Before he could further asked any question, a yell was heard by the two.
"Hey! Where are you?! We have to go!" A somewhat deep yet still childish voice yelled startling the two.
The girl looked at her back then at Uoron then run towards the owner of the voice. Before leaving she turned back smiled brightly then waved at Uoron as a form of goodbye then continued to run towards the voice once more.
Uoron who was left was momentarily dumbfounded but snapped out of his reverie. He smiled in defeat.
"It seems they are not from here so I'm sure they wouldn't know who I am." Exhaling in relief he made his way towards a river in another direction away from the river he had dived in.
He had concluded she was not from their house as she didn't react as if she knows him. They had several servants at the villa so he was not really sure who was who however all the servants should know that after meeting their masters they would greet or curtsy at them.
"It's a good thing I attended one of those silly survival camps." Through his experience there, it was easier for him to find clues to find a fresh and drinkable water source.
He was greeted with a crystal clear river. He walked towards it to clean his wound. After making sure it was clean enough, he wash his face and rested for a few minutes.
However, luck was not by his side as after a few minutes of resting he could hear hurried footsteps coming towards his direction.
He immediately worn his shoes as he had been soaking his feet on the cool river, he was planning to hide but before being given the chance to do so as he turned around, instead of his family's guards, he saw Claire out of breath staring at him.
He was first shocked then hurriedly looked around her, after making sure she was alone he glared at her.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" He did not mean to shout but his emotions were high strung at that moment. He was both scared and angry at her
Seeing the wounds and mud around her made him even angrier. Claire flinched at his outburst. Claire like Uoron had also participated in survival camps so was more or less as knowledgeable on basic survival skills like Uoron.
The wounds and mud had come from the fall but all wounds were merely shallow. She was so scared of what could happen to him that before her mind could tell her what to do, she jumped towards the river after a few minutes of fretting.
She also had to rest for a few minutes because of all the mix emotions she was feeling like the feeling of fear after falling and the possibility of being injured, the hesitation if she should really be following him or just return and tell her parents about it delayed her in catching up to him immediately.
"I…" She clenched her hands at her sides not knowing what to say. Seeing him alright she had breath in relief but knowing that he could take care of himself and realizing that her earlier decision of pursuing him was for naught and she was just being nosy held her back to say what was on her mind.