[“Cailly, did you bring your father to the hospital?”]

I should’ve been more concerned about this. I don’t know why I didn’t push hir to bring hir’s father to the hospital.

Was it responsible to tell Cailly the way to do home remedy? Especially for a dangerous disease like NtBM, I don’t think trying to keep the person under wraps is a good idea.

I waited for a few seconds, no reply came back so I began studying. Examination was next week, I still had a few subjects I needed to polish up. History, Geography and ICT. Specific subjects which I wasn’t able to rely on Shin’s knowledge.

As mentioned before, World War I, World War II, and the Black Plague also took place in this world. Just that the regions and topography of the planet is different from that of Shin’s. I can’t give any comparisons like saying Alska resembled Shanghai of China. The continents are just that different.

I wouldn’t say it’s simple mapping either. Rather, it looks like a whole ‘nother Earth. Tropical countries and four season countries existed. Alska is located at the northern side of the globe.

The cuisines of the world are like a mish-mash of food from what Shin is used to.

Luckily, Earth is still the 4th planet in the Solar System.

“Big bro, we’re going to move.”

“Pardon?”

Lia came to disturb me.

“Innis said Ui said it. That our parents are discussing about going to Rwiel, Poa.”

Poa is a giant island off to the western part of Alska. Rwiel is one of the cities..

Moving? Avner stayed, didn’t he?

[That seems to be the case.]

Innis, the floating ice cream zipped onto my screen.

I put my studying aside and began thinking.

Perhaps my guess was off the mark. Perhaps Avner’s parents didn’t get a divorce?

Avner stayed put at home while everyone moved to Rwiel?

That would make no sense. Or would it? This is the universe.

Maybe this trip to Rwiel wasn’t part of the original? That somehow my actions caused the butterfly effect?

“Why are we moving?”

[It seems that your grandma is suffering from cancer. Someone needs to be present to take care of her health.]

Grandma from my mother’s side.

I guess Ui had Innis share this information to prepare us. No wonder it feels like the house has been a little rowdier as of late.

“When are we moving?”

[The current plan is during the holidays, after your exams.]

“That means we’re also moving schools.”

“I don’t know if I should be sad or happy. I’ll miss my friends though.”

“I didn’t know you had friends.”

“That’s not a joke!”

“Haha.”

“Unlike you, I don’t have a elfriend or boyfriend. You’ll have to part from your elfriend boo-hoo.”

“I never had one to begin with. Your words don’t apply to me.”

“Really? I was sure you had one.”

“I really don’t.”

[I have my doubts.]

AIs really, are they persistent stalkers or what?

[“No.”]

[“How is he right now then?”]

“Who are you chatting with this time around huuh..”

“Another friend.”

[“It worked. He says he doesn’t feel the pain anymore.”]

[“Cailly, you have to persuade him to go to the hospital. I can tell you what I know, but it may not be the best treatment. It’s only some superficial knowledge I saw from the hospital.”]

There was no reply after that.

Should I get Lynda to persuade her?

Lynda hasn’t been discharged from the hospital, I think. I didn’t see her in school the past few weeks.

I don’t know the exact protocols of handling an NtBM patient, but seeing how long she’s being hospitalized for, I suppose it does make sense why one would want to avoid the hospital if there’s a natural remedy for it. The medical bills shouldn’t be small.

Though said, the price of life is much heavier.

It’s better to get the necessary treatment than to regret later.

Maybe I can get Nyill to persuade Cailly instead? I have hirs contact here.

[“Hey, when and where do you want to meet up?”]

Radingo replied. Fortunately. I thought he had given up on me.

“Who’s this?”

“You saw nothing. Keep it a secret from mom, father and aether please.”

“It’s something shady, isn’t it?”

“It is.”

“So what is it about?”

I merely shook my head.

[“When are you free? I study at Saint High, to answer your previous question.”]

[“Really? I don’t know where that is.”]

So much for the school’s marketing and advertising scheme.

If anything, coming across an angel or demon is rare– wrong. It’s because I can’t even see the crown on their heads.

I’m pretty sure the only two angels in Saint High are Pu’er and Cain. If there was anyone else, Cain or would’ve told me about them by now.

[“Saint High is located in Zone 16.”]

What even is Zone 16? The logical nonsense that comes with these supernatural extensions to life.

[“How about Vinyl Park Station?”]

That’s the name of the ELRT station closest to Saint High.

[“I don’t know when I’ll be able to get the chance.”]

Radingo and I exchanged a few more messages. In the end, we were unable to come up with a decisive location and time. The biggest constraint is that I don’t have the free will to go out of the house. My mom would absolutely flame me if I did.

[“We’ll put on hold the decision then. Stay safe, be careful. The Seraph is leaving for other zones. If you receive a warning sign, you better get out of that place immediately. If, you’re even able to receive it. If not, I can only pray that your luck is good.”]

A demon using the word pray. Oh the sarcasm.

===

The first day of the exam: done.

The second day I had to face both Geography and History at the same time. Of course, as a senior high school graduate once, junior high school is nothing.

The third day, ICT was the most challenging.

The fourth day was the final day for the exam.

Though I told Cain previously that he can intercept me by planting mines, he probably didn’t do it out of consideration that I was having a major examination.

And now, the fifth day.

I told Pu’er that I would tell hir the truth.

[“Pu’er, meet me at the roof.”]

We’ve gone to the roof enough times to know spots where there were less people around.

There’s a lot I need to say, so it would be great if we had the proper space to talk.

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dotturndot: friend or foe? You think Cain was hiding it on purpose?

Nope. Let me tell you the reality. Back when I was writing this, I realized that Avner hadn’t encountered a single angel or demon outside (which is abnormal). And so I just made it up by saying: if you don’t have your system activated, you can’t see this ‘crown’. Yup. So it’s just me trying to fill in the plot holes. Cain bears the brunt of it! Aha!

(In fact, Cain’s personality is also filled with plot holes. My initial idea as to why Cain worships Avner has changed from time to time. As more of the story got fleshed out, I needed to alter their stories to fit the logic of the world.. I don’t know when I’ll reveal the backstory behind it, anyways, just stay curious)