The Power Enthusiast

MINERVO 88: Earthquake

"How much is this?"

Jeddy thrust some unique handguns of his own choice into the cashier's desk, hoping the price could match the money in his wallet. Of course he hoped so, because he was bored and bored to be deceived by the price paper stuck under the goods he would buy. Sometimes there is a price that is not the same as the price written on the pointer paper. When he went to the cashier with joy, because the price of a cool gun was quite cheap, it was surprised by the original price mentioned by the cashier. Lying if Jeddy is not upset about it, but it becomes a lesson in his life so that later if he buys something, whether a gun, a sword, or whatever it is in the weaponry shop, or anything else, not easily fooled by the cheap prices found in the pointer paper.

And this was the second time he was fooled by the price of the pointer paper, Jeddy so wanted to squeeze something to shreds, after hearing the original price of the pistols he chose to collect. The cashier said that all the guns Jeddy carried cost him 500,000 lumions. Whereas Jeddy took five pistols, which if multiplied by five, then the result was 2,500,000 lumion - by the way lumion was the name of the official currency of the Madelta State - and it was very expensive. Jeddy currently only carries around 700,000 lumions. Oh, goddamn. Damn it.

"Hehehe," Trying to be as calm as possible, Jeddy chuckled for a moment. His eyes looked into the eyes of the cashier - who was a curly white-haired girl with a skull over her head - seriously. "May the price be reduced a little?"

"Don't joke around" The cashier girl immediately uttered a rejection with an unusually annoying cynical face. "This is not a flea market you can bargain with at will, sir. I could be fired if my boss found out his employees were giving waivers to bid prices on customers. That's very against the rules, sir."

"But" Jeddy still didn't want to give up, he desperately wanted the guns to be his. "Isn't a bargain a frequent negotiation between a seller and a buyer in determining the price of an item, right? Comeon!"

"The price has been decided very clearly, sir." replied the cashier girl with a stern heart, without a warm smile or the slightest hospitality to Jeddy. "We don't accept such negotiations here. Just sorry. If you're still stubborn, I'll have the security guards evict you from here."

At least, Jeddy can get out of the armament shop with a new gun, which costs him most of his stockpile of savings for three months. That's pretty depressing. But on the other hand, it was quite blissful, rather, Jeddy was ecstatic that he had gotten a new gun to put in his collection. No matter if his actions were the same as committing suicide. Of course, because Jeddy-with his extravagance-buy something expensive without a second thought. And that's very stupid. What if as a result, he could not meet the needs of his life just by relying on the remaining money amounting to 200,000 lumion.

Especially at this time, he lived in Swart City, a highly developed, sophisticated, and peaceful metropolis when compared to other cities in Madelta. So in Swart, the prices of goods certainly no cheap, almost all expensive. Naturally, the average population in Swart City has an income of 10 million lumions per month, or at least, 5 million lumions.

Groen - the city which was the birthplace of Jeddy - was a city inversely proportional to Swart. Although often considered a twin city, but in fact Groen is not the same as Swart, especially on its progress. In Groen too many young people are unemployed, causing a growing population of thugs or bad gangs very rapidly. The income of its residents can also be fairly low every month. For the most part, the companies that settled in Groen, employed their employees who came from other cities, that is what made the nickname 'neglected natives' famous in Madelta, shows the problems that often occur in the city of Groen related to its residents.

"I'm home, hehehe!"

With a big smile, Jeddy said his greetings as he entered the front door of Paul's house. The gun he had bought, he put it in the white plastic he was holding.

Strange smell.

Jeddy paused, he smelled something quite strange-ah, no-it doesn't seem right to be called weird. It might be better to call it something foreign. Anyway that's. And it came from a room in this house. Relying on his sense of smell, Jeddy slowly followed the direction of the thick scent, which led him to the door of a room, and it was not Paul's door.

Slowly, Jeddy pushed the wooden door open and it turned out to be true, the foreign scent was very strong in this room. Jeddy's view is still blurred, not knowing what and who is in the room. That's why, he kept going and stepping, and on his seventh step, Jeddy stopped.

Koko was sitting on the side of the bed, covering the person lying on the bed, making Jeddy assume there was only a beautiful man in this room. Koko, turned her head, after hearing Jeddy's voice.

"Thank God... Jeddy's home."

Koko smiled happily, very happy. He is happy to see Jeddy coming, which is why Koko immediately stands up from the bed and walks up to the maniac.

"Eh?" Jeddy's shock grew when he saw a woman lying weakly on the bed. "That's Aunt Elena, right? Why is he still sleeping? Hasn't this gone into his usual cooking hours? So what is this smell? It feels so bad, Bro."

"This is the smell of cold water mixed with herbs I picked in the backyard. Sorry if the smell is bad. You see, I don't know what else to use to neutralize Aunt Elena's body temperature that had gone up drastically."

"So, Aunt Elena's in heat, bro?"

"Looks like. I don't know either." said Koko with a wry smile. "All I know is, I need to cure Aunt Elena of her pain as soon as possible, before Paul and the others get home."

"Ah, yes! About Paul!" Jeddy put the plastic he held onto the nightstand near the bed. "When did he come home? I hope the hero he brought this time is an interesting person. If it's not wrong, her name is Isabella, right? From the name alone, it must be a beautiful person! Very beautiful like you! Hehe!" Hearing Jeddy's words, making Koko's cheeks flushed. "In addition, how is Aunt Elena's condition? Does the compressive cloth attached to his forehead make his body can improve?"

"I don't know" said Koko, staring at the face of Aunt Elena who was sleeping in bed. "But it seems, his body temperature is getting lower compared to the first time I met him."

"That's it, huh? Good job!" Jeddy smiles happily at her, then, he embraces Koko's neck. "By the way, I'm hungry, bro! No food in the kitchen? Hehe!"

Because his neck was suddenly embraced by Jeddy's big hands, making Koko a little clumsy and nervous. "M-Maybe there is," Koko said with a flushed face. "Just check at the dinner table."

"Well! Ready it! Bro!" Jeddy let go of the embrace and rushed to the kitchen, leaving Koko still looking stiff in the room. "Hopefully the food is good, heheheh!"

However, just as Jeddy entered the kitchen room, his laughter instantly vanished, he was shocked by the situation of the kitchen that was as hostile as it had been shaken by a powerful earthquake.

"What the fuck, Bro!?"