A loud gasp was heard from everyone who couldn't believe what all of us were hearing.
"N-nicolai? You are Nicolai? How… isn't he—aren't you dead?"
"Dead? Who killed me, Felicity? Wilfred?" he laughed at his own joke.
"It's true? You're not denying it? You really are Nicolai?"
He gave me a different kind of smile, one that made my skin shiver. Far from the warm smile Jaze always has on his face. Soon I couldn't even recognize him anymore as he transformed into someone I had never met before.
Nicolai…
"Ah… " he stretched his neck and arms from left to right as if it would give him some relief. It's been a very long time since I changed into this form. Ever since Wilfred agreed to take me to the tyrant hunt. I never thought you'd even recognize me, Mother."
"How could I not?"
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