"Pant… Pant…"

Mylos hunched over panting. He'd succeeded in a final experiment to test Alissa's limits. From attempts to cut off her limbs, to decapitation and giving strange orders, he was nothing short of amazed by what the zomb— he meant, strange human could do!

Cognitive decisions could be made after receiving an order from ‘Master’. Defensive and offensive capabilities were definitely greater than that of average humans, her ability to analyse orders and make ‘affective’ decisions is a feat Mylos found quite interesting to test for himself.

So far she'd only shown a few affective decisions which rivalled his ‘absolute orders’. One was hesitation to harm him or herself, another was her disagreement with saying anything about her past whilst preferring to stay mute unless asked to speak by Mylos.

Mylos has explained the situation to Aysla, and after he confirmed a lot of things before her, she didn't attempt to eliminate the zomb— strange human. Although she was still worried about ‘factory defects’.

"Let's go."

Aysla broke the moment between Mykos and Alissa as she stepped outside of the room she'd dressed up in. A frown on her face as she led her brother and Alissa out the door, "We should hurry up before anyone arrives."

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"Mylos... why are you walking so fast? Are you owing a resident here money?" Aysla teased Mylos, walking with her head raised and senses at high alert. Although Alissa was silent, Aysla had been cracking jokes to force Alissa into laughter!

Being the subject of the jokes due to how disturbed he initially was, Mylos rolled his eyes. Not saying a word, he ignored both of them as he stabilised his movements. It wasn't easy for him, but he had to do it for his dignity as the heir of an Eminence!

His brows knitted as he was getting closer to the Hero, a feat he would have never done willingly unless he had all the Eminences guarding him from danger. Of course, he had no choice now and could only march forth stupidly.

"Mylos, are you ignoring your sister? Do you think I will not kill you if I'm annoyed with your—" Aysla halted her speech suddenly, all the hair on her body on ends as she stepped into the surveillance range of the Hero.

"…" Alissa looked equally disturbed, taking a step back unconsciously. Her gaze wandered around, yet she was unable to locate the source of the disturbance, "…"

Mylos was the only one who waltzed on without turning to notice how disturbed the women behind him were. A few seconds forward, when he noticed that they weren't following him, Mylos finally turned around.

They were already back at the chair he had sat on in the morning. The district was bustling with human activities as usual, the loud noises and clamouring crowds was not something he would be proud of getting used to.

"What is it?" Mylos queried with a raised brow, but the two only shook their heads. Noticing that neither of the duo would speak up, he turned around to keep walking ahead without hesitation, "We should hurry through—"

Before he could finish his speech, someone crashed into him at full speed and was bounced back. He hadn't even noticed what had happened until he noticed the victim a second later, sitting awkwardly on the pavement.

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"Ow!"

Mylos stepped back, blinking twice. After coming to his senses, he ran to the little girl that had crashed into him to help her. He extended his hand politely, only for him to notice the young girl's face, "Karen?"

"Uncle, watch where you're going." Karen grabbed his hand and helped herself to her feet, rubbing her head a second later. She was not pleased with what happened a second earlier, frowning deeply, "Were you drunk?"

"Where are your manners? It was just an accident." Mylos shrugged without putting too much though into Karen's words. He walked past past her, not wanting to waste any time here as they were in a hurry, "I'm in a hurry now."

"Who are those women?" Karen chimed, pointing her index finger at the duo without any hesitation, "One of them smells strange, like an incomplete undead? She is very strange indeed, where did you find her?"

Mylos halted in his tracks, turning to give Karen a weird glance. Of course, he knew that the woman was more of a dead monster than human, but never knew that Karen would also notice that in the sniff of her nose.

"Incomplete undead?"

Mylos remembered Karen rambling about ghosts for a second at the time they met. He didn't put too much of his thoughts into those words, but hearing Karen repeat something related to it after seeing Alissa stunned him.

"Mylos, who's that human kid?" Aysla beat Alissa to ask the question on her mind ever since she noticed how the usually nonchalant Mylos spoke to the little girl. She was sure that Mylos was not one to make human friends.

"An interesting acquaintance of mine." Mylos frowned as he paused, wanting to stay and chat more with Karen about Alissa. He had gotten an idea from Lisa, but even a fool knew that she was hiding a lot of things from him.

It was the thought that the hero could appear from any place to attack him that chained his curiousity. Yet, he'd paused without taking a step forward, his brows knitted as he struggled internally on what he could do.

"There's a Hero here, Aysla."

Aysla blinked, then it clicked. Hearing what Mylos said helped explain the powerful presence she had felt just a few seconds ago, causing her to loosen her brows. After a second of pause, she rolled her eyes, "And so what?"

"We're going to meet the Hero." Mylos locked his eyes with his sister, and the world around the siblings froze as they both locked eyes whilst deep in thoughts. "You can follow me, or not. I'm just going to chat with this kid."

"You're risking our lives to chat with some human child about this newbie? Have you gone mad?" Aysla voiced her opinion quite coldly, not caring for Mylos' input, an interesting gleam shining in her eyes, "This fool."

"If I want to go against father, I can't be afraid of some petty Hero can I? Fear on it's own is a massive restraint to how far one can reach in this forsaken world." Mylos clenched his fist, "Only the worms fear the birds. If I am unable to face a human, then I'd rather die to an uncle."

"Heh, you've really gone crazy. I do not think I feel the same way you're feeling. I would prefer to live longer, it is simply suicide doing stuff like this." Aysla frowned as she took a step towards Mylos, "I can smell hesitation."

"Hesitation?" Mylos chuckled awkwardly, then he took a spin to face the bustling road. As soon as Mylos saw the blinking green signal to cross, he stepped into the road and walked ahead without even looking back, "Weak."

"Wait for me! Mother's baking cakes, I'm sure that you are going to enjoy it!" Karen ran after Mylos without an iota of hesitation. She didn't think that Mylos would be kind enough to visit, but she had no reason to object.

Alissa was skeptical, but noticing that Mylos had already crossed to the other side, she followed them. If anything was to happen, she would try her best to do whatever he orders her to do. She didn't care much about it.

In a few seconds, the only person left was Aysla. All she did was stand and watch as everyone else crossed over to the other end, and the roads get shrouded in vehicles again, "That fool. I can't protect him if we're attacked."

She kept wishing he would turn around after coming to his senses, but seeing that he didn't, she just stood with her brows furrowed in confusion. After a while, the road was cleared again and the blinking light returned,

"I can't run away on my own. Unlike him, I'm unable to return anywhere but home. I cannot return without him as well, so I have to secure his dead body even if it's the only thing I can do."

Thinking that, Aysla took a deep breath and took her step into the road. Of course, she wasn't going to wait out here and leave her younger brother to face a Hero alone, even if she was against it.

It was her job, as the elder sister!