kahn, whom she had only spent less than a day with.

Kahn was deeply impressed by Azura, and Azura was no different.

Among her peers, he was the first person who wasn't afraid of her, the first person who could defeat her, the first person who acted as intelligent as her, the first person who defended her, the first person who didn't speak ill of her, and the first person who actively praised her.

Despite spending less than a day together, Kahn left a deep impression on her.

So, without hesitation, she went straight to their door—

They put a mask of pain on Kahn.

"Hahahaha!"

Seeing Kahn's bewildered expression, Azura finally burst into laughter, tears welling up in her eyes.

This was the first time she had been this happy since the struggle for the throne.

Although the search for her mother remained unresolved, after speaking with Kahn here, the pent-up emotions within her eased considerably. Azura decided not to tease him further and smiled:

"I didn't say you have to go find it now, I'm just informing you first."

Hearing Azura say this, Kahn stopped and glanced at her sideways. "Really?"

"Hmm, but if you have the ability to go find it now, I'd be happy to."

"I also think it's better to take a long-term approach. We should investigate quietly and then amaze everyone."

Kahn quickly responded, speaking in a serious tone.

"A clandestine investigation, tsk."

The thought that her current predicament was all because of Aozai filled Azura with disgust, but she quickly regained her composure.

"That's all for now, I'm going back."

Having said what she wanted to say, Azura left without further ado.

Before Kahn could say anything, Azura skillfully climbed the wall in a few steps, half-squatting on it, and suddenly turned around to ask:

"If you were Ershu, where would you hide?"

Kahn thought for a moment and said:

"If possible, stay as far away as possible, preferably somewhere your father can't reach. Of course, there's also a saying that the most dangerous place is also the safest place."

Then he remembered that the world has all sorts of amazing abilities, so he added:

"Perhaps there's a way to make yourself undetectable to others."

"I see."

Azura remained noncommittal and then jumped over the wall.

Unreachable places, the most dangerous places, a mother with miraculous abilities—what will you choose?

Can you really hide forever?

"Can't we just use the door? This crazy girl."

Looking at the empty courtyard once again, Kahn shook his head and went back to his room.

"Wait a minute, didn't I say I didn't want to get involved? Why did I suddenly agree? Am I crazy?"

"No, no, no, to be honest, I should be considered coerced, right? Coerced by a seven-year-old brat. I might as well go crazy."

At that moment, he suddenly remembered a sentence:

The Chinese people are generally inclined to compromise and moderation. For example, if you say, "This room is too dark, we need to open a window here," everyone will definitely object. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will compromise and agree to open a window—Lu Xun.

That's absolutely right.

"Speaking of which, the struggle for the throne, the intricate conspiracies, and the princess searching for her mother—could this be the [main storyline]?"

"But judging from the book's description, it seems that Avatar is the absolute protagonist of this world, even though he hasn't appeared for nearly a hundred years."

"So this can only be considered a side story?"

"Ha, maybe we're not even supporting characters. You're overthinking it."

puff!

Kahn pounced on the bed. "Go to sleep!"

Five minutes later, Kahn got up.

Why would someone sleep in broad daylight?

(End of this chapter)