So now hearing how this nasty voice echoed in the air, our eyes turned quite wide, because there was no one around us, and like how much effort it took for us to get to this place, I couldn’t just even imagine if someone other than us could even think about getting to this place.
Seeing how things were turning out, I glanced at Michael, who still had that pesky book in his hand, and now, it was rather looking fancy and creepy compared to before, so I hesitantly came near Jaadu and others while speaking in a somewhat terrified tone.
“Hey, did you also hear that weird voice, or is it me only?”
Hearing my words, Ashoka gave me an annoyed look before tightening his cape, and he murmured a few words: ‘Thanks, brat, for telling us that there is someone else beside us in here. Now stop messing around and start searching for this unknown bastard!’
So after his words, I was feeling way too sighful that even after coming from such a mess, I was still not able to rest for even a few moments. But the moment we were about to search for this new voice.
Michael spoke, ‘It is this book that is speaking to us, so stop worrying, and just hear him out!’ Well, surely his words shocked us quite a bit, because how could this dumb book just randomly speak stuff, but our eyes turned wide the moment that book started floating on its own.
Like surely it wouldn’t be anything surprising in normal cases for everyone, as there was already magic in our world, but still, despite our mana-sensing abilities, neither of us was able to feel any bit of energy from this book.
Which was mainly scaring us; otherwise, there was nothing much special around us, like mere floatation items wouldn’t just shock us, so we were feeling somewhat tense about it, but the moment again this book’s voice echoed in our ears, we couldn’t help but just feel relieved from our trouble.
‘Oh, so kid, this time you brought guests also, huh? Do they have the same desires as you, or do they have their own unique realms in their minds? Some might crave peace, some might crave power; at the end, it all ends at the same place, so why worry about your desire’s nature!
Well, these words, despite sounding normal, held their own depth, and his words, despite being average thoughts, strangely relieved us from our thoughts. And seeing our such relieved faces, Michael grinned while speaking: ‘So everyone meets the master that taught me the way of life and knows everything that one could hope for in this realm!’
Hearing his words, we all couldn’t help but feel shocked, like how could this fuck be blabbering such shit, but still thinking, how mysterious he was in his schemes and in his plays, there was not much to even doubt for.
So, even I hesitantly nodded, and everyone was also looking the same puzzled as me, and it was a pretty valid reaction from us, like how could this nasty fuck even spout such words? Like, really, his master was really some overpowered book?
Still, we didn’t have much choice other than accepting it, so I also glanced at this book in a somewhat hesitant way, because if what this jerk was saying was true, then this creep could be more dangerous than this Michael.
But the moment I glanced at it, my mind turned blank, and a voice echoed in my ear: ‘So this is the place you chose to create chaos next, huh!’ Hearing these words, my eyes turned wide, and I glared at this fucking cheap book.
And to my surprise, others also had the same look in their eyes, as if they also heard something that was not meant for anybody to know, and seeing our faces, a laugh broke out from Michael, and he spoke in a teasing tone: ‘See, this is the same look I had after I met him for the first time, and believe me, I was about to burn this book when I found it a few years ago.’
Hearing how this bastard was getting happy by our such condition, I couldn’t help but gaze at this fuck’s face and then back at this book, and soon after a few moments, a laugh echoed and a few words echoed.
‘Hahaahaaa, just kidding, kids, don’t mind this old fool; it’s just that I’ve met such interesting people in a long time, and even this twerp also comes way too little, so it feels nice to meet you people!’
Seeing how this bookish jerk was not sounding like a creep from before, I felt a bit easy and gestured to Niona to greet this jerk. Well, seeing my gestures, others also gestured to her, while she cursed me for screwing with her like this.
But still she forced a calm tone before asking: “Greetings, elder. Junior greets elder with great respect and wishes to know about elder!” ‘We; hearing how nicely she greeted this random cheap book, we all were pretty surprised, and I was pretty glad. Instead of ruining the whole situation, I chose to ask Niona.
So after hearing her words, we gave her a quite proud look and looked forward to this creep’s answers, and soon in a few moments, he spoke again with laughter: “Girl, you must be that ‘Niona—the Calamity witch,’ right? Well, Elder will surely accept your such sincere greeting, and you don’t have to call me Elder; just call me “Mino!”
Hearing how this guy was so nice towards her, she also gave him a cheerful and respectful smile. Seeing this scene, I also felt a surge of courage, and I was about to also ask him, but the moment I was about to speak to him.
I saw something strange: this Michael creep was looking pretty surprised by this fuck’s such kind nature, and seeing him this shocked, I was not feeling like getting my ass whooped by this fuck, so instead of going myself.
It was time to ask my lovely friends, and with a gesture of excitement, I spoke to Ashoka: ‘Hey, go ask him something nice, and see if he can answer your questions!’
