Among the numerous restaurants, was the Yummy Restaurant . It was situated in the heart of the town. It was a classical restaurant offering a wide range of delicious delicacies. It was a cordon bleu restaurant.
The organization had a great number of employees to keep the name running. Among this employees was Xu Jing, a young handsome man of about eighteen years. He was a tall slim guy who was very nice and gentle with costumers . These qualities was what helped sustain him in the organization though he was paid peanut for his services .
Xu Jing was the first son and first child of Asahi an ex- enchanter. He had two siblings a boy, Fugi and a girl, Izumi.
Xu Jing was eighteen years old and he was an orphan . He became an orphan six years ago after their parents were involved in a ghastly road accident.
Fugi was four years old while lzumi was nine years old when this happened and this had a huge effect on them.
They weren't free with their friends anymore, they usually went to bed crying before dozing off. They left for school always crying for the presence of their parents. This caused Xu Jing to feel awkward.
With his parents gone and being the first child of thier intercourse, he was pressured to cater for them . He was tasked with the obligation of being the bread winner of the family.
He became concerned about the behavior of his siblings. He decided to enroll them in a boarding school. Of the schools , Kiss children school was the perfect school for them. He enrolled them in Kiss children school.
" Come on here! We have got plenty of work to do" Akio , Xu Jing's friend called out from a corner. He also worked in the Yummy restaurant,he was about the same age with Xu Jing .
Xu Jing looked up to see him, he knew it wasn't his work to do but Akio's. He walked to him and gave him his ritual smile.
" I hope it isn't one of your tricks to get me to help you? I'm really tired and worn out , I can't help you do any d*mn thing." Xu Jing lamented but Akio didn't seem to listen to him,he went on with his demand.
"I Just need you to help me clear all the dishes, is that too much to ask from a friend?" Akio shrugged.
Akio knew Xu Jing well, he never opposed friendship and it seemed to be Xu's weak point. Xu Jing immediately agreed to work with him.
"Hey Jing, have checked the latest game?" Akio asked with a sense of humor in his words .
" Really I do not know any latest game apart from Roles of gods. Is there a new video game that I do not know of ?" Xu Jing asked with inquisitivity taking control of him. He loved to play video games when he was off duty. He used that as a source of creating joy since his parents were gone.
" Well the name is 'Tunnel of demons '. I guess we should try that out . It's forty cents." Akio offered.
" The last time we purchased a video game I was the one who paid for it . You really do not want me to pay this too, do you?" Xu Jing asked becoming a bit upset about Akio's greed.
"Okay, I will pay for this . You really go pinchy with your spendings . Your a rea stingy guy there ." Akio remarked.
Xu Jing only walked past him with a tray of empty plates. He had heard that comment alot and it was not new to him. He simply decided not to respond to the statement.
He went into the back room to drop off the plates. It was then that he began to feel awkward . It was a bad omen , one with great force and power .
He tripped over nothing and was extremely lucky not to have fallen . He was sure that if the plates got broken , it was going to be deducted from his peasant salary.
Well that wasn't what caused him to worry. He was worried about the meaning of the omen, he didn't get omens regularly and even when he did , it came to reality .
He was about walking out of the back room when his phone rang out.
"Ulaa ulaa alaa ulaa..." the phone rang.
Xu Jing picked up the call . The caller was a male and it was obvious because Jing's phone was on loud speaker.
"You are Xu Jing, right?" the caller said.
"Yah, what do I owe this call? If you're calling to ask for our menu we've got pasta,ra..." Jing was interrupted by the caller's halting voice of emergency.
"I am not calling for food okay! Look Kiss children school was raided by beasts last night." Xu Jing froze at the spot. For a moment he was silent.
"Your sister is in the hospital and as for your brother, Fugi, we are still searching for him but there's no cause for alarm." the caller said and Xu Jing jerked up from the seat in anger , fear and anxiety.
"How did this happen?"he managed to ask, anxiety still thrilling over him.
