2nd chapter : euro .

After the upside down events that happened to Marco, he ended up in the middle of a forest and was saved by an unknown old man. From the day he turned 18, Marco’s life changed 180 degrees.

“So how's going kid?” the old man asked as he was sitting next to Marco who was in bed.

Marco woke up calmly, not having a reaction to what happened during the battle or the whole incident. The old man looked at him, clueless about the whole situation that got Marco straight into sleeping for a whole two days before waking up.

“Anyway, it's already late to open my restaurant so help me after you get a proper rest this time!” A smile followed after the old man's words.

Marco looked aside and went back to sleep. By morning Marco noticed that he was shirtless, his body was almost full of scars on his left side and on the back too but despite the scars his muscles were in a pretty good shape. Marco looked around clueless about the time and date, he saw that it was around 9am which fitted him. He washed his face then noticed his green irises, getting startled a little was a needed reaction and checking again few more times was also a normal reaction just to follow with the memories of the battle to come back in a flash.

The old man saw him wandering around the place shirtless in addition he gave him some clothes instead of just a shirt. Marco looked Calmly to the old man who sighed then gave him a reassured smile to show a little bit of trust for him nevertheless Marco didn’t get it.

“Well, the name is Alba if you want to address me, also if your questions start with where? this place or kinda this whole dimension or world it’s called the Toss realm, you my boy? What did you do to be thrown here ?” Alba, the old man, finally started a conversation because of his curiosity.

Marco sighed as he rubbed his hair. “Honestly, I don’t know, until now I was just a normal boy, I was on my way to get a job but that monster appeared and this power thing happened-....” Marco was explaining himself calmly bearing no reaction to his words.

“ The power is called euro, and as I see you’re a new holder, such a rare thing to come here... ” Alba interjected then looked at Marco feeling a different vibe from him.

“Is there any way to get back to where I live?” Marco asked calmly while averting his gaze away.

“Not really….” responded Alba after some seconds of silence.

Alba replied with two words and saw Marco all calm not even reacting to the fact that he could never return home then he asked.

“Aren’t you afraid of not returning home?” Curiosity struck Alba’s heart more.

“It's not like I don’t get that fact, just my heart won’t move for it, not even an inch” Marco answered tranquilly, having Alba pat his head and smiling to cheer him up, however the expressionless blank face is what Alba got unexpectedly from what he wanted.

Marco spent two weeks after arriving in the so-called The Toss realm. Alba taught him stuff about the euro and how the people who can use the euro are called holders. The society long ago since the beginning of the civilization had always been 35% of it as holders. By the actual time, the society grew more but always kept the same percentage. And now a council is managing the hidden society. As for the toss realm it was like an eternal prison for criminal holders, Therefore, by that time the criminals here raised a population and even had to make cities and towns. Thus accepting the fate of living in the toss realm, some of them are still in their evil hood living to what their hearts have stood for.

Alba told Marco that the council Classified Alba as a criminal so they sent him to the toss realm and it’s been 20 years since then. Hearing that fact was like a new perspective for Marco, he learnt to adapt within the place and even worked with Alba who had a restaurant. Since Marco was living all alone with Arthur he was skilled in cooking.

Alba took a liking to Marco and his skills that brought the clients to him, therefore it was still a dimension for criminals. While serving the customers Marco saw a group of bandits stepping inside. He went to take their orders as if they were simple clients. Marco greeted them calmly but the bandits started to laugh and sipped water on his head, even with humiliation Marco kept the calm expressionless face.

“ keekee gahahaha !! What a doll !? Hey old man, did you bring a robot to work with you !?! gahahaha” their leader blabbered as he was laughing.

Everyone saw Marco sighed as he wiped his face not putting a single word to reply on their hazzard. Out of the blue, Alba released euro pressure in the place, scaring the bandits out of the place.

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“Leave the fuck out of here! if you don’t wanna eat, and don’t get close to my restaurant again” The bandits fled at the moment after hearing the threats.

Alba sighed, exhaling his breaths, he saw Marco looking at him not even fazed or having a problem, they continued working as if nothing happened.

The night passed quickly with much of a tight shift during the day too. Alba and Marco finished their work then started the cleaning. When they were closing Marco spoke so suddenly.

“Alba sensei ? I don’t really have the right to ask but could you teach me the way to use this euro and the way to fight, a proper stance and proper skills?” His words finally showed that he was thinking about this for a while.

“Seriously, and I thought you were emotionless, I guess it’s just your face that doesn’t show” Alba replied restlessly “I’ll start teaching you by tomorrow, sounds good right? and in the end there might be a way to go back.” Then a smile came in place of that restless face.

