Aias: from a world of kaijus to a world of fantasy and magic

Chapter 63

Seeing Eric start walking away, I debated whether to follow him or not because he was going to lead me to a group of people who all were going to have something wrong with them in their heads.

I sigh and follow him because going back to Clare is the priority, and I guess I could tolerate them for a bit.

"Hey, are you coming or not?"

Sighing again, I told him yeah.

Following Eric, he then asked me about other things since we're a fair distance away from the camp.

"So, do you mind telling me more about your fight in the secret boss room?"

"Why are you asking?"

"Oh, I was just wondering if what you found was a shortcut."

Shortcut? Hearing what he said, it didn't cross my mind, but that makes sense because that would explain why I was on the 29th floor.

However, when I saw his face, I got a feeling that he was probing me for something.

I should leave something out and be a bit vague because I don't know if he wants to know where the shortcut I found is or something else, which my instincts are telling me is the latter.

"I guess you're right."

"Really, could you tell me where?"

"I can't."

"Why so?"

"I need a map to tell you; it's in the middle of a forest, so there aren't any landmarks to tell you where it is, and it is pretty well hidden."

"I see, that is a shame."

Changing the subject.

"Okay then, how about telling me who we are going to fight?"

Hearing his offer, I thought about it. If I did tell him, he would know about my identity, and then there was a possibility that knowledge of my disappearance would circulate. It would not be good for me since my father would order that I and probably everyone who came into contact with me be assassinated. Then my father will probably fake my death in a way that I committed suicide or was murdered by monsters or something to hide the fact I ran away with the excuse of me being dead as the reason they were trying to hide me from high society.

However, if I'm optimistic, I could make it so that killing me would not be worth it. If news spread that I ran away far and fast enough, especially about where I live and what I am doing, then I would be too hot a target to kill.

I debated this in my mind as I remained silent for a good minute, which Eric interrupted by saying.

"You really are taking your time at this."

He said that with a playful tone and smile, and then he said something that I completely didn't expect.

"You know you don't have to tell me. After all, you don't see a young noble child from the old nobility faction running away too often."

I immediately stopped walking and stared at him with deep suspicion and shock as he said that because how? From what he said, he definitely knew who I was. Is it that I reference my family's black knights or something else?

He still had a playful expression, but I could tell he was enjoying this, which irked me.

"You're wondering how I know; well, it's not what you think. I knew who you were when we first met, Ms. Rita."

I stared at him with even more shock inside me because he even knew about my name.

"I have my sources, and a really young kid around your age being an adventurer near the Lucendi territory does fall in the realm of possibility. But the main thing that confirmed it with me was your face and the unique presence you gave off."