18 Part 13: The Ph?nix Corps Center ! (1/2)
After the guard opened that giant gate ... which allows passing through the entrance to the city ... Maya's longing to see the members of her corps makes her rushing through it inward the city with a big vitality...
So the two started walking inside the city…
Koja was staring right and left at everything around him … and the looks he made mean that he was kind of impressed…
He is definitely the first member of the organization who saw what was inside that city … so how does not he feel surprised?
The architecture of these old shops ... as if they were traditional shops ... not only the shops ... but even the houses there ... but being a bit old does not mean they looked hideous or something like this...
Quite the opposite ... traditional places are always where ordinary people are satisfied with their simple lives…
living a life far from the noise of the special organization Is certainly what any inhabitant of the mysterious land wants…
And if we talk more about it ... if we want to know more about this city … maybe we can define it as a city from the middle ages !
Some areas of the world are subject to strange magnetic fields ... Perhaps we can say that these magnetic fields are one of the strange things that have emerged with the mysterious land … for this life in some areas has become somewhat backward...
” Oh ! Maya … how are you doing? ”
With surprise:
” Ah ! Marwan-san ! I'm doing well, how is the shop? ”
After Maya crossed the pottery maker's shop ... the owner saluted her as he usually did...
” The shop is doing so great ! and it's all thanks to you .... after the number of the customers decreased ... you wandered inside the city to sell the crockeries of my shop … now, and because of you ... everyone has become familiar with my shop and people started coming from all the parts of the city ! thank you so much ! ”
Suddenly Maya rubbed her hair ... as if she suddenly felt embarrassed ... yes, that was clear from her face that turned to red…
” Hihi … you don't have to thank me ! that's my job as you know ! ”
Then the two started walking again ... and every time they walked in a certain shop ... its owner salute Maya … the library owner ... the grocery shop owner … the bakery owner … this girl is really famous in this city…
” Hey there ! take this ”
And after the two went over the fruit seller ... suddenly the seller through two big red apples over the two ... one for Maya and the other for koja...
” Oh! Thank you for that … lushin-San ”
Until they stopped walking again … after encountering a small bump on their way…
They were two little children … little girl, and a little boy !
” Maya ni-san ! did you bring us some candy as you used to do every time you back from the outside? ”
” Oh ! lulu and mimi ! C-Candy? ”
” Well, I have something else this time ! ”
Then she gave the apple to the little girl …
Maya turned to koja quickly … the way she looked at him with … means that she was asking him to understand what he had to do at that moment…
And of course koja got it…
” A-Ah ”
Then he smiled talking to the little boy saying:
” Take this … it's yours ! ”
He said that after extending his arm towards the kid giving him the apple he got from the fruit seller … the boy felt a great joy … so he thanked koja for the little present...
Koja smiled again … he pets the head of the kid … then said:
” you don't have to thank me ! and, You must do your best ! when you grow up you have to protect the people of this continent ! you must be a man, okey? ”
” Of course! I will become a famous criminals' hunter ... then I will protect everyone as the criminals' hunters do ! ”
Koja wasn't so much happy after hearing the answer of the kid … so he turned to Maya and said:
” Do not be happy with this ... I told you beforehand that I would not change my view toward the criminals' hunters ”
” hihi we will see ! anyways look there…. ”
Koja raised his head… looking at the thing Maya pointed her finger at ! it was…..
A big building !
Like a big castle or something?
Yes, something like this, and it was kind of close from the two … and the more the two get closer ... the more Koja raised his head ... trying to determine the top of that great building in the sight … to see that strange emblem that was above the building…
” A phoenix? ”
In vitality Maya answered:
” Hai !! this is the center of the Phoenix corps !! or rather...… our corps ! what do you think? ”
” It's so big ! is this a center or a castle? It seems that your boss's taste is unique ”
” Desho? hih our boss is not stingy like you ... all that money and you live in a house as poor as that ! ”
And with upset koja answered:
” Ha? And why do I need something like this? – with a quiet tone – I'm an agent, not an emperor or something ! ”
In those moments when the two were talking … koja's attention has been caught by that girl who was on the other side of the pier … a girl with a red long and shiny hair ... and very blue eyes ... These two characteristics were exactly proportional to that long body ... Yes, her face that was as bright as the moon is certainly proportional to her body which looked angelic…
And….
After the first look, he gave it to that girl…..
And after his eyes suddenly widened as if something was not right ... or maybe because he felt something deep inside him…..!
( Bakemono? )
Suddenly…
Everything became dark around koja … became dark? That how it looked like … but actually … that was for koja only…
And the only thing he could see was … that girl in front of him…
Koja didn't feel well after meeting that girl from the other pier !