Elihim couldn't help but feel troubled. There are certain circumstances and events that he has no control of, especially now that he's much weaker than before. Although that doesn't always spell trouble, it does spell bother and extra work.
'Rests are as important as working.. But it seemed like I will not have spare time for it.' he thought.
The reason for the feeling of being troubled is because this woman in front of him, Hresha holds significant influence over Hramm City. That may seem helpful but that in Elihim's case, it is the opposite.
Then a thought flashes his mind-
'Should I just kill her? If I do, I may alleviate my Bad Karma but her life should not be enough to make it into a Good Karma.'
Feeling the deep killing intent, Hresha saw a glimpse of a possible future that she's dead in the hands of this child. Cold sweat began pouring all over her body. She was not just scared, she was petrified. It was as if she knew that she could not escape this fate.
These kinds of thoughts enveloped his mind, making her tear up even more. There was even an embarrassing accident that occurred she does not want to notice.
Elihim glanced at her crotch and frowned before throwing the thought of killing her away.
'Unnecessary... although it is possible, the gains is not that much help and even if I executed in killing her without anyone knowing that the culprit is me, there are still indirect consequences. Furthermore, there's Merim.'
It was just a quick thought and he immediately switched his plans for this woman. Now that he had somehow terrorized her without any intention to, she should be submissive.
"Hm, just don't tell anyone about this and I will spare you." Elihim said, not hiding the fact that he intended to do something to her.
Upon hearing those words, Hresha found hope, and the vision she had earlier about her death disappeared. Without hesitation, she nodded with quick and short movements.
'But looking at her, it seemed that I traumatized her. It's part of my Bad Karma but I, myself, is to be blamed either.'
Elihim had a way to accurately calculate how 'thick' Karma Strings he has attached to other people. But the current him doesn't hold such method. Instead, he will just be careful and make educational guesses and with the addition of his instinct that's been polished after a few lives, he was sure that some Karma String have already been formed between them and it's not thin either.
'An Academic Elite who couldn't even handle some intimidation. Who would expect that?'
Elihim internally sighed again. As of now, he had done this woman bad since he basically no only shamed her but also traumatized her.
His kill count is so many that whenever Elihim kills, he does not feel a thing. As long as one has a healthy mind, killing another person will always be vomit-inducing. But just like any other action, once a killer gets used to it, their mercy and hesitation will be significantly reduced.
A killer can identify another killer solely by making eye contact. Some experienced ones can even tell the estimated kill count of another killer.
Normal people will only feel the threat by instinct. By normal people, someone like Hresha who's pristine towards the evil of mankind.
Therefore, in front of an inevitable threat such as Elihim, Hresha was instinctually overwhelmed by fear. Her own mind triggered her flight or fight response so hard that she was basically petrified. In other words, she is traumatized. This may cause permanent damage to a person's personality and that is a big thing.
'I messed up...' Elihim thought, 'But not all hope is lost. She just has to overcome her trauma, me. Once she realized that I mean no actual harm or if she becomes much more courageous, the trauma itself will be non-existent.'
Although Elihim is at fault, he couldn't be blamed. What life did he care about the consequences of his Karma Strings?
After the World of Karma, he earned the Golden karma. After the World of Soul, he earned the Crowned Karma which he guessed is peak Karma. Those who got their Karma Strings attached to him should even need to thank him since from then on, their life will be much easier!
But this time, it's different. Elihim had a totally different goal. His deep experience will definitely help but it is akin to him being brought to a completely new place. Here, he still needs a lot of things to learn and this is one of them.
'Towards the goal of resting until death, I have to sever all Karma Strings. Compared to my... family... here, this new Karma Strings towards the people here is just too thin.'
Elihim positively thought as he redeemed himself.
'Mistakes are experiences and without them, will one truly learn anything?'
"Before you go away, wait for me tonight, I will visit you." Elihim casually waved his hand.
Hresha's pupils contracted when she heard this but since she can finally leave, she didn't refuse this opportunity!
The moment she composed herself, she walked away before running as if her life was still in danger.
'Look at her, getting anxious when I said that I will visit her tonight. Well, either she gets used to that anxiety, found a way to overcome it with positivity and strength, or it will become detrimental.'
"Anyway, since I already stumbled upon her, what use does she have?..." after thinking for a while, Elihim nodded, "That should be fine. We cannot waste this opportunity."
Meanwhile, Hresha began to pick herself up using puppeteering. Compared to anyone in Kurtan's group, her speed was much faster that even if they combined their speeds, they still wouldn't be able to catch up to her.
With a swoosh, she entered her tent with the other Academy Elites wondering what happened to her. But since it was none of their business, they went back to theirs. That is, except for Merim...
'Did she meet Elihim?'