Chapter 25 (1/2)

Chapter 25: The Visit (2)

The students began to disperse Some of them trailed to the blacksmith’s direction and the weapon stores, others went to shops of curious objects like books and collector’s iteht to the pub just a few meters away from the town square, and still, some are just contented to just walk around

But the real town is still further inside This place is far different from there; the noisy marketplace, the messy plaza and the muddy don I need to walk at least a few et there I’ety I’m here We’re so close now Just a little bit ain

I looked at the tith me Victoria separated from us earlier; o somewhere That left me with Luna and Cain I feel like they planned it

We entered the shop where most of the student went It’s a shop of exotic animals and some of them were mutated They chose this place where ouldn’t be that noticeable because of the large number of students around

The two becalass aquariuhed internally I need to get out, away froht

Few etup Right noe’re at a shop of bizarre plants Luna was the one who took us there The shopkeeper greeted us instantly e entered but soon stopped when he saw me

My body tensed I know hi medical herbs in tohere Lucas and I usually buy thehere now? His broere furrowed as if thinking where he had seen nize me? How did that happen? I saw him almost every week back then and he even called me my whole name

“Uhm, I think what I needed is at the next shop” Luna pulled me out from the shop iot out

“That was close Did you see his eyes?” She shook her head “It’s good that he didn’t inize you because of how you look now”

Then it hit er the same as before I’m not the shi+a withtattered things I wanted to curseanymore

We kept walking until we got out from town square We noticed the cluster of people in a wide part of the entrance near a fountain Luna looked at ot closer, I realized what’s the commotion about− street performers They come here every Friday because they know the students from titan are here

Various clusters of students encircled each performer There ho played several musical instru poisonous insects and ottricks He was trying to bend a steelpipe to turn it to another shape he wanted but it looked like it’s hard for hi for him

“Nothing is happening,” one of them complained

“I thought you could make it smaller like a stone”

“What’s taking it too long?”

I watched him He really looked ancient His face was almost full of wrinkles and I also noticed those white hairs under his aged hat His hands were also tre in front of the steelpipe And from the almost broken suitcase before hiether with the steels that he already made into different small shapes

I definitely know hi; Lucas and I were very amazed by hie shapes He could bend steel or o and he’s already too old I didn’t know that he was still perfor Back in the few months, whenever I’d see him in town, he would only be in his favorite spot in the plaza and was just watching the children play there So foods or coins but I didn’t know that he was still doing this

“Lolo Arthur” (Lolo = Grandpa)

I couldn’t help but muttered his name It was only a whisper and even the person with me didn’t hear it but the old man looked at my direction I don’t kno it happened but he stared at me and then, he smiled

“What are asting our time here for?”

“Let’s just go” Some students ere about to leave kicked the suitcase of the old man It tipped over and the coins inside spilled out to the paved ground

I almost ran towards the old man and stood myself between him and the studentsI pointed down the suitcase

“Pick it up,” I ordered them

We iot the attention of the rest of the other students there I glared at him and his companions when they didn’t immediately follow

“I said pick it up!” I almost yelled

My blood was boiling If they only kne ht now;so much

Why are they doing this? They don’t even knohat this old h before

He was elbowed by his companion that seeroup They avoided s and coins The man who kicked the suitcase followed suit He’s obviously unwilling and kept on glaring at