I'm super sorry for leaving this fic incomplete for so long! Enjoy this chapter. I'll try to upload the next one shortly
After all the bickering of Erza's and the calming down of Jellal when he finally realized that he was not responsible of ehis unlucky fate in any way, Erza started another conversation by stating her curiousty, as to why Jellal never tried to escape the tower.
"I...don't know actually, the idea of not being in this tower never actually entered my mind. " Jellal admitted, quite sad that his IQ seemed to be that low, or the fact that he never really thought of anything
"Never mind, let's get you out of there!" Shouted Erza, filled with new found determination.
"Why?" Was the only thing he asked.
When Erza give him such a look that said 'are you seriously serious?'
"What will I do when I get out, if I do?"
"I don't know these lands,nor the people. It's unknown, and therefore possibly dangerous. I don't know anything about the inhabitants of the nearby towns, as I have only heard very little about them from my "mom". How I can possibly believe that they wouldn't throw me out? If that happens, even survival would be a problem for me. At least I am alive here, and I will get what I require here."
Jellal's descriptive answer seemed to be an attempt to convince himself, rather than reason with Erza. And to be frank, that was easily obvious to Erza who knew that she could convince this lad here to accompany her to her town. And about the townspeople, Erza could very well handle them herself if she sensed their intentions were even slightly wrong. And she noticed that his words were used very well and she would tell him how stupid he sounded.
"First of all, the unknown isn't always dangerous, it is exciting, uncalled for, and a new adventure at the very least and you can leave the people to me, I can handle them myself perfectly." Erza smirked at her comment, her voice slightly amused. "And you are quite correct in the usage of your words sir, that you would be provided with what you absolutely required here. But did you think of what you *wanted*, what you could never get here? Surely you didn't plan on spending your entire life here?"
Erza's question was met by speculative look on Jellal's face who finally did answered.
"Well, how do we intend to flee from here, the lady is expected to come back within an hour or so. Can we escape by then?"
His eyebrow was raised in a manner of questioning.
Though Erza didn't miss a beat and replied instantly.
"We have to try."
Her lips curled up in a soft manner. That lasted for only a moment though, then she returned to her buff demeanor, determined to get Jellal out.
And after a long time spent thinking, both of them managed to break out of there, severely damaging a wall or two but the tower was intact at least. The next problem presented itself soon enough. What had led to Erza discovering the tower was that she had gotten lost and even after the interaction with Jellal, she was still very lost in the middle of nowhere. Jellal had grasped this fact and was in the middle of a brainstorming session, when he spotted something, midst the jungle he was relieved to see a a small field of rampions, a short distance away. He remembered the lady telling him that she had found a rampions field while coming back from the town, as it was in her way, she had also told him how she had managed to steal some quite stealthily but that was irrelevant information in the current situation. After explaining this to Erza (leaving the theft of said rampions) they had set off for their destination, both blissfully unaware of what the other was feeling as they awkwardly walked the way. A brief silence followed as no one knew how to start a conversation, given the circumstances.
