Chapter 4 : At Each Own Pace (2)

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The time is already past midnight and Keinnayi stopped using her magic. Nonetheless, The beautiful angel and her subordinate Valkyrie are still occupied with reading their own chosen material. In Keinnayi hands is the book with the title being "Overlord volume 12". Meanwhile, Sethar has the book with the title "She Professed Herself the Pupil of the Wise Man volume 2" in her hands.

After sometimes, Keinnayi addressed her subordinate,

"Sethar, can you please bring something to quench my dry throat. It is been months since I drink or eat something". (Keinnayi)

"Of course Lady Keinnayi, how about cola, potatoes chips and some fries perhaps?" (Sethar)

Sethar, beautiful teen Valkyrie, answered back her master call and suggest something that she had just watched on an anime show 'U*aru-chan'.

"That would be perfect, I have always wanted to try that since so many protagonist from these 'Isekai' shelf are boasting about it". (Keinnayi)

Keinnayi remembered something that she had read from books on Embra's bookshelf. His bookshelf is categorized with several category like 'Isekai, Fantasy , Modern , Psycho , Games , Comic and etcc..'. Embra is a man who like neat and tidy. May it be his house or his office, everything is at its place and books are on bookshelves and on desk; all placed neatly. All books on his bookshelves are arranged systematically and alphabetically. He is not a clean freak or like that but he finds his mind peaceful whenever he come back his home and see it clean and tidy. So, he keeps everything in his house in its own place tidy. Keinnayi know that when she read Embra's mind and a small smile curled up upon her thin and rosy lips.

"As you will, Lady Keinnayi" (Sethar)

Sethar put her book down after marking her current page with bookmark and answer courteously. She then turn to look at Embra to ask him where she can get them from but she see Embra falling asleep on his sofa with book on his lap. Sensing Sethar standing still, Keinnayi glanced up from reading the book and saw Sethar directing her gaze on Embra with troubled look. She then assured her subordinate,

"Oh he is already asleep huh.. it's ok. I have already read his memory. There is a store not far from here. You can get food from there. Oh and, take this.. " (Keinnayi)

Keinnayi tossed a wallet beside her to Sethar, which she catch it carefully.

"This is ..?" (Sethar)

Sethar ask while holding the leather wallet full of cash; to which Keinnayi answered nonchalantly like it is hers.

"Oh, that is his wallet. You can take that and buy what you want. Be sure to cast a illusion magic on yourself too ".

"Yes, my lady". (Sethar)

[Illusion magic: self] Sethar casted a illusion on herself to look like a woman from wallpaper on Embra's phone. This magic can not only disguise oneself to another person, it can also disguise the aura of a person. Keinnayi order her subordinate to cast that magic as a precaution, in case a god of this world sensed her presence. Sethar who is disguised as a woman from Embra's phone wallpaper, goes out alone and heads towards the 24 hour store not far away from the apartment. But, what Sethar, who has only read Manga books, comic books and watch Anime series, did not know is that the woman she disguised herself as is no ordinary woman.

An average man, around 50 years old, wearing a convenience store uniform can be seemed checking the stock of the goods on the shelves in 24-hour store. He is one of the staffs working night duty in the store. Normally two staffs are responsible for night shift but, the man further divide the night shift between the two staffs so that they both will have energy to work. Now, starting from midnight till four a.m in the morning is his shift. So, he is checking the goods to keep himself from sleepiness.

*Clang Clang*

He heard the automatic door opening and stopped working to greet the customer.

"Hello, what can I ge..t.." (The man)

The man's words are cut short or rather he is completely speechless. What, No, Who he see in front of him is the lady herself, Maleficent aka Angelina Jolie. How could he be mistaken, he just watched the second movie of 'Maleficent' yesterday! The man assumed that she is Angelina herself.

She is wearing casual cloth with long shawl over her upper body and there is no make up on her but, he can still recognize her as clear as day. He trembled happily and approached her to introduced himself to her although he is nervous.. extremely nervous. It is no wonder that he cannot form complete words and his voice is quivering.

"He..hll.o, ar..wh..a.at ..can I ge.t.t for you..u. " (The man)

"?" Sethar titled her head aside at the odd behavior of the man before her. But, she no longer care for it and replies the man's question. She gives a small smiles at the end to look friendly but, the effect is devastating that the man's mind was numbed for a moment.

"Hello, I want Cola and potatoes chips. *smile sweetly*" (Sethar)

'Angel !! Ah...I can die now..RIP.' (The man's thought)

"Hello.. Can you hear me...?" (Sethar)

Sethar asked again to the dazed man who looks stupid in her eyes. The man recover from his fantasy and pull himself together.

