Soul Delivery (English)

Marchio's Plea Part 1

Heka felt relieved that he could finally return to the human realm. The world where he supposed to be. Even though, he felt comfortable being in the immortal realm. He wanted to know more about the immortal realm.

After he left the immortal realm, he felt so hungry. He checked his calendar and found that it was now autumn. “November, winter will soon be here. Beside of, it was September yesterday.” Heka grumbled. He didn’t understand the time difference between the immortal realm and the human realm at all.

He opened the refrigerator, but there was no food left. There were no restaurants close to his house. There were only groceries.

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So, he decided to go to the grocery. All the food was available. However, he intended to choose instant noodles. First, he took one instant noodle. Because he felt so hungry, he took more than one. “I don’t think one is enough.”

He took the instant noodles one by one. Without him realizing it, he bought 10 instant noodles.

While he cooked instant noodles, he sighed while was looking at the feather given by Marchio. For him, a feather was so special and valuable. He didn’t even realize that the noodles had run out of water and were almost burnt. He put the fur in his pocket.

 “Damn it.” He immediately lifted the pot. Then put the noodles into the bowl.

One portion of instant noodles has been eaten. But he still felt hungry. Hence, he cooked more. He put in a pack of instant noodles. It was just that he felt that it would be better for him to increase his portion. Finally, there were 3 instant noodles that he had put on.

“What happened to me? Why do I feel so hungry?” Heka complained to himself that he had finished 4 portions of instant noodles at once.

He remembered what Marchio had ordered. “50 rabbits.” He kept looking at Marchio’s fur.

He wondered the day after tomorrow, whether he would be able to return to Kiervant Sky again. “Could he still allow me to visit Kiervant Sky? I really want to live there. What will my life be if I live in an immortal realm like Marchio?”

This time, he couldn’t stop hoping for it.

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Heka held the feather given by Marchio. He looked at the feather. While he was walking around and looking at the hundreds of rabbits in the cages at The Animal House, it was his first time to buy a pet. He was so hesitant about the price. According to people’s opinions, the price of a pet can be worth millions of dollars.

However, it was Marchio’s request that he had to do it. If he didn’t have enough money, he would ask for more time to earn money first. Afterward, he can buy 50 rabbits.

For some reason, Heka felt something was different when he was beside Marchio. That was the reason he obeyed everything Marchio asked without any objection. Even though,  the request was difficult to carry out.

After he was wandering around for a long time, he finally found a lilac rabbit. He squatted down and looked at the rabbit. “There are only 5 of them, so what about the rest? Where else should I look for 45 of them?” He complained after counting the number of lilac rabbits in the cage.

He tried to interact with the rabbit. Heka held up Marchio’s fur to the rabbit. All the rabbits came closer and touched the fur he was carrying.

Then, all the rabbits stayed away from him in fear. The rabbit seemed to be rebelling and wanted to get out of the cage. He noticed the rabbit, and it clearly had tears coming out. “As you guys know, this feather doesn’t belong to humans.”

Heka couldn’t bear to see all the cute, innocent rabbits as much as in Marchio’s hands. But he couldn’t help. He didn’t have the courage to stop Marchio at all. Because it was the same as committing suicide.

He saw the shopkeeper approaching him. He immediately hid Marchio’s fur.

“Hey bunnies, what’s wrong with you guys?” the shopkeeper said. He knew the characters and habits of all the animals here. He seemed so protective. The proof was that he immediately approached the rabbit who was struggling.

“Sorry, I don’t mean to scare them.” He hoped that the shopkeeper wouldn’t blame him.

 “It doesn’t matter.”

The shopkeeper’s response made him feel relieved. At least, he wouldn’t get into trouble. It was just that he had to keep the rabbit away from Marchio’s fur.

“Do you want to buy a rabbit?” The shop owner asked while he was changing the conversation. Because he seemed to know Heka’s expression, he was also worried about what had just happened to her rabbit.

“Yes,” Heka answered briefly. However, he was confused whether he should ask about the price first or about the number of rabbits he needed. “No, I’m sorry I don’t want to buy the rabbits. Because there are only 5 of them. I need more. Besides, they are scared of seeing me.”

“It’s not a big deal. It’s just that rabbits. It just need time to adapt.”

It meant that he had nothing to worry about.

The shopkeeper asked,

“How many rabit do you need?”

Buying 50 rabbits does seem very exciting, but what can you do? But he answered with sign language. He raised all five fingers in response.

“Five… aren’t there five rabbits?”

Heka shook his head and raised his five fingers again.

“Fifteen?”

Heka shook his head again and repeated his gesture.

“Fiiff…fifty…..”

Heka smiled, finally the shopkeeper managed to guess how many tails he needed.

“Fifty rabbits!!!!! You’re not kidding, are you? What are you going to do with fifty rabbits? Do you also want to open a rabbit shop?” The shopkeeper spoke while laughing. It was indeed very weird and ridiculous because someone wanted to buy fifty rabbits at once.

“No, it’s for a… it’s kind of party.” Heka was confused about what to do. He couldn’t possibly tell the real reason why he needed fifty rabbits. So he just said something random. “Can you help me?”

He hoped the shopkeeper would refuse to help him. So he could throw away his desire and immediately leave The Animal House.

“Fifty rabbits… but you have to wait a few days. I’ll look for it first.”

It was not what he expected. At least, one problem has been met. “I just need a lilac rabbit. I don’t want the other!!!” He also made sure that the shopkeeper did not try to trick him by sneaking him another type of rabbit.

“Okay… don’t worry”

“Then… how much?” Heka asked, hoping that the price of a lilac rabbit wasn’t so expensive. He regretted something, he should have asked for the price first.

“One lilac is 50 dollars, for 50 heads it is 2500 dollars. Since you bought a lot, I will give you a discount later.”

“Thank you… Then, when can you prepare?”

“I’ll contact you later.”

“Okay then I’ll go first.” It was indeed better than wasting time looking at pets. Moreover, he still has a lot to do for Marchio.

Afterward, he had to return home to first check the cinnamon at home. It was what he had to do next, maked candle.