Chapter 289: Great Expectations and Small Help
Under the expectant gazes of the two beside him, Big Silly Hum scratched his head, pried open the medicine bottle with a fingernail, then carefully tipped his head back and poured the Rage Fighter Potion into his mouth. Only after draining every last drop did he lower his arm, pinching the bottle between two thick fingers as he handed it back.
Ruger took the empty potion bottle, and he and Aisijin both widened their eyes as they stared at Big Silly Hum.
Perhaps embarrassed by being watched, Big Silly Hum, who was sitting there blankly, scratched his head again.
Aisijin's big eyes were full of curiosity.
Ruger, meanwhile, was wondering whether something might go wrong with the potion.
Under the tense watch of the two, Big Silly Hum finally reacted.
The tall, sturdy body of the draconic kobold began to tremble. Big Silly Hum suddenly reached out and grabbed his knee—not for support or leverage, but simply to clutch his own body tightly, doing everything he could to control himself.
Ruger watched Big Silly Hum's face.
His expression was where Big Silly Hum changed the most. One moment, his eyes were wide with fury, murder in the air; the next, his gaze was gentle and his face looked guileless.
As time passed, Big Silly Hum's trembling gradually subsided.
Yet his facial expressions continued to shift without pause. Only when everything finally stilled did Ruger fix his gaze on his eyes.
Big Silly Hum's eyes were the change that lasted the longest.
His eyeballs suddenly trembled slightly, as though he had remembered something exciting. Then a trace of fear appeared, before turning savage. Endless fury began to churn in his bloodshot eyes, and the corners of them had long since been stretched to the