The next day, Stella appears to be more happy, as if yesterday's cry was just a dream.

Like…bro, it is only 5 A.M. and she is already urging me to wake up.

We continued our travelling plans after cutting some more destinations.

Is this what it's called honeymoon? Going together, to somewhere, just the two of us?

It is what it is.

Luckily…or as expectedly, nothing extraordinary happened. Just an occasional soul-move when I was asleep for some reason.

If I counted it right, for every 3 times I let go of my consciousness, I could access the soul-state.

It happened so frequently, might as well give it a name, hahaha.

Funny joke.

Yeah, let's just say it 'Astral Vision'

Who are you talking to, me?

Me, of course, haha–ha…

From the usual Eiffel Tower of France, to Sydney's Opera House, to Door to Hell Turkmenistan, and some other landmarks.

Practically going around the world experiencing everything they could offer.

Right now, we were walking in England, on the road near Big Ben.

"Hey, are you satisfied yet?"

"With what exactly?" She replied with a playful…no, teasing tone.

"Sightseeing, what else?"

"Well…your words most of the time have multiple meanings…." She muttered, feeling a bit defensive.

"I'm always honest when I talk to you."

"See? That could mean you are indeed doing exactly that, if you weren't talking to me, which practically contradicts itself."

"Fine, you won," I conceded, throwing my hands up in mock surrender.

*sigh*

I can't really predict what moves she would use. I can't understand her.

"I meant the information of the Catastrophe."

Surprised, she stopped walking.

"Does that mean, Father told you that too? ...But..but he said I was the only one that got that particular information."

She fell into deep thinking for a while. I really want to disturb her, but this is for the best.

"Yeah, exactly. You're right, he planned all this....Well, except that one time I got possessed during our trip in Indonesia."

Moreover, I'm sure he already tracks his daughter in real-time to see where we have gone.

Suddenly, a phone rang…to be exact, both of our phones were ringing.

"Kaku?"

"Father?"

We looked into each other…

"You first, I'll look somewhere to sit."

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"We're fine."

"Yeah."

"Mhmm."

"Jakarta?"

"Indonesia?"

"But…aren't it a bit too sudden?"

"Yeah, he's here."

"Hey Rinka, Father wants to call you."

She passes her phone, just for me to hear, "What did you do to her?"

"What?"

"…"

Silence for around three to four seconds.

"What?"

"Nothing, just…drag that little girl back to me."

"I already prepared the means for transportation, all you need to do is just follow it."

"You know, that kind of statement could mean a lot of things? Whatever, where are you right now?"

"Doing big business in Jakarta, Indonesia."

"I knew it, something is wrong…Fine, I already promised it to you anyway."

"We will come home tomorrow."

Calls ended, and the phone's UI instantly went back to the home menu, where she put…what the heck is this background image?

"Hey, Stell-"

"No can do~"

I checked today's date on my personal phone, and it was the 8th of April…time sure flies when you enjoy them huh…

"Anyway, he already called us to go back."

"We were only halfway to our travelling plans…It's a shame."

"Better luck next time."

"But, don't worry."

"If you truly love travelling around the world, I'll always accompany you wherever you want to."

Silence fills the air.

What? What do you mean? Did I say something wrong?

Nope, good job me!

*sigh*

"You with your sweet devilish mouth…"

"But, I don't hate it."

"I…really can't understand what you actually want from me."

"It is what it is. So, is there anything you want to do left? We will go straight to your Father's place tomorrow after all."

"Let's try the famous Sword in the Stone!"

"I'm pretty su-"

She was already ahead of me, even before I finished my words.

I tried to follow her, while quickly increasing my speed to catch up.

And…

Yeah, as usual, I grabbed her on the shoulder.

"It's not open to the public."

"And, it's not even real."

We humans have already been civilized for more than 2000 years, and in the 20th century, technologies advance really, really fast.

With some thinking of common sense, such a sword won't exist as it will definitely rusted no matter what kind of material it uses.

Thaaat…should be enough to convince her, I suppose.

"Fine, let's go check the famous StoneHenge, then."

Eh? Really?

"I mean, why not?"

"Let's see…yeah, it's open to the public."

StoneHenge, literally stone. We're looking at a set of stones.

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"What do people find interesting and exciting about these stones? I really don't understand that," he said, scratching his head.

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"Yeah, yeah, just keep looking at that rock," Stella replied, rolling her eyes playfully.

"Just like that!" A flash went off. Did she...just take a picture of me analyzing a rock?

"Ugh, why do you still look cool even when you're just looking at a rock?" she said, shaking her head in mock frustration.

"What?" I turned to her, confused. "Let me see that."

"Here." She handed him the phone. "I'm a good photographer, aren't I?" She said as her face filled with pride.

Woah, that was such a good expression from her…such smugness. If only I could immortalize it without her knowing that I took it...

