254: Suspect

Suspect

Of course, the identity of that voice was that of the long-eared beautiful woman whose room he had accidentally peered into just a while ago. For some reason, she was looking at him with a deep frown on her face, displaying slight hostility towards him.2

'What's up with her? What's up with these questions? She couldn't have possibly realized that I was the one who peeked at her, right? That shouldn't be possible as I left my assigned room right away when the commotion started. Does she also have some ability to sense my existence despite my concealed state?'

Randy wondered if this person was like the black-horned demon, who had a special ability that allowed him to perceive his existence even though he was concealed at that time.

During this time, the long-eared beautiful woman was also having her own thoughts as she leered at him with a suspicious gaze.

'Although he appears to be weak since I can't sense his true strength, there's still this uncomfortable feeling I get from those chaotic auras his body is emitting. Is he the one who peeked at me just now? Though the people who peeked at me carried no malicious intention, that person was able to elude my senses if not because of...'

'Furthermore, I sensed this human's aura in one of the rooms next to mine, so he is a suspect. However, just now, he said that he left during the time when the potion was being auctioned, so he couldn't have been the one who peered at the room I was assigned. But what if he's lying about when he left his room?'

While she was deliberating this, Randy suddenly said: "Excuse me, but who are you? I don't think I know you, so there's no need for me to answer any of your interrogative questions. I didn't steal anything from you, after all."

Hearing his rude remark, the entourage behind the woman fumed with anger and he immediately shouted.

"This insolent fool—" 

The long-eared, beautiful woman waved her hand dismissively, and the entourage immediately ceased his aggressive behavior.

She then turned to look at Randy and coldly said indifferently: "Brat, either you answer me, or I will force the answer out of you! Your choice. You pick!" 

"E-Esteemed Guest? This—"

Before the young lady of the Auction House could finish speaking, she was interjected by the long-eared beautiful woman.

"You stay out of this! I just want to find out who peeked into my room earlier! And I suspect that he might be the one! Though I have no proof to my claims, I can obtain one right now if he answers my questions truthfully." 

She glared at Randy before continuing in a cold tone: "Furthermore, I would let you know beforehand, but I can tell immediately if you lie to me, so keep that in mind."

"Now answer my first question. When did you actually leave your assigned room?"

Randy paused for a moment and then calmly said to her: "Like I said just now, I don't know you, so I have no reason to answer your question nor do any of your bidding for that matter." 

'This person seemed arrogant because of her status. But so what of it? I can't just bow to her just because she told me to.'

Randy had already met and dealt with many unreasonable people in the past, and most of them relied on their family status to bully others. 

In terms of family status, Randy could say that he had a considerable one— a strong background. However, his world was full of dangers from sudden invasions of other creatures from other worlds. 

Therefore, in order to prepare and nurture the children to survive in such a tumultuous world, parents aren't allowed to intervene with their children's problems at school, unless absolutely necessary. 

Furthermore, Randy never had a healthy relationship with his parents for the past four years. Therefore, he didn't like to rely on them, afraid they would only use that as an excuse to rebuke him for his incompetence. 

Moreover, his only dependable friend Jiang Chen advised him to tell his parents, but he refused each time with some random excuses. That was how things had been between him and his parents until he ultimately awakened his innate ability.

Even after awakening, that personality had stuck with him. Therefore, he subconsciously avoids depending on his parents as much as he can. As he strives to improve himself and gain even just a little bit of independence before he starts attending University. 

With that being said, he couldn't completely do everything by himself as he didn't have the fund to procure certain things for his strength improvement.

Regardless, he planned on facing any trouble that came his way with his own ability now that he had awakened. 

He had sworn to never let anyone trample on him again, and the same holds true for this long-eared beautiful woman, who seemed like nobility or monarch flaunting her authority and power to demand whatever she wanted, even if the opposition initially refused their demands.

"So you want to be forced, huh? Very good!" 

The long-eared beautiful woman spoke shortly after his stubborn response, which had left her stunned for a moment.

BOOM! 

The moment the long-eared beautiful woman finished speaking, she exploded with this immense presence and pressure that caused the surrounding air to ripple and bend to her will. 

However, this pressure was not the kind that would actively inflict physical damage, as such the building of the Crescent Moon Auction House was still intact. 

Even so, just because it doesn't inflict physical damage doesn't mean that it is harmless. This was because being affected by this pressure would cause the targeted victim to feel tremendous pressure on their psyche, inducing fear and powerlessness shortly after. 

The long-eared beautiful woman had this prideful look on her face as she waited for Randy to grovel on the ground with a painful and distorted expression as a result of her pressure. 

But to her surprise, Randy was casually standing there, unperturbed by the pressure that caused everyone within the Crescent Moon Auction House to be unable to breathe due to the immensity of the mental pressure. 

Though these people were not the focus of the pressure, they still felt as though they were sinking in a bottomless ocean unable to breathe and could only choke. 

Meanwhile, after feeling the pressure on his body for a while, Randy could finally understand the purpose of this pressure that had no effect on him whatsoever at first. 

'So this affects the mind, huh? Is it a mental attack? No wonder, I've been feeling this prickling sensation in my mind as when my Dimensional Sense skill was forcefully deactivated.' 

Randy silently thought to himself as he felt the pressure on his body increasing as time passed by. 

Moments later, Randy suddenly smiled and thought to himself, 'However, this is not too bad. In fact, this mental pressure is actually helping me improve my mental energy that was previously difficult to control properly. Who would've thought that this was a blessing in disguise?' 

On the other hand, when the long-eared beautiful woman saw him suddenly smiling despite the mental pressure she placed on him, she was in disbelief for a few moments before she immediately fumed with anger, increasing the intensity of her pressure by many folds. 

'Oooh! This is better than I thought. I can feel my mental energy saturating and turning into a liquified state, making it easy to… Wait! Liquified state? Was that supposed to happen?'

Although Randy knew that this mental pressure was helping rather than harming him, he had never thought his mental energy which was scattered around in his mind would suddenly coalesce and change into a liquid-like state, almost as though it was undergoing a qualitative change. 

However, even though he had no idea what this change would bring about, he instinctively knew that it wouldn't be detrimental to him. If anything, after all the mental energy has coalesced into a liquified state, this would improve his mental abilities and skills such as All Law Seeker ability and Dimensional Sense skill. 

'What the heck is this brat's brain made out of? Why isn't he falling to his knees and groveling at my feet?' The long-eared beautiful woman was in disbelief, as she watched Randy standing without any sign of pain on his face.

'This is already the most effective non-violent method I could use to subdue him without inflicting severe damage to his brain. If this doesn't work, I would have to use some of my strength to knock him out first…' 

'No, this is not our territory. If anything happens to him, it might potentially spur war between us, and that was something that we don't have the means to participate in. Furthermore, he seems to be treated as an esteemed guest, meaning he has some reputation among humans.'

With a serious frown on her face, the long-eared beautiful woman contemplated quietly.

Moments later, she couldn't tolerate it anymore as she became frustrated by the smug look on Randy's face as he endured her mental pressure and shouted in annoyance. 

"Damn brat! You forced my hands!"

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