Ball of Nothing - Chapter 64
Chapter 64
Truen was roused by an overly excited Zero .
"Come on Truen, wake up! Quickly!"
Still slightly disoriented from the time difference, the elf groaned . Zero straddled the elf with his tiny legs and shook the elf with his tiny hands .
"Come on! Hurry!"
Half-dragged by Zero and half fuelled by curiosity, Truen allowed his ward to place his hand on the treasure . It was warm to the touch as per usual . The elf didn't understand what made the boy so excited but didn't question it . Zero could be strange at times .
Then, he felt movement beneath his hand . It was a small vibration that made a low sound from inside the egg . Truen was immediately wide awake . It was unmistakable, the creature in the egg was close to hatching .
He turned to look at Zero who smiled widely in response .
"It's moving!"
Truen nodded . He didn't quite know how to explain to Zero that this wasn't a normal treasure . Conflicted, Truen decided to postpone the talk till later . They freshened up and set off to find the small house Zero spotted during their flight . Mii was kind enough to mark out the house's coordinates and update Truen's map . At the same time, the Isis sent him the list of shortlisted candidates . Truen sent Isis a short reply and left the lamp with Zero .
This time, Zero wanted to walk instead of teleporting . For some irrational reason, the brunet was convinced that teleporting would hurt the treasure in his lamp . Truen didn't know how to explain that the room in his lamp was created in a different space and movement would not affect it . Hence, he allowed the boy to do as he pleased .
Noon approached quickly and Truen told Zero to gather some dry sticks for the fire while he caught some fishes from the river . The boy scuttled off quickly and Truen reminded him not to stray too far . His sense of hearing as an elf was powerful but even it had limits . Not thinking much as Zero scampered around for wood, Truen concentrated on catching river fish .
A yell from Zero nearly made Truen shit in his pants . He jumped out of the river, forgetting about lunch and ran over at breakneck speed .
When Zero came into view, the first thing Truen did was scan for enemies before fussing over the boy, checking for injuries .
"Truen calm down! I'm fine . "
The elf frowned . Seeing that he couldn't convince his guardian with words, Zero showed the elf the leaf he'd found instead .
At first, Truen didn't understand why Zero would show him a leaf after yelling so suddenly . Then it clicked .
"You found it!"
Zero beamed . "Yes I did! Who knew that the leaf would be hiding in such a place? I was looking for sticks when I found it!"
Happy for Zero and forgetting about his earlier concerns, Truen told Zero to pose with the leaf before snapping a picture . He sent that picture to Zero on his request . The boy decided to send that picture to Gaia after lunch and kept it away in the sling bag .
Speaking of lunch, Truen hurried back to the river . Zero laughed at the elf's expression and happily went back to collecting sticks .