30th chapter : starting point , not really giving up to something else .

After seeing that the red mermaid was losing behind its credibility in the thoughts of hating that side of discrimination from the sides of all the guilds and the council. Marco thought even for a fragment of seconds that they need a waking voice to shake them to the battle, not for the sole reason but for the day that they’ll really be able to cherish that time of theirs.

Marco saw that his training wasn’t really suited for them so he continued on his own and took his time to train till 7am then he returned home.

“Huh? Master is going overseas again!? I wanna go with him!!” Arthur said as they were eating breakfast.

“not going. I guess it’s a good thing that I didn’t tell you yesterday, well he told us at midnight anyway” Marco responded.

“Don’t be rough on him Marco, master Emilis is going for a quick job so he may return within two days or three. He can travel on his own after all” Zack and Alice said after Marco.

They were all eating as they looked around sighing.

“By the way Arthur, final exams are tomorrow? didn’t you want to pass them?” Alex asked as she was preparing herself to go out.

Marco gulped his food then looked aside at Arthur who stopped eating for a second. The two took a deep breath.

“Arthur!”

Marco yelled as Arthur suddenly rushed outside running from his older brother. Marco tailed him after that.

“What happened to them?” Xavier asked as he saw Marco and Arthur running outside.

Carla was helping Sophie eat because she was half asleep though she answered his question.

“It seems that Arthur was neglecting his studies too much lately”.

“He’s still a kid but Marco sure acts like a mother more than what we do” Alice continued eating as she gave her comment.

“Tsk, I told you to not avoid studying at least for the period of exams!!”.

Marco caught him easily and brought him home while scolding him. The two were glaring daggers at each other.

“Ok!! Fine!! Fine!! I’ll study!!!”.

Arthur did actually study but due to Marco not letting Alex finish her words he made a misunderstanding. Eventually three hours later he had to apologize, after hearing the whole story from Sophie who pouted at Marco for scolding Arthur that badly.

“Sigh, I wasn’t really getting mad but he tends to avoid the studies and school because of my bad habits” Marco said as they were working in the restaurant.

“Well, don’t be that harsh on him,” Carla replied with a calm smile.

Marco looked at her as he thought she was more calm than ever.

“Is there something wrong?” Marco asked right away as they entered the kitchen.

“Huh?! What do you mean!?” Carla dodged the question as she looked at him with a grin.

“I can’t tell what your thinking is but I’m sure that your movements are stranger than what you usually do” he responded as he stopped her from going out.

As she heard him, Carla looked a little troubled but laughed it out with a fake smile and pushed him aside a little.

“Ahahaha!!! You know the stress of work and stuff, and don’t just stand there!! Work is waiting!!!”.

He confirmed that there’s something wrong but didn’t want to speak. Eventually, he didn’t ask again and continued working in silence.

At the end of the day, Carla went alone back home, Alice and the rest returned to their house after it was done with repairs.

“Is there something wrong with her?”.

Marco asked Selicia after asking her to follow her a little before returning to him, he was taking a seat on the beach waiting.

“Not that she was crying or something but her smile wasn’t of someone who’s happy, clearly” Selicia replied as she was trying to bite him.

“I see, I’ll ask master this time.”

Marco opened his phone. Since the euro society is an undercover society, they have their own communication line installed inside a phone of each holder. Every guild has the right to claim a communication line.

“Hello!! Marco kun!! Need something!?!” Emilis responded as soon as he saw the caller's name.

“Cut being the clingy master, I want some answers about something” Marco responded, sighing after that.

“I don’t mind responding but what’s the thing that makes you call me at this time. It must be night out there right?” Emilis replied while putting some sugars to his coffee.

“I want to know about Carla’s past. I’ve never given it a thought before cause she’s noisy and reckless, can’t really give a proper decision when we hunt monsters but she’s kind hearted, and I kinda hate when she looks that frowning” Marco was speaking on his own.

Emilis was surprised about what he heard and chuckled over it on the phone.

“Is there something funny in what I just said?” Marco found it annoying but he didn’t hang up.

“Ahaha!!! nah sorry I guess I over laughed a little, you want to know about Carla, huh? Why didn’t you ask her directly?! I bet she’ll answer!!” Emilis said as if he was dodging the answer.

