Chapter 233 - Warnings (1/2)

Laz was... at a loss for words.

He stared blankly at the figure inside the coffin and yet he saw no movement. He looked back over at Freya, only to see her eyeing the coffin lovingly.

Laz couldn't help but feel creeped out and slightly itchy at the sight of this. He could only be thankful that it looked like the corpse inside was fresh, almost like it had just fallen asleep.

The girl inside looked young, maybe ten at most. Her face was a pale shade of white while her hair was the pure color of darkness. She was dressed in a black, gothic style dress that allowed one to see that she had almost no curves to her body whatsoever. While Freya was short, she had capital that would be unmatched by many while this girl just simply looked like a girl. The real point of interest was that her face was flawless. Had this girl grown up, she would be an unmatched beauty.

Seeing her in the coffin, Laz couldn't help but sigh at her plight, thinking that she was already dead.

:Why are you so convinced by what your eyes see?:

”AAAAAHHHHHHHH,” Laz screamed out in a voice that was much higher than expected and jumped back, almost knocking into the four Ivy's that stood behind him. At some point, they had all taken a knee and looked to be praying towards the casket.

None of them seemed alarmed at Laz's reaction while Freya simply looked over with a slight smile. It seemed she had expected this although Laz's scream was a bit out of nowhere.

:Am I really that scary?:

Laz hadn't tried talking to anyone using his spiritual sense in a while. There were two reasons for that. One, he had started looking down on it slightly since he found out that big owl spirit could actually hear him when he was talking with Tyr. Due to that and not knowing if he could control it better, Laz felt that it wasn't a safe way to communicate since anyone could listen in.

The other reason he had stopped was because he noticed that with the growth of his spiritual strength, he could, to some extent, hear people's inner voice and feel their emotions. He hadn't really tried with another infected like himself, but when he used his sense to inspect regular humans, he would actually get a glimpse of their thoughts. Maybe that sounded cool and indeed, it was amusing at first. But listening to people's inner monologues and thoughts was also rather taxing on the brain. It was hard to separate your thoughts from theirs. This was also a cause of concern for Laz since he didn't want people to be able to hear his inner thoughts either.

For both of these reasons, Laz had been neglecting this one talent of his.

Now though, he had no choice. The voice he heard in his head sounded young and sweet, pure and innocent. But it contained a strong will to it as well, making it seem like Laz's head was shaking every time he heard it.

The sound had an effect like that of a bird's gentle chirp somehow causing a mountain to shake.

Fortunately, Laz's mental strength could be considered as one of the best, although he didn't really know why.

Laz took the precaution of circulating his energy using his infinity method. As the energy poured into his body, he noticed that it contained an almost extreme chill to it. On the plus side, it caused his spiritual strength to stabilize as well.

:MMM. I knew you would be able to handle it.:

”Handle what?” Laz asked out loud, still trying to avoid talking to the sleeping form.

:I can't hear you that way. Come now. I promise I won't bite,: the voice said, somehow sensing that Laz had spoke.

:Handle what?” Laz took the chance.

:Communicating with me.:

:Haven't you communicated with these servants of yours?:

:A word here or there. More than that at any one time would make their heads explode. Perhaps that is the reason they fear and love me so much?:

:Uh...?:

:It was a joke. I can show them things and transmit feelings to them. I use that to communicate with them normally.:

:Ok?:

:You are wondering why I would want to see you, yes?:

Laz had gotten the feeling that he was brought in here due to the girl in the casket. After all, if she had not wanted to meet him, Freya would never have been allowed to bring him in here.

:Because, you are interesting.:

:Me? I'm just like the others.:

:No. You're not. Not even close.:

:I'm not?:

:Sigh. You humans have lost so much of the old knowledge. It's a wonder that your race even survived. You fight amongst yourselves for stupid reasons, not even knowing that in the course of the universe, all of you are exactly the same to outsiders.: