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「Esme」
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I open my eyes to sunlight brightening up the whole room. Squinting, I get up and rub my eyes. Then, sit still until the haze clears from my eyes.
Looking around, everyone around me is nothing but a small bookshelf. A study table opposite the bookshelf. All wooden.
I am sitting on a single bed facing a balcony whose glass doors are all dirty and covered with cobwebs around the edges like the same at the corners of the room.
A dusty smell fills the room and makes me fought up. I get up, open the window beside the door to the door and the study table. Then, with a little difficulty, open then balcony doors.
Fresh air rushes in to fill up and replace the old dusty smell. I look around and find an alarm clock on the bedside table. Grabbing it and dusting it off, I find it has stopped working.
"Let's get you started little one." I whispered and then cast a spell. The alarm clock's minute and hour hands move around swiftly and land on seven and ten respectively.
Then, the ticks and tocks of the second hand fills the room. I put it back down. It's 10:35 right now. I surely slept well.
Stretching my hands out with a groan I turn back to the bed. Narrow and also covered in dust. I grunt and cast a spell to clean it up.
Hm. Since we are cleaning up, we might as well do it properly. So, I turn around and start casting spells cleaning up everything. A few minutes later, the room becomes spick and span.
Slowly, I open the door after cleaning my dress and am met with a corridor which can fit to people at a time. In front of me is a small kitchen counter with all it's supplies. Meanwhile, there are two doors on each side of the kitchen and the bedroom.
On my left, I see a doormat and a built in shoe rack, so that must be the main door and then...the right door must lead to the bathroom. I tread carefully and open the door.
Indeed. It is the bathroom. Though, it's all dusty like the bedroom and so are the kitchen, and the main entrance area.
"Fine." I roll my eyes. "Let's start with you." I smile at the bathroom and start using my magic to clean everything up. Then, move to the kitchen, clean it's counter, the built-in induction, the six cabinets, three above the counter and three below.
Then, I move to the main entrance. Clean it up and turn back to the washroom. After doing my business, which included freshening up and sucking moisture, I go back to the bedroom.
The bedroom has a built-in wardrobe which is empty. Obviously. Since, no one seems to stay here. But the water is still available for some reason. Not complaining though.
"Hmmm. Well, until and unless I get found out, or someone starts living here, I will." I murmur. "It's not like I am using any electricity, if I do, I might get caught."
I frown. I can't go on like this. I need to get my stuff back. But it's all with the Delphina family. Have they successfully established themselves on the land how they planned to?
If so, my stuff should be on land too. It's not like I can go back to the old Delphina house underwater without my pearl.
My pearl....I turn to the small alarm clock and find that it's been half an hour now. 11:05 a.m. and last night....
"The appointment is at 11:30 a.m. in the morning tomorrow." Xavien smiles at me. "Don't be late. You have to be punctual to chase and have his heart."
I grin back. "I sure won't be. Thank you, Xavien."
"Don't thank me." He smiles. "And you can call me Xav now. Since, we are going to be family now."
I smile at the memory. I am truly grateful to you. One day, I will pay you back for it. I get off the bed, jump out of the balcony, and land with a "Hiss!"
"Damn it....my foot still hurts....if only I had my full power...." Then, determined, I stand up straight. "I will have my powers back. Today!"
And so I left and arrived soon. It must have taken me around fifteen minutes to get here by foot. Gosh. I remember the ride to Evander's home had almost been forty five minutes. I really ran quite a bit.
"Good morning, sister-in-law." Xavien approaches me with the rest.
"Good morning." I said. "How are you all doing?"
"Good." And then Xavien frowns.
"That's not how you are going to meet my bro, right?" Gabriel raises an eyebrow. "Why didn't you get changed?"
Because I didn't have any clothes on me except for this one and so after a bath, I had to wear this again. All I do is give a meek smile.
"This can't do." Zein says. "Follow me." And then, both Xavien and Gabriel grab my hands, taking me to wherever Zein wanted to.
"Don't worry and just trust him, trust us." Camden says and my protests dies.
But I will be late.
"No, you won't." Camden reads my expression. Is it all on my face or can he mind-read?
"It's all on your face, yes. And no, I can't read minds." Camden lets out a small smile and starts following Zein like us.
My jaw drops at his comment but I brush it off with a small smile of my own.