Chapter 41

Ethan's POV
After hearing a little of my story, they began to listen enthusiastically. Perhaps there was a common ground to be a meeting point for the problems that we were both facing. Namely being trapped in this place and not being able to find a way out of here. Even among them, apparently, there were those who had been here for hundreds of years, trapped and unable to return to their own time.
Hearing this, I began to get paranoid and didn't know what to do other than surrender. But I won't be as resigned as they are, I will continue to look for a way out so that I can return to my time. Because I left a big problem there and I have to solve it too. Moreover, my wife is there waiting for me to come back to pick her up. So I must not give up and must find a way to return. Maybe also with them.
"Come on, tell us! Tell us! Maybe there's a similarity between the reasons we were able to be here sucked into the coil. What did you mean earlier that had something to do with this incident?
"Yes, of course, that was the beginning of me being here."
"Huh, how?"
I also started to tell a lot about the problems I was experiencing before I finally landed in this place.
"Do you know Elara?"
"Yes, I've heard that name in werewolf history."
"Me too."
"As far as I know, Elara was a warrior among the werewolves thousands of years ago."
I started to be stunned to hear that. Could it be that Lucas was imagining finding himself Elara's partner after hearing or reading a tale and history? But wait! Let's continue this conversation. Who knows, there might be something that has something to do with Lucas.
"Let's ask the werewolves who are there. Maybe he lived in a time not far from the time when Elara was still alive."
"Come on!"
"Come on!"
We approached someone at the other end. He seemed alone in a state that was also equally confused. Then we started to approach him. But he looked so gloomy. After seeing us, he was so scared, and it was difficult for us to control him at first. But we tried and tried to calm him down so that he could communicate with us properly. Finally, we were able to control him, and he began to open up. I and the three werewolves that I had just met a few hours ago began to interrogate the werewolf that we had approached. We did it very carefully so that he would not feel that we were intimidating him.
"Try to tell us how you got here?"
He looked around confused by our questions. As if he was unable to understand what we were talking about. He was confused about the purpose of our asking like that.
"Me?" He asked back.
"Yes, you!"
"What do you mean? I really don't understand what you are asking." He really did look confused.
"Well, we're not from this place and..." One of us told him at length from beginning to end. So that he would understand what we meant by asking him that.
He began to be able to understand everything and even mentioned several figures that we needed to meet in order to get out of this place.
"Huh, who is that?"
"Elder."
"Elder?" We all started to wonder in unison.
"Which elder are you referring to?" I asked seriously. Because I live in an era where elders are figures who are respected in the world of the werewolves.
"Do you mean Elder Rowan?" I asked again to make sure.
"Yes, that's right, how did you know?"
"Yes, I do want to meet him. But how can I meet him?”
"To meet Elder Rowan you must first meet the Young Elder and the Elder Elder. They are siblings with three brothers. Elder Rowan is the oldest brother. He is the one who has the key to the universe. That means he has a big secret to be able to penetrate the ages."
We were stunned to hear the long description of this werewolf. Feeling the need to meet the three elders immediately. But how can I meet them? I don't even know this place and the environment here.
Before finally I studied the existence of the three elders. I began to question the figure of this werewolf himself.
"So what era do you live in?"
"I am indeed a native inhabitant of this world, yes, this place and I live in the year where chaos began."
"Huh, what do you mean? Can you explain?!"
"I am part of the Lucas pack."
"Huh, Lucas pack? Lucas is my brother?" I was immediately shocked to hear that and spontaneously asked like that so innocently. As if the name Lucas belonged to my brother alone.
"Huh, is Lucas really your brother?"
"Hey listen! Did you hear it? He said that Lucas was his younger brother. While he claims to live in a new era. Hahahaha..."
"Hahahaha..."
There was no one here who didn't laugh. They laughed at me until I fell over and it was hard to stop. Did I say something wrong? I was frozen stiff waiting for them to finish laughing. Feeling strange and confused about what to do now. They hadn't stopped laughing at me because what I said earlier was what they considered a joke and really didn't make sense. I also felt the same way, felt unreasonable and strange. But for some reason, I spontaneously spoke like that. That the Lucas they meant was my younger brother, who claimed to have a lover in the past named Elara, who has now reincarnated as my wife.
Finally, they finished laughing at me. They teased me again by asking strange questions.
"Is your younger brother Lucas handsome and dashing?"
"Does he have a lover as beautiful as Elara?"
"Hahahaha..."
Again and again, they laughed again. I thought they had finished laughing at me. It turned out they weren't satisfied yet. I was annoyed and started to rush away from them. I turned around and walked in an unclear direction.
"Hey Ethan... Where are you going?"
I didn't even look back and stopped walking when one of them shouted at me. I just wanted to find an answer, not become the object of jokes like that. I felt there was no point in hanging out with them if everyone laughed at me and didn't dig up more information from me and then compare it to their story. Looking for a common ground that might exist. But they were so busy laughing at what I said. It was really a waste if I continued to linger with them. I didn't get a solution to my problem from them. I walked straight, not knowing where to go now. I didn't care where I would end up. But I just walked and looked at everything blankly.