Chapter 25 - 025 : the unknown card

Arthur who fled from Emilia's study room currently standing in one of the highest places in Roswaal mansion and playing with black card in his hand.

This is a card he get last night from achievements pack, honestly he doesn't want to use it but he is very curious with the function of this card.

No name, no description and just plain black card without decorations with size same as poker card.

Arthur decide to use it and when the card is active he is engulfs in darkness and can't feel anything, when he is start to panic everything become normal again.

"Well it's not everything... maybe... i am.. comeback?"

Arthur find himself in a place with many people staring at him, pointing their fingers and make a whisper with each other.

"I still have my clothes right?!"

Arthur check his body and feel relief because he doesn't nude.

Arthur turn away from the crowd and silently take a look to his reflection on the shop glass and he has the same appearance when he is in Roswaal mansion, and one of poster caught his attention, but just the headline that's important to him.

"Contests for cosplay... so all of them think i was a contestant? Well at least that help me. But i need to confirm something first"

'Wait i need something here, system can i turn my point to money?'

^one thousand system point for one hundred million yen^

'I feel i getting scammed... whatever, exchange it.'

Arthur get a silver card with golden line as decorations and one million yen is carve on the right side of the card.

'Can you be more fashionable...'

Arthur stuff the card to his pocket and stop the taxi and tell the driver to take him to the address where his home is.

On the way many place make him remember some memories, happiness, sadness, and bitterness of the past.

Something that can't be changed, something that can't be grasped, and something that can't be recovered.

When he arrives in front of his house, it's change become a restaurant. His home when he life for more than twenty years is gone and can't be found.

Arthur enter the restaurant and take a seat beside the window.

"May i help you, customer?"

One of the waiters approach him and ask politely

"I want to order your best food, also if I'm not wrong here is a home before, since when it's become a restaurant? Ah right I'm a friend withthe owner of the home and i try to find him"

"Oh so it's like that, well i work here from the start so i know a little. The only son on the house is died 7 years ago and the couple decided to sell the house one year later because they want to life peacefully in the village, but they didn't said where they will go. I know this because I'm the one who make a deal with owner"

"Thanks, that was very helpful "

The waiters smile politely and leave him

"As long as they're fine.. i can't just come back and say 'I'm home' right..."

'7 years... so the time is flow in different speed'

What wake him up from his daydreaming is a grumbling sound.. not from his stomach but from a little girl with blonde hair and dark eyes, she wear light blue dress but there is dirt here and there, look like it from the sand in the park across the restaurant, she is standing beside his table and staring to the food.

"Are you hungry?"

*nod nod*

"Then-"

The previous waiters is approach him with a hasty pace

"Dear customer, I'm sorry for the inconvenience, i will take the child outside "

"Do you know her?"

"She is always playing in the park across the restaurant but she never enter, this is the first time. And i didn't know who her parents because she is always leave before the sun is set. Also this is the first time i see her approach other people on her own, in the past some of our workers who see she is playing alone and doesn't want near with other people try to give her food she will never touch it, at first we think it's not to her liking but at the end we realize she doesn't want to eat something from stranger "

"Then let her eat here, i think i lost my appetite. You don't need to misunderstand, this is because my own mood, not because of you or the little girl over here. So it's better to give it to this little girl. "

"If you said so"

The waiters leave because there is no reason for him to interfere if the customer who want it.

"You can eat what you want, don't be shy , if you want something just tell me"

When all of this sentence leaves his mouth Arthur feel like a strange uncle who try to deceive a little girl. He didn't know why, but maybe because of his unstable mood he want to see this little girl as a way to make his mood turn to better.

The girl have a really good table manner, she didn't eat with full mouth and she didn't a picky eater, unknown to him, Arthur watching the little girl with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for the food"

"Oh are you full? Do you want something as a dessert?"

"Can i have Ujikintoki kakigori?"

"Do you can finish it?"

"I can! Ican! Can i have it please?"

"This is the first time you trying this?"

*nod nod*

"Then try it, but if you think you can't continue, you must stop. Understand?"

The girl didn't answer him but drive her spoon to the shaved ice without much though and savor it taste, she is look very happy as if all of the bright things in the world pale compared to her happiness now.

