155 The Feral... (1/2)

Ozul walked into the supposed entertainment district after turning left. It appeared to be slightly more developed than the rest of the city from the looks of it.

In one view, Ozul could see hotels, restaurants, bars, and other related buildings. Of course, it couldn't be compared to other developed countries under proper jurisdiction, but this place was developed enough for people to relax.

Ozul walked into the first suitable hotel that he came across and entered inside. Clara followed right behind him without complaining about the poor conditions that she thought that the place had.

As they got inside, Ozul asked about the receptionist's room, who turned out to be a small boy with his front two teeth missing. The hotel was three stories tall, so Ozul figured that the boy must be the substitute for the real receptionist or the owner.

The boy passed Ozul the keys as he walked to search for the room number.

Clara was about to follow after him, but she was stopped by the boy who took out his palm in front of her.

”What?” Clara inquired cluelessly.

”Pay twoo Blonze Coinss,” the boy said in a childish voice. Clara figured that the kid might be even younger than he appeared to be.

”Oh, that! Here you go,” Clara said as he hurriedly took a Gold Coin out of her Spatial Ring. She did not have any spare change since she herself had never needed to use the money.

Venessa was always with her from her childhood, so she seldom had a chance to buy things herself.

The boy did not immediately take the Gold Coin and kept staring at Clara before looking towards the direction that Ozul had gone into as he suddenly got a knowing smile on his face.

”Sowwy, we don't plowide those exshtra shervices,” the boy said as his ears visibly turned redder.

Clara did not immediately understand what he meant. But as she looked towards Ozul's direction and remembering that she was in a hotel, she put the pieces together before she blushed. Waving her hands anxiously, she burst out, ”What?! No! I... There is nothing like that! I just don't have spare change. I am not asking for anything else!”

Clara couldn't help but start to explain herself, but the boy still looked at her with the same knowing smile.

A little while later, when she realized that the boy wouldn't change his opinion, she stopped explaining and ran off to catch up with Ozul.

At this point, Ozul was just entering the room that he had the keys for. As he entered, Clara followed behind.

Ozul did not need to turn on the lights to make out the inside of the room. There were two single beds placed on each side of the room. Fortunately for Clara and unfortunately for Ozul, there was a window directly facing the sun at the back end.

Although there was not much sunlight before either since the sun was about to set, the room visibly got darker after the window was covered.

Clara had to give her eyes some time before they got used to the dark. Before her eyes could see again, Ozul was already slumped on the bed, enjoying the dark room.

It would have been many times better if he was alone, but he had to enjoy what he had for now.

He closed his eyes to enjoy the peace that he hadn't felt for days now. When Clara noticed this, she didn't ask about why the window was covered. She quietly made her way to her bed and sat down on it.

Before she could even think of what she was going to do, she noticed something that creeped her out from the corner of her eyes. A pair of red and blue eyes walked toward Ozul's bed before jumping on it.

Clara was about to yell out in terror before realizing that it was the same cat that she had seen following Ozul previously.

Though how did the cat suddenly get inside the closed room? She could not understand.

She watched as Jinx made a spot for herself on Ozul's side by curling itself to sleep.

Before going to sleep, Clara could only think about the unique things that she had noticed with Ozul, such as sleeping so much. There was also the thing about him liking dark, but things only kept piling up when she started to think about the abnormalities with him.

Curious as she was, she did not directly ask anything since she was aware that they were not yet at a point where she could ask such personal questions.

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The next morning, Ozul woke up and noticed that Clara was still fast asleep. Only when she sensed his movements did she quickly open her eyes.

Even when Clara was from a rich family, she was not so pampered that she did not even know the basics. Although her family had spent resources on her, she couldn't have gotten to where she was by only relying on external factors.