Chapter 99: Crazy?

"Jihahahahaha!" The old man's laugh resounded out in this place as he continued walking.

He didn't even stop even though he was staggering, and that was why he was able to leave this place pretty quickly.

However, the duo of Desire and Jarina didn't move at all even though the old man could no longer be seen in their eyes.

After all, Jarina was sure that if they move now, they would still get detected by the old man.

And Desire just followed whatever Jarina did.

No...Desire just couldn't think as he was shaken up right in his Core.

He didn't know what to do, and he didn't know what to feel in this situation.

After all, he was feeling emotions when the Heavenly Demon Trait was there to fix it up for him.

No, even without that trait, Desire was confident that these emotions wouldn't be able to run rampant inside him.

He was that sure of himself now, unlike before.

However, why is that Desire was feeling the heat right now?

'That old man...'

That old man is a monster. Desire thought as he remembered the times that made him feel like this.

And the only thing that he could remember was when he first met Jarina, Lyra, and even Percia.

Desire was able to know that the old man was a monster because what he was feeling right now wasn't hate, anger, or something like that.

It was the feeling of happiness; no, it was so intense that his happiness could be considered euphoria.

Desire was also feeling excited and was feeling that he should have reached out to the old man when he was here.

And these feelings only come up when Desire was meeting a monster.

However, it was weird.

'Why did Jarina call him a human when he is a monster...?' 

Jarina called the old man a human even though Desire feels that he was a monster.

That was why Desire wasn't sure about what he felt towards the old man.

He also wasn't sure if he was correct or not.

After all, Jarina's words seem more trustworthy than what he felt.

At least, that's what Desire thinks.

Besides, Jarina is a monster, a rank 6 at that. There's no way Jarina would have identified a monster human when she was a monster herself.

'Maybe I'm thinking too much on this...' Desire thought.

It wouldn't be weird for Desire to overthink things like these.

Even though he was forcing it down, Desire was feeling paranoid and stuff about his identity.

And the only thing that seems natural to Desire was his love for monsters.

'Did I subconsciously tried to think that he was a monster...?'

That was why Desire thought that his subconscious tried to make him feel that way.

To make him feel that he finally has answers to his questions.

'Hmm.'

Desire thought and thought, but he couldn't have any answers to this question.

After all, it was something that already happened. And Desire would only know the answer once he meets a new monster once more.

Well, he always feels this way when he meets Jarina and Lionel, though.

"He's gone. Whew." Jarina said as she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems she was really nervous while the old man was still here.

However, that was only natural as she truly considered the old man as strong.

"Whew." Jarina breathed a sigh of relief once more as she took the magic that she used down.

They didn't need it any longer, and it was then that she finally spoke to Desire.

"I guess that was a crazy old man." Jarina said as she whipped her head towards Desire.

Jarina was worried about Desire the whole time since he didn't have any practice or knowledge about situations like these.

However, it seems that her worries were unnecessary as Desire was calm.

And when Jarina saw that, she smiled a little bit. After all, she was proud of what Desire have done.

"Crazy? Does every crazy person act like that?" Desire said as he innocently looked up.

It seems he was really curious about this. Well, it was only natural as this was connected to that mysterious old man.

At least, Desire wanted to know everything about that man.

Why was he able to make Desire feel that way? Was he a human, or was he really a monster?

These questions keep entering Desire's mind that it wouldn't be weird that it was all his thoughts right now.

"Yes. Didn't you see how he talked to nothing? I'm confident in my magic. There's no way he would have been able to see us."

"Besides, he was talking nonsense. There's no way a sane human would talk about those things."

Jarina said as she walked towards the robes that the old man have left behind.

And Desire was just looking at her as he thought about things.

'Crazy old man...maybe, I really am overthinking this.' Desire thought.

However, he couldn't think about it any longer as he heard Jarina's voice once more.

"Look, we are in luck. That old man left us some clothes to hide in."

Jarina said as she picked up the robes that were dropped to the ground.

"Hide in? What do you mean...?" Desire asked, but he decided to knock it off when she saw Jarina's smile.

And that smile...that smile was something Desire was familiar with.

After all, it was the smile that traumatized Desire.

"Fufufu." Jarina's laughed resounded out in this place.

And Desire was forced to hear it all.

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While Jarina was doing what she planned to enter the city, the old man was still walking.

It seems he didn't stop at all to rest or whatnot, and that was obvious given how far he was now.

However, there came a time when the old man looked back.

The old man's white eyes stared at the horizon, where he could barely see the shade of a person.

It was then that the old man opened his mouth so wide that his saliva flowed out of his mouth.

"Jihaaaaa!" The old man said.

"The old generation's offspring?" The old man continued.

The old man then turned his head around and continued walking.

He continued walking until he disappeared completely from this place...