Reuniting with people was quite the hassle. It was accompanied by a lot of tears and snot. It was probably enjoyed by a lot of sadists out there, but I disliked it.
Whether it was reuniting with Dawn in the Empire, Maria, Lily, and Keith back in Apollon, or any other reunion. All of it was annoying.
Ok maybe Keith was fine, he came after my neck and was pissed about the alcohol.
That said, reuniting with people was hasslesome even more so when people had likely presumed you to be dead.
That is why, even as I kicked along the head of the Outer God like a football I dallied on my way toward the presence of Noa and her gang of riff-riffs. I hadn't had the chance to take a look at them but they didn't seem anything special.
It wasn't very pleasant, but I had to sit through the reunions. There were also a bunch of other things on my mind that I had decided to take care of.
As I rolled the head of the Retro Builder ahead once more, I finally saw the group of people making their way away from the sea of golem corpses and toward someplace in the distance.
All this time, I did think that reunions were pretty boring mainly because I was the one leaving people behind and going back to them.
I climbed atop one of the mounds of debris and found Noa and her group walking ahead. There seemed to be a group of half snakes and half men, three humans, and two more from a different world. A dragon and a dryad, I believe.
Since Noa was taking the lead and guiding them along, it seemed she was comfortable in that group.
"NOA!!" I shouted, waving my hands.
The group walking away suddenly turned back. Half of them took on a fighting stance without a moment's delay.
They didn't seem to be ready to fight me though.
"What the heck is that!?" Noa screamed back. I looked down at my feet and remembered that what I had brought along was not a football but the head of the Outer God.
When I looked at them again, I found the groups cowering in fear. The dragon and the dryad were ready to jump at me, and the blonde human was covering another black-haired girl.
"It's just an Outer God," I said. "It'll make a good gift unless you want it first."
"Outer… God…?"
One of them muttered.
"No way… that is the Outer God we saw? How… who is that."
I shrugged and kicked the head ahead first. In the blink of an eye, I was in front of the group with my hand wrapped around Noa's shoulder.
None of the kids here even saw me moving.
As soon as they realized I was there, they turned my way with their arms still stretched, the blonde guy was subtle but he still focused on shielding the black-haired girl.
"Who are you? Leader, do we fight or—"
"Haha, what a spirited kid," I said, looking at the dragon. "I like him, you're their leader now?"
Noa's actions seemed slightly hesitant though.
"Only… for now…" she said.
She rubbed her palms together and kept her head away from me. Even the arm wrapped around her shoulder seemed to be making her twitchy.
It was my fault for being hasty. Five years was not a short time.
Anyone would be uncomfortable if someone they thought dead returned like this, even if they had shared a bed.
I let go of her without making it seem unnatural and crossed my arms. It was then that the head I had kicked before finally dropped from the sky and fell right next to where I stood.
The kids got fidgety again.
"Um," Noa spoke up again. "Do you not have anything you want to say to them?"
What. Me?
Thinking of it now, we were all roughly 23, five years had passed since we last met. I guess I was supposed to be encouraging kids now. That wasn't my style but my dear Noa was the one asking so.
"Good job, all of you will do good in the future. Just relax and choose your career paths well. Remember, money is not everything—"
"Huh?" Said the blue-haired girl who was standing at the side.
"AHAHA!" Noa laughed. "It's ok, let me introduce you guys to him, all of you put your weapons down."
Noa, still a little fidgety, tapped my chest.
What the heck? I was not able to make much sense of this. Was she ok with me or was she not? We weren't the types to get embarrassed and awkward now.
She pointed at the dryad first.
"Alright, he is… what was your name again?"
The Dryad's jaw dropped open.
"Ok, doesn't matter."
Brutal.
"That's dragon guy right there."
"Hahah! You are funny, leader. Name's Kalanaar—"
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She finally placed her foot on mine and pointed at the last of the group.
"And there's no need to say anything here, right Eugene?"
"Eugene…?" The black-haired girl muttered. "Eu…gene…?"
What?
I… I only recognized people whose souls I had seen before. I had no idea this person was.
Noa pressed on my feet further, almost ready to break my toes.
"Eugene, you know her right?"
I…
I pointed my hand ahead and winced my gaze. The blonde kid shielding the girl took a bolder step ahead this time, almost getting in between us.
"Eugene… you mean?"
The girl clearly seemed to recognize me.
"This guy is… Han Yu-Jin?"
My eyes widened at once as all the blocks clicked into place. Noa getting awkward, the name, the hair and the look.
"No way… No fucking way…"
The blonde was slightly pushed away by the girl.
"You… you're IU?"
The girl scowled at once and jumped ahead at me.
"You fucker!!"
"That was a compliment! It was a compliment—"
My words were not heard as the girl broke into tears and started smacking her fist into my chest.
In a very unexpected place, I had reunited with the most unexpected person.
My little sister.
It wasn't a boring reunion.
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