[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 180: Clausa Memoria (3)

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The space around Olivia was distorted, and the scenes of the past projection changed as well.

"This ... Morning? "

The background was still in the same place as before, only, through the large window that was there, sunlight very easily entered and invaded the living room.

The hologram digital clock on the wall has the number 06:41 listed there. Actually, it was still too early, and when it was winter, they would all not be surprised to find the figure of Izaya still sleeping in her bed.

But, that's not exactly happening.

The door of his room opened, and Shion's figure clearly appeared there, with a sleepy face and messy clothes and hair.

Under such conditions, Shion walked up to one of the doors, and knocked on it.

"Iza ... Are you there? "

Based on Olivia's memory, it was the door to the changing room that was directly connected to the bathroom.

It didn't take long, the door opened, and Izaya's figure appeared wearing only trousers, and a towel wrapped around her neck.

" …… Did you just take a shower? "

"Is something wrong? "

Izaya tilted her head in confusion, then walked over to the refrigerator in the kitchen area.

He opened the refrigerator, and took out the remaining box of milk.

"Seriously? You really shower in the morning? In the middle of winter? "

"I also want to ask the same thing with Shion. Does Noelle always take a morning shower in the winter? Dude, I don't even dare to imagine it … "

"Forget about it, Werli. There's one thing I really want to ask you. How did he get all those scars? "

The scene stopped, as if responding to Alan's movements pointing at Noelle's open back.

His back was no different from a child his age. Only, it was more muscular and had many incision scars. The sight of it certainly made them all shocked. Because, as long as they knew the figure of Izaya, they never knew about the scar she had.

It was probably related to Izaya never taking swimming classes in P.E just yet.

In response to them, Olivia gave her sad smile. He walked over and approached Izaya, then traced the scar on that back with his finger.

There is no sensation of touch. His finger easily pierced through Izaya's body, this was as if Izaya's body was indeed not there. Even so, Olivia kept tracing the scar, and still displayed her sad smile.

His eyes narrowed slightly as a feeling of nostalgia suddenly filled his chest.

After a while, Olivia then gave a small smile while snorting, then closed her eyes.

His hand that had been trying to reach Izaya's body had been pulled back, and he turned to everyone.

"The story is long .. I doubt I can tell you everything. Besides ... Noelle probably wouldn't like it if you knew."

That makes sense. Everyone thinks so.

After all, Izaya had been hiding this from all of them for a long time. Of course he wouldn't be happy if they found out by now.

"Alright, forget about it. I myself also want to know what happens next" continued Olivia while looking back at the memory projection scene that continues to take place.

"I really hope you continue that topic … "

None of them heard Anzu's groaning, crouching down and hugging her own feet.

"The snow stops … "

Shion looked out the window, and got a clear sky.

The roof of the building across, and all the scenery down there had been covered by white snow, but it was not even enough to stop all the activities of the population that had been taking place.

One battalion Snowbot – a robot with a hybrid form between a mini car and a drone that is tasked to clear snow on the road–certainly has been deployed. But, due to the location of Izaya's room that was far above, they could barely see the 'workers.

"Somehow I'm not at all excited to do any activity today … "

As he reached the end of his sentence, Shion yawned and tried to cover his mouth with his own palm.

In response, Izaya only knocked on Shion's head once, before finally walking towards the sofa.

He took his top clothes placed on the back of the sofa, then put them on. After that, he turned on the television.

The live television featured a news show that was announcing the day's weather forecast.

"You said that, but do you remember that you promised to help me today? "

Shion's expression instantly distorted. His sleepy face turned to be much less excited when he heard that.

"Ughh .. Why should I make that promise … "

" …… What promise are you talking about? "

Olivia turned her head and asked Anzu who was behind. Everyone was doing the same thing, obviously they were curious about it.

"Well, you saw the date. It was the day before Christmas. Olivia, you remember your birthday when you were Ayano, right? "

Olivia widened her eyes. He had reached an understanding thanks to Anzu's brief explanation. But that doesn't apply to some people there.

Anzu looked at the situation and thought that there was no other way to explain it than to say it directly.

"Ayano was born on December 25, 2014, on Christmas Day. At that time I promised Iza to help her prepare a birthday present for Ayano."

" … I think it makes sense" Alan said, shrugging his shoulders. On his face, there was already no expression that indicated a sense of attraction. He was really no longer interested in this topic.

"After you say it .. I suddenly remember. At that time, Iza gave me a lot of gifts. One of them is a bouquet filled with birthday wishes from many people. No matter how expert Iza was in doing her job, there was no way she could gather all those words in such a short period of time."

