Jimle, Ulne and Lio look around.
Ulne' This place is nice'' Lio' Yes, have you been here Jimle before?' Jimle looks at them' Yes, I give them mission' Lio' Right' Ulne' What do you do in your work ?' Jimle' Well, I'm a corporal, so I lead small groups of people. So I train them so they know what to do when they are out on battle. When we are out and fighting the monsters, and giving them orders' Ulne' Is it hard to be a corporal' Jimle'' A bit bu-'
'Jimle!'
Jimle looks to the right where the bar is. A guy waved his hand, and a woman smiled' Yo Jimle!'
Jimle' Hello, Riu, Sarn'She walks over to them.
Riu' What are you doing here?'
Jimle' I'm just here to help them two'.
Riu and Sarn look at Ulne and Lio
Sarn' Is that a human'
Jimle' Yes, so don't kill him'
Riu' Why not?, he is the last?'
Jimle' Becuase he has not done anything, and we will get another human to kill'
Riu' Sure' He drinks and sighs' You know how the last humans have been, so why should he be any different'
Jimle' I have kept an eye on him in the beginning, and he has not killed anyone'
Riu sighs' Fine, however, if I found out he killed someone, I will kill him'
Jimle' Okay, Sarn, do you agree?'
Sarn' Well, he looks cute, so I can not kill him''
Riu'' Sarn, that is a human'
Sarn ' So what, he still looks cute'
Riu sighs'' Hey jimle, Do you want to join us for a drink' He looks at her and smiles.
Jimle' Sure, i will just help them'
Riu' Okay'
Jimle' See you two soon' She walks off.
Sarn' Yes, we do!' She smiles.
Riu'' Yes'.
Jimle comes back to Lio and Ulne' I will talk to the others in the morning, so you two will be okay'
Ulne'' Okay'
Lio' So you drink huh?'
Jimle' A bit, it's the weekend so'
Lio' Yes'
Jimle looks at Lio' The show is tomorrow, right'
Lio' Yes, will you come?'
Jimle smiles' Yes, and Flne too'
Lio'' F..Flne will come'
Jimle' Yes, he asked if we were going to your show'
Lio looks away and blushes a bit' H..He still want to come..''
Jimle smiles' Yes, i hope you two can make it up'
Lio' M..Me too'
Jimle' Hmm, Welp, let's get you two to the inn'
Them' Yes'
30 minutes later
Outside the inn
Ulne' Wowo, it's so beautiful'
Lio' A bit'
Jimle looks at ulne' You really think much stuff is beautiful huh?'
Ulne'Well yes, i have never seen this place, and I'm happy this exists for real, then being a story'
Jimle' Right, you have only heard about it from the books'
Ulne' Yes, did you hear it from the books too?'
Jimle' I heard it from a friend, who was interested in this place'
Ulne' Oh okay, Were you interested in this mountain?'
Jimle' Not really, I just thought the story was just that'
Ulne' Okay, why did you get down here then?'
Jimle stay quiet.
Lio looks at her with worry'' Jimle'
Jimle' I don't want to talk about it, okay'.
Ulne' i..i'm sorry i did not mean to hurt your feeling'
Jimle' It's fine, you just ask, so don't worry'
Ulne' Okay'
Jimle walks to the door and opens it' Are you two coming?'
Lio walks up to her, and Ulne follows.
Them two get into the inn. The inn has some couches, plants, lights orbs.
Ulne looks around in wonder while Lio walks up to the receptionist.
Lio'' Hello'
The guy' Hello, welcome to the Woody inn, how can I help you'
Lio' I would like to rent a room for two'
The guy looks at the computer' Okay, and how long will you two stay?'
Lio' uhh, Ulne!'
Ulne looks at lio' Yes?'
Lio' How long do you want to stay here?'
Ulne' uhh... a week if it works for you'
Lio' A week'
The guy' Okay, that will be 2500 elmo'
Lio look in shook' 2..2500 elmo...''
The guy' Yes, we don't have much room because of the show that will be here so'
Lio' I understand...can I talk to him and come back?'
The guy' Yes'
Lio walks up to Ulne and sits on the sofa.
Ulne' Did it not work?'
