Chapter 113 - Do You Trust Me? (1/2)

Hecathe smiled thinly as he spoke up, ”Now you know why I'm here. Do you feel like you can trust me after hearing that?”

Marvin gulped as he thought about it for a minute before nodding his head as he responded, ”I already trusted you.”

”...” Hecathe blinked in confusion.

Then was that self-explanation all a waste...?!

”You said you wanted to avenge him. You wanted to avenge someone you hardly even knew. You are a good guy because only a good person would try to do something as useless as that,” Marvin sighed as he spoke and Hecathe couldn't help but be a little shocked as he heard this.

He was a good guy...?

This had to be the biggest joke of the century...!!

”You're still naive and an idiot. Maybe I'm not a good guy but just someone looking to have some fun by killing a few annoying rodents,” Hecathe scoffed as he responded.

Marvin immediately shook his head as he heard this and defended Hecathe, ”You're not like that!”

”...”

Did this boy have a brain or was the floor upstairs1 completely empty...?!

”I could sense it in the way you talked... You're not doing this because you want to have some fun, you're doing this because you genuinely feel pity for Alphius.”

Hecathe immediately fell speechless as he heard this and although he wanted to deny it, he couldn't say anything since he knew that the feeling that made him want to go against one of the willows was exactly the feeling of pity.

No matter how much Hecathe would try to deny it, at the end of the day, this was a fact.

Hecathe indeed felt pity for Alphius and that was the reason why he was ready to go through all the trouble to find the real culprit behind the murder of the great Orgon.

”Believe whatever you want to believe,” Hecathe sighed as he snapped, ”At the end of the day, whether I'm doing this out of pity or goodwill, it really wouldn't matter.”

Marvin nodded his head as he heard this and kept his eyes on the ground as he spoke, ”So... At the end of the day, you're still planning on helping him so that you can return to your world...?”

Hecathe's lips curled up in a small smile as he heard this and with a nod, he asked, ”Are you going to miss me? With me no longer here, you won't even be able to see this face of your friend.”

Marvin gulped as he heard this and didn't dare comment on that.

Hecathe chuckled as he sensed the boy's sadness and guilt, ”Don't worry, even I'm not sure what's going to happen in the end. I'm just guessing, nothing more.”

This was the truth.

Hecathe had no idea what was going to happen after he finds and convicts the real killer.

This wasn't his body and this world was also not his own. Alphius had merely asked him for a favor and after one completes the favor, weren't they supposed to go their own way...?

If Hecathe's body was still alive in his real world then he was sure that he was going to go back after completing this stupid favor, but in the worst-case scenario, that was not going to be the case.

It all depended on what Alphius meant when he said ”Die in my stead.”

Did he mean he wanted Hecathe to die as Alphius or did it mean to let Hecathe's body die instead of Alphius...?

If both of those were not the cases, then what was Alphius trying to say...?!

”Hecathe, After we get rid of Asgarian... Can you...” The boy immediately stopped himself as he sighed and shook his head, ”Forget it. I'll ask you later.”

Hecathe was a little shocked, but the man didn't bother questioning Marvin.

Hecathe clicked his tongue as he finally decided to put an end to this conversation, ”Let's go back inside. Breakfast is waiting.”

Hecathe didn't wait for the boy's response as he walked ahead first and headed back inside the building.

Marvin was left a bit stunned, but the boy eventually managed to follow after Hecathe.

This time, LeiLei was no longer there in the kitchen and it was only the Landlady who was there with fresh chicken sandwiches.

Hecathe sighed in relief as he saw the boneless, not-burnt chicken sandwiches.

”Thank you so much for this,” Hecathe thanked the woman as he grabbed the sandwich and took a bite out of it.

The delicious filling inside melted on his tongue and Hecathe felt as if he was back to being a kid who had tasted this type of chicken sandwich for the first time.