Chapter 4: New assisant (1)

After the first day of moving in, Charlotte have other stuffs to do after she wake up. 

 

She held up the phone given to her by Issac, fiddles with it. She wonders how such thing operates, how can the screen move with just a finger swipe.  Issac told her not to download anything without Silla's permission. What even is download? She want to find out more. 

 

But the footsteps approaching the door changed her focus. Charlotte put down her phone, sat cross legged on the wood floor waiting for the door to be open. Eyes stuck to the door. 

 

The door opened, stepping in was a woman in business clothes. The first thing Charlotte noticed was her figure, very feminine with curves at all the right places, especially her breasts. The girl could almost hear the desperate cries of the buttons containing those mountains. Then her ashen gray hair, as if it was a waterfall which end and rested at her butts. 

 

Her eyes are similar to Charlotte's, carrying an azure glow to them. 

 

"So.", she spoke in an annoyed voice, "I'm Athen Argentum, just call me Athen. From today onward I'll be your assistant, bodyguard, or whatever. I'll be stuck with you." 

 

Charlotte nodded, simply accepting it. 

 

"Tch, say something will you? I don't like the quite type at all.", she sighed, "Alright, we have a lot of things to do today." 

 

Athen took out her phone, scrolling to the list of activities. 

 

"First, after we will have breakfast we'll head to the library to pick up some books. Then pick some clothes. After that... damn,combat trainning? Are they raising you as some sort of assassin?" 

 

"Ass... sassin?", Charlotte tilted her head. 

 

"People who kills for money. Though I am a mercnary, I specialized in other things other than killing.", Athen explained then look at her phone again, "Fuc— I mean, dammit, I'll be your trainer." 

 

"Is there... anything wrong with that?" 

 

"No... it's... it's just personal matters. Ugh, I thought I would just watch over some kid, but noooo I have to babysit her.", she rolled her eyes.

 

She's fun 

 

Charlotte stood up from her spot, going to the closet to take her hat out. 

 

"Why do you need that?", Athen raised an eyebrow. 

 

"I felt better with this, it felt safer when I wears this." 

 

"Hmph.", Athen shrugged, "Everyone got their special something." 

 

Charlotte took her words as it is without thinking further. She went pass Athen, the woman's eyes followed her movement, keeping track of the girl. 

 

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The breakfast served to her was simple, egg fried rice with a side of pork. Charlotte finished it in silent, not that the meal was bad, it was delicious in fact, it is just she enjoys her meal in silent. 

 

Though her emotionless mask made Athen annoyed. The woman did not like it. 

 

"At least show some emotion! Smile!", she slammed on the table. 

 

Charlotte did not flinch at all. Rather, seeing someone's annoyed face make her chuckle inside, not that she would show it. But she still smile, tried to anyway. 

 

"... Nevermind. You look creepy, your deadpan expression is better that it." 

 

Athen took out her phone again, reading something Charlotte did not catch. So Charlotte leaned over to the other side. 

 

Though, Athen pushed her face away, shouting angrily, "Geez! There is something called personal space!" 

 

Charlotte obediently sit back down, while taking the water cup to cleanse her mouth. 

 

"Ha... a troublesome girl.", she sighed, "Alright, let's head to the library, we have a year to get ready" 

 

"Ready for what?" 

 

"School, you'll enter Ataraxia Academy, the school for Gem Holder or something. Your assignment is to awaken your Gem." 

 

"But mine is already awaken.", Charlotte simply spoke before finishing her water. 

 

Athen stares dumbfoundedly at the girl. She just admitted that her Gem is awaken, yet it still have the black color of an unawaken one. 

 

"Just to confirm, do you hear a voice in your head? Or a growl at all?", Athen quickly dialed her phone, calling someone but still keep eye contact with Charlotte. 

 

"Sometimes" 

 

This made Athen facepalmed, gritting her teeth in frustration. The girl on the other hand, was oblivious to the mercenary's reaction. Why is it that important? 

 

Because~it is! The cat is out of the box now, so let me introduce myself to you! 

 

"The voice started to speak again.", Charlotte said to Athen. 

 

I am Akashic Reverie, the embodiment of human imagination! 

 

"It said it was Akashic." 

 

"Akashic?", Athen once again stares at Charlotte with a dumbfounded look. 

 

Her phone bipped, the person she called finally pick up the phone. 

 

"Director, Charlotte's Gem is actually an awaken one. It's color is just black, you made a mistake thinking it was unawaken." 

 

Charlotte can hear the other side clearly too. 

 

[What's the Gem's name? Did she say it?] 

 

"Yeah, Akashic was it's name. THE Akashic in Akashic Records" 

 

[Got it] 

 

The Director hung up. Athen just sighed.

 

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"Hell, let's get going to the library right now.", Athen sighed before standing up, leaving first. 

 

Charlotte did not waste any time, following the woman. Her quick steps caught onto Athen quickly, slowing down when she was next her. 

 

"What is Akashic?" 

