Kieran didn't move.
He could tell that Emma Eddie's knife would not stab him.
As a matter of fact, it did.
The seemingly sharp knife grazed Kieran's ear and stabbed into the pillow.
Emma Eddie carefully looked at Kieran with the knife in her hand. When she realized Kieran didn't even blink, she frowned hard.
Then, she pulled out the knife.
The feather and cotton in the pillow flew out and stained Kieran's head and face, making Kieran look extremely messed up.
However, Kieran's eyes were as calm as ever.
Emma Eddie's furrowed brows got tighter when she saw the calm eyes.
"You don't have fear or anger.
Is it because you are sure I won't cause any real harm to you? "
It was obvious that Emma Eddie, who had changed her identity, possessed enough knowledge and observation skills to match her current identity.
Kieran didn't answer, all he did was look around quietly.
He had been observing the surroundings since the very beginning.
He was hoping to find something different from the others.
Because …
From the beginning to the end, he had a feeling that something wasn't right.
"Are you refusing to answer because of the pouch?
I can take it off for you. "
Emma Eddie spoke again when she saw the quiet Kieran.
This time, she chose another breakthrough point.
Of course, the moment her words subsided, she gave a corresponding warning.
"But you have to promise me that you won't do anything out of line — all I have to do is scream or make any unusual noise and Chief Pudder and Odork will come in. The former has admirable abilities and is armed; the latter is very reliable and has a strong body that people can trust."
Kieran didn't mind removing the thing from his mouth.
So, after Emma Eddie finished, he nodded.
Emma Eddie smiled when she saw Kieran's cooperation for the first time. She thought that her first step had been successful.
Emma Eddie went around to the side of the bed and helped Kieran unzip his shirt from a safe position. The moment she undid it, she quickly took a step back, as if she was worried that Kieran would bite her.
However, it was obvious that the other party was worrying too much.
After Kieran got rid of that annoying restraint, he licked the inside of his mouth with his tongue and fell silent again.
Looking at the bulge on Kieran's face, Emma Eddie subconsciously recalled the scrolls she had seen. A trace of disgust flashed across her eyes.
But it was just a flash. Emma Eddie quickly regained her composure.
She was here to prove him guilty.
He wasn't frightened by the other party.
Although cannibals were scary, they didn't scare her!
"Do you have anything to say to your parents?"
"If one of them needed your blood and spinal cord to survive, would you save them?"
Emma Eddie asked.
Kieran didn't answer, his eyes showing no emotion.
He really had nothing to say to his parents, whom he had never met before.
If he had to describe them, they were no different from strangers.
From a certain aspect, he even felt a sense of hatred towards them.
Of course, that was his own problem.
It had nothing to do with the questions at hand.
"Do you like cats and dogs?
Or other pets? "
Emma Eddie asked again.
There was still silence.
"If you were given a chance to go out, what would you do?"
Another unanswered question.
Emma Eddie asked Kieran a dozen more questions in the next half an hour, but none of them were answered by Kieran.
"Mr. 2567, you are very uncooperative."
"We all know why you are doing this.
But we know this won't change anything. We'll see you tomorrow! "
In the end, Emma Eddie said this.
Kieran was pushed back into the room by Odork again.
He had a meal in between, a sticky, pea-flavored liquid food.
Then, he saw Emma Eddie again in the principal's office.
Ferris wasn't there, so it was still Emma Eddie and Pudder.
It was the same this time, Kieran kept quiet. Emma Eddie got nothing.
The food after that was still pea-flavored liquid food.
Up until then, Kieran was sure there was only one meal a day, at least for him. He wasn't sure about the others.
He saw a lot of adults every day.
However, all of them were cold to him.
The restraints could only be removed in the principal's office, so Kieran couldn't ask anything.
In the past two days, the one who was closest to Kieran wasn't Emma Eddie, who kept asking him questions, but Odork, who was the caretaker and supervisor.
