Chapter 3
Sneaking Away To Cut Trees
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Sera stared at the open door and the turn around only to see the others staring at him.
'Why are they staring at me'
Sera shrugged his shoulders as he didn't care about it and quickly searched his mind on how many hit it will take for a tree to go down in Terraria.
'Hm.... how many is it again' Holding his chin, thinking, Sera shortly remember the times it took to take a tree.
"11 hits" He mumbled.
Sera glanced at the people and saw that they are looking, while his mother is staring at him warmly.
He suddenly felt irked.
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Earlier while Sera is thinking, his mother, Elijah is staring at her son smiling warmly.
'My son is trying to show off' She thought giggling in her mind.
'Though I appreciate it if he started training than just thinking impossible things such as creating arrows from rocks' Elijah thought sighing helplessly.
'He must be thinking how to create an arrow with stones' She thought giggling happily at her show-off son.
'Ah~ young people really'
Elijah continued staring at her son and saw him staring at her, she waved her hand and smiled warmly at her son.
'Hm... I should go and clean the cave'
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Sera seeing his mother stopped staring at him, smiled happily then he glanced at the children, then he glance at the 4 male adults and lastly he checked the 2 female adults.
Right now they were all doing their own jobs, such as cleaning, cooking, carrying heavy things such as some rocks, and also setting up a bonfire in the kitchen and the main hall for light.
Sera, grinned then he suddenly disappeared from his spot.
The children that were chatting turn in the direction of Sera only to be baffled that he's nowhere to be found.
"Wait where's Ezekiel?" A girl with black hair on a ponytail asked while searching for Sera.
"Maybe he's on the 'Last Stand' again?" A boy with yellow hair and blue eyes said as he stared at the large metal door.
"Okay I'm going to find him Aldous" The ponytailed girl said then she went to the metal door hurriedly.
"Seriously that Lilith...." Aldous stared at Lilith's back while mumbling then he turn around and continued chatting with others.
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Meanwhile on Sera.
"Hahahahahaha!"
Sera laugh while running towards a nearby tree as an axe mysteriously appeared at his hand.
"This is FREEDOM!" He laughed then swung his axe horizontally.
Pak!
Pak!
Pak!
Pak!
"I can't believe doing this is so much fun!"
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At the cave.
Lilith opened the large metal door and saw a pile of sacks.
Those sacks, contain rations and items.
"Ezekiel?"
She then strolled around the medium sizes room searching at every corner only to found nothing.
!
"Maybe he's in the kitchen?" Lilith conclude then she started running towards the kitchen.
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Meanwhile, Sera already finished two trees and is now cutting the third tree.
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Lilith arrive at the kitchen and saw her mother, Layla.
"Mama, did you saw Ezekiel come here?" She asked worriedly.
Surprised by her daughter, Layla unconsciously stepped back then sigh in relief.
"Maybe he's on the 'Last Stand' again?" She said while pressing her index finger in her cheeks, looking like she's thinking.
"But I already search there!" Lilith yelled in helplessness.
"Try asking his mother Elijah sweetie" Her mother said patting her daughter's head.
Lilith's eyes brightened and she hastily run away from the kitchen.
Layla sigh in helplessness as she stared at her daughter's back.
"Lilith, oh Lilith it seems like you are experiencing 'that' huh"
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Outside the cave, Sera finally finished his third tree and he hurriedly run back to the door.
While running he checked his inventory and found out he had obtained 61 blocks of wood with just destroying 3 trees.
But Sera know that this is far from enough, just like on Terraria where the player will always cut trees even though they just obtained 150 blocks of wood since wood is really essential.
Sera arrived at the door and peeked at it to see what's inside, then he saw his mother sweeping.
He immediately removes his head as the shadow of his head is visible on the ground, furthermore, the shadow size is big, but luckily his mother didn't notice it.
'I wonder why didn't they close this door? What if a slime went in?' He thought puzzled while looking at the door.
Then he notice that the people are using the sunlight that came from the door as to somehow light up the surrounding, though it's still dark even with bonfires.
Sera came in not silently because he ran inside while his mother turn to her back to check whose footsteps it is, only to found no one.
Frightened by the sound of footsteps, Elijah hold her broom and called her son Sera.
"Sera!"
As Sera watch his mother hold her broom and warily stared at the door, he unexpectedly heard his name so he instinctively answered.
"Yes?"
Elijah hearing her son is just behind her, look at him seriously then she warily glanced at the surrounding while talking.
"I just heard a sound of footsteps Sera but no one is in the door" She murmured.
Sera was surprised that his mother here called him Sera, then he remembered that it really is, while the others call him Ezekiel.
"Ah! So it was that huh" Sera said acting like he figured it out.
"Hm?"
"Mom, you have actually just misheard it, I think it was me walking at your back?"
"What do you mean" Elijah asked puzzled.
Which back? Earlier when I still didn't turn around or when I turn around already
Elijah is confused.
Sera seeing his mom confused from his jumbled words that will totally confuse someone, silently grin at himself.
"I'm searching for where to dig mom and you didn't saw me?" He asked acting confused.
Puzzled, Elijah search her memory and remember that she didn't notice her son.
"Are you sure about that?" She asked looking at her son suspiciously.
"Yes"
"You didn't notice me mom?" Sera asked acting confused.
Elijah sigh in relief and saw all the kids in the distance watching them.
Sera noticed his mom saw something and sweat profusely slip from his forehead even though he had the body of a player which means infinite stamina.
They didn't see me right?
Sera turn back and saw all the kids are staring at them confused.
"Wait you are there Ezekiel?" Aldous, the yellow-haired boy asked.
"Really? but I didn't even notice it...." A brown-haired boy on a ponytail murmured feeling suspicious of Sera.
'Why do I feel like he just leave the cave' The brown-haired boy thought staring at the open door.
'But that's highly unlikely after all it's dangerous outside'
'Maybe we really didn't notice him' He thought, after all they were chatting with each other about Sera when they notice he disappeared from his spot then they completely forgot Sera when someone wants to play a Tic-Tac-Toe.
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Sera hearing the question of Aldous acted confused "Well I'm really here?"
Aldous want to say something when a black-haired ponytailed girl arrived.
"Ezekiel!" Lilith shouted excitedly.
Sera glanced at Lilith and searched his memories only to be dumbfounded.
That little girl had a crush on me!
Sera calmly smile and greeted her.
"Hm, Lilith"
'*sigh* It's not me but my predecessor or to be more precise, the owner of this body'
Lilith approached Sera as she worriedly asked "Where did you go? I can't find you"
"Huh? But I was just here? Did no one really saw me?" He asked then he glanced at the childrens, all of them shaking their head, then he turn his head to the two male adults who are carrying something, as they gave him the same answer.
"I guess no one really notice me... " He murmured.
Lilith ignored the matter and grabbed Sera's hand pulling him.
"Come on Ezekiel! Let's play Hide and Seek"
Sera look at the girl stunned.
But I still need to create a workbench!
'I guess I can create the workbench, bow, and arrow tomorrow' He thought while he let himself be dragged.
'I guess since I'm a kid I will enjoy my time'
Sera smiled happily and he answered enthusiastically like a child.
"Okay!"