Separation Fee

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The Secret Door of Austin’s Family

“Cheska, are you bullying your Third Brother?” Harvey walks in and see Cheska kicking Xavier’s leg.

“Its third Brother! He is the one bullying me.”

“Second Brother.” Xavier is still laughing as he pinch Cheska’s cheeks.

“Third Brother, you are finally back. I still remember playing with you.”

“While I don’t remember anything back then. I even thought Im the only child. Later I thought you are all dead.”

“How cruel.” Cheska pouts and escape him. She hides behind Harvey and stick her tongue to him.

Xavier only laugh.
“What can I do but speculate? Dad wont say a thing. Speaking, where are the others? Dad, Mom and Eldest brother?”

“They went to the main family’s house. Dad is furious.” Harvey sigh. “I want to come with them but Eldest brother insist I stay so you wont be lonely.”

“Im not a child. Why will I get lonely? Will they get in trouble?” he asks.

“Father wants to separate from the family. He will asks to be given a place to farm but refuses to stay in the family. They abuses Eldest brother and refused to allow him to get married. I am also….And even they refuse to let Cheska marry. Its her last year. We rather let her marry first. We are men. We can find a wife later.”

Cheska looks down.
“I don’t need to get married. Eldest brother and second should think of themselves more.”
After she said that Harvey’s stomach grumbles.
Its so loud his face flushed red.
Cheska also looks away.
Harvey’s stomach is always been loud. He often got laugh at because it always grumbles loudly.

“Im so thoughtless. I will cook now.” Cheska said.

Harvey only nods while scratching his head.

“Okay. Ill come with you.” Xavier said with a smile in his lips.


“Third Brother knows how to cook?” Harvey asks amaze.

“Of course. Father has to work at the field. I have to cook and bring him food to eat. I might be a better cook than Cheska. You’ll never know.”

“Boasting. All you do is boasting.” Cheska cheekily said sticking her tongur again.

“Naughty brat. This Third brother is not boasting. Its not my fault that Im so capable.”

The three laughs heartily.
Since they want to cook Harvey thought of finding a fish in the river nearby but Xavier thinks its bad to let him go since he is hungry.

“Wait. Ill get you a snack. You can eat it first.”
Xavier presses his palm in the wall and the strange door appear again.
Cheska and Harvey are both shock.
“Can I come with you?” Harvey asks. He is scared that that thing will eat his third brother again and never spit it out. At least he can come and he wont be alone.
“Its fine. While Im sleeping the knowledge to use our Austin’s family door has passed down to me. I can take thing from the other side but never can I bring outside. In short, I cant bring you with me.”

“Its fine if you can make sure you will return.” Harvey smiles.

“Of course I will.”

Xavier enters the door and end up inside their home. He is happy it all work just as he thought.

He rummage the fridge and take all the snacks inside. Some sliced cake and fruits. His father rarely use the fridge. He is the only one who store food in it.
Thinking that its almost lunch he also bring a frozen chicken and some vegetables for Cheska to see his culinary skills.
He is grinning from ear to ear when he came back he has a huge bag next to him.
Cheska is clapping her hand waiting for him.
Harvey is just smiling kindly at him.

“Im back. What is the difference in time?” he asks.
Though he knows how it works he is not sure about the difference in time.
“Just a little while.” Harvey answered.

“So it’s the same.” He murmured.

“But the door didn’t disappear when you leave but it disappear when you get back.” Cheska said as if she is also thinking mysteriously.

“Oh. I see. Then its dangerous to just open the door.” He happily nods.

“Third brother what are these things?” Harvey asks as he rummage the huge bag.

“Plates and glasses. Here and also some snacks for you.”

“Snacks!” Cheska never eaten snacks before but his cousin will brags about it. Her cousin will tell him that the rich people call fancy food snacks and eat it when hungry.
She is always wondering what kind of food can be called snacks.

When his third brother full out a rectangular shake log she wonder if it can be eaten.

“Third brother eats log on the other side?”

“What log? It’s a cake. It’s a fluffy soft bread.”

“You are lying. It looks like a log. No..it looks like…..Second brother it lools like a dark sand!”

Xavier jokingly spank the back of her head.
“Eat it. Then you will understand.”

“Im scared. You eat it Second brother. I might be hungry but I never tried eating soil before.” She said shaking her head.

Harvey also thinks it looks like a dark soil but it smells good. Xavier is scolding Cheska after he hand a fork to Harvey. Harvey has seen a wooden spoon but this fork doesn’t look like a made from wood but metal. He is shock how a thin metal can be use as a simple utensil.
He held his breath and eat a mouthful of this cake.

“Um…Sweet. And soft.” He said wondering what is this sweet texture. He has always eat rice soup and when his lucky a rice gruel with some salt but this is amazing. Never in his life did he tastes something like this.

