Truly, he had told her he would call after a week.
He had even promised.
But not only had a week passed—a total of three weeks had gone by.
And he never called. Neither did he pick up her calls.
As much as he wanted to argue that it was because he was in slumber—and that if he had been awake, he would have definitely called—Morgaine, or anyone for that matter, would never believe such an excuse.
A person remaining in cultivation for three weeks straight, without consciousness, was unheard of.
But that wasn't the case for Ryuk.
He was made of Nanobots, and once his body began its evolution, his consciousness was completely snuffed out.
He could remain in that state for weeks—or even months afterall, his last evolution had kept him in slumber for six months straight.
But Morgiane didn't understand this.
And that made it feel as if she was the only one who cared about their relationship.
