98 A Non-Hosts Anger 1 (1/2)

”Hi!”

Clarissa opened her eyes. It was still nighttime and she had just teleported out of the barrier. The place seemed to be a rice field.

She was in the middle of a long stretch of bluish-dark green, a wooden construct was on her left side. In front, she saw the source of the voice that greeted her. Since she already had quite a grasp of what happened to her, her heart grew cold and she ultimately stepped back once.

”Leo Jones...”

It had already been several days since she knew who he was. But this was the first time she called out his name. For the past few days, she kept on calling him a lunatic stalker, or any bad names. She was that pissed off by him. Of course, she suspected that her emotions, though not totally controlled, was amplified by his skills to an abnormal level.

”Yup! Congratulations on surviving, hahaha! Actually, I've been watching ever since that girl arrived, and I'm very impressed and happy that she managed to push you into a corner! I'm expecting your necklace to summon your Original. Sadly, it teleported you out of the city. Tch! Tch!”

The girl warily stared at the lunatic boy. She didn't reply as she was preoccupied thinking of how to get out of there alive.

The kid, Leo, seemed to have noticed her reaction so he laughed and inquired, ”Hey, why are you suddenly being so cautious of me? Aren't capturing me and torturing me to death your greatest goal for this week? Eh, don't tell me you already gave up?”

”Why do you target me, you damn scoundrel!?” Clarissa asked with clenched teeth.

The one asked merely shrugged. ”Do I need any reason? Hey, it's as if you don't know that immoral hosts are unreasonable, whimsical, and crazy bunch of people! Hahahaha! What more reason do I need aside from I got issued a 'Pester A Host To Death' mission and you happened to be the one closest to my location? Wait, I already told you this before? Why do you keep asking?”

Clarissa didn't answer. She also didn't step back anymore. She was busy keeping her emotions in check because she noticed that extreme agitation was rising within her. When she mused herself why... she trembled in anger and gritted her teeth again.

'He wants me to despair so much to the point of having no choice but send an SOS message! He wants me to ask for help? Damn him!'

'His target is not me!'

Her expression showed him her hate and inner struggles. Due to this, he became intrigued, then he realized that she must have finally discovered what he did to her.

Here was an eerily quiet place. Sometimes the wind would pass to sway the blades of glass and rice stalks. A natural melody would then be created. Nonetheless, this already creepy sereness was successfully worsened by the boy's sudden crazy and hearty laughter!

Clarissa's face darkened, ”You said one time that you hate people like me. So you really want to kill me?”

To this question, all he answered was, ”Hahaha, why ask?”

The boy's face showed disdain and Clarissa had seemingly heard him adding 'the obvious?' in the end.

He didn't talk about it anymore and instead said, ”You discovered it already right? I mean, that ability. I didn't expect you to know about it because you're still one level away from accessing the skill shop! But it proves that your Original is at the same level as me! Hahaha, our fight will surely be very awesome! I'm looking forward to it! Hey, why don't you just tell me her name? What's so hard about it? You look so resign to your death already! Why are you people so devoted to your Originals? Hateful! I don't like it!”

She laughed, ”You keep trying to force me to say her name. Now, I'm guessing your mission is to pester an original host. Why don't you just switch target? How about Sofony Mendez?”

”I'd love to! But hey, who asked you to be the first host I'd see? Now, even if I change target, rewards will be halved. My chain quests are already all about you!” he pouted as if he was the one wronged here.

Clarissa almost couldn't stop losing her temper again.

She really wanted to kill this Leo brat!