“Really? It doesn’t taste like soil?”

“Silly! Have you ever tasted soil?” Xavier pouts.

“I did. When Daniel trip me, I got soil in my mouth so I know.” She said pouting again.
“All you is pout. Eat. You Eat now.”

After eating the cake, two, brother and sister didn’t know when to stop eating.
Harvey’s hunger subside. He immediately stop Chezka from eating more.

“We share it with everyone. Let Mother and Eldest brother have some.” Harvey says in a small voice.

Cheska nods her head. She likes sharing everything good to her family.
“Just eat. I have a whole cake here. Father rarely eats the cake I bought for him. If you like it then Ill just buy more.”
Xavier already look and as expected they are using firewood to cook. He is from a modern era. His mentality is different. If he can escape heavy labor he wont do it.
He already took the stove and gasoline tank at home. Luckily the gas stove is not empty. His father and him loves to cook. The gas tank is often empty because of them. He also brought a lot of pots and seasonings. Their house here is almost empty. Everything is in verge of destruction. His heart feels squeezing when he thinks of the suffering his family experience. He hope his father succeed in separating from the family. He heard his grandfather is dead. His father is only a son from a mistress so the moment his grandfather died the original wife wants to kick them out the family in a heartbeat.

His only worry is if they can get any property. This house is shabby but its huge. The field his family is using is also necessary. His money that he saved all this time are not useful here. He can find a way to sell something from the modern time here so they can accumulate money in this place. He is a business minded person. He always love more money than less money.

“Third brother, what is this? How can you cook with that?” Cheska asked.

“Im using a special type of gasoline. It fuels this thing and make fire for me to use. You use this indicator to put the fire higher or lower depend on your choice.”

“It’s a magical thing. Third brother are you a magician?” Cheska asks.

“You want me to hit your head again? There is an explanation to everything. Magic is not real. The only unanswered question is….” The two look at the back of his hand. “Maybe I am a magician.” He said and the two starts laughing.

Xavier is done cooking. He even bring the table and tableware he is use in eating along with the chair. After that he feels sorry that the dining area look a bit smaller. Harvey and Cheska likes all the thing he brings so he is happy that they are not angry to help him move the things.
Harvey is very cooperative. Never asks too many questions. Cheska has a lot of question. He cant answer a lot but he is happy to comply and tell her anything she is curious.
The three are done cleaning.
The table looks so luxurious that Cheska cant help but feel like she gotten rich. Harvey is also amaze with all the things but his attention is on the food that is making him salivate. They are waiting for the other three people in their family.
The three are just chatting and trying to catch up to 20 years of separation.

Their eldest brother Gerald is 30 years old this year, Harvey is 28, Xavier is 25 and Cheska is the youngest and the only daughter in the family and she is 20.
The language in this place is the same in the other side of the door. In different country some uses different dialect but its mostly the same and not like in modern time where different country has their own language.
The kingdom is ruled by an emperor. He has 6 vassal kingdom and known as the emperor of the Sun. Very strict but he is the pride of their kingdom. He has no empress after the later empress died due to rebellion plot, he has 7 official wife and many concubine, also has 10 princes and countless of princesses.
Though it is very unique for an Emperor who refrain normal citizen to have no more than 2 partners.
Only the said Emperor has many wives.
Xavier thinks the story about the ancient ruler are true that they love war and their woman.

AS the three chat the other three people arrived.
Julius is huffing in anger. His face is red and his fist is trembling.

“Calm down Dear. Its okay. Its alright.” Layla feared his husband will get so mad he fell ill. Didn’t his youngest son told her that he just got out of this health facility because of his health failure?

“That wicked woman enslave my wife and sons and even block my daughter’s marriage and only gives us 2 hectares of land? She only has Willy as a son! If she cut the land for us two I should be given 5 hectares of land, A share in the livestock and ration of food along with silver ingot! But she…” Julius is so mad his field of vision black out for a bit. Good thing Gerald is looking out for his father and grab him.
Xavier let him sit down and asks Cheska for water.
“What are you getting mad for? Already having 2 hectares of land is enough! Your health is more important.” He said being careful not to raise his voice. He got really scared when he almost fell down.

“That is true father. Don’t worry too much. At least we still have the title for this house. And now we are finally separated to them. Our house is also very far from the other people. It might be bad but at least its quiet. And the river nearby pass our house first. We often find a lot of fresh fish in the river bank. Mother also don’t have to walk farther. Isnt that more better option?” Gerald said coaxing his father.

He just got back. They cant afford losing him again.

A/N:

And therr you have it. 16 hours of my life for 4 chapters. Gawd.
I feel like Im doing something wrong in my life. I better sleep to correct the wrong doing lols.

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