Theft of the Future

Chapter 43

His sight became pitch black. Like a trap in the hallway of yesterday's house, everything was like being swallowed by darkness, swallowed by voidness.

The pace was inside a boundless room, floating, surrounded by darkness without the slightest bit of light

Except, a gradual voice started to sound from behind him.

“Loh, Mom? Wh-why suddenly? Bu-bus-can't we promise?”

“Tiba-arrived? What is it all of a sudden? Didn't I explain this matter even long ago? Since the incident after the doctor?”

“But? Can't speed fix everything? Aren't we going back to normal, again? It was myself who promised, right?”

His voice is still faint. But, Laju could clearly recognize who was speaking in the light that was half-closed by the door. Without much thought, Laju also began to come to that light. And it turns out, what was in the light behind the door was the hallway of his house.

When he turned around, it was no longer a boundless dark room, but rather he had already been teleported to his room.

“I didn't promise. The boy promised. If indeed he can help me to get a promotion at work, everything is not a problem. But, instead of promotion or promotion, I could have been fired if everything was revealed.”

“What happened? Hasn't Laju been a submissive child all this time?”

“Sin. Everything will be in vain. Nothing the boy managed to do. I got word that even the kid didn't make it to university perfectly. Not to mention the other bird news that he was chatting with lowly thugs. He started acting again and messed things up. Friends in the office started talking weirdly about me.”

“Ta-but I will always help you, mas? I always give my best to mas also.”

“Heh? Since when? If I could, I've been divorcing you for a long time!”

“Ta-ta-but we've been together for a dozen years, mas? I-i'm sorry! If the child is wrong, let it be. We can still repeat it, right? We can still start again, right? I'm sure I've cleaned everything up by now, mas!”

“So you proposed to me to fall into the same hole? No thank you, lady.”

Know the direction of this conversation.

This conversation is like before, like in the past. However, unlike before when little Laju was just confused not understanding what his parents actually said, now Laju really understands what they really make a fuss.

Wh why? What the hell's going on? Is this just his past? Isn't this just his past? Running looking at the mirror. And that's in there is none other than the pace that is using the uniform of High School, the pace of the teenager, instead of the small pace that is still in elementary school.

Wh why? Why are his parents fighting again?

Have they heard from the school about the invitation letter being withdrawn? Whereof? Where'd they get it?

Wait for.

Wait Awhile.

Invitation letter?

Right too. The pace has to go home. Luckily, he had a chance to talk about it with Adrian and Radit. The way home is safe. He could prevent his parents' quarrels immediately. Everything's fine.

Everything's fine.

Clearly, he could see himself inside the mirror being bathed in cold sweat. With his heart racing and his hands trembling, Laju could see his extremely pitiful self.

“I have to go home right now!” Then he said to the mirror.

Seeing the trembling pace vulnerable ready to blow herself up due to anxiety and despair, Delphia once again tried to help her. Slowly, in the dream world she had made herself, Delphia reached out and planned to embrace, providing warmth for Laju so that this man could calm down a little.

But, as soon as Delphia's hand was about to touch Laju, instead of the warmth that Delphia could give, there appeared a tingling spark of ice chrisatal. With his reflexes, Laj run over and slap again the presence of Delphia that bothered him.

For a second, Laju regained consciousness in the real world where he was in Parker's office. Realizing everything was back to normal, he immediately threw away and brushed aside Delphia's handrails.

“Don't you touch me once more with that disgusting hand and troublesome coldness, mute! Don't you think you just live to trouble others? Let's talk! Just try saying once what you really want to say!”

“…!? Msngg...?”

“What's the future? You think you can help people with that? Everything is even more messy and not careless! What cold is this anyway? So laughable. From the beginning, I did not need to believe in people who can not speak, right?”

Continue again to turn around and leave the room.

Without guilt and sin, Laju seriously plans to leave his life inside this office, in this town, trying to get home. Return to his normal world, to his parents, to his future.

He no longer needs to take care of everything that's going on here.

Consider it all a dream.

Everything is not important, except for the affairs of the university of insignificance that he must enter in order to restore the harmony of his family.

After all, Laju was also a little confused as to why he felt at home among these strange monsters. He thought hard repeating his memories as he walked out of the building. Right too. What actually makes it feel good? Confusion rate.

“...!” Instantly, Laju felt the presence of Parker ready to hit him from behind.

Quickly, the speed immediately behind the body to take refuge not at anyone. Just hallucinating? There should be Parker behind him!

But there was nobody but the wind.

“Have it, forget it!” say the pace inwardly while stroking his head.

***

Once he reached the building where the Adrian community took shelter, Laju was a little surprised because of the many presence he did not recognize. Actually, Laju could choose not to care about anyone who entered visiting.

Because, in the end they must be only humans who are in need of help or something else. But, who now visited were monsters in neat formal clothes with full guard by each of his bodyguards with a large posture like Parker.

“Wah, Speed? You have come apparently. That quick? Just yesterday we were talking about that dragon thing?” Adrian who noticed Laju's presence immediately came out of the crowd and welcomed his arrival.

