They walked to the station. They've had quite enough of the park, Isaac being their cherry on top ruined the experience, if only a little.
It wasn't all bad as Kiro scrolled through the pictures of Isla he had stolen. He had his phone up to his face so that nobody would see.
"Do you know what the sanctum is?" He asked Isla who was still attached to his arm.
"Mm? Never heard of it." She shrugged.
Saanvi shrugged too. It was the first they'd heard about it when Ursa ntioned it just a few minutes ago.
"Well if two rich brats don't know about it, it can't be that important." He jokingly said.
mp-y,r.
"Jerk!" Isla punched him lightly on the shoulder while she laughed.
Even Saanvi was laughing. Kiro was seeing a rare sight right in front of him. Which caused him to stare a little, he shook it off before she could notice though.
"Are you alright buddy?" He asked Hiro who seed out of place ever since the toilet incident.
He lightly chuckled and stroked the back of his head, "yes, yes." He boarded the train first.
Kiro could tell sothing was amiss with him but he didn't ask any further. He reckoned he didn't want to spill his guts in front of the girl of his dreams.
They arrived at school a little over 5. Winter was almost here so the sun had almost already set at this point.
All they could talk about was how great the park had been and how they should visit it again so ti. They decided to skip dinner too, they expected to get in trouble for this, since they skipped breakfast they may as well go all the way.
They said their goodbyes to the girls and walked the rest of the way together. In silence.
"Ready to talk?" Kiro asked him as he stood in front of his room.
"Can I crash here tonight?" Hiro smiled awkwardly as he asked.
Kiro gave him a questioning look, he couldn't read his face at all. He opened his door and gestured for him to co in. He did. They sat on the couch, Kiro put on so TV.
[... It's been reported that over 30 million citizens of Sanctauri are now playing this ga. It's certainly taken our world by storm.]
[No doubt about that Nancy. There's even people capitalising on this ga, they've apparently gotten really lucky in-ga and received a rare class, they call themselves After Dark, apparently they offer a service for guilds...]
"Holy sh*t Kiro, they're talking about us!" Hiro was obviously excited, this seed to elevate his mood a bit.
"What a strange turn of events!"
They talked about the ingenious idea for over 15 minutes. Praising the individuals behind it, who've kept themselves hidden. The two listened attentively, basking in the many complints they were showered by not only the reporters but also so Internet people.
"I think, I was fine when I didn't know my way through the Internet. I don't like how they can make feel this good about myself." Kiro comnted absentmindedly watching.
Their segnt was finally over, and it was covering regular old, boring news about this and that. It was pure fortune if they ever reported on the lower district, it was always so stupid middle or upper district story or lack thereof.
"The sanctum—" Hiro suddenly said, Kiro turned to look at him, he took a really long pause as if he were contemplating or trying to rember sothing.
Kiro waited for him, he didn't want to disturb his train of thought. Even though he was apprehensive, he did just ntion the mysterious sanctum.
"I don't know what it is, so don't look so hopeful." He chuckled. "Anyway, I don't rember much, but when I heard that girl say it, I rembered my mum and dad arguing one ti, this sanctum word was thrown in the mix before my brother disturbed them and they rembered where they were so they stopped."
Kiro searched his friends face for more answers, he couldn't find any. He sighed. "Is this also around the ti your father disappeared?"
Hiro simply nodded.
"Clearly this is no coincidence, it can't be." Kiro mumbled, putting his thinking hat on.
Since Isaac wanted to be part of it as per Ursa, then it can only be for the rich people. The fact that he can't join yet, could only an, it was for rich adults. These thoughts were swirling inside Kiro's mind.
'They have a secret society? Of course they do!'
Kiro didn't share his conclusion with his friend. Scared he would freak Hiro out. Scared it wasn't safe to say it out in the open like this. He was better off believing he could still find his father and maybe he still can, he's been lost for just a year after all.
His grandfather on the other hand, it had been over a decade. He had zero hopes that he was still within the realm of the living. He smiled wryly, touching the necklace he had given him all those years ago.
'Rest in peace grandpa.' He said a little prayer. He didn't know if gods were real, but if he could go back in ti, then they must be and maybe heaven was also real.
He patted his friend on the back. "Don't worry, I'll help you get to the bottom of this. I—well—I also had soone disappear without a trace, my grandpa."
Silence filled the room for the longest ti.
Hiro smiled, wiping a single tear from his eye. "I'll go get my headgear, it'd be a waste not to play on the weekend."
Coming back as promised they entered the ga and Kiro stayed with him to help around the shop. He could use the extra hands to sort out the unending materials Felix kept on sending.
Just like that, weeks turned into months. In a blink of an eye, it'd already been 3 months since entering school. They had already sat for their quarterly exams, they were waiting for results and they'd be off to holidays.
The weather wasn't so kind, snow had already fallen. It was December after all. Kiro was glad he had bought a jacket and dropped his stubbornness back then. This winter seed to be colder than any he'd ever experience. Maybe it was because they were sowhere else.
Even after months, their business was steady. Though they hadn't gone to a single rcenary job, nobody seed to trust them enough not to sell their information to other players.
Kiro was sat at his dorm couch with his best friend, when a breaking news signal showed on the TV and it automatically switched to the news channel.
[Breaking news. The ga, Asgard Online has introduced real life currency conversion!]
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