Chapter 599: [599] Hypocrite.(3)

Chapter 599: [599] Hypocrite.(3)



A moment of fear engulfed Alan as the fire consumed him like a hungry dragon, his entire body was covered in it, slowly going to be devoured in agonizing pain.

At least, that was what he thought would happen. The moment of fear went away, like dust on a windy evening.

"... Eh?"

A strange sound escaped his mouth, one of relief, confusion, and hidden dread. He was relieved that he wasn't hurt...confused as to why he wasn't hurt, and dreaded the fact that maybe this flame had other, strange but terrible properties.

But nothing truly happened to him.

"...Ehh?"

The strange sound escaped his lips once more, this time it stretched for a bit, creating a comical sight. Unfortunately, no one was here to witness and laugh at it, At Alan's confused face as he opened his eyes to see vast destruction near him, and then realized that nothing truly happened to him.

The city...or the camp as the Celestials called it, was burnt to ashes, but he was relatively unharmed.

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He heard a cracking sound, naturally, his eyes darted to where it originated from, and he looked at his lower body. The black ice that had covered him, or imprisoned him, was starting to crack and fall to the ground.

"Oh..."

A hint of guilt appeared in his heart, and an apologetic expression emerged on his face. He realized too late that perhaps the black ice was not meant to restrain him, but rather protect him from the strange fire. He realized it a bit too late.

"Sorry... Lanesha."

He apologized, knowing that the dragon was surely watching him. Just for confirmation, however, he turned around and was relieved when he saw the familiar blue light of the obsidian lantern, and Lanesha's figure, veiled in the darkness but clear for him to see, standing there.

Neither did the child consider him a threat. So that couldn't work. Nevertheless, he

He dismissed his spear, and raised his hands, he was intending to end it in one simple strike with his own hands. He could feel the Ame-no-Sakahoko resisting his attempts as well, That darn spear refused to speak to him at all, and wouldn't even listen during this.

He didn't blame it, though...

He lowered his hands...but the child woke up, and began to cry. The noise was irritating to his ears, but it awakened something else inside of him. The feeling was intensified and instead of killing the boy, Alan picked him up and tried to pacify him.

'What am I even doing...'

He questioned as he tried to think of ways to try to calm a baby down... He knew of none.

But he didn't need to, as soon as he picked the baby up, he calmed down, and started to smile, as if it was held by its own mother...or father, instead. He tried to poke his chin with his small fingers, and even tried grabbing his face.

Alan...felt happy when the baby did that, he didn't know why, but a part of him was glad the baby was happy and not crying now.

As he was drowned in his thoughts, and avoiding the baby trying to grab his face, Lanesha appeared behind him and said in a somber tone.

"You can't bring yourself to do it."

...

He, looking at the emerald eyes of the child, responded and sighed.

"Yeah... I don't know what's wrong with me..."

He knew he would fail the quest...and as a confirmation, the System spoke in his mind.

[You have failed Lanesha's quest.]