Chapter 33: I guess, I care now?
"Spongebob, you lied." Frea said with a pout.
"Hah! What do you mean Frea?" Spongebob looks at her with a wondering look.
"Rocks with green mold only brought us in the wrong direction."
"Oh. Ayayayaya." Spongebob responds with his infamous laugh.
"I never been wrong Frea. The wrong ones are the position of the tunnels."
Frea pondered to the answer of Spongebob.
"Hmmm. You got a fair point there. I know that you will never lie."
"Of course I am. Ayayayaya. Let's go jellyfish hunting now." Two net catchers appeared in Spongebob's hands. And he gave one to Frea.
"Yes! It's the season for that now." Frea accepted the net happily. "Let's go now! Jelly fishing hunting!"
"Frea! Frea! Wake up!" Suddenly Spongebob's face started to morphed.
"Huh? What's happening Spongebob?"
"Frea! Frea!" It soon transformed to Dina's face which greatly shook Frea.
"Ah! Dina doesn't become my Spongebob!"
Frea jumps over Spongebob to stop him from completely transforming into Dina.
*Thud!*
Frea become fully awake as she felt pain in her body. That rolled over the tiles of her room.
"Get out of me! You fatso." Frea heard someone groaned under her.
"Dina! No Spongebob why did you transformed to Dina of all people?!"
Frea cried as she shakes the poor Dina's shoulder up and down.
"Ah! Stop it! You-crazy woman! And I'm Dina and not Spo-nge-bob, Paul help!" Dina cried out loud.
Paul immediately separates the still daydreaming Frea from Dina.
"Here." Via gave Paul the fairy chain. And Paul gave her a stupid look.
"Tie her up. Or she will cause more trouble."
"Ah." Paul heeds Via's words and tie Frea.
"That's why I told you, that doesn't try to wake-up this girl. She's crazy if you interrupt her sleep.
*Yawn.* Dina said as she stands up.
"Then why didn't you just slap her just like what you do back at the white room?" Via inquired.
"Eh. How did you know that? You're not even there." Dina asked curiosity is written all over her face.
"One of my skills" Via simply answered.
"Oh. That's cool. You seem to have a lot of skills." Dina thought for a while then the events from the tower passed in her mind then she continued her talking. "It feels like you already know about the things that would occur with the events."
Via looks at her quite surprise but she didn't show it on her face.
"What do you mean by that?"
"From Paul's sword, then you told us that we should follow Rey's group. Then you already have lots of coins and items. It's too good to be true to just be a coincidence." Dina said as she looks at me seriously.
Paul too is already staring at me waiting for my response.
Hah. From the start, since I only experience this group's stupidity, I forgot that they reign our department as student board councils. And not only that, they maintain their status as dean listers despite their busy schedules.
Though I can't still see it to Frea, who is now sleeping again. What should I tell them? Should I also tell that I have some clairvoyance ability like Rey? But if by chance Rey got to ask them, they might not be able to hide it from him.
"The truth is, I somewhat dream of these things but mostly they are vague."
"A dream?" Dina looks at me intently, to see if I'm lying or not.
"Yes. A dream. Though most of them are vague" Well, it is half lying. Since sometimes I did dream about
Yes. Let's settle with that. Everything is just a dream and when I wake up maybe everything will end now and everything will come back to normal.
Normal? The sad, lonely and painful life?
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"Jelly-fish I finally got you." I felt that someone tap my shoulders.
"Frea, are you finally awake now?" I asked and saw that the chains that are binding here are gone.
"I remove it. Since I'm the one who tied it up." Paul said as he scratches his head.
"Then if it is a dream likely as you said, then it must have been really terrible for you." Frea said with a gentle voice this time.
Is she just listening to our talk the whole time? I thought she is sleeping.
"A dream it is? Well, if the dream results in many deaths just like this, that is no dream to me but just a nightmare. Perhaps you already know some people who will die. That is certainly a huge responsibility to carry on." Dina deduced as she holds my hand firmly.
