A strange silence descended between them, which Rudy crumbled with his comment: "I don't want to find out."
Sera looked at him with an annoyed expression and asked sharply, "Why did you stop to read them, then?"
Rudy turned around and stepped into the open as he answered, "I was looking for clues. In the old realm, if you know the history of a place, it becomes easier for you to survive that place... How come you don't know the basics, Seraphel Thessyne of the grand Dream Church?"
Sera gritted her teeth. Everything he did or said had started to irritate her; it was as if he were a mosquito biting her at every chance.
"Spiteful bastard," she cursed under her breath and exited the building.
Kalien, who was watching them with great interest, sighed in disappointment and hurried behind.
As before, they walked in silence while glancing at the ruins.
