Therefore, this system needed the sea, or salt water. In the morning, word spread in the complex that they had received a financial subsidy to build the entire machinery. No one is waiting for anything and everyone has started work. Elbria returned home after work. As always, there was an infernal quarrel with the Elziarov neighbors. Their spoiled daughter Fanyhana did not come home until this morning. Since she did not consider it necessary to give any explanation at home, hell broke loose and lasted until the afternoon. It's a good thing that Elbria already has her dream shop and doesn't have to endure this all day. Today she decided to cook dinner and invite Gery to her. She went to work. She threw a strange sea creature on the baking tray, which cannot even be defined. All marine animals gradually mutated after the big event. They changed their appearance, some shrank, some a hundred times larger. The sea is full of strange beings in this century. Gradually, she prepared a table, placed plates on it, and prepared colored waters. After about an hour, the meat was baked and she made some vegetable salad for it. At exactly seven o'clock in the evening, the door to Gery's apartment slammed. Elbria no longer waited and went upstairs. She knocked and invited Gery to her. He didn't refuse at all and seemed very tired. He was quite glad you didn't have to prepare dinner yourself at home. They sat down at the table. As they dined, Elbria looked at Gery sadly again.
"What's bothering you again?" Gery asked.
Elbria didn't even look away and replied measuredly:
"We have been doing well in our plans for the last year. I started my business and I don't even know who I can thank for that. The man really helped me and changed my life. You got from business to research for a change and you have a significant post. You and I were really rich. We are rich people now. But we see ourselves very little. That is the tax on success. We have been living in one house for a long time, and yet each in his own apartment. I want us to be together. But I can't urge you because I'm afraid you're leaving. This success will take some toll, you see."
Gery read the headlines carefully. He didn't respond to Elbria's cry, which he'd heard a lot lately.
"Look, I write here that Europe has been reborn and they plan to launch the whole system in a month. Cargo ships were already sailing to Europe to load the masts with Orfa and transport them to the shuttle launch centers. This horrible plague will be a thing of the past."
Elbria looked at him blankly, adding," You haven't listened to me at all!"
"But I've been hearing from you very often lately. Why are you so afraid I'll leave you? Why would I do that? I live here, I have an important post at work, I got to know almost the whole city. Where would I go now? I really like you and I want to stay here."
Elbria calmed down and looked piously at the clock.
"It's midnight, stay with me and move in with me tomorrow. I want us together, if you want me to."
Gery nodded.
"All right. Tomorrow afternoon, when I come back from work, I will bring all my things to you and you can rent that room to someone else. I'm staying with you today, I'm really tired."
"Oh, Gery, I'm so glad you're here, you really made me happy today. Tell me, don't you really remember anything from the past? What was your name before? I would love to know at least as little about you as you actually were. And where did you come from. All I know is that you don't come from Loist or Ersenet, and I don't think you even belong to our time. It's exaggerated, but that's how I feel."
They both watched the clock as one o'clock in the morning approached.
"Just so you know, I gave you the name Gerhard when we found you on the beach. Because when you took over, you mumbled something like gere, gera, gara… And so I gave you the name. We didn't find any of your documents, nothing at all to help us identify. You showed up as if someone had sent you here."
Gery listened to the influx of her words and fell asleep slowly. Elbria continued to speak.
"You know, maybe someone heard my prayers and sent you to me from another world. Not even Orph touched you, and yet more than half of your employees are no longer alive. It's also weird. As if someone was protecting you from all evil. Maybe you really came from heaven. I just can't believe I could get so much luck in life. It would be very simple and even suspicious. What's behind it. Maybe a system I can't understand at all. Or I'd rather not even understand it. It is better if one does not know and does not see many things. He can never know what will discourage or disgust him by recognizing the other side of beauty. Um, when Europe opens, maybe I'll find out where you came from. I would love to know so much."
It was eleven o'clock in the morning when a research manager appeared in the store. He seemed nervous and headed straight for Elbria.
"Hello, please, don't you know where Gery is? He didn't get to work today. And the whole system is to be launched under power today. The big moment came today, and we haven't seen him since this morning."
Elbria looked at him in surprise.
"After all, he went to research in the morning as usual, I didn't notice anything special. Maybe something got in his way and he had to arrange something. It's nothing special about him, except that he always got to work on time."
They both fell silent and thought. They looked at each other. After a while, the manager added, "Okay, I'm going back. If Gery showed up, then send it to research now. Today is his long-awaited day and will he just disappear?"
Meanwhile, on the streets everywhere on large screens, there were reports of the progress of the entire system. All masts are connected by electricity. In addition to all the masts up to a distance of about 200 kilometers, you will hear a hum or rather a buzz. When all the masts reach full power under current, they draw the Orph into each other and store it in large batteries, which then hold it and do not let it out. The big day is here. The whole world is watching and reading news about this project today. Cargo ships of all powers are already moored on the shores of Europe. From north to south. All components in Europe are on standby. Rescue services, law enforcement services, workers who will be involved in the removal of Orfa. Today is the big day. Today, people took to the streets even where Orfa took millions of lives.
Today the year is 2189 n. l.
The horror that has destroyed this country is already in decline. Gery showed up here two years ago, and the way he did, he disappeared. Without a trace. No one has ever seen him again. He never got to work again. He never moved in with Elbria again. He disappeared somewhere in time and space. In space-time. Exactly as Elbria had predicted. After a month, when it was clear to everyone that Gery would never show up again, Elbria decided to have his room at he says for another tenant, and therefore he has to put it in order. It's incomprehensible. Disappear suddenly like this. All of Gery's things were in the room. Documents, personal belongings and also all documents since he ever appeared here. In addition to cleaning, Elbria came across a box containing many papers and bank files. At first, she paid no attention until she noticed her name on one of the envelopes. It was written "Elbria Hollybert". She opened the list and was shocked. The Central Bank of Ersenet transfers EUR 2 000 000 from the "Gerhard Allandry" account to the "Elbria Hollybert" account to the Central Bank branch in Loiste. She opened one folder after another. There she found a transfer to the research account of 20,000,000 euros. Also on the mayor's account and more and more transactions.
"Oh, Gery was the winner of the 50,000,000 euros!"
She sat down on a chair and now everything began to make sense to her. It's exactly as you thought. She will get what she has longed for, but she will be taken from what is most valuable to her. And that's what Gery has become to this day. This is how the universe works. Whether we like it or not. She felt terribly anxious. Material things and success in trading cannot be identified with the most valuable. And that is man. Man for man. If they have each other, then all the material makes sense. Otherwise, everything is worthless. Elbria carried all things out of Gery's room. She kept them as a memory for life. She decided on one more thing. He leaves Gery's room empty. Nobody there will not give as a tenant. In memory of Gery. Because he showed the greatness of the human spirit. He sacrificed himself for everything that was needed at the time. He sacrificed himself and everything that was valuable to him. Nobody knows what world he got here from. In Loiste they named the coast after him. The section where he was found today is named Gerhard Beach. This beach has another peculiarity. It's completely free and everything on it is free. This system was ordered by the mayor of Enefali himself. It is a memorable place to what he helped in research and even gave him millions. The final effect is a full one hundred percent successful.
The year is 2190 n. l.
They are just making a statement on a large screen in the city center. Orfa is destroyed in Europe and today at midnight the shuttles with Orfa will fly into space.