"Now tell me, Hinata! What is the meaning of this?"
How did It come here? From what I can remember, my parent's house suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and even though I was worried sick for them, my father suddenly dragged me to the living room...
So now we're back here again. This room is filled with a dense atmosphere. Now we're sitting in front of each other, my head lay low while my father stares at me with bloodshot eyes.
Well, I can't blame him. He just got transported to another world, a thing that he never acknowledged before is suddenly a fact now. Must be a hard pill to swallow.
"Now, Hinata! Who is that sleeping girl at the corner? Why did this whole house disappear earlier?! Answer me!"
Yep, he's definitely angry. Euclius is here beside me but he stares at me with eyes saying that
"They're all on you now. It's none of my business!"
This is the end of our friendship, Euclius! I never thought you're that kind of guy. Anyway, should I explain to him the other world thing? Why did he even assume that I'm connected to what happened earlier? Is It because I used to shout things like "I'll go to another world" before? Yeah, no shit, that's definitely the reason he suspects me.
"All right, Dad! The truth is there's a world different from ours that exists somewhere within the universe and that same world is trying to wage war on us so they can have more power and territory, teehee! I honestly don't know how you got transported there but don't worry, your brave son, Hinata Tasuke, will assure you that something like this will never happen again!"
Yeah right, there's no way that could work. Just in case, you never noticed... All those dialogues and shits are just inside my head. Since I set foot in front of my father, I still haven't uttered a single word. Now what? I don't even know where to start.
I'm sweating bullets, my mouth is dry and my heart is beating like crazy! My head is starting to spin, I don't know where to start or even think, or maybe both? I don't have any idea anymore!
"Please give us some more time."
The moment where I'm at a pathetic state where I don't even know what's left from right, Euclius suddenly said a sentence. Hey, I thought It's none of your business. After saying those words, he continued saying some more:
"It seems Hinata is still not ready to go in full detail so please, wait for the time where Hinata is willing to share everything with you."
Euclius... I just realized It... You're such a great friend. Every good thing that you did for me is something I'll never forget, I promise
"Because his blunder is so long, he's going to need more than a day to summarize."
Euclius... I just realized It... You're such an awful friend. Every bad thing that you did for me is something I'll never forget, I swear that to my grave
"Papa, I agree to this young man. You might haven't seen from your position but Hinata is shaking. He's scared."
Mom, you jest. There's no way I'm so scared I'll start shaking, no way, no way. Ha Ha Ha, Mom is such a jester sometimes.
"All right, you can have all the time you need. Explain everything to me whenever you're ready."
His bloodshot eyes finally disappeared and his angry demeanor shifted to a calmer one. I got out of this mess, thanks to Mom and Euclius. I owe them one this time.
But I have to tell him the truth someday.
With that, my vacation that is supposed to be a fun and relaxing one... suddenly turned to one hell of a vacation, I can't even describe It properly
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"So you're just here."
"Oh, It's just Euclius."
I'm here, sitting on the grass from the backyard. The sun is starting to rise and thus, light is starting to cover the whole neighborhood. Now that I about It, I often come here to this specific backyard to mope around whenever my father scolds me. That's some nostalgic memories
Euclius stood beside me but he didn't sit on the grass like me, he's just standing.
"By the way, Hinata..."
"Hmmmm?"
"Just what happened between you and your Father?"
The same question, at the same place by a different person. Coincidences are scary. Should I tell the same joke about Generation Of Miracles? Nah, maybe I'll tell It to him this time... Actually...
"I'll tell you when Clattanoia is here. It's unfair If you're the only one that'll know"
"Fair point."
Now that I think of It, where the hell is that girl? She disappeared for quite some time now. If she wasn't held captive by that Commander then where the hell is she? She probably came back to my house using one of her notebooks. I'll just bank on that.
"All right, Euclius. Let's go home."
"Huh? Why? I thought we're supposed to spend 14 days here?"
Clattanoia is probably at my house so I want to check as soon as possible. I still have to apologize to her for what I did yesterday. Euclius stared at me for quite a while and finally came to his conclusion.
"All right, let's go home then."
With that, the 14-day vacation I'm supposed to have was cut short to just one day due to unforeseen circumstances.
"But Hinata, I have a question."
"What is It?"
Euclius posing a question here of all times is kind of strange but sure go on. I have a bad feeling about this.
"Who'll take care of the robe hooded kid?"
Ha Ha Ha! Here It Is! The punchline! I knew It!
END OF CHAPTER 17