CHAPTER 508: ALONE TIME (2/2)

Having understood my intentions, she stood up to follow me. Neneth initially wanted to come along as well, but was stopped by Regine.

Regine shook her head at Neneth who pouted in response but sat down in the end.

As we walked towards the forest, I turned around and asked Nicole, “what are your opinions on the Lord’s inaction this time around?”

“Suspicious.” A straight to the point answer.

“Yes. I suspect that the nobles of this territory have some sort of underground dealings with the creatures of darkness. Perhaps the lord himself might be one of them.” We continued onwards.

“That Anti-light barrier intrigues me as well. That’s why I had my subordinates take a sample of it. They found unusual traces within a five kilometer radius of the village. According to them, there were a lot of traces left behind, so you can just get your Demon Hunters to retrieve them as well. But for even the lord of the land to be a suspect…”

“I understand.” Nicole coldly cut me off.

“Here’s a sample I just received.” I took out the bottle I just received for her to see. “You can use this as a future reference.”

“Thanks.”

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“There’s no need to thank me, because…”

I stopped talking at that point. Rather, I couldn’t. Because I was no longer the person I was before. None of us were. Nicole was now a Demon Hunter, while I was a Devil. Two entities doomed to be at odds with each other. Even though I had faith that she would still accept me even after knowing of my identity, now wasn’t the time to tell her. I could tell she held a deeply seated hatred for Devils. Until I gained enough trust, I mustn’t reveal my identity.

“How about we talk about you instead? I’m quite interested in what you have to say.” She suddenly threw me a curveball after a deathly long period of silence between us.

“I… guess I’m an Occultist who wants to be a productive member of society?” Awkward silence once more… I couldn’t figure out what else to say to her question, thanks to how different Nicole was from before. In the past, I could fairly accurately predict how she would react to my words; I was just that familiar with her. Now, however… I did not understand her at all. The only thing I knew about her was that she was searching for ‘Mo Ke’.

“Productive member of society?”

“That’s right.” I nodded my head. “We might not be able to choose how we were born, but I firmly believe that we can choose how we live our lives. I wish to be someone useful, and I think I’ve accomplished that today.”

Having said that, I turned to find Nicole looking at me, a little misty eyed as she muttered, “So similar…”

“Similar?”

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“Similar to what my younger brother said in the past.”

I began to sweat a little. Did she find out already? “Which part?”

“The part about choosing how we lived our lives.” She then mimicked the voice I had when I was young. As she did that, a smile crept onto her lips. “Just like that.”

I dryly laughed. “…A coincidence, I’m sure. Just like being struck by lightning, a pure coincidence…”

“He used to say that too.”

“…”

Why am I even bothering at this point? Talking to her is tiring…

Thankfully, this atmosphere did not continue for long.

“They address you as Her Holiness. Those Dark Elves all seem to be experts in their own right. If I were to go up against them, I don’t think I can win in a one on one.” She suddenly stopped walking and looked me right in the eyes with an empty expression. Finally, in no uncertain words, she said, “You’re some kind of big shot, aren’t you?”