Theft of the Future
Chapter 41
“Already, calm yourself first,” said Adrian who invited Laju to enter his room, patted him on the shoulder later, invited him to sit down and drink warm tea.
Hearing the abnormal commotion in the back court, Adrian instantly secures his lost-of-sense friends trying to attack Laju without further ado, without hesitation.
Initially, Adrian was told about all the sins that Laju had committed, even to blaspheme Adrian himself for bringing this demon into the middle of their family. But, in the end all Adrian can control to make the conditions more calm and conducive, while reminding them of the control of power Adrian had.
In the end, Adrian was able to separate Laju and the protesters.
Next, he invited Laju to enter his room, giving space and time for the boy to calm himself down.
“Ap-do I really do the wrong thing? What-Do I..”.
“Then, just drink that tea. Just calm down.”
“... I was not so aware of it. I thought I was..”
“Everything is due to different perspectives only. You have been chatting a lot and surrounded by monsters, right?”
“Eh…? Uhm, maybe? Yes..”
“Actually simple. You work under the control of those monsters to defeat and fight their enemies, right? To them, we are their enemy. You can see for yourself how much those monsters hate with us.”
“But...?”
“Take it easy. I'm not judging you or anything. You're just confused. At first, I was wondering how you could get along with the two non-human girls,” Adrian said as he patted Laju.
Slowly, his eyes looked at Laju deeply.
I don't know what Adrian did. But, Laju felt that he could be calmer and more comfortable under his claps and gaze. The pace is not so know, not so care, that the eyes that Adrian gives have a different color and aura than before.
“You are not wrong. There's nothing wrong. We're human, we're family, right? We are just manipulated. Those friends in the back yard just got some bad news about their families. After that, they want to be stronger. And that's why they're so emotional. Left for a while also the condition will definitely subside and return to normal.”
“Eh? Didn't he? Really?”
“Take it easy. Everything's gonna be okay. We're family, right? Don't you understand for yourself that in the family it is only natural to have debates and misunderstandings?” Adrian asked with a smile.
A glance at the pace twitched a little.
But, even though his mind went back to being empty and hollow, what Laju felt now was no longer confusion or anything like that.
He felt calm, he felt comfort.
Slurp.
Time to drink the warm tea.
And after a single sip of the tea water, he immediately felt an incomparable pleasure, as if sipping a sedative, as if hypnotized.
“VS! Radit's home!” Suddenly there was a sound from behind them, from the door opened without a knock. Is privacy not required here? But how else. The state of the building that was almost destroyed could not provide the privacy that every member injured.
“Oh really? I'll say hello to him.”
“He also advised to call you because there is something to talk about.”
“…? Is there any recent development of its teleportation machine?”
“Entahlah. Might? Could be..”
“Alright I'll be down in a minute.”
“We wait below,” said the man who instantly disappeared from the room.
“Teleportation?”
“Oh, that's right too. While refreshing yourself from this heavy topic, you want to come along? I also want to keep a promise about taking you home. Hows it? Are you interested? It's all up to you, too. Do you still live in Kannaris?”
“Ah? N-no! I want to come with. I want to go home too. I'll come along!
“Alright, wait for me outside!”
“OK!”
And that way, Laju immediately left the room after finishing the warm tea that refreshed his body earlier. While looking at some other humans on the ground floor whose emotions had eased from behind the second-floor fence, Laju slowly weighed in on everything he had been doing.
He looked more slowly at the humans who always worked hard to risk their lives because of the difficult life, only to fight for an equal normal life in the city.
Laju felt guilty for all the pleasure he had all along.
During the human world, the pace always has the advantages of most humans. Never once did Laju think of how he should behave toward anyone he would never interact with.
Like the bums at Alex's boss' house, like this Block T neighborhood.
But, after stealing around and spending free time playing with his race and group, Adrian's group, the human group. There are some things Laju understands to act in the future.
At least, he was already feeling pity for this condition.
That's more than enough.
“Alright, it's decided!” say the pace of making sure yourself.
“Oh? Decided yet? What has been decided?”
Suddenly Adrian who was finished with his personal affairs came out of the room to pick up Laju.
