Chapter Two

They all went to a roadside stall, where they ate noodles and, after drinking some beer.

Ophelia felt like she was experiencing new things, just like eating outside and in some stall, where she would never eat alone.

But this is something new, and she is loving,

After that, they all separated, as Ophelia’s house is in the downside of the city Mirthil, she went alone,

Both Ellon and Mona Have their houses on the upper side of Mirthil, so they both went together.

After bidding goodbye, Ophelia turned around and walked away without looking back,

At this time, Ellon’s face, which always has the ignorant, lazy look turned severe, Mona, who is beside him, also can sense that Ellon’s mood changed,

She can only here,

“What secret does she have?”

They both know that Ophelia isn’t as she looks, that doesn’t mean she is evil. Instead, they both have the feeling both of them are far away from Ophelia. No matter what they do, they always felt a barrier between them and Ophelia, separating them from each other, and they couldn’t get close to her.

This type of feeling is something that they both felt afraid of and also frustrated.

More than Mona, Ellon is more frustrated maybe because, in his whole life other than girlfriends or some one-night stands, he never had any girl close to him without any romantic feeling involved,

But maybe Opheli is the only one Ellon always thought of as a buddy, a friend who is close to heart, but never their friendship crossed the line.

Maybe he always wondered, ‘why, he didn’t have any romantic feeling or infatuation towards Ophelia? What’s the reason?’

He never gets the answer, but whenever he thought she was someone close to him and wanted to cement their friendship even more strongly, he couldn’t help feeling that he was far away from her and couldn’t reach her made him feel sad.

Mona Asked in a small but unbelievable voice,

“Ellon, do you also feel that Ophelia isn’t someone among us? She… I feel like she is someone who shouldn’t be from our world. She is like a deity, Nah, more than that. I couldn’t express myself in words that can describe her. She is everything, perfect. Maybe I have gone mad.”

Even though her words meant for Ellon,

In the end, her words were felt like she is talking to herself,

She was in some trance.

Something flashed in her mind, and she suddenly woke up,

“See, I think I am poor at handling drinks, just a few glasses of drinks, and I am already blabbering something, let….let’s go. I want to go and sleep yawn. “

Monaacted as nothing happened, but her heart was pounding very fast.

She scolded herself in her mind,

‘Why don’t my mouth have no filter? Whatever comes in mind already blurting out, what if he thinks I am crazy.’

She wanted to smack her head but then thought she wasn't alone or in her home.

If she acted like a child, she would be embarrassed in front of so many people,

So she hurried in her footsteps and walked fast without looking back.

Ellon looked at Mona, as though thinking deeply,

He was so immersed that he didn’t see that Money Already walked a little further away; he only returned to his senses when he heard someone honking from behind.

Then he ran to catch up with Mona, who was walking in the daze, even forgetting they were about to take a taxi to their home.

Ellon patted Mona’s shoulder to remind her,

“Mona, we have to take a taxi, not to walk by ourselves, because we will not reach our house even at midnight.”

Ellon laughed hard after saying this, as though he found it funny, but his laugh was dry, and both he and Mona Know that his laughter is just superficial, not a real and genuine laugh.

But they didn’t expose each other, and Mona also laughed as though she also felt that his joke was quite funny.

After that, they hired a taxi and went to their respective homes.

Even though many things today were messy and uncomfortable, they still felt content.

On the other side,

Ophelia, who is walking in alone, didn’t know that her two colleagues talked about her and had opinions about her. Even if she knows what they are talking about, she wouldn’t care because she knows that some things are…..

No matter how advanced a place is, there will still be bad things and bad guys, and when anyone sees someone like Ophelia who is walking alone, many will have some thoughts.

And one group was following Ophelia from the time she parted ways with Ellon and Mona.

Ophelia didn’t pause anywhere, just walked slowly and steadily; she looked almost aimlessly. She didn't care if there was a crowd or deserted alley; she would just walk the same, never sloppy or stopping.

As though she didn’t know that there is a group of wretched men who are coveting her.

It’s already been one hour. She started walking; actually, she should have already reached her ‘house’ in downtown Mirthil, but she already changed her way and walked another path, leading to the most extensive forest near Mirthil, which is quite dangerous at night.

Those rascals who are following her felt something amiss when they saw she directly entered the forest, they first hesitated,

One of them braved and said with bravery, but his voice was wavering little,

“She, little girl, can enter; why can’t we enter? It is just a forest, nothing else, and we have so many people on our side, what to fear, and we also have... Hehehe”

With that, he patted his pocket, where he had his gun.

When everyone heard, they all laughed wretchedly,

One of them hurriedly said,

“Come on, if we didn’t follow that beauty. Then we will lose her; hurry up, boys, today I want to taste…..”

His words were quite disgusting, but they all didn’t flinch; instead, they all looked at each other, and everyone’s face showing greed and lust.

So they almost ran to enter the forest where they almost last Ophelia’s tail.

Ophelia, who is followed, didn’t show anything like she didn’t know anything; that would have been true if she didn’t have the smile, which meant bloodthirst,

She is looking different from what she is in front of many when she is outside. She is like a beautiful rose, but now she seems like a poppy with a very different aura that is aggressive and very different from the kind and elegant way she is outside...

If someone who knows her saw Ophelia, who is outside, and the person now she is, they would never believe they are the same.

Other than the face, nothing resembles ‘Ophelia’ and this ‘Ophelia.’

The entrance they all entered called Fog Entry because this is the only way people could enter the forest and wouldn’t face anything dangerous;

Even though the whole surrounding forest has fog, this entrance only has less fog, and people could make out the outline.

So those wretched villains still could see Ophelia, who is far away from them, so they all ran to catch up with her, and they also planned to stop her here because they also know that the more they entered inside the forest, the more danger they will face.

But what they still puzzled about,

‘why did this alone lady entered the forest which even the daring person afraid to enter

That is also at night?’

But they didn’t have to speculate, what is happening, because they all could only follow her so they can keep up with her pace,

They all ran in front of Ophelia, with a disgusting smirk and licking their lips like rascals after going a little bit far.

“Beauty, you made us follow you long, now you are caught in our hand, hehe,” One of them said while looking up and down at Ophelia.

But they didn’t see the panic and fear in Ophelia’s face. Instead, she is so calm as though she didn’t know that she s difficult situation,

This made one of them doubt who is a little bit smarter than his friends; he felt unease creeping into his mind. Also, he felt fear rising in his heart without any reason.

He knew that the girl wasn't more than twenty-five in front of them compared to them in their thirties and early forties, who always do the challenging work and loitering around the town.

Any person would fear, after all, they would always do the dirty jobs of many prominent people.

She looked weak and helpless, shy and timid by default, just like every other big family.

But they will regret their decision to follow Ophelia all over here….

Ophelia calmly looked at every face and expression; even though Ophelia’s face didn‘t change, he was calm if anyone were too keen to see that she has a small smile, Nah smirk like she didn’t put them into eyes.