I gulped before saying anything. I could feel the fear and nervousness shriving through my neck. But I had to confront her. At least, for my own sake, so I may have a chance to save myself in a worse situation.
Gilbert: " Oh..Really? How does that work? What can you read about?"
My voice trembled throughout the whole sentence. What could I do. I was frightened beyond my control. It was as if I lost my mind and it went on autopilot mode on its own. She started smiling all of a sudden in a way that only made me more anxious.
Lira: "Hahaha, I could at least read that you were finding that weird."
She burst out a laugh, leaving me in confusion.It was hard to read what she was thinking for a moment. I was getting nervous and started to feel helpless.
Gilbert: "Why, all of a sudden?..."
After calming down a little she turned his eyes on me. Her face impression was of a an Olympic athlete that just won an Olympic gold medal. I was able to clearly see her satisfaction for whatever her achievement was.
Lira: "Young master. You should've seen your face. Please!.. Don't tell me you believed something like this."
As confused as I was, wanted to reason all of this. Where could she be coming from? What was her goal? Maybe these question will help me bargain for the worst case scenario
Gilbert: " What do you mean? I don't understand?"
She started laughing again. It became now clear that she was mocking me in a way. What she could have been plotting this whole time? I didn't understand. Was there something I was missing this whole time.
Lira: "Young master, I was just joking. There is no way, there can be a mind reading magic. You were just so obvious when you looked at the sign."
Damn you little naughty girl! You were playing with me this whole time? How dare she plays with another one's weakness? Doesn't she have even a little bit of shame? But I was also relieved in a way.
Maybe I was overthinking this coming from another world thing too much. There is no need to get s caught up in this way. It can also lead to bad events. What you fear will eventually end up happening to you, as they say.
At least, according to what I learned for now, there's no summoning type of magic that can bring people or different souls from different worlds. If there was, maybe, in a slight chance of maybe, there also might be the opposite. Meaning a magic to send people to different worlds. This might be my chance to go back to my original world.
Gilbert: "Why are you teasing me all of a sudden?"
She grinned as of a sibling that was teasing a little unaware child of a brother she had.
Lira: "I am ust getting revenge from the game stall."
Really? All of that was for a mere revenge? Can she even imagine how she put me in a tight spot. I thought I was going to be unable to breath for a moment. I will make you feel how I felt for one day, I swear.
Gilbert: " You are cunning than you look, arent' you"
But maybe. I was really stressing over something I shouldn't really be. I got caught in imaginary scenarios I had made in my head. This kind of thinking is not really healthy..Yes I should have learned that way too long ago.
Lira: " What can I say young master? We will never know."
She laughed like she was having the best fun she ever had for awhile. From the emotionless, weird and robotic girl she was yesterday, to laughing like she got back her life. On the other hand seeing her like this made me happy. I wanted to help someone to change their lives for the better my whole life.
Being able to achieve this dream in this world made me happy. Maybe this world won't be as bad as the other one. I can be someone people will remember for a long time. I can change their hearts for the better.
Again I should not forget that my knowledge of this world and how it works is still little to none. There can be different ending I will have to face depending on the situation. I hope whatever is waiting for me in the end, is at least a long lasting peace of mind.
She looked at me after her laughter ended. She became able to communicate normally again I hope, after all that laughing her stomach must have hurt her.
Gilbert: " Laugh all you want while you can, okay? I would be the one that is laughing when table's are turned. You better remember this day."
Lira took a deep breath, fixing her posture to sit properly on the chair. She finally reclaimed her task-ready, obedient and robotic posture.
Lira: " Actually, young master. This place is thought to have a weird name by many. So you are not alone. But seeing your naive reaction made me want to tease you a little bit. I apologize, If I offended you in a bad way."
Other than you, giving me nearly a heart attack, I assume we have no hard feelings. Well, whatever. It all happened in my head and stayed in my hand. So I could not blame her in any way. It also taught me a valuable lesson. It's best to get over and forget it.
Gilbert: " No you didn't, don't worry. There's no need to apologize. I was just confused and thought the possibility of such one existing."
I took a look at the menu the owner gave us. It seems like he is the only one working here. Maybe someone in the back was helping him cook but on this hide I could not see someone other than him. All this funny little revenge thing made me forget that I wanted to eat.
The texture of the menu table was rather soft and relaxing to touch. It had pretty interesting design with blue background and pastel yellow writings. The font was also hand-writing like. It gives a premium feeling to look at and hold this menu in my hands.
I wanted to see what was inside. Funny enough the first thing I checked out of habit was the prices. I still couldn't grasp the economics and currency of this world. However, seeing numbers like '5,15,7' made it seem cheap in my eyes. Maybe it is best to ask Lira. I am pretty sure she can explain it to me in an understandable manner.
Gilbert: " Lira, Can I ask you a favor?"
She suddenly focused all of her attention to me. I felt like even her ears were pointed to me in this moment. She was excited, that much I could tell at least.
Gilbert: " I looked at the menu but I don't understand the currency yet. Will you help me in this matter?"
Lira: "Yes young master, I would love to. What do you want to know?"
Gilbert: " Everything. How to trade with this money? How it works and how to use it? Like start from the basics."
I think I conveyed my questions rather clear. After all I did not take economy classes properly. All I know was about 'More banana, banana is less valuable. Less banana, banana is more valuable.'. Maybe I should have taken economy classes. They would prove useful I presume.
Lira brought out the pocket my dad gave her. She picked a coin from inside I assume and showed it to me.
Lira: "Young master, do you see this, can you read what is written on it."
Gilbert: "Yes. Ten is written on the surface."
Lira: "Good, young master. This is a silver 10 gr coin. All coins are made from valuable precious metals. There are two types of coins. One is gold and the other is silver. Five different silver coins you can encounter, '5,10,50,100 and 200'."
She put her hand to the purse again bringing out one more coin and handed it to my other hand.
Lira: "You see? There's a weigh difference between them. Now look at the new one I gave you."
I opened my hand and tried to look at the coin. '5' was written on this one.