90 In the Middle of the Night. (1/2)

Later that night, when everyone else was asleep, there were noises on the first floor of the hotel in which Ozul and the duo lodged in.

The trio instantly woke up since, even though they were sleeping, all of them had their guard up even in their periods of sleep! An average human may find it impossible, but it was nothing for a Rank-5 Mage.

Ozul didn't even need to be a Mage to be focused since it was in the middle of the night, and his senses were back to their peak due to light's absence.

Jinx got up from Ozul's chest and jumped down the bed while stretching itself before Ozul stood up as well.

He had been sleeping the whole day as well, so for him, his 'nap' was almost done anyway. Checking out what was going on in the hotel at this hour wouldn't really be a problem for him.

Blaze had already stood up to follow Ozul while Raven was rubbing her eyes to clear her vision as well. However, just as they were ready, Ozul motioned them to go back to sleep.

Though reluctant, they could not disobey his orders. At least not when they both knew that they wouldn't be able to be of much help anyway.

”I'm just going out for a stroll.”- With this excuse, Ozul left the room, followed by Jinx, who gave Raven a smug look before walking away.

Ozul had stopped Raven and Blaze from following him because he felt stuffy when he was followed by people all the time. Jinx was an exception since she 'belonged' to him.

He could still not decide what belonging to him signified, but was it necessary? With this question, he would stop thinking about useless stuff and focus on what was in front of him.

One thing that Ozul had learned after spending the 6 years in the warehouse alone was that making baseless assumptions wouldn't get you anywhere.

Maybe you could pass your time this way, but Ozul already has his hands full all the time.

Walking down the corridor, he could already hear the voices that no ordinary human would be able to, from this distance.

”I told you... there wouldn't be any second chance!”

”Don't threaten me, Drom!”

”What?! You have a problem with that?... Just you wait till I tell everything to the boss!”

”You!...”

. . .

Ozul heard the conversation between the old man, Irvin, and someone whose voice he did not recognize. Despite noticing that Irvin was somehow in a problematic situation, he did not rush to the site and just leisurely strolled through the corridor.

Not only did he not have any deep relation with the old man, even if he had any, Ozul wouldn't get so agitated just because of some small argument. Not to mention, he had nothing to do with it.

When he walked down the stairs, he saw that before Irvin stood a middle-aged man with unkempt brown hair.

Haley stood beside Irvin as the unknown man barked at the old couple.

They had seen this world and honed their senses without the use of Mana. Their five human senses would betray them, but their instincts were seldom wrong!

And the old couple's instincts would scream at them even when they looked at the kid with dangerous eyes. The cat elegantly walking beside him did not help reduce their uneasiness.

When the unknown man noticed that Irvin and Haley had their attention diverted by something else, he curiously looked back only to see a teenager walking down the stairs.

Only when Ozul was right in front of him was he able to utter something;

”You kid! Go back to your room and sleep. This isn't something you can interfere in.”- The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and waved his hands in an attempt to scare him away.

Ozul, however, was unperturbed as he walked right in between the unknown man and the old couple. However, instead of stopping in the middle as they had anticipated, Ozul just kept walking until he reached the chair before the counter.

He sat on the chair before Jinx also jumped on his lap.

”Hm? What are you staring at? Continue your...thing.”- Ozul said when he noticed that the old couple looked at him wryly while the man with brown hair had an annoyed expression on his face.

”Kid! Do you think this is some sort of a joke?!”- The man barked at him, but he received no response in return.