Chapter 1463: Compensation
The book, which should have been transparent and slowly fading away, began to shake violently the moment Gluttony pounced on it, as if it had encountered its natural enemy.
Its rate of disappearance abruptly more than doubled.
But to Gluttony, who burst forth with three hundred percent speed when faced with food, it was still far too slow.
Gluttony grabbed the book, which had already vanished by more than half, then shook a hand. The mostly vanished book immediately reappeared in full.
Then?
Gluttony opened a mouth wide, stuffed the entire book inside, chewed it several times as if chewing beef, and swallowed it.
"G-Good! Delicious!"
Gluttony stammered out the most direct expression of its feelings to Qin Ran.
"Do you remember the taste?"
Qin Ran asked with a smile.
"I remember!"
Gluttony nodded.
"Can you find it?"
Qin Ran was still smiling.
"Yes!"
Gluttony nodded again.
"Then what are you waiting for?"
"I permit you to eat anything that tastes like what you just had until sunrise... no matter what it is."
Qin Ran said calmly.
Before Qin Ran had even finished speaking, Gluttony vanished.
Once Gluttony had disappeared, a trace of coldness rose in Qin Ran's eyes.
Especially after he summoned Rufu and learned that there was only one book concerning a god in the entire library—the Treatise on Temple Development in Navia City—that coldness intensified further.
There was no doubt that this was a trap aimed at him.
And who in the entire Gold Fief knew that he would enter the section containing books about Gods?
The answer was obvious.
Other than the God of Knowledge who had just revealed himself, Qin Ran could think of no other possibility.
Qin Ran had always been wary of unfamiliar beings, but he did not kill innocents