44 Second Encounter (2/2)
Once the cursed words had been uttered, dread clutched at Shesmu's heart.
”It's master, isn't it?! I knew that our fates were intertwined!”
The boy lunged at Shesmu for a hug- a hug that Shesmu wasn't really looking forward to. With a sidestep, Shesmu dashed backward and hit his head with the back of his palm.
”Ouch! That hurts master!”
”Kazumi! Are you hurt anywhere?”
The purple haired girl sat on her knees and caught Kazumi's hands, her eyes showing concern. She then looked at Shesmu with fierce eyes and bellowed, ”You! You had the opportunity to become the great hero Kazumi's master but turned it down. Now you have the gall to injure him! Death is but a slight punishment for such a transgression!”
”Woah!” DepressedRyan exclaimed. He then turned towards Shesmu before continuing, ”Are they your friends?”
”No.”
”Such a clear cut answer,” commented Ryan.
With one swift motion, Kazumi stood up. He gave the purple haired girl a hand.
”Amaterasu. You cannot say that to the great master Shesmu-”
”How did you know that?”
”Huh?”
”How did you know my name?”
Shesmu's eyes were cold. He knew for sure that he didn't divulge his name to Kazumi and Amaterasu. Kazumi saying his name so casually alerted multiple red flags on Shesmu's mind.
”You're the great master Shesmu. Of course, I'll know your name.”
Hearing this, DepressedRyan teased Shesmu. ”Great master Shesmu, huh? Is that what you're telling strangers?”
”You, shut up.” Shesmu didn't have time to joke around. ”What do you mean by the great master Shesmu. As far as I know, I never held that title.”
”Huh? You don't know? Did you lose your memory? You're the great master, the old prophet, the hero-”
”Kazumi, please.”
Amaterasu cut Kazumi mid-sentence. Her eyes were sharp as she looked at him.
”He doesn't know, because he still isn't any of those things,” she added.
Shesmu was more than a little bit annoyed at being ignored while they talked about him.
”Hey, you two. What do you mean by all of that? I am not a great master, and I will not be. So why are you two talking about that?!”
Even if there is only a fractional chance that you guys are from the future. I am not any of those things. Are you guys trolling me?
Shesmu knew that in most cases, the two were just roleplaying an already written scenario. However, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. In the slim case that the two did come from the future, Shesmu threw a hint in his speech to see if they know something.
”See, he still doesn't know,” Amaterasu concluded.
”Yes, he doesn't, but he is still so strong right now. We didn't come here for nothing, his teaching is something that we couldn't obtain before. This trip wasn't wasted.”