Words That Never Reached You [HI3]

Chapter 18

The pink-haired woman had oddly been quiet after she said his name. It was awkward, to say the least. The very first question is how does she know him?

However, that could be answered easily given what he heard the woman speak about earlier. She knew his sister as she talked about her, meaning that she knew him because his sister had already told her about him he believes.

His sister has a lot of connections now that he thinks about it. A lot of powerful connections given everyone he had gotten to meet was a Valkyrie or a high official authoritative figure in one way or another.

"Um...—"

He was swooped from the ground before he could even blink and say what he wanted. His vision was shaking around as the pink-haired Valkyrie ran with him in an underarm carry.

What's going on? Is he being kidnapped?

He finds himself looking at the ground all the while the Valkyrie is kidnapping him. Wait! He's being kidnapped! Why isn't he panicking or trying to escape!?

"This is actually him, right!? Not just some lookalike!?" The pink-haired Valkyrie suddenly lifted him and he found himself blinking at the person he saw. Also, what was that about being a lookalike?

"What are you doing here? I wasn't notified that you would be coming today." His sister looked at the Valkyrie with an unamused expression. Her gaze then turned to him and he awkwardly waved his hand at her.

"I was gonna surprise you." The Valkyrie said. "Answer my question now."

"... Yes, that's my brother." Amy said after she took a moment and sighed. "Before you ask how and when it was about a month back when we found him in St. Foutain. Christine, Mei, Kiana, and I found him after we located a distress call. After that, we brought him over to St. Freya where he was getting treated for his injuries. He healed and eventually, we brought him here to the Hyperion where he's been staying with us and met a few of the others." She gave the elf the cliff notes of what had happened as she knew she was gonna ask eventually.

"I-I see... and you didn't inform us, why?"

"Elysia. I wanted my brother to slowly get used to the new environment. His circumstances are something that I will inform you in private. However, if I had told everyone about finding my brother, do you know how chaotic it might become?" Amy told the now-revealed Valkyrie, Elysia, her reasoning. "If there's chaos, there might be more work for me as well. And you all might make him uncomfortable since he doesn't know any of us."

"Chaos?" He spoke after a long time of silence causing both adults to look at him. "I don't get it..." He really didn't. What did she mean by everyone? Why does him meeting people might cause chaos?

"Let's just say that these people are friends of mine. Friends who would like to meet you since you're my brother. The reason that I say chaos is because I have a lot of friends."

"It's great to finally meet you, F/N." The Valkyrie named Elysia flipped him around as she still held him. Elysia reached under his armpits and lifted him like he was a kid. Wait... he's technically a kid. "My name is Elysia!"

"Nice to meet you too..." He was in a daze as he was looking at Elysia's pointy ears. He has never seen real elf ears in his life. Are they real or is it just a type of cosplay?

"You're so small! You're like the perfect plushy size!"

Space! Space! Space!

"Don't suffocate him with your chest." Amy watched as Elysia tightly hugged her brother who she could see squirming a bit. "Be gentle with him. You'll scare him off."