Chapter 422 Making The Change

Chapter 422 Making The Change

Back then, Noah had three choices.

Stay and hide.

Run and escape.

Charge and fight.

His instinct had been to hide, and his next thought was to run as fast as he could—as far away as he could.

But... he wasn't listening.

'I-if I can win. Then... I can try, right?'

His entire being despised violence. He wasn't very strong too, and his Skills were mostly useful for evasion and defense.

Yet... why did he want to fight?

'Ahh...' He realized it at that moment. '... Is this your doing, Rey?'

Noah realized how dissatisfied he felt—with himself, and with the scene playing out in front of him.

He had felt this way throughout his journey away from the Capital.

Despite that gnawing feeling, he constantly told himself that he made the right choice leaving his only friend behind so he could run away from responsibility.

However, when he stood there, hidden from everything in the world, Noah was finally able to confront himself.

'I don't like this... this version of me.'

The time he had the most fun, and felt most fulfilled, was when he was pretending to be some kind of powerful subordinate of Ralyks.

He liked the way people looked at him. Their respect, admiration, their fear... it made him feel warm inside.

It wasn't even like he sought their validation. Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

He wanted his own.

"So, I decided to fight." Noah shrugged smiled, narrating the experience as if it was no big deal.

He stealthily charged at the first Monster and gave his all into generating the perfect surprise attacks.

He used all the Skills in his arsenal to fight, and he pushed himself a lot more than he ever had.

"Faster."

He hastened his movements.

"Stronger."

It was human nature, and Rey was the embodiment of that principle.

"I'm happy you were able to change. That was a pretty inspiring story." He said, meaning every word of it.

Yet, something about his tone rang hollow.

"Thank you. I would have loved to ask why you became an Adventurer, but it's gotten pretty late and I don't want to take up too much of your time."

"Ah, how right you are." Rey responded, laughing in his gentlemanly tone. "I enjoyed every moment of it, though."

"Likewise. Still, I would feel guilty if I kept you any longer than I already have."

The parties from both sides rose to their feet, and Rey ended up shaking Noah once again. He also watched as Noah shook Esme—a little too much, in his honest opinion.

"You'll have to leave without me, Jet and Lux. I need to have a discussion with the owner of this establishment."

"I understand, Sherlock."

After exchanging pleasantries for the last time that night, Rey parted ways with Noah and left the pub with Esme trailing behind him.

The moment they exited the place, the first thing that caught Rey's eyes was the group of Adventurers who were kowtowing close to the pub's entrance.

'The heck?!' Rey instantly recognized them as Sango and his five stooges.

'How long have they been waiting here in that position?'

It was already pretty dark outside, and there were no Adventurers in sight—probably due to being chased off by Noah's Party.

Rey couldn't imagine it being very comfortable for them to maintain such a posture for very long, but since they were Adventurers, perhaps it wasn't as bad as he imagined it.

Still...

"WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR DISRESPECTING YOU!" All of them yelled at the top of their lungs.

It caused him to stifle a chuckle.

'Noah has gotten pretty harsh. To think he'd make his subordinates to this just to appease me.'

This was yet another change that amazed Rey.

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