Arthur see a customer who bring an instant camera and ask if she can take a picture of him and the little girl, and the female customer said she will do it if Arthur promise to take a picture with her.

In the picture there is Arthur with a gentle smile on his face and the little girl with some of kakigori around her mouth.

After paying the food, Arthur piggybacks the little girl who can't move because of overeating.

"You can't act like this to stranger you know, what will happen to if you act like this to bad people "

"Uncle is bad people?"

"If you call me uncle then i will be a bad person, my name is Arthur"

"Althur?"

"Arthur, it's an R not L. You can do it so try again"

"Awthur?"

The little girl ask with a titling her head but what come out of her mouth is still a wrong name .

"Well just call me whatever you want but don't call me uncle"

"Shiro-nii?"

"Well at least it more young then Uncle, what's your name?"

"Yui, akiyama yui"

"Akiyama... what a nostalgic name, where is your home?"

"Just turn left and there will be a house with blue walls "

"How old are you now?"

"Mama said asking a lady her age is bad, uncle"

Arthur stop walking and pinch her cheek playfully

"Who is a lady? And what you call me before?"

"It huwt! It huwt! I'm sowwy!"

"Good i will forgive you if you answer me"

"I'm five year old"

"You're to smart for a five year old kid"

"Mama said, yui is the smartest child she knew. We're arrive at Yui home, let's enter"

"You can't ask random people to enter your home i the future you know"

Arthur let out a sigh and follow her, he want to met with her parents and warn them about how yui easily approaches stranger so they need to put more attention to her.

"Mama will come home a few minutes later, so shiro-nii can wait in living room "

'It seem both of her parents is working'

Arthur walk to the living room and something draw his attention the first time he take a look at the living room, in one of the corner there is a piano that look like is under a great care.

Arthur take a seat and when he want to try the piano, a picture is catch his attention. On the photo there is a beautiful women with baby on her arms sleeping peacefully.

"It can't be... it's really bad joke.. you know.. that's why i very fond of the little girl? really.. this is the worst joke i get in my entire life"

Arthur voice is trembling and full of bitterness.

"Mama welcome home!"

"I'm home, yui. Do you behave as a good girl in the home?"

"Ofcourse! Yui is good girl, also there is a white hair uncle in the living room -"

"Yui! How can you let stranger enter?!"

The women voice became loud and a she carefully make her way to the living room when she heard a sound of piano from living room and halt her step.

she stop not because she feel fear to someone who playing the piano, she stop because she knew what song is this. and just one person who played this before.

Mist is appear on her eyes

She make a dash to the living room but there is no one there, near the piano lied a ring on top of a silver card and a note.

'This ring is for yui, please tell her I'm sorry I can't say goodbye properly also the card is have your birthday as password, i didn't need it again so please use it'

She doesn't really care about the first paper but when she read the other paper, tears i fall down uncontrollably from her eyes.

'I will love you for the rest of my life, cause I will be yours even when you're not mine'

"Mama, where is white uncle?"

The women try to wipe her eyes and look to her daughter and try to speak as normally as she can

"He is need to do something so he is not here again"

"Mama.. the white uncle left because yui always calm him uncle? Is he angry and left?"

This time yui who nearly crying

"No, no ofcourse no, you see this is a note from him. You can read it yourself and this ring is his gift for you so how can she angry to you"

The women give the first paper to her daughter and hide the second paper, she also put the ring in one of yui fingers.

When yui finish reading it she threw herself to her mother and buried her small head on her bosom.

"Mama, white uncle is good person"

"Un.. he is good person"

"Yui feel safe with him"

"Un.."

"And he is very good to yui.."

"Un.."

"But why he is leaving ? Yui is bad girl? Why he is left, he doesn't like yui because yui is dirty?"

"That can't be, yui. He is have important work to do as soon as possible so he must leave, isn't he said yui is good girl?"

"Yes, he said yui is a good girl and very smart.."

"Then when you're grown up as a good girl and very smart mama believe you can met with him again"

"Yes, yui will grown up as a good girl. But now... waahhh..!! waahhh...!!"

"You can cry for now so you will not cry again when you met with him in the future "

'Where are you.. are you doing fine? Why can't you let me take a look at you for a moment, do you hate me?'