I Thought I Was A Devil

Part 20

Anna: Anne…I want you to keep this book with you. (She smiles while giving me a picture book that she has been working on for the orphanage kids) It’s called the fallen angel…the angel in this story is inspired from you…and I pray that someday you will find happiness and true friendship like the angel in this story… (she looked proud of her creation)

Now I know why those kids from orphanage has been asking me stupid questions recently and even questioning what type of powers I have, so it was all mom’s fault that she made up some idiotic imaginary story, and now she even wants me to follow it and find my way of life from a ‘children story book’. I was too stunt to speak so I just took the book, smiled and nod agreeing to her suggestion. Today is the day of my departure, everyone has gathered at the airport, father is supposed to accompany me through this journey, as a minor I can’t travel alone in flight that’s why I need an adult, otherwise am sure he would have gladly sent me alone to a foreign land. Within a week, I have picked up French so that I don’t face difficulty in communication. Other than my family members, Gouenji and his family have come to bide me farewell. Gouenji looked sad as he looked at me, he hesitated while having a slight blush on his chubby cheeks. His mother had a sad expression over her face while she held Yuka (Gouenji’s baby sister) in her arms, I poked the baby’s cheek smiling at her.

Gouenji: Um…A-Anne….hope you won’t forget me… (he says sadly) I will wait for you…

Gouenji’s mother: aw…look at the little boy trying to act like a grown up man… Anne don’t fall for a French boy after going there… our Gouenji would be sad without his wife. (she said giggling while Gouenji blushes hard)

Angela pouted and hugged me tightly after hearing Gouenji’s mother say those words while my brothers frowned at her, ‘does she thinks that I am a small child?’ I felt cringed at her words.

Angela: (she starts tearing up) Sis….I will miss you so much…. (She hugged me tightly and kept hugging me until the flight departure was announced)

After bidding my family goodbye, I hurried with my father to get on the flight, my brothers would leave for Germany next month, our parents finally agreed to King’s studying in Germany, for now they would bear the cost until King becomes old enough to do part-time job, right now he is 13 years old, in 2 years he needs to start earning money for himself and become independent, last night when I asked him what are his plans for future, he said he wants to become a detective someday, solving cases and risking his life so that Leo atleast gets one patient to look after when he becomes a doctor.

It took us 14 hours to reach Paris, we started from Japan at 9:00 AM (Japan time) and reached Paris at 4:00 PM (Paris time), Japan is 7 hours ahead of Paris time. At the airport we were greet by a French boy named Louis, he is around 16 years old, olive skin, black hair and black eyes, he spoke in fluent English, he was sent by the higher authority of my new school to guide me, he is a talkative boy, innocent and oversharing, he kept on speaking throughout our journey towards hotel.

Louis: Did I mention that my name is Louis? (He said excitedly)

Anne: Uhm….for the 3rd time now. (I rolled my eyes)

Father was sitting beside Driver with cotton stuffed in his ears to avoid Louis’s constant blabbing, and here I got stuck with this idiot, his eyes sparkled whenever he looked at me. ‘Golden Retriever’ personality, I thought to myself… I prefer cats. Also can I change from innocent to annoying? I take back all the good things I ever thought about this guy, he is annoying as fuck.

Louis: I want to become a scientist when I grow up? How about you? What’s your dream? (He says grinning) I mean with your intelligence, you can become a great scientist someday and we can protect the world against bad aliens trying to invade the world!

Me: I want to become a hopeless alcoholic when I grow up. (I said in a bored tone)

Louis : You shouldn’t think like that! You are just 9! You should have big ambitions! (He said worried)

Me: Give me ambition, and I will rule the world and execute stupid people who act like you. (I yawned feeling tired and sleepy)

Louis: (he tears up realising I called him stupid) How could you say that?....think about it, if you rule the world, you will need a genius scientist as your right hand! And who can be better than me? I have so many innovative ideas….for example x-ray goggles which can see through walls! (His eyes sparkled while he announced his stupid ideas)

Me: pervert. (I said judging his life choices)

Louis: Hey!! Fine, I have better ideas…shoes that can walk on the walls like spy movies. You can walk up a building and won’t even need elevators or staircase. Am sure you are feeling impressed, right? (He smirks) I am already working on it.

Me: Elevator would be much faster, and in case of defaults, the person will lose control and fall from height losing their life, and you would be behind bars, unless you are trying to commit mass homicide then that’s a truly evil and genius plan, just find a scapegoat to sell such stupid inventions so that you don’t get caught. (I put earphone so that I don’t need to hear anymore of his nonsense)

Louis: (he pouts sadly like a dog after getting scolded) How about anywhere door from Doremon?

Me: What’s that? (I tilt my head confused)

Louis: you are from Japan and you never watched Doremon?!! (He said gasping)

Me: Uhm…I don’t have time for watching television, if that’s what you meant. I only watch news and sports. (I put on music and stared outside the window to enjoy the city view, I could still hear his blah blah but choose to ignore) Stupide (I said murmuring) arrêter de parler (stop talking in French)

Louis: (he opened my earphones from my ear feeling excited) parles-tu français? (Do you speak French?)

Me: Yes…(I said annoyed) I learned before coming here, I know British English, American English, Japanese, I learned Spanish when I was four years old from my sidekick Maria, and I learnt French within a week, it wasn’t that hard, languages are easier than Calculus. (I said proudly)

Louis: Wait…how do you know about Calculus? (He blinks)

Me: I once tried reading a maths book of a high school student…(I bit my lower lip realising that I spoke too much)

Louis: Hey….Are you a genius or something? (He tilts his head confused)

Me: No…no….I was just kidding….I heard Calculus is hard from my father….and made up stories regarding it. (I said confidently while ending the conversation there itself)

We reached the hotel almost one hour later, it is a 5 star hotel with Eiffel tower view, father would leave tomorrow evening, Louis said I can shift to hostel by tomorrow, all the preparations have already been made, just need to fill few forms for which father’s signatures are needed. We freshened up, father was sitting near the fireside, while I looked out of the window gazing at the city view, the night scene was mesmerizing, the city was light up, the Eiffel towel stood out among everything, even the dark sky couldn’t bother it’s spark, but even more were those millions of stars far away in the universe which are far bigger than the sun, twinkling in the sky like small harmless dots when in reality they are far more hotter than Sun. My eyes were big and bright lost in various thoughts, I have finally achieved my freedom, but now what? I want to stand out like the Eiffel tower, but at the same time that would be a limited dream to achieve….what I truly want is to keep on growing like the Universe, learning new things while remaining mysterious, be strong like a cyclone wind that can destroy anything that stands in the way, look harmless like those twinkling stars while hiding my deep reality so that my enemies can underestimate me while I destroy them slowly….deep like the ocean so that no one understands how much is the depth of my personality….but…do I really want all this?....the city light reflected on my pupil…I kept on staring there are so many questions in my mind without any answers ….’Who am I?....What do I desire?...Is it destruction or conquer? Or is it peace that I crave?’…

(Author's note: This is the end of the first season, season two coming soon with more exciting chapters, hope you all are enjoying the story ^~^)

To be continued....