“Hein? Do you want me to come and hang you up with chains, master? I want some infos on her family name or something” Marco wasn’t really annoyed.

“I see. Well, I’ll send you this bunch of articles, read them up and tell me what you got after, I’m sure you’ll find it interesting”.

Emilis let out a smile by the end of his words as Marco heard him clearly, he hung up after that.

“Seems like he’s doing good enough in this new world for him or something”. A guy sitting in front of Emilis at the table, said as he was meeting with him.

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“Of course he does, he’s Marco Deca after all. The guy that might be the turning cliff of this world, now then what do you say about that offer again?”.

Emilis responded with a dark smile as the two looked more immersed in the conversation between them, though it wasn’t obvious what was going on.

“Tsk, he always does this. I’ll check the documents and see what he meant,” Marco spoke to Selicia as he looked around.

“You gonna disappear again?” Hana asked as she came from behind after seeing him sitting on his own.

“And I thought I got the hang of sensing you around. I guess it’ll be for a week, I’ll see what’s going on around her” Marco answered her question as he was getting up.

“Don’t get too cocky and forget about us, I know that she’s an important person in the family but seriously. sometimes it’s better to let things be the way they are” Hana looked aside with a sad smile.

“Ah I know. Thus knowing that it’s better to leave it that I won’t leave it, Sophie and Arthur love her too. If I’m gone she’ll look after them” Marco smiled then went on his way.

Hana took a deep breath then sighed.

“It’s the same as always, I wonder if Sam would have stopped you if he were to be here again”.

She mumbled but Marco responded to her question.

“That is not something we would ask of, he’s no longer a person that has to stay with us”.

After returning home late,

Marco took what he needed in a bag and went ahead first thing in the middle of the night, slowly closing the door behind him. Soon after leaving the house he went ahead to the train station.

“What are you going to do now?” Yuna asked as she was standing with him.

“I guess I’ll go to the main cities first, it’s a good thing that I took some money with me. I’ll stay around there until I find what I need, it’s about a week until master will return. I have a few days too so I’m gonna find what I want about Carla’s past and family.”

Marco responded as he stepped inside the train.

An hour later he passed a 1898 gate straight to Mustfit city.

“I’ll find some clues now, let’s see who’s gonna give it to me”.

Marco calmly spoke as he was walking in the middle of the city streets though it was early in the morning.

“It’s a problem!!!” Carla said as she rushed straight to the restaurant while holding Sophie on her back.

“What do you mean?” Xavier asked.

“Marco didn’t show up, and he didn’t prepare breakfast like he used to do, and his bed is tidied” Carla responded as she was trying to explain the things.

“Ah , he did it again, don’t worry he’ll return sooner or later” Arthur interrupted her as he arrived with Hana a little after.

“What do you mean?” Carla asked as she gave Sophie to Arthur.

“He was disappearing like this from time to time back then too, he’ll return home eventually so don’t think a lot about it”.

Hana and Arthur responded as they had an awkward grin.

“Do you know something, Hana chan?” Alice asked.

“Hmm! I guess he is upset about something or found some good work he needs to move to do it. He’ll be ok!! Even when he was with no powers he was tending to disappear like this!!”.

Hana laughed it out with a smile as she saw that they were a little bit worried more than what Marco expected. She kept it a secret from them besides Arthur thinking that he deserves to know about his brother’s acts this time,

After arriving, Marco headed to the closest store item and sold the item that he gained in the dungeon he cleared a few days ago.

“Enough money for a week though it’s a shame that I never used that item before, after waves alteration is a good one time item” Marco said as he was drinking some coffee at a café close to the first gate.

“The city is really big and I like the design of the buildings”.

Selicia stated as she was amazed that such an old historical city still exists and it runs as one of the main cities around the world.

“I know right, the next place that we are heading is a place that master said would be beneficial to us. I don’t really know the situation but I guess I’ll go” Marco complained as he was walking towards his destination.

“Go ahead to Mustfit and go to an old antique restaurant then call the owner using my name. She’ll not refuse your offer to stay around her place, and that’s what he said but honestly are you sure this would work? I mean you’ve never been here before” Yuna asked him while reading the messages from Marco’s texts.

