As he turned around, someone knocked on the door of the living room.
The boy reading in the living room also heard it and he looked around in puzzlement. He was surprised a little when he saw Angor and nodded to Angor politely.
There was still knocking. The boy realized what was going on and stood up to open the door. He moved too hastily and kicked the bench over.
Nausica was standing outside.
“Hey, kid. Good afternoon,” Nausica raised an eyebrow when she saw the boy. Then she looked at Angor, “Oh my, the two youngest kids in the group were appointed to the same room?”
She introduced herself, “Nausica, by the way. What’s your name?”
Nausica flipped her long hair and lolled against the side of the door as she asked, “Aren’t you going to invite me inside?”
The boy nodded and let Nausica in, a bit reserved.
“Sailum Pustin, from Versailles Principality on Land of Revelation,” Sailum replied in a small voice. He continued, “It’s a small place, so you probably never heard of it.”
Nausica swayed a finger in front of Sailum as she said, “Don’t be so sure. I’ve been to Versailles Principality before. Your rose gardens are best of the kind and I still miss your rainbow rose cakes.”
Hearing Nausica talking about his home, Sailum’s emaciated face revealed a joyful smile, and he regarded Nausica with a bit more friendliness.
Nausica noticed Sailum’s change of attitude just because she knew Versailles Principality, and sighed in her mind.
Another kid.
Was she destined to bump into kids ever since she left Blackberry?
“I’m Angor, from the Old Earth.” Angor smiled to Sailum and took a seat across from him. Sailum returned a smile, although he was still being cautious.
“You came from Marginalized Island?” asked Nausica.
“You know about it?” Angor was surprised.
Nausica nodded and explained, “I even went there once. I got ashore from an island nation called Heylan. A beautiful place it was. Too bad I heard a war broke out not long after I left.”
“Sigh… If you went there recently, you would know that Heylan was fighting against my home, the Goldspink Empire.”
“I see. That’s a pity,” Nausica shrugged, seemingly not focused on the topic.
“How did you go to so many places? I never heard about the Old Earth Angor mentioned,” Sailum was looking at Nausica with admiration now.
Nausica revealed a sweet smile.
“You see… I’m a pirate!”