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Chapter V

Charades

Silence...

The three sat there for a long while without uttering a word. Their eyes shifted from left to right or up and down, yet never making any contact with the other's. The black haired man sat cross legged on the stone floor, his fingers tapping incessantly on his knees. His white haired friend, who's sitting beside him, closed his eyes pondering on his thoughts. Across them, the pink haired girl stared at the cloudless blue sky above and gave off a sigh. They were like this for awhile now and it's, perhaps, because of the awkwardness in the atmosphere or because they were deep in their own thoughts. Perhaps, it's both.

For a guy who couldn't stand this kind of situation, Oga decided to act quickly to break the silence. He sighed as he turned to his white haired friend and punched him straight in the face without holding back.

Aaak.

Furuichi cringed as he received the blow. Some blood oozed out from the corner of his mouth and his right cheek bloated in an instant as if he's eaten a whole tennis ball.

"Why'd you hit me?!" he yelled at Oga while wiping the blood off his mouth and stroking his swollen cheek.

"It's too quiet! I had to make some noise," responded his friend with a devil-may-care face.

"So that's why you hit me?!" complained the white haired man.

"It's also a good way to stretch my arm."

"You devil!"

"Idiot Furuichi!"

The pink haired girl struck a nerve as she observed the two bickering retards. Her eyebrow twitched as she watched them calling each other with some stupid childish names. She finally couldn't take it any more that she got up from her seat, clenched her fists, and shouted at them.

"Will you two pipe down?! You're childish noise doesn't help solve anything. Let's just think how to explain all this to Hilda-neesan without revealing who you two really are."

After hearing the girl, the two suddenly stopped squabbling and sat back to their places. Oga scratched his head while Furuichi gave him one last murderous glare before turning serious about their situation.

Lamia had already told them how she and Hilda met. She assured the two men that her friend was kind and could be trusted despite of her fierceness. She also told them a little about the blonde, while of course, carefully excluding the parts that are too personal. On the other hand, Furuichi explained to her how they meet Hilda the other day and how she got them into trouble by leaving them to pay all the damages she caused. He told the pink haired girl that they spent all their winnings on paying the store owners and the people who got beaten up by Hilda. However, they couldn't pay all of them and that was why they were being chased.

"Hey Lamia, didn't you say that Hilda-san can be trusted?" Furuichi suddenly asked. "Why don't we just tell her the truth?"

"Good point, Furuichi!" Oga said in surprise. "I'm glad you're brain's working now. Must be the punch I gave you."

"Shut up!" cried Furuichi. "It still hurts you know."

"I don't think that would be a great idea", Lamia disagreed. "Hilda-neesan has some kind of hatred towards the royal family. Well, technically, not the royal family. It's just something that involves the royal family."

"Huh? You're not making any sense there." Oga said as he creased the space between his brows, obviously confused with what Lamia stated.

"I can't explain it to you", Lamia answered them with downcast eyes. "It's something to do with Hilda-nee's past..."

Furuichi looked at the girl and guessed that it might be something too personal to discuss. He crossed his arms on his chest and sighed, "I guess we have no choice then..."

"Yes...", Lamia added solemnly.

"Geez...", Oga scratched his cheek. "Why does she have to take part in this? It'd just make things difficult for me if that bitch-"

Craash.

The three of them quickly turned their heads to where the noise came from. They gaped in surprise and turned pale as they saw a blonde woman suddenly jumped off from behind the crates near to where Oga was sitting.

"Who are you calling bitch, sewer rat?", the blonde said as she unsheathed the sword from its scabbard. Her eyes were on fire as she glared at the two men who supposedly 'abducted' her friend.

Furuichi almost shit his pants when Hilda's emerald orbs turned fiery red. He swore that he could feel the blonde's glare piercing through his very soul. His cowardly instincts told him to move away from the angry woman so he quickly scrambled to where Lamia was sitting and hid in her cape. Because of this, Hilda got even more infuriated and pointed her sword to Oga's neck as quick as lightning.

"H-Hilda..." Oga gulped as the naked blade almost touched the skin on his neck. He didn't move from his place like what his white haired friend did.

"What?!" Hilda growled as she moved her sword even closer to the man's neck, the blade slightly touching the skin. "How do you know my name?!"

"W-wait Hilda-nee!" Lamia jumped from her seat, shaking her hands in front of her to stop the blonde. "D-don't hurt the pri-... I mean Oga. Don't hurt him please... It's me who told them your name!"

