"The TV is off?"
I thought, looking up to the TV as the halo from the top, seemed to be spinning smoothly.
We all waited for about 15 minutes until the system turned on because while we were all having conversations in groups.
Despite the TV being off for 15 minutes, it was not noticeable for them as they were talking.
During the 15 minutes, Qiu Jing was letting Yi Mei Lu rest beside his shoulder as he, too, slept with her at a branch near the black square.
Akiyama Suzu and Zhu Yi Hua were looking up at the Holo BillBoard that was on the black square. They were curious to know what the billboard was about.
Kang Chanim was talking to both Kim Sieon and Bai YingXuan, I assume they were talking about their personal information.
Bai YingXuan was not speaking, he was standing beside her, nodding in every word she says, as if he understood the topic.
Until, Zhu Yi Hua had pointed out at the coins and points on the billboard to let her,
Except; her voice was loud enough to attract the other threes' attention. She was only pointing it out for her not them
"Look! The billboard is showing our coins and points throughout the scenarios!"
"mhm"
The soothing sound came out, as she nodded,
"Hey, look! There's us"
"Oh yeah...?"
"Suzu-chan, you got 74% points on the first test??! That's great!"
: (Though that was a low mark on an average test but okay, ZYH??)
I watch them, I went up to Yi Mei Lu and Qiu Jing resting at the near branch.
I sat beside them, looking at them and resting together seemed peaceful and like two children resting under an old oak tree with the smell of the wind coming from the distance of the green field.
[ The Constellation of Joy is watching you from the sky ]
A blue panel appeared in front of him.
"Constellation of Joy?"
I pondered, looking at the message sent from the Constellation of Joy, I was surprised to see constellations were related to the disaster.
Constellation of Joy was one of the constellations mentioned from a certain book I had read before, it was hated by many people for spreading "nonsense" about our world.
Luckily, the writer was strong and brave enough to spread the word around the world and somehow did gain more than 5 people to read it, and I'm one of them.
I didn't read it because I believe in it, I read it out of curiosity and when I finished, it was actually a great story, I thought of it as just a "fantasy" world created from creativity.
The author of the book told me that it is the truth of the world before I started reading it.
I still remember the way the author has spoken around me. It was well-spoken and felt as if it was spoken with a golden tongue and the tone felt vivacious.
[ The Constellation of Joy is curious of your thoughts ]
Serene… That was the name of the Constellation of Joy and she was my favourite among the constellations mentioned in the book.
It felt "favouritism" for liking her only but there was a reason why.
"..."
A few minutes later, Yi Mei Lu was still asleep in Qiu Jing's arms while he was looking out at the fog.
[ Rest is over! You all may choose one path to go in the next scenario ]
"I depend on which one Suzu-chan wants to go at"
"Right, but it depends on which one Xiao has to go."
There was a loud silence between them both until Zhu YI Hua responded with,
"Xiao?"
She took a quick glance at me up and down with a frowning face before glancing at her back.
I looked around to the four roadways and stood up for the branch, I turned to look at Qiu Jing and said,
"Bring her"
He noticed my gaze and nodded to my demand and carried her on his back, holding on to her legs tightly, so she wouldn't fall on the way.
The others, too, noticed me going to the right roadway and followed, they were in trepidation for what will come
We were in silence with the wind, even a single moan hasn't been caught from us.
As we reached far enough for about 5 minutes, we were still in the fog, until a loud sound was heard and the fog was then brought like a tornado.
"Wha—?!"
Someone had definitely gotten hit with the big wind while we were still covering up ourselves with our hands, our eyes were pitched to avoid getting the fog. Some were even in trepidation for what will come in the fog.
Until the fog had finally stopped, we opened our eyes to see ourselves in a winter forest, standing behind us was Kim Sieon rubbing the bloody bruise from his forehead.
As he looked up, his eyes softened to the sight of the forest. Without hesitation, he slowly muttered,
"This… is..?"
"The Ruth Hibernal"
Said Qiu Jing, to Kim Sieon, as he made the blue panel disappear with his hand swung to the left, whilst the other hand keeps on Yi Mei Lu's thigh, to prevent her from falling.
His gaze happened to take notice on to the frosting trees.
At his back was Yi Mei Lu being asleep, yet feeling cold out with the freezing weather, his hands were firmly tight on her as he took sight of her eyebrows saddening.
Her small hands slightly tightened as she felt the wind walk pass her. Even her breath started getting more heavier than before.
He seemed to be suspecting somewhere through the forest as his hand softly touched her neck
Whilst at the back, Kim Sieon still has his hand ruffle the back of his hair.Zhu Yi Hua was only concerned for Akiyama Suzu's health than others. Although they're here with us, there's something missing.
We walked through the forest, looking around as trees kept popping up with no sign of nearby survivors.
As I looked across the distance, we're walking at. It seemed to be a long way of journey until we come upon a situation.
I stared at Qiu Jing for a second before looking around to the trees.
The falling snow from the trees and our footsteps making sounds as we walk, Zhu Yi Hua was holding onto Akiyama's wrist firmly while Kim Sieon stayed behind us.
His expression was serious yet covered with that soft alike fox eyes of his, the golden chain pendent that was attaced to his glasses was also making a sound.
Clink... Clink... Clink...
Though it seems distracting but the way it sounds could give a useful distraction for emergency.
Earlier, he poked to me before this,
"Can I be the backup?"
I looked at Qiu Jing with an awkward silence between us, then looked back at him and answered.
"You can."
"But are you sure that you could protect us all?"
Qiu Jing added with a question after mine, his eyebrow twitched up with his expression being mixed with curiosity and mocking.
But Kim Sieon didn't back away from his decision, rather he hesitated,
"I might not be the best at protecting people as this is my first time, but if it is to gain companionship with guys. I will and be there for you guys"
And so it is, he stood to go for it himself. Qiu Jing was nearly amused of his confidence.
"Well then, we will off you go to the back."
He replied, his lips curled to a smirk.
I looked to the big path of snow and saw Qiu Jing was walking to a nearby tree, placing her down on the ground, her head tilting to the side, leaning to the oak tree.
"What are you doing?"
"Let her stay here."
He turned to me with a genuine smile, placing his hand on her small head.
"Are you sick in the head or something?"
"Sick in the head? Hell no."
He replied, the grin on his face showed as if he's lying about it.
He should go get a therapist honestly.