Chapter 207: Nickname
Clear blue eyes collided with the amethyst ones. Both of them slowly blinked at each other in shock. Lyra was the first to recover from her daze; the next thing she did was put a distance between herself and the stranger.
’’Who are you?’’ she asked in confusion but froze when she felt the robe slipping due to her movements, ’’Why am I....!?’’ she yelled while hurriedly covering herself. By now her face was flushed red due to shame and that made her glare at the one in front of her. The stranger had beautiful pair of purple eyes that glimmered in the dark. He also had long dark blue hair that could be mistaken as black if one didn’t see correctly. He felt both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. Most importantly, his eyes.....Lyra felt like she had seen his eyes somewhere before.
But that was not the point right now. Through the corner of her eyes, she could make out the walls of the cave and a small fire lit on the floor just a foot away from her. Here she was in a strange place in front of a stranger while naked with only a strange black robe covering her. Everything was so strange for her to comprehend.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, Kaizer continued to remain tight-lipped. He had a hard time trying to reply to her. Under her scrutiny, he felt small. He hated to admit it but Kaizer felt somewhat intimidated by her glare. It was always like this for him. Even in their past meetings, he always embarrassed himself because he couldn’t bring himself to talk freely with her.
As he got lost in his thoughts, Lyra took the opportunity to observe him. And something flickered in her mind, making her stare at him with widened eyes.
"You are that guy, right?" she asked, "The one who came to kidnap me that day?"
And Kaizer recovering from his haze slowly nodded his head hence affirming her doubt to be true.
Lyra visibly relaxed as soon he confirmed. The thought of her being with a complete stranger unnerved her. But now that she at least somewhat knew him, it was a blessing in disguise for her. Recalling the day when he came to abduct her and miserably failed, Lyra was sure that the beastman in front of her was a good one. This was because he never hurt her and docilely left the rose castle as soon as she asked him that day.
"I did not kidnap you this time," Kaizer said getting her attention, "You were in danger back then inhaling that smoke. I just took you away from that place"