Three days have passed and Alex owed Ren more money. He read for a few hours at a time with a hour break in between. before deciding to take a break for the day to decide what job or career to pursue. He knew he had to figure this out before searching for his unanswered questions.
Alex began to stroll through the town on the streets. On the gray cement road that was inspired by the architects, There would often be a tree here and there with a small patch of flowers. He roamed until he ended up on the east side of the town's edge. He found a grove of trees that was so green and lively. The scent of nature and the sound of small animals and birds was calming. It was like a small forest for some of the townspeople people to go and relive part of life or just relax. He looked around as he made his way to the center wondering how beautiful it was.
As Alex looked around and saw a log bench that was clean cut and looked to be almost in pristine condition. When Alex got closer he saw a old man in a Japanese robe. The robe was light purple while being dark purple on the edges, with a white shirt underneath, and shorts with what looks like six pockets....
The old man looked over and saw Alex."A visitor I don't get those allot anymore? How can I help you?"
"Hello my name is Alex. I'm just roaming around and caught sight of this beautiful forest."
" Thank you I take care of this small forest myself." He said with a proud smile showing all his white teeth.
"eh?" Alex's face froze. His head try to understand simple words, Just like some people trying to understand what their math teacher was saying about a pop quiz.
"I trim these tall trees and make it as nice as they can be. " smiling gentler now.
"How may I ask?" Now his mind like he found out that he studied the wrong materials. Trying to remember all of what the teacher said relating to the test.
"Training" he says with a big white smile that seemed to gleam in the light. ( This kid is so calm most people would be astonished! Maybe I should train him to be my successor?)
( As much as I like to see friendly inhuman people. I do not want to be one!) He gave up trying to figure it out. Little did Alex know it wasn't going to happen.
Then the friendly old man with short white hair said " want to come to my house to chat " Still frozen I smiled and said "sure."