“Adrian? What's the matter? Why do you have your own enemy guests?”

“But, aren't you hostile to the monsters in this city!?”

“Partially, yes. But to these lords, they were not enemies. They are friends, close relatives, friends, and allies of the humans!”

“...how do you mean? I don't understand?”

“Take it easy. No need to take a headache. There are some things that are better not to understand for our own good, right?”

“Maybe..?”

“Hahaha. Been already. Come to the underground!” Invite Adrian who immediately embraces Laju to bring him down to the underground, to the last place they discuss about the teleportation technique that will bring him home.

As it turns out, once down into the room, there are many changes that occur – although with a short vulnerable time. Although actually the change that occurred is not a big and crucial thing, but the lighting that is multiplied so that the entire room can be clearly seen – which turned out to be very broad, but the lighting that was expanded, but it was also very narrow because it was filled with many teleportation doors.

Whereas, yesterday the teleportation door only they had one piece?

Where did these dozens of doors come from?

Then why are so many monsters in suits sitting around like they're watching a show?

“As you can see that the products we offer can work very smoothly without any interference at all. Although I must say that the quality we have is still a little below that of the government. But, what we offer this can be sold in bulk, you know! Therefore I offer this project as well as a percentage share of company ownership, hoping you are willing to help the funding we need to do further research!” Radit exclaimed loudly at the monsters in suits who listened to this.

“Dit!” Adrian interrupts, gives him a signal.

“Ah, VS! A minute.”

“Speed, you brought the thing?”

“Eh? Yes... but can this really work?” Ask Laju while giving a super small dragon-shaped statue that Parker once gave.

“It's okay. Just relax.”

And after that, Adrian immediately gave the statue to Radit to be further presented to the monsters in the suit more intensely. Initially, Laju wanted to hear and listen to what Radit actually offered to these monsters. But, somehow he could not focus his attention to listen to Radit's words and explanations.

There was a sense of confusion that made his heart uncomfortable.

In fact, the bare-chested man who yesterday became his training companion only gave a big smile at serving these monsters in suits.

Didn't they have a veiled grudge against the monsters?

“You're ready, Ju?” adrian asked to distract Laju.

“Who is what?”

“Go home? Are you ready to go home?”

“Go home? Now then? Now too?”

“Iya. Home now. Thanks to your dragon statue, Radit can start experimenting to open a portal to the human world. As long as you want to go home, all of us test the effectiveness of this portal.”

“You made me a guinea pig?”

“I wouldn't call it that rough. But, we both benefit, right? But, I mean just take you home. If you are not willing, we can ask others. But, that means you have to go home in a conventional way that has more troublesome procedures to go through, right? The energy used to open portals is not easy and cheap. But, it's up to you too, Ju. I just offer it,” Adrian shrugged his shoulders.

The pace is left to think and reflect on what Adrian has to offer.

If you think, it was Adrian's offer like too soon and suddenly. But, from the beginning that is the true purpose of the pace. To quickly go home and take care of his future. This place is not his home, not his neighborhood.

Plus his ultimatum to Parker, he did have to to–

No. gabe.

The pace doesn't want to think about it.

“Good. There's no harm. But the tool is safe, right?”

“Faith. Just chill. You didn't see the presentation before? Radit explained the security level of the portal, right?”

“Hm... alright.”

“You ready? There's nothing you want to bring?”

“Since the beginning I brought nothing from home. So, I don't feel like I have to bring souvenirs or anything like that to go home. I just brought myself. I'm ready.”

“Good. Dit, Rate ready!” Adrian exclaimed that cutting off the explanation of Radit who was making an intense presentation to the monsters in this suit.

After waiting for approximately five minutes to wait for Radit to explain, Laju was finally ready to be brought on stage to enter the whizzing portal door.

“And brothers, for the climactic show please pay attention to this one!” Call Radit to the audience who are still listening, still curious, more interested in the offers that Radit offers.

“As you know, to move between one dimension and one world, we have to go through a long and troublesome process because we have to visit the intermediate dimension. Not to mention, many protocols vary from country to country, the ones in the intermediate dimensions are sometimes the most time-consuming. Especially, with the frontier cities possessed by humans, everything was extremely troublesome, right? And we can see from this monitoring screen, we will see this boy can pass through the dimension between it, the border city, and move directly from this city, going directly to the human world, he said,” Radit More explained. “Please enter, Ju!”

Radit gave a thumbs up gesture to the sign rate everything was ready. Leaving the decision of Laju on himself to step into the whirring of that whirl-like door.

The real pace is still nervous. Did this really happen? Is he going home? He looked to his left. He looked at Adrian for the last time.

“Quiet, I'll catch up with you maybe one to two weeks ahead!”

“...” Rate is just a small laugh. “Good. I'll be waiting for you, Adrian!”

And after that, Laju steadfastly stepped his foot into the whirring of the whirling portal. She held her stomach, ready to feel the unpleasant nausea as it had been.