Chapter 114: Sky

"Stunned?"

"How... How did they get so big?!" I stared in awe at my babies, who have grown bigger within a few days. It’s too rapid a growth.

Fan shrugged, staring at my babies with a small smile on his face, "they will cease growing in their ninth month until you complete this level. As for the others, if you are not fast enough to go through the worlds, they will remain that way."

I pretended like I didn’t hear those words, staring at my babies with tears in my eyes. I can imagine the shocked expression that will be on Storm’s face when he gets to meet his babies.

I just can’t wait for that.

I stayed with my babies until Fan deemed it okay for me to leave. Watching their beautiful pouty mouths, I felt the urge to touch them, but I couldn’t because of the protective shield around them.

"You don’t have to keep your face like that. You will get another chance to see them the more you advance." He took me by the hand and led me out of there, and back to Storm’s room.

I strode to the bed, and plopped down on it, still feeling intense sadness at the separation.

"Come on, you are making me seem like a bully." He touched my cheeks, "smile, everything will be okay if you work hard!" He winked at me.

I know he’s trying to cheer me up, but it’s not working. Nothing can cheer me up aside from my pretty babies.

"Do you want an ice cream?" He flicked his fingers and an ice cream cone appeared between my fingers. "There, I read that it improves mood. I hope it does the same for you, Brys." With a wink, he disappeared, leaving me in my thoughts.

I gave the ice cream a dark glare, having half the mind to hurl it out of the window, but I didn’t. Instead, I decided to do as he asked. There is no need to waste an ice cream when I was hungry for one.

****

Storm didn’t return throughout that morning, and I had to step out at noon when hunger came knocking on my door. The guards in the hall only spared me a glance when I strode past them. None of them tried to stop me, which I’m grateful for.

I left the hall, trying to retrace my steps back to the stairs, and hoping I find Ray on the way. This way, it will be easier for me to get to the kitchen, eat my fill and return to Storm’s room.

I would have called for Fan and asked for his help to navigate through these halls, but I know that will require calling him by his so-called majestic name, and I’m not in the mood for it.

I yawned for the tenth time since I left the room, tired and hungry as hell, but there were no signs of a maid out here.

Similar to when we came over to this place, the halls are empty and devoid of any being. It seemed like I had somehow gotten transported into a game of survival.

Will I have to fight off aliens while looking for the exit? Or am I expected to crack a riddle to do that?

I think I will just —

I froze at the sight of a familiar mass of golden hair. He has his back turned to me, but I can swear the man standing in front of a door not too far from me is Sky.

My heart skipped a beat when he turned, showing his face to me. His green eyes locked with mine, but there were no recognitions in them. He looked suspicious of me with the way his eyes narrowed as he took me in, starting from my head and down to my toes.

"Sky?" I took a step towards him, eager to get to him, but he snarled at me, sniffing the air before his face turned dark in anger.

"Who the hell are you?" He growled, looking damned murderous.

"Br — Mega, your friend." Despite my urge to get close to my Beta friend, I know I can’t let him know my real name. Storm asked me never to disclose that.

"Who?" He gave me a once-over before he closed the door behind him, and fully faced me. He sniffed the air once more before his face turned to a scowl once more.

"Your friend!" I closed the distance between us, forgetting how hungry I was when I saw my friend.

"Friend?" He frowned once more, "I’m afraid you must be mistaken." He turned and made to leave, looking like he didn’t wish to be caught here with me.

His eyes darted around, like a deer caught in the headlights.

"Wait!" I ran after him. "Sky, we —"

He immediately turned, causing me to bump into him. "Don’t ever follow me!" He snapped at me, looking so damned murderous. "I don’t care who you are, or who you think is your friend. Just don’t follow me!"

His green eyes blazed with such ferocity that made me freeze. This was just the opposite of Sky, who was friendly to me on the day we first met, flirting and smiling. But now, he looked like he was merely moments from killing me — not that I will allow him to do so.

"But —"

He turned and continued down the hall, while I followed him, headstrong and not ready to listen to him. Not because I wish to die, but because I don’t know the way. This is the only way for me to get to the stairs. Else, I might get stuck in these halls with no idea of where to leave through.

"Don’t you dare follow me!" He growled, narrowing his eyes at me. "I don’t know what you wish to gain by this, but I have no interest in it."

I sighed, ran a finger through my hair and forced a smile, trying to act unaffected by the animosity coming from someone I used to be friends with. "I just came to this palace yesterday, and haven’t been accustomed to this place."

"What do you want me to do?" He growled, looking like he was thinking of snapping me in two with the way his eyes narrowed so squarely.

"I just need your help, my dear friend—"

"Don’t call me your friend!" He snapped, seeming like he was moments from choking me to death.

"Okay, I won’t call you my friend!" I raised my hands in surrender, and smiled at him, trying not to flinch as he barred his teeth at me.

"Better." He turned and started walking down the hall, and I followed him, trying not to make a sound at all.

He didn’t turn to look at me and I didn’t make a sound, silently going with him, and trying not to piss him off.

It seems like the comic is messing with their heads, changing their characters, making them the opposite of who they were. Just like Storm and Ray, it seemed like this place was trying to bring out the worse in them.

"So, what do you do here? Are you a guard?" I tried to start a conversation with him since he doesn’t want me to speak of him as a friend, and I don’t know how to stay for a long time without saying a word.

The silence between us is so unnerving. Just like the empty halls, the silence made it seem like we were walking through a graveyard.

He grunted under his breath but didn’t say a word, choosing to continue with where he was going, wherever that might be.

It’s funny how much I trust him, enough to follow him through the halls despite not knowing where the hell that was.

What if he takes me to the dungeon? Or worse still, takes me to the place they locked their dragons? Will they make me an offering to their gods?

I narrowed my eyes at him the deeper we went, wondering if we will ever reach the exit.

"Where are you taking me to?" I asked, looking around the place that looked identical to the halls we just left. Golden paintings hung around the place, with the same depictions.

He grunted under his breath, but I was able to hear the word, exit.

Hmm.

Seems like he’s taking me to the exit like he promised.

"You know, I once had a friend —a beta."

He froze at my words but continued to walk. When I noticed that he was not pissed at me for speaking, I decided to continue with my story.

"He’s just like you." I smiled at the reminder of the Sky I met at Dark Moon. "He has golden hair and green eyes that sparkle whenever he’s happy. A good friend of mine was. I miss him so much."

I kept quiet and didn’t say a word, thinking of the Sky back at Dark Moon.

"What happened to him? Your friend?"

The question stunned me.

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