The others played along, nodding in agreement.
Laxus ruffled Rocco's hair and praised him, making him puff out his chest proudly.
Yes, yes. He was a considerate and cool boy, so there was no way he could be shaken by something like this.
Nope. Not at all.
Swinging his legs back and forth, he suddenly stopped and cleared his throat with a small cough.
Just in case anyone caught onto his little cover-up and said, "Huh? That's weird," he decided to swiftly steer the conversation back on track.
"So, um… basically, what you're saying is that Ares isn't human but actually a demon?"
He recalled the moment when Ares had pinned him down, and the image of those murky red eyes flashing in his mind.
At the time, he had brushed it off as his imagination, but apparently, they had really changed color.
Those were his true eyes.