The Book Of Flowers

Assistance

Darwin fell to the ground, just before they got to the room. It also made Claudia interested and fell to the floor

Fortunately, Darwin fell backwards, and Claudia used Darwin's body as a cushion when she fell

Claudia was slowly waking up, and her strength was already slightly filled from before so that it could make her stand up

One thing Darwin forgot was that Claudia was a doctor. Knowing every important nerve in the body and the effects of a wide variety of tools and medicines is his forte

Piercing the nerves that made someone paralyzed was very easy for Claudia

Every day he learned about medicine in the Lao continent used to be very useful for him today

He stared at the 'fainted' Darwin with those open eyes. At least, he wouldn't move for a while. He can't even move his eyeballs right now

'Good work. I'm counting on you'

Ivor, who was peeking out of his cell, looked at Darwin lying on the floor

Claudia smiled in response to Ivor. Then he turned towards the brick wall in the corner of the room near the entrance

When viewed carefully, this wall does look like a broken wall, but the bricks in this part of the wall look very neat as if updated at any time

'Alright. Which brick should I push on this wall'

'Why do you think I know try!? My cell is in the corner of the room farthest from the wall isn't it!?'

'OK, okay. Stop yelling at my head'

Claudia felt every brick on the wall and tried to push it away

One of the bricks in the upper right corner of the wall was pushed in. And at the same time, the wall opens like a door automatically

Claudia looked down at the dark secret room. Emboldened himself, he took his first steps into the room

Ivor wishes luck to come to him, as Claudia continues her steps into the room. The secret door was slowly closing the deeper Claudia entered

......................

*ting!*

*ting!!*

*ting!!!*

The further he stepped into the place, the resonance in his chest also strengthened

Very dark hallways. Claudia had to rely on and stick to the wall to get through the place

He had also started to feel tired, but he was still determined to trace the place to the end

His eyes began to darken. His breathing began to wear. His body began to weaken

He tried to keep going and continued to support himself with the wall beside him

*tuk...*

*tuk...*

*tuk...*

*No!*

The voice was heard as he tried to prop himself up from barely falling, and indirectly hit the object

He slowly fumbled and tried to figure out what it was. He realized that what he hit with his elbow was a door

But...

The door suddenly slowly opened. Because of her reflexes and not wanting to be caught, Claudia tried to hide while holding her breath as deeply as possible. He crouched down on the other side of the slowly opened door

A person wearing a black veil showed himself from behind the door while looking back and forth, as if he was on the lookout for something

Claudia panicked from realizing that someone was there. And again...

*ting! Ting! Ting!*

The clang in his chest felt increasingly louder and faster

Between the clanking on her chest growing faster, and the presence of an unknown person nearby right now, Claudia kept trying to calm herself down

But his mind was more panicked. A cold sweat poured down his forehead, and somehow he felt like he was going to be killed right now

He slowly closed his eyes, waiting for the fate that would befall him in a moment

...

...

...

Noticing the man's footsteps sounding away, Claudia opened her eyes slowly. He sighed in gratitude, and slowly peered towards the exit of the passageway

The man was invisible in his eyes. His footsteps were also not heard

After making sure more thoroughly, and strengthening his determination again, he walked into the room with the door open

And he didn't have to walk far to find out the contents of the room. His eyes were shocked at the contents of the room he saw

There was only the light of a torch inside that vast room. But, he did not need the additional light of seeing the room. The room is filled with various kinds of strange equipment such as doctor's surgical instruments

There are so many creatures other than humans who only live here. Most of them are small in size and preserved in a jar or glass box

There are several organs on display after being preserved in the room. Looking at all those things, Claudia felt disgusted and even almost vomited

After she arranged her body well again, Claudia turned towards stacking people's bodies on a table. The men were wearing masks and special gloves. Claudia also thought that it was those people who had done such heinous things in this room

When he approached and examined them, those people were still alive and only fainted. There were faint bruises on their necks, as if they were struck quite hard, yet did not harm

The person who hit them must know very well how not to harm someone when they knock them unconscious

And when he paid attention to those people more thoroughly...

...

He realized they had just fainted

Suddenly, a living vine crept towards him and bound him tightly. His body was quickly lifted into the air by the tendril

Panicked, he tried to break away, but his efforts produced absolutely nothing because of the strong bond of the tendril

"Free-up!"

"Shut up and listen to me" The man said as he looked straight into his eyes

*ting!! Ting!!*

...

"Why is the Spirit Core in your body?"

Claudia was silent and stopped struggling instantly listening to that. And as she stared at the pair of orange eyes behind the veil, she realized one thing

"You... Vainzel??"

"..... Yep. Answer me immediately"

I began to tighten my tendril ties, making Claudia even more depressed

"Well my name is Claudia - Please put me down so I can explain it - well!"

...

"All right"

I slowly lowered it to the floor, but it still tied it, although not as tightly as before

Claudia started to dare herself to speak. With a calm heart, he looked straight into my eyes

"... I want to help you" Claudia said steadily

...

"How do I know that your words are not a trap?" I asked. "After all, you didn't give me an answer to that question" I added

"... Please listen to me first"

"... Alright"

...

"I'll return this spirit fragment to you later. But..."

"But?"

"... I want you to kill me after that"

...!

Hearing Claudia's words, I gasped

His words did not even sound playful at all. Even lying can't be felt by him. His words had already fused with his determination, his eyes even continued to be highlighted towards me

Among all the requests or conditions he could ask me, he asked me to kill him after he handed the spirit core back

But, was it true that he wanted to take his life for granted?