Chapter 81 (1/2)

Chapter 81: Chapter 8 Crossroads-4

Just because she was safe didn't mean that all the problems had been resolved. After Twins left, SoYoon headed to March's house. The moment she opened the door, the sight that met her was an angry March standing in front of Dor and Li.

SoYoon figured out what was happening at first glance. Having lived alone with his sister from a young age, March had never gotten mad at anyone and had never reprimanded Dor. SoYoon looked at Dor and Li and pointed to the sofa.

”Go kneel over there.”

The two girls looked at her anxiously, then scuttled over and kneeled. SoYoon spoke again.

”Raise both your arms.”

Having experienced being punished by her parents before, Li immediately put up her arms, and Dor followed.

”This is punishment. Stay like that for thirty minutes.”

After telling them this, she went to sit on the sofa opposite them. March sat next to her and asked, ”That counts as punishment?”

”Yes.”

Not even three minutes had passed when the two girls' arms started to shake. After ten minutes, they had lost the feeling in their legs. March had been furious before SoYoon had arrived, but now he was taking turns looking at each girl with anxiety. The girls' faces were red, and their eyes filled with tears.

SoYoon, seeing their arms falling, commanded coldly, ”Raise your arms properly.”

”Rabbit…”

”I'm sorry.”

SoYoon ignored them. After five more minutes, she looked at the two girls. Tears streamed down their faces.

”Put down your arms and sit properly.”

They were just able to move their numb legs to get into a sitting position. SoYoon signaled to March. March, catching his cue, reprimanded them.

SoYoon tuned them out and started to recount what happened. SoYoon couldn't figure out which part of this situation followed the original plot and which part did not. The Li figure was still a mystery, even though she had been the one to save her. Did White Rabbit meet that girl in the original story? If that was the case, did she not make it into the story narrative because he had handed her over to Duke? She removed her gaze from Li.

SoYoon remembered the reason she had come into Wonderland four years before. Truthfully, she wasn't confident that she could become accustomed to the ways of Earth anymore. Plus, her personality had changed so much. She was sure that if something happened, she would resort to violence before trying to talk it out. But, still...,

It didn't matter if it was just one more time; she wanted to see her family.

But right now, she couldn't pick either side.

***

The next afternoon, after March had left to fulfill a request, a visitor came to meet Li. When Li opened the door and found the face of the girl with the long blond hair in front of her, she frowned. The visitor, Alice, didn't care one bit about Li's expression and stepped into the house.

Li left Dor inside her room like last time and glared at Alice. If all else failed, she could grab her by the hair again. This time, she was determined to give her a bigger bruise that she wouldn't be able to cover up with heavy makeup as she had done now.

The two girls glared at each other without saying a word. The first person to talk was Alice. She questioned Li in a sharp tone.

”Who exactly are you? What are you planning to do?”

Alice didn't exclude the possibility that Li could be from a different world. And so, she could only ask these questions without including the pivotal word.

Truthfully, she wanted to ask Li if she knew about the story ”Wonderland” and to interrogate her about her knowledge of it. She also wanted to slap her across the face. Last time, Li had taken her by surprise, but that was not going to happen this time around, Alice told herself determinedly.

”Who am I? And I don't plan on doing anything. And even if I was, why should I have to tell you about it?” Li answered with her most menacing expression.