Alba answered Marco’s concerns as out of the blue, the two of them saw a girl standing by the front door of the restaurant. Both were surprised then Marco inhaled some air and took a smile as he waved for her to come inside. Alba was surprised to see his smile for the first time, thinking that this day was already finished with no more surprises. Marco prepared a kids meal for the little girl and put it straight at the table she struggled to sit at. The girl looked at the food for a second then ate with joy as she grew bunny ears that kept moving around from happiness. Marco smiled at the girl then Alba asked her.

“Little girl, where are your parents? it’s pretty late to be alone here, let me call them to come to take you home”.

The girl kept looking at Marco as she said with a low voice, “I don’t know”, she had a sad smile.

“Then what’s your name ?” Alba asked her again.

She had the same expression “ I don’t know”. The girl took a liking to Marco and even was about to sleep in his arms. Marco smiled at Alba and took her to the upper rooms making her sleep there. After leaving her to sleep, he went down again and told Alba that they’ll search tomorrow for her parents. Within the next day, Marco didn’t want to look for her parents as he told Alba to let her stay by.

“That's reckless, plus I don’t think that we will be able to look after her”, Alba was a little confused about the situation then he sighed looking at Marco’s eyes that showed some determination in keeping the little girl around.

“I know still, you told me yourself, don’t leave someone you think needs help on his own, now let’s let her stay with us” Marco pleaded as he was playing with the little girl.

The old man Alba felt uncomfortable about the situation he was in, since he lived alone for 20 years, and now he’s having two kids running around his place. With no other choices he smiled at both of them, confirming what Marco said in defense of himself.

“Good for us Sophie!!” Marco addressed the little girl as he instantly gave her a name.

“Haaa!! Sophie!! My name is Sophie!!!” She looked more happy than ever.

The girl kept saying the name Marco gave her, then when she was all over her joy, the bunny ears disappeared and Marco giggled a little, smiling at Sophie. Sophie hugged him as she giggled too

“Then I’ll stay with Marco nii until the end of the road !!!!” Sophie said as she was attached to Marco who patted her head right after hearing her words, seeing that she was that smart at such a young age, he couldn’t help feeling that she deserves more smiles.

A week passed and no information had appeared about the gates or portals from the human realm, that was the name that the council gave the whole dimension of the humans. As for Marco, he started training under Alba’s arms. It was a hellish training, nevertheless it gave him enough strength to move freely around the area without feeling the heaviness that he was feeling during the past two weeks when he first arrived.

Six months passed, Marco learned everything he needed and even managed to surprise Alba about it.

“Well, those days were really enjoyable, and you even managed to use nature euro. Having an affinity for elemental attacks and using wind as a weapon, you just gotta perfect it more and my teachings will help you” Alba praised him as they were taking a rest after training as well as watching over Sophie who was playing around.

“I guess, I’m more used to this now, and even to the sensing of the euro around me. Still the only thing I can do is warping my left arm with wind as a shield, but I’m glad I did this at least-”.

Marco spoke but stopped right after sensing something weird. He and Alba sensed a huge euro flowing close to them to the point where even Sophie had looked towards that direction. Marco went and put her on his back as they went after the euro particles. As soon as they reached the location they found a gate opened, and had a strong pressure.

Alba looked at Marco calmly inspecting the gate, he sighed then gave him an awkward smile along with. With no hesitation Alba pushed Marco and Sophie to the gate.

“Sorry kid, there’s nothing left for you here. Go back to the human realm!! also make sure you search for the Red mermaid!!! they will help you if you ask them!!! be sure to look for the guild called Red mermaid!!!”.

Alba’s words kept ringing inside Marco and Sophie's heads to the end, they saw Alba’s sad expression as they heard his words, the two crossed the portal unbalanced and with no luggage on them as the last thing they did was trying reach their hands to Alba’s therefore they couldn’t reach him.

After crossing that portal by pure luck, Marco and Sophie lost consciousness. They woke up after finding themselves on the beach of the city. taking some looks around, Marco realized it was the palm city, where his house is located. He smiled sadly as he looked at Sophie who woke up right after him

“we’re home Sophie” softly patting her head.

Those calm words made her feel both happy and sad as she rubbed her bunny ears to make them disappear.

“Can we see Alba sensei again?” Sophie asked.

She stood along with Marco who didn’t want to ruin her happiness, and tried to find some answers for that sudden question.

“ yeah , probably ”.

He answered with a calm voice and gave her piggyback ride on his back as he kept thinking on the same thing, that they will see him again.

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