Gery listened to her enthusiastic monologue with a smile and didn't jump into her speech at all.
"Imagine Gery walking around the city center and suddenly you see an Ely store. It has always been my dream and life goal. I'm so close to him now."
"I'm so glad someone's dreams come true," Gery said, looking sadly at Elbria.
"What if we fought even though you lived in my house as a subtenant? I like you and I will not bother you in the piece, but I will be happy if we meet. It gives me the strength to keep going."
"We can meet in peace, you're not bothering me, because I'm still alone. I won't mind at all."
"You got married so suddenly. I'm afraid you'll disappear as suddenly as you showed up. But that would break me. I don't want this day to come. The mayor liked you too, and that's a big deal, believe me."
"I really don't know, I don't understand it myself, it's so weird."
Suddenly, their sitting was interrupted by loud music from the beach. Times at that moment, they declared the first place and the sculpture created by students from the Loiste Medical High School won. The statue represented a mermaid. There would be nothing special about her except that she had six hands and two fish bodies. It's a creature they allegedly caught on a fishing boat a year ago, and since it was a shocking discovery, the government included it in research. This announcement was followed by dance performances and various competitions on the beach. It was a very nice day. In the evening, the stalls were already crowded and music of various styles was heard everywhere. Elbria gradually gained courage when it came to Gery. After the party, she invited him over for a drink, and her life began to make more sense and change. For the better, no one in the world can guess at this stage. They began to meet more often. After some time, the brand store "Ely" appeared in the city center. Clothes of different colors shone in the window, and Japanese style prevailed in all models. It was at that time that the entire colony of Orpha's research began to move into Loist. New accommodation and a large research hall with many terminals and a landing area for medical discos have grown up on the coast not far from Loist. Life in Loiste has changed. Many people who lived in the outskirts of Europe and in cities that do not even have a direct land connection to the capital came to work. Time there runs a little differently than in Ersenet. For the most part, these people still do not know the euro level at the required level. There are now many interpreters and translators in Loiste, and Gerhard Allandry himself is at the top of the field. In total, more than 3,000 people work for the research complex. Discos come and go nonstop. It has no end. They carry material and everything they need for research. It is the time when he finally began to look fully for the cure for Orfa. Elbria has a lot of work to do with her business and designs. She herself designs every single model for her business. It employs twelve women who make these models. Loist is now full of people from all over Europe, and Eureka is everywhere. Sometimes you can still hear the national languages of different states, but these are already considered only dialects. The official language of communication throughout Europe is currently the euro. Orfa continues to choose its victims. Tens of millions of sick and dead have been reported in the press. Conspirators are already announcing the depopulation of the whole of Europe. But scientists and all stakeholders do not give up and work beyond human capabilities. But so far without any result. Elbria has built a large sales network. It employs 126 people. The store operates at the full hundred percent. Design, production, sales, logistics… Gerhard still works honestly in his position and takes care of interpreting. Many people who came here to work in Loist have learned the Eureka at least colloquially in half a year. Now the work is easier for everyone and the results are starting to show. The headline appeared in the press: A solution has been found, Orph will be defeated. So far, this plague has claimed up to 187,000,000 victims across Europe. It's time to stop it. They even published in the media a sketch of a system that Orfu would capture, store and then be destroyed. The whole system will look like a power pole. Its height will reach about 1,300 meters. The company on the coast in Loiste began looking for sponsors to manufacture this system. It will be a very expensive affair, but there is nothing left to wait for. The clock has been sounding for a long time. Orpha came from the south of Europe. From there, where the big event took place. No one in Loiste wants to talk about it, and no one wants to mention this event. Everyone would like time to go back in time and people would have to avert this event. But that is impossible yet. Elbria called Gery to her store tonight, as they don't have much time to meet during the week. It was eight o'clock in the evening. Gery arrived on time, exactly as agreed. Elbria was just postponing the plans for the new clothes and writing today's sales.
"I'm glad you came, we see each other so little. I read about your great discovery. Promise me you'll save us."
"Yes, we will. Now we will make it to the end and everything will be as before. We're already looking for sponsors, and when we find them, we'll make this whole system in a month."
