30 Chapter 26 ~ Detour 1/4 (1/2)
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Densely packed with many sceneries around her, Siola can't take her eyes off of them. On her right, there is a park, and on her left, another park. People bringing their kids and pets out for a walk, the smiles on their faces soothe her heart.
The place is so peaceful and breathtaking, it's so unlike anything in the Desolated Sector.
When the green light appeared, the car moves again. Going right on the road, Siola glued her cheek to the window as she looks up to the tall skyscraper, she saw many Cyber stores opened up next to each other. They sell different things. One is electronic, one is utility, another is a café, and many more. There must be plenty of stores and such inside the other too.
Siola used to walk around with her aunt to buy many things outside because she never allowed going anywhere without guards. The scenes she has on her eyes are nostalgic for her.
Linda spoke, ”I heard Martin opened his store too, want to check it out first?”
Siola's eyes widened, ”M-Martin!? He's still working?”
”Bwahaha, what are you talking about. He just opened up his store.”
”A-Aahh.” Siola nodded, ”Mm, I want to see him.”
”All right then.”
Siola reminisced to her past, 'Martin. He used to play a lot with me back then, especially when no one is around to take care of me in the house...'
'When he heard that I got kicked out and being sent to Desolated Sector, he went and look for me. After a while of our meeting, I saved enough money for him to start his business. He opened a Game store, and it was a success.' Looking out the window, Siola let out a sigh of relief, ”Haa… I can't wait to meet him.”
Linda giggled, ”You missed him that much, huh? I guess that's to be expected, it's been a while after all.”
With the eyes gleaming so brightly, Siola nodded, ”Mm!”
After letting out a chuckle, Linda speeds up the car.
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They stopped in a certain parking lot, and the robot arm beside it sticks inside the back and charge up its juice.
Linda grabbed Siola's shoulder and then they walked at the side of the road.
The air around her is so breathtaking and fresh, completely different than the air of the swamp. Linda asked, ”Are you hungry? Want to have lunch first?”
Siola shook her head, ”I want to meet Martin.”
”All right.”
Siola turned her head around, looking around the area. Because of the many shadow from the trees and the refreshing air generated from the machine outside the road, she's not feeling as hot as she was before in Desolated Sector.
She saw something that interest her. The big giant tv in a certain building, featured one of the consoles that was being used to play Ekolia. There is a discount of 75% and it last for a month, additionally, it's one of the high tier consoles too. ”Auntie, look!”
”Mm?”
”Over there” Siola pointed.
”Uhm, can I?”
”Nope.”
”Ehh…”