“I dunno but he said that I can stay as long as I want and as much as I can to find what I need” Marco responded then stopped by the antique restaurant.

He took a deep breath then entered. He was surprised to see that the antique store was more lively than what he expected.

“How can we help a boy like you today!!”.

A pretty maid said as she came to him the moment he entered the place, Marco looked at her and found her pretty interesting.

“Uhm, I would like to speak with the owner please” Marco responded while looking around him.

“Huh!?! You want something from me punk!??!” an old woman said as she was cleaning some cups at the booth.

“I don’t really see why he sent me here but is this kind of a lecture or a punishment? sigh”

Marco mumbled what was on his mind then sighed in her face before ordering some food first. The owner found Marco a strange guy, thinking that he was gloomy enough to eat while checking on his phone.

“Uhm, dear customer, I know you’re a customer but the amount of food you ordered may make us a little tight on tonight’s shift. Please leave,”

One of the maids addressed him, she was concerned the same as the other waitresses. Marco felt that she was nervous and realized that she’s waiting for him to get rampaging as soon as she finishes her words. He gulped the last piece of the pie he was eating then took a deep breath. He took out from his bag some money to pay with, the customers whistled as they saw the money he put on the table.

“Is this enough for what I ate?” Marco asked as he saw her flustered.

“Uhm, eh?! Ahaha!! It’s plenty enough!! don’t misunderstand me but this is a restaurant not a library” the maid said with a blushing smile on her face.

“Ah, I didn’t put that into account. I apologize, thanks for the food,” Marco stood then calmly left the restaurant.

“Fabia ma!! You had a strange customer now!!! Gahahaha!!! you don’t see something like this everyday!!! gahahaha!!”.

A regular customer spouted as they all were looking at Marco leaving while talking to the owner of the restaurant,

“He’s indeed a strange fellow”.

Fabia, the owner of the restaurant, responded while looking at Marco who had already left.

After eating that much, Marco didn’t consider that they would tell him to leave.

“What are you going to do now?” Yuna asked.

“Uhm. Hello, master, I’m gonna use some of your credit card money. You say how I got the card. Don’t mind the little details, I know that you’re rich anyway it’s not gonna be the end. I’m taking only a few thousands with me, hai I’ll return before you return”.

Marco ignored Yuna’s question and spoke to Emilis by phone. In that aspect, he hung up the phone after seeing that there were many missed calls from the red mermaid members and even Maria, Rachel and Ralph’s phones.

“I’m gonna make my way through, by buying what they need”.

Marco answered Yuna’s question as he headed to the merchant district, bought vegetables and many other things such as spices, herbs, fruits, cooking wine and fresh meat. He took his leave and returned to the antique.

“What Tha!!?”.

One of the customers said as he saw Marco entering with big bags on his back and his hands. They all looked at him then Marco approached Fabia. He took the bags and put them next to where she was standing. Everyone didn’t understand what just happened but Marco took the chance and saw that the kitchen looked quite the same as Red mermaid’s kitchen.

“Mind explaining your situation boy?” Fabia asked.

“Hey!! didn’t I tell you to leave!!” The maid from earlier said as she noticed him late.

“I’ll explain after the end of the shifts for today. I guess you can make use of a freeloader right?” Marco responded as he fixed his glasses.

An hour later,

“An apple pie order!! and two grilled meats with red sauce!!”.

The maid said as she was working after seeing that the night shift was more energetic than it used to be.

“An apple pie!!” Marco responded as he was working in the kitchen.

Fabia and the rest of the maids were surprised to see his skills inside the kitchen and how he matched the pace of the work easily.

“Guhuuu!! This pie is delicious!!! what did you put inside!!” a customer gave his comment as he was enjoying the pie with some booze.

“Are you implying that my pie isn’t always delicious!!! you wanna die!!” Fabia roared as she slapped him with a plate “Young boy!! another order for that grilled meat, help my girl Tanya” Fabia also took a liking to Marco’s work.

Eventually, the night shift became more crowded with the rumors of Marco’s sudden funny appearance.

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