"There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds."
― Laurell K. Hamilton,
[Suzue Reed]
Opening my eyes i was greeted with a fluff of red hair. yawning i gently brushes it and stared at the other bed and notice my sister isn't in his bed.
she woke up earlier than me again.
i gently remove the boy latching in my body and lazily stood up in the bed and went to the bathroom.
i filled up the bathtub and submerged myself in it letting my clothes become wet and merged myself with the water...
my hearing become muffled and my sight started to turn blue, i closed my eyes and let myself lost in my thoughts.
Just another 2 days before leaving this place.
then we will be heading towards the land of nero, hopefully we won't meet those people. what i mean those people is the prince and his tails.
speaking of tails one of them looks like Lucas. Tatum lockwood, if i remember correctly the first time we met his eyes were cold paired with his blue eyes it look very icy.
lucas has the same eyes... are they related? tatum is adopted if i remember correctly, he was adopted by a mage first first then that mage died and he was sent to the lockwood to become the brother of their one and only offspring.
eh who cares anyway,
i have this feeling that we didn't do anything to accomplish our original in coming to this place.
all we did is dress like a commoner, stay in the inn, become an adventurer , eliminate the goblins and search for the deicide....
...
i think we did enough. a smile carved in my eyes as i slowly opened my eyes.
My sister made a great accomplishment for unintentionally gaining the favors of the commoners in land of Gi. if i remember correctly that fallen village is where almost half of the adventurers came from before moving to another town.
these adventurers has a huge reputation in this land for eliminating the pests causing them to have a bit of popularity and reputation to the civilians.
if we successfully capture this infamous deicide we will gain a huge reward. The Commoner's Recognition
when i opened my eyes fully i was greeted with a boy with red hair and crimson red eyes.
my eyes widen when i notice teas in his eyes and fear expression appeared in his eyes. i immediately rise and stared at Ethan who angrily stared at me.
"you made me worried you woman!!" my eyes soften and i kissed his forehead and teasingly poke his forehead.
"are you worried for me?"
"of course not!" he angrily said and punches my shoulder causing me to hiss and groan exaggeratedly causing him to panic and a tears appeared in his eyes again.
i stop acting and he glared at me md.
"just kidding, you punch like a kid"
"i am a kid!!' i snickers causing him to pout.
humming i never thought this kid has a cute side of him.
but that fear in his face wasn't just a mask. his Blank facade that he forgot to wear made me stare at him worriedly but i remain clam outside it would be a huge out of character if i suddenly act what i was feeling.
i stood up and help him remove his clothes to take a bath.
we silently bath together while i observe his face that returns to his original blank eyes but today is different, i could see a bit of bliss and content in his expression causing me to smile lightly
after bathing we both wear the clothes i bought.
my outfit is the same as yesterday but the different is i didn't wear a vest but just a long sleeve black blouse with two of the buttons opened. my combat pants is colored gray and i am not wearing a boots but shoes instead.
this world's clothes are starting to become modern. i wonder who designed these clothes? probably another reincarnator.
i stared at Ethan after braiding my long hair.
he's wearing the same clothes at me but gray shorts instead. i tuck his polo in and help him wear his shoes.
i dried his hair and he unconsciously hum causing me to smile teasingly.
"oh what is this? young master ethan is purring~" a frown appeared in his face and he kick my shin
"shut up woman i didn't intent to do it!"
"now now Ethan don't lie and just admit it" i said while scratching his chin like a cat and he slaps it in response.
"stop it you stupid woman!" i showered his face with kisses causing him to angrily punch me but it actually doesn't hurt.
teasing this kid is actually really entertaining if only he knows when to shut up.
he accidentally touch his side causing him to yelp . my eyebrow rose and he took it as a sign that he's in danger.
he tried to run away but i immediately captured his hand and started tickling him.
"stop! hahahahha you.. hahaha enough! damn it woman!"
"who told you to curse you brat! i shall teach you a lesson!"a burst of laughter escape from his mouth causing me to grin unconsciously and continued tickling him.
"e-e- ahhaha enough! hahaha stupid1 hahahah do-don't ahahhaa" when i started seeing tears in his eyes i decided to stop leaving him panting and flustered.
he angrily stared at me causing me to smile wickedly.
"STUPID WOMAN!!!" ah he run away.
i rub my ears and fixes my clothes. can't believe i would mess around with a kid. i inserted both of my hands and started walking outside to follow the little brat.
well i can't actually deny that i had fun. i rub my face when i remembered the grin i just made earlier.
when was the last time i laugh?
beats me.
i haven't walk halfway towards the stairs when i saw ethan running back to me with a blank expression.
this kid is such a handful. i let him hold my right hand and both of us walk downstairs. i notice lilith and lucas staring at us and ajax eating. Xavier entered the room and greeted me with a nod which i respond with a yawn.
"oh you finished eating?" i ask my sister who nod in reply and smiled happily.
"i learned how to make my pancakes more delicious"
"is that so?"
agh my sister is growing please let her stay the same as always. i caress her cheek and let ethan sat on the vacant chair beside Lilith.
"Bacon and eggs and pancakes please thanks"
i carelessly sat down on the last empty seat which i assume belong to someone because of the half eaten cake and untouched tea...
"to whom is this?" lucas stared at the empty plate and untouched tea before answering.
"Charles, he went to the bathroom earlier" i see
"if you don't mind i'll take this instead" i sipped on the tea before they could react. lilith sweat drop and lucas smiled helplessly.
i taste the tea and furrowed my forehead confuse. the tea taste... weird.
"you guys have a weird taste" i place it back on the table and on cue Xavier appeared with our order.
"yeah it does but it make our body feel nice after eating the cake" lucas said and sipped on his tea again finishing it.
"you should have not ate cake first thing in the morning" lilith advised and lucas and ajax nod.
"we will"
i stared at eggs and bacon and beans
"why beans?"
"protein" xavier answered after my questioned, i lazily played with the bean and stared at ethan who stared horrified at the beans.
"you heard the man... protein" i teasingly said causing him to stare at me blank as always.
"i know that" both of continued eating when xavier suddenly talk.
"Eh? Charles drunk the tea? i thought he hate tea?" Xavier asked surprise but i notice something about him... he seem disappointed.
"oh he didn't, Ezu drunk it" Lilith said softly while staring at xavier with confused expression.
"oh i see" he seems too happy.
i put down my fork and chewed the bacon, and followed his back when he went back to the kitchen. Why is he that happy after hearing Charles didn't drink the tea.
The tea taste strange too. i notice ethan sneakily putting beans on my plate. i let him and smiled smugly he got distracted to what Lilith said to him and i use this opportunity to put the beans back to his plate and added some of mine to towards his.
"tsk" i heard him click his tongue after seeing his beans increased.
"Charles took too much time in the bathroom what was he doing?"
he probably couldn't get it out.
"i'm checking on him" lucas was about to stand when ethan stood up and went to the bathroom instead.
"eh?"
"don't mind... being outrun by a kid isn't that humiliating" i notice lucas twitch in annoyance.
"your words doesn't sound very offensive but i felt attacked" i heard him mumble causing me to snicker.
"sorry about Ezu"
"come on now My lady, Let the man lose on his own" lucas sigh annoyed and lilith sweat drop and stared at me with a "stop" look.
i saw ethan walking back, i stared at his disgusted expression and felt confuse.
did this kid saw a person trying to relief in live?
"what's wrong?" his next words made the others stand in alert.
"a dead body"