Chapter: 206
“Because I won’t always be around.” Sullivan answered with a simple yet dark answer.
“…oh… I see.” Jay quickly sat down as the room was sufficiently awkward now. Sullivan didn’t say anything as he looked at Jay, so from the tense feeling, Jay spoke instead.
“So, Anya said you have a reward for me?”
Sullivan didn’t say anything for a while, giving Jay even more of an awkward, uneasy feeling.
“I can’t protect you forever Jay.”
“What?” Jay looked confused as he sat in front of Sullivan, he didn’t even seem to listen to Jay’s question. “Did I do something wrong? What did I do….” he thought internally.
“One day, the safety bearer’s will find out about you, and they’ll come for the both of us.” Sullivan pointed to the roof “This is already my punishment for protecting a unique class, there won’t be any leniency for protecting a monster class…”
It took Jay a moment before Jay realised Sullivan was talking about the building he was in, then it made sense that someone as strong as Sullivan shouldn’t be here in Losla.
“…” Jay looked at him with dead eyes, slowly nodding as everything he said was true.
After a long silence, Sullivan sighed.
“I’ve made some plans anyway…” he looked away for a moment before looking back at Jay.
“Anyway, your reward… That’s right… two rewards actually, but the other one won’t be ready for a while… You’ll just have to wait and see.”
“Well, I’m happy with two rewards.” Jay shrugged with a smile.
Sullivan almost half-smiled at Jay, but kept his casual face in check as he pulled some boots up from under his desk.
“I think you’ll find these to your liking.”
“Boots..?”
“Just take them and give them a try. They only have one ability so it shouldn’t be too hard for you to figure out.” He pushed the boots forward with his hand, though still holding them, not letting Jay grab them off him before he added a crucial point:
“Don’t test them inside.. Unless you want to die.”
Sullivans spoke the last part slowly, his voice sounding as smooth and powerful as ever, like a quiet river cutting through mountains. Obviously this was important.
“Sure. No inside usage… Thanks.” Jay took the boots and put them in his inventory, not willing to argue or joke around anymore.
Sullivan didn’t say anything as he stared at him; Jay sat for a moment, wondering if that was all Sullivan had to say, while the room began to feel awkward again.
“You may go.” Sullivan finally said, Jay got up and quickly left through the door which Sullivan had opened for him.
Jay headed back downstairs to the lobby, he was about to leave but Margaret called out from behind the counter.
“Jay, your friend should be here soon dear.”
Jay stopped, remembering Trenly “oh yeah..” he turned around, going to sit down on a couch in the lobby area, but then paused, as he decided to head back to the trade area to find out if his theory was true.