Blood Of Platinum
Chapters 148. Beautiful Gem and Soul bag. 9
“We...have no body scent and have no drowsiness since we came to this place”
Kino's words surprised everyone.
“If it wasn't for the effect of the medicine while in the hospital, I probably wouldn't have slept. We have no hunger and thirst despite eating or drinking something. Then, we also do not defecate anymore like normal people in general” continued Kino
“You're serious?!” Arkan was surprised
“True. We're not lying. What Kino said is true. We have no body scent at all since coming to this place. It seems like everything that sticks to our body and skin has no scent. Even maybe, our saliva also does not smell” Ryou added with his casual attitude
It seemed, he was already annoyed to the point of choosing to be indifferent. He did not want to make things even more difficult even though he had actually suppressed his emotions and mouth.
‘Everything that sticks to his body has no scent at all, that's he said. Means..’ Arkan thought of a crazy idea.
Maybe because no one could prove it all, he thought of a crazy idea. He stood up and picked up a bottle of wine in the cupboard, then returned.
With a pale and doubtful face, he gave the wine bottle to Kaito.
“Kaito, I think you can prove it to us now. Kino said that you can't prove something. But with this, you should be able to prove to the manager and all of us that all your imaginary stories are original without engineering”
“Mr bartender, you want me to do what with that wine bottle?”
“We all heard what Ryou said. Everything that sticks to your body has no scent. Wine has a distinctive aroma and is easily recognized because of the distinctive smell and aroma. So...”
Without a second thought, Kaito stood up and took the bottle. Surprisingly, he opened the bottle and doused his own head with the wine until all his clothes were exposed to the liquid wine.
“Oi!!” Joel stood up in surprise
“What are you doing?!” Maggy stood up by pulling the children she hugged
Everyone stood up in surprise. Kino and Ryou are shocked by Kaito's actions but they remain seated as if trying to calm down.
Finished dousing himself with wine until the last drop, Kaito approached Arkan and gave an empty bottle in his hand.
“You want me to do this, right? Mr bartender?”
“.....” Arkan can only be silent
“I've done it. Now, I wonder if you can trust everything we tell you or not?”
Kaito looked at Arkan with a cold look. Initially, Kaito's cold gaze made Arkan unable to move. However as their distance was quite close now, the bartender realized something.
Quickly, she pulled on Kaito's clothes and kissed him. At first glance it looks like a dramatic scene, but everything changes when Arkan releases his hand from Kaito's clothes.
The pale face as if in disbelief was clearly visible.
“No...impossible..”
“Arkan?” Maggy called out to him in a soft voice
Joel called Arkan in a high tone. But before the sentence was finished, Arkan cut it off.
“Oi, disobedient employees. Why–”
“Cannot be...no..grape aroma of Kaito's body...”
“What?”
“It's impossible! There was not a hint of scent on his clothes and body! This is absolutely impossible!”
Joel panicked and immediately pulled the collar of Kaito's clothes. He was surprised that there was no wine from there. After which, he picked up the bottle of wine held by Arkan.
‘It's impossible! Obviously in this bottle still smells of wine that is so concentrated, but...why?!”
“If you still doubt it, you can flush me with all the wine you have, mister manager. I'm not sure if it can make you believe that we are indeed not normal humans from this place”
As if unable to say anything, Joel placed the empty bottle on the table and let out a heavy sigh. His face was bowed with an expression of disbelief.
“Kh! Why would something strange like this happen?! Deserve Jack can give a lot of money just to meet you” he murmured
Ryou just looked indifferently as if he was tired of using his emotions. He began to look at the elder brother beside him and whispered.
“We're just wasting time. Kaito's actions are enough to make everything longer. What should we do now?”
“We can't leave it alone”
“I didn't say we'd leave him! I asked what we should do?! If it goes on like this, let's not get the gem. Can-can we get kicked out after this!”
Kino's expression began to turn anxious. He saw all the children looked sad and frightened. Especially Theo, who was gradually retreating. He even started to turn his face away as his eyes and Kino's eyes met.
Kino's absurd explanation had changed all the children's views on him. Coupled with the evidence that Kaito had not thought of in the first place, made everything have to accept reality.
