The sun was scintillating all over the buildings and stalls, its reflection shining on the river as winds ripples over it. While on the bridge Ruis who was wearing a simple white t-shirt and cyan plain trouser and slippers, sitting on a bench all alone. His head facing the clear sky as if he was wondering about something where as sunlight was gleaming on his face, his gray eyes glittering like diamonds. His long hairs scattered over his neck.
~ Well I guess they didn't need me there..
He titled his head down; sighs before looking at the stalls beside him, there were many different stalls, fishes, cotton candy, even popcorns. Lined one by one along both sides, as Ruis glaze shifted towards a little boy, he was the same boy who earn his living as a shoe polisher, this time he had weared a brown cap. The one who Ender had once polished his shoes with, strangely his sister who was always with him, wasn't there this time.
Ruis who was unaware of this, was starring at him curiously as the boy was sitting, tidy and clean, his eyes were quite sad as if they weren't just yearning for a costumer. Ruis sighs as he goes to him, the boy saw him coming as he adjusted himself, a faint smile appeared on his cheek.
~ Finally!.
He thought as Ruis was now standing infront of him, kneeling down to his knees, facing each other.
"Can you help me?."
He said softly, a tone which he rarely used, the boy wondered for a moment.
"Sure. This is my work.."
He said with a smile. As Ruis sighs, a faint smirked on his cheeks. As he put something out of his pocket from his trouser. The boy flustered seeing what is he giving him.
"Take this, whenever I had to do something, I'll do it for free."
Ruis said with a warm smile as he takes out 3 yurums, trying to offer it to him.
"No!. Please, if you had your slippers broken. I can fixed that and take the money, not free for now.."
"Well.."
Ruis pondered, thinking of a solution for this as well..
"I have my coat torn, if I hand over it to you this evening, can you stitched it up?."
"Of course!. We can do that.."
"Then here you go.."
As Ruis give 3 yurums to the boy before standing up. Winds rustle through his hairs, as he turned around. Glancing one last time.
"Remember.. Study first.. No matter what.."
The kid startled, his eyes seeing him walking away to the other side. Maybe the whole reason Ruis had helped him was... Because he had seen his past.. In a person.. In a kid...
Ruis walked with people walking with him, towards him, all busy in their own stressful lives. Winds rustle through his hairs.
~ No matter what... No matter how much I help others.. It won't change the nature of the society and the world. Rich will become richer while poor will become poorer, this is the tragedy of this cruel world. This harsh world will have it's own ways. Fate will have it's own ways.. In the long term, prayers and miracles will kneel over fate..
He thought as a voice came from him.
– Then why do you want to survive?.. If the life is meaningless..
His inner voice asked something that haunted him over and over again.. Strangely his lips curved to a smirked over his cheeks.
~ Life and meaning.. These are concepts which were never here, the thing that nothing matters is just a survival mechanism made by those who wanted to survive on this harsh world. It's the same for those who take the burdens on themselves. And the same for those who burns like a star.. This world won't care for you to think that it doesn't exist. It'll exist with or without your consent.. If survival is the first way... Then I'll survive it, the rest are choices..
With that Ruis walked out of the bridge to the dusty, cobblestone streets bricks. Looking at the area where people were resting, leaning over the iron ceiling as the river was flowing to the right. He noticed something, a guy wearing a shirt with a loosed laced up collar, black-gray trousers with a young lady. She was wearing a simple dark blue, dress just over her ankles, the man had his hand place over her back, they were looking at the flowing river, the ripple sounds being heard from a distance. As the man sense someone watching him as he turned his face over Ruis. As soon as he glanced him, he walked towards him, with the lady following him. Ruis sharp and calculated eyes subconsciously softened slightly, as the man and woman were standing infront of him.
"Having good time.."
Leon said with his usual smirked. As Ruis was glaring on his clothes. Iris was also beside Leon, she chuckle gracefully.
~ This is the first time I've seen him wearing different rather than that gray-black suit.
"Oh I get it. This fit good?."
Leon spoke as he understand what Ruis was wondering about, trying to banter with him this time..
"Don't Astrans wash clothes.."
He said, trying to keep a straight expression.
"We do, but when you have matter manipulation than what's the point of washing then. Quite logical right?.. LoL.."
Leon continues with a pause. As Iris giggled harder and rested her head to his shoulder.
"Anyways I'm a marum, awaken as a astran. Like you're a human awaken as an astran.."
"Makes sense.."
Ruis sighs as they both walked together side by side to the.. Ruis had hands on his trouser's pockets, chilling where as Leon and Iris walked by clutching their hands together..
Moments later...
While walking for a while, their glaze glanced over two girls bantering outside a mall, with bags in their hands. They looked quite familiar to them, one with her thick dark brown hair and amber eyes while other with her black hair and gray eyes. One was wearing a pink-white yukata while other was wearing was red rose yukata. Their gazes stumbled upon them, as it did. They froze there for a moment, while Leon looked at them, with disbelief..
