Chapter 2

-What?!

The man suddenly disappeared in front of Elian's eyes like a mirage, as if he had never existed in the first place, leaving her confused. ...

Was she imagining she saw this guy or what? ....

(Huh...? K-How did he suddenly disappear?!...This is really scary...Oh my God...Should I continue on my way or not? But what did he want to say to me before he disappeared?....)

Elian decided to continue her way towards the forest and tried to forget what had happened to her a short while ago. She looked right, left, and back several times, and she seemed nervous and anxious. The courage inside her had vanished since the strange man’s incident, and his disappearance caused Her fear and shook her courage and sense of security.

While she was walking in the forest, she heard a faint whistling sound coming from every direction. The forest was devoid of any living creature except Elian in it. She thought that this little boy was because of the wind, but she did not pay attention to it and continued walking...

-...Humanity...haha. ..Hahahaha

Elian was startled after hearing the sound of this strange and frightening laughter at the same time, and she started running very quickly without thinking. She was certain that the forest was not an ordinary forest and that she had to leave here, and quickly.

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While Elian was on her way home, she was absentmindedly thinking about what had happened to her a short while ago in the forest and her vision of that strange palace. It looked like a medieval palace, and that man with western eyes... Yes, she had never seen eyes like his before. His eyes are strange and wonderful at the same time, but she wonders to herself why he lives in a palace in that scary and deserted forest? Why doesn't he live in the city like other people? Perhaps he wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and live in isolation from people, but it seems really strange. Even if he wanted to live alone, at least he should have chosen a better place than that forest. Did he not hear the rumors about it, or did he not care and did not believe them? Gay? Perhaps he wanted to investigate the matter and liked the place, so he wanted to build a palace there and settle in it and live a quiet life away from everyone. Rumors helped him do that. No one would dare to think about entering the deserted forest. On the one hand, no one comes to the forest, and on the other hand, the place. Secluded and quiet, then he would have killed two birds with one stone, but is that small house that you saw the same palace?? I remember well that I fell asleep leaning against that wall of the house, but when I woke up I found the palace, as if it was transforming or something like that... Anyway, my head started to hurt from thinking about it...)

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While she was thinking while walking, she did not notice the cat that had crossed in front of her, so she accidentally stepped on its tail. The cat screamed loudly, causing Elian to wake up from her distraction and twitch in her place.

"Yes!"

Passers-by looked at her after hearing the sound of screaming, while the cat ran away. Elian remained standing in place, placing her hand on her chest, feeling her heart, which began to beat strongly from fear.

(Breathing) “Ha...ha oh my god, he scared me...seriously.”

Passers-by started whispering, one of them asking what happened, and another saying:

“…It looks like she stepped on a cat’s tail.”

And another girl was saying:

"What a poor cat... What's wrong with that girl? Is she blind or what?!"

“Ilian” heard what that girl said, but she preferred to ignore her. She was not in a good position now to quarrel with her. A person with good features and wearing glasses approached her.

 He had dark brown hair and hazel eyes, and was holding a small plastic water bottle in his hand. He asked her in a gentle and polite manner with a tone of concern after he noticed that she was placing her hand over her heart while panting:

“Are you okay, miss?”

"..Huh...yeah..hah yes I'm fine."

“Elian,” she answered, then the man handed her his water bottle and said:

“Please drink some water. I read in a book that when you are terrified of something, you should drink water.”

Elian smiled gratefully and took the bottle from him, drank a little from it, then returned it to him thankfully and asked curiously.

“Why is it important to drink water when surprised?”

He answered her while touching the back of his neck awkwardly:

"B-Honestly, I forgot why. I forget a lot. If you asked me what I had for dinner yesterday, I wouldn't remember it."

Elian laughed at his joke. Talking to him is not boring. He seems like the kind of person you feel comfortable with, even if he is someone you meet for the first time. Then she suddenly remembered what happened to her in the forest, so she thought of asking this young man, perhaps he knew something about this matter.

" can I ask you a question? " . The young man nodded his head and said:

" Yes, of course ". Elian said: “Have you heard about the abandoned forest?” A young man asked:

“The deserted forest? Yes, I remember hearing about it before, but why do you ask?”

Ilian was silent for a while and closed her eyes for a moment, trying to collect her thoughts, and she breathed calmly and slowly, while the young man continued to look at her with interest and concern as he waited for her answer or whether she would ask him about something. Then she opened her eyes and looked at him and decided to tell him about it.

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