Finally, she reached the shore. She hurriedly dragged Alex ashore and laid him straight. Without any hesitation, she fumbled and tried to resuscitate him via CPR.
Bleurgh!
Alex did not disappoint the woman. He quickly vomited a mouthful of water and woke up. However, things looked the same after opening and closing his eyes.
Alex was shocked. “Maximilia, Maximilia…”
“I am here!”
They both fumbled and clasped each other’s hands. Alex said, “Why… Why am I blind? I can’t see anything!”
Maximilia said, “I can’t see either.”
“Huh? You are blind too?”
“I’m not blind. It’s just that light is totally absent here, so we can’t see anything.”
Alex heaved a sigh of relief. “Since the things built in the past have decayed, this place has probably been in disrepair for many years. They only cracked and collapsed because they couldn’t bear the weight of the two of us. This place should be Kroraina Kingdom… We better hurry and find a light source. Otherwise, we won’t know what poisonous bugs are here in this pitch darkness.”
Maximilia also wanted to find a light source, but it certainly did not exist on her. They both couldn’t help but fumble bit by bit until they found the edge and got up and walked slowly.
“A-choo!” Alex suddenly sneezed.
Maximilia asked, “What’s wrong?”
Alex said, “It’s so cold. I think I’m going to catch a cold… Really. It’s been so long since I felt the sensation of a cold…”
Right after saying that, he fell to the ground with a thud.
‘What should I do? What a… Little devil!’
Maximilia sighed. Eventually, she clenched her teeth and took off her soaked clothes. She then hugged Alex and warmed him with her own body.
While enduring the embarrassment of being naked, she comforted herself. ‘Luckily, this place is just an illusionary realm. I’m not Jade Benmore either, but Maximilia Calypse. Yeah. Your identity isn’t Alex Rockefeller either, but Zechariah Hadid…’
As the Chi churned, curls of white gas popped out of Maximilia’s crown. Her body was burning hot just to keep Alex warm. In fact, Alex had already woken up after fifteen minutes. However, his heart skipped a beat when Maximilia held and warmed him like that. For a moment there, he did not know how to face her, so he just… Pretended to sleep!
Even so, it was a comfortable and moving sensation. Unfortunately, it was untimely…
Alex sighed.
However, the sound of turbulent water was suddenly audible. Something seemed to be crawling out of the pitch-black pool of water.
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