章節 9: Chapter 9: Another Dream and Unlucky Bastard
When the waiter who served him closed the door to his room, Adryan looked around.
It was a small room with a small bed and a small desk with red walls and a barricaded window, there was nothing else.
Considering that this is a room for those who did not already have one in the restaurant, the quality was quite decent.
Taking off his shoes and shirt, Adryan sat on the bed looking at the floor.
He had managed to escape from his captors and was finally going to sleep in a real bed, although barely three days had passed since he woke up, it had been the closest experience to death that he had ever had.
He was so tired and now he could sleep peacefully....
Ignoring the strong storm outside, Adryan lay down on the bed and let the world of dreams wrap him up again.
In his dream, Adryan found himself at home again, only he was in the living room watching television but this time he was with his brother.
His brother was still the same as he remembered, he was 1.78m tall and was a gym man and had good muscles, not like one of those bloated ones but like those of swimmers.
He had their mom's tanned skin and another difference between them was that he didn't like to have a beard so he always had a clean-shaven chin and neatly trimmed hair.
He was a party guy so many times he would be out while he stayed home sleeping or reading novels.
But despite these personality differences they still loved each other and found common topics to talk about.
Being videogames, movies, or series....
Now they were watching one of their all-time favorite shows.
'El Chavo del 8' the two of them whenever an episode was reproduced would see it.
Looking in the upper left corner of the TV, Adryan could see the date.
"December 23, 2022, seems to be the same day as the last one" - he said to himself as he turned again to see his brother and his previous body.
Seeing that nothing else was happening unlike the last dream, Adryan took the opportunity to sit next to his brother to watch the episode with them....
Halfway through the episode, he saw how his previous self turned to look at his brother.
"Cruyff, you don't mind if I ask you something?"
"No, what's up Joa?"
"Don't you feel like there's a weird aura going on lately?"
"Did you smoke weed or something? Everything feels the same as ever"
"Yes you're right, maybe it was that horror movie marathon I did a few days ago, it still gives me a chill," Joa said as he laughed and they went back to watching TV.
Seeing the short interaction, Adryan simply shook his head and continued watching TV with his past self and his brother but his mind began to wander.
His younger brother was called Cruyff in honor of a soccer player because his dad was a big fan of him, remembering a little his mom told him that even his dad was going to name him Maradona but she stopped him and they ended up calling him Joa....
Laughing somewhat sadly at the memory, he returned his attention to the TV.
While all this was happening in Adryan's dream, in the real world things were not as calm as in the dream.
The storm had become even stronger and the thunder was falling with more force. Never in the history of Bansy Harbort had there been such a strong storm.
In Adryan's room, he was still asleep despite all the noise which one could say was nonsense, but he was ignorant of the outside world.
Suddenly the storm became even angrier and the thunder began to fall with more force in the middle of the street.
But again Adryan was ignorant to everything when the storm reached a peak never seen before in the history of the island a yellow smoke began to seep through the walls, floor, and ceiling of Adryan's room and began to envelop him.
When it seemed to form a cocoon around him this smoke began to enter Adryan's body.
This caused him to move a bit but he still didn't wake up...
After a while, all the smoke entered inside him leaving no trace that it was ever there.
And Adryan was still asleep, oblivious to what had just happened to him.
After that, the storm began to calm down slowly but did not stop until six hours later.
When the storm finally stopped there was a knock on Adryan's bedroom door which woke him from his sleep.
Rubbing his eyes to get rid of the dream and also to wipe away the tears that began to fall as soon as he woke up.
He missed his brother...
"Coming"
Responding to the person behind the door, Adryan put his clothes and shoes back on and opened the door.
It was the waiter and he looked miserable, he didn't seem to have rested at all and when the waiter saw him he looked at him with a look full of surprise and shock.
Adryan looked quite full of energy it seemed that the storm had not affected him at all.
'What a lucky bastard' - was what the waiter thought and quickly opened his mouth to speak.
"Sir, the storm has already passed and you can retire safely if you like, you can have dinner here in the restaurant, the house pays"
Before Adryan could think of what to do, his stomach growled loudly causing his face and the waiter's face to flush slightly.
"I'll take the offer. Thank you very much, I'll be down in a moment"-was all he said before closing the door in the waiter's face....
While at the table eating the restaurant's specialty, Adryan couldn't help but applaud the elves for inventing such curious dishes with blood.
They were quite filling even if they didn't look like it, which he was grateful for after all, he hadn't eaten anything in three days.
After eating all the food, he thanked the waiter for his services and went to the port with the suitcase in hand to buy a ticket to leave Bansy as soon as possible.
Although before leaving he decided to leave a gift to the church of storms.
Holding the stone with the wrapped note he threw it and it went through the upper window of the church...
He quickly got out of there before they caught him....
The note had the location of James's body so he left the job of retrieving it to the professionals.
So he went to the port...
Arriving in front of the ticket seller before Adryan could ask the price of the boat rooms the seller rudely pointed to the wall next to him.
Looking there was a sign with all the prices and rules of the boat.
'Of course, there it is'- Adryan thought as the corners of his mouth twitched.
Requesting a ticket for a second-class room, the next boat would leave in an hour, so Adryan simply sat on a bench to wait.
After the promised time, the boat arrived and Adryan rose to line up to the board.
Adryan never noticed that there was a man sitting next to him on the bench who stared at him the entire time he waited until he boarded.
