After all, dwarves were rare, but they did exist.
Though he'd never seen one.
"An old man?"
Zhang Lei asked to make sure.
Green hair...
It wasn't anything unbelievable...
It was just that, generally speaking, people with green hair were young.
It was the first time he'd heard of an old man...
He couldn't help being a little shocked.
"He was an old man."
The older man confirmed.
"...That fashionable?"
Zhang Lei clicked his tongue.
"Had he dyed his hair green?"
"Or was he wearing a wig?"
"I don't know."
The older man shook his head.
"I only saw him once."
After that, no matter how much he wanted to see the old man again, he never got the chance.
"And that green skin..."
Zhang Lei looked uneasy.
The strangest thing was that green skin.
There were only three skin colors in the world: white, yellow, and black.
Where had green skin come from?
"...Did he paint it on himself?"
The older man paused in surprise.
Then he shook his head. "I don't know."
"I was so little back then, and I only saw him once..."
How could he have figured that out?
Besides...
"What he said had such a huge impact on me."
"I didn't notice anything else."
"What did he say?"
Zhang Lei was curious.
He felt that...
The old man's appearance was already shocking enough.
Just imagining it now...
Was difficult enough for him.
And yet what the old man said had been even more shocking?
"He told me..."
The older man paused, then pretended to be nonchalant as he said, "He was the one who'd caused all the bad luck I'd had during that time."
A few seconds of silence...
"...What?!"
Zhang Lei's mouth fell open.
Had