"*Ahem* Now's that you two are done bickering…" he look toward the old man, "do you know a way out or not?"

"Urgh— I think I know." He said in a fragile voice.

"Why are you speaking like that? Just speak to us like how you were just talking to me."

Kim said to the old man.

"You really going to say that to a fragile old man?"

"Old man my ass, you were just arguing about how you were in the age of the prime."

"I got you to admit it!" The Old Man tricking Kim to agreeing with him.

"NO! Plus when we were arguing, you give out a lot of energy for a "fragile" old man."

"Who? Poor ol me?"

"STOP!!! I'm not going through this bit again" Vas Allen shouted.

Both Kim and Old Man "Hpmh" To one another.

"Do you or do you not know, please just answer the question."

"Hmm I think- I think I know where the exits is…"

Kim and Vas Allen both shouted out, "Really?"

"I think you need to go uhhh find the exits on your own."

Kim and Vas Allen stays quiet…

Not a peek of noise was coming from them.

"Nyan~?" The Old Man says in a kawaii voice.

"Don't just nyan us!!!!" They both yelled out in sync toward the Old Man.

"Sorry I forgot, anywho, how did you guys even end up lost around here?"

Kim said, "Those stupid Gremblings kidnapped us."

"Gremblings huh? I haven't seen those guys in a hot minute now."

"I remember the time when I first got kidnapped by those Gremblings, the ye-"

Kim interrupted the Old Man.

"Yea yea, we don't care about that…"

"How rude!"

Vas Allen interrupted the two,

"Did you hear anything about the talking Grembling? Where it was speaking our language?" Vas Allen asked the Old Man.

"Talking Grembling that speak our language, huh?" Vas Allen nodded, "I think I heard of it."

"But I never heard of such thing to ever exist."

"Yea… that's what I thought too until we run into one."

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"What a funny story… hohoho." Think Vas Allen was telling a joke,

"Uhhh… Yeah…."

Kim look at Vas Allen.

"So what now?" Ask Kim.

"I don't know."

"When you guys were walking around the forest, by chance did you always end up in the same starting point?" The Old Man asked of the two boy.

Vas Allen and Kim both stare at eachother then to the Old Man.

"Yeah! How did you know?"

"We always circle around to the starting point!"

"Almost like we're in a trap…."

"Hohoho… I thought so."

"You knew? Why didn't you tell us?"

"That's because, it's my doing..."

Both Kim and Vas Allen put up the poker face.

Kim and Vas Allen both said "Huh?"

"I cast an illusion magic surrounding this area…."

Kim and Vas Allen stared at him blankly, their expression was dull.

"Nyan~?" The Old Man says in a kawaii voice.

"Vas, I will smack this old man…"

"You'll be lucky to even breath around me."

"Enough!" Vas Allen shouted,

"Can't you just put the spell down for a bit?"

"No can do, I don't have enough energy to put it down."

Kim looked at them with confusing, he ask Vas Allen something,

"Vas why don't you cancel the spell?"

"A spell as high level of a illusions magic cannot be broken so easily."

"What does that even mean?"

"Simply, I can't, under this circumstances…"

"That doesn't explain anything, also are we sure the old man is telling the truth?"

"I would never lie…. that is unless…"

"But if you don't believe me, why not test it out yourself?"

"I agree Kim."

"What?"

Vas Allen said to Kim,

"Follow me outside."

All three of the man walk outside.

"Y'all really going to let a fragile old man walk on his own?" Said the old man.

"You didn't have to follow us" Kim replied back.

"Kim, can you run toward that direction?"

Vas Allen pointed his finger to the north side of the forest.

"What? what if I run into something or someone?"

"Trust me, you won't"

The Old Man told Kim.

"Then how are we here?"

Vas Allen had enough with the two bickering interrupt them

"Just go in that direction, please..."

"Fine but if I die, I'm going to haunt the both of y'all!!"

Kim run toward the direction Vas Allen was pointing at, he ran and rans out of the Old man and Vas Allen sight.

"How come you didn't notice it? As someone as smart as you, such basic problem would be easily noticeable."

The Old Man asked of Vas Allen.

"I think I did notice it…. but I was more focus on Kim rather tha-"

Kim could be seen running from the south rather then the north, Kim gasping for air "Yep, the old man speak the truth…. O wow was long."

"Can you run toward the east now?"

Vas Allen asked Kim.

"What why? We already known that the old man is telling the truth!"

"Just in case?"

"Ugh…. Always me as the guinea pig!"

Kim can be seen running toward the east side of the forest and out of sight.

"As I was saying, I was more focus on the annoyance of Kim rather then finding a way out."

The Old Man laughed and said,

"You guys make a funny duo, I'll tell you that"

——-

"Stupid Vas, always making me the guinea pig!"

"Atleast this is more interesting than my last wor-"

Kim froze, he see something ahead of him "a ancient building?" Thought Kim, there he sees someone at the top of building, waving at him, they both lock "eyes".

"Wait that person don't have a face, wait no— that person is literally made out of beam of light!"

Kim in shocked, he decided to blink but once he open his eye, he sees nothing but the forest in front of him….

"Huh was I imagining it or am I'm just going crazy?" Thought Kim.

Kim continued to run in confusion in what he just see,

"I hope nothing bad come out of that interaction..."

——-

"Kim you're back!"

"Safe and sound at that…"

"Why of course."

"So did anything happen or did you see anything on your short trips?" asked Vas Allen.

"Uhhh.. no- no I don't think so."

"I don't think I should be telling them about that interaction" thought Kim.

"Hey old man!"

"Hmmm?"

"By chance is there any other buildings around this forest?"

"Not that I know of…. Why are you asking me this?"

"Nevermind…"

Kim then see two graves near the front house. The Old man caught a glimpse of this,

"Oh those? It's just my wife and my…."

Kim look at Vas Allen then to the Old Man.

"Sorry…. you don't have to tell us"

"Oh no, I don't like to bring the moods down so for now let's wait in my house."

"Aye Sir!"

Vas Allen saw the sad look in both Kim and the Old Man.

Vas Allen sigh, "Hey old man, do you have any interesting story to tell us while we thought of a way out?"

"Why of course I do!" The Old Man replied in a happy and cheerful voice.

Vas Allen then patted Kim back's and said, "Let's go"

"Yea! You're right!"