I hadn’t thought of that ever since he had acted strangely wary of me, but if he knew me…then it might explain why he was so careful around me.
Before, I thought that it had been related to me releasing some of my aura, but the reaction he was currently having was too much for the strength I had shown.
There had to be something more; I could feel it.
“Do I know you?” He repeated. “Why would you think that?”
I shrugged. “Just my intuition.”
“Strange intuition you got there.”
I smiled.
Every time he opened his mouth the more I wanted to rip his mask from his face. However, that wouldn’t be possible without exposing too much of my strength. This man was dangerous and I needed to be careful around him.
But if he knew me, then that meant he was either with me on the battlefield or against me.
‘I thought I had gotten rid of everyone who knew my real strength or, at the very least, made them forget. Did someone spy on me without me knowing?’
I couldn’t be sure of it until I knew for sure about Zero’s identity.
I had tried to be respectful, but now I really needed to make physical contact with him.
“Sorry.”
Zero frowned. “Sorry about what?”
“This.”
I moved my hand extremely fast toward his chest. However, he grabbed me before I could, so…but that was all I needed. I had finally made physical contact with him, which meant I could finally figure out what his race was.
“Looks like it didn’t work,” Zero smirked.
‘Oh, but it did.’
I activated my skill, and in an instant, I could feel the power hidden inside Zero. However, for some reason, it was a power I had never before in my life.
It wasn’t the power of a demon, it wasn’t the power of an elf, it wasn’t the power of a dwarf.
His power was something I had never experienced before in my life.
‘I can’t figure out his race without getting a look at his face.’
That was my last option, but I couldn’t do that right now.
Instead of making a bigger fuss, I was happy with the information I had just gotten from Zero’s identity. He was from a race I had never experienced before in my life.
After all, each race in this world possessed a distinct power from one another, and that’s why I was confident in knowing his race by touching his body. But if it was a power I had never felt before, then I couldn’t figure it out.
Still, I dismissed those thoughts in the back of my mind as I flashed a smile.
“Can you release my arm?”
“Ah, right. Sorry about that; you scared me for a moment,” Zero answered as he let go of my arm as like nothing had just happened.
However, the two of us glared at each other in the eyes. Those red eyes of his didn’t inspire me any good.
I had been almost sure that he was a demon behind that mask of his, but it seemed like I had been wrong.
Still, there was one thing I was absolutely sure of, this man was evil.
“Alright, enough of this. Time for us to leave!” I said as I turned around to leave.
The three powerful forces looked at me turning their back and didn’t know what to think…well except Zero, who knew a lot more than he had let shown.
“Ariella, Nymira, Lirael. Let’s go, let’s leave this place. It’s time for you to meet your new home.”
“Alexa, where’s the exit?”
Alexa who was surprised to be asked something just showed the door behind her. “If go through this door, it will bring you back from where you came from, sir.”
“Perfect, thanks for your help.”
“Ah…it’s no problem, really. Have a good day!”
However, before I crossed the door. There was one last thing I wanted to say to see if there would be a reaction out of Zero, Lurok, or even Zephyr.
I turned around with my usual smile, stopping in my tracks. “Actually. Before I leave, there’s one question I want to ask all of you.”
“Ask it,” Lurok said as he gritted his teeth.
“Do any of you ever heard of the word…Perdere?”
Right as I said that word, I noticed an incredibly small change in Zero’s breathing. It was so small that no one would have noticed it if it weren’t for me. However, Lurok and Zephyr weren’t surprised. They were simply confused, which meant that they weren’t part of the organization from the looks of it. Only Zero was.
“No, what is it?”
I waved my hand in a dismissive manner. “Ah, don’t worry about it. Just something I heard about recently.”
After saying that, I walked through the portal with my new acquaintances.
This auction had been useful even if it had been frustrating. I had learned a lot, especially about a certain individual. Someone who wasn’t from a known race, and that was also related to the organization Perdere. It was a lot of information and I didn’t know what to do with it.
There was a choice I needed to take, and I wasn’t sure what the right decision was.
I had to decide whether to tell the Emperor or not about the information I had just gotten.
However, my decision was not to reveal anything to the Emperor just yet. I didn’t trust him yet, and this was crucial information. I would tell him if it was necessary, but for the moment, I decided to keep it to myself.
‘This Zero, I need to figure out his real identity,’ I thought in the back of my mind as we crossed the door and arrived once more at Atlantis.
Still, I dismissed those thoughts because there was something else that required my attention and that was Ariella, a elven princess. I needed to figure out what she wanted to do now that she was free.
