BXBX NOVEL Chapter 16: Forgotten
Chapter 16: Forgotten
"ha..ha...why is hard to find a single store even using this digital Map" He was tired; he walked through lots of streets and some of them are really dangerous and now he was standing dead end.
"Fuck it, I will just ask someone" After that, he walked to out of a dead end and looked at the empty street.
'shoosh'
"....."
'gulp'
Eli looked around and tried to see at least one person but no one, he gulped and used his,
'Breathe in'
/MANA BREATHING/
Eli powered up his body, walked as fast as he could to the end of the street, and then he saw the street bustling with people,
'Breathe out'
"What was that?" He said with uneasiness and then he looked at his phone.
"I.WILL.NOT.USE.THIS.AGIAN" He said with firm resolve and a little bit...scared?
People around looked at him weirdly. Feeling their gaze, he awkwardly smiled and ran away from that place and after that, he looked for someone to ask the route but,
'Why is everyone walking in a group?...look at a dull boy having 3 girls at once, tsk....oh. look at the girl kissing another...girl?....what?...look at the boy kissing another bo...'blarg, blarg'...what is happening here? Is this how it is here?'
"Or is this how boys made friends..." Eli thought about it and soon stopped thinking.
'Oh, that girl is alone' as Eli walked towards the girl wearing a full black maxi dress.
"Excuse me" Eli asked politely.
"Hmmm? Yes?" the girl turned around and he looked at her black hair; dark black eyes and small cherry-red lips; a small nose and a petite body; hands covered with black cloves and she gave dangerous vibes.
"I am sorry for interrupting you, Madam" Eli said with a slight bow.
"Yes" she accepted his apology.
"I am new here, so could you please tell me the route to the currency counter store?" Eli asked, he felt something was not right or uneasy or something dangerous when he heard her voice.
She pondered a while and then said innocently, "Well, I don't know whether you really do not know or trying to hit on me though".
"Pardon?" Eli was confused and inwardly, 'If I knew, then why did I waste 3 hours searching for it AND you, just because you are a little cute that doesn't mean everyone is after you, tsk little girl'.
The girl's eyes twitched and said, "I mean, look at there" as she pointed her index in the opposite direction.
Eli turned looked in that direction and saw a signboard that literally says /CURRENCY EXCHANGE/.
"aahhh...I see. You are really helpful Madam, have a nice day" Eli said those words with sugarcoat and left or more like ran away.
<After sometimes>
Walking out of the store, Eli looked at his phone
/Credit: 11/
"Sigh...10 copper is 1 credit and 1 silver is 1 credit. If I know this, I should have stole mo.." Eli thinking of himself and saw the black-dress girl standing and looking at him.
'What's with her?' he thought and started to sweat. Without glancing at the girl; Eli walked away but,
"Excuse me" the girl called.
"Yes" Eli replied with a smile.
"If you found what you are searching for, then can you help me find the Royal Restaurant?" the girl asked.
"Hmmm...I don't th.."
"You help me, right?" she interrupt.
"I-I don.."
"You.help.me.right?" she said softly but Eli felt uneasy, 'How come I feel like this?'.
"Y-Yes" Eli reluctantly agreed, 'Well I did know where it was, so helping her will be no problem'
Along the way neither of them spoke, Eli tried to find the correct way to the restaurant while the girl glanced at him sometimes. Feeling her gaze Eli finally asked while walking,
"My name is Eli. What is your name, Madam?"
"My name is Adria. Nice to meet you " She said as stopped walking and she pinched the hem of the dress and bend her head elegantly.
Again silently both walked in an awkward atmosphere,
"May I know what are doing?" this time Adria asked.
"What? You asked me to guide you to the Royal restaurant, did you forget?" Eli confused. 'This should be the correct way...right?' he thought.
Adria looked at him blank expression then, "ahem...I am not asking that. I am asking what are you doing in the Nex Academia?" and explained clearly.
"...I see, I am a first-year student in Division-1 academy for now" Eli said gloomily.
"Oh the first year, that means you just joined right?" Adria asked curiously.
"Yes, Ms. Adria. Are you also a new student here?" Eli questioned.
"I am not"
"So what are you doing here?" Eli still questioned.
"That is something personal" Adria was not interested in sharing.
Eli also didn't question anymore and inorder to avoid awkwardness, Eli changed the topic,
"Ms. Adria"
"Yes"
"You see, I am from the village so I don't the most the new culture and could you please explain that something bugging me from earlier?" Eli seriously asked.
"Yes" Adria didn't understand what he was trying to get.
"Well then..." Eli started to explain what he saw earlier on the streets.
"You are asking, Is it normal to have a same-sex relationship, right?" Adria amused.
"Yes" Eli scratched his head awkwardly.
"Hah..hah.." She laughed melodiously.
"W-Why are you laughing, Ms. Adria?" Eli's eyes twitched.
"Haha...I didn't mean to laugh at you but are you sure that's what you meant or are you worried about something else?" She asked with a meaningful smile.
"I guess..haha.." Eli awkwardly laughed.
"It's fine, let's see...hmmm I am not sure, I understand them but have you ever loved someone?" Adria thinking deeply asked.
"Yes" Eli replied.
"Then that's the answer" Adria nodded her head.
"Pardon?" Eli Confused.
"Well I don't know about love but someone said to me, 'If you truly love someone, then it doesn't matter whether who is it or what is it?'" Adria said with nostaligia.
".....Yes, you are right. How can I forget that?..." Eli then realized that he said those words once, 'I guess, I am starting to move on...' he thought with self-loathing.
With that answer, Eli remained silent and at last, 'I fucking found it with my own effort' he inwardly praised himself. They are now standing in front of the Royal Restaurant.
"Thank you, Mr. Eli" Adria said.
"Ok, Ms. Adria. See you later" With that Eli turned to leave, but
"B-Brother"
Eli heard a voice, he used to long for that but now he wished to disappear.