Ephemeral: A Journey To Find The Meaning Of Life

Chapter 1: Father and Son

Wasn't that the merchant that was last day? He seems to be having trouble, I'll help you.

"Let me help you sir"

"No need son, let me be"

"Already sir. Let me just"

I helped the merchant carry his merchandise. He looked very tired, the items he carried were also quite heavy to carry alone. I kept following the direction where he wanted to go. And finally, we arrived in front of a house that looked quite old.

"Thank you, son, for helping me with this. By the way, you look like an adventurer. Are you looking for a place to stay here?"

"Yes sir, but I'm confused where to look."

"Yes already. If you don't mind, while you're here for tonight."

"Can you sir?"

"Yes can dong. Let's go in"

Although it looks old from the outside, but this house is not too bad when I enter it.

Suddenly a little boy ran up to the father, and hugged him.

"Dad, why so long ago. I'm lonely"

"I'm sorry dad. There was a slight obstacle on the way, so I was helped by this brother."

The little boy looked at me, then he ran away and went into his room. Is my face scary or what?

"Did I scare him sir?"

"No really. He was just surprised to see someone else, because he always stayed home alone when I wasn't around."

"Did your wife not accompany him?"

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"My wife hasn't been here in a long time. All I remember is that he said he wanted to find freedom, so he decided to go on an adventure. But he hasn't been back in 4 years. I don't know where he is at the moment. But I'm sure he must be somewhere."

The story is told with the eyes of a father who glazed as if he wanted to cry. The boy came and hugged his father. Maybe I should wait until they calm down.

"I'm sorry sir..."

"Yes, it's okay... Oh yeah, sorry we forgot to tell you who we are. My name is Derrys Bachmeier. And this is my daughter, her name is Calia. He's not afraid of you anyway, it's just that he's confused because he rarely interacts with someone other than me."

"My name is Luke Freud. I'm on a journey to find what I'm looking for."

"Well, Mr. Luke, if anything is needed, let me know. I'll definitely try to help."

"Good!"

"Today you can sleep here. I'm sorry, if this place might be uncomfortable for you. This is all we got."

"It's okay, sir, to be able to get a place to sleep soundly is already very lucky for me. Thank you very much sir."

The father nodded with a smile. I went into the room and looked at the state of the room. This room seemed to have once been occupied by someone, because of the many useful tools and books. I hope the previous owner of this room allows me to rest here.

Suddenly a book fell out of an old closet.

Out of curiosity, I went straight to check out what the book was. At first I thought this was a book by Mr. Derrys and Calia. But what surprised me was that an unknown name was in the book.

"Derrys and Tilly's book of dreams... Tilly? Who owns this name?" Say to myself confused.

Who is the owner of this book? Is this Tilly the wife of Mr. Derrys?

Out of curiosity, I read the book. This book is about the dreams of Mr. Derrys and his wife when he was a teenager. They dream of building a harmonious family and will go on adventures together. This book holds many of their memories.

Dreams huh...? I have it too, haha!

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