Miss Zhifeng stared at Andreas, who was holding her sheathed katana, and the only evidence that his heart was pierced was his clothes torn from the center of his chest to his side.
She sighed and pulled another katana out of nowhere and pointed it at Andreas after unsheathing. "Who are you, and what did you do to me?" Miss Zhifeng asked.
"Andreas... and I don't feel like explaining to a..." Andreas thought for a second and with a cheeky smile he said. "A crashout like you."
Dang froze in thought as she felt slight familiarity with the word crashout.
"Anyway, who are you? I don't think I did anything to you that would make you want to kill me." Andreas continued.
Dang closed her eyes and turned her head from side to side. Then she looked at Andreas and answered. "I am Zhifeng Dang. It is true you didn't do anything to warrant my reaction and I understand that your recent action can be considered self defense."
"Yeah?"
"But you did something I did not like, explain why I was unable to think properly the last hour or two." She ordered while stealing a glance at the sun and returning her gaze to Andreas. "And I will not kill."
"Okay?" Andreas instinctively answered and scratched his chin and cheek with his thumb.
He shrugged and answered, "I don't get how I did it, but I gave you ideas that distracted you from normal thought like lazing around in your room with nothing to do or watch."
Dang squinted and thought.
Impossible... no, no, that should be impossible. How can he be able to do that when he's so weak.
"I see. It is unfortunate but I can't allow someone like you to live, you pow..."
"Miss Dang!" Interjected Andreas. "Before you do anything rash, can I ask you one last question."
"..."
"English or Spanish?"
And with that, Miss Dang fell as if her body had shut down.
Andreas laughed and covered his face with his hands and said. "I can't believe I said that."
He then walked to Dang and placed his fingers on her neck and his ear to her mouth and sighed as her heart was still beating and she was still breathing.
Andreas turned and walked in the direction he felt Anat, Nanna, and the blue cat were hiding.
After taking a couple of steps, he turned back and looked at Dang.
Andreas sighed and came closer to Dang and tried to lift her.
Struggling to even lift his head, he put his hands on his hips, exhaled deeply, and said, "Damn! How heavy can she be?"
He sighed and scratched his forehead with his thumb.
I guess I could try using my power, hehe. So what should I use. The force??? No, would that be disrespectful... but I can't enhance my body for now... oh, I got it.
Andreas raised his hands, and as if on command, Miss Dang began to float, then Andreas raised both hands below her and carried her like a princess.
"..."
He walked for about ten minutes until Naxys and Dongmei fell from the sky and landed in front of him.
Andreas saw the beautiful woman and twisted his face and took a step back.
Naxys, who was wearing a very revealing Greek goddess black dress, said with a welcoming smile, "Hello Andreas."
"Uh... hi." He said instinctively.
"Come now, don't tell me you forgot me already. It's me, the... Naxys." She said with a wider smile and held back on asserting her goddess title.
"What?" Andreas asked with a high pitched tone.
"Oh. Oh, okay." Andreas said, feeling embarrassed about mistaking him... her as a man.
"I didn't recognize you with... that very bold dress." Andreas said with a crushing feeling in his heart, feeling that he shouldn't have said what he said.
"Yes, right. I could not have you mistaking me as a man after all." Naxys said while placing her hand on his chest.
"Sorry?"
"It's okay."
"Mr. Andreas?" Dongmei asked.
"Yes."
"What are you planning on doing with Master Zhifeng?" She asked as casually as she could.
"Not really, I was just gonna leave her somewhere safe like a clinic or something."
"I see, then may I return her home?" She asked.
Andreas looked at Naxys and thought to himself that if she regards her as her master she can be trusted, at least a little bit.
"Sure." Andreas smiled and floated Miss Zhifeng towards Dongmei.
Dongmei carried Miss Zhifeng on her shoulder and felt amused as she felt her master's light body.
Dongmei thanked Andreas and Naxys and left in only a blur as she ran far into the street to their left.
"..."
"So Miss Naxys, can I trust her?"
"Definitely! She is her faithful student, after all."
"Okay, um, another thing, what now? Do you have something important you want to do? Since you got here early." He said while keeping his usual smile.
"Early, what do you mean it's already been 4 days. Aren't I technically late?"
"Late??? How?"
"..."
"I don't know, you must have lost track of time somewhere."
Andreas searched his memory and remembered one moment where he could have lost track of time, which was the painful experience of his body degrading.
No, that's not right, I didn't lose consciousness, I remember every hour very vividly. So when?
Andreas twisted and turned his head, he rubbed his chin and realized that he had ignored the odd and extremely long movie he saw. He thought it was a dream he had experienced. But now he also realized that the city he was in was reduced to rubble.
"Oh! Damn." Andreas said with a grin showing only his upper teeth as he thought of how cool it was to have his first state of unconsciousness and surviving what was most likely a nuke.
"Okay!"
"..." Naxys watched Andreas, who was lost in thought, and asked, "Andreas what do you want to do now?"
"Huh! Oh yeah. So... right, I'm thinking of going ghost hunting, then try the monster mansion thing.... what about you?"
"I will follow you. I'm very interested in your journey." She said while leaning close enough to kiss Andreas.