152 Will To Live 3 (1/2)

”You know for yourself that I don't have any killing intent towards you. But. Fine. I'll let her physically stay.”

And then Chris could only stare blankly as the short-haired woman by his bedside hypnotized Alessa Morgan that no one visited him today and she would not be hearing anything or seeing anything until she leaves.

”You know that something is off about him, right? So in order to not be implicated in whatever mess he got into, you will forget everything you witness today, including my appearance and voice.”

”You did not see and hear anything today.”

”You did not see and hear anything from the moment I entered this room until I leave.”

He saw her in action already twice. But he still couldn't help the feeling of dislike and disbelief towards how her ability works.

With a serious expression on his face, he met the woman's stares. He then heard her say.

”It's a late greeting. But a good day to you, Chris Meyer. I was supposed to bring you away yesterday. But I had to change plans when I tried to inquire about your attacker and received no information.”

Chris did not reply and only quietly looked at the person standing so close to him. Actually, even though he was being difficult earlier to her and tried to defy her by making Alessa stay, he could somehow feel that she wouldn't really do anything untoward to him. This was the reason why he could remain calm despite being so powerless and bed-ridden next to this full-fledged immoral host. It was just, he still couldn't trust her. Or maybe, he couldn't help being wary because what he just went through from the hands of another host was still fresh in his mind.

He closed his eyes and savored the silence that followed, remembering what she said, digesting them to extract information.

'...Now I finally understand. If I end up encountering someone whose information couldn't be accessed by the system, it could only be because the person is a host.'

This was what he inferred when she said she couldn't inquire about his assailant - which also means that devilish, unreasonable, and lunatic brat was even higher-leveled than Sofony Mendez...

”Who's your attacker? Do you know his face? Or name?”

He stared at her for some time before answering, ”...a kid calling himself Leo Jones.”

”...You're a fool.” Sofony replied after being speechless for a fairly long while. ”He's someone even I am praying not to run into.”

”So he's... really higher-leveled than you?”

She nodded. ”... Yes. As a host, I'm just two months older than you... But I'm sure he's been one for years. I know him since lately he's been active at Alina City. I was just not aware that he's also bombing other cities within the country.”

A few seconds later, she began throwing him sharp glares as she asked. ”So, Chris Meyer, didn't I already warn you not to involve yourself in our world? How did you become a Half-Host!? I inquired and my devil said you didn't complete the qualifying mission, so how?”

He didn't answer again. Annoyed, she sarcastically remarked, ”Whatever. Serves you right. I thought what I did last time is enough warning to you — that no host is safe for normal people. Now, how's the feeling of being tortured by someone worst than me and Clarissa? Is it fun? Are you loving the pain? And the air of the hospital?”

”...When did you become sarcastic with your words?”

”To answer your question, when you judged me so hard last time on that rooftop.” Her perfectly shaped lips curled up into a small smile, a cold one. ”Do you remember? I was merely thanking you for saving Wendy, yet what you did is throw hurtful remarks at me as if I just burnt a whole nation into ashes. Your attitude is so bad. I'm not a saint to not get rubbed the wrong way.”

”...”

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She laughed and added. ”You have to know this. I'm only being nice to you because I still haven't forgotten how you saved Wendy before. So I rushed here the moment I received news of you being attacked. The only reason I did not reveal myself yesterday was that I was making sure that your attacker is no longer around. Since it's someone higher than me, I, of course, can't stupidly charge out only to be his next target.”

A staring contest commenced between the two. It lasted for several couples of seconds until Chris understood everything she had said.

He now realized that despite recognizing the fact that she was a lot better than the others, he'd still been too biased against her.

'At least, she's someone who honors favor and knows to reciprocate goodwill,' he reluctantly thought to himself, watching her take a seat on the chair Alessa had been sitting on earlier.

He had only encountered two other hosts, but when compared to Clarissa who mind controlled someone to kill and Leo who bombed populated places without any consideration for the number of innocent lives nearby, perhaps, this woman was already mellow and different. He couldn't say for sure since he still doesn't believe that Sofony Mendez had not done anything immoral.