Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 172

Chapter 172: Home
While Caleb tried to escape from his endless duty, Hans made his way toward the suggested location with the aid of his phone.

‘It’s… here’

He stopped in front of a little modern bar before entering it.

‘There doesn’t seem to be anything out of place at first sight but… if someone with mana comes here…

I see’

“Good evening, I’m sorry but we are closing early today, I can make you something real quick otherwise you might have to eat outside”

Said a middle-aged man coming out of the back of the bar.

“So? What do you want?”

“I think I might take a blue flower drink, I heard it was a must if I came here”

The man was shocked when hearing that phrase.

But he soon regained composure and continued the discussion as if nothing had happened.

“Oh, yes, of course, unfortunately, I already brought the last ones in the basement, could you do me a favor and take them yourself? I can’t leave the shop without surveillance, so It’s on the house.”

“Thank you, I will get back as soon as I find what I’m looking for”

Hans walked toward the door he had been pointed to before opening it and stepping down the stairs that stood beyond it.

After a few steps, he reached an underground floor that he had detected when analyzing that place as soon as he entered.

“Welcome”

Greeted a man dressed in a black robe.

The lights were off, and the person was dressed in black, but thanks to his skill, Hans could clearly identify their rank.

It was a woman in her late thirties with the power of a low (B-rank)

‘Not bad for a random person in one of the countless branches’

Thought Hans.

However, the attitude of the woman changed as soon as he recognized the characteristics of the young man.

‘He… he’s..’

She, who had previously been asking mysteriously, got up from her seat and bowed her head to Hans.

“It’s an honor to host you here Mr. Hans”

‘Well… they are renowned for knowing everything, so it would’ve been strange not to know about me.

But her reaction seems a little bit too extreme, I heard that even high-ranking awakened and powerful politicians do not get any privileges, so what is going on here?

Was what I heard simply a lie? Or is something else happening?’

“You must be one of the informants.

Does that mean I can directly ask you the things?”

“In a normal car that would be the case but-

“But? Is this not a normal case?”

“Mr. Hans, please forgive my lack of ability, but we will not be able to provide you with any information”

“What does this mean?

Is the night market implying they do not want to have anything to do with me?”

“Please, do not take offense in my actions, I am merely obeying the orders from above”

“From… above”

‘A B-rank agent is doing nothing but taking orders, to the point where she has to bow her head even while upholding the name of her agency…

Just…’

“…from how high are these orders coming from?”

“Th-the lady herself ordered this personally”

“The… lady?”

“Yes, Money Maven in person”

‘Money maven?! So she really is the leader of the Night market.

Some people speculated so because there are many cases of Night markets being inside Trading Centres…’

“What does Money Maven want from me?”

“She didn’t ask for anything, she just told us that we couldn’t provide you with any information and that we must not accept any payment either…”

“What?”

‘Fuck, even the night market won’t be able to help me now?’

Hans had already been rejected by the dean, and the night market’s lady seemed to hinder his plans even further.

“What is the meaning of this? Are you sure you are not just making things up?

Repeat it once again for me”

Hans was beginning to lose his patience, he had to find out a single piece of information, that was all he needed, and yet things seemed to do anything but go his way.

His disappointment was expressed in his skill {telekinesis} that wrapped around the woman and lifted her body off the ground, clenching her body like a giant hand.

“I- I told the truth”

Muttered the woman trying to release herself from Hans’s hold.

{mystic insight}

[this person is not lying]

Told the screen in front of Hans’s eyes.

‘Tch’

He thought as he released the spell.

“I’m sorry for the inconvenience,

though I must say… the customer service was really unworthy of the night market’s reputation”

“Wait please”

Said the woman holding her body up by helping herself with a chair.

“The lady told us to convey these words to you:”

“Uh?”

Questioned Hans turning around.

“As the rivers flow to the seas, and the leaves descend to the ground,

One’s Destiny is sealed and tightly bound.

No phrase can steer, no tale compel,

To draw me from my place where I dwell.

Where emotions stir, and my heart finds rest,

In this sanctuary, I am truly blessed.

However it might be, warm or freezing cold,

There is only one place I can call home.”

“That… is all she said to convey, the lady assured us you would understand.”

“So that’s how it is…”

Hans turned his back to the woman and walked out of there.

“I’m sorry for before, it seems like your lady is just playing around with me”

Soon after Hans walked up the stairs, the sound of the door being shut could be heard, and the woman could finally relax.

“Sigh… I don’t know what the hell crossed the lady’s mind, but if instead of someone like him she would’ve told us to convey the message to one of the S-rank psychopaths, in sure at least a couple of branches would’ve been annihilated.”

“Did you find the drink you were searching for?”

Asked the man beyond the counter.

“Let’s say I’ve found the recipe for it”

Replied Hans walking past him.

“Well, it’s still better than nothing”

“Yeah…sigh… that’s also true I guess”

‘I thought it could’ve been like that but… it was really you…

Emma’

Seven years earlier…

Hans was eleven, he was waiting patiently for his dad to finish the check-in before they could embark on the plane.

‘Strange’ he thought.

No matter how hard he asked for a reply, his parents never told him.

‘Why are we going back to Dad’s country?’

While he was thinking about all of that, his sister was just jumping from the excitement, unable to contain herself.

“Woohoo! We’re going to the US!

Come on Hans, smile a little bit more, mom and Dad might think you don’t like traveling”

“Sigh…. Yeah…”

‘That’s right, Mom and Dad know what they are doing, I’m sure we’ll be fine.

As long as this little pest’s happy…’

Thought Hans flicking his finger against his sister’s forehead.

“You’re so loud” he calmly said.

“Agh! That hurt, you damned brother, I swear I will start crying in front of all these people, and then we’ll see who gets the blame when Mom and Dad step in!”

“Do as you like, if you want to be ridiculed in front of all these people that is”

Her sister calmed down, and her mother walked towards them with a phone in her hands.

‘Aaak! Did she hear the discussion we’ve just had? I hope not, otherwise she’ll leave me without TV for a couple of days

“Hans”

“Y-yes mom?”

“Here, Emma’s mother asked me to let you see this, she said her daughter’s been acting really strange lately, probably because she’s stressed after entering middle school, but she still found some time to write you this, isn’t she such a cutie?”

“I bet it won’t hurt to have one more person in our family”

“Mom, you’re just making up strange ideas, please stop it”

As if his mother teasing him wasn’t enough, even his father popped up.

“Haha, my son is truly a second me, You’re that young and you’ve already infatuated a girl.”

“Dad… it’s not that way, she was just my friend”

“Yeah yeah sure, even I and your mom were friends once”

“That doesn’t mean anything, now if you would excuse me”

Hans walked away embarrassed; reading what was written on the phone in the meantime.

“Honey, I think our son might be acting a little strange too.

Do you think Emma influenced him?”

“No, they haven’t seen each other for over a year now, I’m sure it has nothing to do with her”

“Mh… oh! I get it”

“What! Really?”

“Yes, Hans…. He must be lovesick”

“Oh! That’s right”

Said his mother on the verge of shedding tears.

“I forgot to take into consideration his feelings when I made the decision to move.”

“Yes, and now they must be cursed with an impossible love”

“Sniff, sniff…. My poor son”

Hans, watching his mother from the distance, thought.

‘What the hell are they thinking about? I’m sure they’re both just throwing chucks of wood into that fiery imagination of theirs.

Actually, they are quite dangerous when it comes to these things since they fuel each other’s fantasies.’

“Anyway… Emma, what has gotten to you?

For you to write me a poem…

[Dear Hans:

….