The Evening Primrose
Chapter 8 - The Disappearing Friend

The sun rose and the morning came, I woke up from my sleep which then stretched my body until the spine rang several times.

I'm so tired.

I felt my whole body filled with fatigue to the point of not wanting to get out of bed. After all, the mattress we use is also a little harder than Nora's mattress at home, which makes my body hurt after waking up.

Wait for...

When I fumbled around the bed, Nora was no longer in the room. Is he doing morning exercises as usual? I think so because it's been a habit before. Very diligent woman, I want to be like her someday.

I stood up and opened the window curtain and found a pair of birds whistling on a tree branch. I stared at him, until he flew to the other tree.

Wait a minute, I won't interrupt your date! I shouted in my heart.

Looks like we booked the right room because I can see the garden from here with a big tree in the middle. Every time I look at it, my feelings get very cold. When can I see the medieval world more realistically? I could only see it from my computer screen.

"Emmm..."

There was a soft voice coming from Zahra on the bed. He stretched his body with his eyes, and sat down to collect his life first.

"August," I said.

He didn't answer me.

"Where's Nora?" Looking around while scratching his head.

"I don't know, maybe it's training like usual."

Gawat, if there is no Nora here, the atmosphere becomes more awkward than usual. Y'all know? I still haven't made up with him, that's why our conversation is just this that's all.

It's all because he tried to kill me and take me to a strange woman with the syringe he was carrying.

Hm? I think I forgot something.

And from there I began to question the previous one. Yep! The injection! What liquid was put into me back then!

Suddenly I ran to the bed and shook Zahra's body until she felt nauseous. I just remembered that the woman injected something into my thigh before coming here.

"I just remembered this! What was injected into my body!!" I shouted so loudly that I could sound outside.

"Please..stop...wiggle me...!" he said it intermittently.

"Ah, sorry." I stopped him and let go of his shoulder.

"So, you're worried about what was injected into you back then?"

I nodded my head and looked at Zahra very seriously. I'm afraid that it's poison that will kill me, or it might age me faster.

"It's just bremelanotide, so it won't kill you if it's just one dose."

"Bre... Brem? Brem Cakes?"

"Not Brem, you fool!"

Anyway, I don't understand the name chemistry or anything like that. We kept shouting and blaming each other until the innkeeper broke down the door and reprimanded the two of us. We had to apologize to him with a punch in our head.

If it's really safe, then I don't have to worry. It also made me think of the brem cake that mom bought last month and I've been letting it in the fridge ever since. Does it taste better? I'd like to try it.

By the way, I want to find Nora outside. When I asked the innkeeper, he hadn't seen Nora come out of the room since dawn, instead he thought that Nora hadn't come out since then.

It's better if I look for him. But before that, the two of us would wash our bodies in the well that was behind the inn. It's a little sudden because Nora said that the commoners don't have bathrooms, and all we have to do is draw water with the bucket from the well.

Why did he just tell her now? Moreover, he hid the fact that he was a noble. No matter which noble he came from, it would always scare me if I ever met their family one day.

Seeing the bakery made me curious about its contents. I brought Zahra in but she didn't because she hated me.

Many reasons.

Unlike usual, this bakery does not have fragrances until the bread is a little hard all. Somehow he can run his business with the same bread all, only the shape and taste alone make it different.

I asked the cashier if I could bring these two round loaves of bread, and he asked me to give him two bronze coins. After I left the store, I gave one to Zahra.

The bread is a little hard in all parts, especially the taste is also tasteless like fresh bread with a lot of flour spread on the surface.

"Geek, what are you buying?" Sticking his tongue out.

"Maybe a cure for possible emotion relief."

"Honestly, your store-made bread is better than this one."

I don't know what he's thinking right now, his words make me a little happy. Only this time He could be this honest, because before he could only be cold and mocking. I smiled after that, and would probably make him some bread when there were ingredients later.

We had surrounded the entire village and met a lot of people here, yet I did not find Nora anywhere. We also had time to return to the inn until the inn owner said that Nora had not returned until now.

It made me worry that it was getting dark. What should we do if Nora is kidnapped? If Nora is kidnapped, how are you with us who can't fight at all?

Finally we decided to stop looking for him and go back to the inn, I thought maybe because he was doing his job out there. But someone stopped me as I was about to return to the inn, a mother with her apron running towards here.

"Son, I know where your friend is now!"

Right, we asked everyone about Nora, one of them to the mother. He got information from a coachman who was heading to this village at that time. According to the information, he saw a white-haired woman with an old man in front of him heading eastward on foot.

Old fella? Who is the old man in question? Is he an acquaintance? I just found out he has acquaintances other than the two of us right now. I intended to catch up with him, but the mother forbade me because the night would be very dangerous if it was outside the village.

He will also introduce someone who will go in my direction tomorrow. It helped us a lot, I thanked him and headed straight to the inn for a break.

"Welcome, son." greet the innkeeper.

"We're back" Zahra replied.

"Did you find your friend?"

"Yes, we'll catch up with him tomorrow. Will the madam be able to wake us up tomorrow morning if we fall asleep?" reply with a smile.

"Alright, go back to your room."

We both went back to our room together. Again Nora kept something from us, I hope He can be more open with us. We take off our clothes and change into our sleepwear. I don't know how many times I've looked at Zahra, I've always been jealous of her skin being so white and beautiful.

"What look-look? Don't tell me you turned?" Look at him cynically.

"I'm not that bad, you know."

It was just the two of us here where the atmosphere would be a little quieter if there was no Nora. I think Nora is like Mom who always makes random topics so everyone talks to each other.

Even if it was only a day that I missed her, did I start to like her? But I think it's a feeling of liking just a friend, nothing more.

There was still some free time before night, so I tried to read the same book as Zahra used to do. Regarding the books in this world, I somehow could read them as if this was my own language.

The letters are fewer and have their own shape and pattern. But I don't understand it at all, the contents of all the books are only about magic and history.

How could Zahra bear to read this story, huh?

A nerd is terrible, that's what I can conclude about him.