Chapter 377: Festival (1/2)

”Woah!” Alex thought as everything he had been thinking until now vanished. The sight of the beautiful city line from this high up was a sight that one didn't see every day.

He walked up to the glass and looked down.

”Woah, we are so far up,” Alex said.

Emily got curious and walked to the front to see as well. ”Aaahh!” she shouted immediately grabbing onto Alex's left hand and didn't let go. People looked at her curiously and laughed it off to go back to their own thing.

She buried her face on his shoulders due to the fear of height and the embarrassment she was facing.

”Hey, it's okay. Look, we can't see anything anymore,” Alex said.

Emily slowly opened her eyes and only saw the skyline. She was fine with that. Alex let her keep holding onto his hands and walked around the room, looking at the different things far away.

The buildings were great and all, but the people from the city didn't seem to like it very much. So, when Emily saw that the skyline changed to the trees from the forest that lead to the void, she got excited.

”Look, Alex, it's the trees. I wonder what the void looks like,” she said excitedly as she looked at the horizon.

The trees were taller than the buildings before them and continued for forever. As they went further, the visibility got hazy, and at some point, you could no longer see anything.

”Isn't that exciting?” she asked Alex.

Alex smiled and said, ”Yes. Very.” He didn't have the heart to tell her that he saw the trees on a daily basis since his farm was right next to the forest. Although he didn't see it from above, he still had seen the forest regularly.

Still, this was a new perspective, so he enjoyed it for a bit. He looked around and suddenly saw something before the trees, but behind the buildings.

'I was right,' he thought and smiled. He couldn't wait for tonight.

”Huh? What's that?” Emily asked in a curious manner.

”Hm… what?” Alex asked as he stopped looking at what he was looking at and turned to Emily.

”I… I think I saw…the haze go away for a second there,” she said.

”What?” Alex said with a questioning voice. He looked back towards the forest, but it was the same. There was nothing to be seen beyond the haze.

”There's nothing there though,” Alex said.

”I… I could've sworn I saw the haze clear up for just a split second. Maybe I saw wrong?” Emily said.

”What did you see beyond the haze?” Alex asked.

”Um… More trees, I think?” she said.

Alex shook his head. ”Let's go check the other things,” he said and took her around the entire room.