What the hell did this crazy old man just say?

"Did he just ask me to… touch him?"

A wave of revulsion surged through me, and I instinctively scratched at my ears, hoping I’d misheard.

But judging by the Hermit’s utterly ruined expression, I wasn’t the only one who’d heard it.

One look at his face told me everything. He was clearly thinking the same thing I was.

And as expected—

“You senile fool… have you lost your mind?”

The Hermit bluntly voiced what I’d wanted to say, and it was oddly satisfying. Not that it made any of this …