I died

What did he said? Did i heard wrong?

He said 'chinese ' but in this time the word china and chinese shouldn't exist.

It's interesting because only foreigners called this country China because of the porcelain and this name appeared close to modern era . Even now ,the name is Tang empire and not China. I wonder if they are like me.

"So what are you doing here were no one can understand you". I ask Elian

" AHH it's Arlen fault . He said to come with our ship to trade what others never seen".

"Haha ,and did You find it ?"

"We found ,we found but no one understood us except you. How come you speak English?"

" I'm special."

"How special are you ?"

"Haha. I'm a teacher so I know how to speak multiple languages and lucky for you I speak English well."

" Ok . We are truly lucky because this is our third day here and we got bored of trying to get someone to understand us. "

"You want to eat right ,do you eat spicy ? Or any allergies I should know? "

" Me and Arlen we can eat spicy but Markus here it doesn't like it ,he gets red like a lobster."

I look at Markus and I just noticed that he never spoken until now.While Elian and Arlen have the same red hair and blue eyes he is a dark and a silent friend. His eyes are dark green and his hair is so dark like crow feathers.His white skin takes a bluish tone like he is a elf that never seen sunlight

"I don't eat spicy."

His voice is so low that actually gave me shivers . He is a man of a few words and I think he looks at me too intensely.

"Ok. I will ask for our food .

Waiter can you serve us?"

The waiter comes closer to us ,analysing our faces but because we spoke in a foreign language he can't help by being more careful .

"We will like 4 portions of red braised pork, we will want Mapo tofu,the spicy one and a portion of ....um Markus,do a portion of dandan noodles will be alright? It's not spicy."

"It's ok ."

"And a portion of dandan noodles. I will want and the complementary side dishes and at the end I will want the sweets you have to match with a tea after the food."

"It will be our pleasure Master. It will be prepared and served immediately."

As he left the servant kept bowing and treat us like stars thinking that we might be officials of a foreign country.

"Ok . I chosen for you some sweets at the end".

"Haha. I guess we will finally eat well here . It's was so hard to ask for something . I can't wait to taste it."

"I really need to thank you for helping me. I'm so thin that anyone might take me from the street and run with me . I actually didn't believe Bo Hai."

"BoHai?"

Arlene ask me..

"Yeah. He is like a father to me and we came together today. I haven't been in this town . This is my first time also."

"You haven't ? Then where are you from ?"

Markus asks me

"I'm from the capital. I'm here with my son ."

"You have a kid? So young?"

I laugh hard when I hear Elian ...

"I'm not that young ..you know ..asian age different. I might be older than you ."

"Really? I'm 20 while my brother Arlen and Markus are 22 years old. "

"I'm 25 years old..."

"Wow . ,it's not a big difference but you look like you are barely 18 years old "

As we talk the food arrives and I see their happy face when they see the food .

We all start to eat quietly complimenting here and there the taste . After we finish all the meat and we are served the tea and sweets ,Arlen pays the food and we are now in a silent war .

I findle with my tea cup thinking that a beer would have been nice right now to keep us company especially since I decided to take a risk asking them the most private thing ..

"Now...let's talk about heavy stuff ...what you really do here ? "

It gets really quiet when I asked that and three pair of eyes look at me intrigued.

"As we said we have come here for trade".

" AHH actually I don't think I asked the right question ..I really wanted to ask from what time did you come?

The silence is so profound.

Markus already moves his hand under tabel where probably has a knife. I should have not played this gamble....

"How do you know..? "

I hear Elian speaking softly.

"Because it was 2024 when I arrived here".

I can see their eye bulging with wonder ,not believing me

"2024? You mean you came here also. ..? Did you pass through the Bermuda triangle as well?"

My breath stopped for a second...the Bermuda...I haven't thought about It .

"How did it happened?" I ask them softly.

"We were in a competition with ships built like in old times ,we had to arrive at a island but a weird storm started from nowhere ,the clouds were green and the fog was thick ,we thought we will sink or crash on a little island but we end up appearing close to Italy. "

"But it wasn't Italy .." Markus spoken drawing my attention .

"It was like we were in year 1300. People still using horses,small houses with firewood ,their boats were smaller than ours ,slower. We stayed there for a year doing miscellaneous stuff and we started a trading company so to speak..."

"So the rest of the world is like 1300 ? No internet ,not beer ?"

" Nothing of sorts"

I try to take a sip of my tea but my fingers are trembling. I already knew that I can't go back especially with my son but can't change anything.

"How do you arrived here?" Arlen ask me

I bring the tea cup to my lips and I swing like I drink a string alcohol trying to find a little more courage

"I died".