The Great LOL

008. Memories

"Excuse me, Mrs. Sally. A while ago, when you were at the office screaming for help, why didn't anyone come to help you?"

"This is because I am the only one there of course. Lately there have been many meetings at the headquarters so most of the staff head to the conference room at the end of the day."

"Uh, I understand. Actually I wanted to ask you about something else some time ago, on my way to the city today there was someone who told me that there are a lot of different movements within the city due to the re-emergence of Shiro Barry lately, can I know a little about that, since you are working at the municipal bureau so you must know something, right?'' He told her, hoping to get little information that might interest him later, or at least he could make countermeasures to help him in the future.

After some hesitation, employee Sally shook her head forcefully, saying with a firm tone, "Why? Are you thinking about revenge for your family? Sorry about what happened to them, but you'd better leave that demon to the professionals, as it is much better than throwing your life meaninglessly."

"..."

"I never thought of revenge, all that I don't want to live the same experience again." Shiro acted fast while expressing sadness in his weak tone, trying to give the gist that it's really not what she thinks.

It is as if his words touched the heart of employee Sally, which made her soften, saying, "You do not have to worry about anything happening, as the Kingdom has issued several instructions stating that the procedures must be intensified in the future, and it is very likely that there will be a good deal of assistance from the other countries in the searches for that devil. The headquarters are on a foot and a leg for the preparations, also it has been said that things may be different this time and it is very possible that they will be able to arrest him, isn't this good news for you?"

'No, it's not.'

"Um... that's good to hear." Shiro replied while in thought.

'Capturing my clone is absolutely impossible as long as he has these two mysterious artifacts, but it seems they noticed that he is a little different from me, no wonder even with those two artifacts, still the experts on Lockedonia Continent cannot be underestimated at all. Well now, since most eyes will be directed away from here, that's a good thing for me anyway.'

After some time the maid came smiling, she was holding a pencil and notebook and started writing down their orders, the employee Sally asked her about the usual plate of Chicken Noodle Soup, salad and glass of lemon juice.

As for Shiro, after small thinking, he requested the same order, since it is his first time here, so it is better not to do something that might embarrass Sally, and again he does not know the foods available in the restaurant anyway.

Not much time passed until their table was filled with many different dishes, despite their request for only a few foods, but it seems that the restaurant has tradition to offer side dishes with every meal as an addition.

Smiling lightly, employee Sally watched on, and she said, "Eat more. Chicken Noodle Soup here is exceptionally tender and juicy."

"Thank you." his wooden spoon and began to taste the soup. He was starving. Chewing a few times, the sumptuous juices of the chicken burst and enveloped his taste buds. "Delicious!"

The more he chewed, the warmer he felt in his heart, and the dull gloom dissipated.

Shiro took the first spoon and then the second, and many followed it afterwards without paying attention to what was going on around him, until he finished almost half the bowl.

Only then, he noticed that Sally had not eaten anything yet and tenderly kept on staring at him continuously, which made his face turn red from embarrassment.

"Uh... the food here is so delicious, it's the first time I've tasted something like this in a very long time that it made me completely lost myself. Ha ha ha." scratching the tip of his nose, he's really not used to this sort of thing.

"Really? If you like it that much, you can take my share as well." Then she got up and placed her bowl near Shiro dishes, and then she sat back in her place, placing her hands under her chin like waiting the show to start playing.

Shiro scratched his head feeling hot from embarrassment, "Thank you but I really don't want another plate, it just makes me feel bad for you."

"You don't have to, actually seeing you like this brings back a lot of good memories to me, so I would be grateful if you let me have this a little more."

"Memories?!"

"Yes, in the past I had a younger brother. If he continues on living, he will be the same age like you now. Seeing you enjoying your food reminded me a lot of him. At that time, I got used to preparing it myself since my parents were not usually at home, and we used to eat together most of the time but right now..."

Then she looked out of the window with a distant glance on her eyes, as if she was going back in time to moments when she was with her family, then she began speaking in a faint, filled with sad emotions tone, "Almost two years has passed to our separation, but I did not forget any of those moments one day, and every time I see a person of his age, these memories come back more, especially when I learned that you are also a survivor from Itana village incident, this made me feel that we are a lot similar."

"This... Do you mean..." Before he finished, she interrupted him saying.

"Not completely. My little brother and my parents died in the crematorium of Talima village two years ago. You might have heard of it. It was a small village about fifty miles east of Kalamar. At that time, many residents died there, including my family, and because I started working in this city a short time before that, I could not even see their bodies one last time because of the severity of the burns."

"This I... I... I'm very sorry for what happened." Trying to console her a little and also because he felt guilty about what happened to that village, that Holocaust, how could he forget about what happened there?