The girl in the mask was surprised to see Orion appear on the wall. Mistaking him for a guard, she attacked without much thought.
"What are you doing here?"
She then asked while her hands shuffled through the desk, as if searching for something.
"You almost killed me." Orion glared at her.
"You can't blame me," she shrugged. "I thought it was some guards who came from the wall."
Orion nodded, understanding it was just a misunderstanding. He then looked around and noticed that the room they were in had a desk with two chairs on its left and one on its right. The setup reminded him of the office structures he had seen on Earth.
There were also two large cube-shaped boxes placed at the end of the room where Orion emerged. He wondered what might be stored in those boxes.
His attention was then drawn to the girl in the mask. She appeared to be desperately searching for something on the desk the whole time.
"What are you doing?' He asked, seeing that.
"I am looking for a teardrop," she said, her attention fully focused on the desk.
"A teardrop?" Orion tilted his head in confusion.
"It's one of the cosmic wonders of the three domains," she said, looking at Orion. "Don't tell me you aren't even aware of the cosmic wonders."
"I really don't know," he said embarrassingly. "So, why are you searching for the teardrop, and how did you escape from the prison?"
She looked deeply at Orion, wondering if this guy had been living in a cave or something.
"The teardrop is called Space Tear. It's one of the cosmic wonders. Legend has it that the Space Tear was formed from a tear of a god itself," she said. Her expression was one of fascination.
"Tear of a god?" Orion wondered if that was true or not.
"Space Tear has many uses, and one of its uses is to restrict a part of space from the other side. If that happens, no beings could come and go inside that restricted space except for the individuals marked by the Space Tear," she explained its uses. "It has been used here in this place, and if we can't find the Space Tear, we won't be able to leave this place."
A moment later, three people entered the room. One was an old man, and the other two were individuals Orion had seen before—the woman in armor and the round man from their journey to Aethelgard City. It was they who transported them here.
As for the old man, he appeared to be around forty years old. His hair had specks of white here and there. His face was clean-shaven and appeared decent despite his age, except for the long scar mark on his forehead.
After the trio entered the room, the old man sat in the only chair on the other side of the desk, while the other two occupied the remaining chairs.
"I didn't see Dray here on the way, and not here either," the old man said, looking at the other two. "Where is he?"
"He told me he was going to the core," the lady replied. "He also mentioned that the operation was almost complete and you could expect the result in another week."
"What about the Zenithans?" He asked.
"Almost all the Zenithans of planet Sadola had been transported here to Aethelgard City except for the ones who rebelled," she said, her face turning sinister. "They were all killed."
"Father, you still haven't told me what you are going to do with this planet's core?" She then asked the old man.
The old man pondered for a moment, wondering whether he should tell this to his son and daughter or not.
"It's a top secret mission, so remember to keep your mouth sealed about this," the old man warned them.
The man and the woman nodded solemnly.
"The core of the planet Sadola is alive. But it is still in the early stages. So, we want to extract the power of the core and use that for ourselves," the old man said, looking at the other two.
Hearing the old man's plan, the other two appeared shocked, and not just them—the girl in the mask, who was standing beside them, also gasped at their plan.
"Who?"
The old man's eyes scanned the whole room as he shouted upon hearing her gasp.
Orion, who had been listening to the whole conversation, didn't quite understand what they were talking about. However, hearing the commotion, he feared the girl in the mask would get caught.
At this moment, all three of them appeared to be looking around the room, searching for the source of the voice. They were sure they heard someone, so they definitely didn't want to let that person go.
Meanwhile, the girl in the mask understood that they would find her sooner or later if she were to just stand there and do nothing. She had become invisible, but her body was still present. They could touch her if they were to search around the area where she stood.