Chapter 13: Isolated

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Chapter 13: Isolated

Qin An's practice is progressing for the remaining time today, albeit slowly; but because he was enlightened, he was able to make progress on his expression for the performance. He didn't leave the practice room for a second until his stomach suddenly grumbled in hunger. He stopped his movements and remembered Li Bai's nagging inside his head about his health so he sighs.

He was really not still used. As a grim reaper, they don't need to eat or sleep. They are tireless for normal times except when encountering stronger opponents so they'll take a rest. As for the wounds, it will automatically self heal and as a senior, his wounds heal faster even more. That's why it was really new to him to feel hungry and sleepy so he doesn't bother to care when he feels those. For him, those were as light as a tickle and as fleeting as air that he really won't notice unless someone reminds him.

But now that Li Bai is no longer here, as expected Qin An didn't notice the time and ended up getting hungry. He also felt the sweat on his body and the slight panting making his body feel warmer.

Qin An didn't want to bother himself about what he thought was a trivial matter but he knew he mustn't so he stopped and finally left the practice room.

He walked towards the kitchen and saw several trainees eating and chatting happily. Their smiles halted for a second after seeing him but they went back to what they're doing immediately, treating him completely as invisible.

Qin An raised his brow. Isolating him? Heh, he's more than used to it. He walked past them and went to the pantry. Qin An didn't know how to cook and because he was casual, he didn't bother the chef robot to cook and just grab instant cup noodles.

While he was waiting for the noodles to cook, he was keenly aware about the gazes that passed on him. Some gazes were full of vigilance and calculation, while the other was...

"???" Qin An was quick to notice that there's an unusual gaze that keeps on looking at him. He noticed it because it was different from the usual contempt that he always feel towards others.

Instead of resentment or other negative gaze, that one made him somewhat familiar.

Was that gaze he occasionally felt when someone was looking at him with eagerness and slight admiration? Qin An was dumbfounded by his thoughts and couldn't help but look towards the owner.

There, his eyes met a pair of large brown eyes looking at him like someone seeing his favorite toy on the mall. That young man looks younger because of his baby face and slight chubby cheeks. He also has a pair of wide brown eyes and a mouth grinning widely for no reason, revealing his dimples and canine teeth. And because he has blonde hair, he looks glowing under the light even on this night.

The latter's eyes became wider when he met him and he immediately looked away as if afraid of being caught. But even so, he eyes still rolled and was constantly stealing glances at him again from time to time. The young man was like a timid young beast in front of a real beast. Although afraid, because he was amazed by the mightiness, he couldn't help but look with admiration.

Qin An wanted to raise his brow in interest. What a rare thing. It seems that the latter held no grudge against him? But again, Qin An didn't bother to dwell on it and focus on the food in front of him.

Speaking off, one of the things that he really loved after being a human is how their food made him feel like he wasted thousands of years for nothing.

He never knew how it felt good eating until he arrived in this world. And just by thinking how much time he wasted and how he sneered in the past at another grim reaper who enjoyed human life, it was only that he accepted the slap on his face willingly.

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