 

"Akashic as we understands is all of human knowledge in data form, stored in a place named Akashic Records. Some people say it contained what we human built and will build, if we get access to it then basically a utopia can be create." 

 

Sounds big, can you do that? 

 

The voice of Akashic did not answer. Charlotte did not pursuit too. 

 

"Charlotte.", Athen drew her attention, "No matter what people say or tell you to do, remember, you have the final say in everything you do." 

 

Charlotte nodded. She did not know why but those words made feels safe, just like her hat. 

 

"If words got out that your Gem is humanity's records, you would need to defend yourself.", a smile bloom on the woman's face, "Suddenly, I got motivated again, I will train you into a fucking beast of a girl!" 

 

Athen raised her arms up, giving out a strong breath from her nose. Charlotte, infected by the mood of the mercenary also raised her arms up high. 

 

With high spirit, they both go to the library not far from Project Belial's area. People gave them weird looks, but the pair did not care. 

 

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The library was big, simply just big. Bookshelves stretching beyond the horizon. Well, not quite, Charlotte can see the end but it is still very far away. 

 

They met up with a librarian, wearing the pin of a quill on her chest. 

 

"I have already prepared your subject books, you can freely choose what you want to get.", the librarian said with a kind smile. 

 

"Alright, you can get whatever you want. But don't bother other people, understand?" 

 

Charlotte nodded before entering the library, with Athen follows behind. This place feels like a labyrinth, filled with knowledges the girl cannot even imagine about. 

 

She passed by the Science section, going for a book about animal. 

 

"'Wonders about our nature'.", she read the title. 

 

She opened the first page, it was about an animal calls 'mouse', the plural form is 'mice'. It mainly talks about how mice, with bias, is the perfect coward created by nature, from how they hide in the dark and only go out at night, to their sense of hearing to stay out of people's way. The most intriguing fact about it is how it's front teeth can grow infinitely so it need to nibble on objects to wear them down, sometimes break them, not stopping there, those teeth somehow stayed sharp and can puncture through human skin if they are long enough. 

 

Certainly, quite weird when compare to the human body. Charlotte turned to the next page. 

 

The second page was about 'shark', the plural form is 'sharks'. These predators of the sea has existed well before the dawn of man, the fact that they only went through very minor changes on the path of evolution proved that the species perfected it's form of hunting, the best of the best. It can catch the smell of blood from miles away, nowhere is safe from the predator. Because it's blue color, the shark is practically invisible to the few enemy it has in the vast ocean, the white underbelly of the beast too possessed this kind of actions. 

 

"A predator that rules the sea...", Charlotte looked to Athen, demanding her attention, "What is sea?" 

 

"A large body of water that covers the entire world. It is also the origin of all life.", Athen's eyes dart around, making sure no one was watching, "Don't your Akashic says anything? It supposed to be the records of everything related to human." 

 

Charlotte shook her head, she had no recollection or knowledge of that subject. Akashic would not tell her either, given the silent. 

 

"Ha... give that book to me, I'll carry it. You can go back to your room and read it, after we are done." 

 

Charlotte wanted to read the book more, but she gave it to Athen in the end. Losing her book, Charlotte went away to find another one to replace it. 

 

She dashed through the bookshelves, trying to find a replacement. She went out of the Biology Section, making a right turn and back into the shelves, entering the History section. 

 

She looked at the books, one title caught her attention. 

 

"'Dawn of man'...", Charlotte read the title, remembering the exact words in the previous book. 

 

Athen from behind grabbed the book out of the shelf, her eyes following it. 

 

"Another one to the mix. Go on, pick the next one.", the woman urged. 

 

Seeing the thickness of the two books, Charlotte find they were enough for today. She calculated the amount of pages, finding them to be over 200 pages, combine with the books she received but yet see it would be difficult for her to read all if she continue to get more. 

 

"That will be all", Charlotte stated. 

 

"Hm, thought you would become a nerd.", Athen chuckled. 

 

Charlotte tilted her head, "What is a nerd?" 

 

"A person that reads too much, always quite and usually ignored by everyone." 

 

"Sounds comfortable" doing things without anyone to disturb must be nice. 

 

"It is not... ah, I see your point.", Athen sighed again, "Let's decide your fashion next, luckily, we will just have to browse online." 

 

"Fashion?" 

 

"What you wears, a girl need to look good." 

 

Charlotte pointed at her hat, "Does this counts as fashion?" 

 

"Eh, it could but very few things fit with it, usually going to a club or something, or a gang boss." 

 

"Sounds troublesome" 

 

"It really is!", the woman shouted, prompting a librarian to pop out of nowhere to shh her before leaving, "Sorry... anyway, I will probably choose for you, since you seems to not care about what you look like." 

 

"Thank you?" 

 

"What's with the question mark?!", Athen shouted again. 

 

Another librarian popped out to give her a smack in the head before dissapearing between the bookshelves. 

 

"Gah! I swear these librarians are ninja. Is this what they call territory buff?", Athen sighed, "Anyway, let's go give these book to Laura then it's trainning time."

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