We were all walking towards the house of Mr. Yamashita. It was obvious in his name that he's Japanese.
How did he see this book before? What was his role in this world? Was he a protagonist or an antagonist? What did he do for this world? Did he succeed? What more does he know about this world?
I have a lot of questions about his life in this world. I know that he is the only one who can answer all of the questions I have in my mind. I know that I will be satisfied once he starts answering all of my questions.
The three of us aren't talking while we were following Mr. Yamashita. We also knew that he had powers when he explained a while ago that he made illusions so that knights could see other kinds of creatures to scare them away so they couldn't find his location. He said that he did it because he wanted people out of his business.
But what makes us special that he allowed us to meet him?
He told us that only the three of us passed through his magic because Dionne had greater magic skills than he does. Even the weird machine we just fought a while ago was far more superior than the common machine that we encountered earlier in the morning. Mr. Yamashita also explained that those machines came in the forest once in a while to come look for the songstress if ever she changed her mind to go back to the tower.
Which is happening right now and maybe the machines are alerting its master.
"Mr. Yamashita," I called out to him because I couldn't help but speak. I grew a little impatient in talking with him.
"Nani," he asked in his own language and I knew what he meant because I also learned Nihongo during my free time when I was in high school.
"How did you learn the English language?"
Japanese people find the English language difficult. Those people who can speak the language commonly have high occupational jobs, or maybe they learned ESL or IELTS, or may have immigrated to other parts of the world that speak the language.
"I was an English teacher before in Japan and I also taught in universities in other countries so I had an edge compared to other Japanese teachers," he said and I nodded as acknowledgement.
We reached his house and he got a key from his pocket and unlocked the door before we all went inside. Despite being alone in a forest, his home had a welcoming vibe to it.
The moment we went inside, he lit up the lantern to brighten up the living room and motioned for us to sit on his couch near the fire place. We looked at his place and noticed that it was a very simple, yet a homey kind of house. In front of us, there was already hot chocolate and we thanked him before we started drinking it. He really knew that we'd come here.
He was really expecting us.
Mr. Yamashita grabbed a chair from his dining room and sat in front of us. "So you were chosen by the book; chosen by the goddess," he started then sipped from his hot drink. Now he got my full attention.
"Sir, how did you—" he did not let me finish because he suddenly spoke.
"How I saw the book? The book can teleport anywhere. It can travel around the world on its own. I came from Japan, and you came from the USA, maybe," he started off then continued. "And I also know that you want to learn more about this book and how I spent my life here," he finally said and Dionne, Klein and I looked at each other before we returned our look to Mr. Yamashita.
I now know that he is the person that we needed in answering the questions we've been meaning to ask.
"I know all of you and what is happening in this world. You're the warrior, Klein, you're the songstress, Dionne, and you're the synergist, Cevin." He told each of our names and roles as he pointed us with his finger one by one.
How did he ever know who we were? What does he mean?
And I'm called a "synergist"?