Chapter 88: Jumping off a building…can it have this effect?

Eh?

If I just directly said this old man was a Slave…

I wonder if this Mercenary Guild Chairman would believe me.

“Ahem ahem, I saw him earlier at the Slave Market, felt a good vibe, so I bought him…”

Ireya chose to answer honestly.

After all, with someone like Meidel’s status, a little investigation would reveal whether this was true or not. There was no need to lie.

“Oh?”

The Mercenary Guild Chairman was clearly a bit taken aback, then tilted his head…carefully observing this “familiar” Slave.

“Hmm…brother, could you tell me your name?”

Meidel asked in a low voice.

The old Slave first lifted his head, looking at Meidel with eyes partially hidden by white hair, staring blankly for a moment before slowly shaking his head.

“I…my name…”

He was silent for a while, as if thinking, or perhaps just daydreaming.

“Don’t remember…”

Not remembering was indeed an answer, and judging by his expression, it was clearly not a lie.

“You see, you won’t get any information by asking this guy~”

Ireya shrugged, her red eyes fixed on the Mercenary Guild Chairman.

“So…Mr. Old Chairman, do you have any leads?”

Uh…why did I become the one being questioned..?

The burly old chairman was slightly stunned, then shook his head with a helpless smile.

“For some reason, just looking at this brother’s back…feels very familiar, like I’ve seen him somewhere, but not quite the same.”

Saying that, the old man slowly stood up.

“Well then, it’s getting late. Old man won’t bother you young folks anymore.”

Leaving without getting anything, truly a pragmatic old fellow…

Ireya thought this in her heart but still smiled and said goodbye, asking the nominal host Miss Jenny to see him out of the courtyard.

After handling these matters, the Lady exhaled deeply, finally able to look once again at the white-haired old man with those red eyes…

But at that moment, she noticed the old man was no longer sitting there blankly and upright like before…

Instead, he turned his head, gazing outside the window…as if something out there was attracting him.

“Hey, what are you looking at?”

The Lady raised an eyebrow and walked to his side.

“There…her aura.”

He seemed to be responding to Ireya’s question, or maybe talking to himself.

“Her?”

Ireya’s brow lifted.

That pronoun referring to a woman instantly piqued the Lady’s interest.

And his tone seemed different from the vague way he spoke earlier…

Could it be…

“Do you want to find her?”

Ireya casually asked as she stood by the old man.

“Yes.”

Without hesitation, the old man replied to the Lady’s words…

“Well then…”

Ireya was just about to show some mercy as the master, but the next moment…

Whoosh!

The window suddenly swung open!

That white-haired, white-bearded old man actually jumped straight out from the upper floor!

Ah…?

Eh(」 ゚口)」?!

Did he suddenly lose his mind..?

He…no, no, no!

I can’t be fooled by his earlier Tangshi Master act…

I almost forgot he should be a hidden “Tangshi Master” himself!

This Three-Story Building should…

Thud!

Ireya stood dumbfounded, watching the old man leap out the window in a very cool posture, then land in a rather ordinary manner on the ground…

After a couple of seconds, blood slowly trickled out from his face pressed against the ground, gathering into a small “stream.”

Witness Ireya could only stand there blankly, unable to describe the situation.

He really is that kind of…that special old fellow, impossible to figure out…

“Hiss! No way…did he actually die from the fall?!”

Only now did Ireya react!

“Roar!!”

With a thought, the normally statue-like Insmouth behind her let out a low growl, stepped forward two paces, and scooped up Ireya who was standing on the ground!

Crash!

Crash—!!

Then like a black cannonball, it smashed through the glass in front and jumped down from the upper floor!

Boom!!

At the moment of landing, possibly due to the loud noise and shock…

The white-haired old man, who seemed already dead on the ground, suddenly got back up!

His beard and hair were stained red with blood, but he seemed completely unbothered.

“Hey…you…okay?”

Ireya, sitting on Insmouth’s shoulder, breathed a sigh of relief.

Thought he really was dead…

However, he still didn’t answer Ireya, only slowly stood up, then aimed his gaze at a certain direction…

“Hey!!”

Thud!

Before he could start sprinting, Ireya, having jumped off Insmouth, delivered a flying kick and knocked him down midair!

“Ouch…oh~”

The Lady herself landed gracefully, but that kick produced the voice of an old acquaintance from the old man, who then faceplanted onto the ground…

“Didn’t your mother teach you that ignoring your master’s words is a sure way to speed up your death?”

Ireya slowly crouched, pulling out a thick, long green iron baton from somewhere…

Zzzzt!

The electricity flickered over it, and the old man on the ground visibly swallowed hard.

Hmm?

Looks like his Tangshi symptoms have improved quite a bit?

At least he’s scared now…much more lively in movement, no longer so stiff like before.

Could it be…the fall fixed his brain?!

“You can understand what I’m saying, right?”

Ireya didn’t dare electrocute the old man in this state—she was genuinely worried she might accidentally kill him.

“Uh…I guess…I can understand.”

The old man quickly nodded and answered…

But Ireya noticed his voice had changed.

It wasn’t the same hoarse, weathered voice from before…although the tone was similar, this voice was noticeably much younger.

“So…you were faking it before?”

Ireya pressed the Lightning Baton lightly against the old man’s face, seemingly about to deliver a shock any second now!

“Wuwu!! What faking?! Wait, wait…please wait! Beautiful Lady, you really are beautiful, but poking my face with such a thick iron rod…is truly unbecoming! I think a lady shouldn’t do that!”

Hiss…

Hearing such a long speech suddenly from this old fellow, Ireya instantly felt…

This old man’s Tangshi wasn’t cured—it was more like…he’d completely gone mad?

From a senile old man to a slick-tongued, flirtatious old man…

The Lady touched her smooth, fair chin and after a moment’s thought, felt this guy probably wasn’t faking after all.

“Do you still remember what happened before?”

What happened before…

The old man was a bit stunned, then slowly shook his head.

“I just feel like I took a nap~ Woke up, and then got kicked down by your elegant but fierce flying kick, my beautiful lady.”