"Klaus..."
Everyone shouted when Klaus appeared back on the mountaintop, now acting as their temporary camp while they waited for him.
When he appeared, everyone's morale returned. Of course, those who had lost friends were less active despite their leader's return.
"Everyone..." Klaus said with a slight smile plastered on his face.
"Is that a snake?" Hanna asked, looking at the beautiful silver snake coiled around his neck.
"Indeed," Klaus smiled, looking at the faces of his friends. "Everyone, meet Pickle Berry."
They could only stand there and stare at him as he smiled at them. The more they watched him, the more they could tell he was happy.
So they didn't want to sour his mood yet.
If only they knew the Klaus they were seeing now was merely using an illusion to portray a happy expression. He was anything but happy.
In fact, he was the angriest of them all.
He had just encountered the heavens, and while he emerged unscathed, the same could not be said for his mood.