As though he realized Kieran wasn't as vicious as the rumors said, Odork would chat with Kieran from time to time. Of course, it was the kind of conversation where he muttered to himself. The content of the conversation was about the weather, salary, wife, kids, and other trivial things.
Through Odork's words, Kieran understood the world he was in.
On the third day, after finishing the pea-flavored liquid food, Kieran was pushed into the principal's office again.
With the previous interaction, Emma Eddie was more familiar with the task. After Pudder and Odork left, she helped Kieran to remove his restraints.
"How was your day?"
Emma Eddie asked out of formality.
She would usually start the conversation with the same question.
She never thought Kieran would answer, but this time, it was different.
But this time, it was different. Kieran spoke.
"Not much."
Kieran said.
Emma Eddie was stunned when she heard Kieran's voice. She then looked at Kieran with joy.
"It's the first time I've heard your voice, not bad."
Emma Eddie tried her best to be friendly.
"I've seen you like this a few times, it really isn't much. You're better suited for a leather jacket, T-shirt, jeans, and a buzz cut. If you had a nose stud, it would be perfect."
Kieran said calmly.
"Are you imagining me as some kind of character?"
Emma Eddie asked with a frown.
"Of course not.
I'm just stating the fact. Until now, I still can't tell how you … No, how you people appeared, but you people seem to want me to believe that I'm a crazy murderer. The restraints on me, the gazes of the people around me, it's all the same.
Odork's narration is telling me the integrity of this world every day, but he's too much.
"But he went too far. Or rather, you were eager to make me believe that this was a complete world and used him and the family he made up to deceive me, but you neglected the fact that a caregiver who was a smoker and was meticulous would never come home and appear with a heavy smell of smoke every time if he had a wife and children, especially when he indicated that he had to take the shuttle bus to and fro every day in a hurry and had no more free time, so he had to smoke a few cigarettes while waiting for the elevator."
Of course, it's not just that.
"He said that his salary is very small, and he loves his wife and children very much. So, for the sake of his wife and children, he should smoke one or two cigarettes less, not two or three packs a day like he is now. It's just normal."
And yesterday, he said it was raining and the floor was slippery, so he almost fell. His shoes are clean, you can say he wiped them, but what about his pants? He has been wearing that pair of trousers ever since I met him. He even purposely showed me his wife's handiwork — there was an extra pant tray so that he could better fit the belt in. "
"If you say all these are just my delusion.
Then … "
"I want to see Ferris!
I don't want to hear his voice or see his picture, I want to see the real Ferris in front of me!
Can you do it? "
Kieran emphasized each and every word.
Emma Eddie's expression was obviously dull.
"You obviously can't do it.
Maybe you have a complete set of memories about yourself in your mind, you even know where Ferris went, but you can't rely on those memories to find him.
Because … "
"Creating you, Chief Pudder, and Odork is the limit.
It can't create someone like Ferris, whose bloodline has transcended and reached a certain level, let alone someone like Drexton.
It can't even replicate Drexton's voice and image.
Otherwise, it would have used a more convincing Drexton to become the dean of this place, not Ferris. "
As Kieran's words subsided, Emma Eddie, who was in a daze, moved.
She was as stiff as a puppet, turning around and looking at Kieran.
"You've won this time!
But this is just the beginning!
You will be drowned by the illusions in the end! "
After the cold, mechanical voice, everything before Kieran's eyes shattered.
Darkness descended.
Light shone.
When Kieran regained his sight, he was sitting on a sofa, his backpack beside his feet.
Everything around him was very familiar as well.
17th Randletine Street, the study room.
This was the place he stayed in for a long time in the last dungeon world, and it had far exceeded his knowledge of other places.
Therefore, he was very familiar with everything in the study room.
From the arrangement of the bookshelf, the brightness of the table lamp, to the position of each book, Kieran memorized everything in his heart.
After checking them one by one, they were all the same as he remembered.
When Kieran opened the study room door, Ferris and Odork were busy.
"My lord, your lunch will be ready soon, please wait for a moment.
