In front of Pablo and Sera, a very small wooden rotten door stood.
Nose wrenching smell welcomed him and he was familiar with it.
It was the smell of a slum.
Nevertheless, Pablo walked closer towards the door.
"This door is screaming that it’s the entrance of a slum."
Pablo stood just in front of it and Sera was behind him but far.
"You can go back if you want. I will be staying here for an indefinite time." Pablo said.
"No. I will come. I don’t care about this lousy smell at all."
"Cover your face and nose. If the people inside saw you they might lose control."
"Lose control?" Sera didn’t understand.
"I mean the men inside will try to touch you if they see your face. Their lust might take over."
"Oh. That isn’t a problem. Andrezj and you are here for me. And even if you are not, Andrezj will always help me."
Sera was confident in her Angel.
"Still, cover your face and nose. You might vomit."
"Okay."
Sera accepted Pablo’s order and covered her face. She couldn’t refuse him.
"Come here." Pablo said.
Sera stood beside Pablo.
Pablo held her hand.
"Ah. Why do you always hold my hand? I mean, I don’t mind it but is this your fetish or something?"
’It’s my helplessness.’
"No. I am just checking your temperature." Pablo lied. He was doing something else.
[ Mimesis Malefica In Use! ]
[ Hold the Target’s hand for ten seconds! ]
[ You are already familiar with Target. No memories are needed. ]
[ You have copied Target’s Ego many times. You can keep it with you for seven hours now! ]
After two more seconds, the main notification came.
[ Ego Successfully Copied! ]
[ You already know about the Ego. No description is needed. ]
The interface went away and Pablo’s luck would be good for seven hours now.
’Like it or not, she is your lucky charm.’ Cupid remarked.
Pablo said nothing and opened the already open door.
"Stay behind me and I’ll do the talking." Pablo gave some more instructions.
"How are you sure that there are people here? No one comes here after the Demon summoning." Sera said.
"Just do what I said."
"Okay." Sera nodded.
Pablo turned around and finally stepped foot inside the Hermit slums.
SWISH!
’Woah.’ A gust of wind washed over Pablo. His hair stood up.
’No wonder everyone is afraid to come here.’
Nevertheless, some wind wasn’t enough to stop Pablo.
He entered the slum with no fear.
Sera followed him closely.
But she didn’t touch Pablo. He had told her not to touch him in front of other people.
Pablo walked slowly and looked around.
’This is just like Desper but with less huts.’
Pablo looked at the ground.
’There are still marks of blood. The foot soldiers must have killed many people.’
Pablo walked deeper and he found some more huts.
But he had yet to see someone.
’There must be someone here. The villagers should have moved here.’
Pablo watched closely at the huts and no one was inside them as well.
’What is the deal here?’
Pablo took one more step forward.
TUCK!
A sound came from the ground.
Pablo looked and he instantly jumped back.
The next second, a net came out of the ground and closed on its own.
’A trap? So there is someone here after all.’
Pablo stood up from the ground and stopped walking. Sera stopped behind him as well.
He patted his hands and raised both of them in the air.
"I am here to help you! I will make you get back your village. I am an ally. Please come out and talk."
Pablo shouted out loud. He was sure there were people in the village.
"I have no weapons on me. You can see my both hands. Come and talk. I request the chief of the Village."
Pablo showed he was harmless and now he just waited for something to happen.
"How do you know we are the villagers?" A voice came.
’Finally.’ Pablo was waiting for a reply.
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"Because this is the closest place you all can live to your village. The Royals won’t allow you to stay inside their city anyway." Pablo answered.
"Who are you?" The same voice came again.
"The short answer is, I am your ally. For a long answer, come out and talk. It will be easier for both of us."
No reply came and Pablo waited patiently.
KLICK!
A sound came and it was from the ground.
Pablo stepped back and a door opened from the ground.
’Right. This place has an underground bunker.’
The small door completely opened and Pablo watched the small entrance.
Then after two seconds, one hand came out.
Then another hand came.
’He is coming out like a zombie.’
After hands, a head came out and soon the whole body of a person was in front of Pablo.
And Pablo could only look at the man.
"Are you the Chief?" He asked, surprised.
"Yes." The chief replied.
’That’s not how I expected him to look.’
The chief was wearing black shades, he had a bandanna on his head, his beard was white and it was well set.
More than that, the man was wearing necklaces with beads on them.
’He looks like an exorcist.’ Pablo could only describe the Chief like that.
[[A/n : See the Chief. Here!]]
"Why are you staring? State your purpose or die." The Chief said.
"Ah. Yes. I am here to help you all." Pablo said.
"And who is behind you?"
"She is my assistant."
"Assistant? Who are you?"
"I am Pablo Castillo."
"I didn’t ask your name."
"Then?"
"I mean what do you do? Are you from the military or something?"
"Military? Haha. Of course not. That place is too low for me. I have no work there." Pablo acted like the Chief shared a joke.
"Too low for you, eh? So you are a Royal." The chief cracked his fingers.
’He doesn’t like the Royals. Well, no one does.’
"No. I am not a Royal as well. I am something else."
"And that is?"
Pablo smiled. He couldn’t say he was from the military but he recently received a new identity and it came in handy for this moment…
"I am a Private Detective."