Chapter 153: Darkness: Eyes Gazing Down (2) (2/2)

– The person you have called is unavailable. Please call back later.

They weren’t picking it up.

As a guardian, one had to be always available whenever they were inside Lair at least. All of them forgetting to bring their phone along or losing them was as unlikely as Yeorum wearing a wedding dress.

In other words,

Lyun not picking up his call meant this.

‘These guys.’

The Erfan Guild was avoiding Yu Jitae.

Creak…

That was when a door creaked open. Since he had been staring at Yeorum’s room the whole time, his eyes met with the red pair of eyes gazing from the small gap behind the door as soon as it was opened.

“Hi.”

“…”

Yeorum slowly gave a nod, with a seemingly discontent expression. It was unknown when the door would open back up once it was closed, so Yu Jitae walked to her room while it was open.

“…”

Her eyes looking up at him were still full of irritation but nonetheless, she didn’t stop him. She pulled her body in slightly, so Yu Jitae was able to enter the room.

Sitting down on the bed, she gazed up at him.

“What were you doing?”

“Just looking into some stuff. Are you fine now?”

“Would you be fine if you were in my shoes?”

Her words that abruptly escaped her lips were thorny. After saying that, she slightly looked away.

“Who knows.”

“…”

“Do you need more time alone?”

“…”

“Then rest a bit more.”

“Where are you going?”

“There’s someone I have to see.”

Yu Jitae stood up and was about to leave the room when her voice pulled his feet back.

“But, I do feel slightly better now.”

Hearing that, he turned around. Yeorum stared at his feet and continued with an energyless voice.

“…I feel better after a fap.”

It seemed that she was forcing herself to make a joke, judging from the dark look on her face.

The Regressor didn’t know what her words, and her gaze that were on his feet meant. However, guessing that her stopping him from leaving the room meant that there was something she wanted to say, he walked back to her side and sat down.

“It’s nothing that big. You don’t have to feel down.”

“No. I’m not feeling down.”

“Then?”

“It’s just…”

“Just say what’s on your mind.”

Yeorum heaved a deep sigh with her nose.

“You know, like… I look a bit retarded don’t I?”

It was an unexpected question.

“Why.”

“Well, me getting smashed by Zhou Luxun is one thing, but the 20-point deduction and 3 days of spar restriction is because I did something retarded. Right?”

The Regressor replied.

“Not wrong.”

Yeorum threw him a glare before giving another deep sigh.

“Right… I actually knew it was a very stupid thing to do.”

“Yeah.”

“That b*tch was shaking his ass after the fight and that freakin’ made me angry. But I still tried to hold it in this time. It’s true that I lost so being temperamental after that is unsightly, right. Besides, I also insult people daily after beating them.”

“And.”

“But, but… I just couldn’t hold it in…”

He reflected on the reason Yeorum was saying this.

“It’s a bit retarded, right. To rush in every time and being unable to hold your anger in.”

“…”

Since she had always been like that in the past iterations and because he had spent dozens of years watching that, the Regressor needed time to process and understand what laid behind her worry.

“This time, it finished with me just bashing up someone I don’t even know, but sometimes when I get in a quarrel with Bom-unni, I almost swear without even realising it.”

“…”

“It’s also common for me to almost mess everything up in a dungeon raid because of my temper…”

He merely listened to the child talk.

“I just, want to hold my temper in as well…”

And the answer came to him automatically.

“…”

After saying that much, Yeorum hugged her own knees. Like always, she appeared embarrassed after speaking her mind.

He returned a casual nod and stood up.

If it was about her having trouble controlling her temper, he knew the way to fix it.

But… breaking and reforming the disposition of a higher-ranked spirit beast like a dragon, was by no means an easy or a simple task, so he had to delay this topic till later.

“Got it. Rest for now.”

“Nn.”

***

Leaving the house, he contacted the education department and asked for the address of Erfan Guild’s dormitory. He was planning to meet Lyun in person but the education department remained firm, saying that they couldn’t do that at all cost.

Having no other choice, Yu Jitae sharpened his senses and looked for a familiar presence. Since he had seen the guardian, Lyun, more than 3 times already, he could somewhat remember the quality and texture of his mana.

He closed his eyes and focused.

The tall walls and buildings of the large academy city dissipated in his head, as he started to feel the characteristics and textures of mana that resided in every organism.

Looking for a specific person from a crowd of people that went over 100,000 was an impossible task. Due to the sheer number of people, he had to eliminate several places and go one by one.

Even that took a few hours and the Regressor opened his eyes only after confirming the target.

On the other side of the academy district, in the 5th residential area.

Yu Jitae knocked on the door of a unit.

“Who is it? Ah…!”

The male cadet that opened the door was Zhou Luxun.

Startled, he left the door open and took a few steps back while Yu Jitae immediately entered the dormitory. Inside were cadets and guardians of the Erfan Guild having a house party with a bunch of fried chicken and beer.

Their eyes reflected their confusion regarding the sudden uninvited guest. While they were all holding their breath and staring at him in this incomprehensible situation, Yu Jitae glanced across their faces one by one in silence.

His gaze stopped once it reached Lyun.