The Goddess Of War

Chapter 182 - Feelings of Loss (2)

That day, a very heavy rain flushed the entire City C with great heaviness. Heavy rain that has not even happened in recent months, even making all residents of C City stop all their outdoor activities.

In a building that is not too big and filled with flowers, a cute girl looks very agitated, walking back and forth among the many visitors who are looking at the beautiful flowers, flowers, or just shelter from the heavy rain that occurs out there.

Every now and then, Miyuki, who seemed very agitated, looked at a sweet girl who was telling the meaning of a flower to prospective buyers who were interested in a flower.

The girl seemed very friendly, cheerful and excited whenever she talked about a type of flower to her customers.

Not wanting to disturb the flower shop girl and her customers, Miyuki finally decided to leave the store and sit on a wooden bench in front of the flower shop, to calm down while watching the falling rainwater flowing neatly lined up from the edge of the balcony which became the shelter.

°°°

A few hours ago, after Miyuki successfully hacked the satellite of the Fiji Islands, she finally saw how Ren was mobbed by two secret agents of the American Association until finally killed with a very sad death.

Unfortunately, Anna also disappears after entering a forest, making Miyuki the only person who knows the fate of Ren.

°°°

"Miss Miyu..," greeted Rin in a soft voice, afraid to surprise Miyuki who looked very agitated.

In fact, Rin had been confused by Miyuki's unusual attitude of coming out of the basement, even being in her flower shop for a long time.

Rin can also feel the uneasiness that is clearly visible from Miyuki's face as the cute girl walks back and forth inside her flower shop.

"Oh... H-hello, Rin..," said Miyuki. Although Rin has greeted him carefully, but still he was surprised when he saw Rin suddenly in front of him.

Actually not surprised because Rin suddenly catches up with him out of the flower shop and stands nearby, but he is surprised because he is not ready to deliver the bad news he has.

Rin sat on a long bench, next to Miyuki. Then, politely, he spoke back.

"Is there anything you want to tell me, Miss Miyu?"

"T-no... Nothing..," Miyuki said quickly as she raised both hands in front of her body.

However, Miyuki's clumsy attitude actually makes Rin become very suspicious of her.

Rin knew Miyuki was a very cold and calm girl whenever she was talking to someone.

Usually, Miyuki even less care for her interlocutor if he does not have any interest in the person.

"Did something happen to my sister?" rin asked in a soft voice, until his voice was almost out loud by the sound of the rain around them.

Miyuki was shocked when she heard the question, which actually hit right on target.

Miyuki did not answer the question, she just looked into Rin's eyes with her mouth slightly open, as she could not speak the words stuck at the end of her tongue.

Not getting an answer from Miyuki, Rin turned her body, faced forward and gazed at the rain that fell soaking the asphalt in front of them.

"Since morning, I've been feeling very agitated. I also broke some flower pots that somehow fell out of my hands just like that" Rin said.

Miyuki who was still sitting slanted towards Rin, bowing her head as she saw that there were tears forming in the corner of the cute girl's eyes.

He finally remembers that Rin and Ren are twin brothers. From what he knows, twins like them usually have a very strong inner bond to be able to get a stronger feeling than ordinary people, if something bad happens to their twin.

"More... She...,"

"I hope he does something good when something bad happens to him" Rin said again, cutting Miyuki's sentence.

Miyuki looked at Rin in silence. Now, he really believes in the strong inner bond that twin brothers have, when he feels Rin seems to already know what has happened to his brother.

At that time, Gina and Bimo were seen running in a hurry through the heavy rain, from the parking area which was two buildings away from the flower shop.

Gina, who was holding an important meeting with all the members of the Nine Bears guild, immediately left the meeting and asked Gus Stevin and Kevin Jung as the person in charge of replacing her, after getting bad news about Ren's death from Miyuki.

Gina knew, with her cold character, Miyuki might have trouble telling Rin the news, until she decided she would be the one to tell him the news.

Aside from being very close to the twin brother, he also had full responsibility for whatever happened to all of his guild members.

°°°

Gina and Bimo, who come along because they feel they have a special affinity for Ren and Rin who are natives of C City as well as they are, seem to be, putting their footsteps down when they saw Rin and Miyuki sitting on the only bench in front of the flower shop.

Seeing the two sitting awkwardly in silence and uninspired, Gina knows that Rin may have learned bad news about Ren's death from Miyuki.

Gina also noticed Rin was trying hard to hold back her crying so as not to just explode.

Only then, when Gina had grabbed Rin's body and put the girl's face on her chest, when also Rin's crying finally exploded.

Unbearable to see the sight, Miyuki finally stood up and went to return to her basement.

The empty space Miyuki left behind was finally filled by Bimo who then patted Rin's back softly, trying to comfort the girl. That was all Bimo could do, as he did not have any sentences that he felt could comfort him.

•••

"Drink." said Miyuki, handing over a bottle of cold mineral water to Rin, who had just stopped crying after the girl cried for 3 hours.

Gina takes Rin to go down to the basement after she cannot stop Rin's crying, while Bimo helps to close her flower shop.

"T-thank you..," said Rin while receiving the drink from Miyuki's hand.

Rin did not drink it. He looked at the work room that had the dim light with full attention.

This is Rin's first time going down to the basement, even though she has known Miyuki for a year and a half and although the flower shop itself is the only entrance to the place.

"So, this is your workplace, Miyu-San?"

"Huh?" Miyuki is surprised to hear unexpected questions from Rin, especially from the way Rin mentions her name.

"I learned how to name people from your country..."

"There's no need to use the word 'san' behind my name. I'm used to calling people's names in Southeast Asia." Miyuki Sahut.

"I'm sorry...,"

"You don't need to apologize either" Miyuki said quickly.

Actually, because Rin has always been gentle and polite like this is what makes Miyuki so far a bit awkward to talk to her a lot.

Miyuki preferred to talk as casually as when talking to Anna and the others.

"It looks like this basement is huge" Rin said.

"Y-yes... This basement is one block of our building complex."

"So, the florist's only ten percent of this basement?"

"Yes." Yeah." Miyuki said, glancing at Gina, Bimo, as well as Lucy and Yola who had just arrived at that place.

Gina, Bimo, Lucy and Yola just kept quiet, grunting the conversation that was going on between Rin and Miyuki.

They know Rin is trying to look okay, even though the girl must have broken feelings in her heart after being left by the only family member she has.

There were so many questions Rin asked Miyuki. But everything has nothing to do with the death of his sister, Ren.

Rin asks about what work Miyuki did in the basement for 1 more year, how she feels about being long underground, and how she can feel at home there.

Unlike usual, Miyuki who is the most lazy to talk about unimportant and sharp-tongued things, answers all Rin's questions very patiently, to make everyone who has known the nature of Miyuki all along, feeling that Miyuki looked like a stranger.

Miyuki even took Rin for a walk to almost all the rooms in the underground building.

He also showed the laboratory where to test his findings, as well as the room where the core members of the Nine Bears and 9 AM usually gather.

Until finally, they arrived at the last room, the room where Miyuki had her hunter avatar.

"Are ordinary people without awakening like me also able to become avatar pilots, Miss Miyu?" rin asked, looking at the helmet Miyuki used to wear.

Miyuki nodded.

"You only have to practice martial arts and diligently exercise to have good stamina." Miyuki Sahut.

"Do you think someone like me can do it?"

"certain. There was even one avatar pilot who was previously very weak and now had excellent abilities."

Rin was silent for a while, before turning her head and looking at Miyuki with both her eyes starting to get wet again with tears.

"Can you train me to be an avatar pilot?"

•••••••