It's been 10 minutes since I've been marching after the woman. Earlier she told me to just follow her, so I'm going. If this is how it's all going to be, I guess they'll never let me out and I'll never find Nave.
Just as I was thinking about how this corridor stretches on forever, I noticed that we've reached a large room.
Oh my, what is this.
I was petrified with fear when I saw other possessed people. There were creatures there, human-like. Some didn't have noses, ears, or even limbs, like arms or legs. They had different skin colors.
I don't know what that knight was thinking, but I definitely don't look as hideous as them! Where did he notice the similarity between me and them?
One of the knights approached me and tied me to the wall next to the possessed people.
" Um, excuse me, but you're not planning on killing me, are you? " I asked the knight.
The knight got scared of me. He automatically stopped tying me to the wall. He fell to the ground and started screaming.
"AAAAA! Help, It is talking! Lady Fidelia, is she really possessed?"
"No, I'm not." I replied neutrally.
Fidelia had her arms folded and her gaze on me. She had an expression as if she knew from the beginning that something was wrong here.
"Hmm, come to me for a moment." She said to the knight.
While the two of them were talking, I noticed one of the possessed beasts next to me. I don't know if I have such a strong psyche or if I just don't care, but I'm no longer interested in all this commotion. Let them let me go and bailando.
"I w-want... to d-die..... help m-me." The possessed creature next to me uttered these words, looking at me.
I looked at it with an indifferent expression.
"hm?" I answered it.
" .....L.....Lytia. " the possessed thing added.
I felt my brain suddenly stop.
"Who are you? And how do you know my name?" I asked.
This is getting worse, I don't remember me mentioning my name.
Another knight like Fidelia came from the corridor. He approached her and the three of them talked about something. Fidelia seemed nervous, and the Man was too cheerful. It's like he cracked an unfunny joke and she didn't like it.
Back to the topic, what am I supposed to do now? Some disgusting thing knew my name. I don't even know how to treat this information.
I redirected my gaze back to the possessed creature. It looks like a girl. She has long silver hair that covers her face. I don't think she had a chance to cut it. She's wearing some old rags. Even though I don't know what this thing is, I feel sorry for it.
The second knight dressed in white like Fidelia approached the beast that knew my name. He took the possessed one by the collar around its neck and violently threw him into another room.
" F-Finally it's over... "Said the silver haired girl. She looked happy.
If she said that, does that mean she'll die now?
The room she was thrown into filled with gas. I could hear the creature's screams and the suffering inside them. Just thinking about what it must have been going through sent shivers down my spine.
Will I end up there too?
Fidelia approached me.
My eyes were so wide open in fear that I didn't notice when she got here.
"You should have reacted when they chained you up. If I hadn't been here, you would have ended up like that possessed one."
Too many thoughts flew through my head when I saw what had happened to the silver-haired girl. I couldn't answer anything out of fear.
"I-I..." I started and didn't finish.
Too many things happened at that moment, and my brain didn't have time to analyze it all.
"Where did you get that wound on your neck?" Fidelia asked, pointing her finger at my wound.
With one of my hands, which was not tied to the wall by the knight, I touched the wound. The moment I felt it under my fingertip, I understood why Nave had covered it then.
Fidelia sighs.
"You didn't have to see one of the possessed die." She turned her head towards the man dressed similarly to her and added. " Clovis, you know where to take her."
I looked at the man she called Clovis. It was the same man who had just come and was dressed in white, just like Fidelia.
About 5 minutes ago, Clovis unchained me. In the meantime, we left the room where the possessed were. We are currently walking along the corridor.
Finally freedom, it took them a while.
" Do you know where your parents might be right now?" Clovis asked.What am I supposed to answer him? I have no family, and what does he care.
"I have no family."
When I said that, Clovis turned around and looked at me askance.
I'm telling the truth, so what's his problem?
We reached one of the points in the underground. To me, each of these places looked the same. Clovis approached one of the guards, who was also a knight. The guard nodded his head to confirm that he accepted the order.
Clovis turned to me.
"Follow this man, he will take you to one place in the capital."
Wow, I'll finally be free.
I followed this person.
I can finally enjoy the views of the city! It's beautiful here and there are quite a few people.
The knight stopped with me next to a building with the words "children's home" written on it. A middle-aged woman came out of the building and started talking to the knight.
He probably needs to talk to her about some personal matters, so I won't disturb them.
I left the knight with the woman and went for a walk around the city. I reached the market square, the capital.
It's really huge and beautiful!There were food stalls all around, and in the middle stood a large monument. Interested in the monument, I approached it.
The sculpture depicted a tall, well-built man. He was wearing armor and had a saber in his hand. A crown lay on his head.
It's probably some kind of king.Curious about the answer to my question about who this person was, I went closer to read the inscription on the sculpture.
I don't understand anything that's written here.I sighed.Only now do I feel how tired I am after all this.
I went to the side of the market square to sit down somewhere in the corner and rest. I sat down on the ground, I had my knees positioned in such a way that I could put my hands on them and rest my head.
And how am I going to find Nave now?
I lifted my head up.
There really are a lot of stalls and people here, it's tiring me.
The moment I was staring at the stalls, two people blocked my view. One was fat and held a meat cleaver in his hand. The other was thin as a stick and held a large wooden stick.
"Huh?" I mumbled.
Isn't this exactly the situation where some thugs want to do something to you?
I stood up immediately.
"Some knight said that he lost you, and whoever finds you will get a cash reward hehehehe...." The fatter one said it.
"We haven't seen you in this city before." The thinner one said it now.
Oh no, I think I know what's going to happen now. My instinct tells me to run away.
I started running forward, I ran into one of the streets.
"Hey! We're not done with you yet!" One of them shouted.
Both of them were chasing me. I don't know this city, so I accidentally ran into a dead end.
I stopped and didn't know what to do."That's the end of your escape." The skinny one said."Alright, get away from me, I'm not the person you're looking for!" I shouted at them.
The thugs ignored me and started slowly walking towards me with weapons.The fatter one approached me and touched my arm. He smiled strangely. I smacked his hand off my arm."Don't touch me unless you want to lose this hand." I said loudly and firmly."Don't talk back!" The skinny one shouted.The man wanted to swing his meat cleaver at me. I dodged his attack. I took my sword out of its sheath and wanted to use it on them, but someone grabbed me with a rope from above and pulled me up to the roof.
From the roof I saw that the knights who keep order in the city approached the thugs and handcuffed them, just like they did to me then.
"Do you know what kind of problems you would have if you killed them?" Said the girl who pulled me up to the roof.
When I heard her voice I stood up and started aiming my sword at her.
"Who are you and why did you help me?" I asked her.