I had never imagined that such a space could be hidden in a place like this.
A space within a space.
A small world within a small world.
I had never imagined that I would encounter an Ancient Pompeii person here, either.
I was actually stunned by her beauty.
"Do you know where this is?"
"Inside someone's heart."
She said it calmly.
I fell silent. It seemed she knew, which meant she had been here for a long time.
"He's a puppet you supported, isn't he?" I asked.
She shook her head. "No, I'm merely sheltering here."
Sheltering? Did she really take me for an idiot? Was a space opened up within someone's heart so easy to enter?
"You don't seem to believe me, but I'm telling the truth. I was badly injured, and someone was hunting me. I couldn't beat them, so I had no choice but to find a relatively safe place to hide. This was the best choice."
"Who was hunting you?" I asked curiously.
My curiosity was far too strong. I did not even stop to consider what kind of situation I was in.
She looked at me. "I thought you would be able to guess."
I froze for a moment. She was one of the Ancient Pompeii people. By all rights, she should not have entered our world or come up to the surface. Yet it seemed she had arrived more than a decade ago.
Had she remained here all these years? It seemed that neither that guy nor the old man had noticed her existence.
It would be one thing if the old man did not know, but did none of the others know either?
"I sensed an aura on your companion that is very similar to mine. It is an aura your modern