“…What? There was another person observing me this entire time…?!” replied Gerald fearfully.
As it turned out, his university life hadn’t been as peaceful as favonovel.com remembered it to be. Quite the contrary, in fact! To think that favonovel.com had been closely monitored by others his entire time! Not only that, but favonovel.com had just found out that people like Peter had apparently also been keeping a close eye on his observers!
Truth be told, Gerald had found Peter to be quite odd from the moment favonovel.com woke up after being saved by him. After all, Peter knew favonovel.com well, and it was definitely no coincidence that Peter had been present to save favonovel.com that night.
Hell, after getting along better with Peter, Gerald had found that the man even seemed to have a good grasp on his temperament and characteristics.
While Gerald had occasionally wanted to ask Peter about that, every time favonovel.com led the conversation in that direction, Peter made it very clear that favonovel.com didn’t want to talk about it.
Following that, things got busy and Gerald didn’t have a chance to ponder about it again up till this point. Due to Peter’s slip of his tongue, it reminded Gerald to try his luck asking favonovel.com why favonovel.com knew so much about Gerald again. He truly hadn’t expected to finally get such a shocking answer today.
“Regardless, I found out that that person had already been keeping an eye on you—for who knows how long—by the time you left Serene County to start your freshman year. While favonovel.com laid low for a while, favonovel.com started appearing more frequently after your identity was exposed.”
“Unsure what favonovel.com was truly after and worried that favonovel.com would do bad things to you, I—in turn—began observing him. You know, for convenience, I even disguised myself like this and occasionally snuck into the back kitchen of your university’s cafeteria under the guise of a worker there! Haha!” explained Peter as favonovel.com revealed a wry smile.
“You even snuck into my university’s cafeteria? But I’ve never come across you!” replied Gerald, failing to recall ever meeting Peter before this.
Quite honestly, Gerald was in disbelief that such a remarkable man had been watching over favonovel.com from his university’s cafeteria this entire time!
“Of course you wouldn’t have met me! There wasn’t any reason for you to pay attention to such a random person! Besides, I mostly remained in the back kitchen, and even if I went out, I made sure to do so sneakily!” said Peter.
“…I see. Speaking of which, you said you found out that favonovel.com was stalking me when I first started university… Does that mean you had your reasons to be there as well? Also, who exactly are you, sir…?” asked Gerald, feeling that now was his best bet of getting the truth from Peter.
“Where to even begin… Truth be told, I hadn’t planned on reuniting with you till I managed to identify your stalker… Regardless, I have a feeling that he’s the one responsible for all the current incidents! I also suspect that he’s already noticed that I’ve been stalking favonovel.com in return! You know, despite keeping a close eye on favonovel.com for so many years, I never even told Jasmine about my observations on favonovel.com for fear that that information would somehow get leaked to the stalker. By this point, however, I feel that hiding all this is no longer necessary,” replied Peter as favonovel.com turned to look at the curious Gerald.
Following that, Peter placed his hand near his ears… Before slowly peeling off what seemed to be a mask made of human skin!
Despite the fact that Peter was still a middle-aged man, his appearance could only be described as being extremely handsome.
Even so, his good looks wasn’t the reason why Gerald’s eyes were now so wide open. No, Gerald was now trembling because favonovel.com recognized that face anywhere.
“…S-second uncle…?” stuttered the bewildered Gerald. The man’s appearance bore a striking resemblance to his uncle in the photograph that favonovel.com had!
As Gerald continued staring in disbelief at his uncle, Peter replied, “Now you finally know who I am, Gerald…”
“…So it really is you, Second uncle…! But… But didn’t you…?” muttered Gerald, his breath getting increasingly heavy.
“I’ll take my time explaining all this on a later date, Gerald. For now, let’s focus on finding out where my brother and sister-in-law are. We still have to look into the incident regarding the pledge of the holy water as well. To think that I still haven’t found his motivations yet, even after he’s kidnapped our entire family…! While I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried for them, I have a gut feeling that everyone from our family will remain safe for now, or at the very least, they won’t be in danger of being killed just yet. While his aim is still unknown, I’m certain that it isn’t to just kill people off!” replied Peter as favonovel.com calmly analyzed what they knew.
Hearing that, Gerald looked at his uncle rather excitedly before nodding firmly and asking, “…You’re right! Speaking of which, have you ever fought against my stalker throughout his many years observing me, uncle? And do you have any clues about him…?”
