CHAPTER  64

I took out the last piece of fruit, from my ‘storage’, and looked at it.

Feeling like he could use it more than me, I threw it at him and he caught it, biting into it straight away.

By now, Naruto had stopped trembling, but his head was hidden away from sight, making me curious. I picked him up and cuddled him close to my neck, knowing that Naruto liked that. I had a feeling that he was sometimes like a baby, as he felt better when he could hear my pulse or my heart beat…

The man’s voice suddenly went into my ears, “I’m…Sorry.”

I looked back at him and found myself at ease. He didn’t seem to have as much appeal as what Matthew did, in the way of handsomeness. He needed to shave, and he had shoulder length hair, that was layered. His eyes showed hards.h.i.+p, besides the golden light, and he had old scars over his hands and lower arms, although one or two of them were new. His clothes were old, and he had dirt on him. Strangely, he might not have that gorgeous look about him, but my curiosity over each scar and the hards.h.i.+p in his eyes, made him look very good to me!

My eyes grew dim as I nodded to him, then found that a little bottle got thrown my way.

I let out a small chuckle and threw it back, with some spiritual essence. My meditation wasn’t a secret anymore, I had already teleported, and I didn’t want to take whatever he gave me, in case he might need it more.

“You use it for yourself instead.” I said, as I quickly went through his body with my spiritual essence.

I was right, he was two ranks above me and at the peak, so he could probably ‘ding’ very quickly into rank seven!

There were some strange things in his body as well, but I left it at that.

I knew he did genuinely care about what he had done to me, so I decided to put him at rest and heal myself.

Focusing my spiritual essence, I cleansed the area around my throat, removing the redness from where his hand had put pressure around my neck before, and then smiled, “See, all better! So, don’t worry about it!”

The man didn’t say anything and just stared at me, with bewilderment in his eyes.

My curiosity got the best of me and I took the chance on a question, “Would you like me to…Cleanse you as well?”

After a few moments of silence, he shook his head.

He showed a small amount of distrust and I said, “Not a problem, sorry.”

I knew it must be some kind of poison on him, but it wasn’t life threatening. I would have just purged the poison for him instead of cleansing his whole body, as I didn’t have that much spiritual essence left, but I wasn’t going to overstep any kind of boundary. Having him not want it, was a very normal thing for me. I knew what it was like not to trust anybody…

But with his att.i.tude, I wanted to know why he was like this…

I was always curious on why people acted the way they do. Just like, why did Celeste go to so much trouble to try and kill me…I mean, I knew about Gabriella having to leave and all now, just, I felt like something was missing. It was such an extreme measure to have taken…Surely, it couldn’t have been normal…Or was it?

Now this man, straight away, he had attacked me. Doesn’t that mean he’s hiding, or used to being attacked? Does that imply that he trusts n.o.body and that everyone is an enemy?

I really just wanted to go inside his head and to learn his story…But…

Seeing him become quite detached now, I guessed it was time for me to go.

Standing up slowly, so not to startle him, I took a deep breath in and held it, until I was standing straight.

“I didn’t mean to cross into this place of yours, just pretend that I never came, and I’ll do the same.”

The man stopped eating and looked up at me. He didn’t say anything, but nodded.

It was like a silent truce had been found between him and I.

I smiled warmly at him, and in a blink of an eyelid, I disappeared from his sight.