Chapter 457: The One Who Went Back
The Day Before Sophia Regained Consciousness
Orion did not speak immediately.
He only looked at Jarek, who swallowed nervously.
The sound was small in the still room, but to him it felt loud.
Orion finally spoke, after what felt like an eternity to Jarek.
"Your name is Jarek, right?" he asked Jarek.
Jarek nodded at once.
"Yes."
He knew who the man in front of him was. He had seen him before and up close. He didn't know the man's name, nor could he really say that he knew the man as one knew a friend or sworn brother, but he knew the man in front of him as one knew a stranger. Someone he could point out in a crowd and tell people that he had seen before.
And he could also talk about how impressive the man on the chair next to the bed had been when they had fought those beasts.
To Jarek, Orion was the man who moved through beasts like they were nothing, even though they weren't.
