Mark knew that Jas was a good kid. He was trying to gain power without using his blessing because he thought it was evil. But the truth is that Jas was just misguided. He only looked at things in a one-dinsional way and his perspective on what was good and what was bad was too narrow. So, it was up to Mark to teach him that there was no such thing as good or bad.
Everything depends on how you use it.
"You know, if it was that easy, then anyone out there would be the strongest. There are a lot of people that work hard every day and they all try their best to get stronger, but it's not enough to just work hard. It's about how you use what you have. No matter what it is. If you can learn to use your blessing properly, then maybe you can be the second strongest."
The best example of this in Mark's books was Raven and how she was able to beco B rank even though she only had F rank potential. Raven worked hard every day, but she also used her blessing in a way that made her a lot more dangerous than she had any right to be with such a low potential. If Raven had not incorporated her blessing into her fighting, she would have never even passed D rank.
Jas was listening closely to everything that Mark was saying. Jas didn't know that Mark knew about his blessing, but Mark's words were hitting too close to ho and it was making Jas rethink everything that he thought he knew about good and bad at that mont but once Mark said the last sentence, Jas' eyes widened in shock and he stopped walking.
"Second? Who's the first!?"
Mark turned around and raised a coy brow at Jas and Jas couldn't stop the laugh that bubbled up from his stomach as he realized what Mark ant! He ran to catch up to Mark while declaring!
"No way! I'm gonna be the first! I'm going to beat you and beco the strongest!"
Mark chuckled at Jas' enthusiasm and he ruffled the little boy's hair again. This ti, Jas didn't try to stop Mark from doing it. Jas now thought Mark was really cool, so he didn't mind Mark ruffling his hair at all!
The hall that they were walking through was filled with random tourists who were also enjoying the festival. There was a large common area with many couches and a large round table in the middle where so of the tourists were hanging out and talking with each other. Mark raised a brow in surprise as his eyes caught a flash of white sowhere in the crowd.
Mark stopped walking and Jas looked up in surprise as he saw Mark change his direction towards the common area.
"Hey beautiful, are you here alone? How about I buy you a drink? Co on, I don't bite. Just one drink. Give a chance to talk to you."
Mark didn't recognize the person he saw at first, but once he was close enough, Mark imdiately knew that the woman he saw was Luna. She was wearing a long white kimono with blue flower patterns that accented her figure and made her white hair all the more beautiful along with a pair of black sunglasses.
Luna was currently looking down at her phone calmly while ignoring the man who was talking in front of her. Mark walked up from behind her calmly and he was surprised to see that Luna was reading a manga on her phone.
'She really is a neet. How can you be in a place like this and be reading manga instead of enjoying the festival? You're already in Japan, woman.'
There was a man standing close to Luna, and from the way he was talking, it was obvious that the man did not recognize who Luna was. He would never be so disrespectful if he knew who she was. The man looked like a foreigner, so Mark could only guess that the man was from another country and he only ca to the festival on vacation.
The man was rather handso and he carried himself with the confidence of soone who was used to talking to beautiful won, but he did not expect Luna to completely ignore him as she continued reading the manga on her phone.
The man was about to say sothing more, but the mont he caught sight of Mark behind Luna, the man's eyes widened and he backpedaled as if he had just been struck. He looked up into Mark's imposing gaze and he suddenly felt very small.
Mark calmly nodded his head to one side, telling the man to leave and the man coughed into his hand as he felt everyone turn their eyes to him and quickly left in embarrassnt without daring to look back.
Luna humd once she saw the man leaving, and she finally noticed that the person standing behind her was responsible for it. Luna leaned back onto the couch and bent her head back on the backrest so that she could see who was standing there, and she saw Mark's upside-down face smiling down at her calmly.
"Why the fuck are you reading a manga when you're literally in Tokyo? Just go outside."
Luna felt a small blush rising on her cheek as she saw Mark standing there with a smile, and she couldn't stop her lips from splitting into a smile as well when she heard what Mark said.
"It's nice to see you too, Mark. What the hell are you doing here?"
Luna did not think she would ever see Mark in a place like this. He didn't seem like the sort of person to enjoy going to festivals. Mark shrugged and ntioned that Arit brought him here for his birthday yesterday.
"She already paid for it, so I didn't want to waste her hard-earned money. I figured I'd enjoy it for once."
Mark didn't expect Luna to react much to his words, but the way she quickly stood up once he ntioned that it was his birthday shocked him. Luna took off her sunglasses and Mark could hear so of the n in the common area gasp in awe.
Luna spoke up in shock.
"Oh yeah, it was your birthday, wasn't it!? Why didn't you tell !? You didn't even say anything!"
Mark rose a brow at Luna's outburst. He was surprised that Luna was so shocked. Did she really think he would ever say anything about his birthday? Mark didn't even rember that yesterday was his birthday until his godfather called him. If not for all the people around him constantly telling him that it was his birthday, Mark didn't think he would ever celebrate a birthday in his life.
Mark asked Luna if she really thought he was the sort of person to talk about things like birthdays, and Luna ran a hand through her hair while shaking her head.
Yeah, Mark was right. She should know him enough to not expect sothing like that from him. Mark was the last person Luna expected to celebrate his birthday.
But even still, Luna was not happy that she was just learning about Mark's birthday. She didn't get to wish him a happy birthday at all, and if not for the fact that they ran into each other here, she would have missed his birthday completely. Luna sighed as she glanced up at Mark with a small smile.
"Fine, I forgive you for not telling about it. Happy birthday in arrears, Mark. I'll get you a present later."
Luna decided that since she did not wish Mark early enough, she had to give him sothing worthwhile as a present. Maybe she should buy him a new house? She had a few that she wasn't doing anything with right now. She could just refurbish it and give it to him as a present. That might be a good idea.
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