'It's true there is nothing to place my trust upon.'
Carl and Carlia, both having now faced the third type of betrayal from Nix and lvin, could only feel their ntal status keep taking a dive. Her eyes gazed upon the mory where Carl seed curled up on the ground, lying there fully exhausted to death, the mories playing against this being simple.
She survived in that place alone for a few days until she was found and helped by lvin and Nix, the two of them seemingly having searched all around, and at the last mont before she faced death, they seemingly saved her along with all the knights and servants around, which led to the catalyst of her opening up her heart to them and becoming best friends.
'But why? Why do I feel like sothing is missing?'
As a headache started to hit Carl and Carlia, the two of them holding their heads tightly, the image in front of them twisted and turned, changing its form. Soon in front of Carl and Carlia, a new image started to play, a powerful one as the truth ca out.
'What is this?'
The two of them asked themselves as they saw a cloaked person appearing right beside her, the size of the person pointing to the fact that it might be a child or soone of lesser height. Before she could do anything or even respond, all the two girls could do was watch as if being possessed, as if the truth was slowly being knocked out of her mind.
"What's this? Princess Carl?"
The cloaked figure asked back in doubt, his soft voice showing off his age. Above that, the voice she heard before rang so bells in Carl's mind, as if she had heard it before, but before she could react to anything, the boy spoke.
"Just what is happening to the world?"
As the boy mused at the question, he seemingly picked Carl up. The whole space surrounding her looked like a maze, all around her being dilapidated walls, all of them looking old and almost broken, yet their height reached to the skies. This was one of the dangerous lands, the maze of forgotten walls, a place of treasures, one that isn't easily gained at all.
The laws within the place were a mix of several different laws: no flight magic could be used, and no one could even fly there. Even beyond all that, several restrictions of magic and power were also placed here, along with dangers all around. Thus, the boy fully covered first held up the girl Carl in his arms as he started to run around the place.
He moved with familiar movents as he soon reached up on a wall, with a wave revealing a hidden small entrance to hide. The growls and cries of monsters all around could be heard as he safely placed little Carl in while he too entered, closing off the entrance. The space inside was small, yet for now, it did as the boy started to inspect Carl.
"Looks like she is just exhausted."
The boy sighed as he comfortably placed Carl around and then seemingly made her drink a potion, which was no easy task, after which he seed to take so rest, possibly waiting for little Carl to wake up.
.....
'No, what is this? When did this all happen?'
A certain premonition started to hit the hearts of the two girls as Carl asked herself this question, to which Carlia replied with a hardened tone.
'I don't rember, I can't rember, it's seemingly blocked.'
The two of them ca to understand sothing about themselves, the path of their blocked mory slowly opening up. Scenes of the mory in her mind played perfectly along with the scene in front of her as it continued, and so did the pain and guilt in Carl and Carlia's minds.
......
"Urgh..."
Making such sounds of pain, little Carl slowly woke up from her sleep, her eyes taking ti to get used to the darkened light all around her. As her mind slowly started to regain its worth, Carlia too saw everything through the light as the mories of what happened played through Carl's mind, the pain being shared by Carlia too as Carl started to cry.
"Why?...why am I being betrayed like this? What did I do?......."
The tears raining down Carl's face at the thought of being betrayed by her own nanny, the last words of hers playing in her mind, the pain of betrayal burning in her body, as the second trauma placed its mark. The cries of the girl, not minding her situation around, filling the place, taking her ti, and just as she was rid of her tears, a voice sounded out.
"Wow, I didn't know you were such a crybaby."
The words sounded rough, seemingly as if the person was trying to hide his voice. As the shocked Carl quickly being replaced by Carlia took control, the girl's burning eyes focused on the hooded figure before her, his body fully hidden from sight as he sat there leaning against the open entry with his face covered by a mask.
"Who are you?"
Carlia asked, her voice being colder than she intended as she too was in pain. Her actions were being watched by Carl inside as they faced the new situation, to which the hidden figure spoke.
"Well, you just entered here and I saved your life, that's all."
His curt reply, along with the fact that there wasn't anything wrong with her, made Carlia back down a bit, her gaze looking through the person who seed to match her height as holding the pain asked.
"Where is this?"
"It's the maze of forgotten walls."
The words of the boy made Carlia's eyes widen, the sa passing through Carl, as the face of Carlia turned serious, her mind running at full speed as she asked.
"Who are you?"
"A traveler looking for treasures."
His words not giving much as Carlia asked.
"Are you an imp or a dwarf or sothing?"
To this the voice replied.
"Once again, none of your concern, princess."
His words made Carlia's vigilance even higher, but she kept her cold face as she asked again.
"Quit the arrogance towards perhaps the next Empress."
"What are you going to do? Dig through the whole world for a person my height with a white mask on?"
At his words, Carlia shut her mouth, the whole situation being confusing to her. First being betrayed by her most trusted person, next ends up waking up with a weird guy who seems to have no fear towards her or her power and now is trapped in an extrely dangerous place that wishes for her death. Overall, everything was pounding at her ntal health.
Thus, Carlia closed her eyes, the two of them within having a small talk after which Carlia, still in control, spoke out to the masked savior of hers.
"Help get out of here and any riches you wish for will be yours."
To this the masked person turned to look at her, his eyes not being able to be seen as he responded.
"Sure, I will help you, but I don't want anything. Let's just go our separate ways after this."
At his words, Carlia frowned, her mind already thinking of the fact that perhaps the person is just trying to get more in her good side, his power of Origin level 3 being on display. She just nodded her head, too tired to even go for any political talk. Seeing so, the masked guy in front of her forwarded her a snack.
"Here, it's better to fill your stomach and keep you energetic. We have a long way ahead of us, one with dangers."
To this Carlia looked at the food with wary eyes, the tasty, glittering piece of at in front of her being sothing she couldn't trust easily, especially being wary. Seeing so, the masked figure making a certain gap took a bite of the food, savoring it as he spoke.
"Is this enough?"
To his words, she, holding in her disgust at the whole situation, took the piece and she placed it in her mouth. The flavor exploded forth in her tongue as her eyes widened. Soon she finished the piece, small oil being around her lips which made the person chuckle and Carlia blush a bit.
.......
'Yes, this is where it all began....'
The older Carl watching upon spoke, her heart-wrenching as Carlia chid in.
'This is where our desire for adventure and good food grew......'
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