But…where the heck is the 'cool' in me from that picture? "I look stupid there, y'know?"

"Eh, you think so? But…well, let's just make the netizens judge it," she said with a grin.

"Aaaand, posted." her grin is becoming even bigger.

"Wanna hit some ice cream store while we wait for the reactions?" she suggested.

"Sure," I agreed, still puzzled but amused.

Just which thing is 'cool' from me in that picture?

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- BanGod : You have a boyfriend?!?!

- hitmeinstomach : Who is that? I feel like you're having fun there!

- hitmeinchestinstead : replying to hitmeinstomach I'm sure she's finally got a boyfriend! How lucky….and such a cutie.

- ImmaNerdin : After thorough research and digging, I found out that the person in this picture doesn't have any social media account showing his face.

But!

He is quite a popular streamer, that's all I could say.

- ….

…..

"What the heck."

"See? You're cute, and cool!"

"But, the me in that picture is really stupid-looking."

"I won, so feed me~"

We're currently eating ice cream. And for some reason, she made a bet, a harmless one.

'The wrong one will feed the winner.'

I mean, it was a win-win situation regardless of who is winning the bet, so, without any hesitation I agreed on it.

But….really?

I only need to…feed her these ice cream…right?

Why does she act like these things are hard to do?

And thus, the supposedly romantic feeding session, results in failure.

Poor Stella, she tried her best.

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After a whole night on the plane, we finally arrived at the…mansion? This guy…really bought a whole mansion just for a mere 'business'.

Anyway~.

I went straight to the supposedly my room, and to my surprise, the whole computer set that I put was here, and I meant it.

The computer is literally the same with the very same disk and setup.

What's wrong with him?

I thought he moved to Jakarta only for a short while…

Well, the difference is now it's a double bed instead of single.

Just when I was about to hit bed…someone breached the perimeter!

Nah, it's just Stella.

Oh come on, I waited for eternity to land that joke.

"Eh?" She exclaimed, her eyes wide with surprise.

"Father said this was my room…"

"Yeah, it is," I replied, sitting confidently in front of my computer.

"Then, why are you here and…those computers?" She asked.

Then, I pointed towards the double bed. "See that thing?" I added, feeling a mix of confusion and frustration. "Honestly, I don't mind, but it's definitely gonna be awkward, isn't it?"

"Where did Father put my privacy away~" She muttered, feeling depressed.

"Yeah, this mansion is quite big with some vacant rooms, yet he deliberately set us up in the same room," I shrugged. "That's that and this is this. Wanna go out and grab some fast food?"

"Who are you? Rinka won't go outside, he will just order it online," She said, puzzled.

"But…true that," I conceded, pulling out my phone. "I'll just search the online food delivery system in this country. Thanks for the reminder!"

"No, I misspoke alright," I sighed, rubbing my temples. "So, where are we going?" She said with a happy-go-lucky girl tone…did she really look forward to such a simple outing after we've done travelling around the world?

Why did such a lovely girl even like me that much again?

This question kept repeating itself, like a broken clock waiting for its battery to be changed.

Ah right, she was actively ignoring me at first.

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"Never. Ever. Talk. To me."

"No matter what?"

She...this girl really is ignoring me.

I mean, that was a given, as I would also do the same if I was in the same shoes.

A stranger, that you don't even know their backgrounds, was engaged to you by your father simply because both the parents have made a promise about it.

AND forced both of you to live under the same roof.

But, this is definitely an awkward and uneasy experience.

Should I open up?

But…after that, do you still think she would open up to you too?

So, there is no other choice other than intruding her life, huh?

Yeah, there isn't.

Come on, do the 'Pin on the wall thingy'!

Nope, I'll go with the more traditional means.

Talking to myself...again....

"Hey."

First day, still ignoring me, as if I'm not even there.

"We need to talk."

No luck.

"What you wanna eat tonight?"

It still doesn't work…

After a whole week of hard work, I finally threw away my dignity as this whole week was really, really weird and awkward.

"Hey, I like you."

She is showing heavy disinterest towards me.

"what's wrong with you?"

Oh? A response. Nice, it's actually working.

Each day, it kept going downhill.

And, after the 4th day.

***

"Where were you? Your father is worried."

"Why should I answer that to you? I'll hang up."

"Wait!"

"Fine, I'm waiting."

"It's not an important thing…but…"

"Hurry up, I wanna do something too."

"I love you."

"Yeah no, I'm hanging up."

What the heck is wrong with that guy?

Did my father really hire such a weirdo to be my fiance?

Sure, it was a son from his friend, but it was still weird.

I'm definitely overthinking things…wait.

Didn't I already crossed this area?

Focus, Stella, you have technology.

As soon as I tried to open my phone, hands were already creeping behind me, and soon after, my vision became pitch black, covered by some sort of fabric.

Did I just…get kidnapped?