Chapter 173 Identity
"What do you mean he followed Hercules!?"
"That's exactly what I meant!"
"And you let him!?"
"What did you want me to do, chase them?"
Nisha and Latanya were currently in Van's room. As soon as Van followed Hercules out of the City, Nisha quickly reported it to Latanya, to ask her what to do just in case they don't come back. She wasn't going to at first, but then the sun is almost rising, and they still have not returned.
"You know how fast that little monster is, how would I even be able to follow and stop them!?"
"Tch," Latanya could not help but bite her nail as she thought of what she was going to do in case Van does not come back. Worst case scenario is… he's already dead.
"Damn it! And I adamantly told him to avoid that giant, and he goes following him out of nowhere!" Latanya kicked Van's bed, shattering its frame and causing a loud noise to reverberate throughout the room.
"Agh!" Latanya groaned, "If he was going to do things like this, then he should have abdicated his seat to me first!"
"Hm," Nisha could not help but sigh as she looked out of the terrace. Wherever Van is, she hoped she was safe. She hasn't known her for long, but for some reason…
...She was quite attached to him. She was sure that Gil and the others were the same. There was just something about Van… that attracted people around him.
'To some even more than others,' Nisha thought as she watched Latanya continue to wreak havoc inside Van's room.
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The guards, who were guarding Van's room outside, could not help but look at each other as they heard the groaning and rustling noises inside Van's room.
"...Our new President might be small, but he is quite vicious, isn't he?"
"Hm. To think he could handle 2 women at once…
...Truly deserving of being our President."
"Hm. May he live long, prosper... and multiply."
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Back at the edge of the world,
"I am your message. Send me back to my world…
...my home."
"...Your world?"
"Ah, of course. You would not know yet. Forgive me for assuming that you have fully recovered. Seeing your little human form, it would seem that you have just woken up."
"..."
Van could not help but twitch his eyes as he looked up towards Hercules' face. He didn't know whether he was being serious or not.
"I would have wanted for you to have more experience. But I suppose the way you are now would have to do as I do not know when you will be back to this realm."
"Wait…" Van could only place his hands on his temples as the confusion in his mind was starting to fill his entire head, "Just what exactly do you want me to do, Mister Hercules…
...Carry you out of here?"
"...Do not tell me I truly am the first one you are sending back?"
"...First?"
"Sending back home."
Seeing the confusion in Van's eyes, Hercules could not help but let out a long and deep breath as he placed both his hands on his waist, "Such a predicament I am in."
Van, on the other hand, still stared at Hercules' face. Now that they were only a couple of meters away from each other, Van could truly see how tall Hercules was. His chin was almost at the same level as his knee.
Van was already surprised with how huge Solomon was, but Hercules was just… in a league of his own. How could someone be this tall and skinny at the same time?
...And what was his secret?
"Who… are you?" Van finally asked, "No… what are you?"
Was he the same as Cynthia and Solomon? The woman that Gerald was with, Xinyan, has also mentioned something about the Circle making the normal humans stronger than System Holders…