The Forest Guardians

16. YSH Chapter 2

Omen's POV

"You have 1 job, Omen. 1 job. And you couldn't even do it." Mike grumbled through the phone.

I was borrowing the phone from the Holmes Manor.

"I know. But what am I supposed to do?! I don't even know how his older self really looks like much less his younger version. After all, there was no picture of him in the database except for the descriptions. Quite a few young men could fit those!"

"Are you sure you are not ogling at those fine young men?"

"No! I am absolutely sure!"

With my left hand holding the phone closed to my ear, I ran my right hand across my hair in frustration before tucking them back into the cap. My fingers were starting to miss my long tresses.

I heard a sigh from him. Whether it was a sigh of disappointment or irritation, I didn't know but that further weighed down my heart.

"I'm sorry."

"No. It's alright. You couldn't have stopped it. This was foretold by the 1st Alice letter after all. Anyway, I found one of the copies of the book."

My ears pricked up in anticipation.

"And?"

"It was torn in half. There's nothing that mine or the Library's magic can do to fix it. We can only hope that it regenerates the missing half quickly enough. But judging from the extensive damage of it, it will take a while. At most you will have to stay in that World for a week."

"Dammit!" I gritted my teeth and punched the table in frustration. "A week is too long. What happens if Dark Shadow decides to use this opportunity to do something?"

"That's what I am afraid of, he may be buying time to do something. You have that egg to help you. By the way, how is Sherlock?"

"Still under the care of a doctor."

I bit my lip in frustration.

How is a magical robotic egg going to help me?!

"Alright. Then stay there and be by his side. Don't judge the egg, it's your familiar so it will help you if you are in danger. If anything happens, contact me through the letter."

"Then how about you?"

"I'm going... skkkk... skkkk"

Static? I frowned. Our communication lines don't have these faults.

"Mike, say it again."

"I said... skkk... skkk"

< Hello young Guardian... >

I froze when an unknown deep and smooth voice replaced Mike's familiar crisp and tenor voice. It brings a feeling of foreboding and a chill so cold that I felt it within my soul. I shivered from the intensity of it.

< Dear me, did the Library not teach any etiquette lessons? >

A deep throated chuckle emitted from the voice. Who is he?

"Who are you? Are you one of Dark Shadow's minions?" I replied back. My mind was scrambling for any bits of information about this mysterious man.

< Hmm..? You don't know me? My... I'm disappointed at Micheal. I left him alive to tell the story, but you don't know me? >

The muscles in my jaw clenched. My left hand gripped the phone so tightly, my knuckles were starting to turn white. He was one of the two allies of Dark Shadow who killed Kagura Lee, Mike's previous partner in cold blood. I never read the files closely enough but I did remember that he was once a Demon King.