"Where the hell these bags come from ladies?."
He goes towards them, stand like a teacher, with a disbelief look on his eyes. While Misha and Sara first looked at him with eyes widened then glanced at each other. Ruis and Iris had now also walked to the drama.
"Well.. "
Sara cleared her throat as she started explaining what had happened earlier..
Moments ago...
Sara was still laying on her bed wearing home dress, sleeping while infront of her Misha was combing her hair infront of a big silver plated mirror dressing table. She opened her drawer which was second one and put her comb in it. Goes to her..
"Sara!. Wake up."
She said while she patted her back, but she doesn't give a thing about it. With that her expression became frustrated. As she sit on her bed, a red sheet resting on Sara's legs as she grabbed it up and wrapped it around Sara's face.
"Aah!."
She gets up, sit on her bed, try to hit Misha, scratches her hands with her nails but they regenerate in a instant so neither of them work as the sheet itself on her face started decaying. With that, she freed herself from her. Now, out from her bed and standing on floor and facing her. She pointed her hand towards her..
"Gamma ray burst."
A strong light appeared that made the whole room bright for a moment. Because of the seals concealed in the air, it didn't blasted and vaporized, also because of the nature of Raiheart. As Misha roll her eyes and said without lifting her hand up.
"Diffuse."
Suddenly the whole gamma ray burst diffused around, it's energy birth in unique white-pink-blue fireflies over the whole room. Sara slightly extended her hand just enough so that a fireflie sit on it. Misha did the same, for a while it was a lovely moment.. Until they began to disappear because of lack of energy..
After everyone had been gone, Sara sighs.
"Anyways what was the matter?."
"It's 1:00 PM. Yet you're still investing on sleeping."
Misha mumbled, her eyes were clear as she stretches her arms, where as Sara thought for a moment while stretching her back.
"So what?. Do you know how much time I spent on that dimension. Wait what was it's name?. Excarboas.. Yeah, that's the name. I had to harvest those Persica flowers for days.. Tell me, didn't my rest make sense."
"It's does.."
Misha shrugged her shoulders. While the room was full of banter, their door knocked two times, shifting their attention. As Miss Rose opens the door, wearing a purple-golden dress
"Oh hey girls. Good morning.."
She said with a smile. As Sara reflexively spoke.
"Morning!. How's the day."
Her words made Miss Rose chuckle as she keeps her composure, saying.
"Well.. I have a task for you both. It's quite simple. You don't need to go to any another dimension or realms. Just.."
Miss Rose takes some yurums out from her red-silver clutch. Handling them to Sara by telekinesis, along with a paper list as well.
" You know there's no boy here, even Leon is gone so just need these ordinary items for my lab. If any money is left, you can spent it. I won't mind.."
She said with her lips curved to a warm smile. As Misha leap towards Sara. Seeing the money on their hands..
~ 50 yurums!.
Misha couldn't control her thoughts cause this was a lot of money than usual. Even more than their 1 week wage.. 20 yurums..
As Miss Rose seeing their expression blank, chuckle and calmly close the door.
Moments later...
Misha and Sara were now roaming around streets, with a bag in Misha hand while Sara hands were free. They had now complete Miss Rose list and unfortunately yurums were left.
"22 yurums are still here. Any suggestions what to do with them?."
Sara counted the money as she asked Misha who was traveling by her side. She wondered for a moment before answering.
"Let's take some dress. Shall we?."
Misha said with excited expression, hearing this Sara was quite surprised as they both hurriedly goes to a nearby mall. Then after some shopping, when they're about to go. Their encounter with Leon and others was
conjuncted..
[ Present scene ]
"Okay.. I see. But what about Rose items list?."
Leon after confronting the situation, sighs and asked the last question. As Misha takes a bag out from her shopping bag, giving it to him.
"Here it's. We were going to give it to her but it's seems we're quite lucky.."
She said with a teasing smirked. As Leon sighs and takes it. Suddenly the bag became green and scattered to small boxes. These boxes disappeared on the air, this moment wasn't visible to other Marums cause of higher dimensionality.
"Let's keep going then.."
As they all started walking together. Sara this time walks around Ruis but he was already lost in his thoughts.
"Hey Leon. I have a question?."
He stopped taking steps, making all of them grabbing his attention. As Leon gives a lazy nods for him to go on.
"I forget to ask but... What was that?. -3.029."
"Oh well, come here.."
As Leon takes him to abandonment street to the side where no one was lingering there. Leon makes a green barrier from all sides so that they can be invisible to not just Marums but to the unknown as well..
"Thanks for marking it out. I forget as well. But you won't believe what I'm about to say.."
As Leon continues with a pause..