Above the shadow is who I am when facing this giant and vast world. Beneath the sun is who I am when facing someone higher than me. A being which possessed enough power to exterminate this world entirely. I live beneath the sun which I am talking about. But now, I am freed. I am freed from the horror of the sun.
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"Nera! Let's stop by wherever you want for once today. What do you want?" My master, Cade, ask me if I want something for treat.
"Dark chocolate ice cream!" thus I said.
And so, my life together with my master is running perfectly according his plan. A daily life which is craved by master, the one who freed me from the never-ending nightmare, Cade Valentine. Now he's giving me a treat in the form of an ice cream. Even though, I always treated like a queen when we are at home but now I am feeling more special.
We both walk together in the street full of crowds. I wonder if I could gain more height again, walking like this while holding hand with him is quite awkward. I feel like that I become like his daughter or something. It's not like I don't like it but I feel annoyed about that.
"Oh no, the store is closed today."
"Hmph....! What kind of store is closed on Monday while the sun still high." I frown.
"Now now don't be like that. Let's just walk around a bit."
Suddenly, I felt an uneasy stare from the passing people. It feels like "awww what a dad" "what a cute child" "that man is so caring" "he has a beautiful smile to his daughter" words are filling my head while their eyes looking at us blatantly. Oh please human, am I that short so you may address me like that. How foolish, just you wait and see.
Thus the trip is going to take a while. We travel around the city for a bit looking for someone selling an ice cream. The city might be only a cub city as he confirm, but it quite vast for us travelling around the city using our legs. Still, the view of the city is exquisite enough for us to forget how exhausting it was travelling around the city.
There's so much kind of people out here. A human, half beast, elves, and a giant though they were not as big as their name. Most of them were dominated by human here and yet I don't see any witches around and everywhere. According what I heard from Cade, they were hunted nowadays even in the past five years ago.
What a waste, I think they were a cute being.
"Ah ! Finally there's one." said my master while pointing at a coffee shop.
"But Cade that is a coffee shop." I doubt his descision.
"A cafe to be precise."
Thus without hesitation, Cade and I enter the shop and sit on the table where the sunlight seeps easily through the window. I can't believe it, the chair is so soft and makes me so comfy. Then the butler came, he gave us a small pamphlet which contain their available item menu.
As expected from master, there's an ice cream in this place and various kind of flavors of it. Oh my this place makes me blush.
"This one, I want this !" I eagerly wanting the ice cream in the menu.
"Mr. Butler, I want a glass of carbonated tea and a dark chocolate ice cream." he ordered that for me.
The butler then write our order and took the pamphlet back. With his great attitude, he leave after bend his body first and a little polite phrase before take his leave. I smiled, I wonder if Cade could learn from him and make him a better butler for me. Maybe, it's the otherwise since I'm his servant after all.
Not long after I smiled, there's a man clad in white passing by. Somehow, I feel that I recognize him before but I don't remember where and when did I meet him. The man has a beautiful smile, beautiful face, and he's looking at me with that beautiful smile. Our eyes met, he looks at me for a split second then turn his head away.
What a weirdo, looking at a woman that way. Just head no brain, type of man I hate. He looks rich though.
"What's wrong, Nera?" Cade bring closer his face, "Is there something wrong with that guy?"
"O no no no you got the wrong idea." I panicked and swinging my hand towards him. "....." I can't explain it to him. "The thing is..... I don't have any idea either."
"What an odd..." Cade unsure.
Then I frown again.
Not long after, the same butler come back again bringing our order on his hand. The ice cream is served in a very very special way. The bowl is big, the topping is super, everything is dazzling in my eyes even though it's only a dark chocolate ice cream. It feels like I've treated as a very special customer here by just seeing how exclusive the ice cream is. On the other hand, Cade is served by one big glass of carbonated tea in front of me.
"Ahahaha..... what ? It's just the normal size in this cafe. The price is not even that expensive." Said master to me.
Yes I am surprised. But that just the size, it won't even make any differences if the taste is trash. One thing that I am sure that I should've try it once before I made a statement. With one big scoop of the spoon, I eat the ice cream vigorously.
"It's GOOD !"
Unacceptable, this is the best but how the price is not expensive. I hold my tears while eating the ice cream cause of how good and looking good it is. But then, a great plot twist is showed up. The bowl is not even that deep as soon as I reach the bottom.
