Even though it was still very early in the morning, the alleys were already full. Vendors were already offering their products to passers-by, while food stalls were preparing their dishes. The smell when cooking was so attractive that even Éden who was about ten meters away could smell it, and it smelled extremely good.
'I wonder if it's because I'm a vampire that I can feel it or just because it smells super good!!' Thought Eden
"Tell me Athis," Eden asked. "Is there anything happening today? The streets look crowded. Unless it's always like that.»
"Yes there are many things today, and yes, even in normal times it is also crowded" Athis replied.
"The thing that's happening in your transition to adulthood?"
"No, of course not. My mom would never have a week-long party for someone like me" Athis replied with a fake smile. "The thing that is happening today is happening all over the continent. I think it has something to do with-... huh what was his nickname again? I think it was something along the line, The king of the skies and oceans"
'It can be this piece of sh*t right?' Eden thought.
"Do you perhaps have his real name?"
"Hmm, I think it was Cayron" Athis replied.
'The fuck. How much time did pass since then for him to have this type of nickname?'
While thinking that, Eden didn't manage to keep a composed face, so Athis manage to see a glimpse of a twisted Eden. However, it didn't even last for a second so he put it at the back of his mind.
"Anyway, let's go, I think I'm gonna die from hungriness," Eden said after thinking about Cayron. He couldn't possibly ruin his time with Athis by thinking of a piece of sh*t right, could he?
Eden and Athis then sneaked between people. There were so many people on the street that they lost sight of each other every ten seconds. To remedy this, Eden grabbed Athis' forearm to prevent them from losing sight of each other again, and against all odds, it had worked extremely well. It had worked so well that they arrived at a restaurant after only 5 minutes of walking. They then immediately placed an order and settled into a table for two.
After about 15 minutes of waiting, their orders had finally arrived. Athis had ordered a plate with everything found in a classic breakfast such as eggs, bacon, fries, and so on, accompanied by a milk tea. Not knowing what to take, Eden copied Athis and therefore took the same thing as him, except for the drink. He decided to take an orange juice as well as black tea, which is the same as when he was still on Earth.
Before they started eating, Eden told himself that he had to immortalize this moment. It was the very first memory he was going to make with Athis after all. So he put his hand in his pocket, only to notice that it was empty.
'Where did my phone go?' Eden thought in a panic before remembering why he didn't have it.'.. 'Ah, it's true that I lost everything after being killed by the other'
"What's the matter? Don't you like your plate? Athis asked, seeing Eden make a funny expression.
"Well..." Eden stopped before resuming. "I wanted to immortalize this moment by taking a picture because it will be our first memory together but I forgot that I had lost my ... phone? Eden ask while wondering if they were still using phones and not other things. He was on another planet with totally different people after all so it was normal to wonder that.
"Pfft HAHAHA" Laughed Athis when he saw Eden who was at his lowest. "You could just have asked me, I would have taken it for us. And made me think about buying you one after eating. It will be my gift"
"No no what are you saying. I'm not asking you to buy me something too..." Eden said before a mini-flash came out of Athis' watch and interrupted it.
"*Sigh* You could have told me you were taking it. I'm sure I went out on it very badly" Eden said as he planted his fork in his bacon like a 5-year-old.
After laughing and mocking Eden's expression in the photo, the two boys quickly finished their breakfast. Once paid, they went to the watch seller so that Eden could get the new phone of this world.
With the exchanges between different people from different planets, the technology had evolved remarkably from what the Earth once had to offer. It had evolved so much that no energy was needed to operate the different types of gadgets, everything worked on mana. This was possible because Hydrel was a planet filled with mana, unlike Earth which had very, very little.
After buying the last watch released for only 100 gold coins, the two boys exchanged contacts and Athis sent the photo he had taken instead to Eden, while secretly chuckling of course. Even though Eden could hear it very well thanks to his improved senses, he didn't say anything since he too found the photo funny.
After talking for a few minutes about the next destination to go, Eden saw an amusement park in the distance. It is said that if the technology had evolved so much, then the rides should also be. So they headed in that direction before Eden thought of something that seemed quite strange to him.
