Chapter 52: Chapter 52: The Test Starts

"Please keep your voice down… I am thinking."

"Lucian… bro!?"

Harvey did not really know what to do as Lucian just suddenly grabbed someone by the cheek. So far every time he had been with him, he had always been extremely calm — and yet right now, for almost no reason at all… he was trying to start something.

"L… let go of me!" The boy tried prying Lucian's hand away, but he was not able to at all, "What the—why is this spirit infant so strong!? Let… Let go of me!"

"Okay."

The boy then just found himself tumbling backward as Lucian just let go of him without any warning at all.

"I apologize," Lucian let out a small sigh as he glanced at the boy, "It would seem I am not myself today — my thoughts are melding too much with the outside noise."

"What are you even—"

"What is this commotion all about?"