Chapter 77: Meg’s Strangeness and the Primordial Tower Trade Market
Knock! Knock!
"Come in!"
Kai saw Meg walking in. The clock was striking eight, and the world had gone dark outside. Stars had come out, and the early moon was smiling down over the town from the horizon, just short of disappearing.
Kai had changed his torn clothes and cleaned the room. His face was still light pale, but it was less from weakness and more from recalling what he had seen over the Blood Ocean.
There was one more change.
Petyr was standing by his side, acting as his voice.
Kai didn’t like it, revealing the Character so. However, he had no other choice as well.
He had been already struggling with Advance Emotions Manipulation, hoping to get a good control over it. Then, out of nowhere, his another Elementary Ability became not Advance, but an Elite. It was as if the Universe’ rules had overwritten what language meant for Kai. He knew the language he used to speak, but when he actually spoke, only hisses came out.
Moreover, Petyr Baelish was a teenager in appearance, making it hard to relate him to the Master of Coin known across the Primordial Tower’s Contestants.
Kai could afford gambling on Meg now recognizing Petyr’s real identity, but not her hearing his hisses and not realizing he was speaking Parseltongue.
Morning Mist’s gaze landed on the black-haired boy and her eyes widened. "Who’s he?!"