Soul World Of Strong Souls-Chapter 71: “I’m tired”

The sun found its resting point, letting the darkness take over. Before the place got all dark, Satoru was alone in his house. He was still stuck on the memories of the princess and Gilthunder.

Satoru silently said, ’Gilthunder, huh?’ He paused while he had his eyes hanging in the middle of nowhere, lost in thoughts. He had the living room lit up by the fireplace, where the hearth was full of firewood. The room was warm, with enough warmth for 20 people but only consumed by a single bachelor, Satoru.

He continued saying, ’It looks like I’ve lost. No, I lost her because she didn’t even pay attention to me because of our age groups. Now I lost her forever, to Gil. Gil is also old, older than her, but she just agreed to get on a wagon with him; what a pain.’ Satoru shook his head and looked aside, where there was a big bottle of wine. The bottle was full, waiting to be consumed, mostly by a stressed person. Satoru had some mutual feelings for the princess, but she didn’t notice that, and again, she felt nothing for him too.

Loudly he continued while he hit the armrest of his chair that had two C-shaped feet that allowed him to face a bit up, and sometimes he used the chair to pass the time. Boom, he hit the armrest while saying, "Grrr, how did he win her? She’s a stone-hearted person, but that little Kai guy found a way to melt her heart, and then Gilthunder took over. What a shame, Kai. I’m sure you are watching that from heaven, that you perfected her but never got the chance to get in. I’m feeling sorry for....."

Suddenly, he was forced to stop whatever he was saying. He heard a big knock at the door of the house, not at the gate, but at the main door. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

’Huh? Who can be knocking at this hour?’ He thought, his brows furrowed, his eyes also narrowed, and he wasn’t afraid of what was knocking. He had a big trust in his skills.

Goo-goo-goo-gooo The knock persisted, and he was also on his way. He was walking barefoot, making no noise on the ground. He then responded to the knock, saying, "I’m coming!"

Goo-goo-goo-gooo... The knocker ended up annoying Satoru. Rage got closer to his eyes, then his teeth, which were angrily gritted while hidden by his lips. He silently said, ’I said I’m coming. Who’s the kid who doesn’t know how to....’

Satoru opened the door in anger and harshly. The wind blew in, moving his brown hair around a bit. It also blew the fire in the fireplace. When Satoru opened the door, he looked at his size and saw nobody, then he lowered his eyes slowly; surprisingly, he ended up reaching almost down until he saw some feet going to his doormat. He quickly looked there and saw a dirty face that was facing up, with some tired-looking eyes that made contact with his. Fear settled in his heart, forcing him to jump away in fear, "Hhraa!"

He then realized that he’s just a human. With all the dirty faces, Satoru failed to recognize the guy. The guy was a bit tall, wearing some dirty black clothes with black hair and also some red-looking eyes. He slowly moved towards him, saying, "Wait, who are you?" he slowly asked, his back bent as he tried to get a closer look at the guy.

"..." No response.

A bit of recognition took place. "Kai, is that you?" no response from the guy. Satoru continued to ask after he was sure that it was Kai, definitely. "What happened to....."

Before he finished speaking, the young man showed that he was tired, and he also said, "I’m tired; would you...?"

Before Satoru heard the full sentence, he said, "Yes, come in, my friend!"

"..." No response; the guy started crawling on his stomach.

"Okay, let me help you." Satoru became a good Samaritan and helped the guy up. The guy was Kai, who was just dirty from fights, and he was so tired that he ended up crawling to Satoru’s place.

"You’ve gained some height, man!" Satoru said while he put Kai’s right shoulder on his neck and helped him to walk. He then continued saying, "What did you eat?"

"I’m tired!" Kai softly responded, with no big words, just tired since he felt tired.

"Huh?" Satoru paused a bit surprised while glaring at Kai. He then continued, "Okay, okay, I hear you, but you grew up more than an inch!"

Surprisingly and annoyingly, Kai responded, "I’m tired!"

"Huh, okay, sit over here; I’ll go get a blanket for you."

"I’m tired!"

"The what? I know you are tired, dammit!"

Satoru left Kai sitting on the couch; within a minute, he was on his right side, snoring.

Meanwhile, Seraphina inside of Kai started talking.

In her thoughts, in a dark place, with a bit of a glow, she said, ’{What just happened to me? I was on mute, and I was out of existence some hours ago. I couldn’t feel myself, and I doubt that I was here; this is so ridiculous!}’ she said.

’{I should ask Raphael; maybe he’ll help me talk to Artemis. She’s scary, so I can’t just approach her.}’

Seraphina was living like a soul inside of Kai, but she had her own soul, and she was also a fairy when she got out of Kai.

Suddenly, Satoru came carrying some blankets in his hands. He looked at Kai with a sorrowful eye. He sneered a bit and said, "I thought maybe you were dead, but thank God you are alive, because I couldn’t bear to see Sonia crying," he said while he made a bed on the ground.

Seraphina said, ’{Wait, dead? What is he talking about? And this loser called Kai is all bitter and also sleeping; he can’t even hear this for himself. And wait, princess, crying? That’s odd. Why was she...?

Satoru continued saying, "You are back, and you’ll see her and her new husband, or you already knew?"

’{What is he even talking about? Haaa, whatever.}’

Satoru took Kai to a flat spot, where he made a bed for him.

He got him to sleep on his stomach and said.

"Wow, you are so beat, man. All these scars—that’s good and bad for you. Good for a man and bad for your well-being."

He continued, "I hope you learned a lesson to never interfere in other people’s matters."

’{Is he for real? How can he become a hero if he lets people get hurt?}’

"You shouldn’t play hero in this world, so you should be careful next time."

Satoru started to clean his body and all the scars and bruises he had on his body. The time went by, and Satoru finished cleaning Kai up. He yawned and went to his bedroom.

"Haaaa, I’m so, so sleepy!"

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