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nIn the beginning Alphie was glad to see John, but he was acting strange, it kind of scared her

nJohn, calm down... John!

nIt was futile, John couldn't hear Zestari's voice,

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"now that I think about it... Rather than just paralysing your leg, wouldn't it be better to paralyse your whole body?

" John asked as he raised his hand

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"No... Please, I'll stop, I'm sorry, I won't do anything bad anymore, Please!

"

nTsk, he's losing control... And she told you not to recklessly use possession too...

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"Ha... Now I understand why... That look of despair as you have all your hopes crushed, it really is the greatest feeling.

" John said with a grin

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"Stop!

"

nJohn heard that word as two girls suddenly jumped at him

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"Hm? What's wrong? Ariel, Serena?

" John asked as they laid on the ground

nThere was no longer darkness clouding his eyes, it was back to it's normal green

nThey raised their faces and the two had tears on their faces, Ariel had tears streaming down her eyes while Serena had an annoyed expression as she held it in, meanwhile, John was confused trying to understand what had just happened.

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"Um... why are you two crying?

" John asked

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"I'm not crying!

" Serena replied as she wiped away the small tears which were on her eyes

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"Because you were acting strange again! Like that time, you were cursed!

" Said Ariel as she put her face down on his chest

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"Strange? What are you talking about? More importantly, We need to go and check up on the other party, those guys might plan something.

" Said john as he slowly moved the two away to get up

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"You... don't remember?

" Aston asked as he walked up to the three

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"Remember?-

"

nbeing asked that suddenly caused a surge of pain to go through John's head, slowly but surely he was starting to remember what he had just done.

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"A-argh!

"

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"Eh? John, what���s wrong?

" Ariel asked

nAll voices which were going through his ears sounded muffled and his vision became blurry, then all of a sudden, it stopped.

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"John, can you hear us? Say something.

" Serena asked as she placed her hand on his forehead

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"Yeah, sorry about that. I feel like I got cursed after defeating the dragon

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nIs what john said, but he knew very well that it wasn't the case.

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"Wyvern, you mean, and I don't think that's poss-

"

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"Anything is possible

" Said John as he got up, interrupting her in the process

nJohn then began heading towards the man who laid on the floor, he seemed to have fainted due to all the stress and fear

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"John, Master sylvia is waiting for us

" Said Serena as she got up

nAriel also got up, without saying anything

nShe, just like Serena had realised that John was hiding something and that something was wrong. But if he didn't want to talk about it, they had no right to force him.

nZestari... Did you do this?

nIf it were me, it would've been much worse.

nI see... So it was me... What happened?

nYou lost control and your possession took over you

nI lost control? John asked confusedly

nSo it's like a curse?

nYou could assume it as such, but they are fundamentally different. Rather than worrying about that, just know that you should keep possession off limits for now

nBut the next floor is the last floor...

nWhich is precisely why, we can't have you losing control.

nEveryone watched as john continued to stare at the guy without doing anything, they didn't know that he was talking to Zestari and thought that he might have still had some anger left towards him

nCan he be healed?

nBy you, probably, by other spells, not unless they're at least upper kingclass with the ability to remodule a body.

nThings like those exist?

nYes, are you going to heal him?

nJohn looked at the man and thought about it for a bit. He remembered everything he had done to Alphie and Cruz and most likely other adventurers. John hadn't killed him after he lost control because he wanted him to suffer.

nNo, I won't heal him, being an adventurer doesn't suit him.

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nAfter that, he walked towards the wall where Cruz had fainted. He quickly cast 'Sana' on her and healed her neck wounds and cuts which were formed due to the fight

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"Alphie, can I count on you to take care of her?

" John asked with a smile

nIt was strange seeing him back to normal, but Alphie quickly nodded with a grateful smile as she replied

"Yes!

"

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"Then... All that's left is...

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nJohn slowly walked towards Aston who had been watching with a dumbfounded expression for a while now

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"You can use dark and holy magic...? That's amazing.

" Aston muttered as John got closer and closer

nRather than looking scared, he looked excited

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"So, do you want to fight? I'll have you know, my brother-

" Aston asked as he pulled out his daggers

nDespite what he had seen, he wasn't afraid of john. John on the other hand, interrupted him as he said

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"No, you didn't do anything wrong, you just minded your own buisness. I just wanted to tell you to make sure you sort out the rewards properly, if you don't you'll end up just like that guy

" John said with a smile

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"You think, I'm afraid of you? My brother will-

nfulgurationem

nIn a split second, before the man could even finish speaking, John moved in closer to the mans ear before deactivating it as he whispered

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"I don't care who your brother is, or what he will do, but I know damn well what the guild will if you don't obey the rules.

"

nJohn didn't know, but he knew it was terrifying

nHearing that, Aston formed a nervous smile as he replied

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"I know, I'll split it fairly, you don't have to tell me.

"

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"That's good.

" Said john as he backed away with a smile

nHe then began heading towards the door to the next floor as he called out to the two girls who had managed to stop him

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"What are you two waiting for? Let's go.

"

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"Yes...

" Ariel replied before following behind

nAs the two followed behind and stared at John's back, she wondered if the person she was looking at, was the same mob they knew

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