Capítulo 40: Hunt 1/2
"So? Do you feel his presence close by?" I asked while looking at Medea.
"No." she replied. "He might not even be out today you know?"
"Hmm, I suppose that is indeed true." I say while rubbing my chin. "But isn't this the moment where things play out just fine for the mc and he gets the opportunity to test his powers just fine?"
"I have no clue of what you just said." replied Medea while shaking her head. "But the stories of my time didn't go well for the protagonist..."
"Damn, that's right..." I say as we continue to make our way through the dark, empty streets. "You greeks did invent tragedy after all."
"I wouldn't say it like that. We simply showed the truth."
It was now my turn to shake my head. "I suppose that up to a certain point you re right, but damn that is a sad way of living."
Before we could continue, Diarmuid rushed to our side carrying a corpse.
"I found this rat following you, master." he said, throwing Assassin's body to the floor.
"Assassin... what an unexpected surprise." I say in the most sarcastic tone I could use. "Good job, Diarmuid. Keep an eye for familiars as well, though they might be harder to track I doubt strongly there are none following us."
"Understood." said Diarmuid before leaving.
I crouched down to take a closer look at Assassin before placing my hand on his forehead.
"Let's leave." I tell Medea while standing up. Assassin's body slowly turned brighter before exploding behind us, making Medea and I look like the main characters of an action movie.
After walking for a while longer, we came across a small ramen restaurant that was still open despite how late it was.
"Are you hungry, master?" asked Medea as she noticed me looking at the restaurant for too long.
"Hmm, not particularly." I say while shaking my head. "However I do want to know what this ramen tastes like. I have never eaten ramen after all."
"I see... is it supposed to be good?" she asked.
"I guess?" I say hesitantly. "It looks good, however I am not sure if the taste will be something we enjoy."
"Well, we still haven't found the man you are looking for so we could take a break I guess." said Medea, looking at the restaurant with a curious expression.
"Very well then." I reply before entering the restaurant.
As we took a seat at one of the many empty tables, the other two couples here looked at us with weird expressions.
"They are looking at us." said Medea as her mana began flaring up a bit.
"Wait, don't kill them." I said. "We need to eat first and the food won't be as good if the cook is terrified."
"But aren't they enemies?" asked Medea. "They are focusing too much on us..."
"You really think they are not looking at us because of our clothes?" I ask confused.
Medea took a look at my clothes and her own and compared them to what the others were wearing before nodding in understanding. "I suppose that makes more sense..."
"What do you want to order?" asked the waitress, her gaze lingering in my face.
"Hmm, just bring us what the cook does best." I reply, my Italian accent is quite heavy but my Japanese is impeccable.
The waitress stayed a little longer, her eyes getting lost in my own before she realised I had spoken. "A-Ahh, right! I will place the order right away!" she said.
As she left, Medea looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Well you are a popular one aren't you?" she said.
"Huh, it appears so." I reply while rubbing my chin. "I am pretty much a shut-in with no friends and magus in general focus more on the mind than the physical appearance so it has been quite a while since I saw someone swayed by my appearance."
Medea shook her head. "A shut-in huh?" she asked.
"Indeed." a reply proudly.
She raised her eyebrow once more. "Proud of having no friends?" she asked amused.
"Well, I do have one friend, though I haven't talked to him in over a decade or so..." I reply chuckling. "But yeah, I am quite proud of being a shut-in, because staying inside researching is what I enjoy doing."
She stayed silent for a moment at my words before I continued.
"What about you? Did you ever make any friends?" I asked.
She didn't look pleased at my question and remained silent.
"Come on, I am not asking about Jason or whatever, I am just curious if you ever made a friend, someone you enjoyed spending time with, someone you would help without expecting love or kindness back." I explain. "Not someone you were forced to love but rather someone you simply took a liking to."
Medea stayed silent for a while longer, her face remained stoic and unamused, however her eyes momentarily flashed with nostalgia.
We remained in silence until the bowls of ramen arrived, yet neither one of us touched them.
"I liked one of my maids." she said. "She helped raise me and took me out for walks through the gardens as a child."
A small smile formed on my face as I grabbed the chopsticks. "I understand what that's like. I like Giorno a lot after all. He helped raise me, he protected me, he thought me and he always was there for me." I say while trying to eat the ramen, however the chopsticks proved too great of an opponent.
Medea looked amused at my attempts of eating while thinking about my words. "There weer many times were I missed her." she said as she grabbed her own chopsticks. "Even after she was long gone, I found myself looking back at the memories with her."
The rest of the meal was spent in silence, as neither one of us felt it appropriate to speak and instead chose to make fools out of ourselves by trying to eat without having ever used chopsticks before.
After the very awkward attempts at eating, we left the restaurant and continued walking down the streets.
Medea had a small smile on her face, however it was quickly replaced by a surprised one. "Well, I suppose you were right." she said, focusing on a specific direction. "He came out today as well."
A smile formed only face as I realised she meant the guy we were looking for. "Good... let the hunt begin."
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