The woman smiled again. She seemed to be taking the situation in her stride. “I can be of use to you. I know some of the location points of this place secretly. And as for names, you can call me Lea. May I know your name and that of your friend?” Lea introduced herself directly.
“My name is Gaeul and my friend is Helian. We won't be here for long. Can you take me out of this place?” Gaeul asked without beating around the bush.
Helian raised one eyebrow. She had a puzzled look on her face. “What can she do? Don't you realize that she looks weak? Even lifting a dwarf like Chyou, he wouldn't be able to.” It seemed like an understatement but in fact Helian spoke like that because he was not too sure about Lea's body condition which looked very weak.
“If Chyou were to hear you speak like this, she would definitely slam your bongsorm body down. Be careful with your mouth, if you don't want to end up being kissed by a megalodon shark.” Gaeul could imagine how Chyou would go berserk, if she heard the words that came out of the mouth of a cheap casanova like Helian.
Lea got up from her chair. She then walked ahead of Gaeul and Helian. “Just follow me,” she said briefly.
Gaeul finally unceremoniously followed Lea. But suddenly Helian pulled the hem of Gaeul's clothes. Making Gaeul almost sent a death slap to the playboy teen's cheek.
“Why?”
“How about we exchange shoes?” Helian took off her shoes and handed a pair of sneakers to Gaeul.
Gaeul didn't understand Helian's intention to do that. But she said yes and immediately exchanged her loafers with Helian.
***
20 Minutes Later
The woman named Lea, who claimed to be able to help Gaeul and Helian, was in fact a little dazed. She repeatedly showed them the wrong way. Until finally they chose to stop at an empty room that was quite wide...
“Where do you want to take us exactly?” asked Helian curiously. He looked a little exhausted. Spinning around with no direction to go, of course, drained his energy. “You're not setting us up are you?” he accused.
“Not really... it seems like the people from this heretical sect, have deliberately changed the location of the room. I'm having trouble memorizing the locations in this building.” Lea felt confused. The last time she remembered it felt like the location was not like this.
“Huh? Are you saying that the rooms in this room can change at any time?” Helian looked impatient.
Gaeul walked up to Lea. “How long have you been kept here?”
“About a week,” she replied.
“During that one week, were you able to freely walk around the rooms in this building? Considering your own condition, it's quite difficult to move around freely.”
“The last time I remembered where this location was was when I was first dragged away. And as to why I can confidently tell you about this location. Because there was someone else who helped me all this time, right here.”
“Who is that person?” Gaeul looked at Lea intently.
“My lover. He was also kept in this room. For almost a week now, he's been with me to inform me of the situation in this place.”
“Then where is she now?” Gaeul moved closer to Lea. “Did she leave you?”
“NO WAY!” Lea suddenly reacted violently. She pushed Gaeul's body and looked unstable. “NO WAY SHE LEFT ME!” she screamed.
“Gosh Gaeul, what did you do to her? Did you seduce her and make her come to this?” Helian panicked as he stared at Lea with an incredulous face. And her face was exactly like a sloth that had just woken up.
Gaeul snorted in annoyance. She pulled Lea's arm and hugged her. Although Lea kept beating her body and struggling like crazy. Still Gaeul tried to calm her down. “Calm down... everything will be fine. Trust me I won't leave you here,” he said trying to calm her down.
“Will that work? A stiff like you can't possibly calm a woman down,” Helian sarcastically underestimated Gaeul.
But who would have thought, Gaeul's seemingly trivial and simple act actually made Lea become quite calm. The woman slowly started to come back to her old self, before going on a rampage.
“I'm sorry ... hiks ... hiks ... I seem to have lost control. Perhaps I was so worried because my lover, Aidan, didn't come back to see me as usual. He went missing about two days ago while I was locked up here. That's why I hid in one of the narrowest rooms to secure myself,” Lea said.
Gaeul took a handkerchief and gave it to Lea. “That's true. If you say so I'll give you my trust. I'm sorry for doubting you before. But may I know, where was the last time you saw your lover?”
“We last met in this room because of that, I invited you to stop at this place. Other than this place, I don't really know anything else. It's honestly a bit difficult for me to figure out this location on my own.” Lea squeezed the handkerchief Gaeul gave her lightly. “I feel like giving up... Aidan might have been caught,” she lamented.
“Caught?” Gaeul did not understand the meaning of Lea's previous words.
Lea bit her lip. “Before disappearing he told me to hide in a place that he felt was safe enough. He said to investigate this place beforehand, and would pick me up and get out of this place together. But two days later, he still didn't come back. I suspected something bad had happened to him.” Lea recalled her lover's promise that he would return soon to pick her up. But in fact, he didn't come back to pick her up.
Helian was about to open his mouth and make a comment. But as soon as he did, his eyes glimpsed a black shadowy figure running towards Gaeul and Lea. Fearing that the two were in danger, Helian finally pushed the two and managed to make the three fall down together.
“What are you doing stupid?” Gaeul rubbed his head. Wondered at Helian's strange behavior. “This is no time to joke around or I'll cut off your assets!” she threatened angrily.
Helian immediately turned Gaeul's head toward the strange figure she saw earlier. “Get angry later. Let's see what's in front of you!” he said frantically.
Gaeul found a man whose age was not far from her but looked more mature than her. The man was wearing a white shirt and pants that were worn out and torn. From his appearance he looked very shabby and gave the impression of pity.
“Who are you?” scolded Gaeul coldly.
“Aiden? Is that you?” Without any hesitation and fear, Lea suddenly ran towards the suspicious figure. In fact, she hugged him tightly as if she didn't want to lose him.