Twilight of Shepherd and Calamity

Ch13 The lost tower

Velvet pov

I can sure that we will get into trouble, from the moment we save the girl from a bag.

Why is that she in the bag?

Why she acted as she knows me?

How is the one she knows like?

How should I act to be the one she knows?

What exactly the person do in this place?

What are the ways to live in such a place?

There are too many questions in my head that I can't ask easily. Unknowing questioning is only a clueless act in this dangerous place.

Before I figure out anything from the place, there already a problem come ahead.

"Are you really Beta?" The girl started to doubt after a while of calm down.

"Why would you ask?" I prepare to fail the plan.

"You possesses a deeper voice than I knew."

"......I catch a cold and is not fully healed."

"You seems to be taller than the last time I saw."

"I wear high-heel boots."

"Your eyes......are different."

".....Too many things happened that I can't handle my emotion well, sorry." Let's assume she is not saying we have different colors of eyes.

Sorey shut his mouth with worry, after all, he is not good at lying.

The girl stops saying more after that. Whether starting to doubt my identity or trust me, I will prepare for any situations. Plans must be solid, and reactions flexible.

She leads us to a place where seems to be their spot to hide, I take that she believed in me, to the extent that if she still leads the way to their spot or she has another purpose to bring me here.

We pass through the narrow alley with water dripping above, the washed clothes just hang on the pipe ducts line outside the building to dry and block the limited sunlight to the alley. Buildings are very close to each other that almost close enough for a handshake and the electrical cables link the buildings together. Walking up all the stair, she leads us to a metal house on a rooftop of a low-rise building.

She knocked on a door with a specific beat like a signal, the door then opened a slit, I see an eye is watching outside through it.

"...Beta!! Anna! You are safe!"

Again they get the strange name on me, I guess the one called Beta may be like a sister or family member to them. Now at least I know the girl named Anna.

"....Who is the guy?" The boy behind the door pointed to Sorey.

"..A new friend. He helped me a lot."

"Oh...Ok! Anyway, You have to see this!!" After a while, the boy decided to believe in Sorey too and opened the door. There is only a word to describe the view behind the door: disaster. Broken furniture everywhere and the things in the house are in a chaotic state. I see injured children staying in the room with shivering and covered by the ragged blanket. They powerlessly lean on each other.

"What is going on here? And where is Tom?"

Seems that someone is missing in the room.

"I don't know, 2 men just suddenly opened our door and beat us down when breaking down the furniture to scare us."