Lio' Well, the room cost 2500 elmo'
Ulne'' That much...''
Lio' Yes, and i only have 550 elmo...'
Jimle walks up to lio' You can borrow some money from me so you two can stay here'
Lio' I will not, i will figure out something'
Jimle sighs' How? Will you sleep on the street?'
Lio stay quiet. While Jimle walks up the the receptionist.
The guy' Hello, can I help you?'
Jimle' Yes, i want to rent a room for them two, if it works?'
The guy' Yes it works, what are the two names?'
Jimle' Lio Irin and Ulne uhh' she looks at Ulne'' Hey Ulne, can you come'
Ulne walks over'' Yes?'
Jimle' can you give him your name and surname?'
Ulne' sure, Ulne Lennon''
The guy' Okay, that will be 2500 elmo'
Jimle' Okay''She took up her wallet and gave him the money.
The guy'' Thanks you, and here is the key' He gave Jimle the key' The room is on the second floor.
Jimle' Okay, thanks' She walks over to Lio'' hey''
Lio' Wha-'
Jimle jingel the key in front of him' Here is your room''
Lio' You did not have to do that' He gets up'' We could have figured something else out'
Jimle' Well, i wanted to, and you two deserve some good night rest and fixing you two up so' She give him the key.
Lio' I..I..You did not have to...'
Jimle' It's fine, okay'
Lio' Do you have money left?'
Jimle' Yes, don't worry about it, just enjoy the time here'
Lio' I will pay you back when i get my money i wi-'
Jimle' You don't have to'
Lio' bu-'
Jimle' It's fine, i promise, i had saved money for emergency'
Lio looks at the key.
Jimle' Just enjoy your stay here, that is all i asking for okay'
Lio'' okay, thanks so much jimle'He looks at her.
Jimle smiles'' No problem'
Ulne' Yeah, thanks so much, jimle'
Jimle' You two are welcome, welp, I will be heading out, see you two later'
Lio' Yes, we will, bye'
Ulne' Hmm, bye''
Jimle waved her hand and walked out.
Lio looks at the key and sighs' She did not have to do that...'
Ulne' Well, she did'
Lio' Yes, she is too kind... where is the room?' He looks at ulne.
Ulne' On the second floor'.
Lio' Okay' They two walked up the stairs and to their room.
Jimle takes up her phone to call Flne.
Flne' Hello jimle'
Jimle' Hey, Flne, I will be staying here for the night, i meet with Riu and Sara'
Flne' Okay, have a good time'
Jimle' I will, what are you doing?'
Flne' Drinking and playing some game with Dian and Elom'
Jimle' Okay, have a good time, you too then'
Flne laughs' I will, see you tomorrow''
Jimle' Yes, Bye''
Flne' bye'
At the bar
Riu and Sarn are playing the crystal farm board game.
Jimle comes over' Who is winning?'
Riu' Jimle, you came'
Sarn' Yo, you really came'
Jimle sitting down' Well yes, i told you two i would'
Riu' Yes, and Sarn is winning like always'
Sarn smiles' I'm the best hehe'
Riu'' Sure...'
Jimle smiles.
Sarn throws down two cards with purple crystals on them and smiles.
Riu' oh come on!'
Sarn' Hahah i won again'
Riu' Yes, good job'
Sarn' You too'
Jimle' Are you just going to get all the purple crystal?'
Sarn' Yes, we are going to get all the purple crystals around the map'
Jimle' Okay, can we play one round?'
Sarn' Really, you want to play?'
Jimle' Yes, let's play one round'
Sarn smiles'' Sure, Riu are you going to play again?'
Riu' Why not''
Sarn' hell yeah, let's start'
30 minutes later
Sarn put down three cards of purple crystals' Looks like i won again'
Jimle' yes, good game'
Riu'Yeah, Jimle'
Jimle'' Yes?'
Riu put his arms crossed' Do you really think it's a good idea to have a human running around here?'
Jimle' He is not like the others'
Sarn' Is Jimle not a human too?'
Riu' Yes, she is, however, she is not like the other idiots that have come down here'
Sarn' right, you are a good human, jimle and the second one after the king and Vliney human kid, right Riu?'