"And why would you do that Lamia?", Hilda frowned at her friend, her eyes demanding answers. "Did these punks tortured you?!"

Lamia found it hard to breathe as she glanced at the blade now touching Oga's neck. She gulped and tried to speak calmly to her blonde friend. "No they did not torture me Hilda-nee.. P-please put the sword away. I'll explain everything to you."

"What's this suppose to mean Lamia? Are you siding with them?"

"O-oi woman," Oga suddenly spoke, cold sweat running down from his forehead, "just listen to her... and put your sword away."

"I will not put my sword away, you dumbass!" Hilda gritted her teeth, her mind wondering what was going on. "Lamia, explain to me what's going on here."

Lamia sighed a little bit. She sat back on the crate while Furuichi sat three feet away from her. His face now calm and serious though a bit pale. He glanced at the pink haired girl who also put on serious face beside him. He wondered how Lamia would explain it all to her friend.

"I know these guys Hilda-nee", she started. "Their parents are friends with my father..."

Before she continued, she looked at her friend to see her reaction but there was no expression written on her face as usual. However, it somehow relieved her to see the fiery glare gone from her friend's eyes. The blonde must have calm down.

"That man's name is Oga", she continued as she pointed a finger at the sweating black haired man.

"Ogre?" Hilda raised her eyebrow and smirked. "No wonder he's ugly."

Oga protested at the blonde who quickly tightened her grip on her sword at his protest. Meanwhile, Furuichi chuckled beside Lamia. He felt like he was avenged and he praised Hilda for doing it. Even so, he just earned a glare from the blonde.

Lamia's lips twitched a bit as she forced a smile before continuing her explaination, "Oga's father is...um... is a higher ranking official than my father...before he became the royal physician...!"

The blonde stared at her for a few a moment which made Lamia stopped her breathing. The two men tensed on their places as they waited for Hilda to say something.

"Hmm..." Hilda finally spoke. "So he's father is the head of the royal guards?" The pink haired girl quickly nodded and nodded too much because of relief.

The two men gulped at what Lamia declared. It was a close description but it didn't really hit the mark. They cheered Lamia inside their heads as they put on a serious face and anxiously waited for her to continue explaining and pull everything off.

"What about him?" Hilda suddenly nodded to the white haired man beside Lamia.

Lamia fought herself not to blush. She clenched her fists as tight as she could until her knuckles became white. She didn't even glanced at Furuichi so she wouldn't turn red. She then tried to explain, "He is...he was a previous patient of my father. He suffered from malaria and tuberculosis when he was 12 years old but my father miraculously cured him! You know how great my father is right?!"

Furuichi couldn't believe how Lamia explained to Hilda about him. His face turned blank just by hearing her words. "Malaria?! Tuberculosis?! Really?" he said in his mind. But then, it was better than telling the blonde the truth.

"Sh-she's right Hilda-san!" he shouted from his seat, trying to play along with Lamia's explanation. "My parents are very grateful that Lamia's father saved my life. We owe him and his family a lot. Dr. Folkas is indeed the greatest doctor in the kingdom!"

Hilda gave him a frown. "I didn't tell you to speak, Creepichi..."

"Huh? Why is she calling me Creepichi? Does she remember what Oga called me the other day? It can't be!" His eyes turned white and his jaw dropped from its place as he thought of this. He then put on a friendly smile as he tried to redeem himself, "I-It's not my name Hilda-san..."

"Of course it is...Creepichi!" Hilda looked at him, her face blank but her eyes gave a disgusted look.

Furuichi couldn't help but cry from what he heard. He quickly stood up from where he was seated and pointed an accusing finger at his friend. "This is all your fault Oga! Why don't you say something you idiot?!"

Oga sat there without moving an inch. His face didn't even show any emotion. He became wary of the blade near his neck that he just didn't know how to answer his friend. What he just managed to say was, "Yeah", plus a sweat which dropped on the side of his temples.

Furuichi got extremely annoyed by his friend's answer that he launched towards Oga and shouted, "I'm gonna kill you Ogaaa!"

Smaack.

Furuichi suddenly stopped when a crate hit his face. The three people wide-eyed as they watched him falling down as if in slow motion. When his body hit the floor, the white haired man groaned with pain. Oga quickly turned his head to where the crate came from and saw six figures in silhouette standing in the middle of the passageway.

"Kekeke", a voice came from one of the shadowy figures, "We found you at last, Oga!"