From the sudden twitch, it was clear that whatever was 'spoken', it had a great effect on her.
Jonathan sneered inwardly at the woman's stunned reaction. Taking a puff from the stub of his nearly finished cigar, he pointed to the side and leaned against the club wall.
"Don't worry your pretty little head under that weird mask too much or it will hurt you. I will excuse myself and wait until you sort everything out. Just try to wrap this up… Unlike you, I do have stuff to do later on, so keep it swift will ya?"
The crowd of youths was baffled at the puzzling scene they had just witnessed.
Just who was this old man? What was his connection with the Nebula Lumis? Why did it seem that instead of him being scared of this unsurmountable giant, it was the other way around, the Vesper herself seemed to be wary of this figure shrouded in mystery.
However what puzzled the gathered people the most was whatever the old man mouthed to the Vesper that caused such a drastic change…
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