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Vol 2: The Widow (3)

Ku Jian's panicking eyes looked at the coffin.

“I don't know where this is, worst of all, I don't know where the rest of you is. I know this is the way we planned it to escape, but we never said how we would get to meet again. I have no understanding of the worlds and their locations like Nti Anem does. Even if I have the magic to leave this place, how do I get to him?” she complained angrily, "I knew that know-it-all would let us down one day. How could he not have thought about this?” she got up and paced. The chamber returned to silence, with only her soft steps echoing through the room. After pacing for a while, she stopped and looked back at the coffin.

“That mortal minister will probably be back. Should I cause some ruckus? Maybe those with greater power, if they exist in this world, will be attracted,” she said, then paused.

“But that beats the purpose of staying low, doesn't it?” she asked the coffin.