Chapter 65: Chapter 65- Mystery And Charms

"A laugh?" Talon squinted his eyes when he heard those words. It didn't even require him a split second to realize that something was very off with what they said.

"Yeah, he was laughing." The female student nodded her head. "Very loudly in fact. He seemed like he was having so much fun." She added.

"Yeah, now I remember, sir! I did hear it too."

Talon's eyes stared at the two silently for a few seconds before he looked at Acrypha. The latter had the same suspicious look on her face as he did if not more. Her expression told him everything he needed to know, so he shifted his eyes back to the two and asked.

"Can you describe the laugh for me in detail? Like how it sounded."

"Mmm, it was very loud as I said, it was also high-pitched and kind of weird now that I think about it. He sounded like he was unable to stop laughing." The female student said.

Talon sucked in a small breath when he heard that description as he finally closed his eyes. "Did the laugh slowly go from being normal to bizarre or did it immediately begin that way?"

When he asked that question, his wariness grew as he knew the answer and if they said the same thing, then he was seriously in a massive dilemma. A dilemma that only Acrypha can solve for him.

"Hmm, that's actually correct, it started normally and then shifted slowly to being weird. How did you know?" She asked.

'Fuck me...' Exhaling a long breath, Talon ran his hand through his hair before he looked up and smiled coldly. "Let's say I have a walking library following me 24/7." He said.

The two students looked at him and then at each other in confusion. They didn't understand what Talon meant.

"Anyway, thank you two for your help. It was truly tremendous." Talon stood up and shook their hands.

"Any time, sir! We would always be happy to help you and Miss President!" The male student beamed with happiness.

"I'm sure Hy- Ehem, the president will be happy with that too. Keep up the good work."

After that, the two students left as they whispered to each other secretly. Meanwhile, Talon's smile remained till the two were gone before it disappeared completely as he closed the door.

Turning around, he walked to the chair and threw himself on it with a tired look on his face. It wasn't even the middle of the day and he already felt like he consumed every ounce of energy in his body.

Staring at the ceiling in silence for a while, he finally spoke. "Care to explain?" He asked.

Acrypha remained silent till Talon had to look down at her. "Is it what I think it is?"

"It is apparently. That monster most likely affected that human." She replied.

"How? At the time, the integration hadn't even started yet, how did that monster appear?" He asked.

His problem wasn't the laughing monster, it was the fact that it seemingly appeared out of nowhere, way before the Core Dimension gate was summoned. That totally broke all the laws Acrypha told him about and more.

'Very much.' Acrypha added in her head as she remembered the scene of Hyun-Jae wiping his naked body a few days ago.

"Huh? Do you even realize who you're talking to? I'm really bad with girls." Talon pointed at himself.

"If you're bad with girls, then most other males in this world are a lost cause," Acrypha replied mysteriously.

"Again with the mysterious answers, sigh."

"Haha, don't worry about it. Either way, you won't be able to find a woman since you're going to be mine. I do not share what belongs to me." Acrypha replied with a laugh.

Talon: "..."

The young man stared at the laughing beauty in front of him with wide eyes. Even her casual laughs sound like a divine melody in his ears. He didn't know if she realized what she said or not, but it was very close to a confession. Her words could've easily been misunderstood if Talon didn't know their context clearly.

'I'm sure she's joking. But... It still feels rather weird.' He thought to himself as he touched his chest.

As the two were like that, Talon heard a knock on the door. Turning his head away from Acrypha, he stood up and opened it, only to see someone familiar outside.

"Hyun-Jae? Everything ok?" Talon asked.

"Can I come inside for a moment?" The girl asked mysteriously.

Talon raised an eyebrow confusedly before he moved to the side. "Sure, go ahead."

Hyun-Jae nodded her head and walked inside with wary steps. Talon looked at her as he closed the door. "Is everything ok? I thought you said you were going to rest?" He asked.

The girl turned around to stare at him with some hesitance in her eyes. For some reason, she seemed conflicted about something that Talon didn't understand.

"Mm, I was intending to sleep. But, I couldn't sleep because of the noise coming from the other side."

"Oh, that's true. You're sleeping in a room close to the basketball yard."

Since there were hundreds of students inside the gymnasium, it was naturally noisy the entire time except for the night since everyone would be asleep. However, since Hyun-Jae didn't sleep last night, she had to take a nap now.

"Yeah..."

"So, what are you going to do about it?"

The girl looked even more conflicted for a second before she took in a small breath and said.

"Can I sleep here?"

(A//N: Thanks to everyone who supports the book with power stones and golden tickets, you guys are the best:) )