I looked very quickly at Alia and saw that, like me, she too was surprised to see two people sitting there.
But they, on the contrary, seemed to be waiting for us.
"Yùichi, Alia, I introduce you our two new companions. Said my father, to cut the silence that was beginning to settle.
"News. Please." replied one of them.
Indeed, I had only glanced at them very furtively, but it did seem that these two people were both women. About thirty years old each.
"So you're Yùichi?" The second one continued, while approaching me, pointing with her hand.
"Yes, it's me. And you, I can know who you are."
"Of course you can. My name is Sonia and this is my sister Selstine. We are honoured to meet you.
They may have been sisters, but they were the perfect opposites in terms of physical appearance. Sonia is brunette, brown-eyed and looks in very good physical condition. While her sister Selstine is blonde, blue-eyed, short and looks overweight.
"Dad, did you say anything to them, to make her address me like that?"
"Nothing special. I just told them in detail what we've been doing with Shiro since the war was announced. And since I told them that you were the one who thought of all this, they see you as the leader."
Well, at least my father seems to have told them more or less the truth.
But one element of his sentence bothers me slightly. According to him, he told them all about my plan in detail. This confirms to me, that I shouldn't trust him if I have a secret plan or important information.
I just hope that these two women are not like him and don't tell everyone everything, otherwise it could be compromising for the future.
But it's not all bad to have told them that.
I don't know why, but apparently the fact that I was the one who decided on this plan made them think that I was the leader. I don't mind, at least I'm sure I can decide my every move without someone else telling me what to do. And if they obey me and are as disciplined as they are showing right now, I could definitely use them to my advantage at some point.
"Did you really tell them everything?"
"For the most part, yes. But don't worry, they are trustworthy."
"If you say so, I'll believe you."
I'm not more reassured by what he just said, but since nothing was really important in the plan I had prepared, I can pass the sponge for once.
"By the way Yùichi, did you manage to sell the house?"
Apparently, he also told them about the house since they don't seem at all surprised by this sentence.
"I'll explain everything in detail when the time comes. Before that, we have to find Mom and Nomiko. But it's too late to look for them now, we'll go look for them tomorrow.
"That's a good idea. Since it's getting late, I'll start cooking.
"I'll come with you." Alia said, following him directly.
The rest of the evening passed without anything strange to report and we went to sleep, each in our room.
[ 06/07/499 10 h 50 ]
This night was the best I have spent since I left, not a sound, it was nice and above all, I could get up at the time I wanted.
The view I had from my seat was incredible.
My bed was huge, I'm sure five of us could sleep in it without disturbing each other. A bathroom bigger than the bedroom in my house and an indoor pool about 10 by 5 metres, as far as the eye could see.
I went to open the curtains, but unfortunately the view is a bit less beautiful than I expected. It's a simple view of one of the shopping streets with its share of merchants selling their products.
I'm not sure why, but I suddenly thought about my injuries and noticed that the bruise and pain I had in my ribs yesterday had completely disappeared. Like the scars from my fight with Haku.
From the slight noise I could hear, I think they are all up already.
So I changed and went to join them.
[ 06/07/499 11 h 10 ]
"Ah, is that the only time you're coming?"
"Good morning dad, did you have a good night? I answered him with the same voice as his.
"Good morning Yùichi, did you sleep well? Do you want something?"
the two sisters asked me with the same voice.
In fact, they have something in common, I hadn't noticed it yesterday, but their voices are almost identical, even though I have good hearing, I didn't even manage to recognize their respective voices.
"No thanks, I don't need anything. Or do you know where Alia is?
"Sorry, gentlemen, we haven't seen her. She probably hasn't gotten up yet."
Well, I think I'm starting to recognise their voices, Sonia's seems slightly deeper than Selstine's.
"Yùichi, we plan to start the search in twenty minutes so if you want to come with us, be ready here at 11:30."
"Okay, I'll get Alia and we'll be there."
Well, that's cool, I'm not the one who has to do all the planning, if my dad does it for me, it should be pretty successful normally.
But now I have to go wake Alia up, or at least warn her that we're leaving.
If I'm not talking nonsense, this room is right next to mine.
Indeed, I was right.
I knocked, to check if she was still asleep, but she answered, which suited me.
"Can I come in? I asked her.
"Yes, go ahead, it's okay.
I admit that my heart started to beat a little faster when I opened the door, but then it calmed down when I realized that she was dressed.
"To what do I owe this late visit?" She said wryly.
"Late, it's not even noon. Then I've only just got up, I couldn't come earlier.
"I know that. But I was expecting you last night.
Although I expected a response like that, I couldn't help but look slightly surprised. This was immediately noticed by Alia.
"Ahah, it works every time with you." She continued.
"Yeah well, I knew you were going to say something like that."
"True, but I did it again. So why else would you come to me?"
"At first I thought you were still asleep, so I came to wake you up, but now that you're awake I have to tell you that in less than twenty minutes we're all going outside to start looking for my sister and mother, so I wanted to know if you wanted to come with us or if you wanted to stay here."
"I just woke up just now and yes, I'd love to come with you. Just give me five minutes and I'm ready."
"Okay great. I'll let you get ready and as soon as it's ready, join us in the lounge. But at 11:30 sharp we're leaving. So don't be late."
"I will, see you later."
So I closed the door and went back into the living room where everyone else was waiting.
"She'll be here in five minutes."
"I'll explain the division of the teams and where we're going to look. The first team, myself and Sonia, will be in the same shopping street as yesterday. Then Selstine and Shiro, you will go to the market place. And you, Yùichi, you will be with Alia and you will go to the central square. Does that suit you?"
Before we could even answer, a voice was heard.
"Okay, that's fine with me."