East Meet West

77- Lamia?

I know what’s going to happen next and I don’t think, I can watch this. Because if I did, then I will lose the last bit of ‘will left to survive’ in me and I might die due to this cruel reality.

So, I closed my eyes. I know that someone will force me to open my eyes and look at scene that were going to follow but still, I will try to avoid this. As I am in no stage to handle the heartache that will follow.

‘Smack’

And unsurprisingly, just as I closed my eyes, someone slapped me. And using few fingers, they put pressure on my eyelids and tried opening them.

And just as my eyes were opened forcefully,

‘Flash’

A powerful bright light was flashing in front of me, which made me close my eyes. And suddenly,

‘BOOM’

I felt like something crashed and a huge gust of wind started.

Being injured and in no position to protect myself or hold on to something, I was blown away for few meters and fell face down. And then slowly I felt my consciousness slipping, and then I lost consciousness.

But before losing my consciousness, I muttered involuntarily

“I am sorry Armelia...”

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“Hmm...”

“Hmm..? ARMELIAAA...”

As soon as I opened my eyes, I shouted Armelia’s name. Because the last thing I remember was Armelia being dragged by the burly guy and I wanted to save her. So, involuntarily I used some strength to get up. But just as I moved a little, I felt extreme pain and I screamed loudly,

“AHHHHH...”

And the next moment, I heard the sound of door being opened and someone entering the room. But I was not in the condition to notice them because I was experiencing a hellish pain. It was just the vague sound that I subconsciously noticed and nothing else.

After few moments, I fell on my back and I tried not move again, as moving again might give me more pain. But surprisingly, I felt that the ground was soft. And then I heard someone’s voice calling to me,

“Orochi, Orochi are you feeling alright?”

As I tried calming down and let the pain subside, my vision which was still blurry gradually returned to normal. And as I was lying on my back, I saw Armelia looking at me with tears in her eyes.

“Ha...Ha...Are you alright Armelia?”

Was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

Hearing my question, Armelia nodded and without waiting for her to speak, I continued

“I..I am sorry that I was not able to save you and I am in such a pathetic situation.”

Hearing this, the tears which had built up in her eyes, started flowing out. And as her face just above mine, all those fell on my face.

Seeing all the tears falling on me, Armelia was startled and hurriedly wiped those tears from my face, with her hand.

Then she hurriedly replied,

“No, I should be the one apologizing. Because it was me who dragged you or else you have the speed required to escape on your own. But you did not and you ran while carrying me, so I must thank you and also apologize to you.”

“No, you were not a burden. I told you that I will take us both out of the forest and I never go back down on my words. But because of my anger, I started fighting with the bald guy and because of that I did not take you away and we got caught by the Mughur Hunting group. And I failed to protect you. I am sorry.”

Hearing this, Armelia started shaking her head from left to right and she was still shedding tears.

I felt an urge to stop her head and wipe those tears, but just as I tried lifting my hand, I felt extreme pain and involuntarily hissed in pain.

Seeing me groan, Armelia hurriedly wiped her tears and spoke

“Orochi don’t move. You are still injured and you are in no position to move. Rest assured that we are in my room and there is no danger.”

Hearing this I was startled and seeing my expression, Armelia continued speaking,

“Actually, you don’t have to worry, we are safe right now. And...and I actually lied to you. Please forgive me.”

When I heard this, I got confused and asked her,

“Umm..I don’t understand Armelia. What did you lie about?”

Armelia hesitated and her eyes were dodgy, but she finally opened her mouth.

“Actually, I was running away from my home and I did not know the way out of this forest. But after I met you and found out that you were also going out of this forest, I decided to join and I lied to you that I came to the forest but later got lost. So, please forgive me.”

Huh? What is that supposed to mean?

Wait. Wait. wait, I am not able to process anything right now. Maybe it is because of the backlash of getting tortured so much that, my brain is unable to handle so much data?

So, I asked Armelia,

“Wait, Armelia. I am not able to understand anything. What do you mean by - I ran away from home and was unable to find my way out the forest? How did you get inside the forest in the first place and why are you running away? Could you please elaborate what you are trying to say?”

Armelia hesitantly replied,

“Umm... Orochi, please promise me that you will not freak out and hate me after hearing what I have to say, alright?”

Seeing, Armelia’s nervous reaction, I felt something weird is going to happen but still, I replied to Armelia,

“Ok. I promise that I will not freak out. So, please tell me clearly.”

Hearing my reply, Armelia took a deep breath and said,

“I am a Lamia.”

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Author's Announcement:

Sorry, there was a small delay.

So, here is the mass release.

Another thing, I am glad that we were almost able to reach the goal of 140 power stones. Which means that the number of readers are increasing and I am happy with that. Hence, I have decided to take the goals to next level.

Let's make a few goals.

Mass Release on Monday:

150 Power stones = 2 Chapters

175 Power stones = 3 Chapters

200 Power stones = 4 Chapters

(Only if I reach this goal, will I be Mass releasing the chapters. Because If I could see your support through this, I can reassure myself that ‘Yeah, I can still work on this novel and can also start new works’ for my readers. And I am a graduate who is required to find a job; hence your support can give encouragement. I hope you people understand and continue your support.)