(No, actually not so.)

Anzu was intending to refute her, but she suddenly realized that it was a good thing to dribble Olivia's mind. He can use this. At least that's what he thinks.

The reality was not much different from what Olivia had said. At that time, Shion or Anzu did contribute to the making of the bouquet. But, he was actually just making his basic design and design. Izaya alone collected all these sayings.

"Yahh, you could say that."

Anzu shrugged her shoulders and went back to silence while looking at the motions of her past self-projection along with Izaya.

The two of them sat on the sofa while watching the morning news. The table in front of them had a plate full of toast along with two glasses of warm milk. It was a pretty good breakfast for someone not so familiar with the morning.

After a moment of silence, Shion finally opened the conversation.

"Hey ... What are we going to do today? "

Izaya seemed to think for a moment, then opened the calendar app on her phone. There, there are everything he has to do, in the form of a structured schedule.

"First, you should probably get home soon. Ayano will be here soon, and it will be troublesome if she sees you. Then, we'll meet again at 10. The meeting place is in the usual place. From there, we'll talk about everything."

"Ayano is coming here soon? Why didn't you tell me earlier?! "

Shion frantically stood up and ran towards the room. He immediately packed his things and returned to the living room after almost two minutes.

He already intends to leave. However, she is in no mood to get involved in the cliche scenario of 'the wife who catches her husband with another woman in an apartment room'. It would be very troublesome for him.

"Pass code to exit is the same as pass code to enter, right? Then I'll go home. See you later! "

After tidying up her slightly messy clothes and hair, Shion immediately ran towards the door and rushed out, without waiting for any greetings from Izaya.

" … He's too excited, right? "

Sipping a cup of tea in her hand, Izaya smiled wryly before finally returning to watch the broadcast of the news broadcast.

"You don't have to panic that."

"Eh? Whatchu mean? "

"I have access to CCTV in that apartment building. So I know that you visit her apartment a lot. Although ... I didn't expect you to stay there … "

"Why do you have access to security cameras?! No, forget that! Everything you do is a privacy violation! "

Everyone agrees with Anzu. They switched to having worried expressions on Olivia.

"Why? Of course, that apartment building is one of our big family assets. Even though I am not the owner, I still have the qualifications to enter the various rooms and systems there. In addition ... I only monitor the security cameras at the entrance and back door, as well as the floor where Iza's room is located. So this is not a privacy violation."

"Seriously, you're terrible."

Anzu himself already knew how much total assets the Izaya and Ayano extended families had, so he was not too surprised. She was just a little surprised because she never thought that Olivia had ever used that power for something crazy.

"Ahh, the scene changed again … "

A voice leaked from Waka who had been silent since. He looked around, and found that the background of the place had changed.

Now it is not the living room of the large apartment, but a large street whose suburbs have a pile of snow as a result of cleaning.

"Of course the scene will change. If this projection really came from my memory, there would be no continuation of the projection of a place that even I was no longer there."

Anzu sighed tired for a moment, a little disappointed with the thinking ability of his friends who could not even guess it.

Turning to the projection scene, there was the figure of Izaya wearing a long, tailed black coat, accompanied by a long red scarf wrapped around her neck.

The black coat was only slightly buttoned on the abdomen, so the white-gray shirt that was behind the coat could still be seen quite clearly.

Izaya used a pair of leather boots that would let out a crackling sound every time he stepped on the paved street, and his two hands that were not covered in gloves were put in a coat pocket with a small heating pad in each pocket.

So far, everything matches Anzu's memory.

At that time, Izaya was walking, and finally entered a classic European-style building.

The signboard placed right in front of the building reads 'Melinda's Cafe Shop', and has a lid label on the bottom. Even so, Izaya casually pushed open the door, entering it.

As soon as he entered, he was immediately greeted with the clanking of door bells, which were then followed by the gentle strains of classical music. The aroma of coffee and bread was so soothing that he even remained silent at the door for a while.

Izaya took a deep breath, then exhaled while opening her eyes. He immediately turned his head and looked towards one of the two-man chairs that was in the corner of the room.

There, Shion was waiting for him.

"You're a little late."

Izaya approached, then sat down right in the chair that was in front of Shion. Just as he was sitting himself down, Shion immediately rebuked him a little hard.

"I'm sorry, I had to take care of some things earlier."

Izaya just replied politely which was accompanied by a small smile.

Shortly after, came a girl in the clothes and accent of a servant's movement.

