Voyage Of The Villainess

Kayden slowly opened his eyes. He immediately stood up when he found himself in an unfamiliar place. Then something fell from his body. 

'This cloak?' 

Malaya's face flashed to his mind. "Is this what that woman wearing? How did this get to me?" He glanced around only to see woods that already burned out. Beside it was a coconut shell that had some strange white liquid. 

There was a hand note written beside it. More like it was carved on some plank of wood with some black ink.  Kayden picked the plank.

{Drink it when you wake up, it is some herbal medicine to help you recover quickly from your fever. You need to heal immediately as soon as possible so you can help me to finish our mission here on the Island. - Malaya}

Kayden then remembered the past events that occurred to him. On the second day of his hunting together with those islanders, he used that chance to escape from them. It was not like he agreed to cooperate with those two to do these errands. He just did and followed everything they told him in the first place so that he would be able to familiarize himself in the forests. But he couldn't understand why he still sneaked inside the village to look for that woman.

When he sneaked inside, that's when he overheard some of the islanders of what Malaya had done. Since then, he was searching for her in the forest non-stop but he couldn't find any signs of her. Apart from it, his body was getting heavier. His vision too was already getting blurred. 

'Trouble is always around her. I need to find her first.' he just thought and attentively focused searching on his surroundings. 

That was when he heard her voice and his body automatically followed it.

Back to the present moment, Kayden clutched the cloak that was on him. "It smells like flowers in the spring." then he glanced at the coconut shell and reached for it. He drank it without any second thoughts and he stopped for a moment to taste the coconut juice. 'It's bitter.' Nevertheless, he finished it without a single drop.

His body didn't feel groggy anymore as well. He slowly stood up.

"Brother, you're finally awake! I'm glad you are awake. Is there anything that hurts your body? Or anything I can do for you? Just tell me so I can serve you, brother." Without a moment to waste, he suddenly grabbed the neck of the man who suddenly spoke to him from the left corner of the cave.

"You, who are you?' Kayden moved his body forward to the man. He gave him a sharp glare. He felt dizzy for a bit, but it disappeared and he continue to give the unknown man a threatening glare. 

"Bro-brother, please calm down and let go of Mori. Mori is just here to look and take care of you, just what the blue missy has told Mori to do. Mori is here to help you not to cause you any harm. Please don't hurt Mori," 

"Blue missy?" Kayden asked with a threatening voice.

"Ye-yes, Blue Missy who has blue hair." The man, who called himself Mori, trembled as he struggled to get from Kayden's firm grip. "The one who nursed you for two days when you had a fever and was unconscious." 

"You said two days?" That's when Kayden brought the man down. 'So it was almost two days have passed. Tss I never thought I'd wasted my time just lying here. I need to take an action now as soon as possible.' 

Mori coughed down as he caught his breath. 

"Where is she?" Kayden said with an expressionless face. "The women who have Blue hair you talked about."

"Mori told everything to Blue Missy about the young mistress these past two days. Then just before sunrise, she told Mori that she will go settle some things now that you don't have any fever anymore."

Without wasting any time, Kayden turned around and started to dash out of the cave. 

"Wait!" Mori stopped him. "That collar! I'll remove that for you! Can you let me do that for you, brother?"

Kayden paused with his steps as he looked back at Mori. Although his body was trembling his silver eyes were formed and full of determination. 

"Are you sure that you can remove this?" Kayden asked as he pointed at the collar in his neck.

"Yes, I can remove that from your neck." Mori nodded his head firmly and confidently to hide his nervousness. "Mori also removed the one with the blue missy. You don't need to worry about the collar because for sure Mori can remove any locks with ease!" 

"Alright! Then remove it" Kayden gave the signal.

"Sure. Just don't move and be still." Mori said, although still a bit hesitant, walked towards Kayden, then he picked a thin metal in his pocket. And started plucking into the keyhole at the back of Kayden's collar.

"Blue Missy is so kind, she's farther away than I expected. I thought she was going to hurt or even kill me." he paused a bit and put a smile on his face as if he was playing on his mind the memories with Malaya." But she didn't. Instead, she asked me questions in a very polite way like Mori is a real human being.' She's not just a beautiful human but also has a beautiful heart." he can't hide the smile on his face even though he felt nervous in front of Kayden's presence.

Kayden's ears perked up when Mori started speaking as he kept plucking on the keyhole. As Mori continued talking about Malaya, an irritating feeling started to surge inside Kayden.

"Mo-Mori doesn't want to hurt anyone. Mori really doesn't want to hurt granny. But if Mori didn't do what they asked me to do, Mori would have starved again. And the Blue-blue missy said that it would be alright. She told me that she will take care of everything and then I-I will be accepted in the village as a real human being. Like I said earlier, Blue Missy is not only beautiful but also kind. Her heart was indeed pure and authentic, her presence made me feel calm. If Mori can, Mori wants to stay with Blue Missy's side and not with the young mistress. Please, let Mo-Mori be with Blue Missy's side no matter what. Mori will do everything just to help Blue Missy." 

There was a clicking sound and the collar from Kayden's neck fell off on the ground, creating a clunking sound.

"There! It is finally removed!" Mori said with excitement. "The collar has finally gone..." He gulped his remaining words when he saw Kayden releasing a menacing aura.

"You're a fool," Kayden said in a very cold voice. "In the end, you're nothing but a lowly pest that leech on someone who helps them. And I hate pests." Mori fell to the ground when dark flames started to erupt from Kayden.

Mori moved back as Kayden started to walk slowly towards him still embodying the menacing aura that now is indeed much more visible than before. The entire demeanor of Kayden was very frightening right now. 'Is-is he going to ki-kill me? I just want to help Blue Missy. Why is this guy acting like this?'

"You said earlier that you want to be accepted as a human being and help her, am I right?" Kayden's menacing and cold voice sent shivers to all of Mori's well-being. "Then you should come with me."

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"Mmm..." 

Malaya felt a shiver run down her spine when she finished tying up a random islander woman. 'What was that? I must be imagining things.' Malaya shook her head and calmed her nerves. Then smiled at the woman islander she just tied by some thick vines.

She used some of the herbs she found in the middle of the forest to make a dye and dyed it all over her hair. But the dye was not enough to cover everything. So she decided to cut the quarter of her hair up to her shoulder length.

Then she walked towards the well, to look at her reflection. "Now, I completely look like one of the islanders except for my eyes." She turned her body to look at her back. She switched her dress with the islander woman. And now she was wearing the same, brown dress with colorful zigzag patterns at its hem. "I never imagined I needed to do this, how many personalities do I need to act just for this?"

"Well, not bad. Look at you, you need to be someone else just to cover this issue." Malaya grinned after seeing her disguise. "Anyways, I like what I can see now. I'm like those undercover agents in movies." Malaya said with a huge grin on her face. "All I just need to do is to  just avoid making eye contact with them so that no one will notice who truly I am." She then wore the white mask, like everyone else in the village. "It's time to pay a visit to that granny.. Ah, before that, I need to get all my things first now that nothing is binding me anymore."