Chapter 105: To brave the storm of dread and embarrassment
"You’re what?"
Ah...now I know what it meant when people said the coldness of Nightmare derived from fear. I felt it like a thin prickling blizzard, belting at the surface of my nape. Natha’s voice sounded no different than his usual tone, but I felt like it was getting heavier to breathe already.
When I slowly turned my head to look at him, he was smiling slightly, but it only made the coldness in his eyes more suffocating.
Ah...I’m screwed. It was literally the only thing I could think of at that time.
"A moment," he said calmly, without removing his gaze from me, and I was petrified like a frozen fish in a blast chiller.
Wordlessly, the other demons were retreating from the greenhouse. I could feel their presence disappearing even while my eyes were trapped in Natha’s direction. The moment it was only the two of us there, Natha grabbed the armrests of my chair, and turned the whole thing around so my whole body was facing him. Easily, just like that.
My stupid natural reaction was to hiccup in fright.
Natha stared at me keenly, before tilting his head with a slight frown. "You looked scared."
Well, of course! What kind of reaction did you expect from me, my Lord?
"Why are you scared?"
Why? Did he just ask me why?