Chapter 73 - Father (2/2)

”Oh yeah, who is it?” I asked, not at all wishing for a reply.

”Your father.” Sanji smiled at me, but it was not his smile that made me stunned.

My father? I didn't know my father could do something like that. Why haven't I seen him do ... anything like that?

”From your reaction, I bet you must not know about it.” Sanji let out a small laugh and I swear I could feel invisible daggers were flying towards me.

Some of his lunatic fan-girls must be here.

”Your father was one of the best exorcist, too bad he stopped meddling with the ghost after he finished his journey to the South. Well, of course his skill increased after his journey, but he rarely dealt with ghost anymore. But, I only saw him use his skill twice, first was when I was still a kid and the second was after his journey, one day before I met you. So, I had a very good understanding that his ability had somehow increased. And, whatever he got from his journey, I see it being passed down to you.”

Hearing him describing about my father like that, how cool was that? I almost couldn't stop myself from grinning foolishly but at the same time, a part of my heart and rational brain processed the entire story in a high speed information processing. Did my father really have the ability?

”I've never known... I mean, I know my father can see and has some understanding towards their world, but I really have no idea he could be that way. When did he go to the South?” I asked as I looked at him curiously.

”When you were about three to four years old.” He answered lightly.

”And how old were you back then to be able to remember everything so detailed?”

”I've always been a smart boy, especially to the things that I am interested with.” He shrugged and put on his annoying smirk. His gaze was as if taunting me, 'I'm this smart, what can you do about it?'

”Which reminds me...” His voice cut the word that was about to come out from my mouth. He looked even more serious as he leaned forward, staring right through my eyes. ”What did she mean by 'the boy in your dorm'?”