Author’s note:
Previously, we ever mentioned that Jai is a brunette. But Jai’s hair is actually black, and we will start mentioning him as such. We are sorry for the inconveniencies.
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So... Lightning is purple... In this world.
Jai sighed and hung his head, ‘I’m an idiot... I almost forgot I’m not there anymore. Things are different and I need to get it together.’
Jai had a talk with Darrion after the encounter with the red haired guy. It was until then that he found out about the different color of lightning. However, with him not knowing about that surely made Darrion curious about him. Although the blonde had not shown it yet, Jai was sure he had some questions swimming in his head. It was fine by Jai, he had the time to think of the possible answers to some questions.
Near the fountain, there was a seating box readied for the participants. The box was a few feet away from the au
There were two men on the arena. One was rather chubby with light tan skin, long black hair pulled into a braid, and a blue vest hugging his breast. The other one was skinnier and more tanned than him, wearing a long black robe, ash brown hair, and cunning expression on his face.The two men were exchanging blows of fire. Literally, they punched each other with fire swirling around their fists and their kicks.They had been at it for almost half an hour now, and the two of them had begun showing their tireness. The skinny guy slipped a momentum in his right fist, and the fatter guy used that to send a kick to his left side. The skinny guy was thrown to the side by a few feet.As the skinny guy struggled to get up, he raised his hand and said, "I surrender!"The fat guy sighed and did not pursue. Two people from the committee came in to check the two of them. This was different from Jai's battle because
The competition for that day was done and the committee gave the participants one day to recuperate. Some participants who passed to the next round-battle were unable to continue for the day, due to some of them being passed out and badly hurt.Jai wondered how worse did it get in the South stage, because in the North stage, the fights were not very critical. He could count Haku and two more people that got quite rattled, but the rest of them were only with minimum injuries."I kind of disagree with the one day rest... It felt too slacking off," Jai muttered as they leave the square with Barun.It was afternoon. The sun was still high in the sky, but it's not right at the top. It was probably around 2 o'clock in the afternoon.Darrion hummed, "I could guess that must be the princess' doing."Jai frowned and thought, 'They have a princess here too? Well of course, it's a kingdom. Why am I
"Barun!" Jai shouted as he turned around to check on Barun. But he was surprised to find a tall and rather muscular guy instead.The guy swept some bricks to the side while Barun was standing right behind him. The old man had this shock look on his face, but he looked fine.The flying bricks came to a stop when the new guy showed up. Then the thug shouted, "hey! Who the hell are you?!"The big guy glanced at them briefly, but eventually ignored them and turned around. He patted Barun's shoulder and gave a polite smile, "Sir, let me help you to the other side. This place is dangerous."Barun nodded at him and he gave Jai a nod before the guy led him to a shop across the street.The thugs were speechless because they were ignored. One of them reflexively shouted "Hey!", but was also ignored.Jai waited until Barun was safe on the other side of the street before he turned to face the fr
"What's an earthmate?" Jai looked confused.At the question, Galum smiled. "It means 'friends of the earth'.""Is that how you earth elemers call yourselves?" Jai asked.Galum shook his head. "No, it's not. People of the earthdom have no saying for elemers. We treat each other equally."Jai hummed. "So people from the earth kingdom are all earthmates?"Galum nodded."Please don't get offended by his questions. He lived in a cave and just come out," Darrion said after sipping empty his drink. He was afraid this new guy would think Jai was insulting.Galum's eyebrows rose and he looked at Jai, "really?"Jai had this slightly irritated look on his face, "no, I did not. Darrion!"Barun chuckled, "Jai had an unfortunate accident and lost his memory."Galum 'ooh'-ed, and then he smiled, "but you did great in the
“My parents are sick. I want to get the prize to buy medicine for them.”Jai raised his eyebrows, surprised at how bold Galum shared his story.“I'm sorry, child. What are they inflicted with?” Barun asked in concern.Galum frowned. He blinked a few times and pursed his lips. “The lady doctor said they have Apias disease..”Darrion perked up, “Apias disease?”Galum lit up as well, “you know about it?”Darrion’s mouth twisted, “isn’t it the disease from a kind of insect?”Galum nodded, “the lady doctor said the same thing. She also said that only Aeronvein would have the cure for it. So I came here, looking for one.”Jai noticed the big guy looked down again, his eyes frowned in sadness, “I am worried about them... So I have to win this competition.”As Jai listened to Galum, he felt connected to him somehow. Jai’s mother was als
Darisha, Darrion's mom, was just like how Darrion had described. She was very kind and she welcomed Jai and Galum warmly. Well... She actually welcomed them excitedly right when they entered the house."Dari sweetie! Welcome home! Oh! Who are these gentlemen?" She greeted them."Hi, mom! They're my new friends! This is Jai, our handsome unique elemer," smirking, Darrion introduced her to Jai who bowed his head."Nice to meet you, madam," Jai smiled politely at the lady.Darisha 'aww'-ed at him and pinched his cheek softly. "You are so adorable, Jai!"Jai blushed and awkwardly standing there in the middle of the room. This lady reminded him of his friends' mothers in high school. They coo at him like he was a baby.Then Darrion gestured his hand to Galum and introduced the big guy with a bright grin, "and this is Galum, our humble giant. He's an Earthmate!"
Jai fixed the sheets on the bed while Galum swept the floor. They were currently in the 2nd floor, in the guest room where Galum will be staying. Darrion had shown them to the rooms where they will be staying in. Jai's would be closer to Darisha's, on the left side from the stairs. While Galum's will be right next to Darrion's, on the right side."This room is already clean, why should we sweep it?" Galum asked. He swept to the door and looked around the room.Jai tapped the sheet a few times to make it swift and smooth. Then he replied Galum, "Formalities? How can you be so sure it's so clean?"Galum held the broom in front of him and looked at Jai, "The floor may be wood planks, but I can still feel anything in this room's floor. That includes small layers of dust. But I don't feel dusts on the ground."The big guy glanced down and felt the floor with his toes.Jai had this blank expression
Jai and Galum arrived in front of the church. It was built with yellow bricks, and there were debris everywhere nearby. Darisha was right to say it was abandoned, but it wasn’t just the church. The surroundings were also in ruins. Jai couldn't imagine what kind of buildings ever bulit here. But the remainings were quite saddening. This was like the equivalent of a building junkyard. Thankfully, there were no small garbage or wrappers alike.There was only a small house in front of the ally though, owned by one friendly old couple whom they passed on their way here.The big front door of the church was closed. It looked very rusty, and when Galum pushed it a bit, it gave a crank sound. Then Galum retreated, saying that it’s not safe to enter.“The structure is weak in this front gate. The back of it is not very fragile, but the front, hmm...” Galum hummed, looking at the front walls of the church with slight worry.