Noah was deeply confused about what she had just said to him, his mind completely reeling as he tried to guess what could possibly be coming next.
Given everything that had already transpired over the past week, the bar for what qualified as truly bizarre in his life had been raised to an unbelievable level.
'After all that's happened to me… I wonder what she's about to tell me that would sound crazy?' he thought, a silent wave of bewilderment washing over his mind.
He had literally died, returned to the living world, gained a system, and climbed to the absolute peak of human magical existence.
From his perspective, there was virtually nothing left in the world that could genuinely shock him or sound too wild to believe.
That alone made him even more intensely curious about whatever it was she wanted to say, and he immediately laid rapt attention to her every movement.
His previous internal guilt and casual amusement vanished for now, replaced by alertness.