"Ye-yes." Somewhat my voice quivers. I am being quiet honest today. Seeing my reaction, Frea and Dina look at each other then they gave me both a hug.
"You could rely on us more. Though it's been three days but we have already experienced so much things. We are all friends now." Frea said.
Friends? (///'We are now friends! The best of friends in the world!' Zash said as she raised both of our arms in the air.///)
"Yes. Thank you." I forcefully release myself from their hug.
"I must have say a lot this time and quiet shock to see how concern all of you. But actually all the things I say is a lie."
"Lie?" Frea and Dina look confused.
"I didn't dream this. It's just I somewhat knew and that's all you need to know."
"And also I didn't know anyone death. For Pete's sake, many people die every day. So how it is my business if some will die? "
Their faces started to frown and a tinge of disappointment mix with their expressions.
"I'm sorry. Please just head to the dungeon of Bravery and finish it no matter what." I don't wait for their reactions and response as I rush out to the room.
I supposed to talk to them about the plan for the dungeon. But why did it turn out like this?
"Hissss. Wazzup?" I just walk past the lizard prince who is now heading towards Frea's room.
The lizard prince just shrugs his shoulders before continuing on his way.
"Via wait!" I heard Frea shout but I don't stop as I used all my strength to run.
'Run?' Why am I even running from them?'
"Via!" That desperate shout from Frea is the last I heard before I am finally out of Rey's hideout.
My mind was blank as I continued running to who knows where.
Until I stop in a certain school.
"What the?" Did I really just run over here? I'm quite surprised that I reach this place in no time from Rey's place up to here. It is a lot of miles away from him.
*Ding!*
I heard the familiar sound of the system before it opened in front of me.
[Congratulations! You found the dungeon of nightmares! But no rewards would be given since five people have already entered.
Would you like to enter the dungeon?
- Yes
- No]
I didn't expect that this dungeon would be placed at our very own university. Nothing would go wrong with them with Rey's around and it will be much easier now with Rio's
I began to walk away. When I heard a very cold voice behind me.
"You're not entering?"
As I look back, I'm quite surprised to see Argaux who is only three meters away from me.
Why is he still here? He is supposed to enter here first of all people! Or perhaps I am still too early? Then who are the five people inside? Wait! That's right the novel didn't tell if Argaux is the one who entered first or not! It just says that he did enter the dungeon of a nightmare. Stupid Via! Because of so many happenings, I become much careless. But...
"Strange, you're not attacking me?" The words I blurt out instead of answering him.
He just frowns at my answer. "No need to waste my time over minor things. Move if you're not entering."
"Wow! That's the longest words you speak to me. Fourteen in total!" I'm really becoming crazy now.
Argaux didn't answer as he started to walk heading in my direction.
I immediately rush to the left side and shield my neck. But he just proceeds like I didn't matter anymore. Then he stops at the very first step of the entrance of the university.
Then a blinding light engulfed him before he disappears. And he just enters the dungeon just like that.
"Via!" My attention went upwards to see something flying heading towards me.
It's a magic carpet, and riding from it is Paul? But instead of fear from riding it, his face is full of panic.
He stops in front of me. And catch his breath before speaking.
"It's Dina and Frea! They entered the Dungeon of Truths! And I lost my connection to them."
"What connection?"
"My ability! And it also the one I used to find you. It is an automatic ability that becomes established once I've been contacted by the person for more than a day now. A certain web thread creates a connection between them and me. And now it is cut from Dina and Frea! This never happened now."
I hurriedly jumped over the carpet.
"Let's head there."
Those fools, I told them to enter the Dungeon of bravery.
Why the Dungeon of truths of all things?!
'Wait. Am I concerned about them right now?'
Really. Via. When did I start caring about something?
Both Paul and I put the carpet to its max speed. And we didn't even notice at how we remained calm with this ride.
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When Via and Paul leave. Someone appeared from the shadows.
"Show me some things that you know from the Dungeon of Truth. Hahaha!" Then he blends again with the shadows before he completely disappeared.