Riu' Yes, it's a wonder'
Jimle' i..i just...'' She looks away.
Sarn smiles' Oh are you embarrassed by all of that talk''
Jimle' no...' She sighs and drinks' Just don't put me with the humans'
Sarn' You don't like them?'
Riu' You should know she does not'
Sarn' right, sorry'
Jimle' It's fine, what did you two think when I came into your base, if i can ask?'
Riu' Well, i had heard that a human would come and lead us, but i thought it was a joke, however, i'm happy we got you, you are better than the last one we had'
Sarn' Yeah, that guy was an ass, so you have made it better'
Jimle' T..thanks, you two'
Riu' your welcome'
Later that night.
Riu helps Sarn walks back while Jimle looks at him' Do you need help with her?'
Riu' No, i will be fine'
Jimle' Okay''
Sarn' Riu...' She looks at him' My head hurts''
Riu sighs' Well, yes, you had too much and need to go to bed'
Sarn' I don't want to go to bed, i want to stay up'
Riu' You really are annoying, you need to sleep'
sarn walks wobbly back' I..I'm fine, i can walk, just look'' She starts to walk.
The two sigh and walk after her.
At the base
Riu opens the door to their room, and Sarn walks in and falls asleep.
Riu' well she went out fast'
Jimle' Yeah, well i will be going'
Riu' You can sleep here tonight'
Jimle'' Really?'
Riu' Yes, you can not go all the way back to the hq, it's late '
Jimle' Okay, thanks'
Riu' You're welcome' He goes over to his bed and lies down'' Right, you can make the sofa into a bed'
Jimle' Okay' She made the sofa into a bed and jumped into bed and fell asleep.
Eight in the morning
Ulne wakes up and rubs his eye' I..it's already morning...''He looks around the room.
Lio is already up and in the shower.
Ulne takes up his phone and sees a message from jimle.
Jimle'' Morning ulne, i hope you had a wonderful day yesterday'
Ulne' Morning, i had, I put my things in the room, then took a shower and fixed myself up, then we went out''
Jimle'' that is great'
Ulne' did you have a wonderful day?'
Jimle' Yes, i spent it with Riu and Sarn, we drank and played some board games'
Ulne' that is good'
Jimle'Yeah'
Ulne'' Do you want to go on the show today?'
Jimle' Sure, we can meet at the cafe around 5 if it's fine with you'
Ulne' Yes, and what cafe is it?'
Jimle' It's the Rosey cafe'
Ulne'' Okay, thanks, see you there'
Jimle' Yes, bye'
Ulne'Bye' Ulne put down the phone, and got up, and the orb flew after him.
Ulne'' Morning, did you sleep well?'
The orb shook up and down.
Ulne smiles'' Good, Are you going to watch the show today too?'
The orb shakes up and down
Ulne'' good'
The orb flew over to his backpack and lay on it.
Lio comes out from the shower and looks at Ulne' Morning'
Ulne'' Morning'
He sit on his bed'' So you ready for the show today?'
Ulne lights up' Yes!, I'm excited!'
Lio smiles' Good, i hope you will love it'
Ulne' Yes'
Lio' Well, should we get breakfast?'
Ulne' Yes'
The two walked down to the restaurant.
Ulne looks at the food'' it's so much to choose from'
Lio' Yes, you will find something good'
Ulne' Yeah' He walks off and looks at the food.
Some minutes later
Ulne and Lio sit at a table and eat.
Ulne'' When is the show today?'
Lio' six'
Ulne' Okay'
Ulne gets a message, he takes up the phone and sees a message from Benny'' Benny...''
Benny' Hello, i hope you are fine, i have not heard from you in some weeks'
Ulne'' Hey, i'm fine, i'm sorry that i have not written to you, i have been busy'
Benny'' Okay, and it's fine, i was just wondering if you were alive'
Ulne' Okay'
Benny' How is it going down there?, have you found anything?'
Ulne'It's going good, and i have found some things'
Benny' Oh, is it really stuff down there?'
Ulne'' Yes, i can show you' Ulne looks at lio' Lio, do you know where i can take a photo? i'm going to send it to my friend'
Lio'' Well you can take a picture of the flowers' He pointed at some light blue flowers.