"Tell me Athis," Eden said to Athis, who began to listen to him. "How come technology has gone so far and your empire still seems to be in the... old days? »
"It's because my mother loves the old days with the royal court, the nobles, etc. I tried several times to tell her that it was old but hey, what can a failure like me change? Athis replied, shrugging his shoulders and smiling bitterly.
After this small exchange, Eden and Athis quickly headed to the amusement park which was less than 3 km from their current position. After about 30 minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the entrance of the park.
You could see from the outside attractions all crazier than the others. There was one that seemed to reverse gravity and therefore flew an extremely high person in the air.
Another one that looked like a roller coaster but lasted much longer and was much faster. However, the one that caught Eden's attention the most was the one where people seemed to descend inside the earth. Seeing this, Eden wondered if no monsters were hiding underneath but thought shortly after that there would not be this attraction if the security was not excellent.
Once he entered the park, Eden immediately walked to the line to ride the roller coaster. After about 30 minutes of waiting, their wait finally arrived, and settled into the chairs.
"I hope we're going to have a good time hehe," Eden said after the attraction kicked off.
"I'm sure we'll regret it," Athis said as she prepared for what was going to happen. After 3 seconds at a slow speed, the attraction began to accelerate. However, this acceleration did not stop after a few seconds. It continued to increase until it reaches 500 km/h. It was so fast that people's skin seemed to withdraw from their muscles.
Well... it wasn't just an impression, it was. The only thing that allowed them to withstand the speed was the fake window that had been created to prevent accidents. This window, however, did not remove the feeling of the wind that was plastering on people's faces, and that was what made the attraction so popular.
After people's stomachs had turned several times inside them, the attraction finally came to an end, and Eden and Athis began to head to the next attraction. However, Eden's expression did not seem to be the best.
"Eden look at me," Athis asked after getting a little ahead. Just as Eden looked at Athis, he took a picture of him.
"Thank you hehe!!"
"You little shit!" Eden said, who began to chase Athis to delete the photo. Even though from a stranger's point of view, it looked like they were fighting, they were having fun.
People close enough to them could laugh at them like crazy little ones.
***
It was exactly 3:50 p.m. when Eden and Athis walked out of the amusement park. They had made the other two attractions that had caught the attention of Eden, that is, anti-gravity and travel to the center of the world. These two attractions were as thrilling as the first and the two boys didn't hesitate to take pictures as a souvenir.
However, they did not have time to eat so they decided to go to a restaurant before continuing their activities.
They then arrived at the nearest restaurant after only 10 minutes of walking.
Athis decided to take starter, main course, dessert with a Caesar salad for the starter, steak as well as meatballs for the main course, and for dessert, he had a simple cheesecake. Eden also took him in, the main course, dessert with coiled vine leaves as well as chicken and minced meat bricks for the starter. He then took pasta bolognese and a salmon pizza for the dish. As for dessert, he had a strawberry tart, macaroons, and a lemon meringue cake.
Their order arrived 20 minutes after and they ate in 40 minutes. So it was 5:00 p.m. when they left the restaurant. However, as they left the restaurant, Eden saw a group of thugs threatening a young woman.
"Tch, even in this world there are always people like that" Eden said in a low voice.
"Eden, don't you intend to help her?" Athis asked who had seen very well that Eden was looking in their directions before turning to leave.
"No. Even though I look like a good person on the outside, I'm not going to change direction to go and help people I don't know," Eden replied. "It may sound cruel like that, but I'm not a saint. As long as it doesn't affect me or someone I care for, I have no reason to intervene" He said before continuing to walk.
Hearing his answer, Athis felt extremely bad. He wanted to ask him to go and help the poor helpless woman, but he couldn't get those words out of his mouth. He wasn't helping this woman either when he had the power to do so, so how could he ask someone else to do it? So even though he didn't like the way Eden had reacted, there was nothing he could do about it.
Athis, therefore, joined Eden who was waiting for him a few meters from away him. However, just as they were about to continue on their way, a jet of water arrived on Eden's head.
"*Sigh* well, it seems like I need to get involved now."