"Hei, how's your tea ?" I ask him cynically.
"Like the old ancestor said, 'never lied on your carbonated tea'. Ahahaha....." Cade laugh all the way.
Well there's no need to be upset. Since the taste and look is impressive, I have nothing to complain and never will. But still, it's so hard for me to accept the truth how disappointing the ice cream is. It stack to the sky avenue but the abyss is way to shallow. Curse you bokko.
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"Excuse me, young lad. Have you ever cross fate with those two ?" ask the man clad in white.
"I am sorry. This is my first time seeing them either. Is there something bothering you ?"
"Nothing of course. It just like we are having a new people in the town."
The man clad in white drink his dark black coffee slowly. Then, he put the cup of his dark black coffee on the table. He look at his watch on the right hand then look at them two leaving their table to take their leave. The man frown his forehead then straighten it again and smile. Seems like his worry has disappear and he back to his own sense.
"Is this enough ?" the man clad in white giving 5 diu to the butler beside him.
"That's generous of you, thank you very much."
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The sun goes down, the crimson light is started to fill the sky. Under this crimson atmosphere, we walked together to our place to stay called home. Business seems always dull at first and so we are today. The town is at its peaceful state right now, no urgent things need to be cleared today. Moreover, the money we earned from the landlord is more than enough it seems.
Cade, I don't know what is he thinking but I think he's thinking to what will we do for tomorrow. Money won't come by itself. Somehow we need to do something to earn more money to live. The landlord also won't ask the same thing twice. What shall we do next, master ?
"Dangerous....." Cade mumbling.
"Is there something matter ?" I curious.
"I.... should have a job."
After we walked for so long and circling around the city using both of our leg after four hours and just now he's mention that ?! But yes, it is also a dangerous thing to do. Having a job mean revealing ourselves to the outer world. On this case, Cade is still hiding from someone and didn't want to get revealed so easy just because of him having a permanent job.
"Then what should we do, master? You still have a job to feed me though." I smoothly mock him.
"Then pay me." he said while slightly confused.
"I have. Where do you think you got that infinite amount of bullet there."
"....."
He's silent again. But then, Cade burst his mouth then laugh out loud all the way like he was the last person left in this world. Seeing him laughed, I can't help it but to laugh either. We were a hunter for the last five years but now we must scavenge every job that available just to survive. This is so dumb which we also can't believe it. Then, we decide to think about that later and going to home peacefully.
We laughed, talking about a thing or two on the way home. The time passes and the sky is getting darker. I don't even notice how long we have been walked. But soon, we will arrive. We will arrive to the place where we both could straighten our legs above the table and rest together. I can't wait eating dinner together just the two of us or maybe the landlord if she came and bringing the dinner as she promise.
Just you relax and calm your shoulder, Cade. Sometime, your wish may come true if you keep hardworking and searching for what you've craved. The ideal lives that you always craved for.
*thump* *thump* *thump*
Suddenly, my heart beating so fast. I immediately grab Cade hand as tight as possible. This feeling, I feel a bad feeling in front of me. A feeling of horror which I always had from the past is back. Beneath the sun, I feel her appearance somewhere closer. Whenever she close, there's this pain on my chest is always appeared.
"What's wrong, Nera?" ask Cade while holding my shoulder.
"She..... is here." I am terrified.
"Who!? Don't tell me.... that woman."
"Home....? she is in our home."
Just in the corner, our home is located. Cade immediately carry me under his arm and start running right into the house. As expected, that woman has tracked us and break into our home by hijacking the door knob. The culprit is still inside since she leave the trace blatantly like this. But this is not because she is stupid, it is because that she has invited us to go inside.
Suddenly, Cade put me down while trembling very hard. He tried to be tough by clenching his fist very hard and bite his tongue. Blood drip came from his lip, he seems very scared to deal with someone inside the house. Cade frowned, trembling all over his body. Like it or not, he must overcome it by himself thus I will support every choose he made.
"Nera, stay behind, hide." he tried to make an escape route for me behind his arms.
Cade immediately open the door and run looking for the one who's behind it after I decide to stay close to him and hiding behind his back. Not hard to find, the culprit is immediately found after Cade entering the dinning room which we use for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. She just sit there, drinking a cup of a tea, waiting for our arrival together with her butler at her side while holding a small white towel on his left arm.
"Welcome home, Cade Valentine."
To be continued.....