All Because of Her Chapter 3
A/N: Just wanted to say Happy New Year to all and a belated Happy Holidays. I know this is a bit later than planned, but the next chapter is going to be a bit longer. I am going for 2000k words at least. I have already started the 4th chapter. I hope this chapter is to your liking. ^.^/
Add rose from his seat and stretched. He walked toward the door and put his ear against it to hear for people in the halls. He heard a few guards talking and looked back to Ara. "Hey, I'mma need you to stay here. I'm gonna step out. I'll be back."
"I thought that you were going to let me explore the castle with you."
"It's complicated. Just stay out of sight and stay in this room. Don't leave." He opened the door and walked out, his dynamos automatically going to his position and closed the door.
Ara sighed heavily in the room, debating what she should do. She really had the urge to just snoop around and see who this Add is. She got up from the bed and walked over to his desk, taking in the positions of each of the things that are on it. As first order of business for her, she took the piece of paper that was on the desk and began to read what it said.
Dear Add,
I am going to need you to defeat Ran and get back our Priestess. I will send my guards with you so that you won't be alone in this quest. If you fail, there will be consequences.
Sincerely,
Prince Chung Seiker
"Ran!? He is not going to hurt MY brother." Desperately, Ara wanted to rip up the paper and make him forget about the quest, but she had to control herself because she didn't want him to discover that she was snooping around. Carefully, she placed the paper back where it was, the way he had it. She saw that his computer was open. It read something about Eve and her Nasods that she summons. 'Why would he care about Eve?' She opened the lone drawer connected to the desk and she saw a bunch of tools for fixing and perhaps building as well. She closed the drawer carefully to make sure that the stuff didn't move and looked behind her to see a door with a password lock on it by the handle. No doubt she was yet again tempted by this challenge now set before her to unlock this door and unravel the mystery behind it. She walked toward the door and put her hand forward to test the handle, moving it closer - closer...
knock knock
Ara let out a small eep and ducked down, crawling toward the tall, king sized bed to use it as a shield.
"Add, are you in there? It's Chung." He rapped on the door for him to open it. "Open up! Add!" Ara's heart began to palpitate and she covered her mouth with her hand to fight the urge to make another sound. He opened the door and saw that he wasn't in his room. "He is always in his room at this time. That's odd." He began to walk closer to the bed and Ara tried to shrink herself best she could to hide. He walked toward the desk, not noticing her and saw that he left with his dynamos too. He wondered briefly if he left the building without his permission or started the quest solo. Ara held her breath as she watched him right in front of her, with no place to hide in his room. He began to walk out, still not noticing her and closed the door behind him. Ara let out the breath she was holding and put her hands together in prayer, thanking the Gods.
Add walked down one of the halls that led to an emergency exit. The walls were painted a light blue with some pictures of some towns and villages. He, as Chung's right-hand man, was the only person who had access to that door. He unlocked it and headed back to his room. He knocked once and told Ara from his side that it was him and opened the door before closing it behind him. Ara eyed him and saw him head over to his dresser.
"Did anyone come in while I was gone?"
"The Prince."
"Oh." His tone sounded uneasy for that second.
"I wasn't caught. Are you proud of me?" Ara's voiced held a childish tone.
"I am." He took out his uniform and accessories before looking toward her. "I opened up an emergency exit. You are going to go left down this hall, down two flights of stairs and you'll see a long hall that leads to the exit. Don't ask why there aren't cameras. Just go."
"Are you crazy!?" Ara had a plan in her mind to get on the Prince's good side to make her leave, but now the ticket out the door was just handed to her, figuratively.
"I know what you want. Just leave. I'll ask for permission to leave and follow you after. Just go as fast as you can. I will find you."