Luck in childhood 3

Ylre smiled softly. He was about to agree when Kaye appeared from behind the corridor, "Aaaaagh!" he shouted from a distance as he ran to them, "People...people I...I found...people!" he shouted, "There are people everywhere."

"People?" Rue stood up, "What kind of people?"

"In the back of the cave," he waved his hand towards the corridor from which he ran, "people."

"Calm down...breathe and explain what you saw," he didn't understand.

"I saw cells...with people...many cells," he looked at him.

"Like a prison?" Ylre asked.

Kaye nodded, "Yes."

"Did they see you?" Rue didn't understand and looked deeper into the cave.

"I don't know, I ran away," he admitted.

While Ylre thought about how the situation seemed dangerous to him, Rue didn't hesitate and made his way deeper into the cave.

"Wait...it might not be safe...let's stay in this part and ignore them," Ylre caught up with him, as he didn't want to risk meeting someone familiar in this situation.

,,Ignore? Ylre, those people might need help…no one should be locked in a cell." he walking on.

"I know, but," he couldn't stop him, "okay, wait...I'll go and find out who they are...if it's dangerous-" he tried, but Rue wouldn't stop walking.

"I don't want you to keep being used...I want to help them myself," Rue looking at Kaye, "Where to?" he came to a crossroads.

"I-I don't know... probably to the left..." he didn't remember.

Ylre and Rue walked to the left, when after a few steps the young man from the crossroads shouted: "Or right...I don't know...probably right...or not...don't know."

"Alright, don't worry...run to the right and call us when you find them," Rue knew it didn't make sense for them to explore both paths together.

Ylre wanted to object, but the young man nodded and ran to the other side before he had a chance to do anything. That's why he just sighed and said, "Don't you think it's strange? I don't think we should listen to him...it's suspicious."

"What's suspicious?" Rue didn't understand.

"Everything…nothing in particular, but when I see him, I feel it's appropriate to stay away from him," Ylre clarified.

"I don't think...ah!" Rue added with smile, "Light, you see, we're going right." he laughed.

Ylre followed him, they walked down a long corridor to a wider section where a large hall spread out. It looked as if it had been modified by humans for other than natural purposes. In the center of the spacious hall stood a tall crystal pillar with many inserted stones, but that wasn't what caught their attention. At the end of the hall were several stairs leading up to a floor that was also visible from below.

Around the entire room, cells full of people spread along the walls. Some were sitting huddled on the bars, some seemed to be sleeping, some seemed to be just staring at them, and some were tapping their fingers on the wall.

Rue ran up to one of the cells in the shock, "Are you alright?" he asked.

While Rue became interested in humans, Ylre didn't seem different from his usual self. He walked up to the tall pillar and touched the black stone in its wall. Right next to it was a yellow stone, pressed into the pillar as if it were part of it. Ylre was therefore quite surprised when he could easily removed it. He stared at the empty diamond shape in the pillar that was left by the stone and looked at the many clear stones in containers on the ground. Ylre took one of them, inserted it into the missing part, as if wondering what it was for.

The moment he did so, a scream echoed through the room. In one of the cells, one of the men dropped to the ground and clutched his chest in pain, as if someone had stabbed him. Ylre the stone in shock, after which the screaming stopped in a second. He stared in surprise at his hand, where a moment ago the translucent stone had turned black, making Ylre into confuse.

"What happened, Ylre?" Rue didn't understand and rushed to him.

"I don't know," Ylre looked at the pillar full of black and yellow stones that were obviously somehow connected to the people in the cells, "but I don't care either...let's get out before we get involved." he walked away, and though Rue objected, Ylre wasn't going to let them really get into the danger he clearly felt here.

Because ordinary people couldn't come up with something like that.

However, when he made his way to the corridor, a loud crash ripped through the room. Metal bars cut off their way out and Ylre stopped in surprise. With an unpleasant feeling, he walked up to them and grabbed the metal, which struck him with a sharp pain.

Ylre hissed painfully, retracted his fingers and looked at the metal inquisitively. When he looked closer, he saw that it was not metal, but a black stone with a familiar golden sheen. Ylre stared at it for a while, but the moment Rue approached it, he suddenly stopped him with a palm.

"Don't touch it...it will hurt you," Ylre knew.

"Why would it hurt me?" he didn't understand.

Ylre didn't know how to interpret it, but he added, "It will take away your luck," he explained.

Rue looked at Ylre's fingers where small black spots had formed. He blinked in surprise and without hesitation gently touched his palm. Ylre blinked in shock as Rue examined his fingers and stroked them gently as if to heal the injury.

"Sorry," Rue whispered as he realized which country was using the material. He felt responsible for his kind and had no idea what to do with it.

"Don't apologize to me...you didn't do anything," Ylre knew.

"In the past... I could help you," Rue muttered thoughtfully.

Ylre stared at him for a moment before gently removing his fingers from his, "I'm fine...they're harmless," he knew.

But as soon as he tried to say something to Rue, Kaye ran up to the bars from the corridor and looked at them clearly, "What happened?"

Ylre glared at him in anger, "You tell us. What have you done?" he growled and walked to the bars.

"Me?" Kaye didn't understand.

"Who else?" Ylre wasn't naive and knew he had to do it.

"Ylre, take it easy," Rue chimed in.

"He deliberately sent us this way...he deliberately chose another and deliberately let us be locked up here....I bet he is organizing the whole thing here. Say, those guys who met you in the woods...you really robbed them, didn't you? Did you want to drag them here and have them locked up here? What are you using it for?" he didn't ask the basic question and whether he was Lacrisan at all, as he didn't want to start this topic in front of Rue.

However, since the young man seemed to know nothing, he received no answer and only excuses: "I don't know what you're talking about...I ran here as soon as I heard the noise."

Ylre slammed into the bars, which struck him him again, leaving black marks on his hands. Furiously, he pierced Kaye with his blue eyes and growled, "When I get out of here...I'll kill you."

"I didn't do anything," the young man looked at him.

"Ylre," Rue walked up to him displeased that he touched the bars again, "stop it, we don't know if he's even to blame."

"He's, I know he's...who knows how many of them he brought here with his own hands," Ylre growled.

"I'm going to get help...I'll get help," the young man ignored his words.

"Of course…help…where do you really want to go?" Ylre laughed.

"I don't know what you're talking about...but I won't leave you here...you said they were guard somewhere nearby...I'll call for help," he promised.

"Of course," Ylre laughed murderously.

"I promise," the young man nodded and ran away from them.

Ylre shook his head in disbelief, "We have to get out of here."

Rue wasn't sure of anything, so he just stared at Kaye, "Why do you think it's his fault?"

"I know it is. We have to get out of here before he comes back." Ylre knew.

"Why?" he didn't understand.

"Because you really don't want to meet those he will came with," he was sure. Ylre knew that the young man wasn't Lacrisan and he was sure that his interest in Rue wasn't just out of curiosity. He was sure that he must have gotten to know him as well and he was sure he belonged to the Infey.

Although it wasn't easy to come across two Infey in the world in such a short amount of time, the fact that they managed to do so within two days was only proof of how bad Rue's luck was. And Ylre's job was to get them out of here before Kaye actually returned.

Looking at the bars that he couldn't cut and Rue, who looked like he didn't understand the situation, he was filled with the feeling that he made a mistake in entering the cave in the first place. And although Luck was usually on his side, he currently had the impression that it wasn't going to help them...and time was running out.