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35: The Unexpected Interaction Of The Two Gentlemen II

35: The Unexpected Interaction Of The Two Gentlemen II

I am sleep deprived. I feel groggy. And despite that, I go.

“You summon me, captain?” I rush towards his desk, where Captain Leonis oscillates his seat facing me.

“Oh, yes! Take a seat, Lord Ameniah.” he instructs me to do so, denoting, this conversation will be tedious as always.

“What is the order of business, then, Captain Leonis?,” I ask before taking the seat, “I hope this would not resemble what I did yesterday - last night.” then finally, I reach out for his offer to grab the chair in front of his desk.

“Well,... well, well, Lord Ameniah. Why won't you take a seat first before proceed into business, will you?” he suggests, and on his behest - I take the chair and sit on it.

“Alright, then,” I decide to take his offer, as I am ready to listen to him, “... the work. What do you want me to do, captain?” I ask for his assessment.

“That's more I like it! Well, you see. Lord Ameniah, I want to survey what is going on to the alleys from the east. Would you like to do it?“ Captain Leonis flaunts his enthusiasm because of how I respond prior.

“Details, please…” as I do mean not to subject myself into a subjunctive mood.

“Of course, the course of your task is to be a civilian oversight, surveying every nook and cranny…” the captain then gives his orders upon me which I find the detail of it too meager…

“That's it? What am I ought to watch out for?”

“Well, nothing. If you find something dubious, whether it is a thing or a person. I advise you to eliminate them right away, on the double. No questions asked.”

“How long should I keep doing this?”

“For the whole day, this morning until dusk. How about that, if it is alright to you?”

“Where to?”

“The alley from the east, to where we have discussed, eh?”

And for the final question, I ask the return for my labor: “What is it for me, doing this for?” in exchange for my task done - I will be rewarded later after my job is done. I am expecting to be something of significance.

“What?” he laughs at my comment.

“What is so funny?” I ask about ‘what is so funny’, where he seems not to stop from tittering his ass off.

I wait for him to subside, and then, after a while… he takes a seat on his chair. And still, he is laughing. I don’t know what I have done or what is the reason for the captain to make him chuckle so much and endlessly. He stops for a while after making contact with my eyes. Captain Leonis can contain not whereas he continues to burst out his pent-up frolics. I wish I could also know what is so funny about it. Well, this is so awkward. Teary eyes on his face due to the fact that the captain can help not himself from stopping his antics. I am sitting on a chair whilst watching him on his desk.

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“What is it that you want?” the captain stops from bursting himself out in laughter, where in an instance - his face shifts into a serious, deadpan, and stoic mood.

“Where do you get ‘this’ from?” as I place the ‘gun-thing’ out of my pocket on the desk.

“Alright, you got my word.” Captain Leonis accepts my proposal, where I shelf ‘the mysterious thing’ beneath my cloak, leaving and closing the door shut in a lenient manner.

Captain Leonis gave me a note with the coordinates on it and there’s a map which etched the destination to where I am supposed to be going to. He also told me I should be heading to the east. Ninety-ninth (99th) Street, Overview Conglomerate Block. If I find myself being lost, I should look for the sundial situated to the west. If not, the mountain should be visible from the north. I could find my way out this way. As per advised, I should really do follow the captain's prescription.

“Alright, then. I presume I am here right now.” as I reach the supposedly marked location.

“Sire?” I approach one of the bystanders in the saloon outside, “Where am I from here?” asking the gentleman in a polite tone and forcing myself to cast a half-smile upon my face.

“Come again, young man?” the lad replies, where perhaps that he does quite hear me not.

“Where am I, sir?” I repeat, “... is this Ninety-ninth (99th) Street of the Block of Overview Conglomerate?” he then nods to my statement as his response, “... am I right, sire?” concluding, as I inquire for his confirmation.

"Yes, young man.”

“Well, thank you mister. I will be taking my leave for now. Thank you once again.”

He then stops me, yelling: “Wait!” which makes me turn around when I am about to leave.

“What is it, sire?”

“May I know who you are and what are you doing here?” the man asks for my identity and my purpose for what my presence is doing here, whilst I am hiding under the guise of a cloak funded by the captain himself.

“Well, sire. My name is Paulus. A lowborn. Just a foreigner. Hailed from mainland Inglovia. I am planning to visit my relatives here, however.” I answer him with a fabricated moniker and who I am, then I make a genuflection denoting my made up respect for him.

“Is that so? Well, welcome to Fort Quogsagihaxee’e! Fort Quogsagihaxee’e welcomes you on my behalf, young man!” with a jolly response, he exclaims.

“See you later, sire.”

“Likewise, young man.”

I enter one of the alleyways. When I look outside, each house seems merged into a compact form but on the side note, there is a space for two men to fit whilst walking in this path. In front. Both sides - left and right. And on the exit. There are pathways. The sun starts to shine to the east. That's a geolocational truth. Where the construction schematic faces all houses to the northward direction… the rear facing the sun. All of the houses are built in two-storey schemes. Meanwhile, as I am trekking across the maze of this Ninety-ninth (99th) Street, Overview Conglomerate Block, I bump into someone. It's Lord Guan, together with Maison of the Verlassene! What are these buffoons doing here?!?

“Fancy seeing you here… Lady Maison, Lord Guan.” I call for them, where the only response that I get is an agitated reply.

“Who are you?” as Maison steps in front of Lord Guan, as she is trying to reach for her weapon on her scabbard.

“Lord Guan, Lady Maison…” I then unveil my cloak to them, seeing their reaction is priceless - eyes widen where they both take a huge gasp, the instance is they do it at the same time, “It is my astonishment meeting you here.” they are enchanted when they see my face - seeing me once more walking in this living and apparent reality.

“Lord Ameniah?! You’re alive! Thank heavens!”

“Of course, I am! You know, Lord Guan, it takes a thousand boulders to kill me.” I respond through my mind.

“We thought you were dead.” Maison then inserts herself.

“*Ugh*, then here goes the bitch…” I express my disdain in my inner thoughts.

Then on and on, they keep on enquiring me about: what am I doing here, how am I, where are we, how did I survive the ship wreckage, and the other stuff to count to. Three (3) Inglovias and two (2) Fort Quogsagihaxee’es have been dropped in this conversation. Because first and foremost, we are in Lüadenstadt. That city campus, Lüadenstadt, is where the University of Inglovia Occidental situated. His persistence in asking me this redundancy makes me ponder - oh yeah, he is really an illiterate individual as no wonder how he can comprehend not what I have said.