Chamenopolis (II)

[what you thought was your weakness is now your strength]

[you are lucky, that you were not blessed] said Brook in a confident way.

Could you explain further more?

[it's not the time for that, but you should trust me in this…]

Right…I need to settle first, I know nothing about this world, and it seems the situation is fine now, I will enjoy the moment as it is lasting, and prepare ahead of my time. I didn't notice it until I found myself holding ruby's hands tightly.

"don't worry, I will protect you" she reassured me.

"I am thankful, Ruby" she probably thought I am worried about it, but this is not a worry this is a determination, I would have to decline your offer, I don't want to see myself fall behind you, I want to be by your side…that's why I should reach you first or even surpass you.

"Gus, you know that my offer is still valid" now, my determination is replaced with fear, instinctively I left her hand.

"You know we are not in that relationship yet; we are just…" I don't want to say it…

"Huh? Why did you stop, I'm waiting for explanations…you know what? Say it" No I can't…

[just say it!] not you again, this time brook was the one scared

Liam Mikki, he is a good-looking guy, contrary to how it seems he actually dated tens of girls, but they all left him, for his childish and perverted character. I am your friend Liam; don't you wish luck for your friends usually.

"There no such a think between us, we…"

Ha?

"...are..."

S-stop…

"…just…"

Please

"Close friends"

A grin that reaches the ears appeared in Liam's face, the most mischievous expression I have ever witnessed. "Aha! Too bad~ you really were suiting each other, Hehe…" Liam…uh…no comment.

Some of the adults who were busy working started approaching us too.

"We apologize for the disturbance; children are always curious about newcomers"

"Come to think of it, we were the same before also!"

"Nice old days haha…"

"For now, it will be better for the visitors to rest and, you should hurry with the event preparations" decreed Osias.

"Yessir!" gasped the workers that were slacking

Then a couple of carriages, came to our reception, I didn't notice any horses attached to it, so it must be a steam machine, every eight persons got into the vehicles, there was thousands no, hundreds of thousands, to carry us to other side of the city, since it was a small country size, based on the variation of races, this huge city, was divided into huge districts.

"I apologise for my late introduction, my name is Latifa, I am the leader of the elven people" stated the woman that was leading the elf's group, she was an old woman, with grey hair as of eyes, based on my knowledge about this race, they live for like hundreds of years or more, this suggested that Latifa was probably a thousand years old. I can't imagine how someone can live that much.

"Nice to meet you, granny!" of course it was Bob, shit I found myself, accepting that fact.

"Oh! How nice of you, young man, but I am supposed to be an old relic for you, youngsters"

"Then, I will call you sister"

"Excuse me wtf?"

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Then everyone got in the carriages, they seated us based on our blessing level, since I'm not registered, so I was seated in the last vehicle with the one-stars, at least they didn't let me run behind.

The journey to the other side of Chamenopolis, is said to be twelve hours long, of course we stopped multiple times to get hydrated, to rest and they feed us some snacks, like a meatball bowls with white sauce, I think I'm revising my favourite meal's list,

The thing is that we were travelling in the city, we are still in the same huge city, but every three hours you notice different building style from the previous one, the first district that was near the gate is the beast-men's zone, that wildlife-like city structure, mixed with a touch of postcolonial style, and the dominant race I noticed there are beast-men flexing their muscles so it is what it is, then we passed by the vampire's zone it was pretty creative of them to cover the city with a huge cloud, for a while I thought it's going to rain until the driver, explained that 'that phenomenon is artificial, they dislike the sunshine so they created that cloud with the elements of electricity and water, ugh are they even consuming vitamin D properly, those pale bastards' I expect no less from a strong huge beast-man, if he existed in our society he would be the greatest bodybuilder…

The architecture in the vampire's area was West-European influenced, something they tend to like.

Then I thought to myself how each race was similar to what we read on novels and what we have seen in any other medium of fiction, what I thought was fictional, changed its genre into a documentary for me, it is as if they already existed in our world, and what we read were actually witnesses, that dispersed across history till they became fiction. But how did they come here? obviously in the same manner as us…duh… but they came before us, and every district was inspired by a certain era of our history were these creatures existed, but they don't seem like they are in a dangerous situation, so is it going to continue like this?

[nothing started yet for you, but they already witnessed enough, what is supposed to be a prologue for your life, is their epilogue, they came to this world each in this order:]

[the first ones to arrive to here were the half dragons they build their civilization, and received prophecies about the coming of another race.]

[Then beast-men after them, when they arrived, a war raged between them lasted for generations until they were both punished by the Beyonders, then later, after establishing a peace treaty, they received another prophecy, the arrival of another team that will join them]

[later the elves arrived, and with each addition, chamenopolis was expanded on this continent, and they were warned by the beyonders 'to never doubt what the Beyonders order']

[Later the vampires came, the problem was that the leader of this group knew more than she was supposed to, she did not need the help of the other groups to build her district, she lead her society to stand on its own, and actually she was the one that developed this society, and introduced machinery and steam, and that is all since just fifty years ago, the previous leaders of each group, demanded explanations from her, and she refused, they all raged and tried to force it out of her…]

Hmm? why did you stop?

[you see, the leaders of the faction you met before…]

Yes… is there possibly a conflict between them?

[conflict between them? Hahaha… ahahahahhha hahahahhaha, there is no way! She was the one that assigned that role to them, after she killed the previous ones ahaha…]

Is it normal to be joking about killing and death?

[You will get used to it…]

…he is not wrong…

So, she was the strongest in this world-

[Yes, she was, and she is, but she won't be…, after all the last ones of the prophecies were said to be the most important cast in this show]

[of course, that does not mean that every human is stronger than anyone from the other races, they will be blessed the most by the beyonders, but the other races already had some quirks besides the blessings.]

[Vampires as you know have a strong healing factor related to their blood, on the other hand beast-men can transmogrify to various legendary beasts, elves are wise creatures that can communicate with spirits that lends them special powers and abilities, while the draconic humans rein at the top with their intelligence and nobility, gifted with high understanding and knowledge, they were able not only to mimic but to develop the abilities of other races to their use]

I was looking out of the window while Brook was explaining, of course the scenery was great Chamenopolis was one of the greatest cities I have ever seen and I can't wait to walk in it's beautiful streets, but that was not the only reason. I was looking away avoiding the gazes of the passengers that were with me, eyes full of scornfulness.

'Are we that low to be seated with this trash?'

'If we are blessed and given stars, isn't he a cursed one ha-ha'

'Look at him acting all cocky just because he got some strong blessed ones by his side'

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And so on, but…these one-stars…are really thinking that I'm going to react to their harsh words, they can't prove their worth so they just press on the weak to feel superior, I will never give them a chance to do so.

Their feeling of superiority, won't last long.

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[My child ... show me a beautiful story]