Chapter 3
“..You know me, Sir?” Olivia asked, body tense. ‘This man...I once saw him...Where is it..’
The man looks awkward as he frantically speaks, “Um, what, Olivia, it’s me? Kaiser, your friend! Look, you don’t remember? I’m Kaiser, the one who you always look at in contempt?”
“..What?” Kaiser...Kaiser...It really is familiar- Ah. As Olivia remembered something, she ran up to the man and dragged him, “No wonder you look familiar. Anyway, just so that you’re aware. I don’t know you or rather, I don’t remember you. I just have the feeling that I can trust you.”
“Huh? Wait, what?” Kaiser was dragged out of the water and was forced to lie down. He then screamed, “Damn, Ouch, wait, Olivia, stop! OUCH! Don’t press it! That hurts!”
Olivia pressed down the open wound as she tied up the wound with her robe. “I can’t treat you and I don’t have any potion with me right now. Can you walk?”
“Ugh, I hope so.”
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“Sir Edwyn, I have someone injured with me,” Olivia called out the sleeping doctor with a knock.
Edwyn is a middle-aged man who treats Olivia from time to time. He has rusty blond hair and a pair of grey eyes. He’s the one responsible for her therapy session every week in the past. Now, he just watches Olivia from afar since she’s getting better.
Edwyn comes to his senses when a whiff of blood caught in his breathing. He opens his eyes and sees a man on the patient's bed. The shiny hair caught his sight, “...Olivia, who is this?”
“My friend?”
Edwyn sighed and proceeded to check up on Kaiser. A potion was not used as it costs more than the traditional way.
“Sir Edwyn, I have to go buy something and be back later. Please take care of him.” Olivia bowed before she went out.
Kaiser needs clothes and any other necessities. She will book a room for him too. ‘Wait a damn minute...Why do I have to take care of him so much…’
Just like that, Olivia spent all the money she got from Aria. “...Damn it. He needs to pay up later.”
“How’s he, Sir?” Olivia asked as she sat down on the chair near the bed Kaiser’s sleeping on.
“He’s okay now. The injury looks like he was stabbed through by a sharp branch. It’s not that serious. You can take him back after he wakes up.”
“I see. Thank you, Sir Edwyn. How much is it?”
“Hmmm, how about you repay me by collecting herbs? I ran out of it.” Edwyn made some tea as he sat down in front of her. “Someone ordered me to make the potion.”
“I thought you stopped making those?”
Edwyn scoffed, “It’s those nobles.”
“Oh.” Olivia understood. Rotten nobles’ everywhere. No matter how famed the kingdom is, there should be a stain to its glory. This kingdom is a perfect example. “Okay. The usual herbs?”
“Yes. Thank you in advance, Olivia.” Edwyn stands up and stretches, a long sigh escapes his lips. Olivia nodded in return. Suddenly, a movement could be seen from the bed. Kaiser has woken up. “...Where is this?” He said.
“This is a clinic.” She replied and gazed at Edwyn. Edwyn received the signal and left the room. “Kaiser, let’s get you to the inn and talk there.”
*****
“Olivia, do you really not know me?” Kaiser asked as soon as he sat down on the bed. They are currently in the room Olivia has booked earlier. “No, I don’t. Some of my memory’s missing. But, I have a feeling we both are not from this world.”
“What!? So you even forgot about Michael?” Kaiser's eyes went wide in disbelief as he shook Olivia. “Dang...I thought this kind of amnesia route doesn’t exist...Anyway, yes, Olivia, you’re not from this world. Me too. I don’t how long you have been here but in our world, you’ve been missing for two years. Me, Michael, Thea, Amaya and Miran, we’re all searching for you. But, the strange thing is, when we go to your parents, they don’t remember you at all! The other classmates too.”
“...What?”
“It’s true! Your disappearance is too strange. Thea and Amaya remember walking with you to school and they said your body suddenly disappeared in a blink. When they try to search you in the class, the other students ask who is Olivia while your name on the class attendance is gone too.”
“My existence was erased in that world.”
“Yes, it does seem like that.”
“What happened then?”
“As I said, we searched for you every crook and corner then we met a dead end. There’s no record of you, your birth certificate, your ID and everything else. The girl named Olivia Cassandra doesn’t exist in that world.”
“....That’s my last name?”
“Huh? Oh, yes. Olivia Cassandra is your name.” Kaiser stares at Olivia, he smiles, looking so happy. “Olivia, I thought we lost you. I’m glad you’re alive. I am so glad. If everyone knows this, I’m sure they will jump in joy.”
“They will jump in joy..?” Olivia mumbled as she looks at the man in front of her, the now light brown eyes that she changed before are glistening with tears, his silver hair shaking a little as he trembles slightly. He looks really happy.
Seeing this, Olivia felt something tugging her heart, throbbing intensely. Words stuck at her throat as she gulps. A joyful smile crept up onto her face before she knew it and her hands unconsciously hugged Kaiser.
‘I have someone who waits for me…?’
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Olivia sat down on her bed as she thought about what Kaiser had said.
“Our last attempt is on the day after graduation. After that, we go back to our respective countries. Ah, it’s because we each have a company to inherit. Going to university is just basically our parents' way to give us momentary freedom. You too, Olivia are the same though your parents give you chances at first.” Kaiser smiled bitterly. “That night, I couldn’t sleep at all. I keep tossing and turning when I think about you. I’m sure the others are the same since we had a video call together after that. Only Michael did not join us. He must have wanted to be left alone. While chatting, my phone suddenly turns off by itself and I can’t turn it back on. At that time, my head was throbbing badly and I couldn't utter a single word. Just like that, I find myself injured in a cave behind the waterfall.”
Olivia nodded, “Kaiser, I’ve been living with a family who took care of me so I need to go back now. We will meet again tomorrow. I’ll come here so just wait, don’t go anywhere.”
“Okay. Oh, Olivia, I’ve been meaning to ask this but, did you dye your hair?”
“What?”
“I mean, you used to be dark brown before, but now it’s dark blue? Your eyes colour is still black though.”
“....Kaiser, what's your hair colour?”
“..Reddish-brown?”
“....I’ll bring a mirror for you.” Olivia proceeded to take out a small mirror from her bag and pushed it onto Kaiser’s hand. Kaiser then brought the mirror up and looked into it. Silence ensues. “....Damn, I look so handsome.”
“...Your eyes are actually silver too Kaiser. I just changed it.”
“What… Did you put a contact on me or something when I fainted?”
“Um, yeah, contact.”
It’s actually a spell Olivia cast on Kaiser, the same spell she always saw Aria cast on her before going out somewhere. At first, Olivia didn’t know the reason until she read a book about how royalty and nobles have the characteristic of having the same hair colour and eyes. Now, she uncast that spell on her and Kaiser, Kaiser could see his shiny silver eyes of his. He then looked at Olivia’s crystal blue eyes, “Wow, blue suits you. Why did you change it though?”
“I’ll tell you tomorrow. These are your clothes to change. Good night”
“Bye-bye!”
Olivia laid down, her eyes struggling to open as fatigue came crashing in. “I wonder if the others come to this world too...” She is curious. Curious to see the face of her so-called friends. ‘Will they jump in joy like what Kaiser’s said or…’