The Garden That Colors the Earth (10)

-Squelch, squelch.

The sticky sound of footsteps echoed through the corridor.

Leon and Ash walked down the corridor with three or four paces between them.

The rush of water that had been closing in from behind moments earlier had already faded into the distance.

Once the commotion had subsided, all that remained was suffocating silence.

The two walked in silence, looking straight ahead.

After a while, a fork appeared before them.

Leon spoke first.

“Let’s go right.”

“Why should I?”...