230 Strange old man. (2/2)
Again, Ozul expected the old man to get angry that someone got in his way because that is how one with an absurd amount of strength would usually act.
'Maybe I thought wrong...?' Ozul started to doubt his own senses at this point. In the end, he started to think that there could be someone else staring at them from afar as well, and this old man might have been a different person.
Still, he couldn't deny that this old man felt weird to him. There was definitely something wrong with him, but he couldn't pinpoint what.
”So~ I can't even touch her once?” The old man asked, hoping that a little patting wouldn't hurt.
Ozul stared at him for a couple of seconds to confirm if he was acting or not. In the end, he believed the old man's emotions and decided that he was genuinely like that and hid no ill will for now.
”She will scratch,” saying that Ozul walked away inside the hotel. If he couldn't be sure about the old man, it was better not to linger around him.
”Pity...” The old man muttered from behind.
He decided that when he returns, he will ask Raymond or Alver about this.
However, just as he walked to the receptionist, he noticed that the old man was following behind!
Ozul immediately turned around and said, ”Jinx doesn't like others touching her. I will ask you again to drop such thoughts.” He tried to be as polite as he could, but he was getting annoyed by now.
He just wanted a little nap, why did this child-like old man appear out of nowhere?
”Oh? Haha! I understand, young man. But I have booked a room here~” The old man replied with another laugh.
Ozul looked at him suspiciously but he didn't seem to be lying, so he nodded his head and went to the middle-aged receptionist. He rented the room for one night, though he only wanted to take a little nap.
When he walked to his room, the old man was still following behind him. It was starting to get annoying and even when he didn't turn around to see it, the constant smile on the old man's face wasn't helping the situation.
Ozul ignored him and entered his room. Jinx followed right after.
The old man, on the other hand, entered the room next to Ozul's without speaking another word.
. . .
Inside the room, Ozul released a sigh and got on the bed. Jinx did the same and they both went to sleep.
A few hours later, Ozul woke up with a yawn. He decided not to spend the whole night since Luthien would leave the Royal Palace in 2 days.
As he got out of the room, he remembered the old man had entered the door just next to his. He tried to sense if he was inside but found that the room was completely empty.
When Ozul was about to leave the hotel, he stopped at the counter and noticed that the same receptionist was still there.
”Do you know about the old man who had entered behind me?” Ozul asked, throwing a silver coin from his Spatial Pouch. He understood that the man wouldn't be so eager to answer his questions otherwise.
Seeing the silver coin roll on the counter, the middle-aged man quickly pocketed the coin before he started speaking, ”If you are talking about that weird old man, then he left only an hour ago.”
”When did he rent the room?” Ozul was only curious.
The receptionist made a thinking pose, and replied after a while, ”Just in the morning. He said he was going to look around the town or somethin'.”
Ozul nodded his head and walked out of the hotel. It was still night, but he started his journey back to the Silverbird Kingdom.
'Strange old man...' As he flew towards the Kingdom, Ozul thought of how weird the old man felt to him, though he soon shook those thoughts out of his mind. It was a big world and strange things happened around every corner.
Moreover, he had other things to think about right now.
. . .
Although Ozul quickly forgot about the old man, it was different for the latter as he currently roamed around the streets, thinking about his encounter just a few hours ago.
”Haha~ that young man sure was interesting...”