C8 Lost Goddess 2/2

"You found me! What do you mean by that?"

"Before that, please pick up your cake."

I didn't notice earlier but the cake on my hand was gone. I must've let go of it when we bumped each other.

I knelt down to my grief because the cake was squished flat with red cream coming out of the box.

"You... murderer!"

"Murderer!? Do you not know who I am!?"

"No I do not! Pay for the hospital fees for this cake!"

"It's just a cake! We should just eat it before any more of it goes to waste!"

I picked up the cake with love and care like a mother who's holding her new born baby.

"Don't worry Isla, this cake, I will not let it go to waste!"

I quickly ran facing our home leaving the little kid behind to share Isla's last cake to her mom who locked herself inside her room.

Before I could go any further, the little girl suddenly shouted while running after me.

"Your scooter! Use your scooter!"

Ah right! I brought the motorcycle when I went here.

I ran back to it and quickly rode it.

"Thanks little kid!"

"What do you mean little kid!?"

As I was about to grip the handle, the cake almost fell so I swiftly retracted my hand from the handle bar back to the cake.

"Hold the cake, I'll give you some later."

"Really!?"

The kid's eyes were brimming with wonder as she heard my offer.

Kids these days were gullible. It seems like my attempt to lure her with food worked easily. Just give them candy or in this case a cake and they'll follow you wherever you go.

She rode on the back while holding the deflated cake, licking the strawberry filling that was sticking all over the cardboard box container.

"Are you really that hungry?"

"I haven't eaten *lick in two weeks."

No wonder she took the offer like it was next to what you do when your hungry.

"Ahhh, you're in a worse condition than us."

"Just hurry up and drive!"

We took off taking the longer route to home.

"How far is your house!?"

She asked while the wind blew on her adorable face.

"It was just a meters ahead, but we're taking the long way because I can't be caught riding with an under aged kid on the back while holding a cake with two hands."

"I'm actually older than you, you know!"

"Really!? But how did you know how old I am!?"

With her adorable face and height, I didn't expect for her to be older than me.

"We've met before!"

"Where!?"

"When you died!"

"I died!?"

I racked my brain to remember any event of me dying but to my realization, I finally noticed that there was a gap in my memories.

"Ah! Yes! I forgot! When you were sent back from the afterlife there were actually some complications so you're losing your memories as time passes."

"Losing my memories!?"

"Yes! In a few days you will forget everything that ever happened in your entire life."

"Will that include people!?"

"Most likely, yes!"

By her shocking revelation I slightly fell out of concentration while driving which caused the motorcycle to slowly lean to the right.

*Scrape!

"Hey! Drive carefully!"

Before the scooter could completely sweep the road, the kid behind me pulled out her head ring and it transformed into a glowing gold sword which she used as a stand so that we wouldn't scrape our knees.

"Sorry!"

I balanced the motorcycle back while apologizing sincerely for almost committing double suicide.

"Really!? I can believe I used the holy sword for something like this!"

We shut our mouths while riding and arrived at our destination safely.

"This place again!"

She exclaimed while giving me the cake to point at the building where we were staying.

"Why? You know this place?"

"Yes! I landed here from heaven!"

"Heaven?"

We talked as we walked towards the entrance to enter the building.

"Yes!"

"Awww. Your kid is adorable, King."

As we approach the entrance of the building, one guard spoke to me while I showed him my ID.

"She's not my daughter Frank, and my name is Seth!"

"Yeah! I'm not his daughter, Frank!"

We said to the guard who assumed we were family when actually I just pick her up on some familiar corner.

"My name is Joe… Then who's kid is she?"

"I found her in front of the twin's bakery."

"Don't put it like that! The truth is, I found 'him' in front of a shop."

While arguing, the guard checked our bodies with a scanner.

"Are you turning into a pedophile now, Seth? And kid, you're too cute to be doing something like this."

"It's not like that Frank, she owes me for squashing my cake."

I explained as I showed him the flat cake. This guard really like to diss people and me as his prime subject was not something I want.

I should've just lied about her identity then we would be in weird misunderstanding.

"Frank, you will receive divine punishment if you treat me as something this boy beside me considers a love interest."

"Let's just go please. It's two against one, any more of this and I'm going cry."

I convinced them to stop. One guard was already hard and now another one was looking down on me.

What did I do in my previous life that I'm forced to be treated like this?

"Okay then, if you say so."

Frank said as he shrugged his shoulders.

We walked in front of the elevator to take a lift only to see a sign saying 'Out of order'.

"We have to take the stairs."

"Carry me."

What did she just say? Carrying her was probably easy since she was small. It's just that we were on the ground floor and we're trying to go to the third...

It's not that I'm against it but…

"As much as I want to, I really can't. The cake is really hard to carry as it is now."

"Then, I'll carry the cake."

She suggested just as we were about to take a step on the stairs, but somebody I know just passed by.

"Seth, that's illegal."

It was the neighbor from next door, George.

George was a black-haired shut-in loner with a normal looking face, he often play video games with me. He beats me all the time so I think he's a professional who plays games for a living. He rarely goes down from his room. If he did he would just buy food and get back up to his room again.

I didn't pay any attention to him and ignored the guy then said to the kid,

"Just walk there, please. I really don't want anyone branding me a pedophile."

"Okay fine."

"Ah! Seth there's a blockade of plants at the second stairs. I suggest you take a sword or something before going up."

"Thanks! But this little kid beside me has one."

"Okay! Then I'll be going now- wait, you mean that kid's a boy!?"

"No dude! Just how far will you take your dirty jokes!?"

I shouted as he walked away with a suggestive look on his face.

He's also an open pervert, a guy who ogles at woman in broad day.

"Why would having a sword lead to me being a boy?"

"Let's not talk about that…"

We got up to the third floor with the help of kid's holy sword.

Her sword was shaped like the usual sword you see at game or you can buy at stores down the streets for adventurer's use but it was glowing really bright. Although the glow was really bright it's strange that I can still see the shape like it was a normal sword.

She was very against the idea of having to use her holy sword to cut a few weeds but in the end she gave up and went wild as compensation for her service.

While we were at the door, we heard some rustling noise and the little kid took out her holy sword and took a fighting stance to prepare for what's coming.