Chapter 42 - Vanishing Act (1/2)
”Ahh, this is good.” Asta said rubbing his stomach after filling himself up from Rebecca's food. ”You'll make a wonderful bride one day.”
Hearing that, Rebecca's face went red as she quickly glanced at Grim.
”You think so?”
”Totally! Your future husband will definitely love your food!” Asta reaffirmed.
”Hey sis!” Rebecca's sibling Luka pulled on the hem of her sleeve.
”Yes?”
”Ask him.” She pointed at Grim.
”What?”
”If he enjoys it duh! They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.”
”What?! Who taught you this?”
”Its what the ladies who get their hair done at Ellen's salon talk about. Just the other day, that Evelyn lady was talking about her husband could no longer get it up and how she had to seek a younger stallion to ride.”
*Silence*
”...”
”...”
”...”
”Don't go to Ellen's salon anymore.”
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By the time night had fully descended, Asta, Grim and Gauche each went to their separate sleeping areas. Originally Grim thought that the three of them would be bunking together, but Rebecca had got all the kids to sleep together in order to make room for their guests.
'Ahh, so this is a bed that she can afford... Kinda reminds me of the years I spent sleeping on the ground.' Laying down on one of the kid's beds, Grim couldn't help but remember the time he was homeless and surviving in the forest.
'Seriously, how poor is she?' Thinking back on it now, Grim didn't actually know a lot about Rebecca. Besides the times that they worked together inside the restaurant, the two of them hadn't really interacted with the other.
'Wait a second, was I socially inept?'
While Grim was experiencing an epiphany, a loud explosion brought him out of his thoughts as he felt the house shake slightly.
'What the hell was that?'
Jumping out of bed, Grim charged out the room and ran into a distressed looking Rebecca.
”Rebecca?”
Hearing her name, the distressed looking Rebecca turned back and saw Grim staring at her.
”Grim! My siblings!! My siblings are missing!!”
”What?!!”
*BANG!!*
Feeling the house tremble again, Grim ran past Rebecca and followed an active mana signature that was close by.
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”Its snowing?” After being thrown out of the house by Gauche's mirror beam attack, Asta's face was warped into one of surprise as he noticed that it was snowing despite it not being winter.
”I couldn't care about that, now die.” Standing in the middle of the hole in the wall that Asta had shot through, Gauche looked down on the gray haired boy and prepared to attack again. But just before he could proceed, the voices of several parents looking for their children sounded out.
”Euryan, where are you!!”
”Chris!! Chris!!”
”Fon! Come out Fon!!”
”Huh? What's going on?” Asta said aloud as he heard the parents shouting.
”Asta!!” Grim yelled coming out from the house.
”Grim?”