The Journey Begins(2)

Emir understood that the girl he was dealing with is no ordinary girl, she is probably like himself arrogant and caring. He felt a little moved, but then again he is Emir, not a very emotional type.

"I have made some dress for you, no one visits beautiful places in those armors," Axoa said

"Dress? I have a lot of them!" Emir said with pride showing his different armors.

"Not this type you idiot!"

"Then what type?"

"Normal dress, do you get it? By the way, why do you use an avatar you can just use yourself, ain't that more fulfilling rather than to be someone else?"

Emir took a while to look at himself, he is a tall and skinny guy with pale skin, not that he was bothered about himself, all he cared about his entire life was how to make his avatar better.

"I like it this way...I have put a lot of effort into this avatar..."

Emir never went outside his house and to meet someone new in the real world is extremely difficult for "the night's child" as they were extremely fragile, but maybe for the first time, Emir felt a little urge to show himself in front of Axoa, for the first time he felt he was losing himself.

"Hello? What are you thinking? It's okay if are not comfortable yet!... But to accept reality, first you have to accept yourself..."

That was the first time Emir saw Axoa smiling, it was more beautiful than anything he have ever seen.

"Okay let's get changed! and don't peek!"

"What? Are you funny or dumb?! no one can see you changing your dress in metaverse they have their own room only exclusive to the person"

"Eeeeeh... I mean I knew it... just maybe some perk or something... for being a hero"

Emir burst into laughter "No, we don't have any perk like that, but I will appeal next time!"

"Stop teasing!"

After a while, both came out looking like humans from the '90s, she was wearing a big pink hat with a pink sundress, while Emir was wearing a blue shirt and brown pants.

Let's go this time Axoa hold Emir's hand and took him away towards the station, her hair and her flowy sundress were waving so beautifully that for a while Emir forgot about the Bet and only could stare at her.

"Here we are.... train station my favorite place... always makes me happy and excited" Axoa looked at Emir.

By the time, he regained his senses, they were standing in a train station that had a dome-like ceiling made up of glass and designs with black wooden curves, the floor was clean and shining brightly, it had an enchanting feeling to it that Emir could not express.

Here our train has arrived suddenly few passengers came from nowhere.

"Ain't this unnatural to drop people out of nowhere?"

"This...I couldn't help, no one was willing to take a train ride, and development takes time... as I said I can't make anything like reality, it's far better, in heaven reality is called God's masterpiece"

"What God's masterpiece where did you read all this? Some old ancient texts!?"

The doors opened, and Axoa went inside the train without paying heed to Emir's question

"Hop on fast else the door will close"

"This is the metaverse remember? I can get anywhere..." Emir slowly got onto the train while claiming his powers.

"Oh! I have a request to make rather I would say a rule you can't use your functionalities provided by the system... you have to act like a normal human being"

"I am Normal already!"

"No, not that normal, though you are not... here I am talking about you have to act like you don't have those superpowers."

"That's insane but okay... you're journey so you will decide"

After a while, Axoa jumped onto her seat, followed by Emir. They were seating facing one another, while Emir was looking at the train, Axoa starred outside her window.

A golden light fell on Axoa's face and she was looking like the most beautiful maiden to exist.

'How can someone be so graceful' Emir thought looking at Axoa's face.

'She looks delighted... I have never seen her eyes sparkle so much when we were in Zolo city or V city... maybe there's an angel in her that comes out only in places like these.

"Hey look look Emir " Axoa said in an ecstatic voice.

Emir just realized he was starring at Axoa without even consciously realizing it.

As Emir looked outside the window he found himself mesmerized by the green mountains with beautiful waterfalls, birds that were going alongside the train, and golden light that made everything so mundane beautiful.

"Hey, Emir let's have Lunch!"

"Lunch?Here?"

"Yes, of course, people used to have lunch on trains while enjoying the sceneries"

"Yeaah I did hear those stories from my grandparents, by the way, how did you know all this?"

"Ummm..." Axoa hesitated for a while

"Actually my grandparents told me and they even showed me some photos and videos"

"Wait?! Didn't the DSNW organization ban all those photos and videos? Aren't they illegal? I heard not a single person was allowed to have images from the past!"

"Oh Yeah I mean... they had...Let's hurry or else our lunch might get cold, I have put a lot of effort you see for this very moment."

Emir has heard from his grandparents that his grandmother used to make the best lunch boxes for his grandfather and every day he used to look up to that little things, somedays those lunch boxes were his sole purpose of waking up.

Axoa took out two pretty lunch boxes and gave one to Emir, there were a lot of thrilling experiences Emir had in metaverse but somehow opening that box was the most thrilling thing he have ever done. When he opened the Lunch Box he found the entire color palette in it, beautifully decorated and craved. Both of them completed their lunch with great joy and fulfillment.

"It was nice I must say, Thank you for the meal!"

Axoa gave her usually 'So I am the winner' smile. Emir just shrugged it off and looked outside as if saying 'Not yet'.