"Unity Hospital, ward 132."the caller said.
"Click..." the line ended.
In a spark of a second, Xu Jing ran out of the back room, sprinting towards the door.
"Jing ! Jing! Jing!! "Akio exclaimed ad Xu Jing rushed out of the restaurant.
Xu Jing raced into the street and boarded a taxi to Unity Hospital. He was extremely naive about his siblings welfare. He knew his instincts was right. He never got a fake omen, if only he had known this was coming he would have done something to stop it but there was no possible way to avert this dreadful event from coming into reality. He very much cared for him siblings and if he failed to protect them , he was sure his parents would be disappointed in him.
Soon enough the cab stopped in front of a white building with a bold red cross designed on the top of the building.
He got down from the cab and paid off the driver . The instant the taxi drove off ,Xu Jing rushed into the hospital.
"Where is my sister?!"Xu Jing asked inquisitively, pulling a near by male nurse to his face.
"What is wrong with you?" the male nurse queried . "Are you with your f**cking brains?" he said and freed himself off Xu Jing's grip.
"What is the matter? " a doctor asked to drag every attention to him in order to ease the tension in the reception hall .
"I want to see my sister!" Xu Jing said nervously.
"What is her ward number? " the doctor asked.
"123"
The doctor searched through the list of intakes and discovered that Xu Jing was right. The ward was indeed occupied and it was a female take in .
"Show him the ward ." the doctor said to the nurse whom Xu Jing had just bursted into. The nurse grinned angrily before reluctantly giving in
Xu Jing followed the nurse to the ward. On reaching there, the nurse turned sharply and said to him in a harsh tone .
"Do not disturb her. She is in coma ." Xu Jing nodded and he left him starring at the door on which the number of the ward was inscribed boldly,'WARD 123'.
After much breathing practice, he opened the door and walked in. What he saw moved his heart , he saw his lovely sister in bandages. He rushed to her and tears rolled down his cheek. He couldn't let his sister die.
A growing anger flooded him and he unconsciously clenched his fingers in anger. He couldn't watch his only family wipe out all because of silly beasts.
He held Izumi hands close to his chest. He began to feel a strong wave of emotion stirr through his his heart. His heart was heavy with emotions , he began to remember his parents . They were so loving and caring to them all and that made their lives easier.
"Izumi,I will protect you with every blood in my vein. I will cater for your needs and I promise , when this is all over I will withdraw you guys from Kiss children school and send you guys to a better school.
This is all my fault. I should have sent you to a day school. I shouldn't have sent you to Kiss children school. I'm such a fool!" Xu Jing cursed in anger.
He looked at the meter that was taking reading of her heart beat . He was nervous . He began to imagine Izumi dying, that was an imagination he prayed would never come to reality .
"Sorry mister , I think you have to leave her alone for now . She doesn't need disturbance. You may meet me in the reception hall." the doctor said to Xu Jing.
Xu Jing reluctantly got up from the side of the bed which he sat on and followed the doctor out of the ward .
They walked until the reached the reception hall . It was a quiet movement and Xu Jing was a bit tensed up with the development .
"You know your sister is in a very critical condition . She was attacked by some beasts . An enchanter brought her here , thanks to him your sister would have passed out just as seventeen others have ." the doctor paused for a while and looked at Xu Jing's face . Xu Jing didn't look back ,he stared at the floor. He knew the doctor was about to ask for the bills to Izumi's treatment.
"We have checked our house expenses are have come up with you bill. It's six hundred dollars per day and for the initial treatment it's four hundred dollars . You have a bill of a thousand dollars.
I know that's a lot of money but I can help you out if you promise to pay the bills . I can commence the treatment because if she is left unattended to she may give up the ghost ." the doctor said and patted Xu Jing on the back. He left him you gaze at nothing .
How was he supposed to get such an amount of money with his current status economically. He had to get that money and that had to be fast. Really fast.