If they are frustrated, I become more and more interested. I love the ambiance. After a while Gong-Li returned.
"Are we members here yet?" I asked Gong-Li.
"Not yet, you go through many more trials!" He says.
"What trials? What are we going to do?" Mabel asked.
"You will know that the next time you come back here,"
"Why are so few people here? Who are those?" Mabel asked.
"They are asians, they are also new recruits, and that one with the face mask is Japanese, he is member here like me, he recruited them, they came here from their country," he said.
"You mean they were here just to be a member?"
"Yeah, the one who recruited them was living here so this is his branch, just like me the one who recruited me was living here, but I met her in Korea," Gong-Li said.
"Is there any club like this in other country?" Mabel asked.
"Yes, Octagon club has a lot of branches all over the world, but it's a secret club, we don't like to be in the news and in social media, so if you will be a member, you have to delete all your social media account!" Gong-li said.
"Oh no!" Mabel exclaimed.
"That's the way it is, you have to be in or out!" Gong-li said.
"What will happen when we become a member, don't you say beyond our imagination?" said Alison.
Gong-Li just grinned at us.
"Is there s lot of Spanish here?" Alison asked.
"Actually, if the three of you will past the test, you will be the first Spanish in the club," Gong-Li grinned. "Really?" Alison said as she gaped "But why is that? This club is here in Spain?"
Mabel asked. "Yeah, this club is in here, but all the members came from different countries, and they recruited their friends from their country too, so what will you expect?" Gong-Li said.
"So we are so lucky that we met you!" Alison said with a sweet smile on her face. "Did you recruit some Koreans too?" Mabel asks.
"Not yet, the three of you are the first that I will recruit," Gong-Li said.
We were amazed at what he said.
"Just follow the rule and you will feel that, okay?" He said.
"Just make sure you have the courage to do it!" He added.
We felt nervous about what he said, but we became even more curious.
After a while, a guy with a strange face mask serves food and drinks at the table.
We were delighted when we eat together.
Alison asked Gong-Li about the guy who served us.
"Is he also a member?" Alison asked.
"Yeah, sometimes, we have to do it," He replied.
"Don't you have other waiters here?"
"No, we don't need it, because this is a secret club," he replied.
"What about the guard," I chimed in.
"The guard?"
"Yes, is he also a member?"
"No,"
Then Mabel also chimed in.
"So, it's not a secret after all," she said as she drank her wine.
"The security guard is just guarding outside, he didn't know anything about inside here,"
"So what's having inside here? I didn't see anything unique here," Alison scoffed.
"Well, you will find out sooner or later," Gong-Li smirked.
After a long while, Gong-li told us to go home, and he would just call us again when we would be back there.
And we left the club.
We do not remove the face mask until we are in the far distance.
When we were at side walk a few meters away from the club, we sat in a bench to express our feeling about the club.
"What can you say to the club?" Mabel asked us.
"It looks boring and low class!" Alison replied.
"But even though the club is ordinary, don't you feel the strange feeling? Like we are not in our own country? The environment inside is strange! " Mabel said. She is not wrong in what she says because that is exactly how I felt when I was inside the club, even though it is dainty and looks ordinary, it feels different.
I just don't know why Alison doesn't seem to like it.
" Yes Mabel, that's how I feel, I want to go back there! " I cheerily said. "Think about it, when we were outside the club, we are already feeling mysterious and we want to go back again and again, and now that we got inside, it's amazing isn't?" Mabel said.
"You are right, Mabel, I am so excited for what will happen next!" I cheerfully said,
Alison suddenly replied.
"Stop it, you are too exaggerated! I really don't like it, so cheap, the smallness of the club and the food that they offered is taste bad, I can't eat those!" Said Alison, feeling not appreciative.
"What are you Alison, they served us Korean food, and that's delicious," I said.
"Yes, it's delicious," Mabel said.
"I don't want it, I don't like Korean food," Alison scoffed.
"Don't you want to go back?" I ask her.
"I don't know, but if I'm with you, let's stop this nonsense!" Said Alison.
And she called a taxi and dragged Mabel to ride.
I was left alone. I bother to look back at the club, and when I turned around, I saw a fancy car parked at the façade of the club.
And I saw people coming down and wearing face masks. And they swiped the ID on the guard. I was regretful, and we got out of the club, I hope I caught up with them inside, maybe Jung-moon is one of them. And when I saw that they were all inside, I thought that whatever will happen would go back there, I hope we can go back soon, we were just waiting for Gong-Li's call. And I walked over there to take a taxi. Thank's to Mabel and she lend me for my taxi fare.
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When I got home, my mother scolded me.
"Why did you go home just now? Where have you been, huh?" My mother said, as her eyebrows furrowed.
"My friends and I just ate outside," I said and went upstairs to my room.
I saw that my sister was getting ready for bed.