He was a man with a simple white cloak, golden hair and beard, and a silver cross on his neck, he looked like a common priest and he had eyes pure and innocent like a child.
"Interesting" - was the only thing the man said when 'He' saw Adryan enter the boat.....
If Adryan had seen 'Him', his heart would have jumped out of his chest.
But the bench was already empty...
章節 10: Chapter 10:The Bar and the Old Man.
After a few days of traveling at sea, the ship finally reached its destination at 3:00 p.m.
Seeing the city, Adryan couldn't help but complain in his heart.
'When the book mentions that it had a yellowish fog and a horrible air I didn't think it would be so bad' He thought as he covers his mouth and nose with a napkin.
That's right, Adryan had come to Backlund and the main reason for that was to be able to grow and make some money.
Before he left the port he bought a newspaper from a boy for 1p.
Then he got on a public carriage that took him to the Backlund Bridge area.
Giving 3p to the driver, Adryan started looking for a particular bar...
"Bingo" he muttered when he saw a building with the sign he was looking for.
.... 'Bravehearts Bar'...
Quickly entering the bar Adryan walked up to the front and sat down in a vacant spot.
Looking sideways at the red-haired man who had just entered, the bartender approached while cleaning a cup.
"What do you want to drink?" the man asked bluntly.
"Southville Beer please" answered Adryan without caring about the man's attitude.
Nodding at the redhead's choice, the bartender quickly pulled a bottle from a cabinet behind him and poured Adryan a drink.
"Here 5 pence" taking the coins out of his wallet, Adryan extended his hand to pay the man.
The man reached out and picked up the coins, but before he could go to attend to someone else, Adryan stopped him.
"I want to see the Old Man" - he said quietly to the bartender.
When he said this, the man's face became extremely serious and he stared at his face trying to scare him away.
'Who are you to look at me like that?
I got into a fight with a drug addict who had more fingers than teeth and I had the horrible face of a Werewolf inches from ripping my face off. Do you really think your bully grandpa face is going to scare me?'-Adryan insulted in his heart but his face remained calm.
After a while, the bartender looked away and continued to clean another glass.
"Second floor, third door on the left"-was all he said.
Nodding, Adryan quickly grabbed the cup of Southville Beer and drank it all in one gulp before the bartender's stunned eyes.
There are advantages to having a party brother...
Slamming the empty cup on the table, Adryan quickly ran up the stairs and reached the aforementioned door.
Taking a deep breath to calm down a bit he opened the door and stepped inside.
It was a large room with a pool table in the center where some men were playing and there were other tables where others were playing cards.
All of them had a cold air about them except one.
It was a man who was at the pool table playing.
Seeing this, Adryan approached this man with calm steps before the cold eyes of all the other men.
"Good afternoon Mr. Old Man, I'm sorry to bother you but I require your services."- he said as he bowed in front of him.
"Who told you about me? - Completely ignoring what Adryan had said, he asked.
Smiling as he looked at the man, Adryan replied..
"Another old man"
When he said that, some of those who were playing cards put them down and began to stare at him while one began to growl at him.
The old man's eyebrows began to twitch but he took a breath and looked back at him.
"What do you want, I don't have all day" as he said that he returned his attention to the pool game and prepared to take his turn.
"I want you to introduce me to the extraordinary party to participate"- when he said that the old man hit one of the billiard balls and some of the men who were playing cards stood up.
Returning his attention to Adrian, the old man looked at him from head to toe multiple times and spoke while looking into his eyes.
"You're a little young to deal with that kind of people"
"It doesn't matter I want to attend"
"2 pounds" seeing that Adryan didn't care about his opinion he gave a price.
Smiling, Adryan gave him the money and when the old man checked it and put it in his pocket, he looked at it again.
"You're in luck boy a party will be held in a few hours if you like you can wait here or come back at 20:00"
"I'll stay here if you don't mind" was all that Adrian answered while he sat down in a free chair and took out the newspaper he bought earlier to read it.
'I didn't think you were going to stay, nobody usually takes that option' was what the old man thought, looking at the redhead who was reading....
Obviously, Adryan was going to take the option to stay after all he still didn't have a place to live....
After said hours, the elders turned to Adryan, who had already been reading the newspaper 7 times.
"Before we go tell me if you have something to cover your body and face"
"I don't have so I hope you sell that too, Mr.Old Man" - was Adryan's quick response.
The old man's eyebrows trembled again and he took another breath to calm down.
"1 pound for everything"
'Why don't you ask me to walk barefoot through broken glass?' he inwardly cursed at the price as he gave the Old Man the money.
Now he only had 12 soli left...
After obtaining the mask and cloak, Adryan and the old man left the bar through a back door and headed to the party venue.
Arriving in front of a metallic door in an alleyway, the old man approached and gave 3 short blows with an interval of 4 seconds between each one and 2 strong blows with an interval of 2 seconds.
After a few moments, a man in a cloak and a mask that reached to the bridge of his nose opened the door.
They entered and the guard closed the door again....
In the center of the room, there were several tables quite separated from each other, some were already occupied.
And in front of all of them was a masked man sitting watching as they all sat down in their places.
After 15 minutes and seeing that no one else arrived, the frontman got up from his chair and spoke.
"Seeing that some friends didn't make it, we'll start the party.
For the new members allow me to welcome you and introduce myself I am Mr. Eye of Wisdom"
'Finally'-was all Adryan thought with a smile when the party finally started.
It was time to make some money...
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