230 Strange old man. (1/2)

It wasn't a surprise that when he showed his intent for Jinx to stay around him, she did not disappear like usual. Even previously, Ozul had guessed that she could understand him perfectly.

Ozul left the Neutral Lands and flew towards the Silverbird Kingdom at his top speed without making a stop anywhere in the middle.

The day passed, and even in the night, he continued as he sat leisurely on the Ball of Purity with Jinx at his side. That black feline never seemed to be amused by anything.

All she ever did was sleep, but Ozul was not complaining. Having found her was unexpected in the first place. He had yet to find out what she could do.

The only thing he did know was that she could make it so one cannot touch her. Only he was the exception, or she only let him touch her. Ozul remembered the time when Raven's hand had passed through Jinx.

Not only that, Jinx had the odd ability to appear just about anywhere without making any sound. She was skilled in this to the point where many fail to notice her even if she is right around their feet.

When the sun rose again, Ozul was already bored and wanted to sleep, but there wasn't a town in sight. Only when it was midday did he found a town and decided that a short nap wouldn't hurt.

He picked the first hotel that came into his sight and entered with Jinx quietly following behind him.

If Ozul's appearance with the pitch-black conical hat wasn't eye catching enough, the pure black cat with a pair of deep red and blue eyes gracefully walking behind him attracted all the eyes to him.

But by now, he had learned to ignore those stares to a tolerable extent.

However, this time, he felt an unusually curiosity-filled pair of eyes peek at them from afar. Ozul stopped and turned his head in the direction from which he felt the stare.

”!!!”

Ozul hurriedly took a step back because the stare that he felt from meters away was from a man that was somehow already only a couple of feet away from him!

'Who is this guy...' he could not help but think because the person appeared to be an old man with a long white beard.

He looked skinny and was even barefoot. He wore simple dark grey robes that hung loosely on his body.

While Ozul observed him with caution, the old man had all of his attention fixed on Jinx instead as he ignored the man with the conical hat. There was a small hint of curiosity on his face as he observed Jinx from up close.

Ozul was alerted because he was certain that earlier, he had sensed the gaze coming from meters away. He didn't doubt his senses because the old man felt a little different from others.

What worried him the most was; he couldn't sense this old man's cultivation base!

And if that was really the case, Ozul needed to be extra careful with him.

Still ignoring Ozul, the old man smiled like a child and muttered, ”Woo~ Look at this little kitty~ She is beautiful~”

”...” Ozul became speechless at his overly child-like attitude. He had expected many things, but this.

'Who is this guy...' Ozul didn't like unpredictable characters like Oliver. Not to mention, this strange old man was most probably many times stronger than him.

”Hehe~ Can I touch her, young man?” The old man asked, but without even receiving an answer from Ozul, he bent down to pick up Jinx.

Ozul's eyes widened as he remembered that Raven couldn't pick up Jinx when she wanted to.

Ozul didn't know how much the old man had already perceived, but he could still sense his emotions and knew that he wasn't suspicious or held any ill-intent towards him for now.

However, once the old tried to pick Jinx and his hands passed through her as they did with Raven, then he wasn't sure what thoughts that old man might assume about Jinx.

He wasn't even sure how strong this old man was, if he set his eyes on Jinx, he wasn't sure how he would react.

'... oh wait... if he won't be able to touch her, then he will never be able to...' Ozul was contemplating when he realized that he needn't worry about her.

'Still...' Ozul didn't take any chances and moved between Jinx and the old man.

”She will scratch,” Ozul said, not letting the old man get near the carefree black cat.

”Oh, haha~ Of course. Of course. Cats scratch, how could I forget that?” The old man didn't seem to mind that he came in between him and the cat and laughed while nodding his head as if he had just remembered that cats do scratch.