Chapter 16: Forgotten

Chapter 16: Forgotten

Asher Eli left Division-1 and went to the currency converter store by following the map route in the SI Phone.

<Hours Later>

"ha..ha...why is hard to find a single store even using this digital Map" He was tired; he walked through lots of streets and some of them are really dangerous and now he was standing dead end.

"Fuck it, I will just ask someone" After that, he walked to out of a dead end and looked at the empty street.

'shoosh'

"....."

'gulp'

Eli looked around and tried to see at least one person but no one, he gulped and used his,

'Breathe in'

/MANA BREATHING/

Eli powered up his body, walked as fast as he could to the end of the street, and then he saw the street bustling with people,

'Breathe out'

"What was that?" He said with uneasiness and then he looked at his phone.

"I.WILL.NOT.USE.THIS.AGIAN" He said with firm resolve and a little bit...scared?

People around looked at him weirdly. Feeling their gaze, he awkwardly smiled and ran away from that place and after that, he looked for someone to ask the route but,

'Why is everyone walking in a group?...look at a dull boy having 3 girls at once, tsk....oh. look at the girl kissing another...girl?....what?...look at the boy kissing another bo...'blarg, blarg'...what is happening here? Is this how it is here?'

"Or is this how boys made friends..." Eli thought about it and soon stopped thinking.

'Oh, that girl is alone' as Eli walked towards the girl wearing a full black maxi dress.

"Excuse me" Eli asked politely.

"Hmmm? Yes?" the girl turned around and he looked at her black hair; dark black eyes and small cherry-red lips; a small nose and a petite body; hands covered with black cloves and she gave dangerous vibes.

"I am sorry for interrupting you, Madam" Eli said with a slight bow.

"Yes" she accepted his apology.

"I am new here, so could you please tell me the route to the currency counter store?" Eli asked, he felt something was not right or uneasy or something dangerous when he heard her voice.

She pondered a while and then said innocently, "Well, I don't know whether you really do not know or trying to hit on me though".

"Pardon?" Eli was confused and inwardly, 'If I knew, then why did I waste 3 hours searching for it AND you, just because you are a little cute that doesn't mean everyone is after you, tsk little girl'.

"I am not"

"So what are you doing here?" Eli still questioned.

"That is something personal" Adria was not interested in sharing.

Eli also didn't question anymore and inorder to avoid awkwardness, Eli changed the topic,

"Ms. Adria"

"Yes"

"You see, I am from the village so I don't the most the new culture and could you please explain that something bugging me from earlier?" Eli seriously asked.

"Yes" Adria didn't understand what he was trying to get.

"Well then..." Eli started to explain what he saw earlier on the streets.

"You are asking, Is it normal to have a same-sex relationship, right?" Adria amused.

"Yes" Eli scratched his head awkwardly.

"Hah..hah.." She laughed melodiously.

"W-Why are you laughing, Ms. Adria?" Eli's eyes twitched.

"Haha...I didn't mean to laugh at you but are you sure that's what you meant or are you worried about something else?" She asked with a meaningful smile.

"I guess..haha.." Eli awkwardly laughed.

"It's fine, let's see...hmmm I am not sure, I understand them but have you ever loved someone?" Adria thinking deeply asked.

"Yes" Eli replied.

"Then that's the answer" Adria nodded her head.

"Pardon?" Eli Confused.

"Well I don't know about love but someone said to me, 'If you truly love someone, then it doesn't matter whether who is it or what is it?'" Adria said with nostaligia.

".....Yes, you are right. How can I forget that?..." Eli then realized that he said those words once, 'I guess, I am starting to move on...' he thought with self-loathing.

With that answer, Eli remained silent and at last, 'I fucking found it with my own effort' he inwardly praised himself. They are now standing in front of the Royal Restaurant.

"Thank you, Mr. Eli" Adria said.

"Ok, Ms. Adria. See you later" With that Eli turned to leave, but

"B-Brother"

Eli heard a voice, he used to long for that but now he wished to disappear.