(Island Man and Woman)
If he could avoid getting involved with Night Raid, he would say as little as possible. He could just slowly change Esdeath's personality, so that when she eventually found out, her backlash would not be too severe.
Esdeath's expression changed when she heard Chen Fan say that. Stylish had told her that Chen Fan might have Danger Beast blood in his body. At the time, that had made Esdeath feel that the two of them were even more compatible.
Given what she knew of Stylish's personality, he really might lay a hand on Chen Fan for the sake of an experiment. If Stylish succeeded under the pretense of investigating him, she might never find Chen Fan again. Damn it.
"Is that why you left? Why didn't you tell me? Did you think I wouldn't forgive you? That I'd punish you?" Esdeath asked Chen Fan.
"That was part of the reason, but there were other reasons too," Chen Fan said.
"No matter the reason, I'm not letting you run away this time!" Esdeath held Chen Fan tightly, clearly having no intention of letting go. Even Chen Fan found her possessiveness a little hard to bear.
Just then, Chen Fan frowned and raised the sword in his hand. With a swing, "Whoosh...!" he sent a Vacuum Slash toward a boulder.
As though it had noticed Chen Fan making a move, after he unleashed the Vacuum Slash, a black figure swiftly darted from behind that boulder and hid behind another.
"Boom!" The boulder Chen Fan had struck was sliced in two. The two halves slowly shifted apart, and the upper half fell to the ground.
When Esdeath saw Chen Fan's sudden attack and the shadow from before, she realized she had let her guard down. All her attention had