" First, do you know how old you are?".
" Second, didn't I say that this is a place mean't for people with long lives?".
" You did, but that doesn't justify why you can't just give me a simple straight answer".
She suddenly yawns.
" Yawn".
She stretches one hand up and uses the other one to cover her mouth as she yawns.
" Well, you see, I am very tired and I really don't have the energy to waste on arguing or even talking to you, so I will be going to sleep".
I nod my head.
' You can do as you please, but can you at least take me back to Lysera's or even make for me one'.
She looks at me.
" Why should I do any of that?".
I change my standing position.
' If you can't, at least give me money'.
She shakes her head.
" Nope, I ain't gonna do any of that, but I will give you somethings to do whilst I am asleep".
She leans back on my shoulder with her hands in the air while she is talking.
I both listen and look at what she is saying and doing.
" And what I will...".
Her balance suddenly breaks, and she falls off my shoulder.
I quickly try to catch her.
' The heel am I doing that for?!'.
' She can fly!'.
So I pull back my outstretched hand.
" And what I will give you are some tasks you should complete whilst I am sleeping".
I make a smile appears on my face.
" Yeah, at least you've given me something".
I show her a thumbs up.
" But what makes you think I would actually waste my precious time completing the tasks you have given me?".
I make the smile leave my face.
" Because I am absolutely sure that it would just completely waste my time".
A small smile appears on her face.
She points in front of me, then speaks.
" That screen right there in front of you".
When she says that, I pull myself out of my thoughts and focus at the floating screen in front me.
I look at it for a few seconds.
' It looks like the same type as the one the little lass used when she appeared'.
It is red everywhere except the corners and the words, which are golden instead.
It is floating in front of me with eight words.
[Task given. ]
[ Enter inbox to see task details . ]
As I look at the floating screen, the repulsion I felt when I first saw it comes back again.
Like I really just want to destroy it and get in with life.
But I doubt the little lass would let me.
So I don't do anything funny and just touch the second sentence with my finger.
And immediately after, another screen appears with the first one disappearing.
The size of this screen is bugger than the previous one.
And the way the words are written are different as well.
But everything else is the same.
I refocus on the screen, so that I see what the little lass wants me to see.
[ INBOX. ]
MESSAGES Tasks Ask and answer ...
From ********: Here are the answers to the six questions you asked.
From ROFTU: Hahahahaha, I see mine and COOFCO's s.....
From Cospace: Is master okay ?!
If he is, that is good.
Can you listen to me? I would like to be his personal....
From THECRE: WHY DID YOU GUYS MAKE SUCH A PETTY GAME!!!!!!?
Because of your.....
From COOFCO: WHY DID YOU CUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO?![ Because of that, Cospace is constantly.....]
' ROFTU, Cospace, THECRE, COOFCO'.
I look at the names again.
' Who are they?'.
' Friends of the little lass?'.
' Well, that's obvious'.
Suddenly, I feel something very small from my left shoulder hit me with a lot of force.
The force is so strong that I even hear a sharp gust of wind rush past my ears.
When the kick lands, my head turns slightly to the right.
' Ow'.
I turn my head back straight and touch my cheek.
I feel a small hole on my cheek, like the other time she hit me.
And as before, there is no blood.
' Why the hell would she do that ?!'.
I look at the little lass with my hand still on the hole.
" Wh....".
" Keep quiet".
She waves her hand with her head burried in a pillow.
" Don't you know it is very rude to search a girl's message history without her permission?!".
But her words don't matter to me.
But before I can talk she points at the screen.
" Like I said, I am tired and don't have energy, so why do t you just look at the screen".
" Those were not why you were there, so why waste your time questioning things that don't matter at the moment".
" And hey, it not like you are going to meet them now, right?".
I nod my head slowly.
" Yeah, I guess you are right".
She nods her too.
And somehow she is sitting straight up now from her earlier lying down position.
Despite me not see her move.
" So, look at the screen and don't let curiosity kill you".
" Because I promise, look at things you're not supposed to see, I will kill you".
I nod again.
' Come on, what's the point of getting angry over it?'.
" So now focus on the screen".
" Sigh".
I sigh then look at the screen.
[INBOX. ]
Messages TASKS ask and answer goa..
Given tasks
Tasks made:Locked
Tasks uncompleted
Completed tasks
Rewards for claiming
[ Tasks with no reward ]
' For some reason, I feel more repulsed than before'.
I think about it for a second before the little lass talks.
" You don't have to worry".
She touches my cheek twice.
" It doesn't give you power or anything".
" All it really does is give you what you already have, but sort of locked somewhere".
What she says reduces my repulsion for the screen a bit, but it is still there.
So much so, that I still feel I shouldn't use it.
And the little lass seems to see this.
" You know, you've been standing in the same spot for a long time, so you should start moving soon".
She smiles.
" And I am very sure the second task I gave you would make you do just that".
She taps the back of my neck twice.
" So complete the first one quickly".
" And also...".
With the smile still on her face, she appears right in front of my face with a finger raised.
" Maybe the reward would change your mind".
I shake my head.
' Doubt it'.
She rolls her eyes.
" Oh please!".
She flies back a bit, then points at me.
" It's not you currently who doesn't want to, it's just you repulsed this things too much in the past, so your subconscious, even without your memories, hates them to it's core".
She waves her finger now.
" And because of that, your instincts regard such objects as disgusting things to avoid".
" Sigh".
Her eyes wetten and she lowers her head.
' Eh, she wants to cry?'.
" I.. sniff.. worked... Sob...so... Sob...h.hard to...Sob.. make the....Sreen....and...tasks...Sob a..an..and you...don't....to...at...sob...cry...least...check....the....tasks".
I just look at her as she cries.
' Okay, she is surely trying to play the emotional card on me'.
' Ain't no way am I gonna fall for this nonsense'.
" Of course".
I see the little lass appear in front of me suddenly.
This time, she genuinely looks tired.
" Yeah, I don't really have the time, so for this short time, I will just make you listen, but just so you remember, it was tiring for me, so don't expect me to suddenly appear if you are ever in danger".