"Hey, sir, where are you going?"
"Sir, wait!"
"Old man-"
Augustus called out several times.
But the Old Blind Man seemed to have something urgent to do. He abandoned even his noodles, stood up, and headed outside.
His movements looked slow but were actually fast. He weaved freely through the bustling street, nearly colliding with vehicles and people several times, but narrowly dodged them all.
Before long.
The Old Blind Man had vanished from sight.
Augustus stood frozen in place.
-He was definitely no ordinary man!
But why had he run off?
Something was wrong...
Logically, after my rebirth brought me back to this moment, everything at this moment should have been just as it was before.
But-
What was going on with this Old Blind Man?
Why was he different from last time?
As Augustus pondered this, a White-Robed Man gave a snort and said:
"A swindler like that, going around cheating people in broad daylight!"
"He was lucky he ran fast."
"Otherwise, I would have exposed him for what he was!"
Augustus felt relieved.
That matched.
Last time, it had been this White-Robed Man who helped the Old Blind Man up, then asked him to tell his fortune.
Perhaps...
I shouldn't have offered to buy the Old Blind Man noodles.
If I hadn't stepped forward, the waiter would have driven the Old Blind Man out, and then the White-Robed Man would have invited him back into the noodle shop to tell his fortune.
So I was the one who affected all this?
The more Augustus thought about it, the more he felt this was his fault.
"Hey, the noodles you ordered are ready."
The waiter brought over a bowl of noodles, then stared at Augustus, seemingly afraid he would refuse to pay.
After all, this was the bowl