Olivia was not familiar with the girl, but seeing how she casually approached Izaya with Shion, she must have been quite familiar with them.

Again, Izaya's acquaintance whom Olivia did not know. It made him feel a little conflicted, but that feeling collided with a sense of resignation because he was nobody back then. He had no right to set the section 'with anyone Izaya could get along'. Although, Izaya would probably obey him if he told her about it.

Not waiting for time until Izaya and Shion responded, the servant girl immediately opened her mouth.

"Thank you for coming today. As promised, I'll present you with some new menus, and I'd like you to comment on that."

" … Do you work as food taste testers? "

Iris inevitably asked that question, which Anzu then answered with a small nod. "Only as a side. The cafe has been our meeting place for quite a long time, so the owners and employees there already know us very well. They asked us to test the new menu, and paid us with free meals and drinks for one week."

But, if that were the case, the employees in the cafe should still be in the development stage in their trust with Izaya and Shion.

After all, based on their memories, Izaya had only come to Japan after graduating from junior high school. Which means, there's only less than two years.

Judging from anywhere, they trusted Izaya and Shion too much.

Ignoring their astonishment, Olivia and Anzu just continued to watch the scene that occurred within that projection.

Izaya smiled and said, "Please cooperate with him." While Shion only snorted while sticking his face to the table. He was obviously not excited about this.

Shortly after, two more people emerged from the door leading to the kitchen. The two wore the same uniform as the servant girl waiting at Izaya and Shion's table, and they both brought each one a tray containing a different menu.

The first tray is laid, and a warm bun with a black coffee is served.

Izaya looked at the portion, then smiled as she grabbed the fork and the cake knife before her.

As soon as he bit the piece of bread, a sweet and sour taste instantly filled his mouth. Saliva forced it out, but Izaya held back all of it by directly wiping her mouth with a piece of tissue.

He then grabbed a cup of coffee, before finally sipping it in silence.

When he finished, he finally commented. "The sound is a little too sweet on my tongue, but maybe it's because my senses are a little too sensitive. Honestly, it's been good. The menu is perfect for breakfast."

"So ... Basically, you guys come just for free breakfast, huh? "

Alan commented with a flat face, but his voice clearly told everyone that he was irritated.

"of course. Why do you think we should come to a cafe that's not even open at that hour? Neither Iza nor I could cook anything, so we could only rely on others to make us breakfast."

Surprisingly, he said that proudly. There's nothing to be proud of for a girl who can't cook. Werli almost said so, but immediately held his own mouth when he realized that Anzu would be angry.

"Wait, Noelle .. She can't cook? Even when I was Izaya? Dude, I think he's perfect … "

Actually, there's a reason for that. And it was all related to a certain silver-haired girl who was now turning her face awkwardly.

There was no way she would tell everyone, if in fact she did not allow Izaya to learn to cook just because she did not want Izaya to stop eating her cooking.

That would be an embarrassing fact. He forbids a person to develop just for the sake of his selfishness alone. Olivia could imagine the various negative comments that everyone would make when they learned of that fact.

As if realizing his thoughts, the scene in the projection continued on, making everyone refocus on him and quit the topic of 'Izaya who can't cook'.

"Thank you for your comment, I'll give this to the Manager. Then ... Shion, don't you want to eat yours? "

The menu presented on Shion's plate was the same menu Izaya had before. He simply stared at the plate with empty eyes, then bit the piece of bread in an instant.

" … It's delicious, but .. I hope you'll stop putting dried fruit in every loaf you make, there'll be some people who are allergic to it."

"All right, thanks for the input. Here's your coupon."

The girl then gave two long sheets of paper to Izaya and Shion.

The paper is a coupon, which they can use to grab any menu for free for a whole week.

"Good, our goal here has been achieved. Now, let's move on to the next place."

"Wait a minute, Iza. There's something I want to ask you."

Before Izaya leaves, Shion stops him.

" … What? "

"I've wanted to ask you this since, but .. Actually, why did you ask me to bring this guitar? And what's in that violin bag? A shotgun? "

"It's a violin bag, of course it's a violin."

Izaya held up the small violin bag she had been carrying since.

Black, no accessories other than the brand name printed with elegant font selection, and has a shiny gold color.

In Shion itself, there is a large guitar bag containing his old acoustic guitar.

Everyone was also amazed at what was really happening. Why are they both carrying musical instruments? Anyhow, all their questions will be answered soon.

Izaya tilted her head in confusion, as if not understanding Shion's question.

"Isn't it clear? We'll raise money."

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