CHAPTER 152: ADULT

"And you didn’t even blush? Your heart didn’t skip a beat? No avoiding eye contact? NOTHING?!"

"Nothing." I answered Limitless calmly, but inwardly, I knew that whatever made him stop eating to yell at me was serious.

Limitless calmed himself down then fell into silence with closed eyes.

He was likely thinking about something, so I decided to wait patiently. After a few minutes, he finally opened his mouth.

"Obviously, definitely, and absolutely that girl loves you! Listen, everything you said she did means nothing other than she trusts and genuinely loves you. You are really naive if you didn’t get all those hints until this moment."

I scratched my neck, feeling some embarrassment.

I always hated when the "naive" protagonists of novels didn’t get the hints until very late in the story. A few times, I was so frustrated that I gave negative reviews for that.

But did I just become the very thing I hated the most?

I felt... shame. That wasn’t a good feeling at all.

"It’s not my fault when she rarely shows emotions! What am I supposed to understand after seeing her with the same smile all the time?"

Hearing my excuse, he yelled: "Not everything shows on the face. You of all people should know this! The only time you showed emotions was when you tortured me!"

As much as I hated to admit it, he was right.

I rarely showed my real emotions on my face, so why would Selene show hers? And who said that she had to act like the shy anime girls to show her love?

Limitless rubbed his temple before saying: "As for you, I don’t think you love her the same way... not yet at least. The future is unknown for you."

"Huh?"

Honestly, I expected the first part, but what did he mean by the second one?

Seeing my confusion, Limitless explained: "There is no such thing as romantic love at first sight, so it’s normal to not love her immediately. Your actions suggest that you love her deeply, but like a close friend, not someone you can’t live without."

I kept nodding as he continued: "I’ll be honest with you. You will either end up seeing her as a future wife, or in the worst case, as a sister. Don’t accept her love if you don’t see her the same way, this will cause more harm to both of you. I hate to tell you that, but.... Be ready to tell her the painful truth if you end up seeing her as a sister."

We both sighed at the same time, but not in relief.

I really started hating all this stuff about love, why couldn’t it be a simple emotion? Why couldn’t it be more direct?

I couldn’t imagine the headache it would give to someone with emotional affinity. I was glad I didn’t have to deal with such an affinity.

I looked at Limitless again, seeing him ignoring me while eating, and asked: "What should I do then? How will I know the way I see her?"

Limitless shrugged. "From my experience, you will know instinctively. As for what you should do now, my advice is just don’t rush. I heard that some people may need years to develop their feelings toward someone close to them. Oh, and remember, don’t hesitate to tell her the truth as any delay may cause harm."

I nodded in understanding before snapping my fingers dramatically, and the next moment, a spatial gate appeared beside Limitless.

He looked at it with confusion, then I smiled and said: "Thank you for your help, Limitless. This is your way out. This gate will send you directly to the tower, so you can quickly return to your girlfriend as she must be sad alone there."

Limitless’s eyes widened in guilt as he quickly stood up. "Yeah, thank you. Oh, and I should feed her something good as an apology, right?

The moment he said that, he winked and did something that made me almost cast a cosmic beam on him.

He took the food.

Including the fucking plates! When the fuck had I allowed him to do that?!

Despite my anger, I decided to let him take them as he immediately went into the gate. When his figure went to the other side, I closed it immediately.

I was now left on the third floor alone without the food, thinking deeply about my emotions.

’Breaking her heart, ha?’

I really didn’t want to do that, but if I didn’t love her the same way she did in the end, then I wouldn’t hesitate to do that. As he said, delaying that would cause more harm.

Thankfully, I didn’t have to think about that now. Who knows? I might really love her as much as she loved me, so it was better to not rush and ignore her love for now. He said I’d known that instinctively, which was fortunately something I was experienced with.

As for if Limitless was a reincarnator or not, he didn’t react to my hints at all, so I was going to ignore him for now and move to another potential reincarnator.

Obviously, I was going to start with the one closest to me.

’Hey Aria.’

I called Aria immediately, and I didn’t have to wait for too long as her voice came in an instant.

—What? Did something happen?

I asked: ’Do you know anything about something called Victorian style? It’s something about steam energy.’

—No, it’s my first time hearing about that. Where did you hear about that? And is this something important?

Her answer came almost instantly, without a hint of hesitation, suggesting that she really didn’t know about it.

Isaac said that the reincarnators didn’t seem to be from the same world, so I couldn’t confirm it by just that, but that was good as a start.

Shaking my head, I responded: ’I read that word in a book yesterday and it confused me. Ignore what I said.’

—Was... was there a warning in the book? What type of book did you read exactly?

’Huh?’

What did she mean by that? What would a warning mean?

Wait, was she thinking about...

—Ray, I’m your sister, you can be honest with me. I... understand that you may be curious at this age. Especially when someone like Zephyr is your friend.

Yeah fuck that, she got the wrong idea!

Did she spend a lot of time with Zephyr? Her mind was becoming dirty like his!

I spent a few minutes convincing her that I wasn’t that type of person, she was really hard to convince, then I started thinking about my next move.

’Should I just go train for now, talk with another suspected girl?’

The moment I thought about that, many emotions hit me at the same time as Glutton suddenly spoke.

[What, what about coming here to see that?]

I raised an eyebrow, knowing so well that he’d see that, and asked: ’To see what? Did Selene do something to you?’

[Selene? No, we can’t let her see that! Come here quickly, I’m becoming an adult! An adult!!]

My eyes widened instantly as I quickly made a gate and jumped into it.

Damn, that was too sudden! That bastard should have told me before eating anything!

Due to excitement, I couldn’t help but run to him with many questions in my mind.

’What abilities will he unlock? What will I get as feedback? What will both of us get as shared abilities? How strong will we become?’

As I went into the elevator, a surge of knowledge suddenly entered my head.

’Fuck! Couldn’t you have waited a few minutes?’

I felt like a father that couldn’t see his son taking his first step. I really wanted to see the moment of his evolution.

[Why would I wait? Did you get any knowledge? I’m feeling really great!]

I focused on the knowledge I received and my jaw fell as I understood his feelings.

Now, I really had to see him quickly.

A few moments later, the elevator stopped on my floor as I quickly moved to the door. I quickly opened the door and quietly moved to the training room, ensuring that Selene wouldn’t hear anything.

Even Zephyr didn’t know everything about Glutton. I wasn’t planning to reveal everything about him as he was my secret weapon and ally.

As soon as I entered the training room, my eyes widened as I instantly closed the door.

"Shit!"

I cursed as I felt the crap that was in the room.

It was radiation.

No corner in this wide room was safe from the cosmic radiation. I understood now why he didn’t want Selene to be here. This amount of radiation could have harmed even a dragon like her!

In the middle of the room sat a naked man with a wide smile on his face.

"The power... I feel the POWER! I HAVE THE POWER!! HAHAHAHA!!!"

Yeah, that was definitely Glutton.