Chapter 253 (1/2)
Chapter 253
Chapter 253: A Healthy Appetite
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Preparations didn’t take very long, especially since our inventory was basically nonexistent I tore off as left ofmilky white skin that didn’t seem to have any sort ofdown at luis started before snickering “Most girls, that is”
I swatted at my companion but he zipped out of reach this ti pants wereoff the thick sheets of leather that had been protectingoff pieces of the leather with ether around my waist and over my shoulder
With the extra strips of fabric I had left, I created a mask to cover my mouth and nose and wrapped the rest aroundto just co ers that rapped up to the second knuckle by the cloth “The Alacryans that passed by had different types of ar styles, but all three had masks around their necks and unlike ourselves, they see theed, bobbing his head up and down
“Why do you sound so surprised when you know I’ve led two lives?”
“Good point This one apologizes for his ignorance, Milady”
I rolledjourney
After going through a series of movements and martial art foreeven less prepared than I felt before readying ible resistance It felt like the very air around me had been replaced by tar
I placed h “Are you ready?”
“Let’s go,” Regis said without a trace of mockery
I pushed open the door with ease and what appeared on the other side looked to be an extension of the roois, I jerked my head towards the door
“What? Why me?” my companion complained
“Because You’re incorporeal,” I said flatly
Letting out a string of curses, the will-o-wisp hovered toward the other side of the door when he jerked to a stop all of a sudden
“Ouch! That actually hurt,” he said,on?” I asked, carefully waving ot hurt
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Unlike Regis, though, I was able to go through
“Ouch! Stop that!” Regis snarled, his foris yelped in pain again before glaring at me
“Just wanted to make sure,” I smirked contently
“I don’t think this is just an entryway to another rooet if I radual than this”
“Thatat the room on the other side of the door “Wait, why did you try to leaveI wanted to knohat my limit was and it’s not like I was born inherently loyal to you”
I shook my head “I’d be a lot more upset if you were actually useful as a weapon”
“Touché,” Regis quipped
“We’ll cross together on three,” I decided
Regis nodded, positioning hiainst hten I had no idea ould face as soon as we left this ‘sanctuary’
“One Two Three!” I stepped through alongside Regis, ready for whatever challenges awaited However, ere met in complete silence aside fro behind us
The marble floor underneath my feet was flawlessly smooth but unlike the circular rooht hallith a ceiling that arched high above our heads with another metal door etched with runes on the other side Ts of sconces were lined across the patterned wall, illuht On either side of us were giantmen and women armed with not just the fauns
Apparently, Regis was just as surprised as I was “Are those…”
“Guns? I think so,” I answered
The firear were different from the ones I was accustomed to from my previous life They were more archaic, like the ones of the past that still used aze shi+fted away froht ahead, roughly three hundred feet or so
“So we just…walk past these giant stone statues and go to the door on the other side That’s not o straight ahead, I walked over to the wall tofor any sort of hidden side exit After searching both walls, I let out a sigh and looked down the ain between the row of stone statues
“You don’t suppose these statues will start ht?”
“There’s only one way to find out,” Regis said, perching himself on ot in a stance to run, cursing this new body ofthis hallould’ve taken noout a sharp breath and allowing hts, I pushed h the line of stone statues on either side of me
“Coered right besides would take me when I misstepped and tripped over round, barely h to keepmy face into the cold marble floor
There was no pain, only embarrassment as I scrambled back up tohis nonexistent ass off as he reenacted my crash
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I dusted“Hey What happens to you if I die?”
Regis stopped laughing “Huh?”
“Do you become free, or do you die as well?”
“I never really thought about it but…” Regis pondered for a moment “The foundation of this form comes from the acclorite that was placed into your body, but my life force is tied to you so if you die, I suppose…”
“You go back to being a hunk of rock?” I finished, scanning the statues now surrounding us as we passed the quarter mark in the hallway “That’s nice to know”
“Hey! Are you s-se, unblinking white eyes of his
“You’re just seeing things,” I said, swatting him away
“No, I saw you smile! Are you sure some of Uto’s mana didn’t infect you, or were you always a bit sociopathic?”
Ignoring hier to us Continuing our way down the long hallway, a sensation I hadn’t felt since waking up in this…place, struck: hunger
The sharp pang that made my stomach churn went away as quickly as it had co my mouth water