As for why Shirley reacted as such; such contact would directly reach the soul, after all. It had skipped the entire process of the contact of skin, sending neural signals straight to the brain.

After hearing Shirley whimpering like a kitten, he immediately understood what was happening.

With this, Alex jumped away from Shirley, feeling slightly awkward. No one could tell, though, from his face being a mere skeleton.

He even acted casual about it. “As I said, don’t cry.”

As a dense person… N