245 The Lonely Devil (6)
(Jane’s PoV)
“It’s you!” I couldn’t contain the excitent I felt. The feeling of eting soone you know in a new place was really amazing. The initial fear was nowhere to be seen. The boundary that I built between us had disappeared as well. I only felt slightly relief that I t soone I knew here.
Even so, it was really odd that I t him here on my first visit in this dinsion, on my first try -scratch that, I didn’t even try to find him since the one I was looking for was the boss of the red devil. I already knew that this man was a devil, so finding him here wasn’t that surprising for .
But, eting him on my first visit here was seriously strange. It was like fate was playing with . He used to try to kill but at the sa ti didn’t really execute his deadly moves to . Even though he was such an annoying man -no, devil -for always ‘forcing’ to put my life on the line, I couldn’t deny that he had taught many things.
Ever since that day I saw his strange gaze when I ntioned about First Master and then when he helped to get the robe.
To be more precise, it was after I saw a change of emotion in his gaze and face. He was not just a devil. He was sothing more than that and as much as I wanted to deny the curiosity in , I wanted to know more about him.
Which leading to have this unsuitable emotion towards him.
In which history stated that a human would feel happy when one t a devil?
Fear should be the right word. Or reverence, for those who worshipped them.
.....
Happy had never been the word. Yet, that was what I felt the mont I saw him.
However, it was obvious that the man didn’t share the sa excitent that I felt. He had a stupefied expression on his face and his gaze said the impended words in his throat, “What are you doing here?”
“Is this your place?” I asked him casually, ignoring the big question mark above his head.
“What are you doing here?” He asked, instead of answering my question.
“Oh, I was chasing a bad guy nearby. Is this your place? Why are you sitting here alone?” I was moving closer to him as I threw him my question.
“Bad guy?” He frowned a bit, then he looked around with his sharp gaze. It was as if he was staring through the thick wall into sowhere far away. If he said he was scanning the periter, I would have believed him on the spot.
Seeing that his gaze and expression changed, I knew that he must have found the bad guy I ntioned. From the look of it, he knew that guy as well.
“Do you know him?” I raised my eyebrows in suspicion.
He pulled him back and stared at . There was a faint smile in the corner of his lips when he looked at , which confused a bit. Even his gaze changed.
Admiration and... what was it? Why did I feel that he had the sa gaze that Sanji had back then?
I shook my head. What was I thinking about? It was impossible, okay!
First, he was devil, a big shot in this realm. There was no way a devil could be with a human!
Second, I didn’t even know his na! That’s right!
Should I ask him? I scratched my face lightly while pondering whether I should ask it or not.
“Stop it.” His hand grabbed my wrist, stopping from scratching my non-itchy face and successfully pulling back to the reality.
I was surprised since his action was too intimate for our status of relationship.
“You’ll hurt yourself.” He said softly.
He was so strange! Since when did he beco so attentive like a caring boyfriend? As far as I could rember, our last eting was when he led to the inheritance and he was nowhere near this gentle towards .
Even more, could a devil be gentle?
Coming into this realm must have change my perspective or it might have put an illusion on .
Focus, Jane, focus! You’ll be trapped here if you don’t focus yourself! I slapped my cheeks hard to wake up from the illusion.
His gaze darkened and both of his hands grabbed my wrists tightly. “What are you doing?”
My eyes stared at his hands around my own wrists. Shaking his hands off , I jumped backwards to maintain a good distance between us, ignoring his darkened face and a trace of hurt in his eyes.
“What now? Are you going to put into another test?” I asked him warily.
“Don’t get injured here. Even if you are soone with special constitution, this dinsion is entirely different with yours. A small injury can lead you to be contaminated by the dark energy here. You won’t feel it as long as you stay here, but once you return to your dinsion, it will suck on your energy until there’s nothing left.” He explained helplessly. Even though he still had a hint of displeasure in his eyes, but mostly he looked like he was controlling his nature.
A devil tried to control their nature? It was sothing new for .
But, was what he said true? I had never heard any of that information before.
“I have never heard about that.” I frowned.
“Of course, since no man has ever co out alive from this place. So souls got lost here before and they managed to return, but even though their bodies were saved from the dark energy, I couldn’t say the sa to their soul. You are the first living person who cos here and probably will be able to co out alive.” He explained patiently.
Listening to his explanation made feel that I was stepping into a whole new world. The feeling to learn sothing new was ignited inside my heart, yet there was a mix of fear inside. Was it okay for to explore?
“No.” A stern voice startled before I could think any further. I looked up at the tall man in front of who still maintained our distance and surprised when I found his face looked hard and full of determination.
“What?”
“Whatever you have in mind, you can’t do it.” He pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.
“What I have in mind?” I asked innocently.
He stared at again with darkened eyes. “You want to explore this place, don’t you?”
I blinked my eyes to hide the surprise I felt. How did he know? Also, how did the topic change that much? As I was in a new environnt, it was easy to sway my thought. My focus could be easily distracted if I didn’t have goal in my mind.
“You’d better go back to your dinsion.” He sighed, successfully pulling back to the real reason I was here.
“No. I still want to et that guy’s boss.” I stubbornly replied, but when I saw his handso face darkened again, I knew that he wasn’t pleased with my intention.
“Such an imprudent thought! Do you think just because you’re stronger than the others out there you can easily overpower any demon lord here? It’s your luck that you et and not the other demon lords. They could easily crush you, you know?” Sinister aura leaked from his body and it surrounded .
If it were months ago, I would have run away from this place. But, the current didn’t feel fear at all. I didn’t have much confidence in to actually defeat this man, but at least I knew that I could hold on much longer than our last fight. Whether I could win or not, I could only see when he sparred with again.
Probably it was a good ti to exchange pointer with him, but rembering there was soone out there who was still fighting to hold the fortress, I decided not to do that. Still, I needed to find this boss. So, let’s use another way!
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