"Ohh, distinguished one! If you are asking about this one's name, it is..."

"The Enlightened One."

The man...the Enlightened One said with a smile as he looked down at Desire.

It was a bizarre and weird name for one to have, but that was this man's name.

It wasn't some nickname or something like that, it was his real name.

However, Desire wasn't listening to what the Enlightened One said at all as he was just surprised.

After all, the Enlightened One was able to read his mind. Desire just thought of the man's identity, and he immediately answered as if it were the normal thing to do.

That was...something impossible, but it didn't shock Desire as much as it did before.

After all, Desire was trying so hard to keep his calm in this situation, and he tried hard to prevent himself from thinking.

If the Enlightened One could read minds, the only thing that Desire has to do to prevent that is to not think at all.

However, it seems that wouldn't work as the Enlightened One continued to prove Desire wrong as he spoke.

"Ohh, distinguished one. It is useless. You cannot hide any thoughts, feelings, emotions, or better yet, any truths from me."

The Enlightened One said as he noticed that Desire tried to keep himself from thinking.

He then floated down on the ground as he went down, and he started walking towards Desire.

"Shall I prove it to you?" The Enlightened One said with a smile on his face.

The Enlightened One's face was one that a woman would call a handsome face. He didn't have that much of a striking feature, but it was still handsome.

Of course, Desire could see all that, and when he heard what the Enlightened One said, he quickly...prevented himself from answering.

After all, he didn't know to what extent the Enlightened One could read him.

However, Desire wasn't trying as hard now as he did before.

Why? It was because Desire...finished calculating things in a matter of a second.

And what he calculated was that...there were no real disadvantages in letting this man know about him.

Even if The Enlightened One could read Desire's mind, it's not like bad things would happen to Desire.

After all, it was just literally about reading Desire's mind.

And if Desire was right, The Enlightened One should be the man who was trying to meet with him.

And if that was the case, it would make no sense if The Enlightened One would try to harm Desire.

After all, he was the one who brought Desire to this place. There's no way he would just attack Desire.

That was why it wouldn't affect Desire in any way whatsoever.

Besides, it's not like Desire knows any significant truth or something like that.

He only came to the world as a baby literally, and he just knew things from what Lionel and Jarina told him.

Sure, he might know some secrets going on between the Suckus, Lion Clan, and that Lamiya or whatever, but...it shouldn't matter for The Enlightened One.

Right, Desire felt like it wouldn't even matter for this man right in front of him, and that was why he wasn't trying that hard to keep himself from thinking.

And all that...all that calculation happened within the span of a second.

Desire might not know it, but he was definitely getting better at thinking about such things.

Of course, The Enlightened One was able to read all that, and that was why he was amazed.

He then spoke with his eyes a little bit wide open.

"This distinguished one seems to be a little bit special."

The Enlightened One's tone of voice had the hint of admiration. It was then that The Enlightened One stopped walking towards Desire.

It seems that he already reached his destination as The Enlightened One didn't even hesitate to stop.

He then continued speaking as he shook his staff.

"You don't have to worry about me attacking you or whatever."

"I have no plans in doing so, and you can also think."

"It's not like I have a care about what you know."

The Enlightened One said, and his voice reverberated inside Desire's ears.

Of course, Desire was glad to hear that, but...it's not like he would just trust The Enlightened One right away.

That was why he still had his guards up as he prepared to flee this place.

Well, that was all seen through by The Enlightened One as he spoke once more.

"This distinguished one is quite wary of me."

"Good grief...I never thought for the millions of years I have been in the Inner World, someone would actually get scared of me."

The Enlightened One then turned around to look at something, but Desire didn't care about that.

After all, what The Enlightened One just said was something...ridiculous? No, it was something crazy.

After all, he just basically said that he has already lived for millions of years!

Although Desire had no education or whatsoever, he still knows what a million was.

And before The Enlightened One could walk away, Desire spoke.

It seems that he finally...let down his guard enough so that he could speak or think for himself now.

"Wait. What did you mean by that?"

"You lived for millions of years? Inner world? What the hell do you mean?"

Desire said with a little bit of hostility in his voice. After all, he was dragged here, and it was clear as day that The Enlightened One was the cause of it.

What's more, Desire also had to spend much effort and time in here.

That, alone, was enough to make Desire mad. Well, he wasn't really mad as Desire knew that he...couldn't beat this man right now.

He knew that he...wouldn't even last a second if he decided to fight against him.

Although Desire makes stupid decisions sometimes, he wasn't that stupid to fight a creature he couldn't even picture to defeat.

Anyway, when Desire finally spoke for the first time, The Enlightened One quickly turned around with a smile on his face.

It seems that he was happy now that Desire was finally speaking and thinking for himself.

After all, it would be just too boring for The Enlightened One to have Desire not speaking.

"Ohh! The distinguished one finally spoke!"

"That's good! That's good!"

The Enlightened One said with a happy face. It seems that he was really happy about all this.

However, that was not all that he did as he snapped his fingers.

As he was holding his staff with his right hand, he snapped his fingers on his left hand.

And right after that...Desire...started to float. Right, Desire's body started to fly in the air as The Enlightened One willed it to be.

And before Desire could even speak about this, The Enlightened One spoke again.

"Ohh, distinguished one."

"Don't worry about it. This Enlightened One shall explain things properly to you."

Of course, Desire was able to hear that. He was also able to understand what he meant by those words, even though he was considerably confused right now.

Well, it was what Desire wanted to hear the most ever since he was in this place.

That was why he didn't flail around or fight back or something. And The Enlightened One was able to read that Desire...agreed with him.

That was why The Enlightened One spoke once more.

"Good, distinguished one."

"Although you are quite weird, I shall allow it for now."

And right after saying those words, The Enlightened One's body...started to float.

Right, and that was because he started to fly as well. He then controlled Desire's body as he made Desire fly in the air.

The Enlightened One then flew off together with Desire! Their speed was impeccable but Desire wasn't really feeling the wind resistance or something like that.

'Hmm...he took care of it, too.' Desire thought as he looked at the sky.

It seems that Desire finally let go of the issue of The Enlightened One being able to read his mind.

Well, he wouldn't be able to move forward if he was not to think about things.

Anyway, while they were flying, Desire decided to ask The Enlightened One about where they were going.

However, it seems that he didn't have to speak as The Enlightened One spoke before him.

"Oho, it seems like this distinguished one does not know what he is doing in this place."

And before The Enlightened One could continue speaking, he...stopped.

Right, he stopped moving, and he also made Desire stop.

However, Desire didn't care about them stopping right now as his eyes' attention was taken by something.

And that something was...the upside-down U-shaped door that Desire saw before.

Right, Desire and The Enlightened One was right before the door and that was why Desire...was mesmerized by it.

After all, it was bigger than ever now that he was looking at it right in front of it!

Of course, The Enlightened One was able to read Desire's emotions, and while knowing that, he spoke.

He spoke to answer Desire's earlier question.

"Since the distinguished one asked, this Enlightened One shall answer."

"This place is the Inner World, and the door right before us..."

"It is one of the Eight Godly Paths, and the name of it is..."

"The Understanding of Power."