18 The Argumen (1/2)

After the training Linri eat dinner like it was his final meal. After the dinner his mother brew him some tea and after drinking that he felt more relaxed and his mental exhaustion was gone. Linri suspected that Lyra done something magical to the tea but he did not question it. She also spread some kind of ointment on his face and told him that his face should recover by tomorrow. Linri was elated as that would mean he could go out again without bringing any attention to himself.

After he was done he went upstairs to his room and Jaime followed behind him. Linri checked his account to see if there was any messages from Silfy. Indeed there was one. She had messaged him to tell him his order was accepted and asked him about his sizes and the place of delivery. Now this was a hard question to answer. The gauntlet would probably confiscated at the airport once he goes to Autumnfall High school so he had to ask her to deliver it to Hanawa, the counterpart of Japan in this world. Since he could not find an answer now he decided to leave this trouble to his future self to solve.

Once Linri turned back he saw that Jaime was lying on his bead with her feet touching the ground and looking at the ceiling. So Linri did the same. Though after what happened this morning he did not dare to lie beside her. Who knows when this unreasonable might rage again.

”So what's on your mind?” asked Linri while also looking at the ceiling.

”I don't know. Everything feels so surreal. How can you stay so calm?” Jaime asked and turned her head towards Linri. She started to examine his facial futures but she could tell that there was not even a hint of worry in his expression. Linri faced towards her and they locked eyes.

”Me? It's easy actually. Some might say it's a bad habit but I have this quirk. If I can not do anything about something I just leave it to my future self to figure out. Since I can't do anything right now why should I worry and wreck my head about it. In order to deal with a problem you first have to have enough capital for it. The capital in this situation is strength. So until I become strong enough I will not worry. Because I don't even have the qualifications to worry.” said Linri seriously. Right now he did not have a shred of his usual sarcasm he had when talking to Jaime.

Jaime was affected by his words. They were logical. In fact some might even say they were too logical. She was yet again astounded by the thinking process of the guy lying next to him. In these two days he surprised her more than she was her whole life. She felt safe next to him. It felt like no matter what kind of problem he might face he could always find a solution to it. Still she could tell that this was only a false belief. There was no way that he could survive each and every situation. When thinking she also thought that he might be more suitable to live in this world than the other one. It felt like he was fish that just returned to water and started to swim furiously.

Seeing her silence Linri did not bother her and dived into his thoughts. He reviewed what happened in these two days and remembered something.

”Oh yeah. Now that I think about it did Brie contact you? I got your information from her. I also lied to her saying you might be in a dangerous situation to make her give the address.”

Jaime took out her phone from the pocket of her hoodie and there was not any missing calls or a message. She checked her contacts to find Brie but couldn't find her.

”No. I don't even have her phone number. Weird?” said Jaime and looked him with questioning eyes.

”Well. She was staying in an orphanage so no phone maybe?”

”Still we should go up and check up on her. I don't want her to be worried.” said Jaime.

”Wait why? Isn't she 'unrelated' to you. Why consider her feelings?” asked Linri

Jaime could tell what he meant by 'unrelated' but she didn't want to answer him so she just got up from the bed.