“…Don’t tell me… You don’t remember anything at all?” replied Gerald.

Shaking his head in his slight confusion, it truly appeared that he had no memory of what had just taken place.

“…Tell me, why did you swallow the vampiric pearl?” asked Gerald. After all, had the old man not swallowed it, he wouldn’t have entered that maddened state.

“I… What? I… swallowed it…?!” replied Old Flint, his eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Gerald.

“You did! After swallowing it, you turned into a madman and started attacking us!” explained Gerald.

After hearing everything that had happened from Gerald, Old Flint couldn’t help but look at the pearl—that was still on the ground—as he muttered in his bewilderment, “…I… The last thing I remember was you giving the pearl to me… I had no idea I did all that after that!”

Staring at the old man, Gerald had a feeling that he wasn’t lying. Call it a gut feeling, but Gerald chose to believe Old Flint’s point of view.

However, if Old Flint trul