143 Arrogance In Blood (1/2)
Barely holding in my anger, I ask, ”Why are you here?”
”I am the God. I can do anything I want. What's it to you?” She asks with an attitude that normally would make me joke about her but in this case, it makes my blood boil.
”Just answer the damn question!”
”Okay, okay, calm down!” She says with a mocking smile and then enters the room as she eyes it down. ”Not a bad place!”
”Tsk!” I can barely keep it in when this bitch is standing right here.
”Hah!” Seeing my reaction, she sighs and says, ”I am here to investigate something, and it's not completely unrelated to you.”
She seats herself on the bed as Niviks steps aside and continues, ”Somehow, twice by now, you have disappeared from my eyesight. Since I'm the God, doing something like that shouldn't be allowed even once. Therefore, I had to find out what the reason is.”
…
”What's wrong?” She asks as she sees my expression darken.
”What were those two times?” I ask, without answering her question.
”First was when you were saved by that old guy back in a forest and then just now when you entered this inn.”
I see. So it's either Niviks or Cartel who is responsible for this. Makes sense. However,
”You've been spying on me?”
”Just to make sure you are doing fine. I mean, I gave you an option to quit at any time but how would I know it when you quit if I don't keep an eye on what's happening to you.”
”Oh,” I can't help but scoff, ”is that all?”
”No, no Irium, of course not; there're other reasons for it.” She doesn't feel a tiny bit threatened by boiling rage as she says so. In fact, she is mocking me for it.
It's regretful that I might have to hold it in and do nothing for now. My current power level is nothing; absolutely nothing at all when compared to her.
”So, does this whole thing ring any bells? Any idea what might be happening?” She asks me; deliberately to mock me because she knows that I didn't even know till now that she was keeping an eye on me, much less know about that eye being blocked.
”I don't know.” Taking my anger out on myself by tightening my fists as hard as I can, I answer her.
She then turns to Niviks and asks, ”So what the hell did you do to block me?”
Tsk!
”Well, it was-” He starts spilling the beans in his fright of her but, fortunately, realizes at the right time that he can't mention Cartel, and so, ”… it was a mage-craft I learned from ancient books.”
”You think I can't tell when someone of your lowly race lies?” She smirks and closes up on him, ”I can read Frosts like a book. And you are no different. You are making the exact expressions that Frosts make when trying to hide something from me.”
Shit!
”Hey!” I need to step in now or this geezer might not be able to take the pressure. ”You think you can do whatever you want, huh? Well, you are wrong.”
She turns to me with an amused smile as she hears so.