《The Legacy of Gilgamesh》Chapter 2
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The voice of the delivery man arrived over the phone, "Morning mate, your package is here, come out and get it." "Okay, I'm coming." Rico put down the tablet in his hand on the bedside table and slowly walk out of the house. The middle-aged delivery man is an acquaintance. Seeing Rico, he waved his hand and said annoyed. "Hurry up, I have a lot on my plate today, so this comes from your dad, Mexico?" John's eyes drifted at the classic car passing by, barely paying attention if Rico was answering or not. The middle-aged man is called Johnson. John for short. John has been Ricos mother's childhood friend. Rico's father seems to dislike him but to Rico his a nice guy, grumpy at times. But a reliable guy non the less. Taking advantage of Rico's time to sign the form, John asked. Rico reckon he didn't care too much, just chitchat. Rico was not in the mood to talk either. After answering and signing the form, he walks back inside. "Hah, it looks like a match to the last round disc mum sent." Rico opened the box. Inside contained a cylindrical object, which was dusty and looked rather inconspicuous. But such a sight made Rico smile, his cheeks stretch toward his ears. He hurried upstairs to his study room and took out a disc that was in the same shape as the cylinder. This disc was made of stone, densely carved lines crisscrossing it like spiderwebs, and grooves inlaid with stone beads. There was a hole in the middle of the disc, and the newly arrived object looked to fit in perfectly. Without hesitation, Rico put the cylindrical object in the missing space. In perfect harmony, just like when two broken mirrors reunite, the two objects are put together, and the disc is immediately complete. Weirdly, it felt magical. Rico was bouncing on the balls of his feet, humming a victory tune, incapable of stopping the smile spreading on his lips, ''Now let's see how you'll look in your new home.'' he said, looking down at the smooth disc in his hands. He dances toward his relic room. There is a diversity of antiquities in the next room, like a small museum, which is simply a mixture of antiques. With small stone pillars from the Aztec civilization, pyramid fragments from the Mayan, and some stone carvings from the Babylonian Empire. However, none of these things in it are precious, only some historical and collection value. Otherwise, Rico wouldn't be able to get all of them without drowning in loans. He's a rich guy, living alone in a two-story small villa. The villa was costly, but it's not considered luxurious compare to the houses in the area he lives in. Rico's parents are both experts in their own field in archaeologists. His father is a pure archaeologist. And his mother is a cultural relic dealer and study archaeologist. Their family's income depends entirely on the mother's reselling antiques. In this regard, Rico's mother is a genius and rarely failed to get decent offers. It is precisely because of this that Rico is living a wealthy lifestyle. And the money sent by his mother every month is enough for him to spend his time in worldly pleasure. But even so, Rico is not a person who likes to spend wealth randomly. Every month his mother sends a small amount of cash apart from food and drinks, then he saves the rest for his financial management. He also tried to work but found that the work was not worth the effort as he didn't earn much. The money he earned was not as good as a fraction of the allowance sent by his mother. Later, he simply stopped working and began playing games at home or study the relics he holds. His parents didn't care about his pastimes. They still send him cash and occasionally sent him some gadgets dug out by archaeologists or themselves. This disc was sent to him by his father. It was a tool dug from the remains of the Mayan civilization. It was a charm used to bless the fields they harvest. His father said it was basically of little value. However, the disc sent over was incomplete, just like the other things mailed in the past. Rico likes them very much as they remind him of his loneliness. Rico examined the pieces of disc. They felt cold and heavy in his hands, like the weight of loneliness that consumed him. Because they are also lost and alone, it was a pity that it was imperfect. "Unexpectedly, my old man and mother accepted my plea to find me all the incomplete relics and send them back home." He mumbled. This was considerate of them. After completing the disk, Rico put the relic on the shelf in the relic room. ''When I'm in the mood, I'll bother with the disc,'' Rico mused, his head now fuzzy with other matters. As a result, when placing the disc on the shelf, it slipped from Rico's grasp and the relic fell to the floor. Rico was frightened. For fear that the disc would be broken. After all, after the destruction time has caused it, most of these relics became very fragile to the touch. Last time he accidentally broke a porcelain plate copy from the Ming Dynasty. Although it was a worthless plate, it lasted through war and time just to be broken by him, which disturbs Rico more than it should. Fortunately, this stone plate from the Mayan civilization did not break or even suffered any visible damage. Which made Rico breathe out a sigh of relief. Rico tilts forward, solely focused on the relic. As a result, his head accidentally pushed another ornament from the shelf. Causing it to fall right in the middle of the disc where he just set the additional part beforehand. Shockingly, Rico observed the ornament ignoring the laws of physics and disappeared directly into the disc. Rico's body froze. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Slowly, he picked up the relic and noticed the area he had taken it from was now tidy, his eyes fixed on the floor. The floor was empty and nothing out of place. "What the hell!!" Taken back, he hurriedly raised his head to confirm that there was indeed an ornament missing on the shelf. And then looked at the disc several times over and over again. The disc still looks the same, while the ornament vanished into it without a trace. Unbelievable, Rico subconsciously stretched his hand to the centre of the disc to confirm whether he was dazzled just now or reality was not what it seems. As a result, unexpectedly or as he hoped would happen. Rico hand reached into the centre of the disc and disappeared like the relic before him. But on the other side, he could still feel the presence of his hand, but the sensation was also strange. It's a bit similar to being in the sea, but there were differences in it, like a jelly substance but more flexible. It's the only way he could define it. Before Rico took his hand back, a suction force suddenly occurred in the centre of the disc. This suction was so sudden and powerful that Rico was sucked in by the disc before he could blink.
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