Chapter 201: Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (65)

༺ Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (65) ༻

As soon as I regained consciousness, the first visitor I received was Senior Neris.

Of course, if I strictly adhered to the order, meeting the Saintess happened earlier. However, it felt ambiguous to refer to her as a ‘visitor’, since she was originally a resident of the temple.’

Therefore, the first actual visitor who came to see me was Senior Neris.

However, she did not seem particularly pleased despite claiming that honor.

On the contrary, she seemed to be experiencing fear.

This was because I had conveyed the request to keep my recovery from unconsciousness a secret to both the Saintess and Senior Neris.

Senior Neris seemed to be unable to fathom the reason for this.

The reason itself was nothing more than a trivial matter.

So, in order to reassure her, I had to ask with a faint smile.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, I… well…”

Upon hearing my question, Senior Neris looked somewhat hesitant.

After fidgeting for a while, she eventually closed her eyes as if she had made up her mind and asked.

“So what! W-why do you keep playing with your hatchet like that…?”

Upon hearing those words, my eyes turned towards the air where the hatchet I had thrown was flying.

The floating hatchet, drawing a straight line, immediately descended back into my hand as I repeatedly threw it into the air and caught it. In this way, I could regain the feeling of holding it in my hands.

This was something I could do even by just raising the upper half of my body from the bed.

It seemed that Senior Neris found this aspect rather suspicious.

So, I replied as if it were nothing special.

“Well, that’s because I have to use it soon.”