Chapter 257 - Sneaking Out (2) (2/2)

Ingrid squinted her eyes to get a good look at him but the darkness of the night proved it to be difficult.

”Show yourself! Don't hide by the shadows or else I'll assume you're hostile.”

The man slowly sidestepped to let a little bit of moonlight illuminate his face before chuckling lightly.

”Me? Hostile? When was I ever hostile with you? Well, don't count the first day we met...”

Ingrid narrowed her eyes as she slowly made her way towards the open field while still facing the man before her. She knew, from her maneuver earlier, that he was a strong man and if she were to fight him head-on, he'd most likely win. And so, she figured to stay at a place she deemed safe to calm her nerves so that she could think well if ever they end up fighting.

Still, his words just continued to confuse her.

”Why do you act as if you know me? I have no idea who you are!”

The man furrowed his brows as he also slowly walked towards the open field.

”Okay, I'm really confused right now. Is this some kind of game? Is that it?”

Ingrid didn't know how to reply to that so she simply kept quiet as she continued to observe the man.

”Okay, are you sure you haven't lost your mind, little idiot?”

Ingrid clenched her jaw as she spat out.

”I'm not an idiot! Answer me, who are you?! And why did you grab me?”

The man sighed as he decided to just humor her with answers.

”Okay, okay fine. Guess I'll play along with this stupid game.”

He muttered under his breath as he began to speak monotonously.

”Hello. My name is Rhys. I sneaked in here because I was curious why a dear friend of mine stopped visiting me. And now that said dear friend seemed to have forgotten that handsome friend of hers. Behold the tragedy called my life.”

Rhys faked out a sniffle as he batted his eyelashes at Ingrid.

Seeing the weird responses he gave, Ingrid cautiously took a step back.

Perhaps this man was crazy?

Did he just say he sneaked in here?

How come a lunatic was able to enter this place?

Rhy looked at Ingrid's strange actions and he couldn't help but furrow his brows.

”But seriously, what happened to you, Nana? You just suddenly stopped visiting without any warning and whenever I asked Raghnall about it, that brat just lashes out on me. And then now, I find you here clad in armor, looking like you're about to hunt some animal here in the Academy.”

He began to make his way towards her as he looked at her with both confusion and concern in his eyes. But before he could take another step, he saw her stiffen as she readied herself to strike.

With his instincts as a fighter, he knew that taking a step further meant starting a fight. And so, although he was greatly confused, he decided to take a step back instead.

Then, he looked at Ingrid with observing eyes as he tried to make sense of the strangeness of the situation.

Perhaps he made a mistake?

Maybe this wasn't Nana but someone that looks identical?