BXBX NOVEL Chapter 168 - Just What Is He Hiding?
In the beginning Alphie was glad to see John, but he was acting strange, it kind of scared her
[John, calm down... John!]
It was futile, John couldn't hear Zestari's voice,
"now that I think about it... Rather than just paralysing your leg, wouldn't it be better to paralyse your whole body?" John asked as he raised his hand
"No... Please, I'll stop, I'm sorry, I won't do anything bad anymore, Please!"
[Tsk, he's losing control... And she told you not to recklessly use possession too...]
"Ha... Now I understand why... That look of despair as you have all your hopes crushed, it really is the greatest feeling." John said with a grin
"Stop!"
John heard that word as two girls suddenly jumped at him
"Hm? What's wrong? Ariel, Serena?" John asked as they laid on the ground
There was no longer darkness clouding his eyes, it was back to it's normal green
They raised their faces and the two had tears on their faces, Ariel had tears streaming down her eyes while Serena had an annoyed expression as she held it in, meanwhile, John was confused trying to understand what had just happened.
"Um... why are you two crying?" John asked
"I'm not crying!" Serena replied as she wiped away the small tears which were on her eyes
"Because you were acting strange again! Like that time, you were cursed!" Said Ariel as she put her face down on his chest
"Strange? What are you talking about? More importantly, We need to go and check up on the other party, those guys might plan something." Said john as he slowly moved the two away to get up
"You... don't remember?" Aston asked as he walked up to the three
"Remember?-"
being asked that suddenly caused a surge of pain to go through John's head, slowly but surely he was starting to remember what he had just done.
"A-argh!"
"Eh? John, what���s wrong?" Ariel asked
All voices which were going through his ears sounded muffled and his vision became blurry, then all of a sudden, it stopped.
"John, can you hear us? Say something." Serena asked as she placed her hand on his forehead
"Yeah, sorry about that. I feel like I got cursed after defeating the dragon"
Is what john said, but he knew very well that it wasn't the case.
"Wyvern, you mean, and I don't think that's poss-"
"Anything is possible" Said John as he got up, interrupting her in the process
John then began heading towards the man who laid on the floor, he seemed to have fainted due to all the stress and fear
"John, Master sylvia is waiting for us" Said Serena as she got up
Ariel also got up, without saying anything
She, just like Serena had realised that John was hiding something and that something was wrong. But if he didn't want to talk about it, they had no right to force him.
[Zestari... Did you do this?]
[If it were me, it would've been much worse.]
[I see... So it was me... What happened?]
[You lost control and your possession took over you]
[I lost control?] John asked confusedly
[So it's like a curse?]
[You could assume it as such, but they are fundamentally different. Rather than worrying about that, just know that you should keep possession off limits for now]
[But the next floor is the last floor...]
[Which is precisely why, we can't have you losing control.]
Everyone watched as john continued to stare at the guy without doing anything, they didn't know that he was talking to Zestari and thought that he might have still had some anger left towards him
[Can he be healed?]
[By you, probably, by other spells, not unless they're at least upper kingclass with the ability to remodule a body.]
[Things like those exist?]
[Yes, are you going to heal him?]
John looked at the man and thought about it for a bit. He remembered everything he had done to Alphie and Cruz and most likely other adventurers. John hadn't killed him after he lost control because he wanted him to suffer.
[No, I won't heal him, being an adventurer doesn't suit him.]
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After that, he walked towards the wall where Cruz had fainted. He quickly cast 'Sana' on her and healed her neck wounds and cuts which were formed due to the fight
"Alphie, can I count on you to take care of her?" John asked with a smile
It was strange seeing him back to normal, but Alphie quickly nodded with a grateful smile as she replied "Yes!"
"Then... All that's left is..."
John slowly walked towards Aston who had been watching with a dumbfounded expression for a while now
"You can use dark and holy magic...? That's amazing." Aston muttered as John got closer and closer
Rather than looking scared, he looked excited
"So, do you want to fight? I'll have you know, my brother-" Aston asked as he pulled out his daggers
Despite what he had seen, he wasn't afraid of john. John on the other hand, interrupted him as he said
"No, you didn't do anything wrong, you just minded your own buisness. I just wanted to tell you to make sure you sort out the rewards properly, if you don't you'll end up just like that guy" John said with a smile
"You think, I'm afraid of you? My brother will-
[fulgurationem]
In a split second, before the man could even finish speaking, John moved in closer to the mans ear before deactivating it as he whispered
"I don't care who your brother is, or what he will do, but I know damn well what the guild will if you don't obey the rules."
John didn't know, but he knew it was terrifying
Hearing that, Aston formed a nervous smile as he replied
"I know, I'll split it fairly, you don't have to tell me."
"That's good." Said john as he backed away with a smile
He then began heading towards the door to the next floor as he called out to the two girls who had managed to stop him
"What are you two waiting for? Let's go."
"Yes..." Ariel replied before following behind
As the two followed behind and stared at John's back, she wondered if the person she was looking at, was the same mob they knew