Chapter 268 Returning to the Labyrinth”Labyrinth? Why do you want to go there at this time?” Jane asked with a conflicted look on her face.
”Before you jump to a weird conclusion like an insecure girlfriend, we just had sex for hours. Otherwise, I would still prefer to spend the night and have fun,” Rudy asserted in a neutral tone.
”Oh? So you are saying that you are tired of my body now?”
”I did not say that.” Rudy turned to look at Jane, only to find her grinning at him.
Rudy pinched and pulled Jane’s cheek as she said, “Stop pretending. I can’t tell when you are joking and when you are not.”
Rudy climbed the ledge and shot a glance at Jane before jumping down. Jane watched Rudy land with a smile on her face before spreading her wings and flying away.
Rudy jumped again and flew beside Jane while practicing his new flying technique. He was keeping the movements of his hands and legs still to avoid the friction in the air. However, the change in his speed wasn’t much, so he stopped doing that.
”So? You didn’t answer my question. Why do you suddenly want to go there?”
”Just curious and bored... I guess?” Rudy shrugged.
’After my chat with Nyxia, I am more curious about everything. And the only place I can find answers is the labyrinth. Maybe I should have stayed there and seen who it was.
Whoever it was, they surely knew the passage. Even Jane got lost, but I don’t blame her since she went there after a long time.’
Rudy began guessing the person, but he didn’t know many vampires to begin with, so the only people he could suspect were Nyxia or Virgil.
Rudy suddenly smelled a sweet fragrance that was being carried by the cold breeze. He instantly recognized the smell and turned to Jane.
”Is that smell from the blood moon fruit?” he asked to confirm.
”Yes,” she nodded in response.
”Can you take me there? I want to see what the tree looks like.”
”Sure. It’s not far away, but I can’t take you close. You will have to see them from afar.”
Rudy followed Jane and stopped when she stopped.
Rudy hugged Jane tightly and teleported to the labyrinth, or so he wanted to, but they teleported to the statue in the vampire academy.
”Hmm...” Rudy hummed in amusement and uttered, “That’s strange. This has never happened before. Was that yet another teleport malfunction?”
He wondered.
”What?” Jane asked with a puzzled look on her face. “Did you not intend to teleport us here?”
”I tried to teleport us to the labyrinth. But...”
”Maybe it’s because of the phenomena I told you about?”
”Or perhaps that place doesn’t exist in the current time and has changed into something else.”
”That’s what I said...”
Jane quickly triggered the secret passage and jumped before Rudy.
”Someone’s in a hurry.” Rudy jumped right after Jane, and they landed within a minute.
”Are you okay?” they asked each other.
”Is it just me, or did we land a lot sooner this time?” Rudy asked.
”You are not alone.”
They both glanced around and were left astonished after realizing it was an entirely different place. Sure, they had already expected that. But it wasn’t a labyrinth anymore. Rather, they were in an open desert that had its own moon and stars in the sky.
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What secrets will they unravel together, or will they just find yet another mystery?
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