109 One day till school starts (2/2)

So before getting out from the back door Linri put on the face mask and pulled up his hoodie. He also bought a sunglasses with an anime character design before going back inside the shop from the front door.

He described Silfy to one of the employees and made his way to her seat.

”You are Silfy right?” She lifted her head from the menu to see a guy who was covered from head to toe. Weird it was not even the flu season yet. However, his voice seemed strangely familiar.

”Yes?”

”Oh, thank god! I am Linri. We talked online before?” said Linri before taking a seat opposite to her.

”What's with the mask?” Silfy asked after putting down the menu. This weird guy in front of her seemed much more interesting.

”Oh, it's because I am sick. Yep, I am totally sick. I didn't want to get my nasty germ on you”

”Is that so? Then what about the sunglasses?”

”It's... because of... allergies! Yep, I am allergic to pollen so I had to put on sunglasses”

”But, it's autumn there are no pollen...”

”...”

”You were the guy I just saw outside right?”

”I don't know what you are talking about” Linri was trying to avert his eyes again.

”Relax, I won't tell anyone so you can stop with the scherade”

”Really!?”

”Hah! I knew it, you were the guy I just saw” Silfy slammed on the table and scared the shit out of him.

Linri was speechless. How did he fall for such a simple trick? This was basically con 101. Let the other person fill in the blanks. She just said something she was suspicious of and Linri went ahead and confirmed it. Now that was weird. He shouldn't have been tricked this easily. I mean he was panicking because of the situation but that didn't mean that he was getting dumber. Actually, now that he thought about his personality today was a little bit different than usual. Maybe it was because he came to Hanawa?

Linri remembered that when he first came to Autumnfall in the game he was still basically an innocent, naive little kid. Did that mean he was getting affected by those traits? If so that could throw a wrench in his plans. If he could not deceive others that meant 90% of his strength gone. After all, if he used his abilities, his awakening day would grew closer and that would mean his death.

Anyway, now that she figured it out Linri just went back to his usual look.

”Woah, you are handsome! No wonder they hired you” said Silfy while trying to contain her laughter.

”Don't laugh! Anyway did you bring what I asked for?”

”Sure, it's inside this briefcase” then she proceeded to bring out a black metal briefcase and opened it.

Inside it was a red and black gauntlet. Linri was getting excited, he was like a father that was going to meet his son for the first time!