I Can Copy And Evolve Talents

Chapter 833: Deception

'Huh? She stopped moving?'

Northern's interception had been swift, perhaps too swift—so fast that she hadn't even registered it properly. He had expected some kind of instinctual reaction, some frenzied movement the moment he stepped tightly into her space.

But instead, she froze.

Wide-eyed. Motionless. Hands suspended mid-air, not even attempting to maneuver her strike. She simply stared at him, blinking.

He didn't understand.

Then again, he had never truly understood women—not in this world, not even in his previous one.

Back then, he had been grateful that someone had loved him first, approached him first, married him first—so he never had to wrestle with the complexities of navigating the mind of a woman.

But of course, that person had turned out to be a liar. A cheater. A betrayal carved into his bones.

Everything he thought he had learned from her had long been discarded—burned to ash. He had come to believe they were nothing but falsehoods, spun by a foolish girl to manipulate his naïveté. And she had succeeded.

Even so…

'This situation needs to be handled.'

With Oblivion's Mark already activated, her abilities had been sealed. She had probably just felt the sudden change in her weight, the sharp drop in her speed.

Northern let out a quiet sigh and reached forward.

He grasped her wrist, slowly lowering her arm, keeping his touch controlled yet firm. His other hand shifted behind her lower back, steadying her in case she lost balance.

Still, no reaction. She was too frozen to resist.

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