Gina and Sylvia chatted for about five minutes but then..
" Sylvia.. Sylvia where are you" Gina heard a male voice calling from a distance.
" oh my God, it's uncle. He must be worried about me. Right after school I ran away" Sylvia lamented "lets go an meet him, so he won't be worried about you any more" Gina suggested as she wanted to get up
" nooo... If uncle finds me, I'm dead. He'll skin me alive " Sylvia said while using her hands to demonstrate how her uncle would skin her alive. "is your uncle that bad". Gina asked seriously "no he's not literally going to skin me alive but he'll lecture me till my ears fall off" Sylvia said exaggeratingly
"can you please help me beg him not to scold me, if he does I'll run away again" Sylvia added with puppy eyes
"fine I'll plead on your behalf" Gina complied, she could not say no to Sylvia's big, cute and shiney puppy eyes.
The both of them stood up and followed the sound of the voice calling Sylvia. Gina saw the person who was calling Sylvia from afar. He was a young man in his early twenties, he had very handsome features, he was tall and was neither too muscular nor too skinny. He had deep blue eyes but at that time those eyes showed worry. He was worried about Sylvia. She suddenly ran away after school and he had been looking for her ever since.
He was about calling the police but he saw her walking to his direction with an unknown lady, he quickly rushed towards her and hugged her.
" Sylvia what happened, where did you run off to, don't you know I was so worried about you" he said in one breath.
" I'm sorry that I made you worry uncle" Sylvia said in an apologetic tone
" sorry is not going to be enough, you should know better than to run away" he chided her, Sylvia quickly escaped his grip and hid behind Gina who was standing close by.
" sister Gina, uncle is scolding me" she said
" Sylvia what is the meaning of this " he asked Gina, a little surprised because she never behaved this childish before.
The thing is Sylvia always acted mature, she was always calm and composed. she acted like an adult so it was surprising to see her act so childishly.
" I'm really sorry for all the trouble that Sylvia caused you" he said to Gina.
"trouble.. she never caused any trouble. Sylvia is such a sweet and adorable girl. I just want to ask that you hear her out. Don't shout at her. Please". Gina pleaded.
Gina did not say anything at first when she met Sylvia's uncle because she received a notification.
« secret quest ' meet a powerful and influencial person' complete, 100 points earned »
—wait what.. Secret quest, what secret quest, Glitch what is this —
« apart from the points you receive when you avoid the main event of your past life, you also receive points when you complete secret quests » Glitch explained.
— so meeting Sylvia's uncle was a secret quest—
« not entirely, the quest was to meet someone with a lot of wealth, fame and influence » Glitch said
— so you mean that Sylvia's uncle is very powerful— she asked
«yes he is, according to my list , he is among the top 5 most powerful people in the entire continent »
— W..WHATTTT, in the c..continent, that means Sylvia is related to a very powerful figure, I can see why he was so worried about her. She could be kidnapped and used as bait at any time—
« that's also not entirely true, because there are only a few people who know of his true identity, now you are one of them »
" oh so that's your plan huh, Sylvia you want her to plead on your behalf so I don't scold you" he said to Sylvia
" it's ok, I will listen to her, but first I need to get her home " he added.
He then stretched out his hand
" my name is Eren Clayes" he said with a smile
" my name is Gina Crest, it's a pleasure to meet you" she said with a smile as she also stretched out her hand for the handshake
" the pleasure is all mine miss Crest " he replied " you can just call me Gina" she said
"ok " Eren said and the both of them released each other's hand.
« beep..beep secret quest 'form a connection with an influencial person' complete 100 points earned »
— what the heck..—
"is something wrong" Eren asked Gina when he noticed that she had a slight change in expression.
" nothing's wrong, I'm fine" she answered
"ok, we should get going now" Eren said
" Sylvia, tell miss Gina bye" he told Sylvia. "bye sister Gina, I hope to see you again" Sylvia said as she waved goodbye and followed her uncle away. "bye. I hope to see you too" Gina said as she waved back.
After Sylvia and her uncle were out of sight, Gina continued her walk back home, but this time she did not stop to admire anything, because she wanted to get home quickly and ask Glith about the secret quests.
Gina finally reached her house, but she stood at the door, she first took a deep breath before entering.
When she entered the house, a wave of nostalgia hit her hard when she saw a photo of her parent's wedding and remembered that she would never see them again although she longed to see them. She didn't know when tears started escaping her eyes, and soon after that, she was on the floor with the picture of her parents which she held tightly against her chest.
"mom, dad, I miss you so much, I wish you were here with me I'm so glad that I was given another chance to come back to this house again. I love you both so much" Gina sobbed. And at that point Gina did not know if it was a hallucination but, she felt someone patting her head and also heard a voice saying "we will always be with you my dear".
Gina slowly opened her eyes. "huhh, was it all a dream" she asked no one in particular. She looked around but it was already dark and It took sometime for her eyes to adjust to the darkness, but soon she discovered that she was still in her house. She fell asleep because of all the crying.
" so it wasn't all a dream, I really have gone back to the past" she said to herself. She put back the picture of her parents and walked to the kitchen to prepare something for herself. But she did not have enough items to prepare a full meal.