And Noah just sat there, practically in a trance. While he seemed to be looking completely paralyzed, at that flame, which consumed all the trunks and burned them quickly.
Tears continued to come out of his eyes and flowed down his face, which showed the size of the pain he was feeling, remembering those memories.
'What should I do? …He's been like this for some time. He doesn't move and he doesn't say anything either. Did something bad happen? …And why does he keep crying like that? What is he thinking about…'
A few minutes passed, and the fire that swept the dozens of tree trunks quickly, strangely began to subside. Noah snapped out of the strange trance he was in and began wiping away the tears that were still slowly running down his face.
After finishing, he then walked over to Ting and silently picked her up in his lap and moved on. Walking slowly towards the city and, calmly passing by where before there were several tree trunks.
Ting discreetly looked at his face and, seeing that his expression was much more serious than usual, she thought 'I guess asking what happened now wouldn't be very good…' she covered her eyes with one of her hands , because when he came out from under the trees the intense sunlight started to irritate his eyes and, to cloud his vision 'Or maybe it's better not even to ask about…'
Upon reaching the city streets, Noah turned to the forest and ordered "Go back!"
'Who is he talking to?' Something rose towards the heavens at a great speed, and after turning in the air, it began to come in the direction of the two What is that?! It can't be yours…
When the sword got close to them at that tremendous speed, it stopped immediately after getting close to Noah. Ting was quite impressed and confused at the same time.
"Where did you get this sword?" she questioned him.
"I don't need to tell you this, do I?"
He held her waist with one of his hands, then reached for her space bag from her waist.
"No but… Can you at least tell me what grade she's at?"
After putting the sword in his bag, Noah picked up Ting again and continued walking in silence for a few minutes "…Spirit Grade…"
"What?!" in surprise she exclaimed.
"I do not understand. Why are you so surprised by this?"
"What do you mean by that? Do you even know what this Degree means?"
"…No. But when I heard the Grade she was in for the first time, I think I was also surprised… But, thinking about it now, I don't know why I did that…"
"Wait! Are you telling me that you practice cultivation but don't even know the rankings?"
"I don't think it's that important, so yes."
"What do you mean it's not important?! All people, even those who only dream of farming, learn about the Grades of weapons, pills, and also the cultivation rankings of humans and demonic beasts."
"But if you're just strong, these things become irrelevant."
"…That might even be true. But my uncle once told me that no matter how powerful you are, there will always be something or someone above you. So I think knowing the rankings, to be able to avoid these types of people, can be very helpful."
'Avoid Hmm...maybe this could come to be really useful after all.'
"…Since you know so much about it, teach me."
"What?! No I don't know…"
"I just saved your life and technically for the third time. Not that anyone is counting, of course. And yet you are refusing to do this simple task?"
"No but I…"
"And by the way, I had noticed for a while but... Why are you acting like this?"
"…Huh? What do you mean?"
"No need to pretend, as I've already noticed. So say, what caused this change in attitude? Because as far as I can remember, you acted a little differently the first time we met."
"No, it's just that I…"
"Oh, maybe it was because of that man?" he gave a small forced smile "It seems like the same thing always happens with you women..."
'What did he mean with this?'
Noah stopped to think for a moment and, after thinking for a moment, realized that thanks to those old memories. Now he seems to be looking for something, that he could say is equal to something from his past and thus feel a little closer to what he strangely misses.
"…You know what, forget what I said. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. It's not like you're forced to do it anyway…"
"No but…"
'What's going on here? He's acting even stranger than before. And all after using that strange flame…'
Taking advantage of the fact that Sophia had walked around town with him before, Noah went to a dorm she had shown him and decided to ask for a room.
The receptionist, a middle-aged woman with short black hair, looked at Noah smiling and asked "Room for two, sir?"
"Whatever…"
'What?! For two?! What is he thinking about? It's good that it's not in…'
"Okay sir, so please follow me."
Leaving the place where there was only the entrance door, the balcony with a door behind it, and the stairs to the second floor. They climbed the stairs and arrived in a hallway with a total of eight doors.
And the room she took them to was the one with the number 7 on her door. She bent down and spoke as she pushed the door "I hope you like the room..."