Of course, if you have any special needs, please let me know. "
Ferris bowed respectfully and elegantly, just like a real butler.
"No, just do it at your own pace, Ferris."
Kieran then sat down on the chair.
"Yes, my lord."
A quick reply later, Ferris and Odork got to work.
Just as Ferris said, lunch was ready very quickly.
Since Kieran refused to drink alcohol, the aperitif was replaced with honey and lemon water, but Ferris still followed the etiquette and took out a frozen cup from the fridge.
The cold, sour and sweet taste spread from his tongue to his stomach. Kieran couldn't help but straighten his body, feeling a little eager.
The appetizer was honey chicken wings. The wings were boneless and could be eaten in one bite. The stack of chicken wings disappeared the moment it was served.
When the bread, butter, and cheese were served, the cream of oyster soup was still half-full and the salad was almost finished.
Kieran tore the bread, soaked up the soup and put it into his mouth. The soup filled his mouth in an instant, he couldn't help but grunt in satisfaction.
The steamed lobster and steak were served together.
Beside the plate, Ferris thoughtfully placed a glass of water.
After gulping down the water, Kieran grabbed the juiciest part of the lobster and stuffed it into his mouth. It was delicious and not astringent. There was no other accompaniment, the freshness of the lobster was the best guarantee.
The same went for the steak, but the sauce was more prominent. Instead of red wine, Kieran used white pepper and kale sauce to seal the freshness of the beef, especially the perfect heat control. It made the sirloin steak on the back of the beef tenacious, yet it wouldn't get stuck in one's teeth.
For dessert, Ferris chose lemon mousse to neutralize the oily taste.
Kieran gulped it down and picked up the drink that was served again.
It wasn't honey and lemon water anymore but apple juice.
It was the same sweet and sour taste but a little richer.
Kieran slowly stood up with the glass in his hand. After drinking the last bit of apple juice, he slowly said, "This is really good! Other than … that place where I can eat food of similar quality, I haven't met such an excellent chef.
I didn't find it in Alkender City before because I didn't search carefully enough. Or did your cooking improve tremendously in such a short period of time, reaching a level that others couldn't even reach? "
Kieran put down his glass and walked towards Ferris as he spoke.
However, before Kieran could get close, Ferris vanished into thin air.
Without a doubt, this was still an illusion.
When everything returned to normal, Kieran was already standing in Smorewill Street.
The area around him still had the traces of his battle with Grudge Dragon and Death Knell.
Drexton was running towards him with the other superheroes of Alkender City.
Every single one of them showed joy from the bottom of their hearts.
Of course, they had reasons to be happy.
One needed to know that this time, not only did they clean up the malignant tumors in Smorewill Street, Glutton Emperor even killed Grudge Dragon and Death Knell, the two bastards that caused people to feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping.
Maybe as time went by, new bastards would appear in Alkender City.
However, in the foreseeable future, the common citizens of Alkender City would enjoy a long and peaceful life.
Those bastards who used Grudge Dragon and Death Knell as their role models would surely learn a lesson from this incident.
Everything was done by the man before their eyes.
Especially after they heard what Willis the Eye said, all the extraordinary individuals felt fortunate and proud to have a companion like Kieran.
The most excited one among them was Drexton, the Fist of Justice.
He walked up to Kieran and hugged Kieran uncontrollably.
"Well done, 2567!
Did you know?
I … "
"Who are you?"
Kieran's voice interrupted Drexton's words.
Drexton wanted to step back out of instinct but Kieran locked him in his arms, only his upper body could move back.
Drexton's face was filled with astonishment and disbelief.
It seemed like he didn't know how Kieran noticed him.
He had discarded all his scruples and used all the power he had stored up to the best of his ability, yet he was still discovered.
Right at that moment, Kieran's calm voice sounded again.
"So it really is fake."
'Drexton' was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red.
"Are you lying to me?!"
Drexton shouted.
But it was useless, Kieran tightened his arms around Drexton.
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