
Aeda came out as usual to buy groceries according to the schedule that had been prepared, that day the driver drove him to the supermarket. Many items he bought because he was shopping for a full week, two hours he spent just to shop for groceries.
Not enough to get there, he also went to the market to buy fresh fish at his subscription place. In just one person, the fishmonger he trusted, the fish he bought there was the good quality Chad liked so he became a regular customer.
"Hello Mr Giant, how are you?" greet Aeda.
"Oh ma'am, good news" replied Giant kindly.
"You've been back home so long that I've been overwhelmed looking for fish"
"Hehe's sorry, I have a little business so go home longer. All right, what do you need now?"
"I need the tuna and the red snapper too" replied Aeda.
"All right, I'll prepare, Agler! please bring the red snapper here!" shout Giant.
"Good uncle!" answer Agler who is coming soon.
Like a tsunami before his eyes, Aeda could not blink to see Agler approaching him with a fish.
"Madam, this is your fish" Agler said kindly.
"Young gentlemen." murmured Aeda slowly.
That face, the exact same face as Chad. Aeda blinked a few seconds later, watching more closely. Agler's face was so similar to Chad that it left Aeda shocked to death.
"Thank you" replied Aeda.
Agler smiled and returned to his original place, replaced by Giant who came to wrap all the fish.
"Who is that young man?" aeda asked without taking her eyes off Agler.
"Oh his name is Agler, he's from the same village as me. The intention here is to study while working, do you like it too?"
"What?" ask Aeda doesn't understand.
"When she worked for me all of a sudden I had a lot of regulars, well most of them were mothers who wanted to match Agler with her daughter. I can understand that because Agler does have a handsome face and a friendly nature, if I think again I'm lucky to have asked him to work for me"
"It looks like you know the young man well" Aeda said.
"Of course, I'm a friend of his father's. Even as a child Agler was familiar with my family, which is why I brought him here" Giant replied.
From Giant's expression and the way he told Agler he knew Giant wasn't lying, which meant Agler wasn't Chad. He was just a poor young man who happened to be very similar to his master, but with longer hair and a more hospitable nature.
"This is your order done" Giant said.
"Thank you, then I'll go first" Aeda replied.
He immediately left the place, on the way home his mind still remembered Agler's face. As the betel nut on the two sides of them was really similar, he also became eager to bring them together and compare them.
"Ah if from the nature of the young man named Agler it must be superior, he is very friendly and generous smile inversely proportional to the young master" he murmured.
After he arrived at the Joyi residence, he immediately went to the kitchen to order the other servants to clean up the groceries.
"Aeda." call Joyi.
"Yes madam"
"Please make me some tea and bring me some biscuits, I really want a sweet snack"
"I will prepare" Aeda replied obediently.
After the departure of Joyi immediately he prepared what was asked, after the tea was finished he put on a tray with biscuits and brought it to the Joyi room.
"Mrs, I brought your order" Aeda said as he entered the room.
"Thank you" replied Joyi.
With tea and biscuits on the table, Joyi stared at the small garden in her backyard. The view looks beautiful even though there is no mountain in the background, or cool air like in the countryside.
"Aeda, you haven't been on leave in a long time. Is your family okay? look at them occasionally" said Joyi.
"I've called them, everything is in good health and fine. Thank you for worrying about my family"
"Didn't you miss them?"
"Certainly missed, but my work is still a lot and much more important. If I get a chance, I'll ask permission to go home"
"How old is your grandson?"
"He's been three years"
"really? she must be so cute and adorable, if there's a chance I want to visit your family"
"Madam.". "call Aeda who feels loneliness emanating from Joyi.
Fifteen years ago, under the drizzle of rain and thunder Aeda walked without a soul. His feet continued to step without knowing where he was headed, until finally the rushing stream diverted his attention.
It was as if a hand was waving, calling him to jump from the bridge. A few seconds passed and his feet had climbed up the iron fence, with just one jump, it would be over.
But suddenly a hand pulled him, knocking them over a bridge that was wet from the rain. Aeda saw the face of a hard woman, there was a frown on the woman's forehead because her eyes hurt by dirty splashes of water.
Brave woman, her life-saver, that was the first impression Aeda got from Joyi. Moments later he heard the insults from Joyi's mouth, but they were all motivations for him who had lost his spirit.
In his sobs Aeda told me that he was in a huge debt, his son was kidnapped and made bail. If he could not pay off his debt then his son would be sold to a brothel, just a kara without a husband he was overwhelmed and did not know what to do.
"If you die, will your son survive? it is precisely your death is the door of hell that your child will enter" said Joyi at that time.
Aeda was conscious and ashamed of herself, and when another mother would fight to risk her life for her child she would take her life for her own freedom.
Although Aeda is a stranger but Joyi is willing to help him, he repays Aeda's debt without asking anything from her. That's when Aeda swore to follow wherever Joyi went even once to hell.
He became Joyi's first helper and continues to accompany her until now, the more they know they continue to exchange stories to understand each other.
"Someday, Mr. Chad will definitely bring a girl to this house. He will introduce the girl to you and ask for your blessing, this house will definitely be crowded because of the cry of the little angel who calls you" said Aeda.
"Will it happen to my family?" ask the unsure Joyi.
"Of course, the young master is already eighteen years old there must be a girl he secretly likes"
"Chad is too rude, do you think any girl would like him? the girls now only love on matter no one really has love"
"There must be a mistress, a girl who might be a little crazy because she likes cold men like young masters"
Hahaha
"Jeez Aeda, you made me laugh" said Joyi.
