Chapter 33

POV Kevin Wilson

It is the primary time I’ve seen Nathaniel so offended; truly, it is perhaps the primary time I’ve seen him exhibiting any robust emotion in any respect. He normally walks round trying like somebody printed his resting face onto paper after which caught it to his head.

Rattling, for a second, I believed he would possibly kill Hadwin proper right here, proper now.

I am positive Tess would attempt to cease him, however I am undecided if she would be capable to if he actually wished to do it.

The scary half is that he did not even use mana.

Like, what the hell, who does that?!

I did not sense something, however Kim instructed me that Hadwin did one thing to disrupt Nathaniel’s mana. Then sooner or later throughout the battle, Nathaniel canceled the older man’s talent, and despite the fact that he might use mana, he completed him off with out even bothering to make use of it.

What a madlad.

Once more, who the hell does that?!

Proper after the battle, he went into the forest. The best way he simply casually entered it whereas checking his environment despatched shivers down my again. He is most likely the one one who does that. The remainder of us are nonetheless nervous each time we go looking.

I get again to smoking boar meat and proceed what I began earlier than the battle occurred.

“Do you assume he is very offended?” Lily asks quietly.

“You noticed his face; he is suuuuper pissed off.”

“Oh…” she quiets down.

At this level, I’m positive everybody can see that she’s obtained a small crush on Nathaniel.

Nicely, most likely everybody aside from him. He would not appear to be too good with individuals stuff. He thinks he is cautious, however I all the time discover how rapidly he disappears each time multiple or two individuals speak to him. Typically he endures a bit longer, however as time passes, he turns into quieter and quieter. More often than not, it finally ends up with him simply leaving or Tess saving him – or us?

It is type of enjoyable to mess with him a bit.

That is not the primary downside; the primary downside is him being a egocentric, largely impassive asshole.

However he is our egocentric, largely impassive asshole.

I do not know if he is conscious of it, however I am positive that half of the individuals can be already lifeless if it weren’t for him; hell, most likely much more.

Positive, he would not need to be such a dick about it.

I bear in mind the time from a number of days in the past when he power-leveled Kim in trade for his sword. Rattling, he truly did take it with out even a touch of hesitation after getting the boy to stage 4, leaving him unarmed.

He is ruthless, egocentric, and someplace at the back of my thoughts, I am positive he would not care that a lot about all of us.

But.

He is all the time calm, and even when issues go to deeper and deeper ranges of shit, he would not change into determined; he simply listens, nods, and says one or two sentences, giving us one thing to do.

It is weirdly calming, having somebody to depend on just a bit bit.

Even whereas realizing how he sees us.

That have to be it.

I slowly pet his small head and enter a bit deeper into [Focus] and begin coaching my [Mana Manipulation].

After some time, Tess involves me.

“Hey…” she begins rigorously.

“It is okay.” I solely say that a lot, however she is going to perceive.

I do know she partly agrees with Hadwin, however she wasn’t in a position to inform that to me for some cause. Hell, I most likely would not even hear, so I am unable to truly be mad at her for not serving to me or being able to attempt to cease me if I attempted to do one thing worse to Hadwin.

After some time, she offers considered one of her tiny smiles and sits subsequent to me. She pokes Biscuit’s bulging stomach, and the canine opens considered one of its eyes after which closes it when he sees it is Tess. That makes her poke him a number of extra instances, however the good boy ignores her, so she stops.

Corgi 1, human 0.

“Kim obtained his [Telekinesis] to stage three, and Lily obtained [Rejuvenation] to stage two,” she informs me.

Rattling, what’s that scrawny boy consuming and doing? Degree three already?

“She will heal small and barely greater scratches now, however nonetheless solely her personal. She wasn’t in a position to heal others.”

Oh, that is a disgrace, however no worries, we’ll get there.

My private therapeutic station is coming alongside properly.

Tess would not proceed, so I suppose others weren’t in a position to stage up any abilities. The annoying factor is that I do not know if the velocity at which we’re leveling up our abilities is nice or unhealthy. There’s nothing to check it to, simply us.

Out of nowhere, I get an thought.

“Hey, Tess?”

“Hm?” she leans a bit nearer, and I put my hand into my pocket and pull out a 100 greenback invoice, a present from one unnamed man.

“Are you able to go and purchase me some sweets?” I hand her the banknote.

She seems to be at me, then on the invoice.

Again at me after which as soon as once more on the invoice.

Her confused face is so humorous.

“Did you steal it from Hadwin?” she immediately guesses outright.

Crap, am I that predictable?

Oh, wait a second! I did not do it; I nearly forgot.

“The canine did it,” I level on the sleeping corgi, and he or she rolls her eyes.

“Positive,” she simply stands up and leaves.

The banknote stays behind.

Two hours later, the Cinderbear seems once more.