Hellbents
Chapter 143: Under the Lake

Rose was nauseous, while Ellijah did not want to let go of her embrace of Ava who tried to normalize her breath, more to make the girl as a headrest that was still dizzy.

Unlike them, Siwon was still cheerful. "Kitha! Here, you will not be bullied by any monshter!"

Finally, they arrived.

Powerful light where automatically turns on. Ava looked at the surrounding environment. In addition to the thin dust that covers the floor and other objects, everything .. normal, like an office in general.

There are no walls that are covered with blood. There was no jar of eyes or brains. No suspicious machine knows how to turn them into charred corpses. There is also no big red button that begs to be pressed.

Everything's normal.

Although it is too wide just to be an "office", Ava immediately understood that the work desk in the middle of the room, the, as well as neatly arranged bookshelves is a layout that mimics Eve's office in Edodale's palace.

... Is this the secret lab in question?

It is true that Ava only needs a recipe for a zombie plague cure, as well as an artifact blueprint that can be used as a solution to the threat of anarchist groups according to the king's orders. And most importantly, of course, it was almost forgotten due to her lately chaotic mind, the item that Eve had stored here, the Necklace of genesis, mystical artifacts that can free individuals from the shackles of time. One of the things he needs so Ava can go home.

As long as these three things exist, he did not mind the aesthetics Eve applied in decorating her lab. Maybe his imagination is too wild due to watching too many movies.

By the way, the problem now changed.

"Don't touch anything!" Siwon kept a close eye on their movements, firmly banning three people who were at least 20 years older than him from keeping a low profile. Rather than a dragon, Siwon looks more like a guard dog.

But it seems like another tactic Ava had to put off first, because Ellijah and Rose are in a difficult condition to work with if the little dragon decides to fight her. Both are pale. Ava knew from the beginning that Rose was mentally weak, so it was no surprise that staying and going through the terrible forest consumed every cell of the servant's courage, plus Rose almost vomited. And it's true.

Anomalous status: Tired and limp (Movement slows by 15%)

Although Ellijah ... Hm, fighting monsters and not sleeping since yesterday might drain the man's stamina even though there were no oddities in his status window. Poor too.

"Well, we rest first."

It was already late in the afternoon when Ava and her entourage reached the lake, they had not had lunch either. So Rose forced herself to clean up, Ellijah pushed back the worktable made of heavy mahogany under Siwon's gaze to stretch out the already spacious place, Ava again cooked for them.

Ava thought the smoke would soon suffocate their chests, considering she lit a fire in an enclosed room, but luckily Eve's office was more sophisticated than she expected. There is ventilation, heating, and air conditioning. Even so, the fire is still dangerous if it is brought close to the combustible material, so Ava is a bit away, next to the glass elevator that carries them.

If Eve has a complaint about messing up her private lab, she'd better show up, because Ava needs direction to find a list of things she's looking for.

But Ava did not expect that her petty thoughts would come quickly.

***

After eating, Siwon showed the bathroom and toilet cleverly hidden behind the wall. Rose, who had recovered a little bit of her strength, returned to clean the place more carefully. Ava first took a turn to take a bath, two days without cleaning herself made her body sticky and the smell of sweat. As she exits, feeling refreshed, Ava can see the restless Ellijah with a red face.

... That guy remembers memories he shouldn't, right?

By the way, they all agreed to go to bed early. After all, they were now at the secret headquarters under the lake. No one will know the difference between the morning and night sky, so why not just go to bed because the three of them need sleep to rest themselves.

But Ava stared at the ceiling long enough, her mind blank.

Maybe it's better that way than it was the nights ago when his brain was shrunk with anxiety.

... This crazy thing is gonna be over soon, isn't it?

He was already very near one of the items he needed to return to his home world. The remaining items he would receive when the employment contract that had him disguised as a royal princess was finalised in the coming months, and if there were no special incidents, he said, he was sure that Marvin who desperately sought the king's face would take care of the business he was supposed to handle in Eve's name. In short, after this Ava can relax and furture. Still two months, coins stored in the status window are abundant many times more than just a small pocket money. State money is delicious.

Unfortunately, fate did not allow him to rest. The girl's hands were twitching under the blanket. Was he sprained when he fell?

But what he saw was a transparent hologram.

Wait up!

Doesn't he still have another week before the next glitch? The moon ring he saw yesterday was still dark green too!

Ava seemed to drift so fast she ran to the bathroom, locking the door. He waited for his moments of pain with trembling hands. Although she felt pain when this happened, Ava would never get used to it.

He felt thin skinned for thin sake, his flesh was finely chopped, and his bones were grinded. All these sensations are felt consciously.

But Ava's brain protects the girl's sanity, by taking her to the subconscious as the process takes over.

Synchronization.

***

"You should have let Siwon call you mama."

"It's nice to see you again" Ava replied sarcastically. He does need to meet Eve, but the thing that precedes him is always unpleasant. Over time, Ava would associate Eve with the half-dead pain she felt.

"Guarantee, the little dragon will become more obedient later," Eve continued, ignoring the rude response of her dopplegangger.

Ava also does not pounce. "Tell me where I can find the three things I'm looking for."

"Ah, right. You stay here."

Clearly, despite the dialogue, their respective conversations were only one way. No one paid attention to the interlocutor's words.

And as Ava waits for an answer to her request. Eve suddenly disappears, leaving Ava alone in the desolate dark domain.

"Hello?"

There is no lawfulness.

***

The short black-haired beautiful girl who had fainted in the bathroom slowly opened her eyes, exposing both of her charcoal beads with the dazzling light of the brightly shining lights.

Geck! Geck! Geck!

The door was panicked. The body and floor of the ceramic around the woman were filled with blood.

Ugh, it's a mess.

He stood up, then stepped closer to the mirror.

Hm, Ava's body feels light, half the cause is the synchronization that has just occurred, and the rest of the reason is because the body is trained naturally in the world of origin.

Eve grinned, not minding the body she possessed.