Chapter 34 - FILLIS WHEREABOUTS (II) (2/2)

”W-what did you to my brother?” the other twin said unbelievably.

”I punched him obviously.”  Luo Yan turned to Iro.  ”Now that your brother is unconcious and no longer awake to spout lies, I want you to tell me the truth about what really happened that day.”

Iro looked down.  ”I-I don't know what you mean.”

”Come on, Iro.  You know your brother was lying.  That's not really what happened when Filli disappeared and you know it.  You're both hiding something.  Don't you even care that what you're doing might cause Filli's life?  It's already been a month since he disappeared.  Aren't you even worried about what has happened to him?  If he's still alive or if he's already dead?”

Iro just kept his head down.  Luo Yan shook his head.  He couldn't believe he made a long speech just to convince an NPC.  But if he couldn't find a trigger that could make this NPC admit his wrongs, then whatever he would say wouldn't matter.

”I thought the three of you were friends?  You grew up together, didn't you?  But I guess, seeing that you let him go missing this long, I guess you'd be more than glad if he's already dead.”  Iro flinched.  Was his guilt tripping actually working?  ”Poor Filli.  His soul was probably now crying somewhere because his two friends just let him die.  How sad it was--”

”Enough!”

”How could it be enough?  It will be enough once I told everyone in the village what you twins did.  What do you think our fellow villagers would think?  The Elder?  Your older brother?  I will tell you what, they would hate you.”  Iro's body started to shake uncontrollably after he said that.  No, it's more accurate to say that his body started shaking when Luo Yan mentioned his older brother.  Looked like Lou Yan finally found the trigger.  ”Your older brother will hate you.”

Iro raised his head, tears falling from his green eyes.  ”We didn't mean it!”

Luo Yan secretly smiled.  ”You didn't mean what?”

”W-we were just playing around.  Like usual.  We were just trying to cheer him up.  He's upset you see.  He told us the argument he had with his father.  S-so we thought that maybe we should all go to the forest.  Fight some monsters and all that.  Filli agreed because he wanted to show his father that he really could do it.

”So we went to the forest via a secret route that we discovered when we were kids.  We didn't have any particular destination, so we just ran around.  We didn't encounter any strong monsters along the way.  T-then... then I suggested that we should go to the Silent Marsh.  The Elder always forbid us from going there so we thought that we could probably see a strong monster there.  My brother and Filli agreed.

”W-we just entered the marsh when Filli di- disappeared.  We didn't know what happened.  He just vanished!  We panicked.  When we went back here, my brother already changed the story of how Filli went missing.  He said that if we tell the truth, they would blame me.  We- we're just afraid.  We really didn't mean it!  We also want to find Filli!”

Then he cried even harder.

Luo Yan ignored him because he already got the information he wanted.  He no longer cared about the drama this NPC wanted to play.  He took out the map of the Crescent Woodlands and just as expected, a new area on the West of the map appeared.  The name below the area was;

Silent Marsh.