Enigmas - Chapter 28

Mino stood up from his seat, heading over towards to Kai, who removed the tissues that were stuffed up his nose. The moment he noticed Mino, Kai took the same blood-stained tissues and threw it at Mino, who dodged it with ease.

“Damn you, Mino! I’m never helping you with another favour again! The other time I received a punch to my face and this time, my nose bled!”

“Are you alright, Kai?”

“If I wasn’t alright, would I be throwing these damn tissues at you now?” He hissed, throwing the other tissue at Mino, who also dodged it easily.

“That’s a relief, I would like to request another favour from you.”

“Piss off!” Kai threw a kick and Mino avoided it, Yoan was in awe that Mino had actually manage to avoid such an agile kick effortlessly.

Mino, whose smile that always seem fabricated, was now smiling naturally at Kai’s antics. “I apologise, Kai. This is really the last time, I’ll be requesting a favour from you.”

Kai paused, shooting his head up, narrowing his eyes at Mino. “No, it’ll be the last time I’ll be doing you any favours. Bastard.”

“All right, all right.” Mino chuckled a little, gesturing to Yoan and Hilia. “This favour, it particularly for the two of them.”

Kai turned his head, finally noticing Yoan and Hilia and he recalled his embarrassing fall right in front of them, blushing. Yoan snickered and Hilia resisted the urge to snort, smacking Yoan lightly to warn him not to laugh.

“What do you want me to do?” Kai muttered out darkly.

“You know the situation of the kingdom better than anyone here, I was hoping you enlighten them on it.”

Kai scrunched his face up at Mino’s words, giving him a look of disbelief. “Enlighten? You crazy jackass, it’s not even a situation to joke about. And no way am I going to talk about it to them, they almost killed me when I went in to free them!”

Hilia smiled sheepishly, muttering out an apology and Yoan snorted.

“You were the idiot that tripped over your own legs.”

“Yoan! Don’t be rude!”

“What did you say?!”

Kai’s face grew even more red and Mino held down onto him, to ensure he wouldn’t murder Yoan.

“Kai.”

“What now, Mino? No way am I going to explain to them now!”

“I’ll introduce you to all the beautiful girls I’ll meet.”

Kai brightened up and his eyes sparkled in glee, “I’ll explain it to them in the most detailed and informative way!”

“…”

“…”

The two of them were speechless at how Kai instantly changed his behaviour.

Kai reached into his pocket, taking out a piece of folded paper and placing it on the mahogany table. He unfolded it swiftly, revealing a map to entire kingdom, the map was marked and drawn in a meticulous manner.

“Before we start, I don’t know why would the two of you involve yourself with this demented bastard but whatever.” Kai shrugged, tapping his finger on the table. “You are wanted criminals in the kingdom now that you’ve escaped, and the only way you’ll be able to clear your name is to work with Mino.”

“What do you mean-” Yoan started to ask, when Kai shoved a hand right in his face.

“Lathia, our kingdom, is caught in a deadly spider web trap. There’s no way out for us, unless we find the spider but it’s no simple feat. I am sure you came to our town and our kingdom looking for answers for your questions, but in our current state, your questions can’t be answered.”

“So, if we help you in this, we’ll be able to clear our names and search for the answers we seek?”

“Definitely, but it won’t be us giving you the answer.”

Yoan frowned, “then who will it be?”

“The spider,” Mino answered, placing his finger on the map, which points towards the palace. “And the only lead to the spider is the princess of our kingdom, who has been missing for a month.”