Droplets of wine kept dripping from Kaito's hair. After that, he saw Theo return.
“I want to get my memory back. The gem...is my destination”.
Theo became panicked. He clasped his clothes tighter and tighter. It was clear that the pendulum necklace was the most precious treasure for him.
“This...this is just ordinary glass! Not important thing! Kaito-nii must be wrong!”
“Then why are you afraid of me?”
“Eh?”
“It...”
Theo can't say anything. It's all true. Theo felt a huge fear when he saw Kaito for the first time. Not an ordinary fear, but a strange thing that could not be explained by him himself.
“Kaito-niisan, please stop this! We still don't understand if it's true or not, but stop urging Theo like that?!” Stelani yells at Kaito
Kino tries to calm the boy down but Ryou holds him back and stands up. Perhaps now, his emotions were already at the end of his wits making him impatient.
“Kaito, we can't waste any longer! It won't end easily”
Everyone saw Ryou. Ryou looks so cold and serious.
“Kino and I almost died to get the gem ‘world malam’ and as my brother told me, the gem is Kaito's memory. You may deny that, but only Kaito knows which pieces of his memory or not”
“Ryou...” Kino called the sister in a slow voice
“I don't know what Kaito means by fear of seeing it. But if that's true, then it proves that the thing is the gem we're looking for”
Theo took a few more steps back while visibly shaking his head.
“Not...this is not like–”
“We came to this place to get it. Even if you want to know, Kino is close to dying right now because it has something to do with that gem as well”
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Everyone was in shock. It seems that everything is really messed up. Amidst the tense atmosphere, Theo no longer wanted to hear all Ryou's words and shouted.
“This is mine!” Theo ran to the back door
“Theo!” Joel and Maggy yelled at him
Theo escaped. The other children started to fear and cry. Kaito quickly ran out to chase after her. Ryou wastes no time and chases after him, while Kino, who is still injured, tries to catch up.
Before he got out of the bar, Joel called him.
“Wait a minute..”
“Joel-san.
“If all that is true...if everything you say is true, what will happen to you after getting the gem?”
“We will disappear from this place”
“Disappeared?!” Stelani was surprised
“Those jewels are scattered in many unknown places. If indeed after the gem entered into the body of Kaito-san but we have not disappeared, then there may still be other gems scattered” explained Kino
“So if the gem is no longer there, that means..”.
“That means Theo-kun's gem is the last in this ‘world’. We will soon disappear from this city” continued Kino
“.....” all looks still hard to believe
“Somewhat will happen to me and Ryou, because we still haven't found a way to go back. But clearly, Kaito-san will move to the next location. Location where the other gem is”
“That means, you guys will part with all these places and us?” Arkan asked in a soft tone
Kino could only smile with her own face. He did not say anything but that smile already represented the answer.
“Maybe you still don't believe it. But, this is the truth. I don't want to lie because you've helped us so much. I love those kids too. But if we continue to be here, we don't know what will happen. In addition, we do not want to be stuck longer” said Kino with a forced smile
“It turns out you're really not a normal human like us, huh. The time traveler was really there” Arkan smiled
Kino looked at the children Maggy was holding with a sad look.
“I'm sorry, for ruining your happy moments like this. I'm really sorry”
Michaela looked at Kino with a scared face and flushed red as she held back tears. He hugged Maggy tightly without wanting to see her again now. Kino expected that. He's been hated.
With a smile, Kino cried and said “sorry for being mean to all of you”
Afterwards, she bowed as a sign of apology and went to catch up with Ryou and Kaito. The quiet lunch at the bar turned into chaos.
Joel could only sigh while scratching his head.
“Why did it get this way? I don't understand, why it ended up messed up”
Arkan could only think about what had happened just now.
“Manager..if Jack-sama just found out about the oddity, it means that Riz must also know it”
“Riz?”
“Because while I was looking for Stelani and Fabil, Riz kept going along with Jack-sama during the black market transaction. I'm sure she also found out about the strangeness of the three of them. There's no way Jack-sama can discuss that before Kaito tells us everything
“That means they don't lie. They searched for a gem called Kaito memory to get out of here” Joel concluded
“I think Theo should give that necklace to Kaito”
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