LifeBlood Love (Chilumi)

VII

Lumine

After what it seemed like eons, I finally found my way back up to the main floor of the castle. The basement of this place is rather confusing to say the least.

Sneaking by guards and accidentally opening wrong doors to places were extremely common during my escape.

Walking up the cracked and crumbled stairs, that seemed centuries old, I make my way up them. Occasionally looking down in case I trip on a part of the stairs that is uneven.

My neck still stings but, I managed to get all of those bandages and cast like materials off of it, so now it is open and breathing. I haven't seen how it looks since there are no mirrors whatsoever in this castle.

It's like mirrors don't exist in this castle, or Tartaglia hates them for some reason.

Starting to feel sweaty after trailing up multiple flights of stairs, I slow down my pace but still continue the trek.

I noticed some of the stones in the wall had strange symbols engraved into it, one of them looked like a weird water symbol, the other looked like a large-eared, winged creature.

An odd choice of stone but I'll let it pass.

I can't wait to get to the main floor of the castle, I might be able to see Keqing, Ganyu, or maybe even Hu Tao...

I sigh. Yanfei. I miss her, we may have talked once or twice but it doesn't matter. She was an innocent person who never deserved her demise.

I look to my right and see a corridor that leads to another door, that can't be the way up. And besides, that corridor is full of spiderwebs and weird stains, if mustn't be important.

Shaking my head I can finally see the last of the stairs, gaining hope, I pick up the pace. Getting to the top of the stairs in seconds.

My hand grips the knob on the door as it swings open, I try to do this gently but a extremely loud creak is heard throughout the echoey hall.

I step out of the doorway and let the door close behind me, it abruptly slams shut, like someone closed it harshly for me.

Shaking slightly, I look down the hallway. The hallway has a long, red rug that goes to the end of it, along with some tables aligning the sides of the hall with various objects on it.

Clasping my hands behind my back and walking down the hall in my heeled shoes I take note of this hallway and how odd it is.

When my hands meet the back of my outfit, I notice something is off about my attire.

Looking down, I no longer have my dress, but it is instead replaced with an outfit that resembles something Tartaglia would wear.

Just who changed me? And why am I just now noticing this? Am I really that lost in my thoughts...?

My new outfit has a jacket, one that Tartaglia would wear, a white blouse, and long black pants that seemed to long for me, so someone folded them at the bottom. My once golden heels were swapped with black and red ones.

I am disgusted! I would never wear something this dark and dreary, someone must've done this when I was unconscious from yesterday, I think it was?

Letting out a groan of disgust, I start to walk down the hallway. Walking slowly, making sure not to make anymore noise than I already have made.

Narrowing my eyes as I take in the dead hallway, I march down the hallway, being very aware of everything that is happening around me.

When I walk past one of the tables, my glance gazed upon the objects on the wooden table, showing its wear and tear. The objects on the table seemed odd;