ELOISE POV—
'Yes cat, your master is correct,' said a new voice. Ah, fuck it! Here we go again. After calming ourselves down, we turned our heads back to see a hooded figure was standing behind us. Hey! We just escaped from the skeleton army, let us calm down for a moment. Ok, coming back to this situation. Cliché, if you ask me.
I asked, 'Are you the guide of this place?' Direct approach is the best approach. Again, cliché.
The hooded figure flinched and lifted its hood to reveal itself. It was a woman. She had a long beautiful blonde hair, with big doe eyes. Her face was like something that was sculptured by God itself. I mean, if he did, then surely, he took his time making her. She is real beauty.
I was mesmerized and so was Liam. I complimented, 'You, hooded lady, are a beauty to behold, hooded lady. Be glad that I like beautiful things, if some ugly creature had popped out of that hood, you wouldn't want to know what would have happened with it.'
The hooded lady blushed and said, 'Oh! Thank you. You are so sweet.' Then suddenly, her eyes widened. She yelled, 'Wait! You just stopped me from what I was going to ask you. Did you do it deliberately?'
'No, she does it all time. You are not the first one,' huffed Liam.
I said, 'Are we doing that? Here, of all the places you could have talked about your grievances, you chose this place to talk. You—'
'ENOUGH!' yelled the hooded lady. We ceased our argument and focused on her.
She said, 'Good. Now, you both will answer my two questions. First, how did you know that I am guide? And second, how did you know about this place?'
I shrugged and replied, 'It's because it usually happens in this situation. Like from games to movies to novels and even fanfictions, this is what occurs. Trust me, there is no originality in them. You would say- I am the guide of this place... blablabla... blabla... I want you to do this, do that... I can't help you more than this. You are own your own. As for knowing this place, it would be for the best if you don't the answer. The answer will make your ears bleed.'
The hooded lady faltered, 'If you say so. Although it didn't matter if you hadn't answered my questions.' So why the fuck did you ask in the first place?
'Moving onto the—'
'Wait a minute, you have asked us some questions and it's fair if we ask you some of our questions in return,' I interrupted. Pondering for a moment, she nodded and gestured to go on with my questions?
'Thank you, hooded lady. Just to be sure, are you really a woman?' Liam smacked his face with his paw, 'I mean to say your beauty confuses me. What if you are a beautiful man? And your chest no helping it either, not to mock you or something, you are flat-chested. Also, what's your name?
The lady blushed again; this time I am not so sure about the reason. I mean my words are not so appealing. She scowled, 'I don't know if you are insulting or praising me. Remember one thing, I am a woman, always was and always will be. And my name is Camile.'
'Don't mind her. During my first meeting with her, she asked a similar question to me,' mumbled Liam.
Ignoring him, I said, 'Nice to meet you, Lady Camile. My name is Eloise Stark and this is my trusted familiar, Liam. You know, you should be grateful to meet me. If I was a male, you would be the type of woman I would have wanted in my personal harem. You would be the perfect candidate to fill the place of cute but mysterious in my harem.'
Liam snorted, 'Are you talking about them? That category, right? I remember you told me about them once.'
Confused, Camile yelled, 'What category? What harem? What are you two even talking about?'
I ignored her and replied, 'Liam, you are correct, I am talking about them. For them, having a harem is a must in their reincarnation or transmigration journey. Damn, I don't know why this is so popular. Almost all the men, who come to this world wants a harem. Think for one second, why the hell someone like the Scarlet Witch would share her man with any other woman? Having a harem is the ultimate wet dream for them. I mean, who would say no to some girl-on-girl action. Whatever, it's not like women are any better. Although women would prefer the boy-on-boy action.'
Camile looked frustrated. She shook her and said, 'You two are crazy. It would be for the best if I just ignore what you two are yapping about. Moving on, I am gonna say what I was going to say at the first place. This planet is called Kaizen. You can get into this planet willingly but for getting out of this planet, you need to complete the quest—'
'So, I was right, you are a guide. What do we need to do to get off this planet? Come on, tell us,' I interrupted her.
Ignoring me, she continued, 'Both of you are lucky as you and your familiar landed in the northern region, if somehow you two had landed in the southern region, even I would shudder to even think what would have happened to you both.'
Ok, don't say then. In all honesty, I wanted to blame Liam but it's kind of my fault as well. I am the one who wanted to come here. So, blaming him would be hypocritical.
I asked, 'Liam said that I can get the ingredients to make a wand. Is it true?'
Camile smiled, 'Certainly, if you complete the task assigned to you, I will tell you place from where you get the ingredients.'
I turned to Liam and looked at him. Seeing my look, he knew what I wanted to ask him. He nodded his head. Walking towards Camile, I asked, 'State your demand. What do we need to do? Tell us.'
She smirked as soon she heard me agreeing to her quest. She smirked, 'Very well then, you need to retrieve a sword for me, do that and I will tell you where to find your desired items.' I was right, it's really damn too cliché. Also, this smirking Camile is not cute at all.