"Ah.. Sorry. Of course I have cola and chips. This way Madam." (The man)

The man guide Sethar himself and gives her full service. He himself push the store trolley and guides Sethar to the shelves where many bags of potato chip are displayed fully. Sethar has seen some of the brands in the Mangas and Animes but, as this is the first time for her to eat any kind of potato chips, she just decided to buy them all.

Sethar get two bags for each flavor and soon, the trolley is full because she nearly emptied the upper and middle section of the shelf. The man is dumbfounded seeing the big trolley full of bags of potato chips. But, before he can ask the person who is still picking up other snacks, he sees that she is going towards another trolley.

"Um? ...Ar-e, Are you sure about taking this many bags of chips?" (The man)

"Yeah.. I have not eaten them before. So, I want to try everything. This should be enough. Next is some bread and drinks." (Sethar)

The man's question is answered by Sethar as a matter-of-fact, who does not even looks back at him. She push the trolley to another section of the store where she saw some fancy and delicious-looking foods. She put anything in the trolley, she thinks would be delicious and after buying bread, soda drinks and cola, almost three trolley is full. The man could no longer speak and he ask again to be sure when they get back to the counter.

"Um. Are you sure buying this many? Y-you can place the order and we can send you tomorrow to your .. location, too." (The man)

"No. I want it now. Can you pack them up quick? I am in hurry." (Sethar)

Sethar become a little impatient for she want to hurry to the apartment and continue reading so she also help in the man's work which the man did not stop. Although he feel puzzled about her behavior, the man compile her request and pack them quickly. He pack them in huge bags and put them in the trolley. It took the man half an hour and after everything is finished, he hands Sethar a long receipt.

"That would be ***** yen, Madam" (The man)

Nodding her head, Sethar pay the appropriate amount from Embra's wallet which become thin. After cashing, the man help her push the trolley to the car parking outside where he thinks Sethar's car is parked.

"Madam, where is your car?" (The man)

Before she answer the man, Sethar looks around for CCTV camera and walks towards the blind spot. She then use time magic which is allowed for her as a Valkyrie of Keinnayi. The time flow is diluted to the point that it looks like it is stopped. Sethar confirm the effect and appear beside the three trolley. After getting the man away, he whispers,

"[Return: Point **]" (Sethar)

With a flash of blue light she disappeared and reappear at the apartment. She unload the bags from the trolley and return near the man. Sethar looks around for any camera and people who may have seen her. When she see no one else, she sighs while preparing a hypnosis spell.

'It really is troublesome to erase my trace with these camera or whatsoever. Whatever. The less people know about me, the better. I cannot endanger Lady Keinnayi because of me.' (Sethar's thought)

Sethar cast the hypnosis on the man as soon as she release the time magic. She put command in the man's head before he ask anything else. The man body tense up and he no longer move while his eyes looks unfocused. Sethar command him with hypnosis magic,

"You are to erase any camera footage about me and forget that you saw me. You only need to remember that a group of men purchased the goods earlier." (Sethar)

She release the hypnosis and see the man mindlessly walks back into the store to erase CCTV records. Meanwhile, Sethar is erasing any trace of magic around the vicinity and after checking up on the man again that her hypnosis works, she return back to the apartment.

With a flash of blue light, Sethar appeared in the living room of Embra's apartment. Dispelling her illusion, she bowed and greeted Keinnayi.

"I have come back, Lady Keinnayi. Sorry for the long wait." (Sethar)

"It's okay, What did you get?" Putting a bookmark on the current page, she placed the book down and go check what Sethar got. They both go into the dining room where Sethar placed the huge amount of bags. It helps that Embra's dining table is big enough to put all the bags of potato chips and snacks. Keinnayi and Sethar excitedly choose the bags they think would be delicious. After choosing snacks and drinks of their liking, they walks back to the living room and continue to do whatever they want.

Keinnayi has already read all the light novel volumes of 'Overlord' and now she is watching anime of that light novel on TV that is connected to the Internet while eating potato chips and cola. On the other hand, Sethar is watching 'One Piece' anime on Embra's laptop with earphone on and snacks in her hands. They are both doing whatever they want and do not care about bill and other staffs. No, they do not have enough time to worry about them because they both are too engrossed in watching Anime and reading Manga which they have never seen before.

They are completely hooked up and the fact that they do not need to sleep or eat helps them greatly that they can continue to enjoy all of Embra's collection. Of course, they are not forgetting about the fact that they are in other people's house. But, to both of them, erasing their presence and trace from any kind of mortal is as easy as breathing even if they are in seal state. As reckless as it maybe, they are leaving all the future problem to their future self and right now, they are fully enjoying themselves.