"I'm already redesigned. Let's go somewhere in the city today. You must have had enough, too. "Gery thought, and after a while said, "Okay, there's going to be a big-air broadcast in the center today. They will show footage from all parts of Europe where the Orpha is plundering."
"I'm not going to look at it today. I want to rest and walk somewhere. Let's just go for a walk in the central park. We'll buy something for dinner and walk around."
"Okay, I agree. Today we are throwing the burden behind us and we will really relax."
Elbria quickly completed the deadline, cleaned her desk, and the two set out for the city. She kept talking as they walked through the park. "I'm so glad you're here, I hope you don't leave me. If you're still in that center, I'm worried about you, so that Orfa won't get you either. It's my nightmare. Then my life would go back to the beginning and it wouldn't make sense as it used to be.
"Gery didn't make any of these talks and tried to calm her down.
"I don't have a plan and I don't even have time to plan anything at all. Sometimes my thoughts go back to the store where I used to work. I wasn't as busy as I am now and I had more time. But this is probably my mission here in Loiste. Work on this project and save the world."
They sat down on a bench with an order touch board. Elbria looked for a dinner that looked like a cake. But it was a specialty of vegetable-based sea monsters. She confirmed the order, and in ten minutes a delivery arrived that looked like a small hovercraft. After attaching the card to his terminal, the dinner was printed out on a silver plate. When they finished dinner, they decided to go somewhere for a drink in the center. The city was full of people, it was a problem to find a vacancy somewhere. Eventually, they settled in a smaller bar, where some strange electronic music played without singing. Elbria felt good, but she could see that she was still thinking about something.
"What are you thinking about so much?" Gery asked.
"You really don't remember anything before? When you
then they found you on the beach, they thought you were washed away by the sea. But you weren't wet, so it wasn't. You just showed up. But where from ?! You learned the Eureka in three months. Do you remember your language before?"
"No, I don't remember, I don't think about it anymore. Look, life goes on and now we have so much work ahead of us. Let's look forward and not backward."
"That's wise talk, it just occurs to me sometimes and doesn't give it to me. I'd love to know where you're from."
"There are a lot of Orphians in Europe right now, but there's something else about you. You're not acting like us. Sometimes you have notes I don't understand and you describe things I've never seen or heard of. But that doesn't bother me, the main thing is that you're here."
These thoughts were interrupted by a report that spread like a tornado throughout Europe. The chairman of the Loiste research complex has just spoken on large screens.
"Today we have received financial support from all over the world. The financial contribution amounted to EUR 189 million. From tomorrow, the production of the entire complex for the destruction of Orfa will begin. Within two months, special masts will be deployed to attract the Orfa, so we will capture and destroy it."
Meanwhile, the screens showed drawings of the entire facility. They will be a kind of electromagnetic masts. All of them will be connected by distributions, which will move Orfu gradually among themselves.
"The final destruction of Orfa will be as follows. After pulling the Orpha, the masts will keep it inside. Charges will be attached to these masts. Subsequently, they will be connected together with the space shuttles, which will take them into space and be launched from Earth from the control center. Help with this, and now with the space program, was promised to us by America and, a moment ago, by Russia. We have information that China is already preparing its launch pads. Everything is aimed at destroying this plague. It is dawning on us for better times."
All the people around him applauded and chanted. There was a cheerful mood everywhere. Only Elbria looked unhappy. She knew that this happiness would not last long for her. She had a feeling that the time was approaching when radical changes would take place in her life again. One success is replaced by failure in another part of life. It's probably such an unwanted system. One person will receive and the other will be taken away from him. It's a principle. Since she has recently succeeded in her business and Gery is part of the culmination of the destruction of Orfa, what will be taken from her this time ?! I wish it was nothing and let everything stay as it is.
"Don't be so distressed today, there's a reason to be happy. Look around you, we haven't seen so much joy here in a long time. Today we will enjoy life and not drown somewhere in fear as before."
The next morning, life in Loiste returned to normal. It was after the celebrations and the beaches cleaned the services appointed by the mayor. Today, Gery is organizing a big event in the complex on Orfa. Today to the sea decided to insert guide cables that will serve as energy stabilizers for all masts.