099 – Catching Up

“Where were you?” Jai asked when they finally settled on the dining table.

“Looking for Usha. He was at the field, playing with Maki,” Miria giggled.

“Who’s Maki?” Jai asked as he let Usha bit on his thumb. He didn’t remember meeting anyone named Maki in the village.

“It’s Farmer Mac’s dog beast. He said Usha helped herding the ducks,” Miria was smiling.

Jai chuckled. He played with Usha a bit as he said, “Seems like he was being very helpful.”

“Yes, he is!” Miria replied.

Jai suddenly realized something, “Hey. The farmer’s name is Mac too.”

Miria tilted her head, “Yes. What about it?”

“There’s a participant named Mac in the tournament. I thought the name was familiar somehow, but I didn’t remember it was actually similar to our farmer here.”

He didn’t know there would be coincidences like this. But that made him realized that some life sy