Chapter 403 - Flexible Means (1/2)

Chapter 403 Flexible Means

Sareth’s consciousness gradually awakened, and he slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was a table with messy books on it opposite him. A ray of sunlight shone in through the window and landed on the table, allowing Sareth to see the most eye-catching thing: the clock!

April 25th, 7:12 a.m…

After staring at the clock for a while, Sareth returned to his senses. He immediately felt the restraint on his body and struggled desperately.

With his strength, it should have been easy for him to break free from the ropes, but he did not expect the ropes to be so strange. The more he struggled, the tighter they became.

“Don’t waste your energy. There are spells specially used to imprison demons on it!”

A voice came from the garage. Nico walked in with a yawn and put on her glasses. After combing her messy hair, she ignored Sareth’s gaze and walked to the garage door to pull up the shutter.

When the sunlight shone in, Sareth could not help but turn his head away. As for Nico, she was bathing in the sunlight and stretching. “Ah, the weather is really good!”

“Who are you? Why am I here?” Sareth stared at the strange woman. “Where’s that bad guy in red? Did he tie me up?”

Nico walked back, pulled a chair in front of Sareth, and sat backwards on it. With her hands on the backrest, she looked at Sareth. “Little friend, you have so many questions. But I can understand. When I was your age, I was also full of curiosity about the world.”

As she spoke, she took out a cigarette and flicked it into her mouth. After lighting it with a lighter, she took a deep breath and exhaled a mouthful of smoke contentedly.

Her movements attracted Sareth, and he watched without blinking. But when Nico breathed out the smoke, he felt that it was choking, so he could not help but ask, “What are you doing?”

“Smoking. Don’t you know?” Nico took another puff. “Or have you never seen anyone smoke?”

Sareth shook his head. He really had never seen it before.

Although everyone felt that Sareth might have come from a world that they did not know during the discussion last night, he did not even know about smoking, making Nico feel that her judgment was right. Her eyes darted around, and she asked Sareth, “Do you want to try?”

Although Sareth was wary of Nico, he was a child after all, and he was really curious. After hearing her question, he nodded.

Nico immediately took out another cigarette, lit it, and wanted to stuff it into Sareth’s mouth.

But at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched over from the side, grabbed the cigarette in Nico’s hand, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it to the ground.

“Teaching a kid to smoke? Nico, are you serious?!” The person who appeared was Nero. He looked at Nico with a headache, feeling that this big sister was really high-maintenance.

Nico shrugged and did not answer.

Sareth, who was tied to a chair, instantly narrowed his eyes when he saw Nero. He struggled and roared, “Bastard, it’s really you guys! Why did you tie me up?! Let go of me!”

Nero stood in front of Sareth and looked down at him. “It’s not impossible to let you go, but this is under the premise that you promise not to act recklessly. Do you agree?”

Sareth hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.

So Nero walked behind him and untied his hands. But after untying them, Nero still looked at him vigilantly, afraid that he would suddenly escape.

There was nothing they could do about it. Although Sareth’s origin was unknown, and he seemed to have some ulterior motive, he was still a nine-year-old child after all. It was not good for Dante, Nero, and the other adults to treat him like this. It was impossible for them to tie him up forever, right? That was child abuse.

Fortunately, Sareth kept his word. After being released, he did not resist. He only rubbed his aching wrists and turned to look around. He asked Nero, “Where’s that man in red clothes with white hair?”