Cosplay Elf from Another World [Volume 1]

8. Should I Stop Time for You to Stay

"If you can't read, that doesn't mean you can't understand."

The afternoon after I went home from school, I stood before the television while Sera sat on the couch. It felt like nothing happened yesterday. The whole day, her back was hunched down, her shoulders lost their energy. Our eyes didn't even meet a single second.

Hence, I decided to do the initiation. I don't want her to remember her despair. She could adapt to the modern world with ease but was just hesitant due to culture shock. If he knew how to open doors by turning knobs, she should've hidden in our room covered with a blanket.

"You can understand me, right?" I asked, holding myself not to smile due to the excess excitement I'm feeling. Right now, I'm in front of someone transported from another world... And that was what I set myself to think about her.

She nodded and asked with withdrawn eyebrows, "What are you going to do?"

"Can you describe what you see in this image?" I asked, showing her a poster of Shizu-sama's appearance in Fantasy Chronicles Online 1st.

"...... The mix of colors were creative... and vibrant? I don't know what liquid paint was used to create such outstanding artwork."

"Not just colors! This is a person... An elf. Try harder and squint your eyes. Analyze."

Sera squinted her eyes as per my instructions. After a minute of examination, she flinched back with a wide open mouth, like a bulb lit up inside her mind. "Wow! That really seemed like an elf's body... But why are her eyes so wide?"

I flicked my fingers and pointed at her. "Good observation! Artwork comes in style. In Japan, where we currently live, Anime is the culture. Drawings of people with wide eyes are common as an expression of expressiveness and the primary way of communicating human emotions. Do you even wonder why people with huge eyes are easy to read?"

"I remember a friend, Emmyth was her name, and I could easily know if she was happy or sad. Her eyes mirror the shape of her upturned or downturned mouth."

I flicked a finger and smirked. "Exactly, Psychology never fails. Now, back on track, you're familiar with stories, aren't you? What kind of stories are you familiar with?"

"Stories? The great Elvian stones were divided into three, and one created the world where our home was. There are also stories about how races began. Elves were a product of the belief in Infinity, promoting longer lives. Humans, as the records say, came from the skies with a strange-looking boat."

I groaned, tilting my head sideways. "Argh, so boring. I don't understand a thing you said. By the way, do you know what a television is?" I took the remote and pressed the On button. The screen behind me showed the afternoon shopping channel. "This is called revolution."

"Yeah, I already saw that when I came here. But why are there people moving on walls?"

"Walls? That's called a screen. Depending on the context, what happens in there are real-life scenarios or produced visual stories. With this invention, you can see, hear, and feel the immersion of a story. Luckily, there's a story I would like you to watch," I smirked with smugness and showed the DVD cover of one of Shizu-sama's movie adaptations.

"Watch? Was it like a stage performance?"

"Exactly!" I took the disk and placed it on the DVD reader. "Don't worry, that's the most appealing story I had, and even three-year olds could understand it. I don't want you to be bored to death sitting all day and doing chores."

I intended to leave her so I could do my duties, but a phrase made me halt my walk.

"T-Thank you, Kou-nii."