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"Good Mom! are you the flu?" ask Mina worried.
"No! maybe I inhaled some dust" Ima replied while rubbing her nose.
"Mother, just a moment ago I met two wandering vampires"
"really? why do so many wandering vampires come here?" mina asked, getting worried.
"They just passed by and happened to be looking for food, I've offered them a stop but they don't want to"
"Don't invite vampires to our house Ima, I don't want to deal with those vampires"
"If they had come here, I would have been shocked! because one of them looks a lot like a sister"
"You mean?" mina asked not to understand.
"His face was really similar to that of big brother, to the point that I thought that it was Agler's sister. I called her Agler's sister but then her friend told her she was a different person"
"Does it really look like your sister?"
"Very similar! I'm surprised, but if he notices he's like a big brother in evil mode"
"meaning?" mina asked again, not understanding.
"Although the traveler but the way he dressed very neatly was very different from the tacky sister, his hair was also cut neatly but even though his face resembled that of an older brother he had a harder face like a person who would get angry. He didn't say much and was very cold, his aura was even stronger than big brother's"
"Oh, no matter how similar someone is, it will make a difference. Even twins have different habits, I heard in this world there are seven people with the same face, maybe your brother is one of them" Mina replied.
"It seems so, but if asked to choose I would prefer that guy over big brother"
"Why?"
"Why? because even though their faces were similar but the man was more handsome and charismatic, ah. he was really my type once." Ima said while imagining their meeting.
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"Oh gosh... Why does the wind feel cold? am I having a fever?" muttered Chad.
At the close of the window in his study, he sat back down to continue his work, but suddenly he lost focus because of the look on the face of the girl he met in the forest.
The typical pretty face of a young girl with a white rabbit in her arms, her charming smile and real cheerfulness. The girl kindly introduced herself as Ima, although she had only met for the first time but Ima kindly gave the rabbit and invited her home.
There was a bit of regret in his heart as to why he didn't agree, but then he dismissed the thought. This is not the time to think about girls, he should refocus on his work.
Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok Tok
"Lake in!" said Chad.
The door opened and saw manager San go inside.
"Sir, this is the report you requested" he said, handing over a file.
"Thank you, um. manager San like tomorrow I'm not in the office anymore so please collect all the files I have to sign and bring them here"
"Okay sir, what.... sir is fine?" ask manager San who is aware Chad's face is paler than usual.
"Yes, I'm just a little tired"
"Oh, do I need to bring medicine?"
"No, finish this I'll take a break"
"Alright then, please take care of your health."
Manager San was saying goodbye and left the room, suddenly Jhon entered the room without a sound. Because this is not the first time and again Chad can feel the presence of Jhon then he is not surprised about it.
"Chad there's something I need to talk to you about" Jhon said seriously.
"What's that?" ask Chad.
Jhon recounts what happened to him last night, as he went to Chad's residence to put a blood supply unexpectedly a group of witches ambushed him outside.
They made a shield that locked himself up, actually he could easily escape from the shield cage. But he had to know why there were witches in the region while there were no cases of death there, because he needed to find out then he was just silent.
To his surprise, the leader of the witches is Shigima, although Shigima looks older but still recognizes him. Shigima also looked as surprised as she was, she was stunned for a few seconds before asking a question.
"What is uncle doing here?"
"I should have asked like that" replied John.
"This... is Chad's residence, what is your relationship with him?"
"It's none of your business"
"Don't uncle have anything to do with that terror! the terror of the savage beast that took five victims, did Aunt Joy tell uncle to do just that?" shigima asked suspiciously.
"You are wrong! I don't care if you want to believe it or not but I don't want to deal with your family anymore, the last time we had contact with my beloved son died for your sister! no Shigima, that's enough! I no longer have passion for all that nonsense" replied Jhon.
Prangs......
With just one incision the shield was smashed into pieces, Jhon quickly escaped. The witches were already preparing to chase but Shigima stopped him.
"You have to be careful, they start to get suspicious of you" Jhon said after he finished telling the story.
For a moment Chad thought, he knew sooner or later they would know the cause of the deaths. Actually he was ready for open war, but he did not think in the end Jhon will be carried away by the flow as well. In accordance with Jhon's wishes he also did not want if Jhon was involved again in this war, he has helped a lot and Chad has not been able to repay for all the goodness.
"I see, uncle need not worry"
"Good then, um... Are you sick?" jhon asked to examine his face.
"I'm just exhausted"
"It seems like you can't stay in the mountains or the open world, seeing you I'm reminded of the vampire nobles. Drink this so you feel better" he said, handing over a small bottle.
"Thank you" Chad answered, receiving the bottle.
"Begging Aeda to brew the potion with hot tea"
"All right"
"Then I go first" said Jhon.
Chad immediately went out to look for Aeda, after finding him immediately he asked to make hot tea and mix it with the ingredients given by Jhon.
"The face of the master is really pale, I will make soup so that the master's body is not weak" said Aeda clearly worried.
"Not need this I've had enough"
"Where can it be, it will be dangerous if left. Just wait a minute" said Aeda who immediately went to the kitchen to prepare everything.
Chad can't resist if it's Aeda, even though she's just a butler but she's already a surrogate mother to herself who doesn't have time to feel a mother's affection.
One place in his other heart was an honor that he dedicated only to Aeda.