"Finally, the nuisance is gone. Should I continue my explanation now?" Voidslayer asked.
"No," Val replied.
"Why?" Voidslayer questioned.
Val answered, "Acting strange in public can arouse suspicion. If I keep appearing dazed because I'm communicating with you, people might think I'm possessed or that there's something wrong with my mind. In both cases, I will get in trouble. I did rather avoid that."
He then added, "Wait until we get home before you tell me about the Abyss."
Devils were a reality in this world, so possession wasn't just the stuff of fiction or bedtime tales.
If a person appeared to be possessed, the denizens had a responsibility to report it to the authorities.
A possessed individual would behave differently from a normal person, making it relatively easy to identify such cases.
Still, there were numerous false alarms, as people sometimes mistook mental illnesses or even eccentricities for the work of devils.
