After taking our tickets, we entered the cinema and took our seats in the middle.
Yeah, the seats in the middle are the best.
"Mama, popcorn?"
Mailys whispered.
"I will buy you only one, dear."
Grace said and tried to stand up, but I stood up before her.
"I will go, don't worry."
Grace smiled and took her purse.
"Take two small boxes of popcorn for us and take anything you want for you."
"Hey!"
Mailys pouted.
Grace giggled and tickled Mailys.
I smiled, looking at that before going out.
I looked at the bills Grace gave me and sighed.
50 AXP, so around 50 dollars or Euros.
How much popcorn did she think I would buy?
Grace was spoiling us too much.
I thought as I headed toward the kiosk.
I choose three boxes of popcorn for the three of us and headed to the desk to retrieve them.
I gave the ticket to the man and a bill of twenty AXP.
"Here for you, sir."
"Thanks."
I took the three popcorn with both hands and turned around but-
-Thud!
All the popcorn fell on the ground.
I looked at the ground before looking up.
It was the same group of boys who took photos of Grace.
"Should have been careful, dude."
The man who seemed to be the leader smirked and the others laughed behind him.
"I-I will prepare again, sir."
The employee said.
"Thank you."
I said with a smile.
-Thud!
This time, he pushed me.
And I fell on the ground.
"You are too clumsy, man."
I stood and patted my clothes before smiling at the man.
"He-!"
"Indeed. My apologies."
Before someone else intervened, I closed the conversation.
I saw him coming two times, but I didn't do anything since it would be annoying if he became angry because I dodged him. I didn't want to lose precious time watching a movie with Grace and Mailys because of that bunch.
The group of boys was speechless at my reaction.
Taking advantage of that, I took the popcorn and left.
"Thank you Fay!"
"Thank Fate."
I gave Grace the popcorn and the rest of the money before taking my seat.
I raised my arms slightly and looked at them.
My arms were slightly shivering.
It was because of those guys.
My body seemed to be used to being in such situations.
I didn't like that.
I loathed that feeling.
'It's better to discard that feeling this night.'
Thinking about that, I concentrated on the movie.
Two hours later, the cartoon movie finished and we started to go back in the car.
"It was amazing when that cowboy started speaking!"
Mailys was excitedly speaking about the movies in the backseat.
"No, it was nothing amazing."
"Wha…!"
Mailys was gobsmacked when I replied that.
She was so cute that I wanted to hug her, but I refrained.
"Liar, Fray!"
She said and punched me with her tiny fists.
"Aahaha. Yeah, punch me like when you punched that guy!"
Grace looked at me strangely when I said that.
Now that I think about my words.
"I-I'm not a masochist!"
"Machochi?"
Mailys tilted her head.
"Fate…"
Grace glared at me.
"I-I mean, I'm not a machine, l-like that machine you saw in the movie…."
I quickly changed my words.
"Oh…"
Mailys nodded.
"Sigh…she is too energetic."
I muttered, seeing Mailys still speaking about the movie.
Speaking about that movie, it really looked like a movie from Earth about toys becoming alive…
What the hell?!
During the whole back drive, I thought about that uselessly.
We all got out of the car and headed toward a big house.
It was Earth and Grace's house.
A huge garden surrounded the house.
A giant portal was before us.
-Creak!
Grace put her hand on the biometric fingerprint detector and the portal opened.
Reaching the house, Grace again removed the security and we finally entered the huge house.
The living room was big enough to organize a party of a hundred without a problem.
A large TV was embedded in the white wall.
The sofa was large enough for ten people and other armchairs were placed around it.
It was really a beautiful house.
Earth and Grace bought it together.
They were really rich after all.
My brother Earth worked with my father in one of the biggest organizations of the Cerulean Kingdom, the RID, Royal Intelligence Service.
It was the equivalence of the FBI in the USA.
Yeah, my father and brother were gaining a lot. Don't gonna lie.
As for Grace, she was the assistant manager of SteelTech, which was the most famous electronic brand in the kingdom. Steeltech was even more famous for being the brand created by the 8th-ranked Paladin.
The paladins were the strongest power of the kingdom.
Grace was the assistant manager of one of the main branches of SteelTech in the Cerulean Kingdom. It automatically gave her great status and an enormous salary.
"It will take an hour for dinner so you can rest, Fate."
Grace said to me.
I wanted to help her if possible but I needed to do something before that.
"Grace, I will buy some juice for us."
"Hm? There are in the fridge though?"
Grace replied, confused.
Indeed, the fridge was filled with different juices.
"Koka Kola?"
"Ah, it finished yesterday."
"That's why."
I said before turning around.
"Do you need money, Fate?"
I laughed at her words.
"You are already spoiling me with money, sister-in-law."
"You really became cheeky in a day. Well, you were like that before…"
Grace shook her head.
"Be careful, Fate."
"Yeah."
I nodded at her before leaving the house.
The portals opened automatically as I walked out of the territory of Grace.
-Creak
As soon the portal closed, I erased the smile from my face.
I headed to the main road and waited in the replacement that taxi would come.
Soon, a car stopped in front of me.
"Where?"
The driver asked in a tired tone, it was late after all.
"Azur theater."
"A movie at that time, huh? Get on."
I nodded and entered the car.
It took ten minutes to arrive at the theater.
A car working with mana was very fast, so we could travel great distances quickly.
"Thanks. How much is it?"
"85 AXP, boy."
I gave him 90 AXP, including the tips and left.
I swept my gaze around the entrance of the cinema looking for the group of boys but didn't find them.
'Hmm. Their movie should have ended a few minutes ago."
I knew for what movie they had bought the ticket when they pushed me and the movie they had seen was longer than ours.
And I left at the right timing to meet them here but they didn't seem to be here.
"Hm?"
I turned around and-
"The movie was really sucking man."
"Right! Though the actress was hot!"
"It's a shame!"
"Leave it, I'm hungry."
The four boys were speaking rather loudly while entering a nearby restaurant.
My lips started to rise so I immediately covered my mouth before people stepped back, seeing my twisted smile.
I didn't know what expression I was making, but it wasn't a good one.
'Eat well.'
Damn…I really want to beat them up right now.
Let's buy the juice first.
I shook my head before taking the right corner and heading toward a market.
In the market, I was again controlled before entering.
Without wasting time, I went to the juice section and took a 2L bottle of Koka Kola. I also bought masks, chirurgical ones, a candy bar for Mailys, tape, a bottle of water, newspaper, white gloves and toothpicks.
After buying them, I sat on a bench in front of the restaurant and started reading the newspaper.