The old man sawed his fists, and started to squeeze them more and more while thinking about his "daughter". But after a few minutes he calmed down and, as he passed Noah, he said "(Sigh)… Come on."
'I thought he had changed his mind, after thinking during those minutes ... but it seems that this is not the case ...' Noah thought.
"Are you really going to take him to your daughter? If that is the case, I will go too. " said the girl.
The old man turned slowly, and as he glanced at the girl next to Noah he asked "Do you know how to help my daughter too?"
"…No but…"
"So there is no need for you to come with us." said the old man.
The girl was stressed by the way the old man was addressing her, he was not even looking directly at her as he spoke, so with his altered voice she asked "Do you happen to know who I am !?"
After the girl had said that, both Noah and the old man were somewhat speechless. They did not know what to say, because how they would speak to her, a person who spoke with such willingness, even seeming that she was absolutely sure that she would be recognized, that the two really had no idea who she was.
"Isn't it possible, do they really not know who she is?"
"Apparently no. (Laughs)"
"(Laughter) Yeah, it looks like the Feng family isn't that well known. (Laughs)"
"So it is. (Laughs)"
"And they still consider themselves to be one of the biggest families. (Laughs)"
"What a joke, these poor devils don't really know who she is. (Laughs)"
"It seems that the Feng family's influence has waned, a lot. (Laughs)"
"…"
Seeing the delay that both Noah and the old man were taking to answer that girl's question, the people around quickly assumed that the two did not know who she was, a statement that was totally right, and upon realizing this, everyone around them started laughing, while discrediting and demeaning the family to which the girl belongs.
But the depreciations coming from those people, even if they were speaking softly, it was still perfectly possible for others to hear them. And that was exactly what was happening.
The girl could hear everything that those people said, and that was making her very nervous, but even more embarrassed to see that those two people in front of her really had no idea who she was, and they didn't even bother to work. to ask.
She endured it for a few minutes, but the silence of those two, and the depreciations of those people, was too much for the young girl to endure, and before she did or said anything that would ruin her image for a short period of time, she sawed off her own. fists and teeth, and then he left that place in silence. And as she passed by people, she continued to hear people laughing and making fun of it.
"…Let's go." said the old man, as he turned and walked in the opposite direction the girl was going.
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A street made of small blocks of stones, and houses made of the same material. As he passed by that place and observed everything discreetly, Noah asked himself 'What's going on here? ... I thought he was poor, so what are we doing in what appears to be the prime area of this city? … These houses can be infinitely smaller than Sophia's house, but still the difference in structures is clear and evident… '
'… Don't tell me that he just made himself poor ... if that's the case then ...'
Noah was suspicious, but even so he continued to follow that old man, since apparently Noah realized that he had no intention of entering any of those houses. And Noah's guess was right, the old man did not enter any of those houses, quite the contrary, he kept walking until he reached the end of the street, in a place where there was an exit from the city.
'It is not possible, yes, when looking at his clothes, anyone would realize that he is clearly poor. But that much? Seriously? He lives in the forest !? '
Apart from the entrance to the city where there are some trees on both sides of the street, that is clearly just an ornament. But in addition to being the closest city to the Demonic Forest, this city is also surrounded by a dense forest, a forest that can be used both to defend against enemy attacks, and to flee if the city is invaded by them.
However, fleeing through that forest would be the same as committing suicide for several people in the city, because within that vast forest there are several beasts, obviously weak, compared to the beasts of the Demonic Forest, but still they are demonic beasts. And for that reason to run away from that place, it is really only in the last of the last cases, when there is really no other escape option, because even the beasts being weak, thanks to the huge difference in number compared to the inhabitants of the city, of strength is absolutely uneven.
[Warning!]
[Great number of demonic beasts near that location!]
"What!? It was just what I lacked! …How many?" whispered Noah.
[It is a number close to 100 beasts!]
"What!? What the fuck! Had I not left the Demonic Forest? What the hell is going on here !? " whispered the same.
[Affirmative!]
[This place is not the demonic forest, but I never said that only in the demonic forest there were beasts. There is certainly the place where powerful beasts are found with extreme ease, but by far it is the only place where they reside.]
"Thank you for saying that now, your son of a bitch ..."
"Did you say anything?" asked the old man, as he stopped walking and looked at Noah after turning around.
"Oh, no… I was just thinking too loudly… (smile)"
"… But let me ask you something. Do you really live in this place? "
"Of course. Because? Don't you like forests by any chance? " asked the old man, as he turned and continued walking.
"No, no, that's not the problem… (smile)"
'But what the fuck is this question? Who do you think would like to walk through a forest full of monsters? '