Ulne'' okay' He walks over to the flowers and takes a photo, and sends it to Benny.
It's quiet for some minutes.
Benny'' Is that down there?'
Ulne'' Yes, there are many more things down here and people too'
Benny'' huh, are the people nice?'
Ulne'' Yes, they are'
Benny' so the stories are true huh'
Ulne'' Yes'
Benny' Just be careful down there okay'
Ulne' I will, and has anything happened to you?'
Benny' not really, just living i guess'
Ulne' Okay'
Benny' right, should i go and lay flowers on her grave for you?'
Ulne looks at the screen.
Benny' It's 5 years since she passed, i can take a photo for you if you want'
Ulne is just looking at the screen.
Lio looks at him and walks up' Ulne? Is something up?'
Ulne looks up''I'm fine' He smiles' I just..thought of something. I will come to you when I'm done, okay'
Lio' Okay' He walks back.
Ulne looks at the phone' You remember her too'
Benny'' Yes, she was our friend, I will not forget her in the first place, and neither would you'
Ulne'' No, I would not... I would love it if you could lay flowers for me too when you visit her grave'
Benny' I will, and send you a photo too'
Ulne'' Thanks, I'm grateful to have you as my friend'
Benny' No problem, and you too, Well, I need to get to work, so be safe'
Ulne' I will, and you too'
Benny'' I will bye''
Ulne'Bye' He put down his phone and looked at the flowers.
''Oh come on Ulne, Benny!'
Ulne'' W..Wait up, Eria, benny!'
Eria smiles'' Come on Ulne''.
Ulne sits down at the table and looks at the food.
io' Are you okay?, You look down?'
Ulne smiles' I'm fine, d-'
Lio'' Ulne, you don't have to hide your pain Ulne, what is up?'
Ulne looks at him'' It just...you know that I told you I lost one person'
Lio'Yes'
Ulne' Today is 5 years since she passed'
Lio'' Oh... I'm sorry to hear'
Ulne' Thanks, and well i wished i could have visited her grave'
Lio'' Oh... '
Ulne sighs'' I'm sorry for bringing down the mood'
Lio' It's fine, i understand, it does not feel good if you can not visit a person's grave you cared about'
Ulne' Have you ever not been able to visit a person's grave?'
Lio' Yes'
Ulne' How do you not make it feel bad?'
Lio' Well I'm trying to think that they will wait there till I have time to come and visit'
Ulne' but now it can take months'
Lio' Yes, however, when you get out of here, you can visit that person's grave and tell them what you have done'
Ulne looks at him.
Lio'' I..Is something u..up?'
Ulne'' n..no, just thanks, Lio, i will tell her about my journey down here to here if I get out'
Lio smile' No problem, i'm happy i could help, and that is good,'
Ulne smile.
After breakfast
Ulne and Lio is outside the inn.
Lio'' Well, i need to get to the show'
Ulne' Okay, see you later'
Lio'Yes' He smiles' Have some fun till you meet up with Jimle'
Ulne'' I will, and you too'
Lio'' Hehhe i will, See ya''He walks off.
Ulne walks off and does some window shopping, and sees an old newspaper
Ulne tries to read what it says, but can not understand it, he looks around and sees some people at the store door. He walks over to them.
Women' Oh come on, you really believe he is still alive?'
Guy' Well, yes, he was in that squat with Vliney, so he must be alive'
Women'' Sure, it has been years since he vanished, and no one has heard anything from him'
Ulne'' E..Excuses me'
They look at him' yes?'
Ulne'' I was...wondering if any of you two could help me understand the new paper in the window over there?'
The guy' Sure, I can help'
Ulne' Thank you' they walk back to the newspaper. And the guy looks at it.
The guy' oh this just says when the legendaey scientists and mechanics vanished'
Ulne' ledenday sicentist?'
He' Yes, it was around 13 years ago when he just vanished, the guard's captain did not tell anyone where he went or if she know'
Ulne looks at the paper' okay, thanks you'
The guy smiles' you're welcome, have a good day'
Ulne smiles' You too' the guy walks off, and ulne looks at the paper' The legendary scientists and mechanics'
End of chapter 24