Follow the Script

Chapter 4

Y/N: Alright, we should hurry.

Koishi: Where did you get that?

Y/N: ...You don't want to know.

Not answering her question, they both returned to the entrance and approached the door that will lead them outside, where their search will begin. Opening the door, Koishi happily stepped outside and turned around to the man, still standing on the other side hesitantly.

Koishi: ...

Taking a deep breath, Y/N peeked his head outside, making sure that nobody was waiting for him to step outside in order to backstab him. Of course, nobody was there so he followed her outside and the door immediately slammed shut, making the both of them jump.

Y/N: What the...

The youkai tried opening the door once more but the door remained firmly closed, like something was pushing on the other side. On the other hand, when Y/N tried to open it, it did so without a single resistance.

Y/N: I guess it's some sort of locking method... if no librarians are inside.

Koishi: ...Does this mean?

Y/N: ...

He glanced at the one who didn't finish her question and silently confirmed her doubt.

Y/N: This place will probably become permanently shut once I die.

Not in the mood to talk about his own death, the exhausted man looked around before asking the girl where they should go to leave this place. Her usual smile returned and she began leading the path to the surface, where her help will be. Their footsteps felt like they were walking on top of water, the echo that could leave one insane if forced to listen to it longer than they should.

Y/N: This place is a mess, how the hell are you able to walk around here?

Koishi: How are you able to locate yourself around your library? I think they are the same.

Y/N: ...I wouldn't say they are the same, this is an actual maze compared to the library.

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The sounds of footsteps inside the tunnels underground felt like a cacophony with a certain rhythm to it, only hidden. Those sounds were coming from the woman with long white hair carefully looking ahead, expecting a random youkai to jump at her like usual. She was bombarded by them when she began her journey but it was now dead silent, no sounds except hers.

Her goal was the door that the letter mentioned. She didn't believe that it was true so she went there to prove it with her own eyes. Of course, being the maze that it was, she had to walk around for quite a bit and fought many who thought it was a good idea to pick a fight with her. Having seen much worse, she emerged victorious without a single problem, annoyed that her time was wasted for something as fruitless as that.

Mokou: Why is nobody here, this place is too silent.

It was almost like they were fearing this part of the cavern. They knew something that she didn't, they avoided this section for a purpose and she could feel it. Her blood starting to boil with curiosity, a quick grin appeared and vanished the moment after, if the reason was because of a strong youkai, she might get a more appropriate fight than the previous ones.

Yet, she will meet nothing but disappointment. At the very end of her journey, she stopped in front of the door that she once thought was a prank, closed with a letter attached to it, a letter that wasn't there when the librarian and the youkai departed. She reached for it and took a look at the content of it.