To his surprise, her eyes were unusually bright, almost as though she was actually a young lady…

“You know, people who don’t listen to advice are prone to getting fed to the sharks…” muttered the old woman as she looked to the side.

“I appreciate your concern, but I’ll be off,” replied Gerald as he bowed toward her before hurrying off…

After Gerald swiftly disappeared around the corner, the old woman slowly straightened her back… revealing that she wasn’t hunch-backed at all! Shaking her head, she then muttered in a much clearer voice, “So that’s the Herculean Primordial Spirit that father told me about… To think that it’d be in a young man’s body! Things will surely get troublesome if he has a powerful background…”

Naturally, Gerald had no idea about any of this, and he simply continued assuming that the old woman had said all that out of kindness. Still, desp