“Eh? Ahaha, no! I'm just talking to myself. C'mon c'mon! I can't wait!”
“…? All righty! Come!” Bring Adrian.
They came down from Adrian's room to the ground floor. Greeting some of the other members and joking about the earlier misunderstandings on the back court, calling it just a mere emotional issue, adding a lot of apologies, and ensuring that they remain family. Continued by patting and hugging, giving affection to Laju, to other fellow members.
“What I said, right? We will not forget that we are family. Everything's gonna be okay. Relax, Ju!” Adrian added.
“Uhm! Yes!”
Up in the basement, the lighting becomes dimmer and darker. Except, the rays of some study lamps are worn out and damaged, and a light source of a fairly large tool in the middle of the room.
“VS! Have you come yet? Good though. There's a lot I want to talk about. Oh? Who is this boy?”
“Include me, this is my old friend. Pratama Rate. He helped me a lot in the past, helped us a lot in the last two weeks. He wants to look around, as well as miss home he said. Hahaha!”
“Oh? Do you understand the boy's teleportation?”
“Eh? Less more?”
“Ya basically if you really want to go back to the human world, it is not impossible. We humans are in Kannaris, right? But indeed going to the human world was a little troublesome because there was a city that became the border for the two. So, we have to make a transit first, can not get directly to the point we want. We should have overcome that. But, there are some records of information about technological developments that are being worked on by friends should just disappear and we are troubled. How not? We obviously have technology that can overthrow an entire civilization, huh? And that note had to be lost and just stolen? I think we all agreed to hide it in a safe place. Do people care about culverts? Has anyone leaked the information? Is there a bond between us? It's impossible to ask the government for help, right? We will not even be considered to be a society that has the right to live here. And more or less so and this, then blah blah blah, followed by this and that,” Radit who wears suspender straps on his dirty shirt explained long-winded.
“Haha! Hey-hey your nature comes out again, dit!” Adrian patted the guy on the shoulder in front of him.
“Eh? Did ya? Ahaha sorry, Ju. This bad nature is indeed difficult to remove, yes!”
“Yes teleportation is an expensive technology. If we want to use it, we must keep these two tools at the place of departure and destination. But where do we get funding for all that? All we have is one door. Luckily, Radit has found a new alternative.”
“Yes. There is a very mysterious and famous race that has many mysteries. They are the dragon race. If I can get something from them, there must be a lot of private parties ready to invest in us. They couldn't possibly be stupid to side with the losing side, right?”
A little bit of aghast
This talk that was being discussed seemed like he could follow because Laju had one piece missing in the problem that Adrian and Radit were facing.
“I... seems to be able to answer your problems it.”
“Oh, yes? What do you offer, boy?”
“I'm not really sure if this will work or not. It's like a dragon statue. But, maybe I can bring her here tomorrow.”
“Wah? Alright. I'll wait for your promise, boy!”
“Maybe this can also be your proof, Ju?” Adrian cutting.
“Proof?”
“Proof that you are human and on our side, that we families do help each other? Maybe you'll buy the hearts of all the members here?”
“…! Right too. I'll go home first. I'll find the statue!”
“Alright, be careful ya!”
With joy and enthusiasm, Laju went straight from the basement, running out of the building, and, and immediately look for another taxi to immediately go get an object that can be a solution piece of the problem that Adrian and Radit face.
With a big smile, Laju felt very proud of himself.
He can't wait to prove himself useful to the family.
On the one hand, Adrian was just as smiling with Radit.
“I don't think that this will all be that easy.”
“You believe it? What if it's just nonsense?”
“I doubt it. He will definitely not disappoint me.”
“…? You find where the boy is?”
“Ahaha. He came to me himself. I think we're done and everything. But, looking at the progress of his life the last two weeks, I know that I should keep it.”
“Maintaining it? Then why did you send him home?”
“Why not? I bought his heart first so he could stay on our side. After all, the monsters who took care of him from the police would not have come to the human world without having to fight against the myriad of soldiers and defenses we have, right?”
“... right too.”
“This is a win for us!”
